![]() Mars is described as a particularly bad planet that creates pain, suffering “and the author of evil things.” Picatrix offers a long prayer to it, which begins: The book notes that each of the planets is more effective in dealing with certain groups of people – you would call up on Saturn’s help against farmers and fathers, the Sun against physicians and philosophers, and the Moon with kings and toll keepers. Picatrix has something similar to this in offering prayers to the planets to get their support in one’s ventures. If someone puts a drop in hot water, it will work wondrously.Ĭalling upon the powers of various spirits is another common practice for evil wizards. If you extract the essence from it, it will be suited to your work. If you distill the fermented venom, it will penetrate more. When you set the venom to ferment in a lead vase, it will become stronger. Letters, food, and other such things are deadly when anointed with this. Little by little, it will swell up while getting angry, and it will spew forth a triple venom with a triple color. Stretch it out on its stomach over a post. Perhaps the most sinister of all of these concoctions is created with a toad. There are those that require pig sweat, donkeys’ brains, monkey grease and even black cats’ urine. Even profound secrets, humans, scorpions, serpents, mice, all the reptiles upon the earth, and all the operations of Saturn will be revealed to the wearer.ĭangerous elixirs Photo by Sandwich / FlickrĮvil wizards probably need a lot of poisons, and Picatrix has many, many recipes for this, all of which seem to have strange ingredients. The spirits that dwell in the dark and obscure places will be well-disposed to the wearer bulls will assist the wearer. For example, the book advises one to create a ring for Saturn using turquoise and lead, and to inscribe into it an image of a man riding a dragon, wielding a sickle or a scythe. You could make use of these planets through the various metals and minerals and create rings with magical abilities. Picatrix devotes a lot of its pages to astrological magic, and the power of the planets in particular (in the medieval world the planets were Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, the Sun, Venus, Mercury and the Moon). The harmful power of Saturn will flow into it, and it will never be populated for as long as the thin sheet shall stand there. Place the thin sheet in the place that you desire to be depopulated. ![]() On the day and hour of Saturn with the second face of Capricorn ascending with Saturn standing in it. The curse involves using the fluid from a pig’s brain to draw figures onto a thin lead sheet. ![]() Picatrix offers a spell to get that kind of living arrangement by driving your neighbours away. ![]() If fantasy novels are correct, evil wizards like to live in barren land, far from other people. ![]()
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