Part 17

Netzah (or Netzach).—All-seeing God:

Elohim.—God be present with us, and let thy presence be now and always present with us:

Haniel.—Let thy holy angel Haniel come and minister unto us at this present.

Sabäoth.—O thou great God of Sabäoth, be present with us at this time and for ever:

Hodben (should be Hod simply).—Let Thine Almighty power defend us and protect us, both now and for ever:

Michael.—Let Michael, who is, under Thee, general of thy heavenly host:

Cochab.—Come and expel all evil and danger from us both now and for ever.

Sadai.—Thou great God of all wisdom and knowledge:

Jesal (should be Iesod).—Instruct Thy poor and most humble servant:

Cherubim.—By Thy holy cherubim:

Gabriel.—By Thy Holy Angel Gabriel, who is the Author and Messenger of good tidings:

Levanah.—Direct and support us at this present and for ever.

THE EXPLANATION OF THE TWO TRIANGLES IN THE PARCHMENT.

Alpha And Omega.—Thou, O great God, Who art the beginning and the end:

Tetragrammaton.—Thou God of Almighty power, be ever present with us to guard and protect us, and let Thy Holy Spirit and presence be now and always with us:

Soluzen.—I command thee, thou Spirit of whatsoever region thou art, to come unto this circle:

Halliza.—And appear in human shape:

Bellator (or Ballaton).—And speak unto us audibly in our mother-tongue:

Bellonoy (or Bellony).—And show, and discover unto us all treasure that thou knowest of, or that is in thy keeping, and deliver it unto us quietly:

Hallii. Hra.—And answer all such questions as we may demand without any defect now at this time.

AN EXPLANATION OF SOLOMON’S TRIANGLE

Anephezeton.—Thou great God of all the Heavenly Host:

Primeumaton.—Thou Who art the First and Last, let all spirits be subject unto us, and let the Spirit be bound in this triangle, which disturbs this place:

Michael.—By Thy Holy Angel Michael, until I shall discharge him.

(HERE ENDETH THIS FIRST BOOK OF THE LEMEGETON, WHICH IS CALLED THE GOETIA.)

Footnote 40:

Evidently meaning both the Hexagram and the Pentagram of Solomon. (See Figures 155 and 156.)

Ye Conjuratiouns of ye Booke Goetia in ye Lemegeton which Solomoun ye Kynge did give unto Lemuel hys sonne, rendered into ye Magicall or Angelike Language by our Illustrious and ever-Glorious Frater, ye Wise Perdurabo, that Myghtye Chiefe of ye Rosy-Cross Fraternitye, now sepulchred in ye Vault of ye Collegium S.S. And soe may we doe alle!