THE SWORD OF MOSES
AN ANCIENT BOOK OF MAGIC. FROM AN UNIQUE MANUSCRIPT
I. The Sword of Moses
In the name of the mighty and holy God!
Four angels are appointed to the Sword given by the Lord, the Master of mysteries, and they are appointed to the Law, and they see with penetration the mysteries from above and below; and these are their names -- SKD HUZI, MRGIOIAL, VHDRZIOLO, TOTRISI. CQD HUZI MRGIZIAL, UHDRZIULU, TUTRISI And over these are five others, holy and mighty, who meditate on the mysteries of God in the world for seven hours every day, and they are appointed to thousands of thousands, and to myriads of thousands of Chariots, ready to do the will of their Creator, 1 AHI HI HIH, the Lord of Lords and the honored God; these are their names -- MHIHUGTzI PJDUThThGM, ASQRIHU, CIThINIJUM, QThGNIPRI. And the Master of each Chariot upon which they are appointed wonders and says: "Is there any number of his armies?" And the least of these Chariots is lord and master over those above four. And over these are three chiefs of the hosts of the Lord, who make every day tremble and shake His eight halls, and they have the power over every creature. Under them stand a double number of Chariots, and the least of them is lord and master over all the above Chiefs; and these are their names -- ASHHI CTRISHUIH SHUThGIAIH. And the name of the Lord and king is PSQThIH, who sits, and all the heavenly hosts kneel, and prostrate themselves before Him daily before leaving GQTZ''CLAH, who is the Lord over all.
And when thou conjure him he will attach himself to thee, and cause the other five Chiefs and their Chariots, and the lords that stand under them, to attach themselves to thee just as they were ordered to attach themselves to Moses, son of Amram, and to attach to him all the lords that stand under them; and they will not tarry in their obeisance, and will not withhold from giving authority to the man who utters the conjuration over this Sword, its mysteries and hidden powers, its glory and might, and they will not refuse to do it, as it is the command of God ABDUHU saying: "Ye shall not refuse to obey a mortal who conjures you, nor should you be different to him from what you were to Moses, son of Amram, when you were commanded to do so, for he is conjuring you with My Ineffable names, and you render honor to My name and not to him. If you should refuse I will burn you, for you have not honored Me."
Each of these angels had communicated to Moses a propitious thing for the proper time. These things are all words of the living God and King of the Universe, and they said to him: --
"If thou wishest to use this Sword and to transmit it to the following generations, then know that the man who decides to use it must first free himself three days previously from accidental pollution and from everything unclean, eat and drink once every evening, and must eat the bread from a pure man or wash his hands first in salt, and drink only water; and no one is to know that he intends using this 'Sword,' as therein are the mysteries of the Universe, and they are practiced only in secret, and are not communicated but to the chaste and pure. On the first day when you retire from the world bathe once and no more, and pray three times daily, and after each prayer recite the following Blessing: --
"Blessed art thou QUSIM, O Lord our God, King of the Universe, who openest the gates of the East and cleavest the windows of the firmament of the Orient, and givest light to the whole world and its inhabitants, with the multitude of His mercies, with His mysteries and secrets, and teachest Thy people Israel Thy secrets and mysteries, and hast revealed unto them the Sword used by the world; and Thou sayest unto them: "If anyone is desirous of using this Sword, by which every wish is fulfilled and every secret revealed, and every miracle, marvel, and prodigy are performed, then speak to Me in the following manner, read before Me this and that, and conjure in such and such a wise, and I will instantly be prevailed upon and be well disposed towards you, and I will give you authority over this Sword, by which to fulfill all that you desire, and the Chiefs will be prevailed upon by you, and my holy ones will be well disposed towards you and they will fulfill instantly your wishes, and will deliver to you my secrets and reveal to you my mysteries, and my words they will teach you and my wonders they will manifest to you, and they will listen and serve you as a pupil his master, and your eyes will be illuminated and your heart will see and behold all that is hidden, and your size will be increased." Unto Thee I call, SUQIM, Lord of the Universe. Thou art He who is called IHUGH HU, King of the Universe. Thou art called AThHU, merciful king. Thou art called PHUZGH, gracious king. Thou art called ZHUThGIHH living king. Thou art called TZHPRUHU HUH, humble king. Thou art called SPTHUThHU, righteous king. Thou art called QGIUHI HU, lofty king. Thou art called CHRU SGHURI, perfect king. Thou art called SPQS HPIH, upright king. Thou art called QThThH GThHI, glorious king. Thou art called PThRIS HUPIHU, youthful king. Thou art called ROPQ TzIUHIH, pleasant king. Thou art called JUSH IHU, and thou listenest to my prayer, for Thou hearkenest unto prayer; and attach unto me Thy servants the lords of the Sword, for Thou art their king, and fulfill my desire, for evening is in Thy hands, as it is written: "Thou openest thine hand and satisfiest every living being with favor."
"I conjure you, Azliel AZLI-AL called HURI ZHI; I conjure you, Arel ARAL called SQRISIHIH, Ta'aniel TONI-AL called AAThRTzAHIH, Tafel TPAL called HUPQI HUH AHIH, and the most glorious of these Yofiel Mittron IUPIAL MITTRUN called HLIKIH HUH, the glory from above. With the permission of my king I conjure Yadiel IDIAL called SGHUH HIH, Ra'asiel ROCI-AL called MHUPThKIHIITz, Haniel JNIAL called RHU PGTIH, Haniel HNIAL called PHUTzPNIGIH, Asrael AShRAL called ThHMUThIHIH, Yisriel UIShRIAL called QNIThI PTzIH, A'shael OShHAL called IHUTh NTHIHIH, Amuhael OMUHAL called RUPNIGIH USSIH, and Asrael UATzRAL called ShHGNU ThGIHH, that you attach yourselves to me and surrender the Sword to me, so that I may use it according to my desire, and that I find shelter under the shadow of our Lord in heaven in the glorious Name, the mighty and awe-inspiring HU HI HHI HU HH AH UH IH IH HUI HU HI HU NA HUH IHU IA HU HU IH IHU HI HU IA IH UH HU IA HU HUA HU IH UH IH HU HUH IHI HU IH AHIH MH UH, the twenty-four letters from the Crown; that you deliver unto me with this Sword the secrets from above and below, the mysteries from above and below, and my wish be fulfilled and my word. hearkened unto, and my prayer received through the conjuration with the Ineffable name of God which is glorified in the world, through which all the heavenly hosts are tied and bound; and this is the Ineffable Name -- HH HH HUH HHII IUHH AH UH NIH HUH PH UHU HIH TzHU AH UH HIH ThH UH IH UH IH SIH UH IH UI H, blessed be he! I conjure you that you shall not refuse me nor hurt me, nor frighten and alarm me, in the tremendous Name of your king, the terror of whom rests upon you, and who is called PRZMUThGIH SRJUQThIH: HIGNIThIH: TRSNIHIH: QRZMThHU: TZNIH IH UH HIH HU HI HA HUH AHH HHI AH UH HUH HIH AH UH IH IHH IHU IHI AU HH AH HH HA HIH AH ZQDIDRIH. Fulfill for me everything that I have been conjuring you for, and serve me, for I have conjured you not with the name of one who is great among you but with that of the Lord over all, whose name ties and binds and keeps and fastens all the heavenly hosts. And if you should refuse me, I will hand you over to the Lord God and to his Ineffable name, whose wrath and anger and fire are kindled, who honors his creatures with one letter of his name, and is called ZRUG DQNTA QTzUPTzJThIH: AHUH-SJThI GIH NIGIM: HIGIH HU IH HNIH HUH QLTzG; so that if you refuse he will destroy you, and you will not he found when searched after. And you preserve me from shortness of spirit and weakness of body in the name of JZQAI AHIH UH IH HH IHH IH UH HH IH HIH AHIU IH HIU IHI UHUI HI HUI IH QQHUH SQQHUH, the guardian of Israel. Blessed art Thou, who understandest the secrets and revealest the mysteries, and art king of the Universe.'"
A voice warn heard in the heavens, the voice of the Lord of heavens, saying: "I want a swift messenger to go to man, and if he fulfills my message my sons will become proud of the Sword which I hand over to them, which is the head of all the mysteries of which also my seers have spoken, that thus will my word be, as it is said: 'Is not my word like as fire? saith the Lord'". Thus spoke PGNININU GSIH, the lord of heaven and earth; and I, Assi Asisih and Apragsih APRGSIH, the swift messenger, who am pleased with my messages and delighted with my sending, ascended before Him, and the Lord over all commanded me: "Go and make this known to men who are pious and good and pure and righteous and faithful, whose heart is not divided and in whose mouth is no duplicity, who do not lie with their tongues and do not deceive with their lips, who do not grasp with their hands and are not lustful with their eyes, who do net run after evil, keep aloof from every uncleanness, depart from every defilement, keep themselves holy from contamination, and do not approach woman." When the Lord ever all commanded me thus, I, ASSI ASS UAS IS-IH UAPRGSIH, the swift messenger, went down to earth, and I said on my way: "Where is the man who possesses all these that I should go to him and place this with him?" And I asked myself, and thought in my heart that there is no man who would do all this that I wished; and I found none, and it was heavy unto me. And the Lord over all conjured me by His mighty right arm, and by the luster of His glory and His glorious crown, with an oath of His mighty right arm, and He conjured me, and the lord over all strengthened me and I did not fall. I thus stood up, I, ASSI ASS U ASIS IH UAPRGSIH, to put NN in the possession of the desired covenant, in the name of QMBGL-OQMH-UH ZRUMTzIH-IH IKRUQ-ZNUThIH IRPHU-JThIH QTzI UTzIHTz-IHTz-IHTz."
"This is the great and glorious Name which has been given as a tradition to man -- IH BIH ATz AH BAH HUI HU HU UH IA HU ZH UH UH AH IH IHU HH IHU IHU AQP HI HH IIAH HH HAH HUAH HHUH HII HU HU HI, holy, glorious, glorious, Selah. Recite it after thy prayers. -- And these are the names of the angels that minister to the son of man -- Mittron, Sgrdtsih, Mqttro, Sngotiqtel, etc., etc., etc. 28 names MITTRUN SGRDThTzIH MQTTRUN SNGUThIQThAL NGIQThGAL IGUAThQThIAL ANThGQSAL ANThUSSThIAL MIKAL-SRUG-GBRIAL CQThKNIH HDQRUNThIAL ANHSGAL IHUAL ThIZRThNSIAL SIGSTHAL ONPI QQPIAL NHR GSGNHIAL IKNI AThIHAL AQThQLIQAL INH GIThIAL IH." "In a similar manner shall you serve me NN; and receive my prayer and my orisons, and bring them to God IHUH HH SHH AHH HH UH UH, blessed be He! for I adjure you in His name, and I extol you to ascend, like unto the bird that flies from its nest, and remember my meritorious deeds before Him and make Him forgive now my sins on account of my words of supplication, and you may not refuse me in the name of HH-HH-UH-UIH- IH-UIH-UH-UH-UIHH- UIH-AH-HHUI-AHU-IA- HI-HI-HU-HU-IHU-H H-HUH-IH-UH, blessed be He! Sabaoth, Sabaoth TzBAUTh, TZBAUTh, Selah. His servants sanctify Him and praise Him with sweet melody, and say: "Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of holy name; the whole earth is full of His glory"; and do not refuse me, in the name of X, who lives for ever, and in the name of Ditimon, etc., and in the name of the great One from whom nothing is hidden, who sees and is not seen, and in the name of Him who is the chief over the heavens and is called X. And the King of the Universe utters this name also in a different manner, thus -- X. You swift messenger, do not tarry and do not frighten me, but come and do all my wants in the name of X, the great One, who sees and is not seen, AHVH, whose Ineffable Name is revealed to the heavenly hosts; and I conjure you by this Ineffable Name, such as it was revealed to Moses by the mouth of the Lord over all, X, the Lord Sabaoth is His name. Blessed art thou, O God, lord of mighty acts, who knowest all the mysteries."
And which are the letters which X communicated to Moses? He said to him: "If thou wishest to get wise and to use the Sword, call me, and conjure me, and strengthen me, and fortify me, and say: 'X, with the great, holy, wonderful, pure, precious, glorious, and awe-inspiring secret Name X, with these letters I conjure thee to surrender to me and make me wise and attach to me the angels which minister to the Sword, in the name of the Revealer of mysteries. Amen.'"
Write with ink on leather and carry about with you during those three days of purification, and invoke before and after prayer the following Names communicated to Moses by Mrgiiel, X, by Trotrosi, X, etc. The 13 Chiefs mentioned at the beginning, and a long string of other mysterious names which are said to have been communicated to Moses. "And they have not hidden from him any of these sacred Ineffable names or letters, and have not given him instead the Substitutes of any of these sacred letters, for thus were they ordered by the Lord of all mysteries to communicate to him this Sword, with these Names which constitute the mysteries of this Sword; and they said to him 'Command the generations which will come after thee to say the following blessing prior to their prayer, lest they be swept away by the fire': 'Blessed art Thou, AIZVA AIZVNIS, who wast with Moses; he also with me, Thou, whose name is X. Send me X, who is the cover of the Cherubim, to help me. Blessed art Thou, Lord of the Sword.'"
Whoever is desirous of using this Sword must recite his usual prayers, and at the passage "Thou hearkenest to prayer" say: "I conjure you four princes X, servants of Hadirion, X, that you receive my invocation before I pray, and my supplication before I entreat, and fulfill all my wishes through this Sword, as you have done to Moses, in the glorious and wonderful name of the Lord of wonders, which is interpreted thus -- X." He must then call the five superior Chiefs and say: "I conjure you, X, that you accept my conjuration as soon as I conjure you, and you attach to me those four princes and all the hosts of Chariots over which you preside, to fulfill all my wishes through this Sword by this beloved name X." He must then call the three angels that are superior to these, and say: "I conjure you, X, the beloved of X, who is Hadiririon, that you attach yourselves to me and attach to me X, who are standing under your rule, to fulfill all my wishes through this Sword by this unique name X." And then he must lay hold of the highest Chief over all and say: "I conjure thee, X, strong and powerful Chief over all the heavenly hosts, that thou attachest thyself to me, thou and not thy messenger, and attach to me all the Chiefs that are with thee, to fulfill my wishes through this Sword, by the name X, which has no substitute, for thou art beloved and he is beloved, and I am from the seed of Abraham called the beloved. Blessed art thou, King of the mysteries, Lord of the secrets, who hearkenest unto prayer."
And he is not to touch this Sword ere he has done all these things; afterwards he will be able to do whatever he likes, everything being written here following in its proper order.
II. This is the Sword
It consists of a series of mysterious names of God or angels, to which the recipes in Part III refer. The first list commences with Tobat, Tsbr, etc. (1-5). These numbers are added by me to make the formulas run parallel with their magical applications in Part III, as already explained in the Introduction. I refer to them as they break up this part in convenient smaller portions, and are easily discernible. After these follow the words: "With these your Names, and with the powers you possess, to which there is nowhere anything like I conjure you to show me and to search for me, and to bring me X to do all my bidding in the name of X," and, again, a list of names, that have no special characteristic in common. Nos. 20-24 are all names commencing with JJ; some of these finish with JH. 24-36 all these names have the word Sabaoth attached to them. To 41-47 HVH is added. From Nos. 51-93 all the names are composite; they appear as names of sons, the name of the father being added to each of these, close upon 160 names, e.g.: Sagnis, son of Srngia; Ssgn, son of 'Arggis; Atumi, son of Batumi; Ahsuti, son of Kkthus; Agupi, son of Abkmi, etc. Every name from 102 on to the end of this part finishes with -el, after which follow varying syllables and words: some are only JH or JV (Nos. 102-105), or a word commencing with 'A- and finishing with -JH (Nos. l06-lll). Nos. 112-121 are followed by ARVH, whilst 122-l27=JHVHH, and Nos. 128-134=HVJH. They conclude with the following words: "Ye sacred angels, princes of the hosts of X, who stand upon the thrones prepared for them before Him to watch over and to minister to the Sword, to fulfill by it all the wants by the name of the Master over all; you Chiefs of all the angels in the world, X, in the name of X the seal of heaven and earth, ministers of X the most high God; through you I see X in the world; you are lording over me in all the place of the Master over all: I pray of you to do everything that I am asking of you, as you have the power to do everything in heaven and upon earth in the\ name of X, as it is written in the Law, 'I am the Lord, this is My name!'"
III.
