The Third Septinary.

APHOR. XV.

THEY are called Olympic fpirits which do inhabit in the firmament, and in the stars of the firmament; and the office of thefe fpirits is to declare destinies, and to adminifter fatal charms, fo far forth as God pleaseth to permit them; for nothing, neither evil fpirit, nor evil destiny, fhall be able to hurt him who hath the Moft High for his refuge. If, therefore, any of the Olympic fpirits fhall teach or declare that which his ftar to which he is appointed portendeth, nevertheless he can bring forth nothing into action, unless he be permitted by the Divine power. It is God alone who giveth them power to effect it. Unto God the maker of all things, are obedient all things celef. tial, fublunary, and infernal. There fore reft in this; let God be thy guide in all things which thou undertakeft, and all things shall attain to a happy and desired end, even as the history of the whole word teftifieth, and daily experience fheweth: There is peace to the godly: there is no peace to the wicked, faith the Lord.

APHOR. XVI.

There are feven different governments of the fpirits of Olympus, by whom God hath appointed the whole frame and univerfe of this world to be governed; and their vifible ftars are ARATHON, BETHOR, PHALEG, OCH, HAGITH, OPHIEL, PHUL, after the Olympic fpeech. Every one of these hath under him a mighty militia in the firmament.

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So that there are 186 Olympic provinces in the whole univerfe, wherein the feven governors do exercise their power all which are elegantly fet forth in Aftronomy. But in this place it is to be explained in what manner thefe princes and powers may be drawn into communication. Aratron appeareth in the first hour of Saturday, and very truly giveth answers concerning his provinces and provincials. So likewife do the reft appear in order in their days and hours. Also every one of them ruleth 490 years. The beginning of their fimple anomaly, in the fixtieth year before the nativity of Chrift, was the beginning of the adminiftration of Bethor, and it lafted until the year of our Lord Chrift 430. To whom fucceeded Phaleg, until the 920th year. Then began Och, and continued until the year 1410, and thenceforth Hagith ruleth until the year 1900.

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Magically the Princes of the feven governors are called fimply, in that time, day, and hour wherein they rule visibly, or invifibly, by their names and offices which God hath given unto them; and by propofing their charac ter which they have given or confirmed.

power thofe things which he doth naThe governor Arathon hath in his turally, that is, after the fame manner and fubject as thofe things which in Aftronomy are afcribed to the power of Saturn. Thofe things which he doeth of his own free will, are,

into a ftone in a moment, either ani1. That he can convert any thing mal or plant, retaining the fame object

2. He converteth, treasures into coals, and coals into treasure.

3. He giveth familiars with a definite power

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He hath under him 49 Kings, 42 Princes, 35 Prefidents, 28 Dukes, 21 Minifters, ftanding before him; 14 familiars, feven meffengers: he commandeth 36000 legions of fpirits; a legion is 490.

Bethor governeth thofe things which are afcribed to Jupiter: he foon cometh being called. He that is dignified with his character, he raiseth to very great dignities, to cast open treasures : he reconcileth the fpirits of the air, that they give true answers: they tranfport precious ftones from place to place, and they make medicines to work miraculously in their effects: he giveth alfo the familiars of the firmament, and prolongeth life to 700 years, if God will.

Och governeth folar things, he giveth 600 years, with perfect health; he beftoweth great wisdom, giveth the most excellent fpirits: teacheth perfect medicines; he converteth all things into most pure gold and precious ftones; he giveth gold, and a purfe fpringing with gold. He that is dignified with his character, he maketh him to be worfhipped as a Deity by the kings of the whole world.

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He hath under him 42 Kings, 35 Princes, 28 Dukes, 21 Counfellors, 14 Minifters, 7 Meffengers, 29000 legions of fpirits.

Phaleg ruleth thofe things which are

He hath under him 36536 legions: he adminiftereth all things alone: and all his fpirits serve him by centuries.

Hagith governeth Venereous things. He that is dignified with his character, he maketh very fair, and to be adorned with all beauty. He converteth copper into gold, in a moment, and gold into copper: "he giveth fpirits which do faithfully ferve thofe to whom they are addicted.

1. Every Governor acteth with all his fpirits, either naturally, to wit, always after the fame manner; or otherwife of their own free will, if God hinder them not.

2. Every Governor is able to do all things which are done naturally in a long time, out of matter before prepared; and alfo to do them fuddenly, out of matter not before prepared. As Och, the Prince of Solar things, prepareth gold in the mountains in a long time; in a lefs time, by the chymical art; and magically in a moment.

3. The true and divine Magician may ufe all the creatures of God, and offices of the Governors of the world, at his own will, for that the Governors of the world are obedient to them, and come when they are called, and do execute their commands: but God is the

author thereof: as Joshua caused the Sun to ftand still in Heaven.

They fend fome of their fpirits to the mean magicians, which do obey them only in fome determinate bufinefs: but they hear not the false magicians, but expose them to the deceits of the devils, and caft them into divers dangers by the command of God; as the prophet Jeremiah teftifieth, in his eighth chapter, concerning the Jews.

4. In all the elements there are feven governors, with their hofts, who do move with the equal motion of the firmament; and the inferiors do always depend upon the fuperiors, as it is taught in philofophy.

