Book XV, chapters 12–17: Binding and citing spirits; characters of planets and angels; an experiment of the dead

CHAP. XII. The hours wherein principal Devils may be bound; to wit, raised and restrained from doing of hurt.

AMaymon King of the East, Corson King of the South, Zimimar King of the North, Goap King and Prince of the West, may be bound from the third hour till noon, and from the ninth hour till evening. Marquesses may be bound from the ninth hour till compline, and from compline to the end of the day. Dukes may be bound from the first hour till noon; and clear weather is to be observed. Prelates may be bound in any hour of the day. Knights from day dawning till Sun rising, or from evensong till the Sun set. A President may not be bound in any hour of the day, except the King whom he obeyeth, be invocated; nor in the shutting of the evening. Counties or Earls may be bound at any hour of the day, so it be in the woods or fields, where men resort not.

CHAP. XIII. The form of adjuring or citing of the Spirits aforesaid to arise and appear.

WHen you will have any Spirit, you must know his Name and Office; you must also fast, and be clean from all pollution, three or four days before; so will the Spirit be the more obedient unto you. Then make a Circle, and call up the Spirit with great intention, and holding a ring in your hand, rehearse in your own name, and your companions (for one must alwayes be with you) this Prayer following, and so no Spirit shall annoy you, and your purpose shall take effect. And note how this agreeth with Popish Charmes and Conjurations.

In the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ the ✚ Father ✚ and the Son ✚ and the Holy Ghost ✚ holy Trinity and unspeakable Unity, I call upon thee, that thou mayst be my salvation and defence, and the protection of my body and soul, and of all my goods; through the virtue of thy holy Cross, and through the vertue of thy passion, I beseech thee O Lord Jesus Christ, by the merits of thy blessed Mother S. Mary, and of all thy Saints, That thou give me Grace and Divine power over all the wicked Spirits, so as which of them soever I do call by name, they may come by and by from every coast, and accomplish my will, that they neither be hurtful nor fearful unto me, but rather obedient and diligent about me. And through thy virtue streightly commanding them, let them fufil my commandements. Amen.

Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of Sabbaoth, which wilt come to judge the quick and the dead, thou which art Α and Ω, first and last, King of Kings, and Lord of Lords, Ioth, Aglanabrath, El, Abiel, Anathiel, Amazim, Sedomel, Grayes, Heli, Messias, Tolimi, Elias, Ischiros, Athanatos, Imas, By these thy holy Names, and by all other I do call upon thee, and beseech thee O Lord Jesus Christ, by thy Nativity and Baptism, by thy Cross and Passion, by thine Ascension, and by the coming of the Holy Ghost, by the bitterness of thy soul when it departed from the body, by thy five wounds, by the blood and water which went out of thy body, by thy virtue, by the Sacrament which thou gavest thy Disciples the day before thou sufferedst, by the holy Trinity, and the inseparable Unity, by blessed Mary thy Mother, by thine Angels, Arch-Angels, Prophets, Patriarchs, and by all thy Saints, and by all the Sacraments which are made in thine honour, I do worship and beseech thee, to accept these prayers, Conjurations, and words of my mouth, which I will use. I require thee, O Lord Jesus Christ, that thou give me thy virtue and power over all thine Angels (which were thrown down from heaven to deceive mankind) to draw them to me, to tie and bind them, and also to loose them, to gather them together before me, and to command them to do all that they can, and that by no means they contemn my voyce, or the words of my mouth; but that they obey me and my sayings, and fear me. I beseech thee by thine Humanity, Mercy and Grace, and I require thee Adony, Amay, Horta, Vegedora, Mitai, Hel, Suranat, Yston, Ysesy, and by all thy holy Names, and by all thine holy He-Saints, and She-Saints, by all thine Angels, and Archangels, Powers, Dominions, and Virtues, and by that name that Solomon did bind the Devils, and shut them up, Elbrach, Evanher, Agle, Goth, Ioth, Othie, Venoch, Nabrat, and by all thine holy Names which are written in this book, and by the virtue of them all, that thou enable me to congregate all thy Spirits thrown down from heaven, that they may give me a true answer of all my demands, and that they satisfie all my requests, without the hurt of my body or soul, or any thing else that is mine, through our Lord Jesus Christ thy Son, which liveth and reigneth with thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end.

