Bind and veil sigil with white cord and black cloth. Place it without the circle at the west, and say:
Hail unto ye, lords of the land of life, hear ye these my words for I am made as ye are, who are the formers of the soul. With the divine aid, I now purpose to call forth this day and hour from the dark depths of my sphere of sensation the angel Axir of the lesser earthy angle of the northern quadrangle, whose magical seal I now bind with this triple cord of bondage, and shroud in the black darkness of concealment. Even as I have bound about this sigil this cord so let Axir be bound in his abode and habitation, that he move not therefrom save to manifest unto the light before me. Even as with this veil of black I shroud the light of day from this sigil, so do I render him in his place, blind and dumb, that he may in no wise move except unto manifestation and appearance before me. And the reason of this my working is to obtain from that angel the true knowledge of earth, how I may securely fix within my being the secret philosophical stone of creation whereon is a hidden name inscribed. To this end, I implore the divine assistance in the names of Adonai ha-Aretz, Auriel, Phorlakh; Emor Dial Hectega, and Ic Zod Heh Chal.
Draw the pantacle into the circle with the point of sword.
Creature of sigils, enter thou within this sacred circle that the angel Axir may pass from concealment unto manifestation.
Consecrate immediately with fire and with water at the west of the circle.
Creature of sigils, purified and made consecrate, enter thou the pathway of evil.
Hold sigil aloft and move in a northeast direction. Stop at the northeast of altar, strike sigil with flat of sword, saying:
The great angel Samael spake and said: I am the prince of darkness and of night. The foolish and rebellious gaze upon the face of the created world, finding therein naught but terror and obscurity. To them it is the terror of darkness, and they are but as drunken men stumbling in the darkness. Return, thou creature of sigils; not as yet canst thou pass by.
Return to west, then move southeast. Strike sigil as before.
The great angel Metatron spake and said: I am the angel of the presence divine. The wise gaze upon the created world and behold therein the dazzling image of the Creator. O creature of sigils, not as yet canst thine eyes behold that dazzling image of Adonai. Return. Thou canst not pass by.
Return with sigil to west, and this time go straight forward to the altar. Smite upraised sigil with the flat of sword.
The great angel Sandalphon spake and said: I am the reconciler for earth, and the celestial soul therein. Form is invisible alike in darkness and in blinding light. I am the angel of Paphro Osoronophris—and I prepare the way to manifestation unto the light. Prepare thou, therefore, to manifest thyself unto visible appearance.
Place sigil at foot of altar, and say:
O thou mighty and powerful angel Axir, I bind and conjure thee in the name of Sandalphon who thus prepares the way for thee, that thou appear in visible form before me in the triangle without this circle of art. In the name of Emor Dial Hectega, I command that thou shalt speedily come hither from thy darkened abodes in the land of Ophir, to appear before me in a physical form. And I further command, by all the names divine, that thou teach me how best the great creative work may be pursued, and how I may find the hidden stone of the wise whereby I may fix within a purified body my higher self. And, in this hall of the dual manifestation of truth, in the presence of Adonai ha-Aretz and all the powers of Malkuth, I invocate and charge thee, that even as within me is concealed the knowledge of the magic of the light divine, so shalt thou pass from concealment unto manifestation visibly in this triangle placed without this circle of art.
Place sigil on altar on the white triangle. Stand east of altar, face west, place left hand on sigil, hold sword aloft, and over it trace appropriate sigils of the names as they are rehearsed.
O invisible king, who taking the earth for foundation, didst hollow its depth to fill them with Thy almighty power. Thou whose name shaketh the arches of the world, Thou who causest the seven metals to flow in the veins of the rocks, king of the seven lights, rewarder of the subterranean workers, lead us into the desirable air and into the realm of splendour. We watch and we labour unceasingly. We seek and we hope, by the twelve stones of the holy city, by the buried talismans, by the axis of the lodestone which passes through the centre of the earth. Adonai. Adonai. Adonai. (Vibrate by formula of the Middle Pillar and circumambulate it.) Have pity upon those who suffer, expand our hearts, unbind and upraise our minds, enlarge our natures!
