Chapter 29.00: An Explanation of Solomon’s Triangle

An Explanation of Solomon’s Triangle

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

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

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

(Here endeth this First Book of the Lemegeton,
which is called the Goetia.)

Ye Conjuratiouns of ye Booke Goetia in ye

Lemegeton which Solomoun ye Kynge did give

unto Lemuel hys sonne, rendered into ye Magicall

or Angelike Language by our Illustrious and ever-Glorious

Frater, ye Wise Perdurabo, that

Myghtye Chiefe of ye Rosy-Cross Fraternitye,

now sepulchred in ye Vault of ye Collegium S. S.

And soe may we doe alle!

ATTE YE BATHES OF ART.

Asperges me, Domine, hyssopo, et mundabor:

Lavabis me, et super nivem dealbabor.

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ATTE YE INDUYNGE OF YE HOLY VESTURES.

_In the mystery of these vestures of the Holy
Ones, I gird up my power in the girdles of righteousness
and truth in the power of the Most High:
Ancor: Amacor: Amides: Theodonias: Anitor: let
be mighty my power: let it endure for ever: in the
power of Adonai, to whom the praise and the
glory shall be; whose end cannot be. _

YE FYRSTE CONJOURATIOUN.

_I invoke and move thee, O thou, Spirit N.: and
being exalted above ye in the power of the Most
High, I say unto thee, Obey! In the name Beralensis,
Baldachiensis, Paumachia, and Apologiae
Sedes: and of the mighty ones who govern, spirits,
Liachidae and ministers of the House of Death:
and by the Chief Prince of the seat of Apologia in
the Ninth Legion, I do invoke thee and by invoking
conjure thee. And being exalted above ye in
the power of the Most High, I say unto thee, Obey!
In the name of him who spake and it was, to whom
all creatures and things obey. Moreover I, whom
God made in the likeness of God, who is the creator
according to his living breath, stir thee up in
the name which is the voice of wonder of the mighty
God, El, strong and unspeakable, O thou Spirit N.
And I say to thee obey, in the name of him who
spake and it was; and in every one of ye, O ye
names of God! Moreover in the names Adonai,
El, Elohim, Elohi, Ehyeh Asher Ehyeh, Zabaoth,
Elion, Iah, Tetragrammaton, Shaddai, Lord God
Most High, I stir thee up; and in our strength I
say Obey! O Spirit N. Appear unto His servants
in a moment; before the circle in the likeness of
a man; and visit me in peace. And in the ineffable
name Tetragrammaton Iehovah, I say, Obey!
Whose mighty sound being exalted in power the
pillars are divided, the winds of the firmament
groan aloud; the fire burns not; the earth moves
in earthquakes; and all things of the house of
heaven and earth and the dwelling-place of darkness
are as earthquakes, and are in torment, and
are confounded in thunder. Come forth, O Spirit
N. In a moment: let thy dwelling-place be empty,
apply unto us the secrets of Truth and obey my
power. Come forth, visit us in peace, appear unto
my eyes; be friendly: Obey the living breath! For
I stir thee up in the name of the God of Truth
who liveth for ever, Helioren. Obey the living
breath, therefore continually unto the end as my
thoughts appear to my eyes: therefore be friendly:
speaking the secrets of Truth in voice and in
understanding. _

