CHAPTER XVI 
(Part II) 
Of THE CHARGE TO THE SPIRIT 
WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF THE 
CONSTRAINTS AND CURSES OCCASIONALLY NECESSARY 
I 
On the appearance of the spirit, or the manifestation of the 
force in the talisman which is being consecrated, it is necessary to 
bind it by an Oath or Charge. A spirit should be made to lay its 
hand visibly on the weapon by whose might it has been evoked, 
and to aswear obedience and faith to Him that liveth and 
triumpheth, that reigneth above him in His palaces as the Balance 
of Righteousness and Truth” by the Names used in that évocation. 
It is then only necessary to formulate the Oath or Charge in 
language harmonious with the previously announced purpose of 
the operation. 
Tlie précaution indicated is not to let oneself sink into 
one’s humanity while the weapon is extended beyond the 
Circle. Were the force to flow from it to you instead of 
from you to it, you would be infallibly blasîed, or, ai the 
least, become the slave of the spirit. 
At no moment is it more important that the Divine Force 
should not only fill, but radiate from, the aura of the Magician. 
II 
Occasionally it may happen that the spirit is récalcitrant, and 
refuses to appear. 
Let the Magician consider the cause of such disobedience! 
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