Abramelin Sacred Magick 1

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by Ladislaus, he was forced to implore the support of the Emperor Sigismond. The latter consented to
grant him his protection, but on the sole condition of the convocation of the Council of Constance.
After much hesitation, and after having taken every possible precaution to ensure his personal safety,
John XXIII. consented to the assembling of the Council, which he opened 7th November, 1414.
Being then summoned to lay aside the Papal Mitre, he judged it prudent to consent; but a few days
later, he succeeded in escaping in disguise, during a tournament given by the Duke of Austria. He
retired to Lauffembourg, and protested against the abdication, which he declared to have been
obtained from him by force. The Council was for a moment struck with fear and consternation, but
the firmness of the Emperor Sigismond, coupled with the effect of the declaration of J. Gerson that
the General Councils had higher authority than the Papacy, prevailed. John XXIII. was summoned to
appear before the Council, but refused; and soon after, being abandoned by the Duke of Austria, who
was too weak to resist the power of the Emperor, he was arrested at Fribourg, and conducted to
Rudolfcell. On the 29th May, 1415, this Pontiff was solemnly deposed by the Council of Constance as
being given to simony, impudent, a secret poisoner, and a spendthrift of the wealth of the Church; and
was imprisoned in the Castle of Heidelberg. At the end of four years he recovered his liberty, on
payment of 30,000 golden crowns, and went to Rome, where he made his submission to Martin V.,
and was by him appointed Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati, and Senior of the Sacred College. He died a
few months later at Florence, either of anxiety or by poison.
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Either Ernest or William I. of Bavaria. They were brothers, and reigned conjointly. From his calling
the Duke of Bavaria, his Lord, it would appear that he was living under his dominion, but it is curious
that up to this point Abraham has never mentioned the name of his own town.
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Constantine Palaeologos, who was the thirteenth and last Greek Emperor. He was killed, and
Constantinople taken by the Turks under Mahomet II. The direct descendant of Constantine
Palaeologos today, is the Princess Eug�nie di Cristoforo-Palxologae-Nicephorae-Comnenae.
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A deux doigts de sa perte.
42
This chapter is entitled Concerning the Convocation of the Good Spirits .
43
Thus in MS.-? Saxonia.
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Quelques hableurs.
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Of Abramelin the Mage
45
Herbipolis is the Latin mediaeval name of the town of Wurtzbourg in Bavaria. It seems from this
passage that it was probably the city of Abraham the Jew, and therefore the one intended a few
paragraphs before where he speaks of the Bishop of our town . Wurzbourg and the surrounding
district formed a Bishopric, and in the time of Abraham it was the scene of constant struggles between
the Bishop and his party, and the burghers. Later, formidable persecutions against the Jews took place
there, and many edicts were promulgated against witchcraft.
46
This is evidently an error for either the sixth, the sixteenth, or the twenty-eighth chapter; probably
the latter.
47
To make oneself loved by a relation.
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The Eighteenth Chapter is entitled: How to heal divers maladies .
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I.e. the Third Book.
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The Second Chapter is entitled: How to obtain information and be enlightened concerning every
kind of proposition and all doubtful sciences .
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The Eighth Chapter is entitled: How to excite Tempests .
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To know all sorts of matters past and to come, which are, however, not opposed to God and to His
Holy Will!
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Thus spelt here.
54
As I have pointed out in my Kabbalah Unveiled, I consider this a truer orthography than
Cabala, or Kabbalah .
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Troque ou change.
56
That is to say the True and Unwritten Qabalah, which is the Ancient Egyptian Magical Wisdom;
and not later Hebrew perversions thereof.
57
That is to say the Administrators of the First Cause, ie. the various Divine Powers, or Gods and
Goddesses, who act more directly on matter.
58
Abraham here alludes to the period of preparation required from the Neophyte, as described later.
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Regarding the Hierarchies, see end of Third Book.
60
Thus in the Indian Mantras the force and mystery of the Words themselves is especially insisted
on.
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Les deffits
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I.e., the Demon.
63
There is a very large species of Spider, which can even capture and kill small birds, but it is only met
with in tropical regions, especially in Central America and Martinique; the zoological name of this
species is Hygak.
64
Here a word is evidently omitted in the MS. by a slip. It should probably read of my God .
65
This is a very usual expression in Qabalistic Books to denote a valuable collection of Occult or
Magical information.
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It is noticeable how constantly Abraham the Jew insists upon this point.
67
This word in Greek would mean exhausted in every way or hemmed in and hindered on every
side .
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I.e., the Angels.
69
The following instructions recall some of Cagliostro's methods of magical working.
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The Sacred Magic
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Ie., the Child.
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Ie., the Operator.
72
Ie., the lamen of silver, previously alluded to.
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