The Lesser Key of Solomon (Goetia) 25The License to Depart
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The Lesser Key of Solomon (Goetia) 25
The License to Depart
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O thou Spirit N., because thou hast diligently answered unto my demands, and hast been very ready and willing to come at my call, I do here license thee to depart unto thy proper place; without causing harm or danger unto man or beast. Depart, then, I say, and be thou very ready to come at my call, being duly exorcised and conjured by the sacred rites of magic. I charge thee to withdraw peaceably and quietly, and the peace of GOD be ever continued between thee and me! AMEN!
After thou hast given the Spirit license to depart, thou art not to go out of the circle until he or they be gone, and until thou shalt have made prayers and rendered thanks unto God for the great blessings He hath bestowed upon thee in granting thy desires, and delivering thee from all the malice of the enemy the devil.
Also note! Thou mayest command these spirits into the Vessel of Brass in the same manner as thou dost into the triangle, by saying: “that thou dost forthwith appear before this Circle, in this Vessel of Brass, in a fair and comely shape,” etc., as hath been shown in the fore-going conjurations.
Here interpolate the name of the Spirit desired to be invocated. In some of the Codices there are faint variations in the form of wording of the conjurations, but not sufficient to change the sense, e. g., “Tartarean abode” for “Tartarean seat,” etc.
In some “By the Seat of Adonai” or “By the Throne of Adonai.” In these conjurations and elsewhere in the body of the text I have given the divine names correctly.
It will depend on the quarter to which the Spirit is attributed, which of the four chief kings are to be invoked.
This box should evidently be in metal or in something which does not take fire easily.
In some codices this is called “the Curse” only; but in one or two the “Spirits’ Chain” is called “the Lesser Curse,” and this the “Greater Curse.”
In the Latin, “Bathal vel Vathat super Abrac ruens! Abeor veniens super Aberer!”