Oh Father Omnipotent, oh wise Son, oh holy Ghost, the searcher of hearts, oh you three in persons, one true Godhead in substance, which didst spare Adam and Eve in their sins; and oh thou Son, which dyedst for their sins a most filthy death, sustaining it upon the holy cross; oh thou most merciful, when I flie unto thy mercy, and beseech thee by all the means I can, by these the holy Names of thy Son; to wit, Α and Ω, and all other his Names, grant me thy Virtue and Power, that I may be able to cite before me, thy Spirits which were thrown down from heaven, and that they may speak with me, and dispatch by and by without delay, and with a good will, and without the hurt of my body, soul, or goods, &c. as is contained in the book called Annulus Solomonis.

Oh great and eternal vertue of the highest, which through disposition, these being called to judgement, Vachoon, Stumulamaton, Esphares, Tetragrammaton, Olioram, Cryon, Esytion, Existion, Eriona, Onela, Brasim, Noym, Messias, Soter, Emanuel, Sabboth, Adonay, I worship thee, I invocate thee, I implore thee with all the strength of my mind, that by thee, my present Prayers, Consecrations, and Conjurations be hollowed; and wheresoever wicked Spirits are called in the virtue of thy names, they may come together from every coast, and diligently fulfil the will of me the Exorcist. Fiat, fiat, fiat, Amen.

CHAP. XIV. A confutation of the manifold vanities conteined in the precedent Chapters, specially of commanding of Devils.

HE that can be perswaded that these things are true, or wrought indeed, according to the assertion of Coseners, or according to the supposion of Witchmongers and Papists, may soon be brought to believe that the Moon is made of green Cheese. You see in that which is called Solomons Conjuration, there is a perfect inventary registred of the number of Devils, of their Names, of their Offices, of their Personages, of their Qualities, of their Powers, of their Properties, of their Kingdoms, of their Governers, of their Orders, of their Dispositions, of their Subjection, of their Submission, and of the wayes to bind or loose them; with a note what Wealth, Learning, Office, Commodity, pleasure, &c. they can give, and may be forced to yield in spight of their hearts, to such (forsooth) as are cunning in this Art: of whom yet was never seen any rich man, or at least that gained any thing that way; or any unlearned man, that became learned by that means; or any happy man, that could with the help of this Art, either deliver himself, or his friends, from adversity; or add unto his Estate any point of felicity: yet these men, in all worldly happiness, must needs exceed all others, if such things could be by them accomplished, according as it is presupposed. For if they may learn of Marbas, all secrets, and to cure all diseases; and of Furcas, wisdome, and to be cunning in all Mechanical Arts; and to change any mans shape, of Zepar: if Bune can make them rich and eloquent; if Beroth can tell them of all things present, past, and to come; if Asmodie can make them go invisible, and shew them all hidden treasure; if Salmacke will afflict whom they list; and Allocer can procure the love of any Woman; if Amy can provide them excellent Familiars; if Caym can make them understand the voyce of all Birds, and Beasts; and Buer and Bifrons can make them live long; and finally, if Orias could procure unto them great friends, and reconcile their enemies, and they in the end had all these at commandement; should they not live in all worldly honour and felicity? Whereas, contrariwise, they lead there lives in all obloquy, misery and beggery; and in fine, come to the gallows, as though they had chosen unto themselves the spirit Valefer, who they say bringeth all them with whom he entreth into familiarity, to no better end then the gibbet or gallows.

But before I proceed further to the confutation of this stuff, I will shew other Conjurations, devised more lately, and of more Authority; wherein you shall see how fools are trained to believe these absurdities, being won by little and little to such credulity. For the Author hereof beginneth, as though all the cunning of Conjurors were derived and fetcht from the Planetary motions, and true course of the Stars, Celestial bodies, &c.

CHAP. XV. The names of the Planets, their Characters, together with the twelve signes of the Zodiack, their Dispositions, Aspects, and Government; with other observations.

The Characters of the Planets.

The five Planetary Aspects.

The twelve signs of the Zodiack, their Characters and Denominations, &c.

Their Disposition or Inclinations.

• Good signes. ♈︎ ♋︎ ♉︎ ♓︎ ♐︎
• Evil signes. ♎︎ ♏︎ ♑︎ ♒︎ ♊︎
• Signes indifferent. ♒︎ ♏︎ ♋︎ ♓︎ ♍︎
• Very good signes. ♈︎ ♎︎ ♐︎
• Very evil signes. ♑︎ ♊︎ ♌︎ ♉︎

The Disposition of the Planets.

The Aspects of the Planets.

• ☌︎ Is the best Aspect with good Planets, and the worst with evil.
• ⚹︎ Is a mean Aspect in goodness or badness.
• 🜂 Is very good in aspect to good Planets, and hurteth not in evil.
• □ This Aspect is of enimity not full perfect.
• ☍︎ This Aspect is of enimity most perfect.

How the Day is divided or distinguished.

