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Word Power Incantation
The doctrine and practice that spoken or sung word carries causal-magical force — that uttering names, formulas, songs, or incantations alters reality directly rather than merely communicating about it. Vainamoinen's runo-songs that move mountains and command iron, Norse galdr, Vedic mantra, Shinto kotodama, the magician's barbarous names in the Greek Magical Papyri, Iamblichean arcane signatures and inexplicable symbols, biblical creation-by-word. Distinct from sacred_names (the ontological power of names themselves) and prayer (address to the divine); word_power_incantation is the magical-causal efficacy of the spoken word as such.
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◆The Kalevala | Rune IIb
“Wainamoinen, old and trusty, Thought awhile, and well considered, How to kill the mighty oak-tree, First created for his pleasure, How to fell the tree majestic, How to lop its hundred branches.
Sad the lives of man and hero, Sad the homes…”
◆The Kalevala | Rune IIc
“Straightway to the oak-tree turning, Thither stalks the mighty giant, In his raiment long and roomy, Flapping in the winds of heaven; With his second step he totters On the land of darker color; With his third stop firmly planted, Reaches h…”
◆The Kalevala | Rune IId
“Down from heaven came the eagle, Through the air be came a-flying, That he might this thing consider; And he spake the words that follow: "Wherefore, ancient Wainamoinen, Hast thou left the slender birch-tree, Left the birch-tree only stand…”
◆The Kalevala | Rune IIe
“Here a few days pass unnoted And as many nights fly over.
When the seventh day had journeyed, On the morning of the eighth day, Wainamoinen, wise and ancient, Went to view his crop of barley, How his plowing, how his sowing, How his labors…”
◆The Kalevala | Rune IIIa
“AND YOUKAHAINEN.
Wainamoinen, ancient minstrel, Passed his years in full contentment, On the meadows of Wainola, On the plains of Kalevala, Singing ever wondrous legends, Songs of ancient wit and wisdom, Chanting one day, then a second, Si…”
◆The Kalevala | Rune IIIb
“Instantly the prancing racer Springs away upon his journey; On he, restless, plunges northward, All day long be onward gallops, All the next day, onward, onward, So the third from morn till evening, Till the third day twilight brings him To…”
◆The Kalevala | Rune IIIc
“Slowly perches swim in Autumn, Wry-backed, hunting deeper water, Spawn in shallows in the summer, Bounding on the shore of ocean.
Should this wisdom seem too little, I can tell thee other matters, Sing thee other wizard sayings: All the No…”
◆The Kalevala | Rune IIId
“Thou wert never seen or heard of When the earth was first created, When were made the ether-spaces, When the air was crystal-pillared, When the Moon was placed in orbit, When the silver Sun was planted, When the Bear was firmly stationed, W…”
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◆The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | Ceremonial Magic and Sorcerya
“CEREMONIAL magic is the ancient art of invoking and controlling spirits by a scientific application of certain formulæ.
A magician, enveloped in sanctified vestments and carrying a wand inscribed with hieroglyphic figures, could by the pow…”
◆The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | Ceremonial Magic and Sorceryd
“For the third time I asked my question and he answered, 'I am as swift as human thought.' 'You shall serve me,' I replied.
This spirit was faithful for a long time, but to tell you how he served me is not possible in a document of this len…”
◆The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | Ceremonial Magic and Sorcerye
“On the place where you intend to make the circle, you must first draw a great cross with a large sword with which no one ever has been hurt.
Then you must make three concentric circles.
The innermost circle is made of a long narrow strip…”
◆The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | Hermetic Pharmacology, Chemistry, and Therapeuticsf
“In other words, germs were minute creatures born out of man's evil thoughts and actions.
The fourth cause of disease was what the Orientals called Karma , that is, the Law of Compensation, which demanded that the individual pay in full for…”
◆The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | Hermetic Pharmacology, Chemistry, and Therapeuticsk
“They know that every spoken word has tremendous power and that by certain arrangements of words they can create vortices of force in the invisible universe about them and thereby profoundly influence physical substance.