YE SECOUNDE CONJOURATIOUN

_I invoke thee, and move thee, and stir thee up O
Spirit N. Appear unto my eyes before the circle in
the likeness of a man in the names and by the
name Iah and Vau, which Adam spake and in the
name of God, Agla, which Lot spake: and it was as
pleasant deliverers unto him and his house and
in the name Ioth which Iacob spake in the voice
of the Holy ones who cast him down, and it was
also as pleasant deliverers in the anger of his
brother and in the name Anaphaxeton, which
Aaron spake and it was as the Secret Wisdom and
in the name Zabaoth which Mosheh spake, and all
things of water were as blood; and in the name
Asher Ehyeh Oriston, which Mosheh spake, and
all waters were bringing forth creatures who wax
strong, which lifted up unto the houses, which
destroy all things and in the name of Elion which
Mosheh spake, and it was as stones from the firmament
of wrath, such as was not in the ages of
Time the beginning of the Earth and in the name
of Adni, which Mosheh spake and there appeared
creatures of earth who destroyed what the big
stones did not: and in the name Schema Amathia,
which Ioshua invoked, and the Sun remained over
ye, O ye hills the seats of Gibeon, and in the names
Alpha and Omega which Daniel spake, and destroyed
Bel and the Dragon: and in the name
Emmanuel which the sons of God sang praises in
the midst of the burning plain, and flourished in
conquest: and in the name Hagios, and by the
Throne of Adni, and in Ischyros, Athanatos,
Paracletos: and in O Theos, Ictros, Athanatos.
And in these names of secret truth, Agla, On,
Tetragrammaton, do I invoke and move thee. And
in these names, and all things that are the names
of the God of Secret Truth who liveth for ever,
the All-Powerful. I invoke and stir thee up, O
spirit N. Even by him who spake it was, to whom
all creatures are obedient and in the Extreme Justice
and Anger of God; and by the veil(?) that is
before the glory of God, mighty; and by the creatures
of living breath before the Throne whose
eyes are east and west; by the fire in the fire of
just Glory of the Throne; by the Holy ones of
Heaven; and by the secret wisdom of God, I, exalted
in power, stir thee up. Appear before this
circle; obey in all things that I say; in the seal
Basdathea Baldachia; and in this Name Primeumaton,
which Mosheh spake, and the earth was
divided, and Korah, Dathan, and Abiram fell in
the depth. Therefore obey in all things, O spirit
N., obey thy creation. Come thou forth: appear
unto my eyes; visit us in peace, be friendly; come
forth in the 24th of a moment; obey my power,
speaking the secrets of Truth in voice and in
understanding! _

YE CONSTRAYNTE.

_I stir thee up, O spirit N. In all things that are the
names of glory and power of God the Great One
who is greater than understanding, Adni Ihvh
Tzabaoth, come forth in the 24th of a moment, let
Thy dwelling-place be empty; apply thyself unto
the secret truth and obey my power: appear unto
my eyes, visit us in peace, speaking the secrets of
truth in voice and understanding. I stir thee up
and move thee, O spirit N., in all the names that I
have said, and I add these one and six names
wherein Solomon, the lord of the secret wisdom,
placed yourselves, spirits of wrath, in a vessel,
Adonai, Preyai Tetragrammaton, Anaphaxeton
Inessenfatoal, Pathtomon and Itemon: appear before
this circle; obey in all things my power. And
as thou art he that obeys not and comes not I shall
be in thy power, O God Most High that liveth for
ever, who is the creator of all things in six days
Eie, Saraye, and in my power in the name Prieumaton
that ruleth over the palaces of heaven,
Curse Thee, and destroy thy seat, joy, and power;
and I bind thee in the depth of Abaddon, to
remain until the day of judgment whose end cannot
be. And I bind thee in the fire of sulphur mingled
with poison and the seas of fire and sulphur:
come forth, therefore, obey my power and appear
before this circle. Therefore come forth in the
name of the Holy Ones Zabaoth, Adonai, Amioran.
Come! For I am Adonai who stir thee up. _

YE POTENT INVOCATIOUN OF HYS KYNGE.

_O thou great powerful governor Amaimon, who
reigneth exalted in the power of the only El above
all spirits in the kingdoms of the East, (South,
West, North), I invoke and move thee in the name
of the true God, and in God whom thou worshippest:
and in the seal of thy creation: and in the
mighty names of God, Iehevohe Tetragrammaton,
who cast thee down from Heaven, thou and the
spirits of darkness, and in all the names of the
mighty God who is the creator of Heaven and
earth, and the dwelling of darkness, and all things
and in their power and brightness; and in the
name Primeumaton who reigns over the palaces
of Heaven. Bring forth, I say, the spirit N.;
bring him forth in the 24th of a moment let his
dwelling be empty until he visits us in peace,
speaking the secrets of truth; until he obey my
power and his creation in the power of God, El,
who is the Creator and doth dispose of all things,
heaven, firmament, earth, and the dwelling of
darkness. _

YE GENERALL CURSE.

