Page. ADVERTISEMENT 1 Introduction 3 Of the Influences of the Stars ib. The Use and Abuse of Astrology, &c. 4 An Oration to God 9 Of Natural Magic in general 10 The First Principles of Natural Magic 13 BOOK I.--PART I. CHAP. I. Natural Magic defined; of Man; his Creation, Divine Image, and Fall; and of the spiritual and magical Virtue of the Soul ib. CHAP. II. Of the Wonders of Natural Magic, displayed in a Variety of sympathetic and occult Operations, in Animals, Minerals, and Vegetables, treated of miscellaneously 24 Of the Serpent 28 CHAP. III. Of Amulets, Charms, and Enchantments; an Amulet for the Flux of Blood 30 CHAP. IV. Of Unctions, Philters, Potions, &c. 32 Their magical Virtue 33 CHAP. V. Of Magical Suspensions and Alligations; shewing by what power they are efficacious in Natural Magic 34 CHAP. VI. Of Antipathies 35 CHAP. VII. Of the occult Virtues of Things which are inherent in them only in their Lives, and such as remain in them after Death 37 CHAP. VIII. Of the wonderful Virtues of some Kinds of precious Stones 39 CHAP. IX Of the Mixtures of Natural Things one with another, and the Production of Monsters 41 CHAP. X. Of the Art of Fascination, Binding, Sorceries, Magical Confections, Lights, Candles, Lamps, &c. being the conclusion of Natural Magic 44 ALCHYMY. The Secret of the Philosophers' Stone 51 Epistle to Museus 53 Epistle to the Reader 55 Of Alchymy, and its Divine Origin 56 Discovered to Man by Uriel ib. Zoroaster made Gold from the Seven Metals ib. Zoroaster was the Father of Alchymists ib. The Authors who have wrote upon it ib. The comparison of Alchymists 57 What an Adept is ib. Van Helmont's Account of Alchymy 58 Kircher's Account of Alchymists ib. The Description of the Philosophers' Stone ib. Account of a real Transmutation 59 Account of Flammel, the Alchymist ib History of Butler's Universal Medicine ib. What is not universally understood generally referred to the Black Art 63 Of the Preparation necessary to qualify a Man for the Search of the Philosophers' Stone 64 Of the Prima Materia ib. Ten Lessons, teaching the Transmutation of base Metals into Gold 64 Lesson XI. XII. XIII. and XIV. teaching the Manner of extracting the Prima Materia of the Lapis Philosophorum; and the Use it is of in purifying imperfect Metals, to Change them into good Gold 68 PART II. CHAP I. Of the Four Elements, and their Natural Qualities 73 CHAP. II. Of the Properties and wonderful Nature of Fire and Earth 75 CHAP. III. Of the Water and Air 77 CHAP. IV. Of compound or mixed Bodies; in what Manner they relate to the Elements; and how the Elements correspond to the Souls, Senses, and Dispositions of Men 81 CHAP. V. That the Elements are in Stars, Devils, Angels, Intelligences, and in God himself 83 CHAP. VI. That the Wisdom of God works by second Causes is proved beyond Dispute in this Chapter 85 CHAP. VII. Of the Spirit of the World 87 CHAP. VIII. Of the Seals and Characters impressed by Celestials upon Natural Things 88 CHAP. IX. Of the Virtue and Efficacy of Perfumes; and to what Planets they are attributed 89 CHAP. X. Of the Composition of Perfumes attributed to the Planets 92 General Fumes of the Planets 93 CHAP. XI. Of the magical Virtue of Rings 94 CHAP. XII. That the Passions of the Mind are assisted by Celestials; and how necessary the constancy of the Mind is in every Work 96 CHAP. XIII. How a Man's Mind may be joined with the Celestial Spirits and Intelligences, and with them impress wonderful Virtues upon inferior Things 97 CHAP. XIV. Shewing the Necessity of Mathematical Knowledge; and of the great Power and Efficacy of Numbers in the Construction of Talismans, &c. 99 CHAP. XV. The great Virtues of Numbers, as well in natural as super-natural Things 102 CHAP. XVI. Of the Scales of Numbers; the Scale of Unity 103 CHAP. XVII. Of the Number Two, and the