The Sacred Word by…”
◆The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | American Indian Symbolismi
“Concerning these rolls, Colonel Carrick Mallery writes: "To persons acquainted with secret societies, a good comparison for the Midewiwin charts would be what is called a trestleboard of a Masonic order, which is printed and published and p…”
◆Transcendental Magic I: The Doctrine (Éliphas Lévi) | Introductiona
“Behind the veil of all the hieratic and mystical allegories of ancient doctrines, behind the darkness and strange ordeals of all initiations, under the seal of all sacred writings, in the ruins of Nineveh or Thebes, on the crumbling stones…”
◆Transcendental Magic I: The Doctrine (Éliphas Lévi) | Introductionf
“Here I must pause, and I fear that already I have said too much.
I testify in fine that there is one sole, universal and imperishable dogma, strong as supreme reason; simple, like all that is great; intelligible, like all that is universal…”
◆Transcendental Magic I: The Doctrine (Éliphas Lévi) | Introductionh
“Thereafter he meets with the sphinx, that symbol of symbols, the eternal enigma of the vulgar, the granite pedestal of the sciences of the sages, the voracious and silent monster whose unchanging form expresses the one dogma of the Great Un…”
◆Transcendental Magic I: The Doctrine (Éliphas Lévi) | Introductioni
“Oedipus divined what was man and he put out his own eyes because he did not see what was God.
He divulged half of the Great Arcanum, and, to save his people, it was necessary for him to bear the remaining half of the terrible secret into e…”
◆Transcendental Magic I: The Doctrine (Éliphas Lévi) | Introductionj
“They sought the secret of the Great Work, the Philosophical Stone, the perpetual motion, the quadrature of the circle, the Universal Medicine - formulae which often saved them from persecution and hatred by causing them to be taxed with mad…”
◆Transcendental Magic I: The Doctrine (Éliphas Lévi) | Introductionl
“Paul burnt all books which treated of the occult sciences; and in fine, the French Revolution, daughter of the great Johannite Orient and the ashes of the Templars, spoliated the churches and blasphemed the allegories of the Divine Cultus.…”
◆Transcendental Magic I: The Doctrine (Éliphas Lévi) | 1. The Candidatea
“DISCIPLINA ENSOPH KETHERI WHEN a philosopher adopted as the basis for a new apocalypse of human wisdom the axiom: “I think, therefore I am”, in a measure he altered unconsciously, from the standpoint of Christian Revelation, the old concept…”
◆Transcendental Magic I: The Doctrine (Éliphas Lévi) | 1. The Candidatee
“Every figure is a character, every character derives from and returns into a word.
For this reason the ancient sages, of whom Trismegistus is the organ, formulated their sole dogma in these terms: “That which is above is like unto that whi…”
◆Transcendental Magic I: The Doctrine (Éliphas Lévi) | 1. The Candidatef
“There is only one dogma in Magic, and it is this: The visible is the manifestation of the invisible, or, in other terms, the perfect word, in things appreciable and visible, bears an exact proportion to the things which are inappreciable by…”
◆Transcendental Magic I: The Doctrine (Éliphas Lévi) | 2. The Pillars Of The Templea
“CHOKMAH DOMUS GNOSIS SCIENCE is the absolute and complete possession of truth.
Hence have the sages of all the centuries trembled before such an absolute and terrible word; they have hesitated in arrogating to themselves the first privileg…”
◆Transcendental Magic I: The Doctrine (Éliphas Lévi) | 3. The Triangle Of Solomona
“PLENITUDO VOCIS BINAH PHYSIS The perfect word is the triad, because it supposes an intelligent principle, a speaking principle and a principle spoken.
The Absolute, revealed by speech, endows this speech with a sense equivalent to itself,…”
◆Transcendental Magic I: The Doctrine (Éliphas Lévi) | 3. The Triangle Of Solomonc
“These shells, envelopes petrified or carnified, were such an expression possible, are the source of errors or of evil, which connects with the heaviness and hardness of animal envelopes.
In the book Zohar , and in that of the Revolution of…”
◆Transcendental Magic I: The Doctrine (Éliphas Lévi) | 4. The Tetragrama
“GEBURAH CHESED PORTA LIBRARUM ELEMENTA IN Nature there are two forces producing equilibrium, and these three constitute a single law.
Here, then, is the triad resumed in unity, and by adding the conception of unity to that of the triad we…”
◆Transcendental Magic I: The Doctrine (Éliphas Lévi) | 5. The Pentagrama
“GEBURAH ECCE HEREUNTO we have exposed the magical dogma in its more arid and abstruse phases; now the enchantments begin; now we can proclaim wonders and reveal most secret things.
The Pentagram signifies the domination of the mind over th…”
◆Transcendental Magic I: The Doctrine (Éliphas Lévi) | 6. Magical Equilibriumc
“Love is one of the great instruments of magical power, but it is categorically forbidden to the Magus, at least as an intoxication or passion.
Woe to the Samson of the Kabalah if he permit himself to be put asleep by Delilah!
The Hercules…”
◆Transcendental Magic I: The Doctrine (Éliphas Lévi) | 7. The Fiery Swordb
“The scenes which succeed one another in this wonderful prophetic epic are so many pantacles, the keys of which are the ternary, the quaternary, the septenary and the duodenary.
Its hieroglyphic figures are analogous to those of the Book of…”
◆Transcendental Magic I: The Doctrine (Éliphas Lévi) | 8. Realizationa
“HOD VIVENS CAUSES manifest by effects, and effects are proportioned to causes.
The Divine Word, the One Word, the Tetragram, is self-affirmed by tetradic creation.
Human fecundity proves divine fecundity; the JOD of the Divine Name is the…”
◆Transcendental Magic I: The Doctrine (Éliphas Lévi) | 8. Realizationc
“The Astral Body is not always of the same sex as the terrestrial, that is, the proportions of the two forces, varying from right to left, seem frequently to belie the visible organization, producing seeming aberrations of human passion and…”
◆Transcendental Magic I: The Doctrine (Éliphas Lévi) | 8. Realizationd
“Had not Urban Grandier been immolated, one of two things would have occurred: either the possessed nuns would have died in frightful convulsions or the phenomena of diabolical frenzy would have so gained in strength and influence, epidemica…”
◆Transcendental Magic I: The Doctrine (Éliphas Lévi) | 9. Initiationb
“He knows the failings of the human heart; he dares make use of them to achieve his work; and he is silent as to his purposes.
He knows the significance of all symbolisms and of all religions; he dares to practise or abstain from them witho…”
◆Transcendental Magic I: The Doctrine (Éliphas Lévi) | 10. The Kabalahb
“MALKUTH.-The Kingdom, meaning the universe, entire creation, the work and mirror of God, the proof of supreme reason, the formal consequence which compels us to have recourse to virtual premises, the enigma which has God for its answer - th…”
◆Transcendental Magic I: The Doctrine (Éliphas Lévi) | 13. Necromancyc
“You are possibly without the materials; I should like to show you a complete magical cabinet, but I must exact beforehand the most inviolable silence.
If you will not give me this pledge upon your honour, I shall give orders for you to be…”
◆Transcendental Magic I: The Doctrine (Éliphas Lévi) | 21. Divinationa
“DENTES FURCA AMENS THE AUTHOR of this book has dared many things in his life, and never has fear retained his thought a prisoner.
It is not at the same time without legitimate dread that he approaches the end of the magical doctrine.
It i…”
◆Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | Introductiona
“KNOWEST thou that old queen of the world who is on the march always and wearies never?
Every uncurbed passion, every selfish pleasure, every licentious energy of humanity, and all its tyrannous weakness, go before the sordid mistress of ou…”
◆Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | Introductionc
“If I weary in my long travellings, if my beauty be less mild than thine own, and if my garments are not unspotted, yet am I a noble daughter of heaven, even as thou art.
Leave me the secret of my terrible destiny, leave me the dread which…”
◆Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | Introductione
“Here is the common translation of the sacred text: “Now, the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made.” But this is what Moses says: This signifies, according to the version of Fabre d'Olivet: “Now, or…”
◆Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 3. The Triangle Of Pantaclesa
“THE Abbot Trithemius, who in Magic was the master of Cornelius Agrippa, explains, in his Steganography, the secret of Conjurations and Evocations after a very natural and philosophical manner, though possibly, for that very reason, too simp…”
◆Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 3. The Triangle Of Pantaclesb
“Nature is not outraged with impunity, and no one can play safely with unknown and incalculable forces.
It is this consideration which has led and will ever lead us to deny the vain curiosity of those who would see in order that they may be…”
◆Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 3. The Triangle Of Pantaclesc
“We may remark, in passing, that the author of the Apocalypse, that key of the Christian Kabalah, composed the number of the beast, that is to say, of idolatry, by adding a 6 to the double senary of ABRACADABRA, which gives 18 kabalistically…”
◆Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 4. The Conjuration Of The Foura
“THE four elementary forms separate and distinguish roughly the created spirits which the universal movement disengages from the central fire.
The spirit toils everywhere and fructifies matter by life; all matter is animated; thought and so…”
◆Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 4. The Conjuration Of The Fourb
“Prayer of the Sylphs Spirit of Light, Spirit of Wisdom, Who breath gives and takes away the form of all things; Thou before Whom the life of every being is; a shadow which transforms and a vapour which passes away; Thou who ascendest upon t…”
◆Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 4. The Conjuration Of The Fourc
“Prayer of the Undines Dread King of the Sea, Who hast the keys of the floodgates of heaven and dost confine the waters of the underworld in the caverns of earth; King of the deluge and the floods of springtime; Thou Who dost unseal the sour…”
◆Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 4. The Conjuration Of The Fourd
“The earth is exorcised by aspersion of water, by breathing and by fire, with the perfumes proper for each day and the Prayer of the Gnomes King invisible, Who, taking the earth as a support, didst furrow the abysses to fil them with Thine o…”
◆Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 4. The Conjuration Of The Foure
“Fulfil, Judgment, by fire in the virtue of Michael.
Angel of the blind eyes, obey, or pass away with this holy water!
Work, Winged Bull, or revert to the earth, unless thou wilt that I should pierce thee with this sword!
Chained Eagle, o…”
◆Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 5. The Blazing Pentagrama
“We proceed to the explanation and consecration of the Sacred and Mysterious Pentagram.
At this point, let the ignorant and superstitious close the book; they will either see nothing but darkness, or they will be scandalized.
The Pentagram…”
◆Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 5. The Blazing Pentagramb
“In the case of a spirit of darkness, the opposite course is pursued, but then the operator must be careful to set the end of the rod or the point of the sword upon the head of the Pentagram.
We have said that signs are the active voice of…”
◆Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 6. The Medium And Mediatorc
“Many persons will say that it is difficult and even impossible to attain such resolution, that strength in volition and energy in character are natural gifts.
I do not dispute it, but I would point out also that habit can reform nature; vo…”
◆Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 6. The Medium And Mediatord
“Should he resist, a fixed glance must be directed towards him, one thumb placed between his eyes and the other on his breast, so touching him lightly with a single and swift contact; the breath must be slowly drawn in and again breathed gen…”
◆Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 7. The Septenary Of Talismansf
“Then, taking up the Pantacle and sprinkling it with some drops of magical water, say: In the name of Eloim and by the spirit of the living waters, be thou unto me a sign of light and a sacrament of will.
Presenting it to the smoke of the p…”
◆Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 7. The Septenary Of Talismansg
“The wand and the other instruments, but the wand above all, must be concealed with care, and under no pretext should the Magus permit them to be seen or touched by the profane: otherwise they will lose all their virtue.
The mode of transmi…”
◆Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 7. The Septenary Of Talismansh
“The Seal of Hermes must be engraved on the pedestal, over which must be the two-headed androgyne of Khunrath.
A serpent devouring its own tail must encircle the lower part.
The Sign of Solomon must be inscribed on the reservoir.
Two glob…”
◆Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 11. The Triple Chaina
“The Great Work in Practical Magic, after the education of the will and the personal creation of the Magus, is the formation of the magnetic chain, and this secret is truly that of priesthood and of royalty.
To form the magnetic chain is to…”
◆Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 11. The Triple Chainb
“Mystification combined with it after wards, and even educated and intelligent persons were so infatuated with the novelty that they hoaxed themselves, and became the dupes of their own absurdity.
The oracles of the tables were answers more…”
◆Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 12. The Great Workb
“Here then is the great Hermetic Arcanum, and we reveal it for the first time clearly and devoid of mystical figures: that which the adepts term dead substances are bodies as found in Nature; living substances are those which have been assim…”
◆Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 13. Necromancyb
“An analogous and more recent fact has been certified to ourselves by ocular witnesses: a friend, betraying the confidence of one who had just died, tore up a trust-deed he had signed, whereupon the dead person rose up and lived to defend th…”
◆Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 13. Necromancyd
“Every evening at the same hour we must shut ourselves in the chamber consecrated to the memory of the lamented person, using only one small light, such as that of a funeral lamp or taper.
This light should be placed behind us, the portrait…”
◆Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 13. Necromancye
“The chafing-dish containing the sacred fire should be in the centre of the oratory and the altar of perfumes hard by.
The operator must turn towards the east to pray, and the west to invoke; he must be either alone or assisted by two perso…”
◆Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 13. Necromancyf
“Thus, a fatal law drives demons downward when they wish and believe themselves to be ascending.
So also those who term themselves chiefs are the most impotent and despised of all.
As to the horde of perverse spirits, they tremble before a…”
◆Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 13. Necromancyg
“There are also necromantic processes, comprising the tearing up of earth from graves with the nails, dragging out bones, placing them crosswise on the breast, then assisting at midnight mass on Christmas eve, and flying out of the church at…”
◆Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 14. Transmutationsa
“St.
Augustus speculates, as we have said, whether Apuleius could have been changed into an ass and then have resumed his human shape.
The same doctor might have concerned himself equally with the adventure of the comrades of Ulysses, tran…”
◆Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 14. Transmutationsc
“It should bear on the inner side the occult characters of the planets and on the outer their known signs, duplicated and in kabalistic opposition to each other; that is, five on the right and five on the left; the signs of the sun and moon…”
◆Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 14. Transmutationsd
“Elizabeth, a good and firm Christian like herself, and believing implicitly in the Real Presence of the Saviour in true human body upon an altar where he beheld only a wheaten host, why should he not believe in the real presence of roses in…”
◆Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 15. The Sabbath Of The Sorcerersf
“Can we be astonished after this at the spread of mediaeval superstition in our own day?
One thing only surprises me, that, believing in the devil and his agents, men do not rekindle the faggots.
M.
Veuillot is logical and demands it: one…”
◆Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 15. The Sabbath Of The Sorcerersg
“a black seamless and sleeveless robe must be provided; a leaden cap emblazoned with the signs of the moon, Venus and Saturn; two candles of human fat set in black wooden candlesticks, carved in the shape of a crescent; two crowns of vervain…”
◆Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 16. Witchcraft And Spellsa
“WHAT sorcerers and necromancers sought above all in their evocations of the impure spirit was that magnetic power which is the possession of the true adept, but was desired by them only that they might abuse it shamefully.
The folly of sor…”
◆Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 16. Witchcraft And Spellsb
“They are persuaded, and often rightly, that the victim of their infamous operations experiences as many tortures as if his own heart had been pierced at all points.
He begins to waste away and dies after a time of an unknown disease.
Anot…”
◆Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 16. Witchcraft And Spellsd
“For bewitchment by the waxen figure, a more perfect figure must be made, and set about as far as possible with things belonging to the person; seven talismans must be hung round the neck; it must be placed in the middle of a great Pantacle…”
◆Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 18. Philtres And Magnetisma
“Let us now adventure in Thessaly, the country of enchantments.
Here was Apuleius beguiled, like the companions of Ulysses, and underwent a humiliating metamorphosis.
Here all is magical - the birds that fly, the insects humming in the gra…”
◆Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 18. Philtres And Magnetismc
“Potions which enfeeble mind and disturb reason establish the empire already acquired by an evil will, and it was thus that the empress Caesonia is said to have fixed the savage love of Caligula.
Prussic acid is the most terrible agent in t…”
◆Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 18. Philtres And Magnetismd
“de Nancy, formerly ambassador of the most Christian King at Constantinople and then priest of the Oratory, Charles of Lorraine, Bishop of Verdun, two Sorbonne doctors specially deputed to assist, exorcised her frequently in Hebrew, in Greek…”
◆Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 19. The Mastery Of The Suna
“WE come now to that number which is attributed in the Tarot to the Sign of the Sun.
The denary of Pythagoras and the triad multiplied by itself represent wisdom in its application to the Absolute.
It is with the Absolute therefore that we…”
◆Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 20. The Thaumaturgea
“We have defined miracles as the natural effects of exceptional causes.
The immediate action of the human will upon bodies, or at least that action exercised without visible means, constitutes a miracle in the physical order.
The influence…”
◆Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 20. The Thaumaturgec
“Insufflation is one of the most important practices of occult medicine, because it is a perfect sign of the transmission of life.
To inspire, as a fact, means to breathe upon some person or thing, and we know already, by the one doctrine o…”
◆Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 20. The Thaumaturged
“Rabelais, who was a greater magician than he seemed, made pantagruelism his special panacea.
He compelled his patients to laugh, and all the remedies he administered subsequently succeeded the better in consequence.
He established a magne…”
◆Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 21. The Science Of The Prophetsc
“The Tarot was the sole book of the ancient Magi; it is the primitive Bible, as we shall prove in the following chapter, and the ancients consulted it as the first Christians at a later date consulted the Sacred Lots, that is, Bible verses s…”
◆Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 22. The Book Of Hermesj
“Thus the universal tradition of the one religion was broken for a moment, darkness or doubt spread over the whole earth, and it seemed in the eyes of ignorance, that true catholicism, the universal revelation, had disappeared for a space.…”
◆Transcendental Magic II: The Ritual (Éliphas Lévi) | 22. The Book Of Hermesl
“In the schools of seers the terrestrial globe was represented by an egg of pasteboard or painted wood, and when young children were asked, ‘What is this egg?’ they answered, ‘It is the earth.’ Those older children, the barbarians, hearing t…”
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◆The Mabinogion | Tale THE LADY OF THE FOUNTAINc
“The man looked upon me, and he smiled and said, ‘If I did not fear to distress thee too much, I would show thee that which thou seekest.’ Upon this I became anxious and sorrowful, and when the man perceived it, he said, ‘If thou wouldest ra…”
◆The Mabinogion | Tale THE LADY OF THE FOUNTAINg
“And as long as thou concealest it, it will conceal thee.
When they have consulted together, they will come forth to fetch thee, in order to put thee to death; and they will be much grieved that they cannot find thee.
And I will await thee…”
◆The Mabinogion | Tale THE LADY OF THE FOUNTAINl
““My lord Arthur,” said Gwalchmai, “here is Owain, who has vanquished me, and will not take my arms.” “My lord,” said Owain, “it is he that has vanquished me, and he will not take my sword.” “Give me your swords,” said Arthur, “and then neit…”
◆The Mabinogion | Tale PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWCn
“And Peredur put on garments like those that Gwalchmai wore, and they went together unto Arthur, and saluted him.
“Behold, lord,” said Gwalchmai, “him whom thou hast sought so long.” “Welcome unto thee, chieftain,” said Arthur.
“With me th…”
◆The Mabinogion | Tale PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWCr
“And being elated with the liquor, he said to the black man, “It is a marvel to me, so mighty as thou sayest thou art, who could have put out thine eye.” “It is one of my habits,” said the black man, “that whosoever puts to me the question w…”
◆The Mabinogion | Tale PEREDUR THE SON OF EVRAWC|
““I will give thee,” said the King, “my daughter in marriage, and half my kingdom with her, and the two Earldoms as a gift.” “Heaven reward thee, lord,” said Peredur, “but I came not here to woo.” “What seekest thou then, chieftain?” “I am s…”
◆The Mabinogion | Tale GERAINT THE SON OF ERBINz
“But the third turned upon him, and struck him with his club, so that he split his shield, and crushed his shoulder, and opened his wounds anew, and all his blood began to flow from him.
But Geraint drew his sword, and attacked the giant, a…”
◆The Mabinogion | Tale GERAINT THE SON OF ERBIN}
“And Geraint called for his horse and his armour, and he accoutred both himself and his horse.
