Janua Magica Reserata

«The Magical Gate Unlocked» — the philosophy and hierarchies of magic

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upper margin: Moving or

deleted text: Above named Calling forth to Visible Appearance, The Celestiall Hierarchy

The First Key.

Of Angels of the order of Seraphim, whose principall governing Angel or

Blessed Intelligence bearing Rule & Authority, & Residing in the ninth

Orb Mansion or Sphoare, called the primum Mobile or the first

Moveable Heaven, + + + + - - - - -

figure: two circular seals side by side under a horizontal line. Each circle contains an inscribed polygon or heptagon with interlaced double triangle and multiple internal lines; on the edges and interiors appear letters and words, among them «DEUS», «mattis», «P», «R», «O», «B», «Y», and others partly illegible. Between both circles is read «Primum mobile»; under the second, «Metratton». The figures are crossed by horizontal microfilm bands.

2 Ho: illegible glorious, Great, Sacred, & Celestiall Angel or Blessed Intelligence

Who is Called Metratton; & all others ye Celestiall Angels, Servants of ye

most High, Omnipotent, Incomprehensible, immense, & Eternall

Lord of host, his one [ye] Creator of heaven & Earth, & of all things illegible

both Celestiall, Elementall, terrestriall, Vegetable, Minerall, & Reptile,

or what, that illegible Contained & Comprehended therein, illegible

Angells illegible obeyed him at his Most High, illegible

Divine Commands, to appear illegible in the order or Hierarchy of

Angels called Seraphim, & Residing in the ninth Heaven, & bearing office

Rule & power, in the Mansion, order or sphere, called the first Mover,

illegible servants also of the Highest, Reverently and president in his

holy fear, Doe Call upon yd, & Doe humbly Request & earnestly entreat yd

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En great yd & moved yd to Visible appearance, in by & through this, most Excellent

Ineffable, great, Mighty, Signall, Sacred, & Divine name of the most high God

Ethia; as this deleted text Attribute, he that, who sitteth in ye motion imperiall

& highest heaven, before whom all the hosts, or Quire of Celestiall Angells

Incessantly singeth, O Mappalamian Hallelujah, and by the seal of yd

Creation, being the marke or Character of holyness unto yd; And by the occult

Mystery & secret Virtue, Efficacy & influence thereof Dignifying & Confirming

you in Power, office, name, nature, & Corporality, with Divine Celestiall,

Angelicall, Immortall, Eternall, & Sublime Excellency, glory, power

purity, perfection, goodness, & Love first unto the service of the most high

God, & his Divine Laws & Commands, & nextly unto the Charge Care & Conduct,

Councell, Comfort, Benefit, & assistance of his servants the sons of men residing

on Earth to Inspire instruct, & guide them into the Knowledge & way of truth,

both in physicall & Metaphysicall Sciences, & also immediately from the holy

Ghost, unto Mans Choice & Posses of honour, or industry, by Divine Grace &

permission, from your self or others unto the sons of men servants of God

dwelling on Earth, whensoever you shall be of them, thereunto (called forth)

or thereby moved to Descend & appear unto your [An] by a Mysterious & by ye

great & Signall Virtue, power Dignity, Excellency & Efficacy thereof both

Immediately, primary & mediately & secondary by the respective Mediums of Divine

Light grace & mercy, as ordained & Dependent, by the holy flowing &

Accordingly Diffusing by severall Emanations appropriately, Releasing

[catchword: from]

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powers & Vertue; from the Superior to the inferior, wch doe humbly beseech,

Earnestly Request & incessantly intreat you O ye Magnifick, Benevolent

deleted text: And benevolent & sacred Angel or Blessed intelligence Metratton, who is said

to be the principall Celestiall angel, or blessed Intelligence Governing, in the

Ninth heaven Mansion, Orb, or Sphoare, Called the first mover; together with all

others yt benevolent, Sacred & Celestiall Angels or Intelligences, Ministers of truth

& true Science & Sapience both Celestiall & terrestriall, Messengers Spirituall of

Light, & Mediums of Divine Grace, seated, bearing Rule & Residing in the Order,

Hierarchy, & office called Seraphim, in the ninth Heaven, orb or sphoare of ye first

Mover, from the Superior to the Inferior in generall & particular, joyntly, &

Severally, every & each one, by office respectively and to gird up & gather yd selves

together, & some one or more of yds, as it shall please God & by Divine permission,

to Move & Descend from yds Celestiall Mansion, or place of Residence into this

Christall Stone, or Glass, Receptacle; to therein to Appeare Visibly unto us &

also Doe unto us or unto yd man the favour by inspiration, and through this our

to transmit yd true Angelicall, & Reall presence & plainly unto the sight

of our Eyes, & yd Voyces through our Ears, that we may Visibly see yd, and Audibly

heare yd speake unto us in this our Receptacle or out of the same as it shall please

God, & by his decrees of Divine Grace & ye Messengers of mercy, seeming

most Meet, proper, pertinent, or best befitting this action, Appearance Apparition of

yourselves gloriously & Visibly unto us, aforegoing Signes witnesses of good

and

Appearance and also yet further humbly beseech, Earnestly Entreat illegible

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Request & move you, by ye benevolent & Glorious Angel, & blessed Intelligence

Metratton, together with all others the Sacred Celestiall Angels or Intelligences

from the Superior to the Inferior, in power & office, residing in the ninth

Orb, or sphoar Called, the first Moveable Heaven, & Serveing the Divine

Decrees, Commands & appointments, of the Highest; in the office & order of,

illegible Seraphim through & by this Divine Signall, mighty & powerfull name of

ye God, Ethia: & his memoriall Attribute Kether, and the great Efficacy, Vertue

Excellency, power, prevalence, & Superiority, thereof, to gird up & gather yd Selves

together, Every & Each one, joyntly & by it selfe respectively & Severally, & to

move & Descend from yd Celestiall mansion, or place of Residence,

Apparently Visible to the sight of our Eyes; in to this, C.S. or C: R: standing

here before us, as being set for yt purpose; or otherwise unto us; & before

us, out of the same as it shall please god, & go his servants of Divine

Grace, & mercy, seemeth best befitting this action: &c to stirr forth, a pro-

ceeding signe of yd Appearance, & to be friendly unto us, by yd Angelicall Bene-

volence in Celestiall Illumination, favourable Assistance & familiar

Society, Mutuall Correspondency Verball Converse, Continuall Commu-

nity & Secret Instructions, both now and at this time presently, & at

all other times to Inform, & rightly Direct our minds and understandings, & to Conduct us by

your Angelicall Instincts & Inclinations, into the Luminous pathway of

Truth; Leading unto, & giving Entrance into the ports, Cities & pallaces

of wisdome.

