The Fourth Book of Occult Philosophy

...to you the proofs of pure truth and the invincible discipline of Magic, the instructions of the holy Divine Powers original: Numinum; refers to the spiritual entities or gods governing the cosmos, and most delightful practical experiments. Just as you have eagerly desired to know these things by reading the books of Occult Philosophy, so too, by reading this book, you may truly triumph through them. Therefore, keep this book hidden within the secret inner chambers of your devout heart, and conceal it with constant silence.

But you should know this: the names of the presiding Intelligences Intelligences: benevolent spiritual entities associated with the planetary spheres, acting as the rational directors of their energies for each of the Planets are established in this manner. Specifically, they are gathered from the Chart of the World original: figura Mundi; a technical term for an astrological horoscope cast for a specific moment by collecting letters starting from the rising of the Planet’s body, following the succession of the zodiac signs through each degree, and from each degree aspected by the Planet itself, making a projection from the degree of the Ascendant Ascendant: the degree of the zodiac rising on the eastern horizon at a specific time.

In a similar way, the names of the Princes of the evil Spirits presiding under each Planet are determined in reverse order, making the projection against the succession of the signs, starting from the beginning of the Seventh House The Seventh House represents the western horizon or the "descendant," traditionally the point of sunset and the entry into the "underworld" of the chart.

Furthermore, the name of the supreme Intelligence—which many consider to be the Soul of the World original: Anima Mundi; the spirit or vital force thought to animate the entire universe—is gathered from the four Cardinal Points Cardinal Points: also called the "angles" of a chart, these represent the four most powerful points: East, West, North, and South of the Chart of the World, according to the rule already described. And by...