1. If at full moon a man wishes to unite a woman with a man that they should be as one to one another, to destroy winds, demons, and satans, and to stop a ship, and to free a man from prison, and for every other thing, write on a red bowl from Tobar, etc. (No. 1). -- 2. To break mountains and hills, to pass dry shod through the water, to enter the fire, to appoint and to depose kings, to blind the eyes, to stop the mouth, and to speak to the dead, and to kill the living, to bring down and to send up and to conjure angels to hearken unto thee, and to see all the mysteries of the world, write Nos. 1 and 2 upon the saucer of a cup and put in it the root of genip-tree. -- 3. Against a spirit that moves in the body write on a plate No. 3. -- 4. Against a spirit that burns write No. 4. -- 5. Against a spirit in the whole body write No. 5-6. Against a demon write No. 6. -- 7. Against shingles write No. 7. -- 8. Against quinsy say the words of No. 8 over oil of roses and put it over his face. -- 9. For pains in the ear whisper in the painful ear No. 9. -- 10. For aches in the eye say the words No. 10 over water three days running in the morning, and wash the eye with it. -- 11. For cataract say the words of No. 11 over oil of sesame, and anoint the eye with it during seven mornings. -- 12. For grit in the eye say over Kohl No. 12, and fill the eye with it for three mornings. -- 13. For blood that runs from the head whisper No. 13 over the head early in the morning for three days, when you wash your hands before getting out of bed. -- 14. For paralysis say seven times over a vessel full of water and seven times over sesame-oil the words No. 14, "that it should move away and leave NN, Amen, Amen, Selah"; and throw the pail of water over his head and anoint him with the oil, and do this for three days; then write an amulet with the words from, "I conjure you " till "Amen, Selah," and hang it round his neck. -- 15. For pains in one half of the head and for bad singing in the ear, write No. 15 and hang it round the neck. -- 16. For the bad deafening of the ear write No. 16 and hang it round the neck. -- 17. For pains in the ear say into the left ear the words No. 17 backwards. -- 18. For deafness say over hemp water, whilst mixing it with oil of sesame, the words of No. 18, and put it into his ear as soon as it has become a little dissolved. -- 19. For scabs, ulcers, itches, mange, shingles, etc., that befall mankind, say over olive oil No. 19 and anoint with the left hand. -- 20. For jaundice say the words No. 20 over water in which radish has been soaked, and let him drink it. -- 21. For pains in the nose and for the spirit in the nose say No. 21 over oil of sesame and put it into his nostrils. -- 22. For pains in the stomach and in the bowels say No. 22 over water, and drink it. -- 23. For hot fever say No. 23 over water in which rose-laurels are soaked, and he is to bathe in it. -- 24. For tumors, etc., say No. 24 once over them and once over olive oil, and anoint them for three days, but do not let any water come near them -- 25. For an evil occurrence say No. 25 over seven white cups of water, filled from the river, and throw them over the head. -- 26. For ulcer spit out before him, and say over his mouth, and over a cup of strong drink, No. 26, and make him drink, and watch what is coming out of his mouth. -- 27. For a man bitten by a snake or by another poisonous insect, he must say over the place of the bite or over the painful spot No. 27 and drink it; the same he is to do whenever hurt by any creeping thing. -- 28. For a woman who has seen blood before the time my No. 28 over an ostrich egg, then burn it, and she be smoked with it. -- 29. For pains in the mouth say No. 29 over risen flour, and put it upon his mouth. -- 30. For quinsy and for pains in the shoulder, say No. 30 over wine and drink. -- 31. For a painful nerve write No. 31 on a scroll and speak these words over olive oil, and rub some of it on the scroll and smear it over the painful spot and hang the amulet round his neck. -- 32. For stone my over a cup of wine No. 32, and drink it. -- 33. For hemorrhoids take tow and put salt on it and mix it with oil, saying over it No. 33, and sit on it. -- 34. For a man who suffers from swelling and from venereal disease, he is to say No. 34 over water in which radishes are soaked, and drink. -- 35. For sprains, either you take a plate and write upon it No. 35 and put it upon the place, and all around it will be healed; or you take a ball of wool and dip it in oil of sesame, and say those words upon it and put it upon the sprain. -- 36. When injured or hurt by iron, and for every blow that it should not fester, say No. 36 over white naphtha and rub it over the place of the blow. -- 37. For cramps and for pains of heart say over spinach and oil No. 37, and drink it. -- 38. For the gall and the bowels take the water in which raisins have been soaked, saying over it No. 38, and drink it. -- 39. For the spoiled liver take a drink a sixth measure of water-lentils and say No. 39, and swallow it slowly. -- 40. For the milt say No. 40 over wine-lees and drink it, and repeat it for three days. -- 41. For the spirit who rests on the womb, say No. 41 on camphor oil and put it on it with a ball of wool. -- 42. For a woman who has a miscarriage, say No. 42 on a cup of wine, or strong drink, or water, and let her drink it for seven days; and even if she should see blood and she repeats it over a cup of wine, the child will live. -- 43. For a man who is bald, say No. 43 over nut-oil and anoint with it. -- 44. To conjure a spirit write on a laurel-leaf: "I conjure thee, prince whose name is Abraksas, in the name of (No. 44) that thou comest to me and revealest to me all that I ask of thee, and thou shalt not tarry." And the one bound by thee will come down and reveal himself to thee. -- 45. To remove a rich man from his riches, say No. 45 upon the dust of an ant-hill and throw it into his face. -- 46. To heal leprosy, take the patient to the side of the river and say to him: "I conjure thee, leprosy, in the name of (No. 46) to disappear and to vanish, and to pass away from NN. Amen, Amen, Selah"; and he is to go down and dip seven times in the river, and when he comes out write an amulet with the words "I conjure -- Selah," and hang it round his neck. -- 17. For diarrhea write No. 47 on a red copper plate and hang it round his neck.
-- 48. If thou wishest that the rain should not fall upon thy garden, write out No. 48. -- 49. If thou wishest to see the sun take . . . from a male tree and stand in front of the sun and say . . . which art called on the . . called . . . and the ears of barley the words of No. 49; and he will appear unto thee in the form of a man dressed in white and he will answer thee upon everything that thou askest him, and he will even bring a woman after thee. -- 50. Whosoever wishes to enter a furnace is to write No. 50 on a silver plate and hang it upon his haunch.
-- 51. If thou seest a king or a ruler and thou wishest that he follow thee, take a basin of water and put into it the root of genip-tree, and the root of purslane, and the root of Artilochia, and say No. 51, and place it on fiery coals in a white earthen vessel and throw upon them leaves of olive-tree, and whatever thou decreest he will bring unto thee, even a woman thou canst command. -- 52. If you wish to overawe them, take water from the fountain and say upon it No. 52 and throw it into their faces. -- 53. For loosening any charm say over water No. 53 and throw it over him and write it as an amulet and hang it round his neck, and also for freeing a man from prison. -- 54. To catch fish, take a white potsherd, and putting into it leaves of olive-tree say over them No. 54 at the side of the river. -- 55. If thou wishest a woman to follow thee, take thy blood and write her name upon a newly-laid egg and say towards her No. 55.--56. If a man is to follow thee, take a new potsherd and dip it in black myrrh and pronounce over his name the words of No. 56, and walk on without looking backwards. -- 57. For a tree that does not produce fruits, write the words No. 57 upon a new potsherd and bury it under the root of the fruitless tree, and water all the trees and these also which do not produce the fruit. -- 58. For illness in the fruit write on a new potsherd No. 58 and bury it in the cistern, and say these words also over water, ashes, and salt, and water the earth with it. -- 59. For a suckling babe write on an onyx slab No. 59 and whisper it into its ears three times, spitting out after the whispering; then repeat them over a cupful of water 70 times and give it the child to drink. -- 60. For one bitten by a rabid dog, write No. 60 on the halter of an ass and let the ass go; then repeat these words over sesame oil and let him anoint himself with it and put on new clothes and hang that halter round him. -- 61. For fever and small fever, write on the skin of the brains of a ram or a goat No. 61, and hang it round his neck. -- 62. If anyone lose his way he is to say No. 62 over the four corners of his belt. -- 63. If thou wishest to ask anything of thy neighbor, say No. 63 over oil of sesame or of . . . or of . . . -- 64. If thou wishest that a woman is to follow thee write thy name and her name with thy blood upon her door, and the same upon thy door, and repeat the words of No. 64.-65. If thou wishest to know whether thy journey will be lucky, take a field lettuce with open leaves, and standing before the sun say the words of No. 65 and watch the lettuce: if the leaves close and shut, then do not go; but if they remain in their natural state, proceed, and thou wilt prosper. -- 66. If thou wishest to deliver a man from prison say No. 66 once to him, and once to the sun, and once to the prison house. -- 67. To conquer, take dust from thy house and say over it seven times in the road of the town the words of No. 67, and then take dust from the road and do likewise and throw it into thy house. -- 68. If you wish to kill a man, take mud from the two sides of the river and form it into the shape of a figure, and write upon it the name of the person, and take seven branches from seven strong palm-tree. and make a bow from reed with the string of horse-sinew, and place the image in a hollow, and stretch the bow and shoot with it, and at each branch say the word. of No. 68; and may NN be destroyed . . . -- 69. To send plagues, take parings from seven men and put them into a new potsherd, and go out to the cemetery and say there No. 69, and bury it in a place that is not trodden by horses, and afterwards take the dust from this potsherd and blow it into his face or upon the lintel of his house. -- 70. To send dreams to your neighbors, write No. 70 upon a plate of silver and place it in the mouth of a cock and kill it when it has gone down its mouth, and take it out from the mouth and put it between its legs and bury it at the end of a wall, and put thy foot upon that spot and say thus: "In the name of X, a swift messenger is to go and torment NN in his dreams until he will fulfill my wish." -- 71. If a snake follows thee say No. 71, and it will dry up. -- 72. To stop a boat in the sea, say No. 72 over a potsherd or on a rounded flint stone and throw it against it into the sea. -- 73. To loosen it from the charm, say No. 73 over dust or a clod of earth and throw it into the water, and as this dissolves the boat gets free to go. -- 74. If thou wishest to prevent an oven or furnace or pot from becoming destroyed (unclean?), say No. 74 over dust and throw it over them. -- 75. If thou wishest them to be hot, spit in front of them and say No. 75, and they will boil. -- 76. If thou wishest to pass dry shod through the sea, say upon the four corners of the head-dress No. 76, and take one corner in thy hand and the other is to precede thee. -- 77. If thou wishest to curse anyone, say in the 'Eighteen benedictions' No. 77, in the name of X. -- 78. To speak with the dead, whisper No. 71 into his left ear and throw into their holes. -- 79. To kill a lion, bear, an adder, or any other hurtful animal, take the dust from under the right foot, say over it No. 79, and throw it into their faces. -- 80. To catch them, take the dust from under your left foot, saying No. 80, and throw it into their faces. -- 81. To open a door, take the root of lotos reed and place it under the tongue and say No. 81 against the door. -- 82. To kill an ox or another beast, say into its ear No. 82-83. To inflame his heart, say No. 83 over a piece of raw meat, and give it to him to eat. -- 84. To make a fool of one, say No. 84 over an egg and place it in his hands. -- 85. To destroy the house of thy neighbor, say No. 85 over a new potsherd and throw it into his house. -- 86. To expose your neighbor, say No. 86 over oil of . . . and smear it at the bottom of his jug. -- 87. To make your neighbor disliked, take blood from phlebotomy, say upon it No. 87, and throw it upon his lintel. -- 88. To make a woman have a miscarriage, say No. 88 over a cup of water and throw it over her lintel. -- 89. To make a man ill, say No. 89 over olive oil and let him anoint himself with it. -- 90. To know whether a man a sick person will die or live, say before him No. 90: if he turns his face towards you he will live; if away, he will die. -- 91. To catch a lion by the ear, say No. 91 and make seven knots in the fringes of thy girdle and repeat these words with each knot, and you will catch him. -- 92. To make thy renown go throughout the world, write No. 92 as an amulet and bury it in thy house. -- 93. To shorten the way, say No. 93 over a single lotos reed. -- 94. To cure hemorrhoids, take kernels of dates . . . and burn them in fire and say No. 94, and mix it with oil of olives and place it as an amulet over it, and it will be good. -- 95. For every spirit write upon a bowl No. 95 and hang it round the neck. -- 9b. For subtle poison, as cumin-seed and calamint, write No. 96 upon an egg and put it into wine, and repeat over it the same words and then drink it. -- 97. For the thunder that comes from heaven, take a ring of iron and lead, and hang it on the spot you wish to protect, and say over it No. 97.-98. To go before king or lord, say No. 98 over a piece of lion's skin dipped in black hemp and pure wine, and take it with thee. -- 99. For blight, if it happen, take a sinew and soak it in turnip-juice in the night from Wednesday to Thursday, and say No. 99 over it; on the morrow sprinkle that water over the field. -- l00. If the fruit gets worm-eaten, take a worm from the mud and put it into a tube and say No. 100 over it; then close the tube and bury it in that place. -- l01. To free a man from prison, say over the grounds of Kappa and unripe dates No. 101, and give it to him to eat. -- 102. For a field that does not produce fruits, take eight cups from eight houses and fill them with water from eight rivers, and put salt into them from eight houses, and say over them No. 102 eight times, and pour out two cups at each corner, and break them on eight paths. -- 103. If one does not know what a man is ailing from, soak mullein in water, and say over it No. 103, and let him drink it when he is thirsty. -- 104. To make war, take the dust from under the left foot, say over it No. 104, and throw it into the enemies' face, and there will appear knights with weapons in their hands who will fight for thee. -- 105. To throw thy fear upon mankind, write No. 105 upon a leaden plate and bury it on the west side of the Synagogue. -- 106. To have always light in the darkness, write No. 106 upon a chart and carry it always with thee. -- 107. To catch the eye, write No. 107 upon a scroll and expose it in a wicker-basket to the stars, but you must not speak when writing. -- 108. To send a sword which should fight for thee, say No. 108 over a new knife wholly of iron, and throw it into their face. -- 109. If thou wishest that they kill one another, say No. 109 over a new knife wholly of iron and bury it with your heel into the earth, and keep the heel upon it in the earth, and they will kilt one another, until you take it out from the earth. -- 110. To make them pause, take the dust from under the right foot, and, saying the same word. again backwards, throw it into their face, and they will stop. -- 111. If an enemy has got hold of thee and wishes to kill thee, bend the little finger of the left hsnd and say No. 111, and he will run away from thee like one who runs away from his murderer. -- 112. To catch the eye, say No. 112 over the skin of a lion and carry it with thee, and no one will be able to see thee. -- 113. If thou fallest and wishest to come out, say No. 113, and thou wilt come out in peace. -- 114. If thou fallest into a deep pit, say in thy fall No. 114, and nothing will hurt thee. -- 115. When thou fallest into a deep river say No. 115, and thou wilt come out in peace. -- 116. If any burden or weight falls upon thee, say No. 116, and thou wilt be saved. -- 117. If the king's servants lay hold on thee, bend the little finger of the left hand and say No. 117 before king or judge, and he will kill these people who have laid hands on thee. -- 118. If a host has surrounded thee, turn thy face towards the west and say No. 118 before king or judge, and they will be like unto stones and will not move. -- 119. If thou wishest to release them, turn thy face towards the east and repeat these words backwards. -- 120. If thou walkest in vales or on the mountains and hast no water to drink, lift thine eyes to Heaven and say No. 120, and a fountain of water will he opened unto thee. -- 121. If thou hungerest, lift thine eyes to Heaven and spread out thine arms and say No. 121, and a spirit will stand before thee and bring thee bind and meat. -- 122. If thou wishest to call the prince of man, say over thy mantle No. 122, and the angel bound by thee will come to thee and will tell thea whatever thou wishest to know. -- 123. If thou wishest to let him go, say before him the same words backward, and he will depart. -- 124. If thou wishest that any heavenly prince is to come to thee and teach thee, say No. 124 and conjure him in the third hour of the night from: "in the name of the Lord over the holy ones (No. 136) to the and of the 'Sword,'" and "Send him to me that he reveal unto me and teach me all that is in his power," and he will then disappear. -- 125. To walk upon the water without wetting the feet, take a leaden plate and write upon it No. 125 and place it in thy girdle, and then you can walk. -- 126. To become wise, remember for three months running, from the new moon of Nissan onwards, the words of No. 126, and add in the 'Eighteen benedictions': "May the gates of wisdom be opened to me so that I should meditate in them." -- 127. To remember immediately all thou learnest, write on a new-laid egg No. 127, then wash it off with strong wine early in the morning and drink it, and do not eat anything for three hours. -- 128. To make another forget what he has learned, write No. 128 in his name on laurel-leaves and bury them under his lintel. -- 129. To send an evil spirit against thy neighbor, take a green grasshopper and say over it No. 129, and bury it in an earth-hill and jump over it. -- 130. To send a plague, take the bone of a dead man and dust from under him in a pot and tie it up in a woven rag with saliva, and say upon it No. 130 in his name, and bury it in the cemetery. -- 131. To tie and to fasten thieves and robbers, say No. 131, and whilst saying it put your little finger in the ear. -- 132. To release them, say No. 132, and take thy finger out of the ear. -- 133. To guard thy house from thieves, say No. 133 over a cup of water and pour it out round thy roof. Thus also to guard a house. -- 134. To guard a house from robbers, take earth from an ant-hill and strew it round the roof, repeating the words of No. 134.-135. To guard thyself from Mazikim, say: "In the name of 'Nos. 1-5' may I, NN, pass in peace and not in hurt." The same must be done to excommunicate them when you meet them. -- 136. For every other thing that has not been mentioned say, No. 136 to the end of the Sword.