Scale 104 CHAP. XVIII. Of the Number Three, and the Scale 106 CHAP. XIX. Of the Number Four, and the Scale 108 CHAP. XX. Of the Number Five, and the Scale 114 CHAP. XXI. Of the Number Six, and the Scale 115 CHAP. XXII. Of the Number Seven, and the Scale 117 CHAP. XXIII. Of the Number Eight, and the Scale 128 CHAP. XXIV. Of the Number Nine, and the Scale 130 CHAP. XXV. Of the Number Ten, and the two Scales 132 CHAP. XXVI. Of the Numbers Eleven and Twelve, with the Scale of the Number Twelve 136 CHAP. XXVII. Of the Notes of the Hebrews and Chaldeans, and other Characters used by Magicians 140 CHAP. XXVIII. The magical Tables of the Planets, their Form and Virtue; with the Divine Names, Intelligences, and Spirits that are set over them 142 CHAP. XXIX. Of the Observation of the Celestials necessary in all magical Works 148 CHAP. XXX When the Planets are most powerful 149 CHAP. XXXI. Observations oil the fixed Stars, with their Names and Nature 150 CHAP. XXXII. Of the Sun and Moon, and their magical Considerations 152 CHAP. XXXIII. Of the Twenty-eight Mansions of the Moon, and their Virtues 153 CHAP. XXXIV. That some artificial Things, as Images, Seals, and the like, may derive Virtue from the Celestial Bodies 157 CHAP. XXXV. Of the Images of the Zodiac; what Virtues, being engraven, they receive from the Stars 158 CHAP. XXXVI. Of the Images of the Seven Planets; Images of Saturn 159 CHAP. XXXVII. Of the Images of Jupiter 160 CHAP. XXXVIII. Images of Mars 161 CHAP. XXXIX. Images of the Sun 162 CHAP. XL. Images of Venus ib. CHAP. XLI. Images of Mercury 163 CHAP. XLII. Images of the Moon 164 CHAP. XLIII. Images of the Dragon's Head and Dragon's Tail ib. CHAP. XLIV. Images of the Twenty-eight Mansions of the Moon 165 CHAP. XLV. That human Imprecations naturally impress their Powers upon external Things; and how Man's Mind, through a Degree of Dependencies, ascends into the Intelligible World, and becomes like the more sublime Spirits and Intelligences 168 CHAP. XLVI. The Conclusion of Talismanic Magic; in which is included the Key of all that has been written upon the Subject; shewing the Practice of Images, and the Composition of Talismans, by way of Example; and, likewise, the necessary Observations of the Celestials requisite for the Perfection of all Talismanic Operations 172 BOOK II.--PART I. MAGNETISM 3 CHAP. I. Of the Magnetic or Attractive Faculty 4 CHAP. II. Of Sympathetic Medicines 8 CHAP. III. Of the Magnetic or Sympathetic Unguent; the Power of Sympathy, Armary, Unguent; and curing of Wounds, Ecstasies, Witchcraft, Mummies, &c. 9 CHAP. IV. Of the Weapon Salve 12 CHAP. V. Of the Imaginative Power, and the Magnetism of the Natural Spirits, Mummial Attraction, Sympathies of Astral Spirits, and their Bodies, upon which is founded the whole Art of Necromancy 13 CHAP. VI. Of Witchcraft in particular 18 CHAP. VII. Of the Vital Spirit 20 CHAP. VIII. Of the Magical Power, &c. 22 CHAP. IX. Of exciting or stirring up the Magical Virtue 24 CHAP. X. Of the Magical Virtue of the Soul, and the Medium it Acts by 27 The End of the Magnetism 29 CABALISTICAL MAGIC. CHAP. I. Of the Cabala, &c 33 CHAP. II. What Dignity and Preparation is necessary to Him who would become a true Magician 34 CHAP. III. That the Knowledge of the true God is necessary for a Magician 35 CHAP. IV. Of Divine Emanations, and Ten Sephiroths, and Ten most sacred Names of God which rule them, and their Interpretation ib. CHAP. V. Of the Power and Virtue of the Divine Names 39 CHAP. VI. Of Intelligences and Spirits; and of the threefold Kinds of them, and their different Names; and of Infernal and Subterraneous Spirits 42 CHAP. VII. Of the Order of Evil Spirits; their Fall, and different Natures 46 CHAP. VIII. The Annoyance of Evil Spirits, and the Preservation we have from Good Spirits 49 CHAP. IX. That there is a