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shall be engraved the following words and characters on the same day and hour of Mars or Venus.
Next, you shall have a small boxwood handle, roughly like the one designated, and having washed and censed it with a little juniper, you shall say over it the following prayer:
Asophiel, Asophiel, Asophiel, Pentagrammaton A five-lettered name of God, often used in protective magic, Athanatos Greek: "Immortal", Eye, Eye, Eye likely a phonetic rendering of the Hebrew "Ehyeh," meaning "I Am", Kellon, Kelloi, Kelli,
| ETERNAL God my Father, bless this instrument prepared for your honor, so that nothing but what is good and salutary may come from it, and through your glory. Amen. original Latin: "ÆTERNE Deus Pater meus, benedic instrumentum istud tuo honori præparatum..." | ETERNAL God, my father, bless this instrument prepared in your honor, so that it may serve only for something good and salutary through your glory. Amen. |
Having censed it once again, you shall keep it for when it is needed.
It does not matter what it is made of, provided that it is new and clean; it will suffice only to bless and cense it as is customary, saying:
Hamiel, Hel, Miel, Ciel, Joviel, Nas, Nia, Magde Tetragrammaton The four-letter Hebrew name of God, YHWH.
| POWERFUL God, hear the prayers of those who invoke you and bless this, this small vessel prepared for your honor through all your works. Amen. original Latin: "DEUS Potens exaudi preces invocantium..." | POWERFUL God, hear the prayers of those who invoke you and bless this small vessel prepared in your honor by all your works. Amen. |
Having set it aside for when needed, you shall put in it whatever ink you wish, provided that it is censed and of the Planetary color The color corresponding to the specific planet being invoked in the ritual.
One must have a cup to put a little of the Blood of the Victims In this context, "victims" refers to ritual animal sacrifices, such as a kid or a bird in order to serve for printing or writing; it must be of unglazed earthenware and new like all the other instruments, which, being well washed and censed, you shall exorcise like the inkwell, saying: Hamiel, hel, miël, Ciel, Joviel, nasnia, magde Tetragrammaton.
| Powerful God, hear the prayers of those who invoke you and bless this, this vessel original Latin: "DEus potens, exaudi preces invocantium & benedicas hoc istud vas" | Powerful God, hear the prayers of those who invoke you and bless this vessel |