vermilion he will himself mix with the consecrated oïl, and as he uses this paint he will think intently and with dévotion of the symbols which he draws. This circle may then be initiated by a circumambulation, during which the magician invokes the names of God that are on it. Any person without sufficient ingenuity to devise proper methods of préparation for the other articles required is unlikely to make much of a magician; and we shall only waste space if we deal in detail with the préparation of each instrument. There is a definite instruction in Liber A vel Armorum, in the Equinox, Volume I, Number IV, as to the Lamp and the Four Elemental Weapons. — 6?