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The Book OfForbidden KnowledgeHOW TO OBTAIN KNOWLEDGEOF FUTURE EVENTSDIVINATION, ORAny personfasting on midsummersitting' on the church porch,midnight, see the spirits ofthe persons of that parish, who willdie that year, come and knock at thechurch-door, in the order and succession in which they will die.One ofthose watchers, there being several incompany, fell into a profound sleep,so that he could not be waked; whilstin this state his ghost was seen by therest of his companions knocking at thechurch door. Any unmarried womanfasting on midsummer eve, and at midnight laying a clean cloth, with bread,cheese and ale, and sitting down as ifgoing to eat, the street door being leftopen, the person whom she is afterward to marry -will come into the room,and drink to her by bowing, and afterward filling the glass, will leave it onthe table, and making another bow, retire.On St. Agnes' night, the 21st ofJanuary, take a row of pins, and pullout every one, one after another, saying a paternoster, on sticking a pin ineve,andwill,atyour sleeve, and you will dream of himyou shall marry. Another method toseea future spouse in a dream; theparty inquiring must lie in a differentcountry from that in which he commonly resides, and, on going to bed,must knit the left garter about theright legged stocking, letting the other garter and stocking alone; and asyou rehearse the following verses, atevery comma knit a knot:This knot I knit,To know a thing I know not yet,may seeThe man that shall my husband be,How he goes and what he wears,And what he does all days and years.ThatIAccordingly, in a dream he will appear with the insignia of his trade orprofession.Another performed bycharming the moon, thus: At the firstappearance of the new moon, immediately after the new year's day, go outin the evening and stand over thespears of a gate or stile, and, lookingon the moon, repeat the followinglines:All hailtothee,moon;allhailtothee,prithee,good moon, reveal to meThis night who my husband must be.The party will then dream of theirIfuture husband. A slice of the bridecake, thrice thrown through the wedding ring, and laid under the head ofwoman will make themdream of their future husband. Thesame is practiced in the north with aan unmarriedpiece of the groaning cheese.HOW TO RECEIVE ORACLESBY DREAMSHe who wouldreceive true dreams,should keep a pure, undisturbed, andimaginative spirit, and so compose itthat it may be made worthy of knowledge and government by the mind; forsuch a spirit is most fit for prophesying,andthings.isa most clear glass of alltherefore, we are soundWhen,in body, not disturbed intellect not made dull bymind, our in-heavy mealsand strong drink, not sad through poverty, not provoked through lust, notincited by any vice, not stirred up bywrath or anger, not being irreligiouslyand profanely inclined, not given tonor lost in drunkenness, but,chastely going to bed, fall asleep, thenour pure and divine soul being freefrom all the evils above recited, andseparated from all hurtful thoughtsand now freed, by dreaming is endowed with this divine spirit as an instrument, and doth receive those beamsand representations which are darteddown, as it were, and shine forth fromthe divine Mind into itself, in a deifying glass.levity—

BOOK OP FORBIDDEN KNOWLEDGEThere are four kinds of true dreams,the first, matutine, i.e., betweenand waking; the second, thatwhich one sees concerning' another; theViz.,sleeping'third,shownthattowhose interpretation issame dreamer in thethenocturnalvision;and,lastly,thatwhich is related to the same dreamerin the nocturnal vision.But naturalthing's and their own co-mixtures dolikewise belong- unto wise men, and weoften use such to receive oracles froma spirit by a dream, which are neitherby perfumes, unctions, meats, drinks,rings, seals, etc.Nowthose who are desirous to receive oracles through a dream, let themmake themselves a ring of the Sun orSaturn for this purpose.There arelikewise images of dreams, which, being put under the head when going tosleep, doth effectually give true dreamsof whatever the mind hath before determined or consulted upon, the practice of which is as follows:Thou shalt make an image of theSun, the figure whereof must be a mansleeping upon the bosom of an angel;which thou shalt make -when Leo ascends, the Sun being in the ninth houseIn Aries; then you must write upon thefigure the name of the effect desired,and in the hand of the angel the nameand character of the intelligence of theSun, which is Michael.Let the same image be made in Virgoascending Mercury being fortunate inAries in the ninth, or Gemini ascending, Mercury being fortunteintheninth house in Aquarius and let himbe received by Saturn with a fortunateaspect, and let the name of the spirit(Which is Raphael) be written upon it.Let the same likewise be made -Libraascending, "Venus being received fromMercury in Gemini in the ninth houseand write upon it the name of theangel of Venus (which is Anael). Againyou may make the same imageAquarius ascending, Saturn fortunately possessing the ninth in his exaltation, which is Libraand let there bewritten upon it the name of the angel——————images),exceptthey are vivified byspiritualand celestial virtue, andchiefly by the ardent desire and firmintent of the soul of the operator. Butwho can give a soul to an image, ormake a stone, or metal, or clay, orwood, or wax, or paper, to live? Certainly no man whatever, for this arcanum doth not enter into an artist ofa stiff neck. He only hath it who transcends the progress of angels, andcomes to the very Archtype Himself.The tables of numbers likewise conferto the receiving of oracles, being dulyformed under their own constellations.Therefore, he who is desirous of receiving true oracles by dreams, let himabstain from supper, from drink, andbe otherwise well disposed, so his brainwill be free from turbulent vapors; lethimalso have his bed-chamber fair andclean, exorcised and consecrated; thenlet him perfume the same with someconvenient fumigation, and let himanoint his temples with some unguentefficacious hereunto, and put a ring ofdreams upon his finger; then let himtake one of the images we have spokenof, and place the same under his head;then let him address himself to sleep,meditating upon that thing which hedesires to know. So shall he receive amost certain and undoubted oracle bya dream when the Moon goes throughthe sign of the ninth revolution of hisnativity, and she is in the ninth .signfrom the sign of perfection.This is the way whereby we may obtain all sciences and arts whatsoever,whether astrology, occult philosophy,physic, etc., or else suddenly and perfectly with a true illumination of ourintellect, although all inferior familiarspirits whatsoever conduce to this effect, and sometimes also evil spiritssensibly inform us, intrinsically andextrinsically.DREAMS, TOKENS, AND INSIGHTS INTO FUTURITYThe sameTHE RING AND THE OLIVE BRANCHin Pisces, and being fortunatelyplaced in the ninth house and writeupon it the spirit of the Moon (whichwedding ring; and it is best to try thischarm on your own birthday. Pay foryour ring with some small bill, forwhatever change you receive you mustgive it to the first beggar you meet inthe street; and, if no one asks alms ofyou, give it to some poor person foryou need not, alas! go far before youof Saturn (whichmaytheisCassial).be made with Cancer ascending,Moon being received by Jupiter andVenus—Gabriel).There are likewise made rings ofdreams of wonderful efficacy, and thereare rings of the Sun and Saturn andthe constellation of them is, when theSun or Saturn ascend in their exaltation in the ninth, and when the MoonIs joined to Saturn in the ninth, and inthat sign which was the ninth house ofthe nativity, and write and engraveupon the rings the name of the spiritof the Sun or Saturn, and by theserules you may know how and by whatmeans to constitute more of yourself.But know this, that such imageswork nothing (as they are simplyIs—Buy a ring; it matters not it beinggold, so as it has the semblance of a—one towhomyour charity will beacceptable; carefully note what theysay in return, such as "God bless you,"or wishing you luck and prosperity, asis usual.When you get home, write itdown on a sheet of paper, at each offour corners, and, in the middle, putthe two first letters of your nam«,your age, and the letters of the planetsthen reigning as morning and eveningstars, get a branch of olive and fastenfind