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of wisdome & true Science & to make us partakers of Understanding, Knowledge,

without whose Angelicall Guide, & spirituall Conduct, & blessed Assistance,

& benevolent advertisements, it is Very Difficult if not impossible for us

or any Mortall on Earth, to find or obtaine, or to be Esteemed worthy

of Entrance into, with testimony whereof we, without thy Entreat & move

you O you Great Sacred, & Celestiall Ministring Angel or Intelligence Mett-

ratton; & all other the president & inferior Angels, & servants of the

most high God, residing & officiating in the ninth Heaven or Mansion, Orb

or sphoar of the first mover, in the order or Hierarchy of Angels Called

Seraphim who all Obediently Serve, & readily fulfill his Omnipotent

Decrees & Commandements, in his Divine Dispositions & Appointments,

according to yr Generall & Respective offices, in & and through, this his ineff-

able Imperiall, Great Signall & Divine name Ehcia and his numerall

Attribute Kether, & by the power Efficacy, & Vertue thereof, we the Servants

of the same your God, & by the strength & force of our hopes & faith in

him, for Divine Assistance, Grace & Mercy herein: Do Earnestly request

you, or humbly invocate, & confidently move you, & Call ye forth to Visible

Appearance here before us in this C:S: or C:R:, or otherwise there out

as it shall please God to give unto you, so to Do, & likewise to shew

visibly unto us a foregoing signe of your appearance, You servants

of Mercy, Metratton, & all other yd Celestiall Ministring Angels,

Messagers, & Mediums of Divine grace & Light, from the Superiour to the

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Inferiour, Residing, serveing, & officiating in the order of Seraphim

Move (I say,) & by Superior power, & permission in the name of the highest

Descend & appeare & Visibly shew yd selves or selves; joyntly & severally

& Respectively unto us in this C:S: or C:R: Standing here before us or other-

wise out of the same, as it shall please God, to permit & Appoint yd & to give

us a proceeding signe thereof And by yd Mediate Angelicall Inspiration,

Information, & those teachings, to instruct help and Assist us, both now at this

time present, & also at all other times & places when soever & wheresoever

we shall Invocate, Move or Call yd forth to Visible appearance, & to our

Assistance, in whatsoever truth & subject matter, or thing Appertaining

thereunto; in all wisdome & true Science both Celestiall & terrestriall,

& that shall be necessary for us & also as any other Emergent occasion shall

Duly & properly Require to the advancement & setting forth of Gods Glory,

& the improvement of our welfare & Comfort, & benefit of our worldly

and temporall Estates & Condition, whilst we yet Live, & sojourn in all such

matters or things whatsoever they that shall be necessary for us to know

and Enjoy, Even beyond what we are able to ask or think; which the Almighty

giver of all good gifts, shall in his bountifull & paternall Mercy be

graciously pleased, thereby to give yd to reveal & shew forth unto us,

or otherwise to bestow upon us: O you great Angel, or Blessed Intelligence

Metratton, and all other you Celestiall Angels of the order of Seraphims

Mediums of Divine Grace & mercy, Ministers of true Light & understanding

and servants of the most high God, particularly Recited & Respectively

spoken of, Invocated, moved & Called forth to Visible appearance as

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(as aforesaid) Descend (we say) & by the power of Superiour Emission,

one or more of yd appeare Visibly here before us, as shall please God, to appoint,

unto us & in yr Respective offices; Do for us as for the Servants of the most

high God, whome now may yd all joyntly & severally in power &

presence, whose works, shall be a song of honour, & the praise of yd God

in yd Creation, Amen

Let this foregoing invocation, be Devoutly & Seriously Read & uttered then,

Make a pause, for about nine Minnits of time; which is a little more

then halfe a Quarter of An houre, And if nothing yet appeare neither

within the C:S or C:R: or otherwise out of them to Visible appearance

then Read with good Devotion, & Serious Observance as aforesaid

this following Replication four or five severall times, Observing

the like pause or little space of time as aforesaid betwixt Every &

each Repetition.

A Replication

very deteriorated line Blessed illegible holy name, illegible (allter & illegible)

& all other the Sacred Celestiall Angels of the order of Seraphim,

Residing & Serving by illegible proper, in that Orb or sphoare of them

Called the primum Mobile or the first moveable heaven, particularly

Recited & Mentioned, & crossed out Moved & Called forth to Visible appearance

in the foregoing Invocation which hath been of us lately & imediatly

Rehearsed by petition, Supplication, & Earnestly requested

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by the Vertue power, force & Efficacy whereof, & of all the Royall words &

Sentences therein Contained, & also by the great Mighty powerfull &

Excellent name of the Most high God Ehcia, and his numerall attribute

Kether, or otherwise by the truest, & most Especiall name of yr God, we

his servants also of the highest, reverently here present in his holy feare,

Attending his Divine grace Mercy, & good pleasure paternally unto us

herein, Do by the strength, & power of our faith hope & Confidence in our

God, and our Confirmation in his holy Spirit, Dignifying us with Superiour

power & perfection, humbly Entreat, & Earnestly Request & powerfully

move yd, O yd Great Angell, or Blessed Intelligence from the Superiour

to the Inferiour, in Generall & particular, Every & Each one for and by

It selfe respectively by Degrees nature & office, Residing & being in

the mansion or ninth Orb, or the first Moveable Heaven & serving the

commands of the Highest, in the Order or Hierarchy of Angells Called

Seraphim, now therefore O yd Great & glorious Angell Metratton, or

some one or more of Either of yd, O yd Sacred Celestialls of the order

of Seraphim, by Degreation in office & by the Vertue power

Efficacy of all aforesaid, Descend & appeare Visibly unto us in this

C:S: or C:R: or otherwise out of the same here before us as it shall please

God, & also give [us] illegible Celestiall Messenger of Divine grace

shewing unto them forth plainly unto us a illegible notable signe

at or before your Coming and appearance & be friendly unto us.

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Do for us, as for the servants of the highest, Whome unto in his name we Do

Againe Earnestly Request & move yd, both in power & presence, whose

friendship unto us herein & workes, shall be a song of honour, & the praise

of yd God in yd Creation, &c: ----------------------------

Some further instructions,

Who on Invocation, & Replication, thereunto is amply Made according to

time Method, & order, & the Celestiall Angel, or Intelligence thereby

moved Doth appeare, or any other angel or Intelligence of the same

Hierarchy, then marke & observe well the manner, shape, form, Corporall

Gesture, Vestments, & foregoing signe thereof, & if in all Symbolicall

Likenesses, & probable Symtoms, the Apparition seemeth to be no deceipt

or otherwise Conjectured, then what is from thence to be Expected,

although that very Intelligence which was moved & Called forth

by name, doth not appeare, by Reason it is of the upper Order

deleted and illegible line Angells sent, or illegible go forth,

whether are allowed to Visible appearances, but of Especiall grace

Divine pleasure crossed out imediately unto theye & those illegible

crossed-out line appearing to be imediately, by ey the holy

crossed-out line the Comands of the highest, but yet sound out

or other crossed out the Celestiall portion of the same order aforesaid

made by prayer in Degrees, may be moved here by to [rejoyce] &

illegible

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And appear at the Earnest Request of the Sophick Invocant and to

performe what favour shall be Requested, according to its nature and office,

It cannot be Unknowne to any Discreet magician, but when ever any

Good Angel or Celestiall intelligence, is moved or Called forth to Visible

Appearance, but also that all Evill spirits & infernall powers of Darkness

and Immediately ready to incroach, & appeare in the Roome, or stead of the

Good Angels, wherefore it behoveth to be very Carefull & greatly Observing

thereof, both the Methode & manner, how to know & Rightly to Distinguish

the appearance of Good Angells or spirits, from those that are evill,

with These of them (that is to Say.) how to Receive Good Angels in their

Appearance, & how to Vanquish & banish Evill spirits when they Intrude

and Enter into place & presence to deceive & overthrow us, we have

sufficiently at Large in sorto & shewed forth in our Isagogicall

preface, before Annexed hereunto, therefore we shall in this place

onely shew forth a Methode, of our greeting the Apparition of any Celestiall

Angel, or Sign: first premise of Light: ----------------

When by all the preceding signes, that Appearance is truly known

to be Celestiall & of Good; then humbly receive it with Ample Submission

& Congratulation, Saying as followeth:--

Veni o [divine] light of the highest Excellence oo the Messengers

of Divine grace & mercy unto us the true servants & worshippers

of the same yd God whose name before used to know & for illegible

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At this Appearance is manifestly knowne, and Understood, & by all signes

& tokens perfectly Knowne, to be Celestiall or Angelicall powers of Light,

then with due & reverent Observance Say as followeth. ----

O yᵉ Servants or Messengers, of Divine grace & mercy, ye Celestiall Angells

or Intelligences powers of Light, or Dignified Elomental spirits,

& Mediums of Benevolence to Mankind, Servants of God, yᵉ both

now and at this time, alwayes are & shall be unto us, truly & Sinc-

rely welcome humbly Desiring you also to be friendly to us, & Doe

for us, in whatsoever It shall please God to give, by yᵒʳ Order & office

unto us, for the better Knowledge & benefit of mankind, Liveing here

upon Earth; & to make us partakers of true Science & Sapience,

In the undefiled & Sacred wisdome of yᵉ Creation

And, if any Answer Should be made hereupon, or any Discourse from

thence should arise, proceed therein, then both wisdome & Reason,

must be the principall Conduct, in the Management thereof but if

there be Silence, & that no Discourse ariseth from thence, then begin

to make some fitt Request, for Answer to yᵒʳ Desires & propositions;

then will the effects of all things, be undoubtdly, with Good Successe

Determined.