A Day natural is the space of four and twenty hours, accounting the Night withal, and beginneth at one of the clock after midnight.

An artificial day is that space of time, which is betwixt the rising and falling of the Sun, &c. all the rest is night and beginneth at the Sun rising.

Hereafter followeth a Table shewing how the day and the night is divided by hours, and reduced to the regiment of the Planets.

The division of the Day, and the Planetary Regiment.

The division of the Night, and the Planetary Regiment.

CHAP. XVI. The Characters of the Angels of the seven dayes, with their names: of Figures, Seales and Periapts.

[Figure: These Figures are called the Seals of Earth, without the which no Spirit will appear, except thou have them with thee. — Michael. Gabriel. Samael. Yaphael. Sachiel Anael. Calliel. vel gaphriel — ✚ Emanuel Sabaoth Adonay ✚ panthou ufyon ✚ Messyas ✚ Sother ✚ — ✚ Dut tha gen ✚ Lap tenop ✚ Ty[…]ithaoth ✚ — otheos yon — mala iij — la — Aries Leo — ✚ — mala iij — Alpha et ω — on — ely eloy]

[Figure: Who so beareth this sign about him, all Spirits shall do him homage. — Who so beareth this sign about him, let him fear no fo, but fear GOD.]

CHAP. XVII. An Experiment of the Dead.

FIrst fast pray three dayes, and abstain thee from all filthiness; go to one that i[…] now buried, such a one as killed himself, or destroyed himself wilfully: or else get the promise of one that shall be hanged, and let him swear an Oath to thee, after his body is dead, that his Spirit shall come to thee, and do thee true service, at thy commandements, in all days, hours, and minutes. And let no persons see thy doings, but thy fellow. And about eleven a clock at night, go to the place where he was buried, and say with a bold faith, and hearty des[…]re; to have the spirit come that thou dost call for, thy fellow having a Candle, in his left hand, and in his right hand a Crystal-stone, and say these words following, the Master having a Hazel-wand in his right hand, and these names of God written thereupon, Tetragrammaton ✚ Adonai ✚ Agla ✚ Craton ✚ Then strike three strokes on the ground, and say; Arise N. Arise N. Arise N. I'conjure thee Spirit N. by the Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ, that thou do obey my words, and come unto me this night verily and truly, as thou believest to be saved at the day of Judgment. And I will swear to thee an Oath, by the peril of my soul, that if thou wilt come to me, and appear to me this night, and shew me true visions in this Crystal-stone, and fetch me the fairie Sibylia, that I may talk with her visibly, and she may come before me, as the Conjuration leadeth: and in so doing I will give thee an alms-deed, and pray for thee N. to my Lord God, whereby thou mayest be restored to thy Salvation at the Resurrection day, to be received as one of the Elect of God, to the everlasting glory. Amen.

The Master standing at the head of the grave, his fellow having in his hands the Candle and the Stone, must begin the conjuration as followeth, and the Spirit will appear to you in the Crystal-stone, in a fair form of a child of twelve years of age. And when he is in, feel the stone, and it will be hot; and fear nothing, for he or she will shew many delusions, to drive you from your work: Fear God, but fear him not. This is to constrain him, as followeth.