O stability and motion! O darkness veiled in brilliance! O day clothed in night! O master who never dost withold the wages of Thy workmen! O silver whiteness! O golden splendour! O crown of living and harmonious diamond! Thou who wearest the heavens on Thy finger like a ring of sapphire! Thou who hidest beneath the earth in the kingdom of gems, the marvellous seed of the stars. Live, reign, and be Thou the eternal dispenser of the treasures whereof Thou hast made us the wardens.
Trace invoking earth pentagram over sigil, and say:
In the three great secret holy names of God borne upon the Banner of the North, Emor Dial Hectega (vibrate by the Middle Pillar and circumambulate), I invoke thee, thou great king of the north, Ic Zod Heh Chal (trace a whirl with sword over sigil) to be present here by me this day, and to grant thy protection and power unto me, to enable me to evoke Axir, an angel subservient to the lesser angle of earth of the northern quadrangle, unto visible manifestation.
Trace Saturn hexagram over sigil, but using the Taurus symbol of the Kerub.4
I invocate ye, ye great princes of the northern quadrangle, who are known by the title and honourable office of seniors. Hear ye my petition, ye celestial seniors who rule over the earth in the north quadrangle, and who bear the names of Laidrom, Alhectega, Aczinor, Ahmbicv, Lzinopo, Liiansa. Be this day present with me, so that the angel Axir may be caused to manifest physically unto me in this temple, to the end that he may teach me the creative art, and how I may divinely fix the higher self within a purified body, and how I may find the hidden stone of the philosophers, that stone whereon is a new name written.
O thou angel, Axir, subservient in the lesser angle of earth, in the great northern quadrangle, I do invocate and conjure thee, being armed with divine power. By the name of Ic Zod Heh Chal and by the spirit name of Nanta, I conjure thee. By the name of Cabalpt and Arbiz the holy names of God, and by the name of Nroam that great archangel who governeth thy lesser angle of the watchtower situated in the North, and by Taxir, the angel who is thy immediate superior, I do invoke thee, and by invocating, do conjure thee. And being armed with the power of Adonai, I do strongly command thee by Him who spake and it was done, and unto whom all creatures of the earth are obedient. And I, being made after the image of the Elohim, and endued therefore with the power of the Holy Spirit, created also unto divine will, do evoke thee by the name of Adonai ha-Aretz. (Vibrate by the Middle Pillar and circumambulate.) I conjure thee in the name of Adonai Melekh (vibrate by Middle Pillar, etc.), the lord and king of the earth. And I conjure ye powerfully by the three holy archangels of the kingdom—Metatron, Sandalphon, and Nephesch ha-Messiach—and by those powerful souls of fire, the Aschim. And I command thy manifestation in the name and power of Auriel the great archangel of earth. By these names do I evoke and conjure thee that thou dost forthwith leave thine abodes in the kingdom of earth and appear unto me here, visibly and in material form before me in the magical triangle without this circle, in fair shape and true. And by all these divine names do I command and conjure thee to manifest thyself.
Wherefore come now, thou angel Axir. Come! Manifest thyself in visible and material form before me, and without delay, from wherever thou mayest be, and make true and faithful answer unto those things I shall have cause to demand of thee. Come thou peaceably, visibly, and affably, and without delay, manifesting that which I desire. Come, I command ye, by all the holy names, by the archangels above thy kingdom, and by the rulers of thy realm. Come, A
xir, come!
Take up sigil, smite it thrice with sword. Raise it in left hand, stamping thrice with right foot. Place veiled sigil in north, and say, as though from the throne of the east:
The voice of the exorcist said unto me, “Let me shroud myself in darkness, peradventure thus may I manifest myself in light. I am the only being in an abyss of darkness. From the darkness came I forth ere my birth, from the darkness of a primal sleep.” And the voice of the exorcist said unto me, “Creature of sigils, the light shineth in darkness, but the darkness comprehendeth it not.”
Pick up sigil in left hand and circumambulate once, attracting the light. Pass to south, and bar sigil with the sword.
Unpurified and unconsecrate, thou mayest not approach the gate of the west.
Purify with water and consecrate with fire, as in Neophyte ceremony. Then lift sigil aloft and say:
Creature of sigils, twice consecrate and twice purified, thou mayest approach the gate of the west.
Pass to west with sigil in left hand. Partially unveil it, and assume the astral mask of Axir. Smite the sigil once with flat of blade, and say:
Thou canst not pass from concealment unto manifestation, save by virtue of the name Elohim. Before all things are the chaos, the darkness, and the gates of the land of night. I am he whose name is darkness. I am the great one of the paths of the shades. I am the exorcist in the midst of the exorcism. Appear thou therefore without fear before me. For I am he in whom fear is not. Thou hast known me now, so pass thou on.
Reveil the sigil. Circumambulate once more, attracting the light, then halt at the north. Place sigil on the ground, purify and consecrate it as before, then pass to the east. Partially unveil the sigil, smite it once with the flat of sword, and assume the astral mask of the spirit.
Thou canst not pass from concealment unto manifestation, save by virtue of the name YHVH. After the formless and the void and the darkness, then cometh the knowledge of the light. I am that light which riseth in darkness. I am the exorcist in the midst of the exorcism. Appear thou therefore in visible form before me, for I am the wielder of the forces of the balance. Thou hast known me now, so pass thou on to the cubical altar of the universe.
Recover sigil, and return to altar. Stand at east, face west. Sword is held in right hand over sigil, left hand is placed flat over sigil on the white triangle. Invoke powerfully, and re-trace all sigils and pentagrams as may be required.
Thou who art the lord and king of Malkuth, having taken the earth for thy footstool, Adonai ha-Aretz and Adonai Melekh, grant unto me the power and help of the great archangel Auriel that he may command unto my assistance the angel Phorlakh and his ruler Kerub, that they working through me may cause to appear visibly and physically before me in this temple the angel Axir of the third lesser angle of the great northern quadrangle. Cause him to come swiftly from his abode in the darkling splendours of the hidden earth to manifest himself in the triangle without this circle.
Emor Dial Hectega, thou secret of secrets in the vast kingdom of earth, grant unto me the presence and power of Ic Zod Heh Chal, the mighty king of the north, that he may aid and guard me in this work of art. (Trace Saturn hexagram.) O ye six mighty angelical seniors who keep watch over the northern quadrangle, I invoke ye by your names: Laidrom, Alhectega, Aczinor, Ahmbicv, Lzinopo, Liiansa, that ye be present this day with me. Bestow upon me the firmness and stability whereof ye are masters in the element of Aretz, that I may evoke unto visible appearance in the triangle at the north of this circle the earthy angel Axir from the third lesser angle of the northern quadrangle.
Thahaaothe, thou great governor of the northern watchtower, I do invoke thee to send hither the angel Axir that in accordance with these sacred rites he may manifest unto me. Let him be for me a solid and tangible link, true and perfect, with all the powers of stability, majesty, and sanctity which rise rank upon rank from the feet of Malkuth even unto the throne of Aimah Elohim. To the end that the wisdom and light of the divine ones may descend upon my head; and through this creature of evocations, manifest unto me the perfect purity and the unsullied vision and perfect consecration of the hidden philosophical stone. That by its assistance I may ever pursue the great work in the pathway of light, and thus be the better able to help and teach my fellow men.
Therefore in the name of Cabalpt, I invoke thee, Axir. In the name of Arbiz, I powerfully command thy presence and physical manifestation before me. Come forth! Come forth! Manifest thou in visible form before me, O angel Axir. I conjure thee anew. Accept of me these magical sacrifices which I have prepared to give thee body and form. Herein are the magical elements of the holy kingdom, the foundation and throne of the Tree of Life. For these rose petals are the symbols of the gentle breezes wafting through the land of Ophir. And this oil is the fire thereof which shall accomplish thy salvation. This wine is the symbol of the waters which are, as it were, the blood of the earth, the water of thy purification. This bread and salt are types of earth, thy body which I destroy by fire that it may be renewed in manifestation before me. And the fire which consumes all is the magical flame of my will and the power of these ineffable and sacred rites.
As each element is mentioned, cast it on the charcoal block or the censer.
