Polygraphy and the Seven Secondary Intelligences

original: "LIBELLVS." This likely refers to the specific section or treatise within Trithemius’s larger work on the "Seven Secondary Causes."

...nations changed their own judgment. Also, the use of musical instruments began to multiply under the rule of this Ra-phael, and the exchange of merchandise original: "mercatiarum." This refers to the beginnings of international trade and commerce. was first invented by men. The crude audacity of sailing was also first attempted in these times, and many other things of that kind.

The fifth governor of the world was Samael, the angel of Mars, who began on the 26th day of the month of June, in the year of the world 1417 A.M. (Anno Mundi), or years since the biblical creation.. He governed the world for 354 years and 4 months, until the 8th month of the year 1771. Under his rule, men imitated the nature of Mars. — Also under the guidance of this Samaelis, the universal flood occurred in the year of the world 1656, as is clearly evident from the history of Genesis. And it should be noted, as the ancient philosophers have handed down, that as often as Samael, the spirit of Mars, is the rector of the world, a notable alteration of the Monarchy A "Monarchy" here refers to a supreme global power or the dominant world empire of the era. arises. Religions and sects vary, laws are changed, and princedoms and kingdoms are transferred to foreigners, which we can easily find in order within the histories. Truly, Samael does not manifest this effect of his character immediately from the beginning of his
the power of the planet governs.

reign, but after he has passed the midpoint of his governance. The same is to be understood regarding the spirits of the other planets, as is clear in the histories; all of them, according to the properties of the nature of their stars, flow into and work upon the lower parts of this world.

The sixth governor of the world was Gabriel, the Angel of the Lu-na The Moon., who began after Samael of Mars, on the 28th day of the mon-