_How to raise up the three Spirits_, Paymon, Bathin, _and_
Barma: _And what wonderful things may be effected through
their assistance._
The Spirit _Paymon_ is of the power of the Air, the sixteenth in the
ranck of Thrones, subordinate to _Corban_ and _Marbas_.
♦Their order.♦
_Bathin_ is of a deeper reach in the source of the fire, the second
after _Lucifers_ familiar, and hath not his fellow for agility and
affableness, in the whole Infernal Hierarchy.
_Barma_ is a mighty Potentate of the order of _Seraphims_, whom 20
Legions of Infernal Spirits do obey; his property is to metamorphose
the Magician or whom he pleaseth, and transport into foreign Countreys.
These three Spirits, though of various ranks and orders, are all of one
power, ability and nature, and the form of raising them all is one.
Therefore the Magician that desireth to consult with either of these
Spirits, must appoint a night in the waxing of the Moon, wherein the
Planet _Mercury_ reigns, at 11 a clock at night; not joyning to himself
any companion, because this particular action will admit of none;
and for the space of four dayes before the appointed night, he ought
every morning to shave his beard, and shift himself with clean linnen,
providing beforehand the two Seals of the Earth, drawn exactly upon
parchment, having also his consecrated Girdle ready of a black Cats
skin with the hair on, and these names written on the inner side of the
Girdle: ►Ya, Ya◄ ✠ ►Aie, Aaie◄ ✠ ►Elibra◄ ✠ ►Elohim◄ ✠ ►Saday◄ ✠ ►Yah
Adonay◄ ✠ _tuo robore_ ✠ _Cinctus sum_ ✠.
♦The Utensils to be used.♦
Upon his Shooes must be written ►Tetragrammaton◄, with crosses
round about, and his garment must be a Priestly Robe of black, with a
Friers hood, and a Bible in his hand.
When all these things are prepared, and the Exorcist hath lived
chastly, and retired until the appointed time: Let him have ready
a fair Parlour or Cellar, with every chink and window closed; then
lighting seven Candles, and drawing a double Circle with his own
blood, which he must have ready before hand: let him divide the Circle
into seven parts, and write these seven names at the seven divisions,
setting at every Name a Candle lighted in a brazen Candlestick in the
space betwixt the Circles: The names are these, ►Cados◄ ✠ ►Escherie◄ △
►Anick◄ ✠ ►Sabbac◄ [Symbol] ►Sagun◄ ✠ ✠ ►Aba◄ ✠ ►Abalidoth◄ [Symbol]
♦The Circle.♦
When the Candles are lighted, let the Magician being in the midst of
the Circle, and supporting himself with two drawn Swords, say with a
low and submissive voyce; _I do by the vertue of these seven holy Names
which are the Lamps of the living God, Consecrate unto my use this
inclosed Circle, and exterminate out of, it[*] all evill Spirits, and
their power; that beyond the limit of their circumference they enter
not on pain of torments to be doubled_, ►Yah, Agion, Helior, Heligah◄,
_Amen_.
