Several Tracts Pertaining to the Archidoxa

off, gives him the sign to carry his day, breaks a limb for him, or even the neck, and thus has become his executioner.

Therefore, the ceremonial necromancers should well see what they do, and use this chapter as a mirror. For thus they make themselves into servants and let the spirits remain lords and executioners over them. Therefore, the master does not let himself be bullied by a servant, or does what he wants, but the servant must do what the master wants. Likewise, the executioner does not do what the evildoer wants, or shows him mercy upon his request, but he does what he has orders from the authorities, or what his office contains.

Thus also the evil spirits are God's executioners; the same also do nothing without the order of their authority, that is the high Majesty of God. Therefore I say here that the conjuration is against God, against His word, law, and against the light of nature. And it should be used not only against the spirits, roots, herbs, stones, etc., and similar things more, and in particular used against humans, it is highly forbidden. Do not do like the heathens; those when they could not persuade or compel a human, they conjured him, as one finds many examples of this in Holy Scripture, that he had to do a thing against his will and nature. Woe, however, to the same, and to all those who follow them in this process. How will such a thing become so sour and heavy for them on that day, and how will such a hideous register of the wrath of God be announced and held before them by the Devil, that often one, if he were still so reasonable and could speak, would show such a miserable, pitiable sorrow that surely many thousands would be converted and do penance.

On Characters.

Also, no trust is to be placed in all Caracteribus characters/sigils, and also by no means rely on them, likewise also not on the words, for the necromantic poets have used themselves in it and troubled themselves,