And upon every amulet that you write from this Sword write first: "In the name of the Lord of all the holy ones, may this Sword be effectual to do my services, and may the lord of it approach to serve me, and may all these powers be delivered over to me so that I be able to use them, as they were delivered to Moses, the son of Amram, perfect from his God and no harm befalling him!" If he will not act accordingly the angels of wrath, fire, fury, and rage will come near him to minister to him, and they will lord over him, and strangle him, and plague him all over. And these are the names of their leaders: the leader of the angels of wrath is Mzpopiasaiel; the name of the leader of the angels of fire is Zkzoromtiel; the name of the leader of the angels of fury is Kso'ppghiel; the name of the leader of the angels of rage is N'mosnikttiel. And the angels that stand under them are numberless, and these all will have power over him, and will make his body like unto a dunghill.
May the Lord preserve you from every evil. Amen!
End of the Sword, with the assistance of God feared in the council of the holy ones. End, end.
APPENDIX I
In the name of the Lord. The Sword of Moses.
I. A long list of mystical names; then follows: and the angel over the animals, whose name is Ittalainma; and the angel over the wild beasts, Mtnisl; and the angel over the wild fowls and over the creeping things, Trgiaob; and the angel over the deep waters and over the mountains, Rampel; and the angel over the trees, Maktiel; and the angel over the sweet-smelling herbs, Arias; and the angel over the garden fruit, Sofiel; and the angel over the rivers, Trsiel; and the angel over the winds, Mbriel; and over man, X. -- . . . hours are proper for man to pray and to ask for mercy upon man, be it for good or evil; and it is said that every hour is proper for man to pray, but during the three first hours in the morning man is to pray and to mention the hundred sacred names and the mighty ones, whose sum amounts to three hundred and four. Amen. Selah!
............ X give me healing ....
Which is the great light? All the . . . . X, I conjure you, mother of the male and mother of the female, you, the Twins, I conjure you, the hard spirits, in the name of God, the mighty hero, the living one Michael, in the name of God Gabriel, . . Raphael save me from the Lions, the powerful ones, and the Twins. I conjure you, strong spirits, in the name of God, the mighty hero, IH, IHVH, IHVH, I, N, son of N..
II. Verily, this is the Sword of Moses with which he accomplished his miracles and mighty deeds, and destroyed all kind of witchcraft; it had been revealed to Moses in the bush, when the great and glorious Name was delivered to him. Take care of it and it will take care of thee. If thou approachest fire, it will not burn thee, and it will preserve thee from every evil in the world. -- 1. If thou wishest to try it take a thick green branch and utter this Sword over it five times at sunrise, and it will dry up. -- 2. To catch fish, take sand from the sea and the root of the date tree or the kernel of the date, and repeat this Sword over them, and the fish will come to the spot where thou throwest the sand. -- 3. To walk on the waters of the sea take the wooden helve of an axe, bore a hole through it, pass a red thread through it, and tie it on to thy heel, then repeat the words of the Sword, and then you may go in and out in peace. -- 4. To run quickly, write the Sword on "Chartis hieratikon," then put water into a new earthenware pot, and let them drink it and wash their faces, and they will he victorious! -- 5. To break it, write the Sword on a plate of copper and put it in . . and they will be broken. -- 6. To subdue a woman, write with the blood of thy hand thy name upon thy gate, and write thy name upon a scroll of leather of a hart with the blood of thy finger, and say this Sword, and she will come to thee.
-- 7. To make thyself praised in the community, take in thy left hand porret-seed and utter over it the Sword, and throw it between them, and descend until the sun sets, and he will carry thee wherever thou wishest, and fast for three days, and burn incense and the smoke of white flower, and repeat the Sword in the morning and the evening, and he will come instantly and speak to thee and do thy bidding.
-- 8. To get information through a dream, take balm and write upon "Chartis hieratikon," and repeat the Sword in front of a light, and put out the light with a stick of olive-wood, and lie down. -- 9. If thou wishest to go to a great man, take rose-oil and repeat the Sword over the oil and anoint thy hands and face with it, and he will hearken unto thee. -- 10. To make strife in the community, take the left hand full of mustard, speak the Sword over it, and throw it amongst them, and they will kill one another. -- ll. To separate a man from his wife, take ass's meat in thy hand and say over it the Sword, and no harm will befall thee. -- 12. To destroy thy enemy, take a leaden plate and some of his hair and clothes, and say the Sword over them, and bury them in a deserted house, and he will fall down. -- 18. To walk in the street and not to be recognized by anyone, take wormwood, perfumes, and soot, and moke thyself with it, and take the heart of a fox, and say the Sword, and go out in the street. -- 14. If you are on the sea and the storm rages, stand up against the waves and say the Sword to them, and they will go down; then write on a plate, or potsherd, or a piece of wood, and hang it in front of the ship, and it will not founder. -- 15. To break an enemy, write the Sword upon a potsherd that has not yet hem burned, and plaster it over, and throw it into his house. -- 16. To obtain anything thou likest, take into thy right hand wormwood, and say over it the Sword facing the sun, and everything will be fulfilled, and purify thyself for seven days, and thou wilt prosper in everything. Do kind deeds to thy friends, take heed not to take an oath, and walk modestly, and thus thou wilt prosper.
Write X upon the palm of thy left hand, take then a new lamp and fill it with olive-oil and naphtha, and put on new clean clothes, and sleep in a clean house, and the angel will come at once and wake thee, and reveal unto thee everything that thou wishest.
III. R. Akiba asked R. Eliezer the great: "How can one make the Angel of the Presence descend upon earth to reveal to man the mysteries from above and beneath, and the speculations of the foundations of heavenly and earthly things, and the treasures of wisdom, cunning, and help?" He said thereupon to me: "My son! I once made him come down, and he nearly destroyed the whole world, for he is a mighty prince and greater than any in the heavenly cohort, and he ministers continually before the King of the Universe, with purity and separation, and with fear and dread of the glory of his Master, because the Shekinah is always with him." And he said to him: "My master, by the glory which thou hast bestowed upon me, I conjure thee to instruct me how to attach him to me." And he replied : "In that hour when I wish to attach him to me and to employ him, I sit and fast on that very day ; but prior to it one must keep oneself free for seven days from any nocturnal impurity, and must bathe in the fountain of water, and not speak at all during those seven days, and at the end of this purification, on the day of the fast, he must sit in the water up to his throat, and before he utters the conjuration he must first say: 'I conjure you, angels of dread, fear, and shaking, who are appointed to hurt those who are not pure and clean and desire the services of my heavenly servants -- I conjure you in the name of X, who is mighty over all, and rules over all, and everything is in His hands, that you do not hurt me, nor terrify me, nor frighten me; verily, in the name of the powerful, the head of . . .' After this he may commence his conjuration, for now he has fortified himself and has sealed himself with the name of God of 42 letters, before which all who hear it tremble and are frightened, and the heavenly hosts are terror-struck. He must then again conjure, and say: 'X, chief, who of all the destroying angels is the most hurtful and burning, with this Name and in this way I call thee AVZHIA, angel of the Presence, youthful minister before the King of the Universe, who art a prince and chief of the heavenly hosts; I conjure thee and decree upon thee that thou attachest thyself to me to fulfill my wish and to accept the decree of my conjuration and to accomplish my desires and fulfill my wishes, and do not frighten me, nor terrify me, nor overawe me, and do not make my frame shake and my feet vacillate, nor cause my speech to be perverted; but may I be fortified and strengthened, and may the conjuration be effective and the sacred Name uttered properly by my throat, and may no vacillation take hold of me and no trembling of the feet by thy ministering angels confuse me and overawe me, and weaken my hands, and may I not be overcome by the fire and flame of the storm and whirlwind which precedes thee, O wonderful and exalted one, whose Ineffable name is X, of whose wrath the earth trembles, and nothing can withstand his anger, twice blessed. Again I conjure thee by thy 14 names by which thou didst reveal thyself to thy prophets and seers, to place in their mouths sweet words of prophecy and to utter pleasant words; and these are the Ineffable names and their surnames, Kunya: Spirit Piskonnit, kunya, X; Atimon, kunya, X; Piskon, Hugron, kunya, X; Sanigron, kunya, X; Msi, kunya, X; Mokon, kunya, X; Astm, kunya, X; Sktm, kunya, X; Ihoaiel, kunya, X; lofiel, kunya, X; Ssnialiah, kunya, X; Kngieliah, kunya, X; Zabdiel, kunya, X. I conjure thee with these fourteen names, by which all the secrets and mysteries and signs are sealed and accomplished, and which are the foundations of heaven and earth. Four of these are engraved upon the heads of the Hayoth, namely -- X, the lord of powers; X, master of miracles; X, master of purity; and X master of the yoke. And four are engraved upon the four sides of the Throne, namely -- X, three times holy; X, Adir, Adiri, Adiron, etc., the king of kings. And four are engraved upon the four crowns of the Ofanim that stand against the Holy Creatures, as it is said: "When those went, these went; and when those stood, these stood"; and these they are -- X, who is the mightiest over all; X, who rules over all the inhabitants of the heights, and in these hands everything is. And two are engraved upon the crown of the most exalted and high King, and these they are -- X, before whom every knee bends and every mouth utters praises; X, besides him there is no God and helper. With these names I conjure thee, and firmly decree upon thee to descend quickly to me, N, son of N, thou and not thy messenger. And when thou comest down do not turn my mind, but reveal unto me all the secret mysteries from above and beneath, and the hidden secrets from above and beneath, and all the secrets of wisdom and the cunning of helpfulness, just as a man speaks to his neighbor. For I have conjured thee with these Names, that are great and mighty and wonderful and awe-inspiring, and proved and arranged in proper order, through which the glorious throne has been established and the beautiful seat of the Most High, which has been wonderfully wrought, long before thou and the heavenly hosts had been created, "While as yet He had not made the earth nor the fields, and the inhabitants of the earth and the creatures therein".
"'I call thee further by the power of the five selected Names, to which only one is superior, and this is their form -- X. I conjure thee by these five Names, which correspond to the five names of God, whose letters are written on burning fire, and they circle round the throne of glory, one ascending and the other descending, so that the angels of the Presence should not behold them, and this is their equivalent and form and glory -- X. I conjure thee by these, as thou knowest their praise and greatness, which no mouth can utter, and no ear can hear, no, not even one of them. Thou hast been commanded and ordered by the Most High: "as soon as thou hearest anyone conjuring thee with these names, to do honor to My Name, and to descend quickly and fulfill the wish of the man who makes thee hear them; but if thou tarriest I will push thee into the fiery river Rigayon and place another in thy stead." Do it, therefore, for His Name, and come quickly to me, N, son of N, not in a terror, and not in fear, not with fiery coals, not with hailstone, and not with the sleet and treasures of snow, and not with the howling of the storm, and not with the provinces of the whirlwind that usually accompany thee, and do my bidding and fulfill my desire, for everything is in thy hand; by the permission of thy God, the master over all and thy lord, and with His Names I conjure thee to attach thyself quickly to me; come and fulfill my wish, and do not tarry.
"'I further call thee with the greatest of thy Names, the pleasant and beloved one, which is the same as that of thy Master, save one letter, with which He created and formed everything, and which He placed as a seal upon all the work of His hand; and this is its equivalent -- X, and the other in the language of purity, permutations of the letters Yod, He, is read so -- X. I conjure thee with the right hand of sanctity and with His beloved Name, in whose honor everything has been created, and all are terror-struck by His mighty arm, and all the sons of the internal heavenly servants tremble and shake of Him fear, which is X, and its equivalent by means of JHVH is X. Blessed be the name of His glorious kingdom for ever and ever. And all praise and extol thy Name, for they love thee. I conjure thee, and decree upon thee firmly, not to disobey my words, and not to alter my decree and my decision with which I conjured thee, and decreed upon thee, and established in peace. In the Name X, blessed be the name of His glorious kingdom for ever and ever, depart in peace, and do not frighten me in the hour of thy departure; in the name X, Lord, most high and holy, in the name of the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel's battalions; in the name of the holy living Creatures, and in the name of the Wheels of the Chariot, and in the name of the river of fire, Ih, Zii, Ziin, and all His ministers, and in the name of IH, Ziin, Sabaoth, Z, El Z, Shaddai Z, X revealed Himself on Mount Sinai in the glory of His majesty.
"'With these Names, terrible and mighy, which darken the sun, and obscure the moon, and turn the sea, and break the rocks, and extinguish the light, I conjure you, spirits, and . . and Shiddim, and Satanim, that yen depart and disappear from N, son of N.'"
APPENDIX II
I. Against an enemy. -- I call thee, evil spirit, cruel spirit, merciless spirit. I call thee, bad spirit, who sittest in the cemetery and takes away healing from man. Go and place a knot in NN's head, in him eyes, in his mouth, in his tongue, in his throat, in his windpipe; put poisonous water in his belly. If you do not go and put water in his belly, I will send against you the evil angels Puziel, Guziel, Psdiel, Prziel. I call thee and those six knots that you go quickly to NN and put poisonous water in his belly and kill NN whom I mean or, because I wish it. Amen, Amen. Selah.
II. Against an enemy. -- Write upon a new-laid egg on a Nazarene cemetery: "I conjure you, luminaries of heaven and earth, as the heavens are separated from the earth, so separate and divide NN from him wife NN, and separate them from one another, as life is separated from death, and sea from dry land, and water from fire, and mountain from vale, and night from day, and light from darkness, and the sun from the moon; thus separate NN from NN his wife, and separate them from one another in the name of the twelve hours of the day and the three watches of the night, and the seven days of the week, and the thirty days of the month, and the seven years of Shemittah, and the fifty years of Jubilee, on every day, in the name of the evil angel Tmsmael, and in the name of the angel Jabiel, and in the name of the angel Drsmiel, and in the name of the angel Zahbuk, and in the name of the angel Ataf, and in the name of the angel Zhsmael, and in the name of the angel Zsniel, who preside over pains, sharp pains, inflammation, and dropsy, and separate NN from him wife NN, make them depart from one another, and that they should not comfort one another, swiftly and quickly."
The Testament of Solomon
1. Testament of Solomon, son of David, who was king in Jerusalem, and mastered and controlled all spirits of the air, on the earth, and under the earth. By means of them also he wrought all the transcendent works of he Temple. Telling also of the authorities they wield against men, and by what angels these demons are brought to naught.
Of the sage Solomon
Blessed are you, O Lord God, who gave Solomon such authority. Glory to you and might unto the ages. Amen.
2. And behold, when the Temple of the city of Jerusalem was being built, and the builders were working thereat, Ornias the demon came among them toward sunset; and he took away half of the pay of the chief-deviser's little boy, as well as half his food. He also continued to suck the thumb of his right hand every day. And the child grew thin, although he was very much loved by the king.
3. So King Solomon called the boy one day, and questioned him, saying: "Do I not love you more than all the artisans who are working in the Temple of God? Do I not give you double wages and a double supply of food? How is it that day by day and hour by hour you grow thinner?"
4. But the child said to the king: "I pray, O king. Listen to what has befallen all that your child has. After we are all released from our work on the Temple of God, after sunset, when I lie down to rest, one of the evil demons comes and takes away from me one half of my pay and one half of my food. Then he also takes hold of my right hand and sucks my thumb. And lo, my soul is oppressed, and so my body becomes thinner every day."
5. Now when I Solomon heard this, I entered the Temple of God, and prayed with all my soul, night and day, that the demon might be delivered into my hands, and that I might gain authority over him. And it came about through my prayer that grace was given to me from the Lord Sabaoth by Michael his archangel. He brought me a little ring, having a seal consisting of an engraved stone, and said to me: "Take, O Solomon, king, son of David, the gift which the Lord God has sent you, the highest Sabaoth. With it you shall lock up all demons of the earth, male and female; and with their help you shall build up Jerusalem. But you must wear this seal of God. And this engraving of the seal of the ring sent to you is an “A with five points”."
6. And I Solomon was overjoyed, and praised and glorified the God of heaven and earth. And on the next day I called the boy, and gave him the ring, and said to him: "take this, and at the hour in which the demon shall come unto you, throw this ring at the chest of the demon, and say to him: 'In the name of God, King Solomon calls you here.' And then run to me, without having any misgivings or fear in respect of anything you may hear on the part of the demon."
7. So the child took the ring, and went off; and behold, at the customary hour Ornias, the fierce demon, came like a burning fire to take the pay from the child. But the child according to the instructions received from the king, threw the ring at the chest of the demon, and said: "King Solomon calls you here." And then he went off at a run to the king. But the demon cried out aloud, saying: "Child, why have you done this to me? Take the ring off me, and I will give you the gold of the earth. Only take this off me, and do not lead me away to Solomon."
8. But the child said to the demon: "As the Lord God of Israel lives, I will not brook you. So come here." And the child came at a run, rejoicing, to the king, and said: "I have brought the demon, O king, as you command me, O my master. And behold, he stands before the gates of the court of your palace, crying out, and supplicating with a loud voice; offering me the silver and gold of the earth if I will only bring him unto you."
9. And when Solomon heard this, he rose up from his throne, and went outside into the vestibule of the court of his palace; and there he saw the demon, shuddering and trembling. And he said to him: "Who are you?" And the demon answered: "I am called Ornias."