5. A man that is a true magician, is brought forth a magician from his mọther's womb: others, who do give themselves to this office, are unhappy. This is that which John the baptift fpeaketh of: No man can do any thing Hh 2

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they only are effectual, which are de livered to any one, by the spirit the revealer, vifible or invifible: and they are delivered to every one as they are predeftinated: therefore they are called conftellations: and they feldom have any efficacy above forty years. There. fore it is more fafe, for the young prac tifer of the art, that they work by the offices of the fpirits alone, without their names; and if they are pre-ordained to attain the art of Magic, the other parts of the art will offer themfelves unto them of their accord. Pray, therefore, for a conftant faith, and God will bring to pafs all things in due feafon. (To be continued.)

NOW, experience has verified, that a power over men, by fpeils, and impulfes to anger, hatred, friendship, joy, and the like, are the confequences of ftrong affections; and it is obfervable, that the vulgar, who are more apt to be guided by the fuggeftions of nature, than others, ufually dread the effects of their affections, as is evident from a defire they difcover of receiving the bleffings of good and worthy perfons, and their abhorrence of the imprecations of witches: whence can this proceed, but from an innate conviction, that good may be derived from the former, and evil inflicted by the latter.

For the understanding this fecret, that is, in what manner a charm may have the defired effect; it is neceffary to premife, that if the affection, or defire, be more violent in the agent, than in the perfon on whom the charm is intended to operate, it will answer the end, otherwise it will not. It must at the fame time be understood, that the time likely to add efficacy to the incantation, is that wherein the defire is at its utmost height. If the agent

fhould be lefs under the influence of this defire, than the perfon to be acted upon, he muft fail in the attempt; inafmuch as the repulfive power in the object defeats this defire. Moreover, in order to infure fuccefs, the operator must be inftigated by nature, to a trial of fuch experiments. Much alfo depends upon the hour, in which the operation is to be performed: wherefore an attention to the heavenly bodies, which predominate at that precife portion of time, is indifpenfibly neceffary. If it be intended to excite love, let figures be made to reprefent the different attitudes of a perfon under the dominion of that paffion, with the object beloved expreffive of blandishment, extacy, and embraces. the contrary, hatred is the effect defigned to be produced, the figures must be so arranged, as to indicate the difpofition of the mind, by averted looks, or any other external marks of feorn and dislike. All things, fay the philofophers, of like natures incline one to the other; for inftance, fire to fire, pathetic virtue, water to water, by fome fecret fym

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Things are well known to lofe their qualities, by an affociation with others of an oppofite nature. Let a man, fays Avicenna, ftand for a fpace of time in falt, and he fhall contract a faline quality; the timid, by an intercourfe with the bold, feem to lofe fome share of their timidity; and the moft ferocious beaft will, in the course of time, by growing fami. liar with the locks of man, be divested of a part of its native ferocity.

A due knowledge of the difpofitions of things, and a proper ufe made of that knowledge, folves many difficulties, which to the inattentive and curfory obferver, appear inexplicable. Nature endues creatures with difcriminable qualities; natural courage is imparted to one fpecies, timoroufnefs to another. Their enmities and antipathies are tranfmitted from one to the other of the fame kind. A fheep dreads a wolf, and knows her enemy, not only when he is alive, but lifelefs. In like manner, the hare as instinctively avoids the dog, as a moufe does a catAnd all beafts, from nature, inherit a dread of the lion, as do all birds of the eagle; and that awe in which we fee all creatures ftand of man, is implanted in them by nature; concerning which it is to be obferved, that it pervades the whole fpecies of one clafs, and in an uniform manner; others are impreffed with it, but individually, and at particular times. An obfervation has been made, that fuch animals as have lived in a state of hoftility with each other, retain the fame inimical difpofition after death; infomuch that the fkin of a fheep is confumed by that of a wolf; and a drum made of a wolf's skin, has been thought to filence one made out of a fheep's. It is therefore obviously neceffary to be well acquainted with the natural properties of things, in order to the difcovery of many fecrets; otherwife we can have no fure grounds to go upon. With out an investigation of the caufes, their effects cannot be accounted for but imperfectly; hence it is of great mo

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ment to be acquainted with the dif criminating and characteristic qualities. of things; whether hot or cold in their natures; whether diftinguished by boldness, or its oppofite, timidity; by fruitfulnefs, or fterility; becaufe, as has been hinted, beings communicate to whatever they are united with, fome part of what was originally peculiar to themfelves.

The lion is a creature which creates terror in the beholder; his heart is a franger to fear; in his forehead are exhibited marks of his intrepidity. Now, whoever is provided with any part of this animal, fuch as an eye, a tooth, or a nail, derives a virtue from them, of striking dread into all others of the brute creation. The fame may be faid of a cock, which is not inferior in courage to the lion; nay, it is faid, he is difinayed at the fight of this bird; whether it be owing to the crowing, or to what other caufe, is not afferted. Again, if a creature be barren, either naturally, or rendered fo by accident, this natural or adventitious fterility, will, by affociation, produce the like defect in others. Hence, as we learn, if any part of a mule, which we know to be unfit for propagating his fpecies, be applied to man or woman; such is the effect of the application, that it obftructs procreation; and they partake of that creature's barrennefs. Eunuchs are fuppofed to be gifted (if it can properly be called a gift) with the fame property, owing to their impotency. As, to impede generation, recourfe may be had to the above; fo, vice verfa, to beget love, and render fruitful, choice is made of fuch creatures as are found to be moft falacious, and addicted to copulation, not, however at all times indifcriminately; for the purpofe is anfwered, by providing one's felf with them at the time their fenfual appetite is difcovered to be most libidinous; befides that thofe parts, in particular, are to be felected, which minifer to luft: namely, the tefticuli and matrix; the former to be applied to females, the latter to males.

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