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THE PICATRIX
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selected translations & Commentary
Introduction
1
Arabic Picatrix
Book I Chapters 1-4
3
commentary
23
The Forms of the Planets
Book III, Chapter 3
27
Selected Planetary
Talisman Translations
Book II, Chapter 10
28
Adocentyn, the Talismanic City
Book IV, Chapter 3
31
commentary
32
House based talismans
Book I, Chapter 5
36
commentary
46
Ritual Preparations
Book III, chapter 7
49
commentary
54
Arabic Picatrix
Planetary Invocations
Book III, Chapter 8
56
commentary
66
Operation of Jupiter
Picatrix Book III, Chapter 9
The Jovial FEAST
68
commentary
69
Invocation of Perfect Nature
Book III Chapter 6
Translated by Nigel Jackson
72
commentary
75
INTRODUCTION
T
he Picatrix or Ghayat al Hakim , the
“Aim of the Wise” is the most
famous book of astrological magic of the
Middle Ages and Renaissance. Attributed
to the Arabic author Al-Majriti, the Picatrix
was composed, according to the Arabic
translation that follows, between AD 954
and 959. It was compiled, according to the preamble, from 200 previous works of magic,
astrology and philosophy. Composed in Andalusia, Islamic Spain, it was translated into
Castilian and then Latin 1256 at the court of Alphonso the Wise of Castile.
T
he Picatrix differs from other medieval and Renaissance grimoires or books of
magic in being much more philosophical in orientation. Typical grimoires like the
Greater and Lesser Keys of Solomon are almost entirely focused on practice, while Picatrix
spends a great deal of time delving into the philosophical background behind magic. Picatrix
also stands apart in its heavy reliance on astrology, both as a means of timing the creation of
astrological talismans and as a universal method of classification.
O
ur first translation from the Arabic Picatrix focuses on the relationship between
the One and the multiplicity of existent beings. Knowledge of this relationship,
says Picatrix , is the key to magic. Our next translations, on the forms of the planets and
selected planetary talismans, introduce us to the use of the planets in talismanic magic. The
next translation, that of house based talismans, takes us to another level in complexity,
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requiring the full range of traditional astrological magical skill, but producing very powerful
full chart talismans.
T
he translations of ritual preparations and planetary invocations begin our study of
Picatrix ritual, a necessary concomitant to the physical production of talismans.
Finally the selected translations ends with two very interesting and specific rituals, that of the
operation of Jupiter and of the invocation of Perfect Nature. Once again the focus is on the
relationship between the One and the many, in this case the mage seeks to become a mirror
of that relationship uniting himself with his Almuten Figuris, the planetary ruler of his chart,
in order to replicate the unity of the Macrocosm and Microcosm with the practical purpose
of doing works of magic.
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