Yclept ye Spirits’ Chayne, against all Spirits
yt rebelle.

_O thou wicket spirit N. That obeyeth not, because
I made a law and invoked the names of the glorious
and ineffable God of Truth, the creator of all,
and thou obeyest not the mighty sounds that I
make: therefore I curse thee in the depth of Abaddon
to remain until the day of judgment in torment
in fire and in sulphur without end, until thou
appear before our will and obey my power. Come,
therefore, in the 24th of a moment, before the
circle in the triangle in this name and by this name
of God, Adni, Tzabaoth, Adonai, Amioran. Come!
Come! For it is the Lord of Lords Adni, that stirreth
thee up. _

YE CONJOURATIOUN OF YE FYRE.

_I stir thee up, O thou fire, in him who is thy Creator
and of all creatures. Torment, burn, destroy
the spirit N. Always whose end cannot be, I judge
thee in judgment and in extreme justice, O spirit
N., because thou art he that obeyeth not my power
and obeyeth not that law which the Lord God
made, and obeyeth not the Mighty Sounds and the
Living Breath which I invoke, which I send: Come
forth, I, who am the Servant of the Same Most
High governor Lord God powerful, Iehovohe, I
who am exalted in power and am mighty in his
power above ye, O thou who comest not giving obedience
and faith to him that liveth and triumpheth.
Therefore I say the judgment: I curse thee and
destroy the name N. And the seal N., which I have
placed in this dwelling of poison, and I burn thee
in fire whose end cannot be; and I cast thee down
unto the seas of torment, out of which thou shalt
not rise until thou come to my eyes: visit me in
peace: be friendly before the circle in the Δ in the
24th of a moment in the likeness of a man not unto
the terror of the sons of men the creatures or all
things on the face of the earth. Obey my power
like reasoning creatures; obey the living breath,
the law which I speak. _

YE GRETER CURSE.

_Hearken to me, O ye Heavens! O thou Spirit N.
Because thou art the disobedient one who is wicked
and appearest not, speaking the secrets of truth
according to the living breath; I, exalted in the
power of God, the All-powerful, the center of the
circle, powerful God who liveth, whose end cannot
be, Iehevohe Tetragrammaton, the only creator of
heaven, earth, and dwelling of darkness and all
that is in their palaces; who disposeth in secret
wisdom of all things in darkness and light: Curse
thee and cast thee down and destroy thy seat, joy
and power, and I bind thee in the depths of Abaddon,
to remain until the day of judgment whose
end cannot be, I say, unto the seas of fire and sulphur
which I have prepared for the wicked spirits
that obey not; the sons of iniquity. _

Let the company of heaven curse thee!

Let the sun, moon, all the stars curse thee!

_Let the light and all the Holy Ones of Heaven
curse thee unto the burning flame that liveth for
ever, and unto the torment unspeakable! _

_And even as thy name and seal, which I have
put in this dwelling of poison, shall be in torment
among creatures of sulphur and bitter sting, burning
in fire of earth, in them Iehevohe and exalted
in power in these three names, Tetragrammaton
Anaphaxeton, Primeumaton, I cast thee down, O
wicked spirit N. Unto the seas of fire and sulphur
which are prepared for the wicked spirits that
obey not, the sons of iniquity, to remain until the
day of judgment; let the Mercies of God forget
thee; let the face of God forget the face of N. Who
will not see light: let God forget, I say that shall
be the balance of justice over the sons of living
breath and death and the world, by fire. _

YE ADDRESSE UNTO YE SPIRIT ON HYS COMING.

