THE THIRD BOOK

The Invocation

This is the Invocation:

HELOY + TAU + VARAF + PANTHON + HOMNORCUM + ELEMIATH +
SERUGEATH + AGLA + ON + TETRAGRAMMATON + CASILY.

This Invocation is to be written on virgin parchment parchment made from the skin of an animal that has not reached maturity, along with the symbols of the Demon upon it. This causes the intermediary spirit, Scirlin, to appear. All other spirits depend upon this one, and he can force them to appear against their will, as he holds the power of an Emperor.

Prayer: Preparation

Lord God Adonay original: Adonai, a Hebrew name for God, who has made man in Your own image and likeness out of nothing! I, a poor sinner, beg You to deign to bless and sanctify this water, so that it may be healthy for my body and my soul, and that all delusion should depart from it.

Lord God, all-powerful and inexpressible, who led Your people out of the land of Egypt and enabled them to cross the Red Sea with dry feet! Grant me this: that I may be purified by this water of all my sins, so that I may appear innocent before You! Amen.

When the practitioner has purified himself in this way, he is to begin making the Instruments of the Art the ritual tools used in ceremonial magic.

Of the Magical Knife

It is necessary to have a knife or a lancet a small, broad, two-edged surgical knife made of new steel. It must be crafted on the day and hour of Jupiter while the Moon is waxing increasing in size. If it cannot be manufactured by the practitioner, it may be purchased, but the purchase must be made at the specific astrological time mentioned above.

Having obtained this, you will say the following Prayer or Conjuration, which will serve for both the knife and the lancet.

Conjuration of the Instrument

I conjure you, O form of the Instrument, by the authority of our Father God Almighty, by the virtues of Heaven and by the Stars, by the virtue of the Angels, and by the virtue of the Elements, by the virtues of the stones and herbs, and of snow-storms, winds, and thunder: that you now obtain all the necessary power within yourself for the perfecting of the achievement of those things with which we are currently concerned! And let this be without deception, untruth, or anything of that nature whatsoever, by God the Creator of the Sun of Angels! Amen.

Then we recite the Seven Psalms The Seven Penitential Psalms: 6, 32, 38, 51, 102, 130, and 143, and afterwards the following words:

Dalmaley lamekh cadat pancia velous merroe lamideck caldurech anereton mitraton These are "words of power" or "barbarous names," often derived from corrupted Hebrew or Greek, intended to command spiritual forces: Most Pure Angels, be the guardians of these instruments, for they are needed for many things.