But if there be had, any fear, Doubt or Misperswasion, or Just Cause

of Jealousie to be had or made of some Expected Apparition, of any Angell

or Intelligence of the Celestiall Orders, or other [Dignified] [powers]

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powers of Light, Celestially Dignified by reason of tedious Delay

through non appearance, or Contrary Signes going before, or Deformed

Shapes in appearance, or Severall Such Like Ill Consequences &c;

or otherwise if at any time there Should appear a spirit, which may

be thought is not of Good, nor of the Order moved, that there be any

mistrust of it, the which may be Easily perceived by its forme, Gesture,

Motion & similitude, & also by Its Answering, to any Discourse

or Questions made, then may be said thus to it as followeth:

In the name of Jesus who art thou (then perhaps it will say I am

the servant of God (then yᵈ may say) art yᵒᵘ some [poor spirit],

or art thou sent from him with good tydings or Message; (then

perhaps it will say to yᵉ, or some Such Like words) that I am hee

knoweth, of whom I bear witnesse / then yᵈ may ask its name;

line very faded and illegible

line very faded and illegible

line very faded and illegible / (then it will tell to yᵉ its name, or say

nothing at all; but if it Doth tell yᵉ his name) then yᵈ may say to

it (if yᵒᵘ be not the [one] of yᵉ illegible and say that illegible

Justly [ordained] & that of the mansions of God in the illegible

if Christ, Mankind that is to us illegible (thou will receive a Suffi-

cient or Satisfactory Answer, or Else it will Disappear, & or Vanish

& be gone; But if it is and should, or prove to be a Good & [makeing]

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maketh rationall Answers to Such questions as are Demanded,

then perhaps it will say) (Thus much thou hast Required) {

then yᵈ may Say) (O God for God is his Judgement & Justice against

this spirit, or it is his charge to his Elect &c;) illegible crossing-out

illegible crossing-out then yᵈ may aske yᵒʳ Desire.

Not thought Good to instance, thus much for better information

& instruction although a full narrative hereof is amply & at large

Shewed forth in the foregoing Izagogicall preface, both as to the

Knowledge & Receiving, of Good Angells or Celestiall Intelligences

or other Elementall spirits or powers of Light, Angelically or Celes-

tially Dignified, And for the Knowledge Vanquishing & Driveing

away of all Evill spirits, & informall powers of Darknesse, therefore

any Such Apparitions Shall forcibly Intrude or make outward

and Appearance instead of Celestiall or good Angells, or other

Dignified Elementall powers of Light, in the time & place of

their Actions, purposely to Deceive, Confound & thereby (if possible)

to Destroy the hopes, Expectations & benefits of the Sophick

Philosophers, in their Elaberate Industry, & Care & Earnest Addresses

unto the Celestiall Angells, or blessed Intelligences, or Dignified

Elementall powers or other spirituall Mediums or messages

of Divine light; for the true Knowledge & finding out the

of all Physicall & Metaphysicall Arcanums, secrets in

Superioribus

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In Superiori: If you found Misteryes: which Cannot otherwise be known

or found out, but by the Divine Light & Conduct of Angelicall Ministry,

or other spirituall Revelation, & Instruction, by Such Mediums of Bene-

volency to Mankind, & through the Divine Grace Mercy & goodness of yᵉ

highest, and by nature Order & office, thereunto, preordinately Decreed

& appointed.

But as touching, the Intelligary further of this Matter, we think it need-

less, Since it is fully treated of in the foregoing preface, wᶜʰ no advice

to be well understood, by a due & serious Consideration, before

any progress, or unadvised proceedings are made therein ----

Observe also, that Whereas we have Severally, & particularly mentioned

Celestiall Angells or Blessed Intelligencies & Elementall powers

of Light, & other Dignified spirits, of Light, wᶜʰ are by nature &

office good, & also friendly & benevolent unto Mankinde, & have treated

of them in a generall Sence & without Materiall Distinction, yet

of the grave & Sober Magician take notice, that Consideration be

first had of what Angell, or Intelligence, or what spirit, by what

Order, & office, is moved or call forth; & so in particular to

one Revolution thereof accordingly, & not otherwise, whereunto

Every thing ought by Ordinations, Degrees, & offices, properly to be

Referred.

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The [illegible]

[The manner or order] to Visible Appearance, the Celestiall Hierarchy of Angels,

of the Order of Raziel [or] [illegible] whose principall Governing Angell or Blessed Intelligence

bearing rule is, Raziel: residing in the Eight Orbe, Sphear, Mansion or Heaven

Called, this Starry formation

figure: two adjacent circular seals under the title "Caelum Stellarum". Each seal contains a pentagon with inner pentagonal star and crossed lines; around and inside the figures appear astrological/angelic letters or characters. Under and between both seals is written "Raziel". In the first seal letters or signs such as "S", "W", "AL", and an inner label possibly "Tarie" are distinguished; in the second similar letters and signs are repeated, with blackened strokes in the center.

[illegible] most sacred, sacred & Celestiall Angells, or Blessed Intelligences, who is [called]

[illegible] Character of Celestiall Angells, servants of the most high [Omnipotent]

[illegible] honourable Immortall, [illegible] to, most Gods of hosts, the onely

Creator of heaven & Earth, by all things whatsoever both Celestiall & terrestriall,

Animall, Vegetable, Minerall, Reptile, or insect, therein contained & comprehended,

[illegible] nominated & Illuminated as Angells, [illegible] by or therein, at this present

daye [illegible] & divine [common?] to appear to us, in this Order or Hierarchy of Angels

Called [illegible] & Residing in the Eight Heaven, & bearing office Rule

[illegible]

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If ponos in the mansion, orbe, or sphear Called the starry formation; and the powers

of this Highest reverently here present in his holy name, doe call upon you, & Humbly

Request, & Earnestly intreat you & move you, to Visible appearance, in, by & through,

his most Excellent, ineffable, great, Mighty, signall, sacred, & Divine name of

the most high God, Jod: Jehovah: & his [illegible] numerall Arithmetica, who sitteth

in the most imperiall & highest heavens, before whome all the hosts or Quier of

Celestiall Angells, Incessantly singeth, O Miappa-la-miat-Ya[...], & by the seale

of yᵉ Creation, being the mark or Character of holyness unto yᵉ, & by the Occult

Mistery & secret Vertue, Efficacy & influence thereof, Dignifying, & Confir-

=ming you in Ordʳ, office, name nature & Corporality, with Divine, Celestiall,

Angellicall, Immortall, Eternall, & Sublime Excellency, glory, power, purity,

perfection, goodness & [condescension] unto the service of the most high God, &

his Divine laws & Commands; & mostly unto the charge, Care, Conduct Counsell,

Benefit & assistance of his servants, the sons of men, liveing on Earth,

to inspire & instruct & guide them, in the Knowledge & finding of true philosophicall

& Metaphysicall Sciences, & the understanding of you the holy ghosts, unto more

[illegible] secrets of heaven, or Misterys of Divine grace & permission, from yᵉ selfe

or divine, unto the sons of men, servants of God, Dwelling on Earth, in order

you shall doe as yᵉ be called forth & moved thereunto to visible appearance

Then therefore, by all you [illegible], & by this great signall divine power, & Dignity &

Vertue & Efficacy thereof, both immediately primary & mediately secondary,

by Respontia Mediums of divine Light, grace & mercy, as aforesaid & [appointed]

& go through.