Come, therefore, Axir. Manifest thyself in power and presence, in comely and pleasing form, before me in the triangle placed without my magic circle. I command ye by all the names of God whose footstool is the realm of thy abode. For the spirit of the godhead is within me, and above me flames the glory of Adonai, and my feet are planted firmly by the might of Emor Dial Hectega. Come, therefore, come!
Elevate covered sigil. Remove the black cloth, leaving the cord on, and say:
Creature of earth, long hast thou dwelt in darkness. Quit the night and seek the day.
Replace sigil on altar, hold sword above it, and say:
By all the names, powers, and rites already rehearsed. I conjure thee unto visible
appearance.
Khabs am pekht. Konx om pax. Light in extension. As the light hidden in darkness can manifest therefrom, so shalt thou become manifest from concealment unto manifestation.
Hold sigil in left hand, standing east of altar, face west, and recite the long conjuration as follows:
Taxir, thou angel of God, in the name of Emor Dial Hectega, and by the very powerful names of Cabalpt and Arbiz, I conjure thee to send unto me this angel Axir. Do thou cause him to manifest before me without this circle of art. Taxir, in the name of Adonai ha-Aretz, send thou unto me in a form material and visible this angel Axir. In the name of the great archangel of earth, Auriel (vibrate the name and trace sigils) send thou unto me in material form the angel Axir. In the name of Ic Zod Heh Chal, I command thee to come unto me, thou angel Axir. By the power of Thahaaothe, come unto me in visible form. In the divine names Nroam and Roam who are thy immediate superiors, come unto me thou angel Axir. O Taxir, Taxir, thou mighty angel of the earth angle of the northern quadrangle, in all the mighty names and seals and symbols here employed and displayed, I conjure thee in the name of the highest, to cause this spirit Axir to make a visible manifestation before me in the great triangle without this circle of art.
Take up sigil. Place it between pillars. Stand at the east before it and charge with the will powerfully in the Sign of the Enterer. Protect with the Sign of Silence. Manifestation should begin in the north. If not, repeat the invocation to Taxir in the east until it has been said three times, and then charge with will as before. If at the third invocation and charging no manifestation commences, replace the sigil on altar and address a prayer to the gods.
O ye great lords of the holy kingdom which is the throne of the Holy Spirit, ye spirits of life who preside over the weighing of souls in the place of judgment before Aeshoorist, lord of life triumphant over death. Give me your hands, for I am made as ye, who are the formers of the soul. Give me your hands and your magic power, that I may have breathed into my spirit the power and might irresistible to compel this angel
Axir, of the northern quadrangle of earth, to appear before me, that I may accomplish this evocation of magical art, according to all my words and aspirations. In myself, O Adonai, I am nothing. In thee, thou great lord of Malkuth whose footstool is the earth, I am self and exist in the spirit of the mighty to eternity. O Thoth, who makest victorious the word of Osiris against his foes, make thou the words of me, who also am Aeshoorist, triumphant and victorious over this angel Axir, and thus rooted in a true foundation.
Return to pillars and charge. If manifestation commences, consecrate temple and sigil anew with fire and water. This done, remove the cord and hold sigil aloft, saying:
By and in the name of Adonai ha-Aretz and Adonai Melekh, I do conjure upon thee the power of perfect manifestation unto visible appearance.
Smite the sigil with the flat of blade and circumambulate thrice with sigil aloft in right hand. Go to east, after having placed sigil on the ground at the quarter where the spirit manifests, and utter a potent invocation to visible appearance.
Behold, thou great and mighty angel Axir, I have conjured thee hither at this time to demand of thee certain matters relative to the secret magical knowledge which shall be conveyed to me through thee from thy lord Emor Dial Hectega. But prior to my further proceeding, it is necessary that thou assume a shape and form distinctly material and visible. Therefore in order that thou mayest appear more fully tangible, know then that I am possessed of the means, rites, and powers of evoking thee. Thus do I rehearse before thee yet again the mighty words, names, and sigils of great efficacy. Wherefore, make haste, thou mighty angel Axir, and appear visibly before me in the triangle without this circle of art.
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