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Character of Guland — Grimorium Verum (De Secretis, 17th c.)

Guland

«Galand»
Under Duke Syrach · Verum · South

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What you ask of it

Causes all sorts of diseases.

Verum · South

Ancient forms

Galand

First documented attestation

In the De Secretis manuscripts (Clavicula Salomonis de secretis, 17th c. — Dresden N.91, Rps 3352 II, Venice b.93) as «Galand», with its power and its drawn character. This is the stratum preceding the printed Verum.

Power in the manuscript (De Secretis, Latin)

«Galand quoslibet morbos excitat, luem Veneream, Cancros sit[im] vel eos curat.»

De Secretis · SLUB Dresden, Mscr.Dresd.N.91 · p.23 (ms.15)

The passage in the manuscript facsimile (De Secretis · SLUB Dresden, Mscr.Dresd.N.91, 17th c. · public domain). See all eighteen on the Duke Syrach page.
The passage in the manuscript facsimile (De Secretis · SLUB Dresden, Mscr.Dresd.N.91, 17th c. · public domain). See all eighteen on the Duke Syrach page.

This same character is also drawn (in red and green ink) in L'Art Magique (Wellcome MS.983, ~1709), the French witness closest to the printed Verum — public domain.

The character in the manuscript (colour)

The same character of Guland, hand-drawn in red and green ink in «L'Art Magique» (Wellcome MS.983, ca. 1709) — the French witness closest to the printed Grimorium Verum. Public domain.
The same character of Guland, hand-drawn in red and green ink in «L'Art Magique» (Wellcome MS.983, ca. 1709) — the French witness closest to the printed Grimorium Verum. Public domain.

How it is invoked (De Secretis, 17th c.)

For an enemy to die: heart of a rooster born in March, in a circle with three characters of Galand; lamps of almond/sulfur oil; pronounce 'Remanor adhuc, Calemouch, Atichaloth elestor'; extinguish the three lamps and pierce the rooster's heart with a needle.

De Secretis · Mscr.Dresd.N.91 · p.38-39 (ms.30-31)

How it is invoked (Grimorium Verum, 18th c.)

The printed Verum also includes him in the nail rite with Surgat and Morail: take a nail from an old coffin, find a footprint, draw the three figures, fix the nail in the middle, and pronounce the stated formula; to remove the evil, the nail must be taken out and the characters effaced with the other hand.

Grimorium Verum · Libro III · rito del clavo

In our library · the printed Verum

The printed Grimorium Verum (Plaingière ed., 18th c.) names Guland among the eighteen spirits under Duke Syrach and sets out its office. Read it with the facsimile in our edition.

Sources

Offices transcribed by us from L'Art Magique (Wellcome MS.983, ca. 1709, public domain) and collated with the 17th-c. De Secretis manuscripts. Historical, educational material.

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