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So hereby flowing, & accordingly diffusing, by severall Emanations proper

A symbolizing power & Vertue, from the Superiour to the inferiour, in do:

humbly beseech Earnestly Request, & Incessantly Intreat yᵉ, O you Magnifick,

Benevolent, and Sacred Angell or Blessed Intelligence, Raziel: who is said to

be the principall Angell or Blessed Intelligence, Governing in the Eight Mansion,

Orbe or Sphere, Called this stary heaven, or firmament; together with all others

yᵉ Benevolent Sacred & Celestiall Angells, or Intelligences, Ministers of truth

of true Sapience & Science, both Celestiall & terrestriall & Messagers spirituall

of Light & mediums of Divine Grace, Located, Bearing Rule & Residing in yᵉ

Order, Hierarchy, & office Called Cherubins in the heaven Orbe, or sphear of yᵉ

Starry firmament, from the Superiour to the Inferiour in generall, & par-

-ticular, Joyntly & Severally, Every & Each one by office respectively, & to

joyne & gather yᵉ selves together, & send one or more of yᵉ: as it shall

please yᵉ by Divine permission to move & descend from yᵉ Celestiall

Mansion, place of Residence, into this C:S: or G:R: & therein to appear

visibly unto us immediately into our eyes, as being set for

through the same, to transmit yᵉ true Angelicall & Reall presence,

plainly unto the sight of our Eyes, & our Eyese unto our Ears, that we

may visibly see yᵉ, & Audibly hear yᵉ, speake unto us, or otherwise to appoint

out of the same, as it shall please god, & yᵉ his servants of Divine grace &

Messagers of Mercy, towards us at this time present, or otherwise [illegible]

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this action, Appearance, Occasion, or Matter: & to shew plainly & Visibly unto us,

A foregoing signe or test of yᵈ Appearance, And also yᵉ further humbly & Earnestly

Entreat, & Undeniably Request, & move yᵉ, O yᵉ Benevolent & glorious Angel

or Blessed Intelligence, Raziel together with all other the sacred Celestiall

Angels, or Blessed Intelligences, from the Superiour to the Inferiour, in power

& office, residing in the Eight heaven, orbe, or Sphear, Called the stary

firmament & serving the Divine Decrees Commands & Appointments of the

Highest in the office & order of Cherubins, in through & by this Divine

Signall Magesty & powerfull name of yᵉ God, Jod, Jehovah: & his numerall

Attribute, Hockma: & the great Efficacy, Vertue, Excellency, power, prevalency

& Superiority thereof, to give us & gather yᵉ selves together, Every & Each

one joyntly, & by it selfe respectively & Severally, to move & Descend from

yᵉ Celestiall Mansion or place of Residence, Apparently Visible to the

sight of our Eyes, into this C:S: or G:R: Standing here before us, as being set for

that purpose, or otherwise unto us to appear as out of them, as it shall please

God, & yᵉ his servants of Divine Light, Grace & mercy, towards the best need

& benefits in this Action, & also to shew forth a preceeding signe of yᵉ appearance

& to od freely unto us, & by yᵉ Angelicall ben evolencie & Celestiall Illu-

-mination, favourable Assistance, familiar Society, mutuall Correspondence,

Verball Converse, Continuall Community & Sacred Instructions, both now

at this present time, & at all other times, to informe, & Rightly Direct our

inward weak depraved Stupid, & Ignorant, Intellect, Judgement & Understand-

Conductus angelicales#p066
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The Conduct us, by yᵉ Angelicall Instincts, & Archidactions, in to the Luminous paths, way of truth; leading unto & giving Entrance into the ports Cities & places of wisdome; without whose Angelicall & spirituall Conduct, blessed Assistance, & benevolent advertisements, it is very difficult, if not impossible, for us or any mortall one Earth to find or obtaine, or to be Esteemed worthy of Entrance into, with testimony, wherefore, we humbly Entreat & move yᵉ, O yᵉ great, Sacreds, & Celestiall Angels, or Blessed intelligent Radii; And all other the presidents, & inferiour Angels, Servants of the most high God, Residing, & officiating in the Eight Heaven, Mansion Orb, or sphere of the starry firmament, in the order or Hierarchy of Angels Called [Cherubim], who all obediently serve & Readily fulfill his omnipotent Decrees & Com- mandments; in his Divine Dispensations & appointments; According to yᵉ generall, & Respective offices, in by & through this ineffable, Imperiall, Great, signall or Divine name [you] illegible & his numerall Attribute illegible And by this power, Efficacy, & Vertue thereof, & [by] the Devoutest also of the Lawes of god, & by the strength & force of our faith, & hope in him, for Divine Assistance, Grace, & Mercy, herein: Doe Earnestly Request, you or fully Invocate, & Confidently move yᵉ, & Call yᵉ forth to Visible appearance, here before us, in this illegible or otherwise thereout here before us, as it shall please God, is given unto yᵉ So to Do; or otherwise to shew Visibly and as a foregoing signe of yᵉ Appearance, by yᵉ [Deverance] of sensory,

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of Mercy Radii, and all other his Ministring Angels, Messagers, & Mediums, of Divine Grace & Light; from the Superiour to the Inferiour, Residing, Serving & officiating in the order of [Cherubins: more we say] & by the Superiour powers & permission therein the name of the Highest, descend & appeare, & visibly shew yᵉ Selfe or selves, Joyntly & Severally, & Respectively unto us, in this C:S: or G: standing here before us; or otherwise out of the same (as it shall please God to permit & appoint yᵉ) & to shew us a preceding signe thereof, & by yᵉ Mediate Angelicall Inspiration, information or Chiefe teaching to Instruct help, Aid & Assist us, both now at this time present, & at all other times And places, when soever & wheresoever, we shall Invocate, Move or Call you forth to Visible appearance, & to our Assistance in whatsoever truth or subject Matter or things Appertaining thereunto, in all wisdome & true Science, both Celestiall & terrestriall: &c: that shall be Necessary for us & also as any other Emergent occasion, shall duly in respect Require; to the Advancement to serve fourth of Gods glory, & the improvement of our welfare, Comfort in benefit of our worldly & temporall Estate & Condition, whilst we as yet live; & also in all such matters or things whatsoever else, that shall be Necessary for us to know & Enjoy, even beyond what we are able to Aske or to think, notwithstanding you of all good Gifts included in his bountifull & paternall Mercy operation & pleasure, according to yours yᵉ to Reveal, & shew forth unto us, in ordinary ways to better acquaint us, O yᵉ great Angels.

