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28 On the names of celestial souls, and their dominion over this lower world, namely man — 203
29 On the seven planetary governors of the world, and their various names serving magical speeches — 204
30 That human imprecations naturally imprint their powers on external things. And how the human mind ascends through each level of dependency into the intelligible world, becoming like the higher spirits and intelligences — 206
1 On the necessity, virtue, and utility of Religion — 211
2 On the worship of God and religion (they are the same)
3 On silence and the concealment of those things which are secret in The text likely implies "secret in religion" or "secret in the occult arts."
4 What dignification is required for one to become a true Magician and operator of wonders — 213
5 On the two aids of ceremonial Magic: religion and superstition — 215
6 On the three guides of religion who lead us to the path of truth — 217
7 How the human soul ascends by these guides into the divine nature and becomes an effector of miracles — 218
8 That the knowledge of the true God is necessary for a magician, and what the ancient magicians and philosophers felt about God — 219
9 What the ancient philosophers felt regarding the divine Trinity — 221
10 What the true and most holy Trinity is (the orthodox faith) — 223
11 On the divine emanations which the Hebrews call Sephiroth original: "Numerationes". The ten attributes or emanations in Kabbalah through which the Infinite reveals itself., others call attributes, and the Gentiles call gods and powers; on the ten Sephiroth of God, and the ten most sacred names of God presiding over them, and their interpretation — 224
12 On the divine names, and their power and virtue — 227
13 On the influence of divine names through each medium into these lower things (flow 234)
14 On the members of God, and their [influence] into our members
15 On the gods of the nations, and the souls of celestial bodies, and by which powers certain places were once sacred — 235
16 What our theologians think regarding celestial souls — 238
17 On intelligences and demons, and their triple kind, and their various surnames, and on hellish and subterranean demons — 239
18 On the same according to the opinions of theologians — 242
19 On the orders of evil demons, and their fall and various natures — 243
20 On the bodies of demons — 246
21 On the infestation of evil demons, and the protection of good demons granted to us — 248
22 On following one's own Genius original: "genio". A personal guardian spirit or guiding inner nature. and investigating its nature — 250
23 That there is a triple guardian for every man, and from where each proceeds — 252
24 On the language of angels, and their conversations both among themselves and with us — 253
25 On the names of spirits and their various impositions, and on the spirits who preside over the stars, signs, corners of heaven, and the elements — 254
26 How the Hebrew Mekubalim original: "mecubales". Kabbalists, or those who receive the secret tradition. elicit sacred names of angels from the holy scriptures, and concerning the seventy-two angels who bear the name of God, with the tables of Ziruph A Kabbalistic technique for the permutation and exchange of letters to find hidden meanings., and the commutations of letters and numbers — 256
27 On finding the names of spirits and geniuses from the disposition of celestial bodies — 266
On the calculatory art for extracting such names according to the
tradition of the Kabbalists — 267
28 How the names of spirits are sometimes taken from the things over which they are set — 271
29 On the characters and seals of spirits — 272
30 Another method of characterizing, handed down by the Kabbalists — 273
Yet another method of characters, and concerning the seals of spirits which are received by revelation alone — 276
31 How good demons are attracted to us, and how evil demons are bound by us — 278
32 On the bonds of spirits, and their adjurations and exorcisms — 280
33 On the animastic Relating to the soul (anima) as a cosmic or vital principle. order and heroes — 281
34 On mortal and earthly gods — 283
35 On man, and how he was created in the image of God — 284
36 On the human soul, and by what means it is joined to the body — 289
37 What divine gifts man receives from above from each order of the heavens and intelligences — 290
38 How heavenly influences, though good by nature, are corrupted in these lower things and become causes of evil — 291
39 That a divine character is impressed upon every man, by the power of which he can reach the point of working wonders — 298
40 What becomes of man after death: various opinions — 294
41 By what reasons Magicians and Necromancers think they can call forth the souls of the dead — 304
42 On the power of the human soul in mind, reason, and the idolon original: "idolo". In Neoplatonic thought, the 'image' or shadow-part of the soul that can persist after death. — 306
43 On the levels of souls, and their destruction or immortality — 309
44 On prophecy and frenzy — 310
45 On the first type of frenzy, from the Muses — 311
46 On the second type, from Dionysus — 313
47 On the third type of frenzy, from Apollo — 314
48 On the fourth type of frenzy, from Venus — 316
49 On rapture and ecstasy, and on the prophecies that happen to those seized by the falling sickness Epilepsy. and fainting, and what happens to those in agony — [same page]
50 On the prophetic dream — 318
51 On lots and tokens possessing a certain power of oracles — 320
52 How one wishing to receive oracles ought to dispose oneself — 322
53 On cleanliness and how it is to be observed — 323
54 On abstinence, fasting, chastity, solitude, tranquility of mind, and the ascent — 325
55 On penitence and almsgiving — 327
56 On those things administered externally that lead to expiation — 328
57 On adorations and vows — 329
58 On sacrifices and offerings, and their types and modes — 331
59 Which imprecations and rites the ancients used to apply to sacrifices and offerings — 314
60 How these are to be offered both to God and to lower powers — 335
61 On consecrations and their reasoning — 336
62 What things are called sacred, what are consecrated; and how these stand between us and the gods, and on sacred times — 338
63 On certain religious observations, ceremonies, and rites of fumigations, ointments, and the like — 341
64 Conclusion of the entire work — 345