The Greater Key of Solomon

...others again to sing continually the praises of the Lord. You may then, by the use of their Seals and Characters Occult symbols or signatures used to represent and summon specific spirits., make them familiar to you, provided that you do not abuse this privilege by demanding things from them which are contrary to their nature. For accursed be he who takes the Name of God in vain, and who employs for evil purposes the knowledge and goodness with which He has enriched us.

I command* you, my son, to carefully engrave in your memory all that I say to you, so that it may never leave you. If you do not intend to use the secrets which I teach you here for a good purpose, I command you to throw this Testament into the fire, rather than abuse the power you will have to compel original: "constraining" the spirits. I warn you that the benevolent original: "beneficent" angels—tired and worn out by your illegal original: "illicit" demands—would execute God's commands to your own sorrow, just as they would for anyone who, with evil intent, would abuse those secrets which He has given and revealed to me. However, do not think, my son, that you are forbidden from profiting from the good fortune and happiness which the Divine Spirits can bring you. On the contrary, it gives them great pleasure to serve humanity, for whom many of these spirits have a great liking and affinity, God having destined them for the protection and guidance of those earthly things which are submitted to the power of man.

There are different kinds of spirits, according to the things over which they preside. Some of them govern the Empyrean Heaven The highest part of heaven, believed in ancient cosmology to be the home of God and pure light., others the First Mover original: "Primum Mobilé," the outermost moving sphere of the universe in the Ptolemaic system., others the First and Second Crystalline Transparent spheres believed to surround the Earth., and others the Starry Heaven. There are also spirits of the Heaven of Saturn, whom I call Saturnites. There are spirits of Jupiter original: "Jovial", Mars original: "Martial", the Sun original: "Solar", Venus original: "Venerean", Mercury original: "Mercurial", and the Moon original: "Lunar". There are also spirits in the Elements as well as in the Heavens: some in the Region of Fire, others in the Air, others in the Water, and others upon the Earth. All of these can serve the man who learns their nature and knows how to attract them.

Furthermore, I want you to understand that God has assigned to each one of us a spirit which watches over us and takes care of our protection. These are called Genii Guardian spirits or tutelary deities; the singular is "Genius.". They are elemental like we are, and they are more ready to serve those whose temperament matches the Element in which these Genii live. For example, should you be of a fiery temperament—that is to say, "sanguine" One of the four traditional "humors" or personality types, historically associated with blood and a courageous or energetic nature.—your genius would be fiery and submitted to the Empire of Bael A powerful spirit or king often mentioned in Grimoires.. Besides this, there are special times reserved for the invocation of these spirits, during the days and hours when they have power and absolute rule. It is for this reason that you will see in the following tables which Planet and which Angel each Day and Hour is submitted to, together with the colors which belong to them, and the metals, herbs, plants, and aquatic, aerial, and land animals associated with them. This also includes the temple incense proper to each of them, as well as the direction of the universe The four cardinal directions: North, South, East, and West. toward which they ask to be called. Neither are the conjurations, seals, characters, and divine letters omitted, through which we receive the power to connect with these spirits.

* The student original: "Disciple" must pay strict attention to this command.