Grimoire of Honorius
Grimoire of Honorius
Grimoire of Honorius
Honorius
The person who desires to invoke the perverse “Spirits of Darkness must observe a
three days’ fast; he must also confess and approach the Holy Altar. After these three
days, upon the morrow, and at the hour of sunrise, he shall recite the Seven Gradual
Psalms, with the accoinpanying Litanies and Prayers,1 the whole on his knees; further,
he must drink no wine and eat no meat on that day. Next, he shall rise at midnight on
the first Monday of the month,2 and a priest shall say a Mass of the Holy
2 The three days’ fast must therefore have been regulated so that it expired on the previous Saturday.
Ghost.3 After the consecration, taking the Host in his left hand,he shall
recite the following prayer on his knees :
PRAYER
My Sovereign Saviour Jesus Christ, Son of the living God! Thou who
for the salvation of all mankind didst suffer the death of the Cross; Thou
who, before being abandoned to Thine enemies, by an impulse of
ineffable love didst institute the Sacrament of thy Body; Thou who hast
vouchsafed to us miserable creatures the privilege of making daily
commemoration thereof; do Thou deign unto thine unworthy servant, thus
holding thy Living Body in his hands, all strength and ability for the
profitable application of that power with which he has been entrusted
against the horde of rebellious spirits. Thou art their true God, and if they
tremble at the utterance of Thy Name, upon that Holy Name will I call,
crying Jesus Christ! Jesus, be Thou my help, now and for ever! Amen.
After sunrise a black cock must be killed, the first feather of its left wing
being plucked and preserved for use at the required time. The eyes must
be torn out, and so also the tongue and heart; these must be dried in the
sun and afterwards reduced to powder. The remains must be interred at
sunset in a secret place, a cross of a palm in height being set upon the
mound, while at each of the four corners the signs which here follow
must be drawn with the thumb :
that of the Tuesday after Pentecost, and the Gradual, for which there are special versicles.
On this day also the operator should drink no wine and abstain from
eating meat.
On Tuesday, at break of day, let him say a Mass of the Angels,1 placing
the feather taken from the bird upon the altar, together with a new
penknife. The signs hereinafter represented must be inscribed on a sheet
of clean paper with the consecrated wine which is the Blood of Jesus
Christ :
They should be written upon the altar, and at the end of the Mass the
paper should be folded in a new veil of violet silk, to be concealed on the
morrow, together with the oblation of the Mass and a part of the
consecrated Host.
On the evening of Thursday the operator must rise at midnight, and, having sprinkled
holy water about the
1 The Mass for the Apparition of St. Michael, May 8, with a special Epistle, Gospel,
Commemoration, &c,
chamber, he must light a taper of yellow wax, which shall have been
prepared on the Wednesday and pierced in the form of a cross. When it is
lighted he shall recite Psalm lxxvii.2—Attendite, popule meus, legem meam,
&c.—without the Gloria Patri. He shall then begin the “Office of the
Dead” with 1/enite exultemus Domino, &c. He shall recite Matins and
Lauds, but in place of the versicle of the ninth Lesson 1 he shall say:
Deliver us,
O Lord, from the fear of hell. Let not the demons destroy my soul when I
shall raise them from the deep pit, when I shall command them to do my
will. May the day be bright, may the sun and moon shine forth, when I shall
call upon them. Terrible of aspect are they, deformed and horrible to sight;
but do Thou restore unto them their angelic shapes when I shall impose my
will upon them. 0 Lord deliver me from those of the dread visage, and grant
that they shall be obedient when I shall raise them up from hell, when I
shall impose my will upon them.
After the “Office of the Dead” the operator shall extinguish the taper, and
at sunrise shall cut the throat of a male lamb of nine days, taking care that
the blood does not gush forth upon the earth. He shall skin the lamb, and
shall cast its tongue and heart into the fire. The fire must be freshly kindled,
and the ashes shall be preserved for use at the proper time. The skin of th~
lamb shall be spread in the middle of a field, and for the space of nine days
shall be sprinkled four times every day with holy water. On the tenth day,
before the rising of the sun, the lambskin shall be covered with the ashes of
the heart and tongue, and with the ashes also of the
1 This is extremely confused; the Office of the Dead does not begin with the Venite exultemus. The ninth Lesson
belongs to the third Nocturne of the Matins. The prayer given in the Grimoire is based on the verses which it replaces.
