The Key of Solomon (Unknown) - Page 22

original: "sit impurum, sed virtutis plenum. Amen." [let there be nothing] impure, but let it be full of virtue. Amen.
[let there be nothing] impure in this my operation, but let it be full of virtues. Amen.

And having censed it as is customary, you shall reserve it for when it is needed.

Exorcism of the Victim.

As in all operations, there must be a victim The "victim" refers to a ritual animal sacrifice, common in early modern grimoires; it must be pure and without pollution. Having washed and censed it with the Planetary incense, you shall cut a small patch of hair or feathers from its head, upon which you shall perform the exorcism with sea salt, saying:

Latin	English
SEmpiterne Omnipotens Deus in cujus potestate sunt omnes fines terræ, sanctifica & tua virtute purifica hostiam istam, ut effusio illius sanguinis tibi complaceat & sicut in mea potestate est tua gratia istud animal occidendi si voluero nec ne sic in illo tuam mitte benedictionem. Amen.	Eternal Almighty God, who holds all the ends of the earth in your power, sanctify and purify by your virtue this victim, so that the shedding of its blood may be pleasing to you; and as by your grace you have given me the power to kill it—whether I wish to or not—likewise send upon it your blessing. Amen.

After which you shall throat the victim slaughter by cutting the throat and with a portion of its blood you shall sprinkle the Chamber, or the place intended for performing the operation, saying:

Latin	English
OMnipotens & misericors, Deus Moises Deus Abraham, Deus Jacob sanctifica locum istum & per effusionem sanguinis hujus hostiæ puræ purifica illum & vos omnes Angeli & Spiritus venite & colligite sanguinum istum, ut illum offertis Deo supremo. Amen.	Almighty and merciful God, God of Moses, God of Abraham, God of Jacob, sanctify this place and by the shedding of the blood of this pure victim, purify it; and all you Angels and Spirits, come and gather this blood to offer it to the sovereign God of all things. Amen.

Consecration of the Book.

One must make a small Booklet containing the prayers of all the Operations, the names of the Angels in the form of Litanies, their seals, and their characters magical symbols or signatures; this must be written with dove's blood on Virgin parchment parchment made from the skin of a stillborn or young animal that has not mated. Once this is done, you shall consecrate them to the supreme Divinities—that is to say, to the great God and to the pure Spirits—in the following manner.

You shall place in the intended location a small table covered with a white cloth, upon which you shall place the Booklet open at the spot where the Great Pentacle is located.

Vocabulary: Exorcism, Victim, Consecration, Booklet, Angels, Spirits, Pentacle, Dove's Blood, Virgin Parchment, Sea Salt, Planetary Incense