2d Replication to Raziel#p067
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O yᵉ great Angels or blessed Intelligence, Radii: & all other yᵉ Celestiall Angels of the order of [Cherubims], mediums of Divine Grace & Mercy, Ministers of true Light & understanding, & servants of the most high God, particularly Recited, & Respectively spoken of Invocated, Moved & Called fourth to Visible Appearance (as aforesaid) Ascend Ave say) & by the power of Superiour Permission, Command or word of yᵉ Appear Visibly here before us as for the servants of the most high God, whereunto we move you all Joyntly & Severally in power & presence, whose Workes shall be a Song of Honour, & the praise of yᵉ God, in yᵉ Creation, Amen

2d Replication,

xL. You glorious Angels or Blessed Intelligences who by yᵉ name is (called Raziel, and all other the Sacred Celestiall Angels of the order of (Cherubims) Residing and located by Mansion, in upon, in that or do as preside, or of Heaven Called the starry firmament; particularly by Recited, Mentioned, & Named & Called forth to Visible Appearance, as in the foregoing Invocation is & hath been of us lately & at Many at xxiij Rotations, yed here by Sollicited Supplicated, & Earnestly Requested, by this Vertue power force & Efficacy whereof the faith Regalion or & Devoutnes therein Contained, & whereby we greatly as & power full, & Exaltious name of the most high God Jehovah, and this numerall attribute Hochma; or otherwise by the illegible

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And most especiall name of yᵉ God: with servants also of the Highest, reverently present in his holy feare, Attending, his Divine grace, Mercy & good pleasure, paternally unto us herein, to by the strength & power of our faith, hope & Confidence in our God, & our Confirmation in his holy spirit, dignifying us with Superiour power & permission, Humbly Intreat, & Earnestly Request, & powerfully move yᵉ, O yᵉ great Angels, or Blessed Intelligences, from the Superiour to the Inferiour, in generall & particular, every & Each one, for and by it selfe, Respectively by Degrees nature & office, Residing, & being in the mansion or Eight Orbe, or starry Heaven or firmament, & serving the Commands of the Highest, in the Order or Hierarchy of Angels (called Cherubims, Move therefore, O! yᵉ great, & glorious Angel Raziel, or someone, or more, or Either of yᵉ, yᵉ Sacred & Celestiall Angels of the order of (Cherubims, by Degree nature & office, & by the Vertue power & Efficacy of all And one illegible, Decently and Spiritually herein illegible illegible illegible [superiour] powers therein, to our Assistance in this our [petition] illegible proceding in yᵉ, by this Devout & illegible Request whereon yᵉ Both in generall & particular, illegible help illegible herein, now [or] shall be a song of honour, in the name of yᵉ God in yᵉ Creation.

Zaphkiel and Saturne#p068
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illegible to Visible Appearance, the Celestiall Hierarchy of Angells, of the order of Thrones; Those principall Governing Angells, or Blessed Intelligences bearing Rule and illegible Residing in the Seventh Orbe, Mansion, or Sphaere, called the 6th, Heaven or Sphaera of the planet or star Saturne &c:

figure: two magical seals of Zaphkiel/Saturn drawn inside a rectangular box. The left seal is a double circular/heptagonal polygon with outer and inner ring; in the upper ring reads «Spiritus Sanctus», at the right «Divina», in the center «THRONI» and below «ARALIM», with planetary characters and letters around. Between the seals appears «Coelum» above the sign of Saturn. The right seal is similar; in the upper ring reads «Accende in me», on the left side «Charitas», on the right «Spes», below «Amor et», in the center «BINAH» and beneath «ZAPHKIEL», with the sign of Saturn at the left. Beneath both seals reads «Zaphkiel».

O thou great and glorious & Celestiall Angels, Blessed Intelligence, illegible called illegible Zaphkiel, (called illegible) thou More mighty illegible illegible with God of hosts, thou mighty governor of heaven to whom, from all things, providence, both illegible and the illegible 3o Zaphkiel, Ministra, Zaphkiel, or in as that is illegible & illegible therein, and that illegible this Most Excellent, great, high [and] Honourable Angell (called illegible) illegible is made a [way] unto his most high Superior [name] of [Binah] (or illegible) illegible

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illegible character of Angels [called] Thrones and Residing in the seventh illegible Mansion orb or sphera illegible star illegible heaven or [sphaere] illegible or otherwise illegible according to [y]e purpose [yd] illegible to Visible Appearance illegible this [our] great, high, Sacred & Divine illegible heaven or [the] month [of] [Attributes] illegible who serveth in the Order [or Hierarchy] of [Thrones] illegible heaven illegible thou great [or] glorious & Celestiall Angell, Intelligence, singularly illegible and [this] illegible [for] [thy] Divine illegible may from all this great illegible or if [or] more, hath meanes, both to correct, controll at his illegible to govern, illegible blessed & illegible power & presence illegible illegible exactly illegible only

Oration unto Zaphkiel#p069
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illegible foresight, fullness, & felicity in this world; during Mortall continuance, & everlasting life with eternall Glory in the world to come; & Sealed this same with wisdoms great holy, & Blessed names, Sadday, [illegible], S. I. even as the most high [knoweth] God of Heaven, & [in] God for ever blessed illegible of your Creation, being a Character or Charter of holiness unto you, At [your] [recitall] memory & record whereof [vertues], efficacy & omnipotent illegible [which] quallify [your] [specifies], Name, Nature, & Compatibility with [him] (Celestiall Angells, immortall, Eternall &c [sublim] [ex] [incom] [illegible])

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Glory, Dignity, art thou, [Zaphkiel] illegible [illegible] most high God, the [Divine] [Law] & [commanded] directly unto the Charge [illegible] & Conduct, Counsel, Comfort, benefit, Assistance of his servants [that serve] of mine, leaving [me] not, temptation, in [this] [world] & guide them in the [knowledge] the way of truth, But [thou] [art] [illegible] [illegible] [Zaphkiel] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] [illegible] present as also to [hear] & to know [illegible] [person] [illegible] Invocation, & prayer, as [a foresaid], [that] [present] & [direct], [you] [illegible]

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to the Inferior, wee doe humbly beseech, Earnestly Request, & incessantly Intreat yee, you [Amariel] benevolent, & sacred Angels or Blessed Intelligences [illegible] who are said to be the principall [great] Angells or Blessed Intelligences governing in the Seaventh heaven, Mansion, or Orbe or the heaven or Sphera; Together with all others the sacred & Celestiall Angells or Intelligences, [ministers] of truth this seaventh Mansion, both Celestiall & Terrestiall, [messagers] emanating of Light to influence [in] [things] under Locusts, foreseeing, & Ruling in

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the [third] division of Angels (called Thrones in the seaventh Heaven, whose [Orb] of the planet or star [Saturne] [doth] [declare] [mean] the upper to the Inferior, in naturall & particular, jointly & severally Every, & each one by office respectively, to gird us & gather [together] [illegible] have remission [illegible] Beseeching [illegible] intreat [illegible] that ye [illegible] [illegible] for you, in the unity, power, & [supreme] [illegible] [persons] [illegible] principal [order] [or] [actions] Appeare every [one] [illegible] [to] [us] [illegible] visibly unto us

Angelicall guide and true direction#p070
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[119]

-- Intreating yor joining Signes, or teste of yor Appearance Yow also yet further humbly beseech, & earnestly intreat, & undeniably request & move you Our benevolent and glorious Angells, or Blessed Intelligences, Celestiall, illegible together with all others the sacred & & Celestiall Angells, or blessed intelligences, from the Superior to the inferior, in nature & office, residing in the seaventh heaven, mansion, Orb or sphera of the Planet or star Saturne, and in the order called Thrones; Decrees, Commandments illegible constitutions the illegible of [office or] neadfull

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illegible in by & through this illegible against equity, bountifull names of ye great Adonay, [Clofi] illegible, this numerall Attribute, illegible great efficacy, Vertue, Excellence & honor, illegible by [or] through to give us & grant ye desires to effect on, in as much as the office [or] illegible doth [raise] them powerfully, & to illegible from [yor] celestiall [vertue] illegible illegible illegible An [illegible] [power] [or] roote illegible of yor Appearance illegible illegible illegible the divine [grace] illegible in behalf of illegible Queries, Continentall Community & names & [hest] [or] host illegible