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cock. On Thursday2, after sunset, the flesh of the lamb shall be interred in a
secret place where no bird can come, and the priest with his right thumb
shall inscribe on the grave the characters here indicated
Moreover, for the space of three days he shall sprinkle the four corners with
holy water, saying: Sprinkle me, 0 Lord, with hyssop, and I shall be
cleansed! Wash me, and I shall be made whiter than snow!
After the aspersion let him recite the following prayer, kneeling with his
face towards the east
PRAYER.
Christ Jesus, Redeemer of men, who, being the Lamb without spot, wast
immolated for the salvation of the human race, who alone wast found
worthy to open the Book of Life, impart such virtue to this lambskin that it
may receive the signs which we shall trace thereon, written with Thy blood,
so that the figures, signs, and words may become efficacious; and grant that
this skin may preserve us against the wiles of the demons; that they may be
terrified at the sight of these figures, and may only approach them
trembling. Through Thee, Jesus Christ, who livest and reignest through all
ages. So be it.
2 The days on which the various operations should be performed have been confused,
after the prevailing manner of the Grimoires.
The Litanies of the Holy Name of Jesus must then be repeated, but
instead of the Agnus Del, substitute:
The lambskin shall be stretched for eighteen days, and on the nineteenth
day the fleece shall be removed, reduced into powder, and interred in the
same place. The word vellus shall be written above it with the finger,
together with the following character and the words: May this which hath
been reduced into ashes preserve against the demons through the name of
Jesus.
set to dry in the sun for three days, the ensuing characters being cut with a
new knife:
judicium tuum regi da, &c., and cut the following characters
The figure being thus far completed, recite the verses Afferte Domino,
patria’ gentium, occurring in Psalm xcv.:
Cantate Domino Canticum novum, of which the seventh versicle is: Off
erte Domino, Full Del, &c., and cut subsequently these characters :
And recite Psalm cxv.: (_redidi pro pter quod locutus sum. Finally, on
the last day of the month a Mass for the Dead shall be offered; the prose
shall be omitted, and also the Gospel of St. John, but at the end of the Mass
the priest shall recite the Psalm Confitemini Domino quoniam bonus, &c.1
In Honour of the Most Holy and August Trinity, the
Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. Amen.
In the beginning was the Word, &c., in extenso, so far as the end of
the fourteenth versicle.
I, N., do conjure thee, 0 Spirit N., by the living God, by the true God, by
the holy and all-ruling God, who created from nothingness the heaven, the
earth, the sea, and all things that are therein, in virtue of the Most Holy
Sacrament of the Eucharist, in the name of Jesus Christ, and by the power
of this same Almighty Son of God, who for us and for our redemption was
crucified, suffered death, and was buried; who rose again on the third day,
and is now seated on the right hand of the Creator of the whole world, from
whence he will come to judge the living and the dead; as also by the
precious love of the Holy Spirit, perfect Trinity. I conjure thee within the
circle, accursed one, by thy judgment, who didst dare to tempt God: I
exorcise thee, Serpent, and I command thee to appear forthwith under a
beautiful and well-favoured human form of soul and body, and to fulfil my
behests without any deceit whatsoever, as also without mental reservation
of any kind, by the great times of the God of gods and Lord of lords,
ADONAY, TETRAGRAM MATON, JEHOVA, TETRAGRAM MATON,
ADONAY, JEHOVA, OTHEOS, ATHANATOS, ISCHYR0S, AGLA,
PENTACRAM MATON, SADAY, SADAY, SADAY, JEHOVA,
OTHEOS, ATHANATOS a Liciat TETRAGRAMMATON, ADONAY,
ISCHYROS, ATHANATOS, SADY, SADY, SADY, CADOS, CADOS,
CADOS, ELOY. AGLA, AGLA, AGLA, ADONAY, ADONAY.
I conjure thee, Evil and Accursed Serpent, N.. to appear at my will and
pleasure, in this place, before this circle, without tarrying, without
companions, without grievance, without noise, deformity, or murmuring. I
exorcise thee by the ineffable names of God, to wit, Gog and Magog, which
I am unworthy to pronounce; Come hither, Conic hither, Come hither.
Accomplish my will and desire, without wile or falsehood. Otherwise St.
Michael, the invisible Archangel, shall presently blast thee in the utmost
depths of hell. Come, then, N., to do my will.
The Grand Pentacle of Salomon
A.P.