10. And Solomon said to him: "Tell me, O demon, to what zodiacal sign are you subject." And he answered: "To the Water-pourer. And those who are consumed with desire for the noble virgins upon earth . . . . ., these I strangle. But in case there is no disposition to sleep, I am changed into three forms. Whenever men come to be enamored of women, I metamorphose myself into a comely female; and I take hold of the men in their sleep, and play with them. And after a while I again take to my wings, and go up to the heavenly regions. I also appear as a lion, and I am commanded by all the demons. I am offspring of the archangel Uriel, the power of God."
11. I Solomon, having heard the name of the archangel, prayed and glorified God, the Lord of heaven and earth. And I sealed the demon and set him to work at stone-cutting, so that he might cut the stones in the Temple, which, lying along the shore, had been brought by the Sea of Arabia. But he, fearful of the iron, continued and said to me: "I pray, King Solomon, let me go free; and I will bring you all the demons." And as he was not willing to be subject to me, I prayed the archangel Uriel to come and succor me; and I forthwith beheld the archangel Uriel coming down to me from the heavens.
12. And the angel bade the whales of the sea come out of the abyss. And he cast his destiny upon the ground, and that destiny made subject to him the great demon. And he commanded the great demon and bold Ornias, to cut stones at the Temple. And accordingly I Solomon glorified the God of heaven and Maker of the earth. And he bade Ornias come with his destiny, and gave him the seal, saying: "Away with you, and bring to me the prince of all the demons."
13. So Ornias took the finger-ring, and went off to Beelzeboul, who has kingship over the demons. He said to him: "Here! Solomon calls you." But Beelzeboul, having heard, said to him: "Tell me, who is this Solomon of whom you speak to me?" Then Ornias threw the ring at the chest of Beelzeboul, saying: "Solomon the king calls you." But Beelzeboul cried aloud with a mighty voice, and shot out a great burning flame of fire; and he arose, and followed Ornias, and came to Solomon.
14. And when I saw the prince of demons, I glorified the Lord God, Maker of heaven and earth, and I said: "Blessed are you, Lord God Almighty, who has given to Solomon your servant wisdom, the assessor of the wise, and has subjected unto me all the power of the devil."
15. And I questioned him, and said: "Who are you?" The demon replied: "I am Beelzebub, the exarch of the demons. And all the demons have their chief seats close to me. And I it is who make manifest the apparition of each demon." And he promised to bring to me in bonds all the unclean spirits. And I again glorified the God of heaven and earth, as I do always give thanks to him.
16. I then asked of the demon if there were females among them. And when he told me that there were, I said that I desired to see them. So Beelzeboul went off at high speed, and brought unto me Onoskelis, that had a very pretty shape, and the skin of a fair-hued woman; and she tossed her head.
17. And when she was come, I said to her: "Tell me who are you?'' But she said to me: "I am called Onoskelis, a spirit wrought ... Saturn, lurking upon the earth. There is a golden cave where I lie. But I have a place that ever shifts. At one time I strangle men with a noose; at another, I creep up from the nature to the worms. But my most frequent dwelling-places are the precipices, caves, ravines. Oftentimes, however, do I consort with men in the semblance of a woman, and above all with those of a dark skin. For they share my star with me; since they it is who privily or openly worship my star, without knowing that they harm themselves, and but whet my appetite for further mischief. For they wish to provide money by means of commemoration, but I supply a little to those who worship me fairly."
18. And I Solomon questioned her about her birth, and she replied: "I was born of a voice untimely, the so-called echo of a man's ordure dropped in a wood."
19. And I said to her: "Under what star do you pass?" And she answered me: "Under the star of the full moon, for the reason that the moon travels over most things." Then I said to her: "And what angel is it that frustrates you?" And she said to me: "He that through you is reigning." And I thought that she mocked me, and bade a soldier strike her. But she cried aloud, and said: "I am subjected to you, O king, by the wisdom of God given to you, and by the angel Joel."
20. So I commanded her to spin the hemp for the ropes used in the building of the house of God; and accordingly, when I had sealed and bound her, she was so overcome and brought to nothing as to stand night and day spinning the hemp.
21. And I at once bade another demon to be led unto me; and instantly there approached me the demon Asmodeus, bound, and I asked him: "Who are you ?'' But he shot on me a glance of anger and rage, and said: "And who are you?'' And I said to him: "Thus punished as you are, answer me?" But he, with rage, said to me: "But how shall I answer you, for you are a son of man; whereas I was born an angel's seed by a daughter of man, so that no word of our heavenly kind addressed to the earth-born can be overweening. Wherefore also my star is bright in heaven, and men call it, some the Wain, and some the dragon's child. I keep near unto this star. So ask me not many things; for your kingdom also after a little time is to be disrupted, and your glory is but for a season. And short will be your tyranny over us; and then we shall again have free range over mankind, so as that they shall revere us as if we were gods, not knowing, men that they are, the names of the angels set over us."
22. And I Solomon, on hearing this, bound him more carefully, and ordered him to be flogged with thongs of ox-hide, and to tell me humbly what was his name and what his business. And he answered me thus: "I am called Asmodeus among mortals, and my business is to plot against the newly wedded, so that they may not know one another. And I sever them utterly by many calamities, and I waste away the beauty of virgin women, and estrange their hearts."
23. And I said to him: "Is this your only business?" And he answered me: "I transport men into fits of madness and desire, when they have wives of their own, so that they leave them, and go off by night and day to others that belong to other men; with the result that they commit sin, and fall into murderous deeds."
24. And I adjured him by the name of the Lord Sabaôth, saying: "Fear God, Asmodeus, and tell me by what angel you are frustrated." But he said: "By Raphael, the archangel that stands before the throne of God. But the liver and gall of a fish put me to flight, when smoked over ashes of the tamarisk." I again asked him, and said: "Hide not anything from me. For I am Solomon, son of David, King of Israel. Tell me the name of the fish which you revere." And he answered: "It is the Glanos catfish by name, and is found in the rivers of Assyria; wherefore it is that I roam about in those parts."
25. And I said to him: "Have you nothing else about you, Asmodeus?" And he answered: "The power of God knows, which has bound me with the indissoluble bonds of yonder one's seal, that whatever I have told you is true. I pray, King Solomon, condemn me not to go into water." But I smiled, and said to him: "As the Lord God of my fathers lives, I will lay iron on you to wear. But you shall also make the clay for the entire construction of the Temple, treading it down with your feet." And I ordered them to give him ten water-jars to carry water in. And the demon groaned terribly, and did the work I ordered him to do. And this I did, because that fierce demon Asmodeus knew even the future. And I Solomon glorified God, who gave wisdom to me Solomon his servant. And the liver of the fish and its gall I hung on the spike of a reed, and burned it over Asmodeus because of his being so strong, and his unbearable malice was thus frustrated.
26. And I summoned again to stand before me Beelzeboul, the prince of demons, and I sat him down on a raised seat of honor, and said to him: "Why are you alone, prince of the demons?" And he said to me: "Because I alone am left of the angels of heaven that came down. For I was first angel in the first heaven being entitled Beelzeboul. And now I control all those who are bound in Tartarus. But I too have a child, and he haunts the Red Sea. And on any suitable occasion he comes up to me again, being subject to me; and reveals to me what he has done, and I support him.
27. I Solomon said unto him: "Beelzeboul, what is your employment?" And he answered me: "I destroy kings. I ally myself with foreign tyrants. And my own demons I set on to men, in order that the latter may believe in them and be lost. And the chosen servants of God, priests and faithful men, I excite unto desires for wicked sins, and evil heresies, and lawless deeds; and they obey me, and I bear them on to destruction. And I inspire men with envy, and desire for murder, and for wars and sodomy, and other evil things. And I will destroy the world."
28. So I said to him: "Bring to me your child, who is, as you say, in the Red Sea." But he said to me: "I will not bring him to you. But there shall come to me another demon called Ephippas. Him will I bind, and he will bring him up from the deep unto me." And I said to him: "How is it that your son came to be in the depth of the sea, and what is his name? "And he answered me: "Ask me not, for you can not learn from me. However, he will come to you by any command, and will tell you openly."
29. I said to him: "Tell me by what angel you are frustrated." And he answered: "By the holy and precious name of the Almighty God, called by the Hebrews by a row of numbers, of which the sum is 644, and among the Greeks it is Emmanuel . And if one of the Romans adjure me by the great name of the power Eleéth, I disappear at once."
30. I Solomon was astounded when I heard this; and I ordered him to saw up the marbles. And when he began to saw the marbles, the other demons cried out with a loud voice, howling because of their king Beelzeboul.
31. But I Solomon questioned him, saying: "If you would gain a respite, discourse to me about the things in heaven." And Beelzeboul said: "Hear, O king, if you burn gum, and incense, and bulb of the sea, with nard and saffron, and light seven lamps in an earthquake, you will firmly fix your house. And if, being pure , you light them at dawn in the sun alight, then you will see the heavenly dragons, how they wind themselves along and drag the chariot of the sun."
32. And I Solomon, having heard this, rebuked him, and said: "Silence for this present, and continue to saw the marbles as I commanded you." And I Solomon praised God, and commanded another demon to present himself to me. And one came before me who carried his face high up in the air, but the rest of the spirit curled away like a snail. And it broke through the few soldiers, and raised also a terrible dust on the ground, and carried it upwards; and then again hurled it back to frighten us, and asked what questions I could ask as a rule. And I stood up, and spat on the ground in that spot, and sealed with the ring of God. And forthwith the dust-wind stopped. Then I asked him, saying: "Who are you, O wind?" Then he once more shook up a dust, and answered me: "What do you want, King Solomon?" I answered him: "Tell me what you are called, and I would fain ask you a question. But so far I give thanks to God who has made me wise to answer their evil plots."
33. But the demon answered me: "I am the spirit of the ashes." And I said to him: "What is your pursuit?" And he said: "I bring darkness on men, and set fire to fields; and I bring homesteads to naught. But most busy am I in summer. However, when I get an opportunity, I creep into corners of the wall, by night and day. For I am offspring of the great one, and nothing less." Accordingly I said to him: "Under what star do you lie?" And he answered: "In the very tip of the moon's horn, when it is found in the south. There is my star. For I have been bidden to restrain the convulsions of the hemitertian fever; and this is why many men pray to the hemitertian fever, using these three names: Bultala, Thallal, Melchal. And I heal them." And I said to him: "I am Solomon; when would you do harm, by whose aid do you do it?" But he said to me: "By the angel's, by whom also the third day's fever is lulled to rest." So I questioned him, and said: "And by what name?" And he answered: "That of the archangel Azael." And I summoned the archangel Azael, and set a seal on the demon, and commanded him to seize great stones, and toss them up to the workmen on the higher parts of the Temple. And, being compelled, the demon began to do what he was told to do.
34. And I glorified God afresh who gave me this authority, and ordered another demon to come before me. And there came seven spirits, females, bound and woven together, fair in appearance and comely. And I Solomon, seeing them, questioned them and said: "Who are you?" But they, with one accord, said with one voice : "We are of the thirty-three elements of the cosmic ruler of the darkness." And the first said: "I am Deception." The second said: "I am Strife." The third: "I am Klothod, which is battle." The fourth: "I am Jealousy." The fifth: "I am Power." The sixth: "I am Error." The seventh: "I am the worst of all, and our stars are in heaven. Seven stars humble in sheen, and all together. And we are called as it were goddesses. We change our place all and together, and together we live, sometimes in Lydia, sometimes in Olympus, sometimes in a great mountain."
35. So I Solomon questioned them one by one, beginning with the first, and going down to the seventh. The first said: "I am Deception, I deceive and weave snares here and there. I whet and excite heresies. But I have an angel who frustrates me, Lamechalal."
36. Likewise also the second said: "I am Strife, strife of strifes. I bring timbers, stones, hangers, my weapons on the spot. But I have an angel who frustrates me, Baruchiachel."
37. Likewise also the third said: "I am called Klothod, which is Battle, and I cause the well-behaved to scatter and fall foul one of the other. And why do I say so much? I have an angel that frustrates me: "Marmarath."
38. Likewise also the fourth said: "I cause men to forget their sobriety and moderation. I part them and split them into parties; for Strife follows me hand in hand. I rend the husband from the sharer of his bed, and children from parents, and brothers from sisters. But why tell so much to my despite? I have an angel that frustrates me, the great Balthial."
39. Likewise also the fifth said: "I am Power. By power I raise up tyrants and tear down kings. To all rebels I furnish power. I have an angel that frustrates me, Asteraôth."
40. Likewise also the sixth said: "I am Error , O King Solomon. And I will make you to err, as I have before made you to err, when I caused you to slay your own brother. I will lead you into error, so as to pry into graves; and 1 teach them that dig, and I lead errant souls away from all piety, and many other evil traits are mine. But I have an angel that frustrates me, Uriel."
41. Likewise also the seventh said: "I am the worst, and I make you worse off than you were; because I will impose the bonds of Artemis. But the locust will set me free, for by means thereof is it fated that you shall achieve my desire . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . For if one were wise, he would not turn his steps toward me."
42. So I Solomon, having heard and wondered, sealed them with my ring; and since they were so considerable, I bade them dig the foundations of the Temple of God. For the length of it was 250 cubits. And I bade them be industrious, and with one murmur of joint protest they began to perform the tasks enjoined.
43. But I Solomon glorified the Lord, and bade another demon come before me. And there was brought to me a demon having all the limbs of a man, but without a head. And I, seeing him, said to him: "Tell me, who are you?'' And he answered: "I am a demon." So I said to him: "Which?" And he answered me: "I am called Envy. For I delight to devour heads, being desirous to secure for myself a head; but I do not eat enough, but am anxious to have such a head as you have."
44. I Solomon, on hearing this, sealed him, stretching out my hand against his chest. Whereon the demon leapt up, and threw himself down, and gave a groan, saying: "Woe is me! where am I come to? O traitor Ornias, I cannot see!" So I said to him: "I am Solomon. Tell me then how you manage to see." And he answered me: "By means of my feelings." I then, Solomon, having heard his voice come up to me, asked him how he managed to speak. And he answered me: "I, O King Solomon, am wholly voice, for I have inherited the voices of many men. For in the case of all men who are called dumb, I it is who smashed their heads, when they were children and had reached their eighth day. Then when a child is crying in the night, I become a spirit, and glide by means of his voice . . . . In the cross ways also I have many services to render, and my encounter is filled with harm. For I grasp in all instant a man's head, and with my hands, as with a sword, I cut it off, and put it on to myself. And in this way, by means of the fire which is in me, through my neck it is swallowed up. I it is that sends grave mutilations and incurable on men's feet, and inflict sores."
45. And I Solomon, on hearing this, said to him: "Tell me how you discharge forth the fire? Out of what sources do you emit it?" And the spirit said to me: "From the Day-star. For here has not yet been found that Elburion, to whom men offer prayers and kindle lights. And his name is invoked by the seven demons before me. And he cherishes them."
46. But I said to him: "Tell me his name." But he answered: "I cannot tell you. For if I tell his name, I render myself incurable. But he will come in response to his name." And on hearing this, I Solomon said to him: "Tell me then, by what angel are you frustrated?" And he answered: "By the fiery flash of lightning." And I bowed myself before the Lord God of Israel, and bade him remain in the keeping of Beelzeboul until Iax should come.
47. Then I ordered another demon to come before me, and there came into my presence a hound, having a very large shape, and it spoke with a loud voice, and said, "Hail, Lord, King Solomon!" And I Solomon was astounded. I said to it: Who are you, O hound?" And it answered: "I do indeed seem to you to be a hound, but before you were, O King Solomon, I was a man that wrought many unholy deeds on earth. I was surpassingly learned in letters, and was so mighty that I could hold the stars of heaven back. And many divine works did I prepare. For I do harm to men who follow after our star, and turn them to . . . . And I seize the frenzied men by the larynx, and so destroy them."
48. And I Solomon said to him: "What is your name?" And he answered: ''Staff". And I said to him: "What is your employment? And what results can you achieve?" And he replied: ''Give me your man, and I will lead him away into a mountainous spot, and will show him a green stone tossed to and fro, with which you may adorn the temple of the Lord God."
49. And I Solomon, on hearing this, ordered my servant to set off with him, and to take the finger-ring bearing the seal of God with him. And I said to him: "Whoever shall show you the green stone, seal him with this finger-ring. And mark the spot with care, and bring me the demon here. And the demon showed him the green stone, and he sealed it, and brought the demon to me. And I Solomon decided to confine with my seal on my right hand the two, the headless demon, likewise the hound, that was so huge; he should be bound as well. And I bade the hound keep safe the fiery spirit so that lamps as it were might by day and night cast their light through its maw on the artisans at work.
50. And I Solomon took from the mine of that stone 200 shekels for the supports of the table of incense, which was similar in appearance. And I Solomon glorified the Lord God, and then closed round the treasure of that stone. And I ordered afresh the demons to cut marble for the construction of the house of God. And I Solomon prayed to the Lord, and asked the hound, saying: "By what angel are you frustrated?" And the demon replied: "By the great Brieus ."
