Full Description
This book is about the evocation of spirits and the cryptography associated with them. To date only Books I & III have been published in English but without the essential detailed Spirit Registers covering 32 spirits. This edition has rectified that deficiency, and has added a translation of Book II (containing a further 25 spirits) and Book IV which related the Steganographia to Paracelsus, the Almadel and the Shemhammaphorash of Solomon, Adam and Moses. So at last the whole Steganographia is available in English with full explanations by Stephen Skinner.
Contents
Introduction
Biography of the Benedictine Abbot
The MANUSCRIPT
Manuscript Summary Contents
Table of Directions
Advice to the Reader
Apology for the marvellous natural and supernatural effects
Oath by the author on the goodness and honesty of this Art
FIRST BOOK of the Steganographia
Chapters 1-32 Angels of the Steganographia
SECOND BOOK of the Steganographia
Chapters 1-25 Other Spirits and Demons
THIRD BOOK of the Steganographia
The Angels of Saturn
Angel Orifiel
Angel Sadael
Angel Poniel
FOURTH BOOK of the Steganographia
Book of Sacred Numbers - First Part
Chapter 1: The Numbers of the Elements
Chapter 2: Of the Numbers of each Particular Being
Chapter 3: Of the Number of Beings or Uncertain Spirits
Chapter 4: Of the Number of Bad Spirits
Chapter 5: Of the Differences between Good and Bad Spirits
Chapter 6: Of the Nature of Evil Spirits
Chapter 7: Of the Differences between Good and Bad Intelligences
Book of Sacred Numbers - Second Part
Chapter 1: Real ways to achieve success with the Sacred Numbers
Chapter 2: How many numbers to use when you do an operation
Chapter 3: The Different types of Number used for the operations
Chapter 4: The Explanation of the Numbers in the previous chapter
The Veritable secrets
The True Way to make the Magical Bell
Warning to Disciples
Manner of Preparing the Parchment for operations of our Art
Table of Proper Movement and Particulars of the Celestial Spheres
Table of the Particular Course of the 7 Planets in the Zodiac
The Shemhammaphorash of Solomon
The Order of operations
The First Order of the East
The Second to Twelfth Orders
Adjuration
The Almadel
The 4 Regions of the 4 Elements
The Shemhammaphorash of Adam
First Conjuration
Of the Figure
The Figure of the Almadel
Style of the Almadel
The Shemhammaphorash of Moses
Annotations.