I conjure thee Spirit N. by the living God, the true God, and by the holy God, and by their vertues and powers which have created both thee and me, and all the world. I conjure thee N. by these holy Names of God, Tetragrammaton ✚ Adonay ✚ Algramay ✚ Saday ✚ Sabaoth ✚ Planaboth ✚ Panthon ✚ Craton ✚ Neupmaton ✚ Deus ✚ Homo ✚ Omnipotens ✚ Sempiternus ✚ Ysus ✚ Lerra ✚ Vnigentius ✚ Salbator ✚ Via ✚ Vita ✚ Manus ✚ Fons ✚ Origo ✚ Filius ✚. And by their vertues and powers, and by all their names, by the which God gave power to man, both to speak or think; so by their vertues and powers I conjure thee spirit N. that now immediately thou do appear in this Crystal-stone visibly to me and to my fellow, without any tarrying or deceit. I conjure thee N. by the excellent Name of Jesus Christ Α and Ω the first and the last. For this holy Name of Jesus is above all Names; for in this Name of Jesus every knee doth bow and obey, both of heavenly things, earthly things, and infernal. And every tongue doth confess that our Lord Jesus Christ is in the glory of the Father: neither is there any other Name given to man whereby he must be saved. Therefore in the Name of Jesus of Nazareth, and by his Nativity, Resurrection, and Ascension, and by all that appertaineth unto his passion, and by their vertues and powers I conjure thee Spirit N. that thou do appear visibly in this Crystal-stone to me, and to my fellow, without any dissimulation. I conjure thee N. by the blood of the innocent Lamb Jesus Christ, which was shed for us upon the cross; for all those that do believe in the vertue of his blood shall be saved. I conjure thee N. by the vertues and powers of all the royal names and words of the living God of me pronounced, that thou be obedient unto me and to my words rehearsed. If thou refuse this to do, I by the Holy Trinity, and by their vertues and powers do condemn thee thou Spirit N. into the place where there is no hope of remedy or rest, but everlasting horror of pain there dwelling, and a place where there is pain upon pain, dayly, horribly, and lamentably, thy pain to be there augmented as the Starrs in the Heaven, and as the gravel or Sand in the Sea: except thou Spirit N. do appear to me and to my fellow visibly, immediately in this Crystal Stone, and in a fair form and shape of a child of twelve years of age, and that thou alter not thy shape, I change thee upon pain of everlasting condemnation. I conjure thee Spirit N. by the golden Girdle, which girdeth the loins of our Lord Jesus Christ; so thou Spirit N. be thou bound into the perpetual pains of Hell fire, for thy disobedience and unreverent regard, that thou hast to the holy names and words, and his precepts. I conjure N. by the two edged Sword, which John saw proceed out of the month of the Almighty; and so thou Spirit N. be torn and cut in pieces with that Sword, and to be condemned into everlasting pain, where the fire goeth not out, and where the worm dyeth not. I conjure thee N. by the Heavens, and by the celestial City of Jerusalem, and by the Earth and the Sea, and by all things contained in them, and by their vertues and powers; I conjure thee Spirit N. by the obedience that thou dost owe unto the principal Prince. And except thou Spirit N. do come and appear visibly in this Crystal-stone in my presence, here immediately as it is aforesaid, Let the great curse of God, the anger of God, the shadow and darkness of death, and of eternal condemnation be upon thee Spirit N. for ever and ever; because thou hast denyed thy faith, thy health, and salvation. For thy great disobedience, thou art worthy to be condemned. Therefore let the divine Trinity, Thrones, Dominions, Principates, Potestates, Virtutes, Cherubim and Seraphim, and all the souls of Saints, both of men and women, condemn thee for ever, and be a witness against thee at the day of judgment, because of thy disobedience. And let all creatures of our Lord Jesus Christ, say thereunto Fiat, Fiat, fiat. Amen.

And when he is appeared in the Crystal-stone, as is said before, bind him with this bond as followeth; to wit, I conjure thee Spirit N. that art appeared to me in this Crystal-stone, to me and to my fellow; I conjure thee by all the royall words aforesaid, the which did constrain thee to appear therein, and their vertues; I charge thee by them all, that thou shall not depart out of this Crystal-stone, until my will being fulfilled, thou be licened to depart. I conjure and bind thee Spirit N. by that omnipotent God, which commanded the Angel S. Michael to drive Lucifer out of the Heavens with a Sword of vengeance, and to fall from joy to pain; and for dread of such pain as he is in, I charge thee Spirit N. that thou shalt not go out of the Crystal-stone; nor yet to alter thy shape at this time, except I command thee otherwise; but to come unto me at all places, and in all hours and minutes, when and wheresoever I shall call thee, by the vertue of our Lord Jesus Christ, or by any Conjuration of words that is written in this Book, and to shew me and my friends true visions in this Crystal-stone, of any thing or things that we would see, at any time or times; and also to go and fetch me the fairy Sibylia, that I may talk with her in all kind of talk, as I shall call her by any Conjuration of words contained in this Book. I conjure thee Spirit N. by the great wisdom and divinity of his Godhead, my will to fulfill as is aforesaid; I charge thee upon pain of condemnation, both in this world and in the world to come, Fiat, fiat, fiat. Amen.

This done, go to the place fast by, and in a fair Parlor or Chamber, make a circle with chalk, as hereafter followeth: and make another circle for the fairy Sibylia to appear in four foot from the circle thou art in, and make no names therein, or cast any holy thing therein; but make a circle round with chalk; and let the Master and his fellow sit down in this circle, the Master having the Book in his hand, his fellow having the Crystal-stone in his right hand, looking in the Stone when the Fairy doth appear. The Master also must have upon his brest this figure here written in Parchment, and begin to work in the new of the ☽︎ and in the hour of ♃︎ the ☉︎ and the ☽︎ to be in one of inhabiters signes, as ♋︎ ♐︎ ♓︎. This bond as followeth, is to cause the Spirit in the Crystal-stone, to fetch unto thee the fairy Sibylia. All things fulfilled, begin this bond as followeth, and behold, for doubtles they will come before thee, before the Conjuration be read seven times.

