Volume III Part 15 (1/2)
”They are indispensable, madam, for without them one cannot ith any certainty I drew Solone in the hour of Venus, and if I had not begun with Arael, the spirit of Venus, the operation would have had no effect”
”I did not know that And after Arael?”
”Next comes Mercury, then the Moon, then Jupiter, and then the Sun It is, you see, the ic cycle of Zoroaster, in which Saturn and Mars are oone to work in the hour of the Moon?”
”I should have begun with Jupiter, passed to the Sun, then to Arael or Venus, and I should have finished at Mercury”
”I see sir, that you are most apt in the calculation of the planetary hours”
”Without it one can do nothing in ic, as one would have no proper data; however, it is an easy matter to learn Anyone could pick it up in a month's time The practical use, however, is much more difficult than the theory; this, indeed, is a co the exact number of minutes in the day, and take care that my watch is exact to the time, for a minute more or less would make all the difference in the world”
”Would you have the goodness to explain the theory to me”
”You will find it in Artephius and ius”
”I have both works, but they are in Latin”
”I will make you a translation of theed to you”
”I have seen such things here, madam, that I could not refuse, for reasons which I may, perhaps, tell you to-ht to know the name of your familiar spirit before I tell you”
”You know, then, that I have a familiar? You should have one, if it is true that you possess the powder of projection”
”I have one”
”Give me the oath of the order”
”I dare not, and you knohy”
”Perhaps I shall be able to remove your fears by tomorrow”
This absurd oath was none other than that of the princes of the Rosy Cross, who never pronounce it without being certain that each party is a Rosicrucian, so Madaht in her caution, and as for me I had to pretend to be afraid ain time, for I knew perfectly well the nature of the oath It iven between men without any indecency, but a wo it to a man whom she saw for the first time
”When we find this oath alluded to in the Holy Scriptures,” she said, ”it is indicated by the words 'he swore to hih is not really what is meant; and consequently we never find any notice of athis oath to a woman, as a wone ca, and he skewed no little astonish me still with his aunt He told us that his cousin's fever had increased, and that s to take leave of you, my dear aunt, at least for a month, as I intend to shut myself up with the sick ave hi to return it to her after the cure of the prince
”Hang it round his neck and the eruption will come out well, and he will be perfectly cured”
He pro he went out
”I do not know, ht to do with lected to observe the planetary hour”