Why tarriest thou, and why delayest? What doest thou? Make ready, obey
your master, in the name of the Lord, BATHAT or RACHAT flowing over
ABRACM ENS, ALCHOR or ABERER.
L. Q. L. F. A. P.
Behold the Pentacle of Solomon which I have brought into thy presence! I
command thee, by order of the great God, ADONAY,
TETRAGRAMMATON, and JEsUs!
Hasten, fulfil my behests, without wile or falsehood, but in all truth, in the
name of the Saviour and Redeemer, Jesus Christ.
DISCHARGE.
Go in peace unto your places. May there be peace between us and you, and be ye ready
to come when ye are called. In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy
Ghost. Amen.
ACT OF THANKSGIVING.
Praise, honour, glory, and blessing be unto Him who sitteth upon the throne, who liveth
for ever and ever. Amen.
I conjure thee, 0 Book, to be useful and profitable unto all who shall have
recourse to thee for the success of their affairs. I conjure thee anew, by the
virtue of the Blood of Jesus Christ, contained daily in the chalice, to be
serviceable unto all those who shall read thee. I exorcise thee, in the name
of the Most Holy Trinity, in the name of the Most Holy Trinity, in the
name of the Most Holy Trinity!
I conjure and command you, 0 Spirits, all and so many as ye are, to accept
this Book with good grace, so that whensoever we may read it, the same
being approved and recognised as in proper form and valid, you shall be
constrained to appear in comely human form when you are called,
accordingly as the reader shall judge. In no circumstances shall you make
any attempt upon the body, soul, or spirit of the reader, nor inflict any harm
on those who may accompany him, either by mutterings, tempests, noise,
scandals, nor yet by lesion or by hindrance in the execution of the
commands of this Book. I conjure you to appear immediately when the
conjuration is made, to execute without dallying all that is written and
enumerated in its proper place in the said book. You shall obey, serve,
instruct, impart, and perform all in your power for the benefit of those who
command you, and the whole without illusion. If perchance some of the
invoked spirits be unable to come or appear when required, they shall be
bound over to send others vested with their power, who also shall swear
solemnly to execute all that the reader may demand, and ye are all hereby
enjoined by the Most Holy Names of the Omnipotent Living God,
ELOYM, JAH, EL, ELOY, TETRAGRAMMATON, to fulfil everything as
it is set forth above. If ye obey me not, I will force you to abide in torments
for a thousand years, as also if any one of you receive not this Book with
entire resignation to the will of the reader.
1 This is the Liber Spirituum of Pseudo-Agrippa, sufficiently described in Part I. The introduction of it in this Grimoire
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Take
heed! Come, all Spirits! By the virtue and power of your King, and by the
seven crowns and chains of your Kings, all Spirits of the Hells are forced to
appear in my presence before this pentacle or circle of Solomon,
whensoever I shall call them. Come, then, all at my orders, to fulfil that
which is in your power, as commanded. Come, therefore, from the East,
South, West, and North! I conjure and command you, by the virtue and
power of Him who is three, eternal, equal, who is God invisible,
consubstantial, in a word, who has created the heavens, the sea, and all
which is under heaven.
When they have been duly made, and the words have been written about
the circle, the holy water which has served to bless the same may also be
used to prevent the spirits from inflicting any hurt. Standing in the middle
of the circle, you shall command them in a lively manner, as one who is
their master.
0 Lord, we fly to Thy virtue! 0 Lord, confirm this work! What is operated
in us becomes like dust driven before the wind, and the Angel of the Lord
pausing (sic), let the darkness disappear, and the Angel of the Lord ever
pursuing, ALPHA, OMEGA, ELY, ELOTHE, FLOHIM, ZABAHOT,
FLION, SADY. Behold the Lion who is the conqueror of the Tribe of
Judah, the Root of David! I will open the Book, and the seven seals thereof.