BOOK OF FORBIDDEN KNOWLEDGEthe ring on the stalk with a string ofthread which has been steeped all dayin a mixture of honey and vinegar, orany composition of opposite qualities,very sweet and very sour; cover yourring and stalk with the written paper,carefully wrapped round and round;wear it in your bosom till the ninthhour of the night; then repair to thenext church-yard and bury the charmin the grave of a young man who diedunmarried; and, while you are so doingrepeat the letters of your own Christian name three times backwards, return home, and keep as silent as possible till you go to bed, which mustbe done before eleven; put a light inyour chimney, or some safe place, and,before midnight, or just about thattime, your husband that is to be willpresent himself at the foot of the bed,but will presently disappear. If youare not to marry, none will come, and,in that case, if you dream before morning of children, it shows that you willhave them unmarried; and if youdream of crowds of men, beware ofprostitution.THE WITCH'S CHAIN——Let three young women join togetherin making a long chainabout a yardwill do of Christmas juniper and mistletoe berries, and, at the end of everylink, put an oak acorn. Exactly beforemidnight let them assemble in a roomby themselves, where no one can disturb them; leave a window open, andtake the key out of the keyhole andhang it over the chimney-piece; havea good fire, and place in the midst ofit a long, thinnish log of wood, wellsprinkled with oil, salt, and freshmould; then wrap the chain round it,each maiden having an equal share inthe business; then sit down, and onyour left knee let each fair one havea prayer-book opened at the matrimonial service. Just as the last acornburned, the future husband williscross the room; each one will see herown proper spouse, but he will be invisible to the rest of the wakeful virgins.Those that are not be wed willsee a coffin, or some mis-shapen form,cross the room; go to bed instantly,and you will all have remarkabledreams. This must he done either ona "Wednesday or Friday night, but noother.LOVE'S CORDIAL(To be tried the third night of a newmoon.)Take brandy, rum, gin, wine, and theoil of amber, of each a teaspoonful;a tablespoonful of cream, and three ofspring water; drink it as you get intobed.Repeat:This mixture of love I take for mypotion,I ofnotion;Thatmydestinymay have ame,new moon beAnd show unto medesigned.You will dream ofthat fate that'sCupid befriendkind,drink, and, ac-cording to the quality or manner of itbeing presented, you may tell the condition to which you will rise or fall bymarriage.Water is poverty; and ifyou dream of a drunken man, it is ominous that you will have a drunkenmate.If you dream of drinking toomuch you will fall, at a future period,into that sad error yourself, withoutgreat care; and what is a worse sightthan an inebriated female? She cannotguard her own honor, ruins her ownandfamily'ssubstance,and oftenclothes herself with rags. Trouble isoften used as an excuse for this vicioushabit; but it gives more trouble thanittakes away.LOVE LETTERSOnreceiving a love letter that haaany particular declaration in it, lay itwide open; then fold it in nine folda,pin it next your heart, and thus wearit till bed-time; then place it in yourleft-hand glove, and lay it under yourhead. If you dream of gold, diamonds,or any costly gems, your lover is true,and means what he says; if of whitelinen, you will lose him by death; andifof flowers, he will prove false.Ifyou dream of his saluting you, he is,at present, false, and means not whathe professes, but only to draw you intoa snare.MAGIC ROSEGatheryour rose on the 27th ofJune; let it be

TheBookOf ForbiddenKnowledge DIVINATION,ORHOWTOOBTAINKNOWLEDGE OFFUTUREEVENTS Anypersonfastingonmidsummer eve,andsitting'onthechurchporch, will,atmidnight .