♦The Consecration.♦
♦[*] [_transp._ it,]♦
When this Consecration is ended, Let him sprinkle the Circle with
consecrated Water, and with a Chafing-dish of Charcole, perfume it with
Frankincense and Cinamon, laying the Swords a cross the Circle, and
standing over them; then whilest the fumigation burneth, let him begin
to call these three Spirits in this following manner:
_I Conjure and Exorcize you the three Gentle and Noble Spirits of the
power of the North, by the great and dreadful name of_ ►Peolphan◄ _your
King, and by the silence of the night, and by the holy rites of Magick,
and by the number of the Infernal Legions, I adjure and invocate you;
That without delay ye present your selves here before the Northern
quarter of this Circle, all of you, or any one of you, and answer my
demands by the force of the words contained in this Book._ This must be
thrice repeated, and at the third repetition, the three Spirits will
either all appear, or one by lot, if the other be already somewhere
else imployed; at their appearance they will send before them three
fleet Hounds opening after a Hare, who will run round the Circle for
the space of half a quarter of an hour; after that more hounds will
come in, and after all, a little ugly _Æthiop_, who will take the Hare
from their ravenous mouths, and together with the Hounds vanish; at
last the Magician shall hear the winding of a Hunts-mans horn, and a
Herald on Horseback shall come galloping with three Hunters behind
upon black Horses, who will compass the Circle seven times, and at the
seventh time will make a stand at the Northern quarter, dismissing
the Herald that came up before them, and turning their Horses towards
the Magician, will stand all a brest before him, saying; ►Gil pragma
burthon machatan dennah◄; to which the Magician must boldly answer;
►Beral, Beroald, Corath, Kermiel◄; _By the sacred rites of Magick ye
are welcome ye three famous Hunters of the North, and my command is,
that by the power of these Ceremonies ye be obedient and faithful unto
my summons, unto which I conjure you by the holy Names of God_, ►Yah,
Gian, Soter, Yah, Jehovah, Immanuel, Tetragrammaton, Yah, Adonay,
Sabtay, Seraphin◄; _Binding and obliging you to answer plainly,
faithfully and truly, by all these holy names, and by the awful name of
your mighty King_ ►Peolphon◄.[*]
♦The Conjuration.♦
♦The Appearanees. [_sic_]♦
♦[*] [_sic_]♦
Which when the Magician hath said, the middle Hunter named ►Paymon◄,
will answer, ►Gil pragma burthon machatan dennah◄, _We are the three
mighty Hunters of the North, in the Kingdom of_ Fiacim, _and are come
hither by the sound of thy Conjurations, to which we swear by him that
liveth to yield obedience, if_ Judas _that betrayed him be not named_.
♦The Condition.♦
Then shall the Magician swear, _By him that liveth, and by all that is
contained in this holy Book, I swear unto you this night, and by the
mysteries of this action, I swear unto you this night, and by the bonds
of darkness I swear unto you this night, That_ Judas _the Traitor shall
not be named, and that blood shall not be offered unto you, but that
truce and equal terms shall be observed betwixt us_. Which being said,
the Spirits will bow down their heads to the Horses crests, and then
alighting down will call their Herald to withdraw their Horses; which
done, The Magician may begin to bargain with all, or any one of them,
as a familiar invisibly to attend him, or to answer all difficulties
that he propoundeth: Then may he begin to ask them of the frame of
the World, and the Kingdoms therein contained, which are unknown
unto Geographers: He may also be informed of all Physical processes
and operations; also how to go invisible and fly through the airy
Region: They can likewise give unto him the powerful Girdle of Victory,
teaching him how to compose and consecrate the same, which hath the
force, being tyed about him, to make him conquer Armies, and all men
whatsoever. Besides, there is not any King or Emperour throughout the
world; but if he desires it, they will engage to bring him the most
pretious of their Jewels and Riches in twenty four hours; discovering
also unto him the way of finding hidden treasures and the richest mines.
♦The Magicians Oath.♦
♦The girdle of Victory.♦
And after the Conjurer hath fulfilled his desires, he shall dismiss the
aforesaid Spirits in this following form.
♦The form of discharge.♦
_I charge you ye three officious Spirits to depart unto the place
whence ye were called, without injury to either man or Beast, leaving
the tender Corn untouched, and the seed unbruised; I dismiss you, and
licence you to go back untill I call you, and to be alwayes ready at my
desire, especially thou nimble_ ►Bathin◄, _whom I have chosen to attend
me, that thou be alwayes ready when I ring a little Bell to present thy
self without any Magical Ceremonies performed; and so depart ye from
hence, and peace be betwixt you and us, In the Name of the Father, Son,
and Holy Ghost. Amen._
When the Magician hath repeated this last form of dismission, he will
hear immediately a horn winding, after which the Herald with the jet
black Horses, and the three Spirits will mount upon them, compassing
the Circle seven times, with the Herald winding his horn before them,
and at every Candle they will bow towards the Horses crest, till coming
towards the Northern quarter, they will with great obeysance seem to
march away out through the solid wall as through a City gate.