I have beheld Satan as a bolt falling from heaven. It is Thou who hast given
us power to crush dragons, scorpions, and all Thine enemies beneath Thy
feet. Nothing shall harm us, not even ELOY, ELOHIM, ELOHE,
ZABAHOT, ELI0N, ESARCHIE, ADONAY, JAH,
TETRAGRAMMATON, SADY. The earth is the Lord’s and all those who
dwell therein, because He established it upon the seas and prepared it in the
midst of the waves. Who shall ascend unto the mountain of the Lord? Who
shall be received in his Holy Place? The innocent of hands and clean of
heart. Who bath not received his soul in vain, and hath not sworn false
witness against his neighbour. The same shall be blessed of God, and shall
obtain mercy of God to his salvation. He is of the generation of those who
seek Him. Open your gates, ye princes, open the eternal gates, and the
King of Glory shall enter! Who is this King of Glory? The Lord Almighty,
the Lord, mighty in battle. Open your gates, ye princes! Lift up the eternal
gates. Who is this King of Glory? The Lord Almighty. This Lord is the
King of Glory. Glory be to the Father, &c.
rebellion to our wills, and doth ordain you to return unto your abodes. May
peace be between us and you, and be my will.
The Grand Pentacle or Circle of Solomon will answer for the above and
following Conjurations, which can be said on all days and at all hours. If it
be desired to speak only with one spirit, one only need be named, at the
choice of the reader.
0 Egym, great King of the South, I conjure and invoke thee by the most
high and holy Names of God, do thou here manifest, clothed with all thy
power; come before this circle, or at least send me forthwith Fadal,
Nastrache, to make answer unto me, and to execute all my wishes. If thou
failest, I shall force thee by God Himself.
0 Baymon, most potent King, who reignest in the Western quarter, I call
and I invoke thee in the name of the Deity! I command thee by virtue of the
Most High, to send me immediately before this circle the Spirit Passiel
Rosus, with all other Spirits who are subject unto thee, that the same may
answer in everything, even as I shall require them. If thou failest, I will
torment thee with the sword of fire divine; I will multiply thy sufferings,
and will burn thee.
0 thou, Amaymon, King and Emperor of the Northern parts, I call, invoke,
exorcise, and conjure thee, by the virtue and power of the Creator, and by
the virtue of virtues, to send me presently, and without delay, Madael,
Laaval, Bamlahe, Belem, and Ramath, with all other Spirits of thine
obedience, in comely and human form! In whatsoever place thou now art,
come hither and render that honour which thou owest to the true living
God, who is thy Creator. In the name of the Father, of the Son, and of the
Holy Ghost, come therefore, and be obedient, in front of this circle, without
peril to my body or soul. Appear in comely human form, with no terror
encompassing thee. I conjure thee, make haste, come straightway, and at
once. By all the Divine names— SECHIEL, BARACHIEL—if thou dost
not obey promptly, BALANDIER, suspensus, iracundus, Origratiumgu,
Partus, Olemdemis, and Bautratis, N. I exorcise thee, do invoke, and do
impose most high commandment upon thee, by the omnipotence of the
living God, and of the true God; by the virtue of the holy God, and by the
power of Him who spake and all things were made, even by His holy
commandment the heaven and earth were made, with all that is in them! I
adjure thee by the Father, by the Son, and by the Holy Ghost, even by the
Holy Trinity, by that God whom thou canst not resist, under whose empire I
will compel thee; I conjure thee by God the Father, by God the Son, by God
the Holy Ghost, by the Mother of Jesus Christ, Holy Mother and perpetual
Virgin, by her sacred heart, by her blessed milk, which the Son of the
Father sucked, by her most holy body and soul, by all the parts and
members of this Virgin, by all the sufferings, afflictions, labours, agonies
which she endured during the whole course of her life, by all the sighs she
uttered, by the holy tears which she shed whilst her dear Son wept before
the time of His dolorous passion and on the tree of the Cross, by all the
sacred holy things which are offered and done, and also by all others, as in
heaven so on earth, in honour of our Saviour Jesus Christ, and of the
Blessed Mary, His Mother, by whatsoever is celestial, by the Church
Militant, in honour of the Virgin and of all the Saints. In like manner, I
conjure thee by the Holy Trinity, by all other mysteries, by the sign of the
Cross, by the most precious blood and water which flowed from the side of
Jesus Christ, by the sweat which issued from His whole body, when He
said in the Garden of Olives: My Father, if it be possible, let this chalice
pass from me—I conjure thee by His death and passion, by His burial and
glorious resurrection, by His ascension, by the coming of the Holy Ghost. I
adjure thee, furthermore, by the crown of thorns which was set upon His
head, by the blood which flowed from His feet and hands, by the nails with
which He was nailed to the tree of the Cross, by the holy tears which He
shed, by all which He suffered willingly through great love of us: by the
lungs, the heart, the hair, the inward parts, and by all the members, of our
Saviour Jesus Christ. I conjure thee by the judgment of the living and the
dead, by the Gospel words of our Saviour Jesus Christ, by His preachings,
by His sayings, by all His miracles, by the child in swaddling-clothes, by
the crying child, borne by the mother in her most pure and virginal womb;
by the glorious intercession of the Virgin Mother of our Saviour Jesus
Christ; by all which is of God and of His Most Holy Mother, as in heaven
so on earth. I conjure thee by the holy Angels and Archangels, and by all
the blessed orders of Spirits, by the holy patriarchs and prophets, by all the
holy martyrs and confessors, by all the holy virgins and innocent widows,
and by all the saints of God, both men and women. I conjure thee by the
head of St. John the Baptist, by the milk of St. Catherine, and by all the
Saints.
