Liber Spirituum Potentissimorum (Compendium Magiae Nigrae)

Regarding: The Staff original: "Baculus"

A horizontal rectangular drawing of a wooden staff or rod. Inside the rod, a title is inscribed.

This staff should be cut from a Hazel tree original: "Corylo"; hazel was traditionally used for dowsing and magic rods. It must be split, and the words and names must be inscribed within it using the blood of a white dove, as shown in the figure written here.

3. Likewise, a Miter a ceremonial headdress or headband should be made from virgin parchment parchment made from the skin of an animal that has not mated. Let the front part be white and the back part be black. The names or characters should also be written upon it with the blood of a white dove, just as the following figure displays.

A diagram of a "Mitra" (a headband or miter) depicted as a horizontal band divided into four panels, each topped with a triangular peak. Each panel contains distinct occult sigils and characters drawn in dark ink.
Labels around the diagram:

• Back original: "Posterior" (written vertically on the left)
• White original: "Alba" (written vertically on the right)
• Black original: "nigra" (centered under the left half)
• Front part original: "Pars anterior" (centered under the right half)

4.) The Master the lead practitioner or magician should wear a black garment reaching down to his shoes. Over this garment, he shall wear a Scapular a shoulder-garment bearing a pentacle made from the aforementioned virgin parchment. The names should be written upon it with the blood of a white dove, as the following figure demonstrates.