_How to Conjure the Spirit_ ►Balkin◄ _the Master of_ ►Luridan◄.
As in the former Chapter, the Exorcist is instructed to draw the
form of the Mountain _Hecla_ within the circle, so in this form of
Conjuration he must do the same, adding these names to be written round
the Mountain _Mathiel_; ►Rahuniel, Seraphiel, Hyniel, Rayel, Fraciel◄.
These are the names of _Olympick Angels_, governing the _North_, and
ruling over every airy Spirit that belongs unto the _Northern_ Climate;
so that the authority of these names must be used in the calling up of
this Spirit, because he is a great Lord, and very lofty, neither will
he appear without strong and powerful Invocations.
♦The names of Olympick Angels.♦
Therefore the Magician must make upon Virgin Parchment the two Seals
of the Earth, and provide unto himself a Girdle made of a Bears skin
with a rough side next his body, and these names wrote round about in
the outerside, ✠ ►Alpha◄ ✠ ►Coronzon, Yah, Taniah, Adonay◄ ✠ ►Soncas◄
✠ ►Damael◄ ✠ ►Angeli fortes◄ ✠ ►pur pur◄ ✠ ►Elibra, Elohim◄ ✠ ►Omega◄
✠ ►per flammam ignis◄ ✠ ►per vitam Coronzon◄ ✠ _Amen_. ✠. Also he must
provide a black Priestly Robe to reach to his ankles, and a new Sword
with ►Agla◄ on the one side, and ►On◄ upon the other; having likewise
been very continent and chast for three days before the execution of
his design: and when the appointed night approacheth, he must take with
him an earthen pan with fire therein, and a little Viol with some of
his own blood, as also some of the Gum or Rozin that comes from the
Firr-tree.
And coming to the appointed place in some solitary Valley, the circle
must be drawn with chalk, as the former, one circle within another,
and these powerful names in the circumference, ►Otheos on Panthon◄ ✠
►Breschit, Hashamaim, Waharetz Wahayah◄ ✠ ►Tohu◄ ✠ ►va Bohu◄ ⚝ ✠ ✠ ✠ ⚝
►magnus es tu ben Elohim qui super alas ventorum equitaris◄ ✠.
This Circumscription is accounted amongst Magicians of all the most
powerful and prevalent.
After this the Circle, Mountain, Fire, Turpentine, Girdle, Garments,
Sword and Blood must be consecrated according to the foregoing forms of
Consecration, adding also this to the end of the consecration.
_Mighty art thou O_ ►Adonay, Elohim, Ya, Ya, Aie, Aie, Acimoy◄, _who
hast created the light of the day, and the darkness of the night,
unto whom every knee bows in Heaven and on Earth, who hast created
the_ ►Tohu◄ _and the_ ►Bohu◄, _that is stupor or numbness in a thing
to be admired, and mighty are thy magnificient Angels_ ►Damael◄
_and_ ►Guael◄, _whose influence can make the winds to bow, and every
airy Spirit stoop; Let thy right hand sanctifie these consecrated
utensils, exterminating every noxious thing from their bodies, and the
circumference of this Circle. Amen._ ►Calerna, Shalom, Shalom, Agla on
Sassur, Tafrac, Angeli fortes.◄ _In Nomine Patris, Filii, & Spiritus
Sancti. Amen, Amen, Amen._ After that, he shall sweep the circle gently
with a Foxes tayl, and sprinkle the same round with his blood, dipping
also the Sword, or anointing it with the same, and brandishing the
same in his right hand, he shall begin to conjure the Spirit on this
following manner:
_I Exorcize and Conjure thee thou great and powerful_ ►Balkin◄, _Lord
of_ ►Glauron◄, _Lord of_ ►Luridan◄, _and of fifteen hundred Legions,
Lord of the Northern Mountains, and of every Beast that dwells
thereon by the holy and wonderful Names of the Almighty_ ►Jehovah,
Athanato◄[*] ✠ ►Aionos◄ ✠ ►Dominus sempiternus◄ ✠ ►Aletheios◄ ✠
►Saday◄ ✠ ►Jehovah◄, ►Kedesh, El gabor◄ ✠ ►Deus fortissimus◄ ✠
►Anapheraton, Amorule, Ameron◄ ✠ ✠ ✠ ►Panthon◄ ✠ ►Craton◄ ✠ ►Muridon◄
✠ ►Jah, Jehovah, Elohim pentasseron◄ ✠ ✠ ►trinus et unus◄ ✠ ✠ ✠ ⚝
_I Exorcize and Conjure, I Invocate and Command thee thou aforesaid
Spirit, by the powers of Angels and Archangels, Cherubim and Seraphim,
by the mighty Prince_ ►Coronzon◄, _by the blood of_ Abel, _by the
righteousness of_ Seth, _and the Prayers of_ Noah, _by the voyces of
Thunder and dreadful day of Judgment; by all these powerful and royal
words abovesaid, that without delay or malitious intent, thou do come
before me here at the circumference of this consecrated Circle, to
answer my proposals and desires without any manner of terrible form
either of thy self, or attendants; but only obediently, fairly, and
with good intent, to present thy self before me, this Circle being my
defence, through his power who is Almighty, and hath sanctified the
same, In the Name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen._
♦[*] [Athanatos]♦
After the Magician hath thrice repeated this Conjuration, Let him
immediately set the fire before him, and put the Rozin thereon to
fumigate at the appearance of the conjured Spirits, and at the instant
of their appearance he shall hold the Censer of fire in his left hand,
and the Sword in his right, still turning round as the Spirits do.