threefold Keeper of Man; and from whence each proceeds 52 CHAP. X. Of the Tongues of Angels, and their speaking amongst themselves, and with us 53 CHAP. XI. Of the Names of Spirits, and their various Imposition; and of the Spirits that are set over the Stars, Signs, Corners of the Heavens, and the Elements 55 CHAP. XII. How the Cabalists draw forth the Names of Angels from Sacred Writ; and of the Seventy-two Angels that bear the Names of God; with the Tables of Ziruph, and the Commutations of Names and Numbers 58 CHAP. XIII. Of finding out the Names of Spirits and Genii, from the Disposition of the Celestial Bodies 60 CHAP. XIV. Of the calculating Art of such Names, by the Tradition of the Cabalists 61 CHAP. XV. Of the Characters and Seals of Spirits 64 CHAP. XVI. Another Way of making Characters, according to the Tradition of Cabalists ib. CHAP. XVII. There is another Sort of Characters, of Spirits received by Revelation 66 CHAP. XVIII. Of the Bonds of Spirits, and their Adjurations and casting out 67 CHAP. XIX. By what Methods Magicians and Necromancers call up the Souls of the Dead 68 CHAP. XX. Of Prophetic Dreams 70 PART II. The Perfection and Key of the Cabala, or Ceremonial Magic 73 The Calculations of the Names of Good and Evil Spirits 74 Of Magic Pentacles, the Manner of constructing them 80 A Pentacle for Victory over Enemies 81 ............... against Serpents, Poisons, &c. 82 Deprecations 83 The Consecration of all Magical Instruments and Materials used in this Art 85 Consecration of Water 86 Consecration of Fire 87 Consecration of Oil ib. Consecration and Benediction of Lights ib. Lamps, Wax, &c ib. Consecration of Ground, Circle, Place, &c. 88 Of the Invocation of Spirits; the binding of, and constraining them to appear 89 Description and Use of a Book of Virgin Parchment, or abortive Vellum, in which the Names of Spirits are registered 90 Consecration of the aforesaid Book 91 Invocation of good Spirits in particular 92 The Invocation Prayer 93 The particular Form of Lamens 94 Of receiving Oracles in Dreams 96 Of the Methods of raising Evil Spirits, or Familiars, or the Souls of the Dead, by a Circle 99 The Suffumigations used in raising Ghosts, Shadows, and departed Spirits; and what Places are appropriate to this 101 PART III. The particular Composition of the Magic Circle and of the Forms of the Exorcisms, Benedictions, 105 A Table of the Magical Names of the Hours, by Day or Night 107 Angels of the Seasons, &c. 108 Exorcism of Fire 109 The Habit of the Exorcist ib. The Pentacles of Solomon ib. An Exorcism of the Spirits of the Air 111 A Prayer to be said in the Four Parts of the Circle 113 An Oration 114 Of the Appearance of the Spirits ib. Considerations and Conjurations for every Day in the Week 116 The Consideration and Conjuration for Sunday 117 The Conjuration, &c., of Monday 118 The Conjuration, &c., of Tuesday 119 The Conjuration, &c., of Wednesday 121 The Conjuration, &c., of Thursday 123 The Conjuration, &c., of Friday 125 The Conjuration, &c., of Saturday 126 PART IV. Translation of Trithemius; the Translator's Letter 131 The Conjurations of Spirits into a Crystal; the Description of this Instrument; and the Form and Ceremony of a Vision 134 Table for the Inspection of Names of Spirits governing the Planetary Hours by Day and Night 138 The End of the Magus, or Celestial Intelligencer 139 THE BIOGRAPHY. Zoroaster, the Son of Oramasus 144 Hermes, surnamed Trismegistus 150 Apollonius, of Tyana 152 Peter De Abano 155 Apuleius, the Platonic 158 Aristotle 162 Artimedorus, of Ephesus 166 The Babylonians 168 Henry Cornelius Agrippa 170 Albertus Magnus 180 Roger (alias Friar) Bacon 181 Raymond Lully 184 George Ripley 186 John and Isaac Holland ib. Theophrastus Paracelsus 188 John Rudolph Glauber 194 Doctor Dee, and Sir Edward Kelly 195 The Conclusion 197