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now at this time and seale, and at all other times, to informe & rightly direct our confused weake, depraved, & ignorant Intellect, judgment & understanding, & to conduct us in ye true [direct] instructions into the way of truth, leading unto, & giving Entrance into illegible & true direction about [parta] illegible Knowledge, without whose Angelicall Guide, & Spirituall [conduct] Blessd & Celestiall Attainments, it is very

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illegible for to find or [obtaine], or to be [admonished] now this time with testimony, with joined humbly in heart, [in] our [one] [illegible] & Celestiall [hearts], or Blessed Intelligences, [Celestiall] [illegible] illegible by [the] orders [illegible] wherein [the] power, force & [blessing] illegible illegible lower lines almost completely faded and illegible illegible illegible illegible Amen. illegible

Divine grace and direction#p071
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illegible [majesties] gracious, & [all] [blessed] illegible [unto] yor blessed Visione Apparition unto us, even this illegible illegible or otherwise illegible crossed out illegible or illegible [assisting] illegible by illegible unto us [to] [oblacion] And with [some] illegible of the illegible requiring signe of truth, [unto us] illegible [and] all things that it shall administer unto us, to be illegible illegible Divine grace & light [or] illegible order to us in Various illegible Serving the office being in the illegible illegible illegible

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illegible Divine grace [power] & [dominion] with the names of the most illegible [giving] illegible & [blessing] [then] illegible as Confirmed illegible together illegible [not] in this illegible standing [now] illegible unto our mindes [or] unto the same as it shall [please] you to permit & appoint you, there to shew us a preceding punctuall [token] illegible illegible illegible illegible in all ways illegible [Bin] illegible illegible illegible lower lines almost completely faded and illegible illegible illegible

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64

illegible holly & [true] morall [lawes] & condition, whilest we yet live & illegible all our illegible attaining [the] [holy] [or] Everlasting [life] that be necessary for us to know & Enjoy, then & [in] [that] [cause] we are able to ask or to think of; which of him illegible illegible shall in his bountifull & paternal mercy, [give] illegible illegible you to illegible [us] illegible with [us], or illegible [also] [there] upon us, [or] at illegible illegible daughter illegible (Cited [or] recited illegible [or] [blessed] by [Zadkiel]; But others call [also] the Angells

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illegible of Power & [Wisdom] illegible grace, the [Administrator] of the illegible understanding, when most of the most high Gods illegible [Assistance] illegible unto us, from out of [ye] heavenly [or] [holy] [Appearance] as illegible [receive] illegible [by] the power of Superior minister, source and illegible illegible naturally upon, whose operation by illegible [yet] [the] most illegible illegible illegible illegible Gods illegible

Saturne and the Hierarchy#p072
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illegible

illegible & humble & [petition] [unto] [him] whose name is called illegible or other crossed out: Zadkiel [this same] Celestiall Minister, & the [order] [of] [Thrones], Rectors, &c. excellent magnificent, illegible [Angells] [Gods] [Ministers] & [celestiall] [servants] [in] [as] in the foregoing [Invocacion] as hath already [set] [in] them [or] [thereon] [promised]

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Joinctly & [severally] [advocate] [by] [or] [be] [sent] [forth] by the [Spirit] [or] [power] [assisting] [thereof], [through] the [upper] [or] [sovereigne] [discretion] & [their] [excellent] [in] also by this ye [almighty] powerfull & excellent name, of these [or] [thee] with [to] Gods throne; let me this momentall [Articles] [Donations] [or] [petitions] by the true & most illegible [happiness] of [the] [Divine] [majestie] [honour], [renowne] [and] [glory] [by] [thee] [or] [them] illegible illegible lower lines almost completely faded and illegible illegible illegible to th illegible illegible [Saturn]

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or

Saturn, governing the Companies of the Highest, in the Order [of] Hierarchy [of] these [which] from [belowe] therefore as great & glorious Angells [and] [Servants] by him [appointed] [under] the [dominion and] [government] [thereof] you, or daine & [quicken] [us], [minister] the [Graces] & [mercies] by degree and [kepe] [us] unto the [divine] mercy [discretion] & [celestiall] [benefits] [and] [be] [pleased] [that] [bestow] us, & unto [us] the [goodness] [of] [the] [mercies], and of the same [thereof] [shew] us, as it shall [please] [or] [seem]

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[so] be observable [thereof] [giving] [power] & grace [or] [mercies] to them And humbly unto us, some Remarkable signe or token [appearing] [of] [Divine] Appearance, & be friendly unto us, & do for us [or] [with] servants of the highest, returne to us the same [or] [meaning] [and] [will] [or] shew [thy] [or] [their] [grace] on earth [and] [in] [as] [witness] [to] [bring] into this [house] [more] [fit], and be [ready] [for] our use illegible [lower lines lost due to overexposure]

Caelum and Jupiter#p073
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illegible these nine [orders] unto visible Appearance, tht [the] [rest] [of] celestiall orders of Angells, or the order of Dominations, whose ministers Governing Angells or Blessed Intelligences bearing Rule, ex Saturne or [Duke] illegible Residing in the sixth or 6th Mansion and illegible being the 10th heaven, or star of the Planet or star called [Jupiter]

figure: under the title «Caelum» and the astronomical sign of Jupiter are two adjacent circular seals. The left seal has a double outer circle and larger triangle; around the triangle are read, from left to right, «Sceptrum», «Dexter», and below «c[l]ius» or «elius». Inside is a smaller triangle with the sign of Jupiter in the center; on its sides are read «In Celo», «Misericor[dia]», «Domina», and a lower inverted word possibly «dir». The right seal repeats double circle and triangle; on the exterior are read «Caelum» at left, «Misericordiae» at right, and below inverted «non est finis». In the inner triangle appear «Deus», «Benedictus et», «zadkiel», and below an inverted word that seems «misericors»; includes sign of Jupiter and a central point.

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Present allwayes at his most high Superiour, & Divine Commands & Appointments, in the order of Hierarchie, [in] [all] [the] illegible Dominations, Residing in the sixth Heaven, & bearing office, Rule power in the station, house or sphear of the planet or star called Jupiter, both & various also of the [Zodiac], & only too imediant in his [operation] [or] [region], and to have its Influence from, Earnestly intreat you, beseech you to this the Appearance, in [this] [or] [at] illegible by his most [Dee] Confutation, great, mighty, powerfull, wise & glorious name of the most high [God] his immediate Attribute illegible who sitteth in the most [or] supreall & highest heaven, beyond whom [with the] Hoast of heaven & Ministers, Angels, incessantly singeth, [C]rying, holy, holy, holy, [Lord] [God] [of] Sabboth, who created & made what waters are the fishes of the Seas, & remaining lines very faded and illegible illegible illegible illegible illegible

Caelum and Jupiter#p074
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illegible these nine [orders] unto visible Appearance, tht [the] [rest] [of] celestiall orders of Angells, or the order of Dominations, whose ministers Governing Angells or Blessed Intelligences bearing Rule ex Saturne [or] illegible Residing in the sixth or 6th Mansion and illegible being the 10th heaven, or star of the planet or star called Jupiter

figure: under the title «Caelum» and the astronomical sign of Jupiter are two adjacent circular seals. The left seal has a double outer circle and larger triangle; around the triangle are read «Sceptrum», «Dexter», and below a doubtful inverted word, perhaps «clius» or «elius». Inside is a smaller triangle with the sign of Jupiter in the center; on its sides are read «In Celo», «Misericor[dia]», «Domina», and a doubtful lower inverted word. The right seal repeats double circle and triangle; on the exterior are read «Caelum» at left, «Misericordiae» at right, and below inverted «non est finis». In the inner triangle appear «Deus», «Benedictus et», «zadkiel», and below an inverted word that seems «misericors»; includes sign of Jupiter and central point.

