The Goetia

not come, add the “ Spirits’ Chain” unto the end of the aforesaid conjura- tions, and he will be forced to come, even if he be bound in chains, for the chains must break off from him, and he will be at liberty: THE GENERAL CURSE, CALLED THE SPIRITS’ CHAIN, AGAINST ALL SPIRITS THAT REBEL, O tHovu wicked and disobedient spirit N., because thou hast rebelled, and hast not obeyed nor regarded my words which I have rehearsed; they being all glorious and incomprehensible names of the true Gop, the maker and creator of thee and of me, and of all the world; I po by the power of these names the which no creature is able to resist, curse thee into the depths of the Bottomless Abyss, there to remain unto the Day of Doom in chains, and in fire and brimstone unquenchable, unless thou forthwith appear here before this Circle, in this triangle to do my will. And, therefore, come thou quickly and peaceably, in and by these names of Gop, Aponat, ZABAOTH, ADONAI, AMIORAN; come thou! come thou! for it is the King of Kings, even Aponal, who commandeth thee. WuHeEN thou shalt have rehearsed thus far, but still he cometh not, then write thou his seal on parchment and put thou it into a strong black box ;* with brimstone, assafcetida, and such like things that bear a stinking smell ; and then bind the box up round with an iron wire, and hang it upon the point of thy sword, and hold it over the fire of charcoal; and say as followeth unto the fire first, it being placed toward that quarter whence the Spirit is to come: THE CONJURATION OF THE FIRE. I conjure thee, O fire, by him who made thee and all other creatures for good in the world, that thou torment, burn, and consume this Spirit N., for everlasting. I condemn thee, thou Spirit N., because thou art disobedient and obeyest not my commandment, nor keepest the precepts of the Lorp THy Gop, neither wilt thou obey me nor mine invocations, having thereby 1 This box should evidently be in metal or in something which does not take fire easily. 44