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The License to Depart (Goetia)

S. L. MacGregor Mathers (trans.) & Aleister Crowley (ed.), The Book of the Goetia of Solomon the King, 1904

O thou Spirit N., because thou hast diligently answered unto my demands, and hast been very ready and willing to come at my call, I do here license thee to depart unto thy proper place; without causing harm or danger unto man or beast.

Depart, then, I say, and be thou very ready to come at my call, being duly exorcised and conjured by the sacred rites of magic.

I charge thee to withdraw peaceably and quietly, and the peace of God be ever continued between thee and me! Amen!

After thou hast given the Spirit license to depart, thou art not to go out of the circle until he or they be gone, and until thou shalt have made prayers and rendered thanks unto God, for the great blessings He hath bestowed upon thee in granting thy desires, and delivering thee from all the malice of the enemy the devil.