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Present allwayes at his most high Superiour, & Divine Commands & Appointments, in the order of Hierarchie, [or] in all [the] [Celestiall] [Dominations], Residing in the sixth Heaven, & bearing office, Rule power in the station, house or sphear of the planet or star called Jupiter, both & various also of the [Zodiac], & only too imediant in his [operation] [or] [region], and to have its Influence from, Earnestly intreat you, beseech you to this the Appearance, in [this] [or] [at] illegible by his most [Dee] Confutation, great, mighty, powerfull, wise & glorious name of the most high God, his immediate Attribute illegible, who sitteth in the most [or] supreall & highest heaven, before whome with the Hoast of heaven & Ministers, Angells incessantly singeth, Crying, holy, holy, holy, Lord God of Sabboth, who created & made what waters are the fishes of the Seas, & remaining lines very faded and illegible illegible illegible illegible illegible

Divine Emanations#p075
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Aforesaid, by the [n]ames of his own Omnipotent great & holy name Adonai asti most high Powerfull God of heaven, Lord of hosts, maker of [all], &c this [state] of inspiration, being the [state] or minister of [Intelligences] unto us by the facult. whereby & Secret [Glor]fied, Efficacy & influence indeed, [signify] (confirming [this] in [us]) [these] [names], according to [conformity] with Divine Celestiall, tht [that] can, in or of all Generall [Dominion]

Excellency, glory, honor, worthy, worship, [powerfull] illegible

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[Thro] the divine illegible the most high God, [by his divine] [Command] And inatly unto the Charge, care & conduct, counsel, comfort, [or asst] Assistance of his servants the sons of men, [in such occasions with the] [very direct] & [permission], into the knowledge & [mayest truth] [therein] remaining lines almost completely faded and illegible illegible illegible illegible

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accordingely diffusing by severall Emanations proper [strike: them] blessing power & vertue from this upper to the inferior, wee doe humbly beseech, earnestly request & [crave] to [assist] me, [unto] [holy] [helpfull] immediate Sacred Angells or Blessed intelligences, Saciell, or Zadkiel, [Dedekiel], governing in the sixth Mansion, or Sphear, or star (as it is upper to their with all thers) ye divine agents & celestiall Angells or Intelligences & Ministers with [the] true science & sapience, both Celestiall & terrestriall, [and] Blessed & [virtuall] [visions], or theorems & [true] or [in] vocables and bearing Rule & presiding in the order of hierarchy & [the] [calles] or [station], in the sixth Heaven, Orb or Sphear, of the planet or star [and] [sign], from the upper to the Inferior, in Generall particulars, jointly & severally, [cause] to each one of the [respective] [members] [help] [therein] &c in [especiall things] [for] [this] [present] [occasion] [and] [words] [or] [forms] [relating] [unto] [us] [or] [the] lower lines very faded and illegible illegible illegible illegible

Angelicall Assistance#p076
Janua Magica Reserata — facsimile page (Angelicall Assistance) · public-domain facsimile
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And herein or in case of being this Action Appearance, location or Matter; to show plainly & Visibly unto us, according to our desire & Appearance; And wee also yet farther earnestly beseech, Earnestly intreat, undeniably Require & command you, in & by the most glorious Attributes names & titles; one Sachiel or Zadkiel's [benevolence], shew [in] all things the true & celestiall Character of the [most] [from the upper to the inferior, in [for] us by [the] illegible]

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Jupiter, & Serving the divine [rites] or [ceremonies], & Appointments of the highest, in his great office & Dominations in or through this divine signall, mighty & name [full name] [or] [sign] & title; in his name of the [hostes] & or th'great [essence], & [other] [operations] remaining lines almost completely faded and illegible illegible illegible illegible illegible illegible

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Procceeding figure of your Appearance, & to be friendly unto us & by your Angellicall Benevolence, Celestiall Illumination, favorable Assistance, familiar Society, mutuall Correspondency, verball Converse, Continuall Community & Sacred Instructions: both now & at this time Instant, And all other times, to informe and Rightly direct our minde thoughts desires, & ignorant intellect judgments, understandings, & to Conduct us by your Angellicall Instincts & Archidoctions, into the luminous pathway of truth, leading into & giveing Entrance unto the ports, Citties & pallaces of wisdome & true science, & thence us partakers of Inde- fible Knowledge; without whose Angellicall guide and spirituall conduct, blessed Assistance & benevolent advertisements, it is very difficult if not impossible for us or any Mortall on Earth to finde or attaine or to be esteemed worthy, of Entrance into such Mistery, wherefore wee humbly request you to aide [us] by your great [sacred] & Celestiall ministring [instruc]tion, in the given [order] [and] [station] [or] [the] [Dominations] [and] [ministers] [for] [this] [hour], [this] [occasion], [and] [this] [our] vocall, desireing & office acting, in the sixth [heaven], mansion [or] spheare of the planet [or] star, called Jupiter; [wherefore] by the order or Hierarchy, [that] is called [to] illegible principally Lord & Roder [fulfily] his [ministeriall] [obedience] [and] [Commands] in his Divine Dispensations instantly, [for] [the] [here] [heeding] request you all to be present [assist], [pray] & minister in this [our] office.

Divine Assistance#p077
Janua Magica Reserata — facsimile page (Divine Assistance) · public-domain facsimile
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Imperiall great, signall, & Divine name of the most high God &c. And this numerall attributed, illegible yt is by the power, Efficacy & Vertue thereof, wee his servants of the same greate God, And by the strength & force of our faith hope in him, for Divine Assistance, Grace & mercy, herein do Earnestly Request, humbly fully invocate, & confidently Moody ye & all ye forth, to Visibly Appeare and shew before us, in this C:S: or G:R: or otherwise thereout here before us as it shall please God, is given to ye so to doe, & likewise then visibly now aforegoing signe of yr Appearance, ye servants of [Lord] Sachiel or Zadkiel & Zedekiel &c. And all others the Celestiall ministring Angells, or Mediums of Divine Grace & Light from the upper to the inferior, Resideing serving & officiateing in the Order of [communications &c.] [or] [mystery] [how] [ministery] [proceed] to perfection, in this houre of the signe [Leo], [Jupiter] &c., [humbly] [shew] [and] [direct] [them], [or] [by] [blessedly] [the] [sacred] [ministeries] [in] [this] [sign] & [light] illegible illegible illegible those of [God] [to] [great] & [Appointed] mo [their] illegible &c (herein graunted by wisedome, helped Aid to Assist us both at instants illegible illegible wee shall here att. [be] [yt], & call yd forth to visible Appearance of your Assistance, in what soever truth, or subject Matter or thing

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or thing Appertaineing thereunto, in all wisdome & true science, both Celestiall Arte & terrestiall &c: that shall be necessary for us; & also as any other innocent Creature, shall duly & properly Require, to ye Advancement & setting forth of Gods Glory, & the Improvement of our Memory, senses & benefitts, eternall knowledge or some materiall estate, & Conditions, whereby or wee may arise in all such Matters of things whatsoever; Is; that shall be necessary for us to know & Enjoy, doth beyond what wee are able to aske or thinke, we the Almighty giver of all good gifts, shall in his bounteous paternal Mercy be graciously pleased thereby to give us to Reweale & shew forth unto us otherwise to bestow upon us, his great singular Blesseds in folligneous Sacred, or Zadkiel, & Zedekiel, And all others ye Celestiall Angells of this Order of Dominations, Mediums of Divine Grace & Glory illegible illegible illegible illegible given to us the true [light] [and] [guide] [in] [whatsoever] [things] [may] by his [mercy] [and] [assistance] illegible of God &c. [And] illegible unto a Vision of those great mysterious works for the [advancement] of the most high God, [manifested] unto us [according] [to] his Divine will in persons & substances, [and] [materiall] [or] [some] [theorem], & the praise of ye great [God] [in] illegible [creatures].

