Grimorium Verum (The True Grimoire)

When the skin is dry, it may be removed from its wooden frame, blessed, and fumigated; then it is ready for use.

It is important that this must not be seen by any women, and especially not during their menstrual cycles; otherwise, it will lose its power. It must also be understood that when you make and use this parchment original: "parchment"; animal skin prepared for writing, you must be clean, pure, and chaste.

The operator is to say one Mass of the Nativity then, and all the instruments are to be placed on the altar.

Of Aspersion The act of sprinkling holy water.

You take an asperser original: "asperser"; a brush or branch used for sprinkling holy water made with a bunch of mint, marjoram, and rosemary, which is secured by a thread that has been spun by a virgin maiden.

The asperser is made in the day and hour of Mercury In astrology, specific hours are governed by planets; Mercury governs communication and magic when the Moon is in its waxing crescent.

Of the Perfumes Incense used for ritual purification.

These are to be wood of aloes, incense, and mace. As for the mace, this is all that you need for the circle, and over the perfumes, the following Orison original: "Orison"; a prayer is to be said:

The Prayer of the Aromatic Perfumes.

Deign, O Lord, to sanctify this creature In this context, "creature" refers to a created thing, such as the incense, in order that it may be a remedy for the human race, and that it may be a remedy for our souls and bodies, through the invoking of Your holy Name! Grant that all creatures which may breathe in its vapor may have health of their bodies and souls: through the Lord who has fashioned eternal time! Amen.

Of the Pen of the Art.

Take a new quill, and sprinkle and fumigate it in the same way as the other instruments. When you are cutting its point, say:

Ababaloy, Samoy, Escavor, Adonay: I have driven out all illusions from this quill, so that it may effectively hold the power needed for all those things used in the Art: for the operations, the characters Magical symbols or sigils, and the conjurations. Amen.

Of the Ink-horn.

You must buy a new ink-horn on the day and in the hour of Mercury. At this time, also, these characters are to be inscribed upon it:

Then, newly-made ink is exorcised with this exorcism before being placed in the horn: