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Title: |
A Cunning Man's Grimoire |
| Sub-title: |
A Sixteenth Century Grimoire |
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| Edited by: |
Stephen Skinner, David Rankine |
| ISBN10-13: |
1912212102 : 9781912212101 |
| Illustrations: |
28 illustrations, 24 tables |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| Size: |
250x176mm |
| Pages: |
176 |
| Weight: |
.598 Kg. |
| Published: |
Golden Hoard Press Pte Ltd (SI) - June 2018 |
| List Price: |
46.00 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: |
In Stock
Qty Available: 45 |
| Subjects: |
Occult studies |
| This manuscript is a grimoire, a manual of practical magic, a sorcerers handbook. It is a composite grimoire drawn from a number of different sources. It is not the sort of grimoire which has a complete method of calling up a set register of spirits, like the Goetia, nor does it have a wide range of pentacles or talismans like the Key of Solomon. It is however quite special as it was also was a practising Cunning man's grimoire, a very interesting blend of learned and local village magic. It also contains a lot of critical astrological information (including its own set of astrological tables) which are an important part of magic, but which dont feature to a large extent in other grimoires. It goes way beyond Planetary days and hours, to detailed aspects of timing and also contains magical operations connected with the 28 Mansions of the Moon and image magic, which were usually absent from Solomonic grimoires. The 28 Mansions of the Moon belong to a different magical tradition which owes its origins to Arabic and Indian roots, rather than the Greek roots of Solomonic magic. This manuscript literally stands at the crossroads of several different magical streams. |
| Table of Contents: |
| "List of Illustrations 12
List of Tables 13
Acknowledgements 14
Introduction 15
Preliminary Preparation & Prayers
The Secret of Secrets 31
Of the Angells & their Power 31
Man’s Power over Spirits 32
Preface with Directions & Aphorisms 32
Astrological Timing of the Operation 35
That the holy Angells may helpe thee in thyne occasions 37
Making a Pentacle to hold in thy hand 39
The figure of a Pentacle & how to keep it 40
An Narration to the 7 Planetary Angells of the 7 Planetary heavens 41
The Seales & Characters of Angells and Spirits & their Use 42
Experiments
1. An Experiment to have thy owne proper good Angell 43
The Call for thy proper good Angell 48
2. An Experiment of 3 holy Angells: Ancor, Anacor, Analos, 51
Consecration of the Crystall stone or glass 53
3. A most Noble Experiment for the glasse or cristallomanticall Art 57
The Invocation Descend 58
Fumigation for thy selfe 59
4. A true Experiment of 3 Spirits: Durus, Artus, Æbedel 60
An Exhortation to the Artist 62
5. Another Experiment of the 3 horsemen sayd to be approved true 63
License to Depart 65
6. The Experiment of Birto the Spirit 66
License to Depart 67
Admonition to the Artist 68
Astrological & Timing
Astrological Considerations 69
Directions for practise for gaining thy owne proper good Angell 70
Of Essentiall Dignities of the Planets 71
Of Essentiall Debilities of the Planets 73
Planetary Hours 74
Table of the Names of each houre in every Day & every Night. 75
Table of the Day of the weeke, Planets, Angells & their Seales. 76
Names of the 4 Seasons 77
Angells of the 4 Seasons 77
Angells of the Head of the Signe of the 4 Seasons 78
Names of the Earth in the 4 Seasons 78
Names of the Sun & Moon in the 4 Seasons 79
Briefe table on the sequence of writing the Names in order 80
Angels & Spirits
A Table of Hebrew Names of the 7 Angells set over the 7 Planets. 82
Spirits of each of the 7 Planets. 83
5 Angels & their offices or officiall Names 83
How long each of the 7 Planetary Angels rules the world 84
Things proper to be done in each houre of the Planets. 84
Angels & Spirits of the 12 Signs 85
Angells of the 28 Mansions of the Moon 86
7. An Experiment of Askariell in a glass or cristall 87
Fumigations & Incenses
Of Fumigations, Unguents, Collyries & Unctions causing Apparitions 90
A Fumigation for all 7 Angells together 92
A Table of the Fumigations for every Planet & Planetary hour 93
To Consecrate the Fumigation 94
Fumigations of Divers sorts 94
Spirits
To gather Spirits together presently 95
To make Spirits dread thee & to see Secret Things 95
To Call all kinds of Spirits that you wilt 95
To have might to binde & loose Spirits 95
Another ointment to see Spirits 96
To see Spirits in the ayre 96
To have friendship of a Prince of Spirits of the Ayre 96
To hide Treasure 97
Of the power & vertue of Fumigations, Sacrifices & Unctions 98
When best to compound Fumigations 101
By what means does fumigation cause spirits to appear with bodys 101
What the Spirits appearing in this world are, according to Hermes 102
To gather Spirits of the ayre together 103
Visions, Oracles, Fumigations, Images, etc.
For a Vision, in the night 103
Men shall see Visions. 105
Directions for receiving an Oracle or Vision 105
To make the Ring of ' for receiving an Oracle or true dreame 106
A Ring of ! for an Oracle 107
Another way to receive a true Oracle by the image of the Planets 107
Metalls, trees, stones and herbs of each of the 7 Planets 108
Making of the Images of the Planets 110
To know when any degree of any Signe will come to the Ascendant 112
For an Oracle or true Dreame. 114
8. Another true Experiment for a vision in thy sleepe 117
Mansions of the Moon
How to worke by the 28 Mansions 117
What the 28 Mansions of the Moon are 129
A Table of the 28 Mansions of the Moon 129
December’s Observations (an insert) 132
Table of Houses for London, 1644 January-December 133
Table of Terms of the Planets 145
Simple Spells
To drive away & consume Locust & Wormes 146
To drive away Serpents, Dragons, & all creeping things & wild beasts 146
To drive away wolves, foxes and cats 147
That haile fall not in a place where you wouldest not have it fall 147
That the ! appear & shyne forth openly on thee 147
To quench fire burning a house 148
That a thiefe enter not into thy house 148
Magical Rings
Rings of the 7 Planets but for other purposes 149
This Ring of the ! for honour and a swift horse 149
The Ring of the ; for waterworks, fighting ships & trees bearing fruit 150
The Ring of % for castles & kings doing battle 151
The Ring of # for skill at all kinds of play, favour of Lords & Judges 151
The Ring of & for profit & delivering out of thrall 152
The Ring of $ for love & favour of men and women 152
The Ring of ' for binding tongues & slanderous speeche 152
Characters of the Angels called by the Rings according to the days 153
A Table of this Book (the original Contents table) 155
Bibliography 161
Index 169
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