Notes to Chapter VIII
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NOTES TO CHAPTER VIII.
(a) The Symbols of this Chapter are manifested partly by the Angels and partly by the Evil Spirits.
(b) ASHTAROTH executes the Operations of this Chapter.
(c) The Familiar Spirits cannot execute the Operations of this Chapter.
(d) To excite a Tempest, give the Signal above you, and touch the Symbol on the top. To make it cease, touch it underneath.
(e) No. 1 is a Square of 49 Squares. CANAMAL = Hebrew ChNML, i.e., Hailstones of great size.
No. 2 is a border of 16 taken from a Square of 25 Squares. TAKAT, TKO, Hebrew, has the sense of "immersed in, overflowed by".
No. 3. A Gnomon of 11 Squares taken from a Square of 36 Squares. SAGRIR, Hebrew SGRIR a most vehement rain and tempest".
No. 4. A Square of 25 Squares. HAMAG, perhaps from Hebrew, MOK, "to compress, or crush, or press".
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