CHAPTER II 
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The Formulae of the Elemental Weapons. 
Before discussing magical formulae in detail, one may observe 
that most rituals are composite, and contain many formulae which 
must be harmonized into one. 
The fîrst formula is that of the wand. In the sphere of the 
principle which the magician wishes to invoke, he rises from point 
to point in a perpendicular line, and then descends 5 or else, 
beginning at the top, he cornes directly down, invoking fîrst the 
god of that sphere by devout supplication 1 that Fie may deign 
to send the appropriate Archangel. He then beseeches the 
Àrchangel to send the Angel or Angels of that sphere to his aid; 
he conjures this Angel or Angels to send the intelligence in 
question, and this intelligence he will conjure with authority to 
compel the obedience of the spirit and his manifestation. To this 
spirit he issues commands. 
It will be seen that this is a formula rather of évocation than of 
invocation, and for the latter the procedure, though apparently 
the same, should be conceived of in a difiFerent manner, which 
brings it under another formula, that of Tetragrammaton. The 
essence of the force invoked is one, but the “God” represents the 
germ or beginning of the force, the “Archangel” its development; 
and so on, until, with the “Spirit”, we hâve the completion and 
perfection of that force. 
I. Beware, O brother, lest thou bend the knee! Liber CCXX teaches 
the proper attitude. See also Liber CCCLXX. Infra, furthermore, there 
is spécial instruction : Chapter XV and elsewhere. 
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