THE SEPTENARY OF TALISMANS
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her two hands in such a manner as to form a triangle, of which her head is the apex; her hands are open and radiant, thus making a double triangle, with all its rays directed towards the earth, evidently representing the emancipation of intelligence by labour. On the other side is the double TAU of the hierophants, the Lingam with the double Cteis or triple Phallus, supported, with interlacement and repeated insertion, by the kabalistic and masonic M, representing the square between the two Pillars JAKIN and BOAZ. Below are placed, upon the same level, two loving and suffering hearts, encircled by twelve Pentagrams. Everyone will tell you that the wearers of this medal do not attach such significance to it, but on this account it is only more absolutely magical, having a dual sense and consequently a double virtue. The ecstatic on the authority of whose revelations this talisman was engraved, had already beheld it existing perfectly in the Astral Light, which demonstrates once more the intimate connexion of ideas and signs, giving a new sanction to the symbolism of Universal Magic. The greater the importance and solemnity brought to bear on the execution and consecration of talismans and Pantacles, the more virtue they acquire, as will be under stood upon the evidence of the principles which we have established. Such consecration should take place on the days that we have indicated, with the apparatus which we have given in detail. Talismans are consecrated by the four exorcised elements, after conjuring the spirits of darkness by the CONJURATION OF THE FOUR. Then, taking up the Pantacle and sprinkling it with some drops of magical water, say: In the name of Eloim and by the spirit of the living waters, be thou unto me a sign of light and a sacrament of will. Presenting it to the smoke of the perfumes: By the brazen serpent which destroyed the serpents of fire, be thou, etc. Breathing seven times upon the Pantacle or talisman: By the firmament and spirit of the voice, be thou, etc. Lastly, placing some particles of purified earth or salt triadwise upon it: In the salt of earth, and by the virtue of eternal life, be thou etc.
Then recite the Conjuration of the Seven as follows, casting alternately a pastille of the seven perfumes into the sacred fire: