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The Hermetic axiom that the structure of the cosmos is reflected at every scale — 'as above, so below; as within, so without' — making each level a legible map of the others.

The ritual links specific Psalms and divine names to physical figures cut on a skin, reflecting the Hermetic principle of connecting spiritual forces to material forms.

The divine reason, word, or ordering principle through which the universe was created; mediates between the transcendent God and the material world.

The passage quotes the Gospel of John ('IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD'), invoking the concept of the divine Word/Logos.

Numbers, proportions, and mathematical relationships as the underlying structure of divine reality.

The text references 'Seventy-two Sacred Names' and specific numerical durations ('three days'), implying significance in numbers.

Direct address to the divine, whether petitionary, contemplative, or liturgical; speech and silence offered upward.

The text includes multiple recitations of Psalms and liturgical prayers ('Glory be to Thee', 'Hosanna') as central components of the ritual.

The maintenance of a state of cleanliness—physical, moral, or spiritual—required for encounter with the divine.

Instructions specify using a 'new knife' and drying the skin in the sun for three days, indicating requirements for ritual cleanliness and preparation.

Divine names or formulas that carry ontological power, used in prayer, liturgy, or magical practice.

The passage explicitly lists 'The Seventy-two Sacred Names of God' and instructs the use of specific divine names in ritual context.

Iamblichean ritual practice that engages the gods directly through consecrated material symbols and actions, on the premise that divine power descends into properly prepared matter — distinct from philosophical contemplation alone.

The passage details a ritual practice involving consecrated material symbols (skin, figures) and liturgical actions intended to engage divine power.

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.

The text prescribes reciting specific Psalms and verses (e.g., 'Deus, judicium tuum regi da') as integral parts of the magical operation to effect change.