And all the hosts went forth until they came to the side of the hedge, and the hedge was so lofty, that it reached as high as they could see in t…”
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◆The Poetic Edda: Hovamol | Section 1b
“Hail to the giver!
| a guest has come; Where shall the stranger sit?
Swift shall he be who, | with swords shall try The proof of his might to make.
[1.
This stanza is quoted by Snorri, the second line being omitted in most of the Prose…”
◆The Poetic Edda: Hovamol | Section 1c
“Gunnloth : the daughter of the giant Suttung, from whom Othin won the mead of poetry.
For this episode see stanzas 104-110.
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Fjalar : apparently another name for Suttung.
This stanza, and probably 13, seem to have been inserted as il…”
◆The Poetic Edda: Hovamol | Section 1f
“Fire for men | is the fairest gift, And power to see the sun; Health as well, | if a man may have it, And a life not stained with sin.
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All wretched is no man, | though never so sick; Some from their sons have joy, Some win it from kin…”
◆The Poetic Edda: Hovamol | Section 1g
“The stanza-form is so irregular as to show either that something has been lost or that there have been interpolations.
The manuscript indicates no lacuna; Gering fills out the assumed gap as follows: "Certain is that which is sought from r…”
◆The Poetic Edda: Hovamol | Section 1i
“50 Foul scorn was my meed | from the crafty maid, And nought from the woman I won.
* * * 103.
Though glad at home, | and merry with guests, A man shall be wary and wise; The sage and shrewd, | wide wisdom seeking, Must see that his speech…”
◆The Poetic Edda: Hovamol | Section 1j
“On his ring swore Othin | the oath, methinks; Who now his troth shall trust?
Suttung's betrayal | he sought with drink, And Gunnloth to grief he left.
* * * 111.
It is time to chant | from the chanter's stool; By the wells of Urth I was,…”
◆The Poetic Edda: Hovamol | Section 1k
“I saw a man | who was wounded sore By an evil woman's word; A lying tongue | his death-blow launched, And no word of truth there was.
119.
I rede thee, Loddfafnir!
| and hear thou my rede,-- Profit thou hast if thou hearest, Great thy ga…”
◆The Poetic Edda: Hovamol | Section 1l
“| and hear thou my rede,- Profit thou hast if thou hearest, Great thy gain if thou learnest: I bid thee be wary, | but be not fearful; (Beware most with ale or another's wife, And third beware | lest a thief outwit thee.) [129.
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◆Agrippa: The Philosophy of Natural Magic, Chapter II — What Magic Is, What Are the Parts Thereof, and How the Professors Thereof Must Be Qualified | Chapter II, Section 1b
“It instructs us also concerning Faith, Miracles, the virtues of Words and Figures , the secret operations and mysteries of Seals; and, as Apuleius saith, it teacheth us rightly to understand and to be skilled in the Ceremonial Laws, the equ…”
◆Agrippa: The Philosophy of Natural Magic, Chapter XL — Of Bindings; What Sort They Are Of, and in What Ways They Are Wont to Be Done | Chapter XL, Section 1
“CHAPTER XL. Of Bindings; What Sort They Are Of, and in What Ways They Are Wont to Be Done . We have spoken concerning the virtues and wonderful efficacy of natural things. It remains now that we understand a thing of great wonderment—and it…”
◆Agrippa: The Philosophy of Natural Magic, Chapter LI — Of Certain Observations, Producing Wonderful Virtues | Chapter LI, Section 1a
“CHAPTER LI.
Of Certain Observations, Producing Wonderful Virtues .
They say that certain acts and observations have a certain power of natural things; that they believe diseases may be expelled, or brought thus and thus.
So they say that…”
◆Agrippa: The Philosophy of Natural Magic, Chapter LXIX — Of Speech, and the Occult Virtue of Words | Chapter LXIX, Section 1
“CHAPTER LXIX. Of Speech, and the Occult Virtue of Words . It being shown that there is a great power in the affections of the soul, you must know, moreover, that there is no less virtue in words and the names of things, and greatest of all…”
◆Agrippa: The Philosophy of Natural Magic, Chapter LXX — Of the Virtue of Proper Names | Chapter LXX, Section 1
“CHAPTER LXX. Of the Virtue of Proper Names . That the proper names of things are very necessary in Magical Operations, almost all men testify. For the natural power of things proceeds, first, from the objects to the senses, and then from th…”
◆Agrippa: The Philosophy of Natural Magic, Chapter LXXI — Of Many Words Joined Together, as in Sentences and Verses; and of the Virtues and Astrictions of Charms | Chapter LXXI, Section 1a
“CHAPTER LXXI.