51. And I praised the Lord God of heaven and earth, and bade another demon come forward to me; and there came before me one in the form of a lion roaring. And he stood and answered me saying: "O king, in the form which I have, I am a spirit quite incapable of being perceived. Upon all men who lie prostrate with sickness I leap, coming stealthily along; and I render the man weak, so that his habit of body is enfeebled. But I have also another glory, O king. I cast out demons, and I have legions under my control. And I am capable of being received in my dwelling-places, along with all the demons belonging to the legions under me." But I Solomon, on hearing this, asked him: "What is your name?" But he answered: "Lion-bearer, Rath in kind." And I said to him: "How are you to be frustrated along with your legions? What angel is it that frustrates you?" And he answered: "If I tell you my name, I bind not myself alone, but also the legions of demons under me."
52. So I said to him: "I adjure you in the name of the God Sabaoth, to tell me by what name you are frustrated along with your host." And the spirit answered me: "The 'great among men,' who is to suffer many things at the hands of men, whose name is the figure 644, which is Emmanuel; he it is who has bound us, and who will then come and plunge us from the steep under water. He is noised abroad in the three letters which bring him down ."
53. And I Solomon, on hearing this, glorified God, and condemned his legion to carry wood from the thicket. And I condemned the lion-shaped one himself to saw up the wood small with his teeth, for burning in the unquenchable furnace for the Temple of God.
54. And I worshiped the Lord God of Israel, and bade another demon come forward. And there came before me a dragon, three-headed, of fearful hue. And I questioned him: "Who are you?" And he answered me: "I am a caltrop-like spirit, whose activity in three lines. But I blind children in women's wombs, and twirl their ears round. And I make them deaf and mute. And I have again in my third head means of slipping in. And I smite men in the limbless part of the body, and cause them to fall down, and foam, and grind their teeth. But I have my own way of being frustrated, Jerusalem being signified in writing, unto the place called 'of the head." For there is fore-appointed the angel of the great counsel, and now he will openly dwell on the cross. He doth frustrate me, and to him am I subject."
55. "But in the place where you sit, O King Solomon, stands a column in the air, of purple ... The demon called Ephippas has brought it up from the Red Sea, from inner Arabia. He it is that shall be shut up in a skin-bottle and brought before you. But at the entrance of the Temple, which you have begun to build, O King Solomon, lies stored much gold, which you dig up and carry off." And I Solomon sent my servant, and found it to be as the demon told me. And I sealed him with my ring, and praised the Lord God."
56. So I said to him: "What are you called?" And the demon said: "I am the crest of dragons." And I bade him make bricks in the Temple. He had human hands.
57. And I adored the Lord God of Israel, and bade another demon present himself. And there came before me a spirit in woman's form, that had a head without any limbs, and her hair was disheveled. And I said to her: "Who are you?" But she answered: "No, who are you? And why do you want to hear concerning me? But, as you would learn, here I stand bound before your face. Go then into your royal storehouses and wash your hands. Then sit down afresh before your tribunal, and ask me questions; and you shall learn, O king, who I am."
58. And I Solomon did as she enjoined me, and restrained myself because of the wisdom dwelling in me; in order that I might hear of her deeds, and reprehend them, and manifest them to men. And I sat down, and said to the demon: "What are you?" And she said: "I am called among men Obizuth; and by night I sleep not, but go my rounds over all the world, and visit women in childbirth. And divining the hour I take my stand; and if I am lucky, I strangle the child. But if not, I retire to another place. For I cannot for a single night retire unsuccessful. For I am a fierce spirit, of myriad names and many shapes. And now here, now there I roam. And to westering parts I go my rounds. But as it now is, though you have sealed me round with the ring of God, you have done nothing. I am not standing before you, and you will not be able to command me. For I have no work other than the destruction of children, and the making their ears to be deaf, and the working of evil to their eyes, and the binding their mouths with a bond, and the ruin of their minds, and paining of their bodies."
59. When I Solomon heard this, I marveled at her appearance, for I beheld all her body to be in darkness. But her glance was altogether bright and greeny, and her hair was tossed wildly like a dragon's; and the whole of her limbs were invisible. And her voice was very clear as it came to me. And I cunningly said: "Tell me by what angel you are frustrated, O evil spirit?" And she answered me: "By the angel of God called Afarôt, which is interpreted Raphael, by whom I am frustrated now and for all time. His name, if any man know it, and write the same on a woman in childbirth, then I shall not be able to enter her. Of this name the number is 640." And I Solomon having heard this, and having glorified the Lord, ordered her hair to be bound, and that she should be hung up in front of the Temple of God; that all the children of Israel, as they passed, might see it, and glorify the Lord God of Israel, who had given me this authority, with wisdom and power from God, by means of this signet.
60. And I again ordered another demon to come before me. And it came, rolling itself along, one in appearance like to a dragon, but having the face and hands of a man. And all its limbs, except the feet, were those of a dragon; and it had wings on its back. And when I beheld it, I was astonished, and said: "Who are you, demon, and what are you called? And from where have you come? Tell me."
61. And the spirit answered and said: "This is the first time I have stood before you, O King Solomon. I am a spirit made into a god among men, but now brought to nothing by the ring and wisdom vouchsafed to you by God. Now I am the so-called winged dragon, and I chamber not with many women, but only with a few that are of fair shape, which possess the name of Xuli, of this star. And I pair with them in the guise of a spirit winged in form, having intercourse through the rear. And she, on whom I have leapt, goes heavy with child, and that which is born of her becomes Eros. But since such offspring cannot be carried by men, the woman in question breaks wind. Such is my role. Supposed then only that I am satisfied, and all the other demons molested and disturbed by you will speak the whole truth. But those composed of fire will cause to be burned up by fire the material of the logs which is to be collected by them for the building in the Temple."
62. And as the demon said this, I saw the spirit going forth from his mouth, and it consumed the wood of the frankincense-tree, and burned up all the logs which we had placed in the Temple of God. And I Solomon saw what the spirit had done, and I marveled.
63. And, having glorified God, I asked the dragon-shaped demon, and said: "Tell me, by what angel are you frustrated?" And he answered: "By the great angel which has its seat in the second heaven, which is called in Hebrew Bazazeth. And I Solomon, having heard this, and having invoked his angel, condemned him to saw up marbles for the building of the Temple of God; and I praised God, and commanded another demon to come before me.
64. And there came before my face another spirit, as it were a woman in the form she had. But on her shoulders she had two other heads with hands. And I asked her, and said: "Tell me, who are you?" And she said to me: "I am Enêpsigos, who also have a myriad names." And I said her: "By what angel are you frustrated?" But she said to me: "What seeks, what asks you? I undergo changes, like the goddess I am called. And I change again, and pass into possession of another shape. And be not desirous therefore to know all that concerns me. But since you are before me for this much, hearken. I have my abode in the moon, and for that reason I possess three forms. At times I am magically invoked by the wise as Kronos. At other times, in connection with those who bring me down, I come down and appear in another shape. The measure of the element is inexplicable and indefinable, and not to be frustrated. I then, changing into these three forms, come down and become such as you see me; but I am frustrated by the angel Rathanael, who sits in the third heaven. This then is why I speak to you. Yonder temple cannot contain me."
65. I therefore Solomon prayed to my God, and I invoked the angel of whom Enépsigos spoke to me, and used my seal. And I sealed her with a triple chain, and placed beneath her the fastening of the chain. I used the seal of God, and the spirit prophesied to me, saying: "This is what you, King Solomon, do to us. But after a time your kingdom shall be broken, and again in season this Temple shall be driven asunder; and all Jerusalem shall be undone by the King of the Persians and Medes and Chaldaeans. And the vessels of this Temple, which you make, shall be put to servile uses of the gods; and along with them all the jars, in which you shut us up, shall be broken by the hands of men. And then we shall go forth in great power here and there, and be disseminated all over the world. And we shall lead astray the inhabited world for a long season, until the Son of God is stretched upon the cross. For never before does arise a king like unto him, one frustrating us all, whose mother shall not have contact with man. Who else can receive such authority over spirits, except he, whom the first devil will seek to tempt, but will not prevail over? The number of his name is 644, which is Emmanuel. Wherefore, O King Solomon, your time is evil, and your years short and evil, and to your servant shall your kingdom be given."
66. And I Solomon, having heard this, glorified God. And though I marveled at the apology of the demons, I did not credit it until it came true. And I did not believe their words; but when they were realized, then I understood, and at my death I wrote this Testament to the children of Israel, and gave it to them, so that they might know the powers of the demons and their shapes, and the names of their angels, by which these angels are frustrated. And I glorified the Lord God of Israel, and commanded the spirits to be bound with bonds indissoluble.
67. And having praised God, I commanded another spirit to come before me; and there came before my face another demon, having in front the shape of a horse, but behind of a fish. And he had a mighty voice, and said to me: "O King Solomon, I am a fierce spirit of the sea, and I am greedy of gold and silver. I am such a spirit as rounds itself and comes over the expanses of the water of the sea, and I trip up the men who sail thereon. For I round myself into a wave, and transform myself, and then throw myself on ships and come right in on them. And that is my business, and my way of getting hold of money and men. For I take the men, and whirl them round with myself, and hurl the men out of the sea. For I am not covetous of men's bodies, but cast them up out of the sea so far. But since Beelzeboul, ruler of the spirits of air and of those under the earth, and lord of earthly ones, has a joint kingship with us in respect of the deeds of each one of us, therefore I went up from the sea, to get a certain outlook in his company.
68. "But I also have another character and role. I metamorphose myself into waves, and come up from the sea. And I show myself to men, so that those on earth call me Kunospaston, because I assume the human form. And my name is a true one. For by my passage up into men, I send forth a certain nausea. I came then to take counsel with the prince Beelzeboul; and he bound me and delivered me into your hands. And I am here before you because of this seal, and you now torment me. Behold now, in two or three days the spirit that converses with you will fail, because I shall have no water."
69. And I said to him: "Tell me by what angel you are frustrated." And he answered: "By Jameth." And I glorified God. I commanded the spirit to be thrown into a phial along with ten jugs of sea-water of two measures each. And I sealed them round above the marbles and asphalt and pitch in the mouth of the vessel. And having sealed it with my ring, I ordered it to be deposited in the Temple of God. And I ordered another spirit to come before me.
70. And there came before my face another enslaved spirit, having obscurely the form of a man, with gleaming eyes, and bearing in his hand a blade. And I asked: "Who are you? But he answered: "I am a lascivious spirit, engendered of a giant man who dies in the massacre in the time of the giants." I said to him: "Tell me what you are employed on upon earth, and where you have your dwelling."
71. And he said: "My dwelling is in fruitful places, but my procedure is this. I seat myself beside the men who pass along among the tombs, and in untimely season I assume the form of the dead; and if I catch any one, I at once destroy him with my sword. But if I cannot destroy him, I cause him to be possessed with a demon, and to devour his own flesh, and the hair to fall off his chin." But I said to him: "Do you then be in fear of the God of heaven and of earth, and tell me by angel you are frustrated." And he answered: "He destroys me who is to become Saviour, a man whose number, if any one shall write it on his forehead, he will defeat me, and in fear I shall quickly retreat. And, indeed, if any one write this sign on him, I shall be in fear." And I Solomon, on hearing this, and having glorified the Lord God, shut up this demon like the rest.
72. And I commanded another demon to come before me. And there came before my face thirty-six spirits, their heads shapeless like dogs, but in themselves they were human in form; with faces of asses, faces of oxen, and faces of birds. And I Solomon, on hearing and seeing them, wondered, and I asked them and said: "Who are you?" But they, of one accord with one voice, said: "We are the thirty-six elements, the world-rulers of this darkness. But, O King Solomon, you will not wrong us nor imprison us, nor lay command on us; but since the Lord God has given you authority over every spirit, in the air, and on the earth, and under the earth, therefore do we also present ourselves before you like the other spirits, from ram and bull, from both twin and crab, lion and virgin, scales and scorpion, archer, goat-horned, water-pourer, and fish.
73. Then I Solomon invoked the name of the Lord Sabaoth, and questioned each in turn as to what was its character. And I bade each one come forward and tell of its actions. Then the first one came forward, and said: "I am the first decans of the zodiacal circle, and I am called the ram, and with me are these two." So I put to them the question: "Who are you called?" The first said: "I, O Lord, am called Ruax, and I cause the heads of men to be idle, and I pillage their brows. But let me only hear the words, 'Michael, imprison Ruax,' and at once I retreat."
74. And the second said: "I am called Barsafael, and I cause those who are subject to my hour to feel the pain of migraine. If only I hear the words, 'Gabriel, imprison Barsafael,' at once I retreat."
75. The third said: "I am called Arôtosael. I do harm to eyes, and grievously injure them. Only let me hear the words, 'Uriel, imprison Aratosael', at once I retreat . . . . ."
76. The fifth said: "I am called Judal, and I bring about a block in the ears and deafness of hearing. If I hear, 'Uruel Judal,' I at once retreat."
77. The sixth said: "I am called Sphendonaêl. I cause tumors of the parotid gland, and inflammations of the tonsils, and tetanic recurvation. If I hear, 'Sabrael, imprison Sphendonaêl,' at once I retreat.''
78. And the Seventh said: "I am called Sphandôr, and I weaken the strength of the shoulders, and cause them to tremble; and I paralyze the nerves of the hands, and I break and bruise the bones of the neck. And I, I suck out the marrow. But if I hear the words, 'Araêl, imprison Sphandôr,' I at once retreat."
79. And the eight said: "I am called Belbel. I distort the hearts and minds of men. If I hear the words, 'Araêl, imprison Belbel,' I at once retreat."
80. And the ninth said: "I am called Kurtaêl. I send colics in the bowels. I induce pains. If I hear the words, 'Iaôth, imprison Kurtaêl,' I at once retreat."
81. The tenth said: "I am called Metathiax. I cause the reins to ache. If I hear the words, 'Adônaêl, imprison Metathiax,' I at once retreat."
82. The eleventh said: "I am called Katanikotaêl. I create strife and wrongs in men's homes, and send on them hard temper. If any one would be at peace in his home, let him write on seven leaves of laurel the name of the angel that frustrates me, along with these names: Iae, Ieô, sons of Sabaôth, in the name of the great God let him shut up Katanikotaêl. Then let him wash the laurel-leaves in water, and sprinkle his house with the water, from within to the outside. And at once I retreat."
83. The twelfth said: "I am called Saphathoraél, and I inspire partisanship in men, and delight in causing them to stumble. If any one will write on paper these names of angels, Iacô, Iealô, Iôelet, Sabaôth, Ithoth, Bae, and having folded it up, wear it round his neck or against his ear, I at once retreat and dissipate the drunken fit."
84. The thirteenth said: "I am called Bobêl, and I cause nervous illness by my assaults. If I hear the name of the great 'Adonaêl, imprison Bothothêl,' I at once retreat."
85. The fourteenth said: "I am called Kumeatêl, and I inflict shivering fits and torpor. If only I hear the words: 'Zôrôêl, imprison Kumentaêl,' I at once retreat."
86. The fifteenth said: "I am called Roêlêd. I cause cold and frost and pain in the stomach. Let me only hear the words: 'Iax, bide not, be not warmed, for Solomon is fairer than eleven fathers,' I at once retreat."
87. The sixteenth said: "I am called Atrax. I inflict upon men fevers, irremediable and harmful. If you would imprison me, chop up coriander and smear it on the lips, reciting the following charm: 'The fever which is from dirt. I exorcize you by the throne of the most high God, retreat from dirt and retreat from the creature fashioned by God.' And at once I retreat."
88. The seventeenth said: "I am called Jeropaêl. On the stomach of men I sit, and cause convulsions in the bath and in the road; and wherever I be found, or find a man, I throw him down. But if any one will say to the afflicted into their ear these names, three times over, into the right ear: 'Judarizê, Sabunê, Denôê,' I at once retreat."
89. The eighteenth said: "I am called Buldumêch. I separate wife from husband and bring about a grudge between them. If any one write down the names of your sires, Solomon, on paper and place it in the ante-chamber of his house, I retreat thence. And the legend written shall be as follows: 'The God of Abram, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob commands you -- retire from this house in peace.' And I at once retire."
90. The nineteenth said: "I am called Naôth, and I take my seat on the knees of men. If any one write on paper: 'Phnunoboêol, depart Nathath, and touch you not the neck,' I at once retreat."
91. The twentieth said: "I am called Marderô. I send on men incurable fever. If any one write on the leaf of a book: 'Sphênêr, Rafael, retire, drag me not about, flay me not,' and tie it round his neck, I at once retreat."
92. The twenty-first said: "I am called Alath, and I cause coughing and hard-breathing in children. If any one write on paper: 'Rorêx, do you pursue Alath,' and fasten it round his neck, I at once retire... "
93. The twenty-third said: "I am called Nefthada. I cause the reins to ache, and I bring about dysury. If any one write on a plate of tin the words: 'Jathôth, Uruêl, Nephthada,' and fasten it round the loins, I at once retreat."
94. The twenty-fourth said: "I am called Akton. I cause ribs and lumbic muscles to ache. If one engrave on copper material, taken from a ship which has missed its anchorage, this: 'Marmaraôth, Sabaôth, pursue Akton,' and fasten it round the loin, I at once retreat."
95. The twenty-fifth said: "I am called Anatreth, and I rend burnings and fevers into the entrails. But if I hear: 'Arara, Charara,' instantly do I retreat."
