Here follow the holy pentacles, expressed in their proper figures and characters, together with their special virtues; for the use of the master of art.

From this Head Crafter: References from the Hebrew testament are given from the Hebrew arrangement , and placed into the context they have come from. This makes it easier for me to understand the story (spell, from Speil, story) that gives this verse power. Unless I specifically lay claim to a translation, all Hebrew Testament quotes are taken from Hebrew-English Tanakh: the traditional Hebrew text and the new JPS translation; 2^nd ed. Jewish Publication Society; 1999.

THE MOON.

Figure 49. — The First Pentacle of the Moon. — This and the following serve to call forth and invoke the Spirits of the Moon; and it further serveth to open doors, in whatever way they may be fastened.

Editor’s Note. — The Pentacle is a species of hieroglyphic representation of a door or gate. In the centre is written the Name Ihova. On the right hand are the Names IHV, Ihova, AL, and IHH. On the left hand are the Names of the Angels: Schioel, Vaol, Yashiel, and Vehiel. The versicle above the Names on either side is from Psalm 107.6 — “For He shattered gates of bronze, He broke their iron bars.”

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Compare this pentacle with the Necronomicon (Avon Books). This pentacle is very much like The Gate of Nanna, called Sin.

Figure 50. — The Second Pentacle of the Moon. — This serveth against all perils and dangers by water, and if it should chance that the Spirits of the Moon should excite and cause great rain and exceeding tempests about the Circle, in order to astonish and terrify thee; on showing unto them this Pentacle, it will all speedily cease.

Editor’s Note. — A hand pointing to the Name El, and to that of the Angel Abariel. The versicle is from Psalm 56.12 — “In God I trust; I am not afraid; What can man do to me?”

Figure 51. — The Third Pentacle of the Moon. — This being duly borne with thee when upon a journey, if it be properly made, serveth against all attacks by night, and against every kind of danger and peril by Water.

Editor’s Note.-The Names Aub and Vevaphel. The versicle is from Psalm 40.14 — “O favor me, Ihovah, and save me; O Ihovah, hasten to my aid.

Figure 52. — The Fourth Pentacle of the Moon. — This defendeth thee from all evil sorceries, and from all injury unto soul or body. Its Angel, Sophiel, giveth the knowledge of the virtue of all herbs and stones; and unto whomsoever shall name him, he will procure the knowledge of all.

Editor’s Note. — The Divine Name Eheieh Asher Eheieh, and the Names of the Angels Yahel and Sophiel. The versicle is: — ‘Let them be confounded who persecute me, and let me not be confounded; let them fear,and not I.’

Figure 53. — The Fifth Pentacle of the Moon. — It serveth to have answers in sleep. Its Angel Iachadiel serveth unto destruction and loss, as well as unto the destruction of enemies. Thou mayest also call upon him by Abdon and Dalé against all Phantoms of the night, and to summon the souls of the departed from Hades.

Editor’s Note. — The Divine Names Ihova and Elohim, a mystical character of the Moon, and the Names of the Angels Iachadiel and Azarel. The versicle is from Psalm 68.2 — “God will arise, His enemies shall be scattered, His foes shall flee before Him.”

Figure 54—The Sixth and Last Pentacle of the Moon.—This is wonderfully good, and serveth excellently to excite and cause heavy rains, if it be engraved upon a plate of silver; and if it be placed under water, as long as it remaineth there, there will be rain. It should be engraved, drawn, or written in the day and hour of the Moon.

Editor’s Note —The Pentacle is composed of mystical characters of the Moon, surrounded by a versicle from Genesis 7.11-12 — “In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day

[This is the end of the Holy Pentacles, in all which I have, to the best of my power, restored the Hebrew letters and mystical characters correctly. I have further given nearly every versicle in pointed Hebrew, instead of in the Latin; so that the Occult student might not be inconvenienced by having to search out the same in a Hebrew Bible. The restoration of the Hebrew letters in the body of the Pentacles has been a work of immense difficulty, and has extended over several years.]

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The Balance of this plate is a compilation of the many tools used for this Key. I have dissected these pages, and made the individual figures available near the paragraph that refers to them.

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