_Behold! I confound thee as thou art he that obeys
not! Behold the mysteries of the seal of Solomon
which I bring forth unto thy power and presence!
Behold the creator, the centre of the circle of the
living breath; he that is exalted in the power of
God and shall not see unto the terror: he that
powerfully invoketh and stirreth thee up unto visible
appearance: he, the lord of thy governments
whose Name is called Octinomos. _

_Obey, therefore, my power as a reasoning creature
in the name of the Lord. _

YE WELCOME UNTO YE SPIRIT DYGNYTIE.

_I am he that is looking with gladness upon thee, O
thou spirit… N. Beautiful and praiseworthy!
With gladness I say, because thou art called in
him who is creator of Heaven and earth and the
dwelling of darkness, and all things that are in
their palaces, and because thou art the servant of
obedience. In these the power by which thou art
obedient to the living breath, I bind thee to remain
visible to our eyes in power and presence as the
servant of fealty before the circle until I say “Descend
unto thy dwelling” until the living breath
of the voice of the Lord is according to the law
which shall be given unto thee. _

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_By the seal of the secret wisdom of Solomon
thou art called! _

_Obey the mighty sounds! Obey the living breath
of the voice of the Lord! _

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Follows ye charge.

YE LICENSE TO YE SPIRIT YT HE MAYE DEPART.

_O thou Spirit N. Because thou art the servant of
fealty and obedience, and because thou art he that
obeyeth my power and thy creation; therefore I
say Descend unto thy dwelling, obey the law which
I have made, without terror to the sons of men,
creatures, all things upon the surface of the earth. _

_Descend therefore I say, and be thou as stewards
of Time; come forth in a moment, even as
servants that hearken to the voice of the Lord; in
the moment in which I invoke thee and stir thee
up and move thee in the mysteries of the secret
wisdom of the Creator! _

_Descend unto thy dwelling place in pleasure: let
there be the mercies of God upon thee: be friendly
in continuing; whose long continuance shall be
comforters unto all creatures. Amen. _

Footnotes

1.  Mr. A. E. Waite writes (“_Real History Of The Rosicrucians_,”
p. 426): “I beg leave to warn my readers that all persons who
proclaim themselves to be Rosicrucians are simply members of
pseudo-fraternities, and that there is that difference between their
assertion and the fact of the case in which the essence of a lie
consists!” It is within the Editor’s personal knowledge that Mr.
Waite was (and still is probably) a member of a society claiming
to be the R. C. Fraternity. As Mr. Waite constantly hints in his
writing that he is in touch with initiated centres, I think the
_syllogism_, whose premises are given above, is fair, if not quite
formal. —Ed.

2.  It was owing to our Fra. receiving this S. V. A. As his Superior,
and giving up the Arcana of our Fraternity into so unhallowed a
power, that We decided no longer to leave Our dignity and authority
in the hands of one who could be thus easily imposed upon.
(For by a childish and easy magical trick did S. V. A. Persuade
D. D. C. F. Of that lie.)

3.  He that is appointed to complete in secret that which had been
begun openly is R. R., and to be heard of at the care of the Editor.

4.  This, incidentally, is perhaps the greatest argument we possess,
pushed to its extreme, against the Advaitist theories.

5.  Thought is a secretion of the brain (Weissmann). Consciousness
is a function of the brain (Huxley).

6.  Apart from its value in obtaining one-pointedness.

7.  This Preliminary Definition of Magic is found in very few
Codices, and is probably later than the body of the work.

8.  Or Actives.

9.  Or Passives.

10.  Or Effect.

11.  Or the Black Art, as distinct from mere Necromancy, or
Divination by the Dead.

12.  Or Quacks and Pretenders. Vide note on p. 10.

13.  Or Dominions, as they are usually termed.

14.  To protect him from the flaming breath of the enraged Spirit;
the design is given at the end of the instructions for the Magical
Circle, etc., later on in the Goetia.

15.  In some Codices written Morax, but I consider the above the
correct orthography.

16.  Figure 30.

17.  Figure 31.

18.  See _ante_, Spirit No. 13.

19.  One or two Codices have “invincible,” but “invisible” is
given in the majority. Yet the form of appearance of Foras as
a strong man might warrant the former, though from the nature
of his offices the invincibility would probably be rather on the
mental than on the physical plane.

