The Goetia

phurous stinking substances, and burned in this material fire; so in the name IEHovAH and by the power and dignity of these three names, TETRA- GRAMMATON, ANAPHAXETON, and PrimEuMATON, I do cast thee, O thou wicked and disobedient Spirit N., into the Lake of Fire which is prepared for the damnéd and accurséd spirits, and there to remain unto the day of doom, and never more to be remembered before the face of Gop, who shall come to judge the quick, and the dead, and the world, by fire. TueEn the exorcist must put the box into the fire, and by-and-by the Spirit will come, but as soon as he is come, quench the fire that the box is in, and make a sweet perfume, and give him welcome and a kind entertain- ment, showing unto him the Pentacle that is at the bottom of your vesture covered with a linen cloth, saying: THE ADDRESS UNTO THE SPIRIT UPON HIS COMING. BEHOLD thy confusion if thou refusest to be obedient! Behold the Pentacle of Solomon which I have brought here before thy presence! Behold the person of the exorcist in the midst of the exorcism; him who is arméd by Gop and without fear; him who potently invocateth thee and calleth thee forth unto appearance; even him, thy master, who is called OcTiNomos. Wherefore make rational answer unto my demands, and prepare to be obedient unto thy master in the name of the Lord : BATHAL OR VATHAT RUSHING UPON ABRAC! ABEOR COMING UPON ABERER!? THEN he or they will be obedient, and bid thee ask what thou wilt, for he or they be subjected by God to fulfil our desires and commands. And when he or they shall have appeared and showed himself or themselves humble and meek, then shalt thou rehearse : THE WELCOME UNTO THE SPIRIT. WELcomME Spirit N., O most noble king’ (or kings)! I say thou art welcome unto me, because I have called thee through Him who hast * In the Latin, “ Bathal vel Vathat super Abrac ruens! Abeor veniens super Aberer !” ? Or whatever his dignity may be. 46