96. The twenty-sixth said: "I am called Enenuth. I steal away men's minds, and change their hearts, and make a man toothless. If one write: 'Allazoôl, pursue Enenuth,' and tie the paper round him, I at once retreat."
97. The twenty-seventh said: "I am called Phêth. I make men consumptive and cause hemorrhagia. ,If one exorcize me in wine, sweet-smelling and unmixed by the eleventh aeon , and say: 'I exorcize you by the eleventh aeon to stop, I demand, Phêth Axiôphêth,' then give it to the patient to drink, and I at once retreat."
98. The twenty-eighth said: "I am called Harpax, and I send sleeplessness on men. If one write 'Kokphnêdismos,' and bind it round the temples, I at once retire."
99. The twenty-ninth said: "I am called Anostêr. I engender uterine mania and pains in the bladder. If one powder into pure oil three seeds of laurel and smear it on, saying: 'I exorcize you, Anostêr. Stop by Marmaraô,' at once I retreat."
100. The thirtieth said: "I am called Alleborith. If in eating fish one has swallowed a bone, then he must take a bone from the fish and cough, and at once I retreat."
101. The thirty-first said: "I am called Hephesimireth, and cause lingering disease. If you throw salt, rubbed in the hand, into oil and smear it on the patient, saying: 'Seraphim, Cherubim, help me!' I at once retire."
102. The thirty-second said: "I am called Ichthion. I paralyze muscles and contuse them. If I hear 'Adonaêth, help!' I at once retire."
103. The thirty-third said: "I am called Agchoniôn. I lie among swaddling-clothes and in the precipice. And if any one write on fig-leaves 'Lycurgos,' taking away one letter at a time, and write it, reversing the letters, I retire at once. 'Lycurgos, ycurgos, kurgos, yrgos, gos, os.'"
104. The thirty-fourth said: "I am called Autothith. I cause grudges and fighting. Therefore I am frustrated by Alpha and Omega, if written down."
105. The thirty-fifth said: "I am called Phthenoth. I cast evil eye on every man. Therefore, the eye much-suffering, if it be drawn. frustrates me."
106. The thirty-sixth said: "I am called Bianakith. I have a grudge against the body. I lay waste houses, I cause flesh to decay, and all else that is similar. If a man write on the front-door of his house: 'Mêltô, Ardu, Anaath,' I flee from that place."
107. And I Solomon, when I heard this, glorified the God of heaven and earth. And I commanded them to fetch water in the Temple of God. And I furthermore prayed to the Lord God to cause the demons without, that hamper humanity, to be bound and made to approach the Temple of God. Some of these demons I condemned to do the heavy work of the construction of the Temple of God. Others I shut up in prisons. Others I ordered to wrestle with fire in the making of gold and silver, sitting down by lead and spoon. And to make ready places for the other demons in which they should be confined.
108. And I Solomon had much quiet in all the earth, and spent my life in profound peace, honored by all men and by all under heaven. And I built the entire Temple of the Lord God. And my kingdom was prosperous, and my army was with me. And for the rest the city of Jerusalem had repose, rejoicing and delighted. And all the kings of the earth came to me from the ends of the earth to behold the Temple which I built to the Lord God. And having heard of the wisdom given to me, they did homage to me in the Temple, bringing gold and silver and precious stones, many and divers, and bronze, and iron, and lead, and cedar logs. And woods decay not they brought me, for the equipment of the Temple of God.
109. And among them also the queen of the South, being a witch, came in great concern and bowed low before me to the earth. And having heard my wisdom, she glorified the God of Israel, and she made formal trial of all my wisdom, of all love in which I instructed her, according to the wisdom imparted to me. And all the sons of Israel glorified God.
110. And behold, in those days one of the workmen, of ripe old age, threw himself down before me, and said: "King Solomon, pity me, because I am old." So I bade him stand up, and said: "Tell me, old man, all you will." And he answered: "I beseech you king, I have an only-born son, and he insults and beats me openly, and plucks out the hair of my head, and threatens me with a painful death. Therefore I beseech you avenge me.
111. And I Solomon, on hearing this, felt compunction as I looked at his old age; and I bade the child be brought to me. And when he was brought I questioned him whether it were true. And the youth said: "I was not so filled with madness as to strike my father with my hand. Be kind to me, O king. For I have not dared to commit such impiety, poor wretch that I am." But I Solomon on hearing this from the youth, exhorted the old man to reflect on the matter, and accept his son's apology. However, he would not, but said he would rather let him die. And as the old man would not yield, I was about to pronounce sentence on the youth, when I saw Ornias the demon laughing. I was very angry at the demon's laughing in my presence; and I ordered my men to remove the other parties, and bring forward Ornias before my tribunal. And when he was brought before me, I said to him: "Accursed one, why did you look at me and laugh?" And the demon answered: "Prithee, king, it was not because of you I laughed, but because of this ill-starred old man and the wretched youth, his son. For after three days his son will die untimely; and lo, the old man desires to foully make away with him."
112. But I Solomon, having heard this, said to the demon: "Is that true that you speak?" And he answered: "It is true; O king." And I, on hearing that, bade them remove the demon, and that they should again bring before me the old man with his son. I bade them make friends with one another again, and I supplied them with food. And then I told the old man after three days to bring his son again to me here; "and," said I, "I will attend to him." And they saluted me, and went their way.
113. And when they were gone I ordered Ornias to be brought forward, and said to him: "Tell me how you know this;" and he answered: "We demons ascend into the firmament of heaven, and fly about among the stars. And we hear the sentences which go forth upon the souls of men, and forthwith we come, and whether by force of influence, or by fire, or by sword, or by some accident, we veil our act of destruction; and if a man does not die by some untimely disaster or by violence, then we demons transform ourselves in such a way as to appear to men and be worshiped in our human nature."
114. I therefore, having heard this, glorified the Lord God, and again I questioned the demon, saying: "Tell me how you can ascend into heaven, being demons, and amidst the stars and holy angels intermingle." And he answered: "Just as things are fulfilled in heaven, so also on earth are fulfilled the types of all of them. For there are principalities, authorities, world-rulers, and we demons fly about in the air; and we hear the voices of the heavenly beings, and survey all the powers. And as having no basis on which to alight and rest, we lose strength and fall off like leaves from trees. And men seeing us imagine that the stars are falling from heaven. But it is not really so, O king; but we fall because of our weakness, and because we have nowhere anything to lay hold of; and so we fall down like lightnings in the depth of night and suddenly. And we set cities in flames and fire the fields. For the stars have firm foundations in the heavens like the sun and the moon."
115. And I Solomon, having heard this, ordered the demon to be guarded for five days. And after the five days I recalled the old man, and was about to question him. But he came to me in grief and with black face. And I said to him: "Tell me, old man, where is your son? And what means this garb?" And he answered: "Lo, I am become childless, and sit by my son's grave in despair. For it is already two days that he is dead." But I Solomon, on hearing that, and knowing that the demon Ornias had told me the truth, glorified the God of Israel.
116. And the queen of the South saw all this, and marveled, glorifying the God of Israel; and she beheld the Temple of the Lord being built. And she gave a siklos of gold and one hundred myriads of silver and choice bronze, and she went into the Temple. And she beheld the altar of incense and the brazen supports of this altar, and the gems of the lamps flashing forth of different colors, and of the lamp-stand of stone, and of emerald, and hyacinth, and sapphire; and she beheld the vessels of gold, and silver, and bronze, and wood, and the folds of skins dyed red with madder. And she saw the bases of the pillars of the Temple of the Lord. All were of one gold ... apart from the demons whom I condemned to labor. And there was peace in the circle of my kingdom and over all the earth.
117. And it came to pass, which I was in my kingdom, the King of the Arabians, Adares, sent me a letter, and the writing of the letter was written as follows: --
"To King Solomon, all hail! Lo, we have heard, and it has been heard unto all the ends of the earth, concerning the wisdom vouchsafed in you, and that you are a man merciful from the Lord. And understanding has been granted you over all the spirits of the air, and on earth, and under the earth. Now, forasmuch as there is present in the land of Arabia a spirit of the following kind: at early dawn there begins to blow a certain wind until the third hour. And its blast is harsh and terrible, and it slays man and beast. And no spirit can live upon earth against this demon. I pray you then, forasmuch as the spirit is a wind, contrive something according to the wisdom given in you by the Lord your God, and deign to send a man able to capture it. And behold, King Solomon, I and my people and all my land will serve you unto death. And all Arabia shall be at peace with you, if you will perform this act of righteousness for us. Wherefore we pray you, contemn not our humble prayer, and suffer not to be utterly brought to naught the eparchy subordinated to your authority. Because we are suppliants, both I and my people and all my land. Farewell to my Lord. All health!"
118. And I Solomon read this epistle; and I folded it up and gave it to my people, and said to them: "After seven days shall you remind me of this epistle. And Jerusalem was built, and the Temple was being completed. And there was a stone, the end stone of the corner lying there, great, chosen out, one which I desired lay in the head of the corner of the completion of the Temple. And all the workmen, and all the demons helping them came to the same place to bring up the stone and lay it on the pinnacle of the holy Temple, and were not strong enough to stir it, and lay it upon the corner allotted to it. For that stone was exceedingly great and useful for the corner of the Temple."
119. And after seven days, being reminded of the epistle of Adares, King of Arabia, I called my servant and said to him: "Order your camel and take for yourself a leather flask, and take also this seal. And go away into Arabia to the place in which the evil spirit blows; and there take the flask, and the signet-ring in front of the mouth of the flask, and hold them towards the blast of the spirit. And when the flask is blown out, you will understand that the demon is in it. Then hastily tie up the mouth of to flask, and seal it securely with the seal-ring, and lay it carefully on the camel and bring it me here. And if on the way it offer you gold or silver or treasure in return for letting it go, see that you be not persuaded. But arrange without using oath to release it. And then if it point out to the places where are gold or silver, mark the places and seal them with this seal. And bring the demon to me. And now depart, and fare you well."
120. Then the youth did as was bidden him. And he ordered his camel, and laid on it a flask, and set off into Arabia. And the men of that region would not believe that he would be able to catch the evil spirit. And when it was dawn, the servant stood before the spirit's blast, and laid the flask on the ground, and the finger-ring on the mouth of the flask. And the demon blew through the middle of the finger-ring into the mouth of the flask, and going in blew out the flask. But the man promptly stood up to it and drew tight with his hand the mouth of the flask, in the name of the Lord God of Sabaôth. And the demon remained within the flask. And after that the youth remained in that land three days to make trial. And the spirit no longer blew against that city. And all the Arabs knew that he had safely shut in the spirit.
121. Then the youth fastened the flask on the camel, and the Arabs sent him forth on his way with much honor and precious gifts, praising and magnifying the God of Israel. But the youth brought in the bag and laid it in the middle of the Temple. And on the next day, I King Solomon, went into the Temple of God and sat in deep distress about the stone of the end of the corner. And when I entered the Temple, the flask stood up and walked around some seven steps and then fell on its mouth and did homage to me. And I marveled that even along with the bottle the demon still had power and could walk about; and I commanded it to stand up. And the flask stood up, and stood on its feet all blown out. And I questioned him, saying: "Tell me, who are you?" And the spirit within said: "I am the demon called Ephippas, that is in Arabia." And I said to him: "Is this your name?" And he answered: "Yes, wheresoever I will, I alight and set fire and do to death."
122. And I said to him: "By what angel are you frustrated?" And he answered: "By the only-ruling God, that has authority over me even to be heard. He that is to be born of a virgin and crucified by the Jews on a cross. Whom the angels and archangels worship. He doth frustrate me, and enfeeble me of my great strength, which has been given me by my father the devil." And I said to him: "What can you do?'' And he answered: ''I am able to remove mountains, to overthrow the oaths of kings. I wither trees and make their leaves to fall off." And I said to him: "Can you raise this stone, and lay it for the beginning of this corner which exists in the fair plan of the Temple?'' And he said: "Not only raise this, O king; but also, with the help of the demon who presides over the Red Sea, I will bring up the pillar of air , and will stand it where you will in Jerusalem.''
123. Saying this, I laid stress on him, and the flask became as if depleted of air. And I placed it under the stone, and the spirit girded himself up, and lifted it up top of the flask. And the flask went up the steps, carrying the stone, and laid it down at the end of the entrance of the Temple. And I Solomon, beholding the stone raised aloft and placed on a foundation, said: "Truly the Scripture is fulfilled, which says: 'The stone which the builders rejected on trial, that same is become the head of the corner.' For this it is not mine to grant, but God's, that the demon should be strong enough to lift up so great a stone and deposit it in the place I wished."
124. And Ephippas led the demon of the Red Sea with the column. And they both took the column and raised it aloft from the earth. And I outwitted these two spirits, so that they could not shake the entire earth in a moment of time. And then I sealed round with my ring on this side and that, and said: "Watch." And the spirits have remained upholding it until this day, for proof of the wisdom vouchsafed to me. And there the pillar was hanging of enormous size, in mid air, supported by the winds. And thus the spirits appeared underneath, like air, supporting it. And if one looks fixedly, the pillar is a little oblique, being supported by the spirits; and it is so to day.
125. And I Solomon questioned the other spirit which came up with the pillar from the depth of the Red Sea. And I said to him: "Who are you, and what calls you? And what is your business? For I hear many things about you.'' And the demon answered: "I, O King Solomon, am called Abezithibod. I am a descendant of the archangel. Once as I sat in the first heaven, of which the name is Ameleouth -- I then am a fierce spirit and winged, and with a single wing, plotting against every spirit under heaven. I was present when Moses went in before Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and I hardened his heart. I am he whom Jannes and Jambres invoked homing with Moses in Egypt. I am he who fought against Moses with wonders with signs."
126. I said therefore to him: "How wast you found in the Red Sea?" And he answered: "In the exodus of the sons of Israel I hardened the heart of Pharaoh. And I excited his heart and that of his ministers. And I caused them to pursue after the children of Israel. And Pharaoh followed with me and all the Egyptians. Then I was present there, and we followed together. And we all came up upon the Red Sea. And it came to pass when the children of Israel had crossed over, the water returned and hid all the host of the Egyptians and all their might. And I remained in the sea, being kept under this pillar. But when Ephippas came, being sent by you, shut up in the vessel of a flask, he fetched me up to you."
127. I, therefore, Solomon, having heard this, glorified God and adjured the demons not to disobey me, but to remain supporting the pillar. And they both swore, saying: "The Lord your God liveth, we will not let go this pillar until the world's end. But on whatever day this stone fall, then shall be the end of the world ."
128. And I Solomon glorified God, and adorned the Temple of the Lord with all fair-seeming. And I was glad in spirit in my kingdom, and there was peace in my days. And I took wives of my own from every land, who were numberless. And I marched against the Jebusaeans, and there I saw Jebusaean, daughter of a man: and fell violently in love with her, and desired to take her to wife along with my other wives. And I said to their priests: "Give me the Sunamite to wife ." But the priests of Moloch said to me: "If you love this maiden, go in and worship our gods, the great god Raphan and the god called Moloch." I therefore was in fear of the glory of God, and did not follow to worship. And I said to them: "I will not worship a strange god. What is this proposal, that you compel me to do so much?" But they said: ". . . . . by our fathers."
129. And when I answered that I would on no account worship strange gods, they told the maiden not to sleep with me until I complied and sacrificed to the gods. I then was moved, but crafty Eros brought and laid by her for me five grasshoppers, saying: "Take these grasshoppers, and crush them together in the name of the god Moloch; and then will I sleep with you." And this I actually did. And at once the Spirit of God departed from me, and I became weak as well as foolish in my words. And after that I was obliged by her to build a temple of idols to Baal, and to Rapha, and to Moloch, and to the other idols.
130. I then, wretch that I am, followed her advice, and the glory of God quite departed from me; and my spirit was darkened, and I became the sport of idols and demons. Wherefore I wrote out this Testament, that you who get possession of it may pity, and attend to the last things , and not to the first. So that you may find grace for ever and ever. Amen.
The Sixth Book of Moses
MOSES' MAGICAL SPIRIT-ART.
Translated from the Ancient Hebrew
The Seven Seals of the Spirits
MAGIA ALBA ET NIGRA UNIVERSALIS SEU NECROMANTIA
That is, that which embraces the whole of the White and Black Art, Black Magic, or the Necromancy of all Ministering Angels and Spirits; how to cite and desire the nine Choruses of the good angels and spirits, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Sun, Venus, Mercury, and Moon.
The most serviceable angels are SALATHEEL, MICHAEL, RAPHAEL, URIEL, together with the Necromancy of the black magic of the best Ministering Spirits in the Chymia et Alchymia of Moses and Aaron.
That which was hidden from David, the father of Solomon, by the High Priest SADOCK, as the highest mystery, but which was finally found in the year 330 A.D., among others, by the first Christian Emperor Constantine the Great, and sent to Pope Sylvester at Rome, after its translation under Julius II, Pontifice Maximus. Typis Manabilis sub poena excommunicationis de numquam public imprimendis sent to the Emperor Charles V., and highly recommended in the year 1520 A.D., approved by Julii II, duos libros quos Mosis condidit arter artistis summus sedalitate SADOCK. Libri hi colorum sacra sunt vota sequenter spiritus omnipotens qui uigil illa facit at est sumis pia necessaria. Fides.