20.  In one Codex of the seventeenth century, very badly written,
it might be read “Ox” instead of “Wolf.”—Trans. [For me he
appeared always like an ox, and very dazed. —Ed.]

21.  Or Warriors, or Men-at-Arms.

22.  Or “with the Head of a Lion,” or “having a Lion’s Head,”
in some Codices.

23.  He can nowadays converse in sound though colloquial Coptic. —Ed.

24.  Or Warrior.

25.  Thus expressed in the Codices.

26.  Should be 30. For these 72 Great Spirits of the Book
Goetia are all Princes and Leaders of numbers.

27.  Thus in the actual Text.

28.  Or “with the Face of a Lion.”

29.  The horse, or the Markis? —Ed.

30.  These four Great Kings are usually called Oriens, or Uriens,
Paymon or Paymonia, Ariton or Egyn, and Amaymon or Amaimon.
By the Rabbins they are frequently entitled: Samael, Azazel,
Azäel, and Mahazael.

31.  The coiled serpent is only shown in one private codex, the
Hebrew names being in most cases simply written round in a
somewhat spiral arrangement within the double circle. It is to be
remembered that Hebrew is always written from right to left,
instead of from left to right like ordinary European languages.
The small Maltese crosses are placed to mark the conclusion of
each separate set of Hebrew names. These names are those of
Deity Angels and Archangels allotted by the Qabalists to each of
the 9 first Sephiroth or Divine Emanations. In English letters they
run thus, beginning from the head of the serpent: + Ehyeh
Kether Metatron Chaioth Ha-Qadehs Rashith Ha-Galgalim S. P. M.
(for “Sphere of the Primum Mobile”) + Iah Chokmah
Ratziel Auphanim Masloth S. S. F (for “Sphere of the Fixed
Stars,” or S. Z. For “Sphere of the Zodiac”) + Iehovah Eolhim
Binah Tzaphquiel Aralim Shabbathai S. (for “Sphere”) of
Saturn + El Chesed Tzadquiel Chaschmalim Tzedeq S. Of Jupiter
+ Elohim Gibor Geburah Kamael Seraphim Madim S. Of Mars +
Iehovah Eloah Va-Daäth Tiphereth Raphaēl Malakim Shemesh S.
Of the Sun + Iehovah Tzabaoth Netzach Haniel Elohim Nogah S.
Of Venus. + Elohim Tzabaoth Hod Michaēl Beni Elohim Kokav
S. Of Mercury + Shaddaï El Chai Iesod Gabriel Cherubim Levanah
S. Of the Moon +.

32.  In many Codices it is written “a sceptre or sword, a mitre or
cap.” By the “other garments” would be meant not only under-garments,
but also mantles of different colours.

33.  Here interpolate the name of the Spirit desired to be invocated.
In some of the Codices there are faint variations in the
form of wording of the conjurations, but not sufficient to change
the sense, e. G. , “Tartarean abode” for “Tartarean seat,” etc.

34.  In some “By the Seat of Adonai” or “By the Throne of
Adonai.” In these conjurations and elsewhere in the body of the
text I have given the divine names correctly.

35.  It will depend on the quarter to which the Spirit is attributed,
which of the four chief kings are to be invoked.

36.  This box should evidently be in metal or in something which
does not take fire easily.

37.  In some codices this is called “the Curse” only; but in one
or two the “Spirits’ Chain” is called “the Lesser Curse,” and
this the “Greater Curse.”

38.  In the Latin, “Bathal vel Vathat super Abrac ruens! Abeor
veniens super Aberer!”

39.  Or whatever his dignity may be.

40.  Evidently meaning both the Hexagram and the Pentagram of
Solomon. (_See Figures 155 and 156. _)

Transcriber’s Notes:

Footnotes have been collected at the end of the text, and are linked for ease of
reference.