Order of Dominations#p078
Janua Magica Reserata — facsimile page (Order of Dominations) · public-domain facsimile
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You glorious Angells, or blessed intelligences, who in names Called Sachiel, or Zadkiel & Zedekiel, And all others the Sacred Celestiall Angells of the Order of Dominations, Residing and Located by classion respective in that sort or spheare of Heaven called Jupiter, particularly Recited, Mentioned, called &c (all & with visible Appearance, as in the foregoing Invocation is & hath beene [line obscured by microfilm band] Earnestly Solicited, [supplicated] & humbly Requested by the Vertue power force & efficacy of all the Royall words, Sentences herein contained, have very great mighty powerfull Excellent name of the most high God &c. And his numerall Attributed, blessed, or otherwise, in his [word] Episcopall name of Jupiter, in the dominations of the Celestiall lower lines very faded and illegible illegible illegible illegible illegible illegible illegible illegible illegible Angells, as to [divers] [persons], [powers] [and] [influences] illegible illegible

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Called Jupiter, & serveing the Commands of the Highest, in ye order or Hierarchie of Angells called Dominations; Also through the great & glorious Angell Sachiel, or Zadkiel, & Zedekiel, or some one immediate other of his or ye Sacred Celestiall Angells of the order of Dominations, by degree nature & office to be the blessed meanes & efficacy of all afforesaid, Induend to appeare visibly now before us & unto us in this, C:S: or G:R: or otherwise out of the same [line obscured by microfilm band] as it shall please God & also ye his servants, or messagers of Grace, is hereby to shew forth plaine & unto us signes [that] when with Figure or token, foregoing ye comeing & Appearance that to [rend] unto us, & Do for us, as for the servant of the highest, Whereunto in his name wee do againe earnestly request &c how you downe in words & [deeds] [manifest] [your] [intentions] & other lower lines very faded and illegible illegible illegible Amen.

Potestates and Mars#p079
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[The 5th [illegible]]

Cho[i]rs & Orders forth, to Visible Appearance, the Hierarchy of Angels of the Order of potestates, whose prince all good min- [strels] or bless[ed] Intelligences; bearing Rule in Samael, & [Malahim] & Reigning in the 5th [Mansion] or [sphere], bearing Rule in the 5th Heaven, or Sphere of the name by us so Called. [illegible]

figure: two magical circular seals. Above both appears the word `Coelum` and the masculine or Mars sign; below, centered between the seals, `Samael`. The left seal has a double outer circle and an inner heptagon; inside are read `Potestates`, `seraphim` and a masculine sign. In the outer ring are distinguished `Deus`, `Rex` and other names or letters partly illegible around the edge. The right seal is similar, with double outer circle and inner heptagon; inside are read `Geburah`, `Camael` and a masculine sign. In the outer ring are distinguished `Rex`, `Mag`, `Gloria`, `Agnus` and other partly illegible characters.

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Divine Commands & Appointments, in the Order of Hierarchy of Angels (called Potestates, & Residing in the fifth heaven, & bearing office, Rule & power in the Mansion, orb, or sphere of the planet or star, called Mars, and the servants also of ye high est, Reverendly Resident in his holy fear; so Call upon [and] humbly Request & earnestly entreat, &c who yd to Visible Appearance by & through his most Excellent, Glorious great, Mighty, Signall, Sacred & Divine name of the most high god, Tolion, Ibor, & his numerall Attributes who governeth in the imperiall & highest Heavens, to good vinion all the host & Quire, of Celestial Angels, incessantly singing O [illegible] [illegible]

Continuation of Potestates#p080
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to governe the said third Day &c: And Establish & all aforesaid, by the said or his uncomprehensible Mighty, by their great names, Ay, Elbora, Elohim, oS the most high & onely God of heaven, And Lord of Hosts, the maker of time, & of the dayes of its Creation, being the maker, or (the rector of holines unto us) & by the circuit, Ministry, & secret [illegible], Efficacy, & Influence thereof, Signifying and confirming, in order, office, nature, degree dignity with Divine Celestiall Angell [illegible] Eternal Triune Excellency, glory, power, purity, perfection, goodnes & condescending forth unto the duties, of the most high God his Commands and commandeth his mercyes unto the Charge; for the Effectuall Counsel (or importunity) of his servants as here is [illegible] ye power given, lines very faded and illegible illegible illegible illegible illegible illegible lower line crossed by microfilm band, almost illegible

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Secondary, by resident mediuns, or Divine Light Grace & Mercy, as mediate immediatly, Certaine, proving, according, differing by severall narrations made, demonstrating power, & Vertue, arising in action to the respective or Wedo minis or [Sabaders] in majestic Request, of necessarily intreat yd, in ye, request, benediction, & service of Anaels or Bless. intelligences, Camael, &c Udiniel, your neighbours of thn heaven, where [he], or thier of the fifth order, when called Mars, together with all those other Divine Servants &c (Celestiall Angells) or blessed intelligences, or Ministers of such [braved] Services & dignities both Celestiall & terrestriall, or Messagers Virtually of Light &c mediuns of Mercyes, Coelum, Ruah, & Residing in the Order or Hierarchy of Angells, Potestates, in the fifth heaven, orb, or Sphere of the same lower lines very faded and illegible illegible illegible illegible illegible illegible lower line crossed by microfilm band, almost illegible

Samael and Angelicall Benevolency#p081
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the same, as it shall please yo:r of his determinats, of Divine Grace, and messagers of mercy; immediate most ready & apt & without Bestowing, his Action, Appearance, location, or dilatorily to shew plainly & Visibly unto us a foregoing signe or test of yd Appearance, there [illegible] with a [illegible] obedience, Earnestly Intreat & humbly and by Request therefore ye aforesaid [illegible], glorious strength, or other Intelligences, Samael, his [illegible] & together with all others the sacred & Celestiall [illegible] bless & intelligences, servants [illegible] power to the effusion, in power & office; [illegible] in the fifth heaven, mansion, or orb, thoaro of the planet or star called Mars; And serving the Divine decrees, commands and Appointments of the highest, in the office of potestates; in or through this [illegible] originall lines very faded and illegible illegible illegible illegible illegible lower line crossed by microfilm band, almost illegible this action &c so to shew forth a wisedome of yd [illegible] and [illegible]

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and so be friendly unto us, & by yo:r Angelicall Benevolency, celestiall Illumi- nation, favorable assistance, familiar Society, Mutuall Correspondency, Verball Converse, Continuall Community & Sacred Instructions set vouch this time present, & at all other times present, that all other times to instruct, & Rightly Direct our Minds weak of purpose, Staines & Ignorant intellect, judgments, understandings to conduct us in Astragicall practices, & instructions; into the Luminous pathway of truth, leading into Wisdome, information in the most excellent wisedome & true science of to what the natures, actions of [illegible] knowledge without whose Angelicall, in aid, & spirituall Conduct, blessed Assistance & benevolent Advertisements, it is very difficult, if not impossible, for us or any mortall on earth, to find or ob- taine any sensory or entrance into with testimony wherefore we lines very faded and illegible illegible illegible illegible illegible lower line crossed by microfilm band, almost illegible

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