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Once the aforementioned Characters are engraved, you shall incense them while saying the same Prayer: Hel, ya, yae, etc. Then you shall wrap them in a piece of new red Taffeta a fine, crisp silk fabric to use as needed.
You must have a Pen-knife made that serves no other purpose than to sharpen the quills you will need for the operations; its blade must be of very pure and fine steel. Regarding the handle, it does not matter what it is made of as long as it is new. Having washed it well as you know how and dried it, you must place it on a table covered with a white cloth, and after having sprinkled and incensed it, you shall say the following Prayer with great attention.
Agiel, Afiel, Sadon Paliel, Alma, Mammiel, Dilaton, Kaday, Catilua, Utanzaral Zalphi, Carfali, Faffua, hichimi, On, Agla, Holy, Holy original: "Agios, Agios", Hamon, Yoth, Luphat, Miel, Heaven original: "Ciel", Miel, Heaven, Miel, God of Moses, God of Israel.
| Great God, do not forget me (N.) The letter N. stands for 'Nomen,' indicating where the practitioner should insert their own name. your servant, but deign to bless this instrument prepared for your honor— | God of Moses, God of Israel, Great God, do not forget (N.) your servant, but deign to bless this instrument prepared ~ |
| —by your power which you revealed to my father, and by all your Angels whose names you disclosed to him, and by your name which is the powerful Tetragrammaton The four-letter Hebrew name of God, often considered too sacred to pronounce.. | —for your honor by your great power that you revealed to my Father and by all the Angels whose names you discovered to him and by your name which is the powerful Tetragrammaton. |
After which you shall engrave, or have engraved upon it, these characters: on one side the Holy names and on the other the Seal; and having incensed and blessed them, you shall say again the Prayer: Agiel, Afiel, Sadon, etc. After which you shall wrap the said pen-knife in a piece of taffeta of different colors and keep it cleanly to use as needed.
THE Burin An engraving tool with a metal shaft and a sharp point. is a very useful instrument in all operations, and as one cannot do without it at all, it must be the first that you have prepared in the following manner:
On a Tuesday or a Friday, you shall have a small steel point made, similar to the one designated in the Table of Instruments, upon which you shall engrave or