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As one cannot do without the Stiletto A small, pointed dagger used for precise ritual inscriptions or symbolic actions. in the operations, you shall have one prepared of very fine steel, the handle of which shall be of the same nature; you shall wash it as you did the sword, and having wiped it dry, you shall plant it by its point upon a small pedestal of boxwood. Then, you shall say over it the prayer Aglo On Pentagrammaton original: "Aglo On Pentagrammaton"; these are Greek and Hebrew-derived "words of power" often used in Western magic. etc., as found on pages 24 and 25—just as you did for the Sword—after which you shall engrave, or have engraved, the following characters.
The said characters being engraved, you shall cense them with incense and say the Prayer: Hel, ya, yac, va, adonay, Cados, Cados, Aborel, Elhoim, Agla, Agiel, Asel Sadon, Esul Eloha Elhoim, Yeny, Del, Agios, Agios, Agios; Rarael, Rarael, Rarael. These are phonetic transliterations of Hebrew and Greek divine names: "Adonay" (Lord), "Cados" (Holy/Kadosh), "Agios" (Holy).
| O Lord God Almighty, who created all things out of nothing, do not | O Lord God Almighty, who created everything from nothing, do not despise |
| despise your servant (N) The letter (N) stands for "Nomen," indicating where the practitioner should insert their own name. who humbly prays to you, that it may please you to bless, purify, and sanctify this instrument so that it may be worthy and effective for completing my operations; and command your holy Angels to assist in this my operation. O Lord Almighty, remember my Father Likely a reference to King Solomon, the traditional "father" of this magical lineage. to whom you granted the knowledge of all things; grant that by the virtue of his teachings, this instrument may be made pure so that it may be pleasing to you, by your name which is the holy Tetragrammaton The four-letter Hebrew name of God, often rendered as YHWH.. | (N) your servant who addresses his humble prayers to you, so that it may please you to bless, purify, and sanctify this knife so that it may be worthy and fit to execute my operations; also command your holy Angels to come and be present at this my operation. O Lord Almighty, remember my father to whom you granted the knowledge of all things; grant that by the virtue of his teachings these knives may become pure and be pleasing to you, by your name which is the holy Tetragrammaton. |
After which, you shall engrave or have engraved, at the same hour as mentioned above, the names and characters hereafter.
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