Instruction
These two Books were revealed by God, the Almighty, to his faithful servant Moses, on Mount Sinai, intervale lucis, and in this manner they also came into the hands of Aaron, Caleb, Joshua, and finally to David and his son Solomon and their high priest Sadock. Therefore, they are Biblis arcanum arcanorum, which means, Mystery of all Mysteries.
The Conversation of God
Adonai, Sother, Emanuel, Ehic, Tetragramaton, Ayscher, Jehova, Zeboath, the Lord of Hosts, of Heaven and Earth; that which appertains to the Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses, as follows:
Adonai, E El, Zeboath, Jebaouha, Jehovah, E El, Chad, Tetragramaton Chaddai, Channaniah, al Elyon, Chaye, Ayscher, Adoyah Zawah, Tetragramaton, Awiel, Adoyah, Chay, Yechal, Kanus, Emmet. Thus spake the Lord of Hosts to me Moses.
Eheye, Ayscher, Jehel, Yazliah, Ellion. Sum qui sum ab aeterno in aeternum, thou my servant Moses, open thou thine ears, hear the voice of thy God. Through me Jehovah, Aglai, the God of heven and earth, thy race shall be multiplied and shall shine as the stars of heaven. In addition to this I will also give thee might, power and wisdom, to rule over the spirits of heaven and hell.
Over the ministering angels and spirits of the fourth element as well as of the seven planets. Hear also the voice of thy God wherewith I give thee the seven seals and twelve tables. Schem, Schel, Hamforach, that the angels and spirits may always yield obedient service to thee, when thou callest upon them and citest them by these seven seals and twelve tables of my omnioptence; and hereunto thou shalt also have herewith a knowledge of the highest mysteries.
Therefore, thou, my faithful friend, dear Moses, take thou the power and high might of thy God.
Aclon, Ysheye, Channanyah, Yeschayah, E El, Elijon, Rachmiel, Ariel, Eheye, Ayscher, Eheye, Elyon. Through my Seals and Tables.
THE MYSTERY OF THE FIRST SEAL
Seal of the Choir of the Ministering Archangels
CONJURATION
I, N.N., a servant of God, desire, call upon the OCH, and conjure thee through water, fire, air, and earth, and everything that lives and moves therein, and by the most holy names of God, Agios, Tehirios, Perailtus, Alpha et Omega, Beginning and End, God and Man-Sabaoth, Adanai, Agla, Tetragramaton, Emanuel, Abua, Ceus, Elioa, Torna, Deus Salvator, Aramma, Messias, Clerob, Michael, Abreil, Achleof, Gachenas et Peraim, Eei Patris et Peraim Eei filii, et Peraim Dei spiritus Teti, and the words by which Solomon and Manasses, Cripinus and Agrippa conjured the spirits, and by whatever else thou mayest be conquered, that you will yield obedience to me, N.N. the same as Isaac did to Abraham, and appear before me, N.N. this instant, in the beautiful, mild, human form of a youth, and bring what I desire. This the conjuror must name.
Translated from the Ancient Hebrew
The Seven Seals of the Spirits
MAGIA ALBA ET NIGRA UNIVERSALIS SEU NECROMANTIA
That is, that which embraces the whole of the White and Black Art, Black Magic, or the Necromancy of all Ministering Angels and Spirits; how to cite and desire the nine Choruses of the good angels and spirits, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Sun, Venus, Mercury, and Moon.
The most serviceable angels are SALATHEEL, MICHAEL, RAPHAEL, URIEL, together with the Necromancy of the black magic of the best Ministering Spirits in the Chymia et Alchymia of Moses and Aaron.
That which was hidden from David, the father of Solomon, by the High Priest SADOCK, as the highest mystery, but which was finally found in the year 330 A.D., among others, by the first Christian Emperor Constantine the Great, and sent to Pope Sylvester at Rome, after its translation under Julius II, Pontifice Maximus. Typis Manabilis sub poena excommunicationis de numquam public imprimendis sent to the Emperor Charles V., and highly recommended in the year 1520 A.D., approved by Julii II, duos libros quos Mosis condidit arter artistis summus sedalitate SADOCK. Libri hi colorum sacra sunt vota sequenter spiritus omnipotens qui uigil illa facit at est sumis pia necessaria. Fides.
Instruction
These two Books were revealed by God, the Almighty, to his faithful servant Moses, on Mount Sinai, intervale lucis, and in this manner they also came into the hands of Aaron, Caleb, Joshua, and finally to David and his son Solomon and their high priest Sadock. Therefore, they are Biblis arcanum arcanorum, which means, Mystery of all Mysteries.
The Conversation of God
Adonai, Sother, Emanuel, Ehic, Tetragramaton, Ayscher, Jehova, Zeboath, the Lord of Hosts, of Heaven and Earth; that which appertains to the Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses, as follows:
Adonai, E El, Zeboath, Jebaouha, Jehovah, E El, Chad, Tetragramaton Chaddai, Channaniah, al Elyon, Chaye, Ayscher, Adoyah Zawah, Tetragramaton, Awiel, Adoyah, Chay, Yechal, Kanus, Emmet. Thus spake the Lord of Hosts to me Moses.
Eheye, Ayscher, Jehel, Yazliah, Ellion. Sum qui sum ab aeterno in aeternum, thou my servant Moses, open thou thine ears, hear the voice of thy God. Through me Jehovah, Aglai, the God of heven and earth, thy race shall be multiplied and shall shine as the stars of heaven. In addition to this I will also give thee might, power and wisdom, to rule over the spirits of heaven and hell.
Over the ministering angels and spirits of the fourth element as well as of the seven planets. Hear also the voice of thy God wherewith I give thee the seven seals and twelve tables. Schem, Schel, Hamforach, that the angels and spirits may always yield obedient service to thee, when thou callest upon them and citest them by these seven seals and twelve tables of my omnioptence; and hereunto thou shalt also have herewith a knowledge of the highest mysteries.
Therefore, thou, my faithful friend, dear Moses, take thou the power and high might of thy God.
Aclon, Ysheye, Channanyah, Yeschayah, E El, Elijon, Rachmiel, Ariel, Eheye, Ayscher, Eheye, Elyon. Through my Seals and Tables.
THE MYSTERY OF THE FIRST SEAL
Seal of the Choir of the Ministering Archangels
CONJURATION
I, N.N., a servant of God, desire, call upon the OCH, and conjure thee through water, fire, air, and earth, and everything that lives and moves therein, and by the most holy names of God, Agios, Tehirios, Perailtus, Alpha et Omega, Beginning and End, God and Man-Sabaoth, Adanai, Agla, Tetragramaton, Emanuel, Abua, Ceus, Elioa, Torna, Deus Salvator, Aramma, Messias, Clerob, Michael, Abreil, Achleof, Gachenas et Peraim, Eei Patris et Peraim Eei filii, et Peraim Dei spiritus Teti, and the words by which Solomon and Manasses, Cripinus and Agrippa conjured the spirits, and by whatever else thou mayest be conquered, that you will yield obedience to me, N.N. the same as Isaac did to Abraham, and appear before me, N.N. this instant, in the beautiful, mild, human form of a youth, and bring what I desire. This the conjuror must name.
The most useful ministering arch angels of this seal are the following with their Hebrew verbis revelatis Citatiori divinitus coactivis: Uriel, Arael, Zacharael, Gabriel, Raphael, Theoska, Zywolech, Hemohon, Yhael, Tuwahel, Donahan, Sywaro, Samohayl, Zowanus, Ruweno Ymoeloh, Hahowel, Tywael. The particularly great secret and special use of this seal is that if this seal is buried in the earth, where treasures exist, they will come to the surface of themselves, without any presence during a full moon.
THE MYSTERY OF THE SECOND SEAL
The Name is True Seal of the Choir of Hosts or Dominations of the Ministering Angels
CONJURATION
I, N.N., a servant of God, desire, call upon and conjure thee, Spirit Phuel, by the Holy Messengers and all the Disciples of the Lord, by the four Holy Evangelists and the three Holy Men of God and by the most terrible and most holy words Abriel, Fibriel, Zada, Zaday, Zarabo, Laragola, Lavaterium, Laroyol, Zay, Zagin, Labir, Lya, Adeo, Deus, Alon, Abay, Alos, Pieus, Ehos, Mihi, Uini, Mora, Zorad, and by those holy words, that thou come and appear before me, N.N., in a beautiful human form, and bring me what I desire. This the conjuror must name.
THE MYSTERY OF THE SECOND SEAL
The Name is True Seal of the Choir of Hosts or Dominations of the Ministering Angels
CONJURATION
I, N.N., a servant of God, desire, call upon and conjure thee, Spirit Phuel, by the Holy Messengers and all the Disciples of the Lord, by the four Holy Evangelists and the three Holy Men of God and by the most terrible and most holy words Abriel, Fibriel, Zada, Zaday, Zarabo, Laragola, Lavaterium, Laroyol, Zay, Zagin, Labir, Lya, Adeo, Deus, Alon, Abay, Alos, Pieus, Ehos, Mihi, Uini, Mora, Zorad, and by those holy words, that thou come and appear before me, N.N., in a beautiful human form, and bring me what I desire. This the conjuror must name.
This Seal from the Choir of the Dominationen, or Hosts, the following are the most useful: Aha, Rosh, Habu, Aromicha, Lemar, Patteny, Hamya, Azoth, Hayozer, Karohel, Wezynna, Patecha, Tehom. The special secret of this seal is that if a man carries this Seal with him, it will bring him great fortune and blessing; it is therefore called the truest and highest Seal of Fortune.
THE MYSTERY OF THE THIRD SEAL
Seal of the Ministering Throne Angels
CONJURATION
I, N.N., a servant of God, desire, call upon thee, and conjure thee Tehor, by all the Holy Angels and Arch Angels, by the holy Michael, the holy Gabriel, Raphael, Uriel, Thronus, Dominationes principalis, virtutes, Cherubim et Seraphim, and with unceasing voice I cry, Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord God of Sabaoth, and by the most terrible words: Soah, Sother, Emmanuel, Hdon, Amathon, Mathay, Adonai, Eei, Eli, Eloy, Zoag, Dios, Anath, Tafa, Uabo, Tetragramaton, Aglay, Josua, Jonas, Caplie, Caphas. Appear before me, N.N., in a mild and human form, and do what I desire. This the conjuror must name.
THE MYSTERY OF THE THIRD SEAL
Seal of the Ministering Throne Angels
CONJURATION
I, N.N., a servant of God, desire, call upon thee, and conjure thee Tehor, by all the Holy Angels and Arch Angels, by the holy Michael, the holy Gabriel, Raphael, Uriel, Thronus, Dominationes principalis, virtutes, Cherubim et Seraphim, and with unceasing voice I cry, Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord God of Sabaoth, and by the most terrible words: Soah, Sother, Emmanuel, Hdon, Amathon, Mathay, Adonai, Eei, Eli, Eloy, Zoag, Dios, Anath, Tafa, Uabo, Tetragramaton, Aglay, Josua, Jonas, Caplie, Caphas. Appear before me, N.N., in a mild and human form, and do what I desire. This the conjuror must name.
The ministering Throne Angels of this Seal are the following: Theom, Haseha, Amarzyom, Schawayt, Chuscha, Zawar, Yahel. La hehor, Adoyahel, Schimuel Achusaton, Schaddyl, Chamyl, Parymel, Chayo. The special secret of this Throne is that by carrying this Seal with you will cause you to be very agreeable and much beloved, and will also defeat all your enemies.
THE MYSTERY OF THE FOURTH SEAL
Seal of the Ministering Cherubim and Seraphim with their Characteristics
CONJURATION
I, N.N., a servant of God, call upon thee, desire and conjure thee, O Spirit Anoch, by the wisdom of Solomon, by the obedience of Isaac, by the blessing of Abraham, by the piety of Jacob and Noe, who did not sin before God, by the serpents of Moses, and by the twelve tribes, and by the most terrible words: Dallia, Dollia, Dollion, Corfuselas, Jazy, Agzy, Ahub, Tilli, Stago, Adoth, Suna, Eoluth, Alos, Jaoth, Dilu, and by all the words through which thou canst be compelled to appear before me in a beautiful, human form, and give what I desire. This the conjuror must name.
THE MYSTERY OF THE FOURTH SEAL
Seal of the Ministering Cherubim and Seraphim with their Characteristics
CONJURATION
I, N.N., a servant of God, call upon thee, desire and conjure thee, O Spirit Anoch, by the wisdom of Solomon, by the obedience of Isaac, by the blessing of Abraham, by the piety of Jacob and Noe, who did not sin before God, by the serpents of Moses, and by the twelve tribes, and by the most terrible words: Dallia, Dollia, Dollion, Corfuselas, Jazy, Agzy, Ahub, Tilli, Stago, Adoth, Suna, Eoluth, Alos, Jaoth, Dilu, and by all the words through which thou canst be compelled to appear before me in a beautiful, human form, and give what I desire. This the conjuror must name.
The most obliging ministering Cherubim and Seraphim of this Seal, are the following with their Hebrew calling: Anoch, Sewachar, Chaylon, Esor, Yaron, Oseny, Yagelor, Ehym, Maakyel, Echad, Yalyon, Yagar, Ragat, Ymmat, Chabalym, Schadym.
The special secret of this Seal is that to carry this Seal upon the body will save a person from all misery, and give the greatest fortune and long life.
THE MYSTERY OF THE FIFTH SEAL
Seal of the Angels of Power
CONJURATION
I, N.N., a servant of God, call upon thee, desire and conjure thee, Spirit Scheol, through the most holy appearance in the flesh of Jesus Christ, by his most holy birth and circumcision, by his sweating of blood in the Garden, by the lashes he bore, by his bitter sufferings and death, by his Resurrection, Ascension and the sending of the Holy Spirit as a comforter, and by the most dreadful words: Dai, Deorum, Ellas, genio Sophiel, Zophiel, Canoei, Elmiach, Richol, Hoamiach, Jerazol, Vohal, Daniel, Hasios, Tomaisch, Sannul, Damamlach, Sanul, Damabiath, and by those words through which thou canst be conquered, that thou appear before me in a beautiful, human form, and fulfil what I desire. This must be named by the conjuror.
The special secret of this Seal is that to carry this Seal upon the body will save a person from all misery, and give the greatest fortune and long life.
THE MYSTERY OF THE FIFTH SEAL
Seal of the Angels of Power
CONJURATION
I, N.N., a servant of God, call upon thee, desire and conjure thee, Spirit Scheol, through the most holy appearance in the flesh of Jesus Christ, by his most holy birth and circumcision, by his sweating of blood in the Garden, by the lashes he bore, by his bitter sufferings and death, by his Resurrection, Ascension and the sending of the Holy Spirit as a comforter, and by the most dreadful words: Dai, Deorum, Ellas, genio Sophiel, Zophiel, Canoei, Elmiach, Richol, Hoamiach, Jerazol, Vohal, Daniel, Hasios, Tomaisch, Sannul, Damamlach, Sanul, Damabiath, and by those words through which thou canst be conquered, that thou appear before me in a beautiful, human form, and fulfil what I desire. This must be named by the conjuror.
The most serviceable Angels of Power are the following: Schoel, Hael, Sephiroth, Thamy, Schamayl, Yeehah, Holyl, Yomelo, Hadlam, Mazbaz, Elohaym.
The special secret of this Seal is that if this Seal be laid upon the sick in full, true faith, it will restore him, if he has not lived the full number of his days. Therefore, it is called the Seal of Power.
THE MYSTERY OF THE SIXTH SEAL
The Seal of the Power Angels are Potestatum over the Angels and Spirits of all the Elements
CONJURATION
I, N.N., a servant of God, desire, call upon and conjure thee, Spirit Alymon, by the most dreadful words, Sather, Ehomo, Geno, Poro, Jehovah, Elohim, Volnah, Denach, Alonlam, Ophiel, Zophiel, Sophiel, Habriel, Eloha, Alesimus, Dileth, Melohim, and by all the holiest words through which thou canst be conquered, that thou appear before me in a mild, beautiful human form, and fulfil what I command thee, so surely as God will come to judge the living and the dead. Fiat, Fiat, Fiat.
The special secret of this Seal is that if this Seal be laid upon the sick in full, true faith, it will restore him, if he has not lived the full number of his days. Therefore, it is called the Seal of Power.
THE MYSTERY OF THE SIXTH SEAL
The Seal of the Power Angels are Potestatum over the Angels and Spirits of all the Elements
CONJURATION
I, N.N., a servant of God, desire, call upon and conjure thee, Spirit Alymon, by the most dreadful words, Sather, Ehomo, Geno, Poro, Jehovah, Elohim, Volnah, Denach, Alonlam, Ophiel, Zophiel, Sophiel, Habriel, Eloha, Alesimus, Dileth, Melohim, and by all the holiest words through which thou canst be conquered, that thou appear before me in a mild, beautiful human form, and fulfil what I command thee, so surely as God will come to judge the living and the dead. Fiat, Fiat, Fiat.