For in a little space after the Invocation is repeated, he shall hear
the noise of Thunders, and perceive before him in the Valley a mighty
storm of Lightning and Rain; after a while the same will cease, and
an innumerable company of Dwarfs or Pigmies will appear mounted upon
Chamelions to march towards the Circle surrounding the same.
Next comes ►Balkin◄ with his Attendants; he will appear like the god
_Bacchus_ upon a little Goat, and the rest that follow will march after
him afoot.
Assoon as they come near the Circle, they will breath out of their
mouths a mist, or fog, which will even obscure the light of the Moon,
and darken the Magician, that he cannot behold them nor himself; yet
let him not be discomfited, or afraid, for that fog will be quickly
over; and the Spirits will run round the Circle after ►Balkin◄ their
Lord, who rides upon a Goat; they will continue to surround the Circle,
till the Magician begin the form of obligation or binding their Leader
or King in this form, with the Sword in his right hand, the Fire and
Rozin burning before him.
_I conjure and bind thee_ ►Balkin◄, _who art appeared before me,
by the Father, by the Son, and by the Holy Ghost, by all the holy
Consecrations I have made, by the powerful Names of Heaven, and of
Earth, and of Hell, that I have used and uttered in calling upon
thee, by the Seals which thou here beholdest, and the Sword which
I present[*] unto thee, by this sanctified Girdle, and all the
sanctified and potent things aforesaid, That here thou remain
peaceably, and of thy present shape before the Northern quarter of
this Circle, without injury to me in body, soul, or fortune; but on
the contrary, to answer faithfully unto my demands, and not hence to
remove, till I have licenced thee to depart, In the Name of the Father,
Son, and holy Spirit. Amen._
♦[*] [show, not give]♦
When he is thus obliged, he will alight from his Goat, and cause his
Attendants to remove further into the Valley, then will he stand
peaceably before the Circle to answer the Magician.
After this the Magician shall begin to demand into his own possession
a Familiar to build or pull down any Castle or strong hold in a night;
and that this Familiar bring with him the Girdle of Conquest, or
Victory, that the Magician being girded with the same may overcome all
enemies whatsoever,
And further, the Spirit is able to inform him of all questions
concerning Thunder and Lightning, the Motions of the Heavens, the
Comets and Apparitions in the air, Pestilence and Famine, noxious and
malevolent blasts, as also of the Inhabitants of the _Northern_ Pole,
and the wonders undiscovered throughout the world.
Likewise if the Exorcist inquire concerning the habitations of starry
Spirits, he will readily answer him, describing their orders, food,
life, and pasttime truly and exactly.
After the Magician hath satisfied himself with inquiries, and curious
questions unto the Spirit, there will come from amongst the company a
little Spirit of a span long, like a little _Ethiop_, which the great
King ►Balkin◄ will deliver unto the Exorcist to continue as a Familiar
with him as long as his life shall last. This familiar the possessor
may name at[*] it pleaseth him.
♦[*] [as]♦
The three last, who had this Spirit into possession, were three
_Northern_ Magicians, the first _Honduros_ a _Norwegian_, who called it
►Philenar◄, and commanded it at his pleasure with a little Bell.
After him _Benno_ his eldest Son injoy’d the same under the same name.
And _Swarkzar_ a _Polonian_ Priest was the last who enjoy’d it under
the Name of ►Muncula◄; all which names were imposed upon it, according
to the pleasure of the Masters; and therefore the naming of this
familiar is left to the discretion of the Exorcist.
Now when the Master hath taken this familiar into his custody and
service, the Spirit ►Balkin◄ will desire to depart, being wearied if
the action continue longer then an hour. Therefore the Magician must be
careful to dismiss him in this following form:
_Because thou hast diligently answered my demands, and been ready to
come at my first call, I do here licence thee to depart unto thy proper
place, without injury or danger to man or Beast; depart, I say, and_
_be ever ready at my call, being duly exorcized and conjured by sacred
Rites of Magick; I charge thee to withdraw with quiet and peace; and
peace be continued betwixt me and thee, In the Name of the Father, Son,
and Holy Ghost. Amen._
Then the Spirits company will begin to march about their Prince, and
in a formal Troop will march along the Valley, whilest the Magician
repeateth _Pater Noster, &c._ until the Spirits be quite out of sight
and vanished.
This is a compleat form of conjuring the aforesaid Spirit, according to
the Rules of _Vaganostus_ the _Norwegian_.
[APPENDIX II.]
[This second Book of “A Discourse concerning Devils and Spirits”, like
the Chapters in Appendix I, were added to the third edition, 1665, by
some one unknown.]
_BOOK II._