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

Morail

«Monail»
Under Duke Syrach · Verum · South

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What you ask of it

Renders any person invisible.

Verum · South

Ancient forms

Menail

First documented attestation

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

Power in the manuscript (De Secretis, Latin)

«Menail Invisibilem reddit ita ut Domum invadas, quin te aliquis videat.»

De Secretis · SLUB Dresden, Mscr.Dresd.N.91 · p.23-24 (ms.15-16)

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 Morail, 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 Morail, 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.)

To Be Invisible: chameleon skin/polypody with the characters of Menail (triangular card), Syrach (square), and the sign of Lucifer (pentagonal parchment), in chameleon blood; sacrifice the chameleon with eleven resin and pitch candles; upon saying 'Hareoth, Menail, Bathalam' one becomes invisible. (Menail also appears in the operation of opening locks.)

De Secretis · Mscr.Dresd.N.91 · p.39-40 (ms.31-32); tambien p.34 (ms.26)

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

The printed Verum also describes another invisibility operation: gather seven black beans; place one in the mouth of a dead man’s head, two in the eyes, and two in the ears; make Morail’s character upon it and bury it face upwards. For nine days, before sunrise, water it with brandy; on the eighth day the spirit appears and, after the test, the beans that confer invisibility are kept.

Grimorium Verum · Libro III · operación de invisibilidad

In our library · the printed Verum

The printed Grimorium Verum (Plaingière ed., 18th c.) names Morail 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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