The angels of Mars and its day are: the angels which serve in the Fifth Heaven, named*Machon, are: First, in the north:angels of Mars Raumel, Hynyel, Rayel, Saraphyel, Matil,Fraciel. And those guarding the south are:angels of Mars Sacriel, Yaniel, Gardel,Osael, Vianuel, Ralyel. The princes of the east are:angels of Mars Friaguel, Gicael, Damael, Calzas,Atragon. the angels governing the west: angels of Mars Lama, Astagua [*Astragna],Lobquin, Soncas, Yayael, Yslael, Iriel. “I plead with you most strenuously, that you now” etc. (as givenabove).
Ars Notoria: The Forbidden Medieval Grimoire of Wisdom and Memory : A Collector’s Edition with Commentary and Annotations by Isabel Mercer
Ars Notoria: The Forbidden Medieval Grimoire of Wisdom and Memory : A Collector’s Edition with Commentary and Annotations by Isabel Mercer For centuries whispered of in monasteries and hidden in libraries, the Ars Notoria is one of the most enigmatic texts of the Solomonic tradition. Unlike other grimoires of command and conjuration, this work offers prayers and figures devoted to the pursuit of wisdom itself. It is a book of sacred petitions and mysterious images, designed not for the summoning of spirits but for the illumination of the mind. This collector’s edition presents the complete cycle of the seven liberal arts as preserved in medieval manuscripts. Each art—Grammar, Logic, Rhetoric, Arithmetic, Geometry, Music, and Astronomy—is accompanied by its original Latin prayer, a faithful English translation, and the authentic figure (nota) used in meditation. For the first time, the reader may encounter the words and images together as they were once contemplated by scholars and...