The most obedient Angels of Power, seu Potestates, are the following four elements: Schunmyel, Alymon, Mupiel, Symnay, Semanglaf, Taftyah, Melech, Seolam, Waed, Sezah, Safyn, Kyptip, Taftyarohel, Aeburatiel, Anyam, Bymnam. This is the mystery or Seal of the Might-Angels. The peculiar Arcanum of this Seal of the Mighty is that if a man wears this seal in bed, he will learn what he desires to know through dreams and visions.
THE MYSTERY OF THE SEVENTH SEAL
Seal of the Angels of the Seven Planets and Spirits
CONJURATION
I, N.N., a servant of God, call upon, desire, and conjure thee, Ahael, Banech, by the most holy words Agios, Tetr., Eschiros, Adonai, Alpha et Omega, Raphael, Michael, Uriel, Schmaradiel, Zaday, and by all the known names of Almighty God, by whatever thou, Ahael, canst be compelled, that thou appear before me, in a human form, and fulfil what I desire. Fiat, Fiat, Fiat. This must be named by the conjuror.
THE MYSTERY OF THE SEVENTH SEAL
Seal of the Angels of the Seven Planets and Spirits
CONJURATION
I, N.N., a servant of God, call upon, desire, and conjure thee, Ahael, Banech, by the most holy words Agios, Tetr., Eschiros, Adonai, Alpha et Omega, Raphael, Michael, Uriel, Schmaradiel, Zaday, and by all the known names of Almighty God, by whatever thou, Ahael, canst be compelled, that thou appear before me, in a human form, and fulfil what I desire. Fiat, Fiat, Fiat. This must be named by the conjuror.
The most obedient Angels and Spirits of this Seal of the Seven Planets are the following: Ahaeb, Baneh, Yeschnath, Hoschiah, Betodah, Leykof, Yamdus, Zerenar, Sahon. This Seal, when laid upon the treasure earth, or when placed within the works of a mine, will reveal all the precious contents of the mine.
The Eighth Book of Moses, a magical treatise that otherwise has nothing to do with Moses and which is found in Greek Magical Papyrus (PGM) xiii in two versions. The end of this papyrus also mentions the "Hidden Book of Moses Concerning the Great Name," which may be another lost Moses work.
THE EIGHTH BOOK OF MOSES
SECOND VERSION
The sacred, hidden book of Moses called Eighth or Holy. This is the ritual using the Name that encompasses all things. It also has directions for a meeting with the God in which you will succeed if you leave out nothing of what is prescribed. Keep yourself pure for 41 days, having calculated the day and hour in which the last appearance of the old moon will occur in Aries. And when the moon enters Aries, sleep on the floor during the previous night, and when you have sacrificed burn also the seven approved kinds of incense in which the God delights, for the 7 censings of the 7 stars. The incenses are these: malabathron, styrax, nard, kostos, cassia, frankincense, and myrrh. Take these and the 7 flowers of the 7 stars, which are rose, lotus, narcissus, white lily, erephyllinon, gillyflower, and marjoram. Having ground them all to a powder, with wine not mixed with seawater, burn all as incense. And also wear cinnamon, for the God has given it magickal power. Burn the incenses after the 21st day, to complete the preparation. As food, take milk from a black cow and wine without seawater and Greek natron. The author indicates that this is the beginning and the end.
When the day is at hand, put aside for the sacrifice cypress wood or balsam wood – so that even without the incenses the sacrifice may give a pleasant odor – and five pine-cones full of seed. And light two lamps, each holding about half a pint of oil, on this and that side of the altar. The altar, moreover, is to be made of earth. When you have prepared and filled the lamps, do not pour any more oil into them later. Sacrifice an unblemished white rooster, and leave another one alive; similarly sacrifice one pigeon and leave another alive, so that the God, when He comes in, may take the spirit from whichever he prefers. Also, lay out a knife, and lay beside it the seven incenses and the seven flowers prepared as written above so that if, on coming in, the God should wish to sacrifice again he may find all in readiness. And leave the sacrifice lying on the altar.
The tasting of the sacrifice is done in this way: When you are ready to taste them, sacrifice the rooster, so that the God may receive all its energy, and at the point of tasting, call on the God of the hour and of the day, so that you may have their approval. For if you do not invoke them, they will not hear you, as being uninitiated. Now, you will find the names of the Gods of the hours and those of the days, and the call for each of them in the Key of Moses, for he brought them out of secrecy.
As for the Name of the Great God, write all of it on the Greek natron. Instead of the “pop, pop, pop” sound in the Name draw on the Greek natron a falcon-headed crocodile, for he greets the God four times a year at the gods’ true entries of new periods, at the Cosmos’ first turning, called increase, then in his own elevation which they call ‘the birth of Horus’, then at the rising of the Dog Star, then at the ascension of Sothis. At each increase of the sun and diminution he gives forth his popping noise. The nine formed gives him the power to make the noise at that time, so that the sun may ascend from the sound of water, for he himself appears together with the sun. Therefore, he received the forms and the power of the nine Gods who rise with the sun. For at the downward turning he sends out the sound weaker and less powerful, for this is the birth of Cosmos and sun. Then at the increase when the lights of the Heavens begin to rise, he too sends out the noise more powerfully. And at the rise of the Dog Star, turning to the west, he sends out the noise most powerfully, inasmuch as he does not have the related water nearby, and because this Solstice adds more to his power, while the effects of the last Equinox take away what he gained in the preceding Solstice. For the autumn Equinox is the time when the Nile flood departs and when the sun abates.
Accordingly, draw the two, that is, the falcon-faced crocodile and the nine formed God standing on him, both with myrrh ink. For the falcon-faced crocodile greets the God with his popping noise at the four turnings of the year. For coming up to breathe from the deep he goes “pop, pop, pop”, and he of the nine forms replies to him antiphonally. Therefore, instead of the “pop, pop, pop” in the God’s Name, draw the falcon-faced crocodile, for the “pop, pop, pop” is the first element in its name. The second is a hissing, and instead of the hissing draw a snake biting its tail. Thus the two elements, popping and hissing are represented by a falcon-faced crocodile and the nine formed God standing upon him, and around these a snake and the seven vowels. Now the God’s Name is composed of nine names, in advance of which you should say, with the prayer on the stele, those of the Gods of the hours and of the days and those set over the weeks, and the call for these.
For without these the God will not listen, but, thinking you are uninitiated, will refuse to receive you, unless you emphatically say to Him the names of the lord of the day and hour, which information you will find at the end of this tractate. For without these you can accomplish nothing of the things you find written in the Key.
Then throw the powder of the seven flowers, which you have prepared, into the ink, and with this write on the natron. Write the same thing on both sides of the plaque and lick off the one side and wash off the other into the wine and the milk, first – before you wash it off – having sacrificed the rooster and made everything, read. Then call on the Gods of the hours, as aforesaid, and then drink off the wine and milk:
“I call on Thee, who surroundest all things; in every language, and in every dialect, I hymn Thee, as he first hymned Thee, who was by Thee appointed and entrusted with all authorities, Helios, AKHEBUKRŌM which signifies the flame and radiance of the disk, Whose is the glory, AAA ĒĒĒ ŌŌŌ, because he was given a glorious form. Thou Who settest in their places the stars and who, in divine light, createst the Universe, in which Thou hast set in order all things, III AAA ŌŌŌ SABAŌTH ARBATHIAŌ ZAGOURĒ, these are the angels who first appeared, ARAGA ARATH ADONAI BASĒM IAŌ. The first angel cries to Thee in birdglyphic, ARAI, which is ‘Woe to my enemy’, and Thou hast set him in charge of the punishments. Helios hymns Thee thus in hieroglyphic, LAILAM, and in Hebrew by his own name, ANOK BIATHIARBAR BERBI SKHILATOUR BOUPHROUMTRŌM, saying, ‘I precede Thee, Lord, I who rise on the boat of the sun disk, thanks to Thee. Thy magickal Name in Egyptian is ALDABAEIM, this means the boat, on which he comes up, rising on the world. He who appeareth on the boat rising together with thee is a clever baboon; he greeteth Thee on his own language, saying, ‘Thou art the number of days in the year, ABRASAX.’ The falcon on the other end of the boat greeteth Thee in his own language, and crieth out to receive food, KHI KHI KHI KHI KHI KHI KHI TI TI TI TI TI TI TI. He of the 9 forms greeteth Thee in hieratic, MENEPHŌIPHŌTH.”
So saying, he clapped three times and the God laughed seven times, KHA KHA KHA KHA KHA KHA KHA. When he laughed seven Gods were born, who encompass all things. For these are those who appeared before the world was formed.
When he laughed first, Light-Radiance appeared and divided all things, and became God over the Cosmos and fire, BESEN BEREITHEN BERIO. Then he laughed a second time; all was water, and the Earth, hearing the sound and seeing Radiance, was amazed and heaved, and the water came to be divided into three parts. And a God appeared and was given charge of the Abyss, and therefore without him moisture neither increases nor diminishes. And his name is PROMSAKHA ALEEIŌ. For thou art ŌĒAI ŌN BETHELLE.
When he wanted to laugh the third time Mind appeared holding a heart, because of the sharpness of the God, and was called Hermes, since it is he by whom all things have been interpreted. He is also in charge of the power of understanding by which everything is managed. And he is called SEMESILAMPS.
The God laughed the fourth time and Creative Force appeared, controlling Procreation of all things, by whom all things were sown, and this pair was called BADĒTOPHŌTH ZŌTHAXATHŌZŌ.
He laughed the fifth time and was gloomy as he laughed, and Fate appeared holding scales, indicating that justice was in her province. But Hermes contested with her, saying, “Justice is in my province.” While they were fighting the God said unto them, “What seems to be just will depend on you both, but all things in the world will be subject to you Fate.” And she was the first to receive the scepter of the world and was given a holy Name, fearsome and frightful, written first forwards, then backwards, and this is it: THORIOBRITITAMMAŌRRAGGADŌ Ī ŌDAGGARRŌAMMATITIRBOIROTH.
He laughed the sixth time, and was much gladdened, and Time appeared, holding a scepter, indicating kingship, and he gave over the scepter to the first created God, Light, who receiving it said, “You, wrapping yourself in the glory of Light will be with me because you gave me a scepter. All things will be subject to you, those that were before and those yet to be. All power shall be in you.” When Time wrapped himself in the glory of Light, the character of the light produced a certain effluence. The God Light then said to the Moon, “You wrapping yourself in the effluence of Light, will be with him, Time compassing all things. You shall wax with the light you receive from him, and again you shall wane because of him. With you all things will increase and diminish.” So the Name is great and marvelous, ANOKH BIATHIARBAR BERBIR SKHILATOUR BOUPHROUMTRŌM.
He laughed the seventh time, breathing hard, and Soul came into being and all things were moved. So the God said, ‘You will move all things, and all shall be made glad so long as Hermes guides you’. When the God said this, all things were moved and filled with spirit unrestrainedly. The God, seeing this, said, ‘Pop, pop, pop’, and all things were terrified, and on account of the popping noise Fear appeared, armed. So he is called DANOUP KHRATŌR BERBALI BALBITHI.
Then, looking down at the Earth, the God gave a long hiss and the Earthed was opened, receiving the echo. It gave birth to a creature of its own, the Pythian serpent, who foreknew all things through the utterance of the God. Its Name is great and holy, ILILLOUI ILILLOUI ILILLOUI ITHŌR MARMARAUGĒ PHŌKHŌ PHŌBŌKH. When he appeared the Earth heaved and was raised much higher, but the celestial pole stayed unmoved, so when they were about to collide, the God said ‘IAŌ’, and everything was fixed in place. Then a great, supreme God appeared, who established the things that were before in the Universe and the things yet to be, so that none of the aerial bodies was thenceforth out of place.
Fear, seeing someone stronger than himself, opposed him, saying, ‘I am prior to you’. He, however, said, ‘But I fixed things in their places’. So the first God said to the serpent, ‘You come from an echo, but this God from an utterance. Now an utterance is better than an echo’. However, he said to IAŌ, ‘The power of you, who appeared last, will derive from both, so that all things may be fixed in their places.’ And he was thenceforth called by the great and marvelous Name, DANOUP KHRATŌR BERBALI BALBITH IAŌ. And wishing to give honour also to the one who had assisted him, as having appeared together with him, the first God gave him precedence of the nine Gods, and possession of power and glory equal to theirs. And he was called by a Name derived from the nine Gods, as having taken away, along with their power, also the initials of their Names, BOSBEADII, and from the seven planets AEĒIOUŌ EĒIOUŌ ĒIOUŌ IOUŌ OUŌ UŌ Ō ŌUOIĒEA UOIĒEA OIĒEA IĒEA ĒEA EA A; when written forwards and backwards this is great and marvelous. But his greatest Name is the Name of 27 letters, which is the following, ABRŌKH BRAŌKH KHRAMMAŌTH PRŌARBATHŌ.
When the God comes in, look down and write the things said and whatever Name he may give you for himself. And do not go out from under your canopy until he also tells you the things that concern you.
Now the text of the sacred stele to be written on the natron is as follows; and the invocation runs thus, as here given altogether accurately:
“I call upon Thee, the creator of all, who art greater than all, Thou, the self begotten God, who seest all and hearest all and art not seen. For Thou gavest Helios all the glory and the power, Selene the privilege to wax and wane and have fixed courses, yet Thou took nothing from the earlier born darkness, but assigned them equality therewith. For when Thou appeared, both order arose and light appeared, and all things were arranged by Thee. Therefore all things are also subject to Thee, whose true form none of the Gods can see, who takest different forms in different visions, Aion of Aion.
I call Thee Lord, that Thou mayst show me thy true form, for under Thine order I serve Thine angel, BIATHIARBAR BERBIR EKHILATOUR BOUPHROUMTRŌM, and Thy fear, DANOUP KHRATOR BELBALI BALBITH IAŌ. Through Thee arose the celestial pole and the earth. I call Thee lord, as do the Gods who appeared under Thine order, that they may have power, AKHEBUKRŌM of Helios, to whom belongs the glory, AAA ĒĒĒ ŌŌŌ III AAA ŌŌŌ SABAŌTH ARBATHIAŌ ZAGOURĒ, the god ARATHU ADONAI.
I call on thee lord, in ‘birdglyphic’, ARAI; in hieroglyphic, LAILAM; in Hebrew, ANOK BIATHIARBATH BERBIR SKHILATOUR BOUPHROUMTRŌM; in Egyptian, ALDABAEIM; in baboonic, ABRASAX; in falconic, KHI KHI KHI KHI KHI KHI KHI TI TI TI TI TI TI TI; in hieratic, MENEPHŌIPHŌTH KHA KHA KHA KHA KHA KHA KHA.”
Then clap three times, TAK TAK TAK, go ‘pop, pop, pop’ for a long time; hiss a great hiss, that is, one of some length.
“Come to me Lord, faultless, who pollute no place, joyful, unflawed, for I call on Thee, King of Kings, Tyrant of tyrants, most glorious of the glorious, daimon of daimons, most warlike of the warlike, most holy of the holy. Come to me, willing, joyful, unflawed.”
An angel will come in, and you say to him, ‘Greetings lord. Both initiate me by these rituals I am performing and present me to the God, and let the fate determined by my birth be revealed to me’. If he says anything bad, say, ‘Wash from me the evils of fate. Do not hold back, but reveal to me everything, by night and day and in every hour of the month, to me NN son of NN. Let thine auspicious form be revealed to me, for under thine order I serve thine angel ANOK BIATHIARBATH BERBIR SKHILATOUR BOUPHROUMTRŌM.’
“I call on Thee, Lord, holy, much hymned, greatly honored, ruler of the Universe. Consider my birth and turn me not away, me, NN, whom NN bore, who know Thy true and valid Name, ŌAŌĒŌ ŌEOĒ IAŌ IIIAAŌ THOUTHĒ THĒ AATHŌ ATHĒROUŌR AMIATHAR MIGARNA KHPHOURI IUEUĒOŌAEĒ A EE ĒĒĒ IIII OOOOO UUUUUU ŌŌŌŌŌŌŌ SEMESILAM AEĒIOUŌ ĒŌOUE LINOUKHA NOUKHA HARSAMOSI ISNORSAM OTHAMARMIN AKHUKH KHAMMŌ. I call on Thee, Lord; I sing of Thy holy power in a musical hymn, AEĒIOUŌŌŌ.”
Burn incense, saying, “ĒIOUŌ IOUŌ OUŌ UŌ Ō A EE ĒĒĒ IIII OOOOO UUUUUU ŌŌŌŌŌŌŌ ŌĒŌAŌAŌ OOOUO IIIIIAO IIUUUOAĒA UO. Protect me from my own astrological destiny; destroy my foul fate; apportion good things for me in my horoscope; increase my life; and may I enjoy many good things, for I am Thy slave and petitioner and have sung Thy valid and holy Name, Lord, glorious one, ruler of the Universe, of 10,000 Names, greatest, nourisher, apportioner.”
Having absorbed energy with all your senses, say the first Name in one breath to the East, the second to the South, the third to the West, the fourth to the North. Having knelt to the left on your right knee once, say to the Earth once, to the Moon once, to the water once, and to the sky once, ‘ŌAŌĒ ŌŌ EOĒIAŌ III AAŌ THĒ THOU THĒ AATHŌ ATHĒROUŌ’.