Of Many Words Joined Together, as in Sentences and Verses; and of the Virtues and Astrictions of Charms .
Besides the virtues of words and names, there is also a greater virtue found in sentences, from the truth contained in…”
◆Agrippa: The Philosophy of Natural Magic, Chapter LXXI — Of Many Words Joined Together, as in Sentences and Verses; and of the Virtues and Astrictions of Charms | Chapter LXXI, Section 1b
“By the quality, therefore, of this spirit, and by the celestial similitude, thereof (besides those things which have already been spoken of) verses, also, from the opportunity of time, receive from above most excellent virtues; and, indeed,…”
◆Agrippa: The Philosophy of Natural Magic, Chapter LXXII — Of the Wonderful Power of Enchantments | Chapter LXXII, Section 1
“CHAPTER LXXII. Of the Wonderful Power of Enchantments . They say that the power of enchantments and verses is, so great, that it is believed they are able to subvert almost all Nature. Apuleius saith that with a magical whispering, swift ri…”
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◆Avesta (Gathas) | Ahunavaiti Gatha, Yasna XXVIII, Section 1a
“1.
(A strengthening blessing 1 is the thought, a blessing is the word, a blessing is the deed of the righteous Zarathu s tra.
May the Bountiful Immortals 2 accept and help on 3 the chants.
Homage to you, O sacred Gâthas 4 !) 2.
With ven…”
◆Avesta (Gathas) | Ahunavaiti Gatha, Yasna XXXI, Section 1a
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These doctrines (therefore) we are earnestly declaring to You as we recite them forth from memory, words (till now) unheard 1 (with faith) by those who by means of the doctrinal vows 2 of the harmful Lie are delivering the settlements o…”
◆Avesta (Gathas) | Ahunavaiti Gatha, Yasna XXXII, Section 1c
“(And) this entire 3 (reward of the righteous) is from that Best One who teaches 4 in the wide (mental) light of the pious 5 , ruling (as supreme), O Mazda Ahura 6 !
whose are my woes and my p.
67 doubtings 1 (yea, they lie in His power to…”
◆Avesta (Gathas) | Ushtavaiti Gatha, Yasna XLIII, Section 1b
“102 righteous may I be a mighty help and joy 1 , since to preparations 2 for Thy Kingdom, and in desire (for its approach), I would devote myself so long as to Thee, O Mazda!
I may praise, and weave my song.
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Yea, I conceived of Thee a…”
◆Avesta (Gathas) | Ushtavaiti Gatha, Yasna XLIV, Section 1b
“This I ask Thee, O Ahura!
tell me aright, how to myself shall I hallow 7 the Faith of Thy people, p.
116 which the beneficent kingdom's lord hath taught me, even the admonitions which He called Thine equal, hath taught me through His loft…”
◆Avesta (Gathas) | Spenta Mainyu Gatha, Yasna L, Section 1a
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What aids of grace hast Thou for Thine invoking Zarathu s tra, (O Ahura Mazda!) to grant him through Thy Righteous Order?
Yea, what (aids of 2 grace hast thou for me as) through Thy Good Mind given (within my soul), for m…”
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◆Adapa and the Food of Life | Section 1a
“ADAPA AND THE FOOD OF LIFE .
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He (Ea) granted him a wide ear to reveal the destiny of the land, He granted him wisdom, but he did not grant him eterna…”
◆Epic of Gilgamesh: Tablet I — The Tyranny of Gilgamish and the Creation of Enkidu | Tablet I, Section 1b
“Gilgamish leaveth no son to his father, [his arrogance swelling] (Each) day and night; aye, he is the shepherd of Erech, [the high-wall’d], 25.
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◆Epic of Gilgamesh: Tablet VI — Ishtar and the Bull of Heaven | Tablet VI, Section 1c
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