I conjure thee spirit N. in this Crystal-stone, by God the Father, by God the Son Jesus Christ, and by God the Holy Ghost, three Persons and one God, and by their vertues, I conjure thee spirit, that thou do go in peace, and also come again to me quickly, and to bring with thee into that circle appointed, Sibylia Fairie, that I may talk with her in those matters that shall be to her honour and glory; and so I charge thee declare unto her. I conjure thee spirit N. by the blood of the innocent Lamb, the which redeemed all the world, by the vertue thereof I charge thee thou spirit in the Crystal-stone, that thou do declare unto her this message. Also I conjure thee spirit N. by all Angels and Archangels, Thrones, Dominations, Principates, Potestates, Virtutes, Cherubim and Seraphim, and by their vertues and powers. I conjure thee N. that thou do depart with speed, and also to come again with speed, and to bring with thee the fairie Sibylia, to appear in that circle before I do read the Conjuration in this Book seven times. Thus I charge thee my will to be fulfilled, upon pain of everlasting condemnation: Fiat, fiat, fiat. Amen.

Then the figure aforesaid pinned on thy brest, rehearse the words therein, and say, ✚ Sorthie ✚ Sorthia ✚ Sorthios ✚ then begin your Conjuration as followeth here, and say; I conjure thee Sibylia, O gentle Virgine of Fairies, by the mercy of the Holy Ghost, and by the dreadful day of doom, and by their vertues and powers, I conjure thee Sibylia, O gentle Virgine of Fairies, and by all the Angels of ♃︎ and their characters and vertues, and by all the spirits of ♃︎ and ♁︎ and their characters and vertues, and by all the characters that be in the Firmament, and by the King and Queen of Fairies, and their vertues, and by the faith and obedience that thou bearest unto them. I conjure thee Sibylia by the blood that ran out of the side of our Lord Jesus Christ crucified, and by the opening of Heaven, and by the renting of the Temple, and by the darkness of the Sun in the time of his death, and by the rising up of the dead in the time of his Resurrection, and by the Virgin Mary Mother of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by the unspeakable Name of God Letragramaton. I conjure thee O Sibylia; O blessed and beautiful Virgin, by all the royall words aforesaid, I conjure thee Sibylia, by all their vertues to appear in that circle before me visibly, in the form and shape of a beautiful woman in a bright and white vesture, adorned and garnished most fair, and to appear to me quickly without deceit or tarrying; and that thou fail not to fulfil my will and desire effectually: For I will choose thee to be my blessed Virgin, and will have common copulation with thee. Therefore make hast and speed to come unto me, and to appear as I have said before. To whom be honour and glory for ever and ever, Amen.

The which done and ended, if she come not, repeat the Conjuration till they do come: for doubtless they will come. And when she is appeared, take your censers, and incense her with frankincense; then bind her with the bond as followeth: I do conjure thee Sibylia, by God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Gost, three Persons and one God, and by the blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of our Lord Jesus Christ; and by all the whole and holy company of Heaven, and by the dreadful day of doom, and by all Angels and Archangels, Thrones, Dominations, Principates, Potestates, Virtutes, Cherubim and Seraphim, and their vertues and powers. I conjure thee and bind thee Sibylia, that thou shalt not depart out of the circle wherein thou art appeared, nor yet to alter thy shape; except I give thee licence to depart. I conjure thee Sibylia by the blood that ran out of the side of our Lord Jesus Christ crucified, and by the vertue hereof I conjure thee Sibylia to come to me, and to appear to me at all times visibly, as the Conjuration of words leadeth, written in this Book. I conjure thee Sibylia, O blessed Virgin of Fairies, by the opening of Heaven, and by the renting of the Temple, and by the darkness of the Sun at the time of his death, and by the rising of the dead in the time of his glorious Resurrection, and by the unspeakable Name of God ✚ Tetragrammaton ✚ and by King and Queen of Fairies, and by their vertues I conjure thee Sibylia to appear, before the Conjuration be read over four times, and that visibly to appear, as the the Conjuration leadeth written in this Book, and to give me good counsel at all times, and to come by treasures hidden in the earth, and all other things that is to do me pleasure, and to fulfil my will without any deceit or tarrying; nor yet that thou shalt have any power of my body or soul, earthly or ghostly; nor yet to perish so much of my body as one hair of my head. I conjure thee Sibylia by all the royal words aforesaid, and by their vertues and powers, I charge and bind thee by the vertue thereof, to be obedient unto me, and to all the words aforesaid, and this bond to stand between thee and me, upon pain of everlasting condemnation. Fiat, fiat, fiat, Amen.