Conjuration
I conjure thee, Lucifer, by the living God, by the true God, by the holy
God, who spake and all was made, who commanded and all things were
created and made! I conjure thee by the ineffable name of God, ON,
ALPHA and OMEGA, ELOY, ELOYM, YA, SADAY, LUX, MUGIENS,
REX, SALUS, ADONAY, EMMANUEL, MEssIAs; and I adjure,
conjure, and exorcise thee by the names which are declared under the
letters V, C, X, as also by the names
ten o’clock, and the first stone found is given to him. He is to be received
with dignity and honour. Proceed as on Monday; compose the circle, and
write about it:
I conjue and command thee, Frimost, by all the names wherewith thou
canst be constrained and bound! I exorcise thee, Nambroth, by thy name,
by the virtue of all spirits, by all characters, by the Jewish, Greek, and
Chaldean conjurations, by the confusion and malediction, and I will
redouble thy pains and torments from day to day for ever, if thou come not
now to accomplish my will and submit to all that I shall command, being
powerless to harm me, or those who accompany me, either in body or soul.
CONJURATION.
I conjure thee, Silcharde, by the image and likeness of Jesus Christ our
Saviour, whose death and passion redeemed the entire human race, who
also wills that, by His providence, thou appear forthwith in this place. I
command thee by all the Kingdoms of God. Act—I adjure and constrain
thee by his Holy Name, by Him who walked upon the asp, who crushed the
lion and the dragon. Do thou obey me, and fulfil my commands, being
powerless to do harm unto me, or any person whomsoever, either in body
or soul.
For Friday, to Bechard.
I conjure thee, Bechard, and constrain thee, in like manner, by the Most
Holy Names of God, ELOY, ADONAY, ELOY, AGLA,
SAMALABACTAY, which are written in Hebrew, Greek and Latin; by all
the sacraments, by all the names written in this book; and by him who
drove thee from the height of Heaven. I conjure and command thee by the
virtue of the Most Holy Eucharist, which hath redeemed men from their
sins; I conjure thee to come without any delay, to do and perform all my
biddings, without any prejudice to my body or soul, without harming my
book, or doing injury to those that accompany me.
CONJURATION.
I conjure thee, 0 Surgat, by all the names which are written in this book, to present
thyself here before me, promptly and without delay, being ready to obey me in all things,
or, failing this, to despatch me a Spirit with a stone which shall make me invisible to
every one whensoever I carry it! And I conjure thee to be submitted in thine own person,
or in the person of him or of those whom thou shalt send me, to do and accomplish my
will, and all that I shall command, without harm to me or to any one, so soon as I make
known my intent.
Very Powerful Conjuration for all days and hours of the Day or Night,
being for Treasures hidden by men or Spirits, that the same may be
possessed and transported.
I conjure thee, Cassiel, or whomsoever thou mayest be, by all the said
names, with power and with exorcism! I warn thee by the other sacred
names of the most great Creator, which are or shall hereafter be
communicated to thee; hearken forthwith and immediately to my words,
and observe them inviolably, as sentences of the last dreadful day of
judgment, which thou must obey inviolately, nor think to repulse me
because I am a sinner, for therein shalt thou repulse the commands of the
Most High God. Knowest thou not that thou art bereft of thy powers before
thy Creator and ours? Think therefore what thou refusest, and pledge
therefore thine obedience, swearing by the said last dreadful day of
judgment, and by Him who bath created all things by His word, whom all
creatures obey. P. per sedem Balda’rey et per gratiam et diligentiam tuam
habuisti ab eo ha~ic n&atimanamilam, as I command thee.