Picatrix Liber Atratus Books 1 and 2 (Complete Picatrix Liber Atratus Edition) by Christopher Warnock

Author:Christopher Warnock [Warnock, Christopher]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Spiritual & Religion
Publisher: Renaissance Astrology
Published: 2012-03-07T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

The virtues of images, and by what means they may be had, and how images may receive the powers of the planets, and how works are done by images, and this is the foundation of the science of magic and images

You should know that what we call virtue is jointly conferred by nature and spirit. If that which acts, acts according to its virtue, it will manifest its own nature in that action. This is especially true when such an action has its virtue in those things that do not manifest the nature that exists in them, the working will be stronger and more apparent, and what proceeds from it will be more true and more clearly known. This is like the virtue of scammony,[141] which draws out the choleric humor by its own proper virtue, and this is because of the correspondence that choler has to heat and dryness, to which choler is assimilated by its nature. This appears likewise in simples,[142] for when something is done by means of the virtue and similarity of nature existing in them, the results are more manifest, true, and apparent.

In the same way, magical images work by virtue and similarity, because a magical image is nothing other than the power of celestial bodies in the material bodies that they influence. Thus when the substance of the material body is disposed to receive the influence of the aforesaid celestial bodies or planets, and the celestial body likewise is disposed to influence the material body of the magical image, that image will be more powerful and more disposed to bring about the effect we seek and desire. Similarly, the gifts of the planet will be more perfect and more complete.

Here is an example. When you wish to make and consecrate a magical image, consider the purpose and shape in which you wish to make the image, as well as the material of which you intend to make and consecrate it. Let the aforesaid things be in correspondence to one another, and let them reflect the powers and influences of the planet that rules the working. When it is fashioned in this way, the image will be powerful and complete, and its effects will follow and be manifest, and the spirit that has been placed in the magical image will be apparent in its effects. Those who fashion magical images but are ignorant of the foregoing make them badly.

In the same way, when you want to make something animal out of animals, or something made of wood, or something built of stonework, you should first take parts of that composition, and combine them with other parts of the same nature. Let them then be mixed and incorporated into a proper mixture.[143] Work in this way until the process is completed. When you do this, nature will not fail to have its proper effect, and the stars similarly will augment and increase that effect until the desired result follows. These influences act in many ways,

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