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Bad luck alphabet
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Gustave Doré.
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Do you use a versicle for the 2nd pentacle of Mercury?
Nope, aside from the general consecration psalms and oration for the pentacles prescribed in the greater key. 
That said, since it is absent, i’d recommend calling up Raphael and going down the hierarchy- the unified hierarchy that I use places Raphael as the archangel of Wednesday/Mercury as opposed to the Michael as prescribed in the key but either work- general form starting with a name of God for the day, then moving to like the archangel, the angels, the spirits of the air, the ministers, and the angels of the directions if you’re going all out is a safe bet, something like this, which has been adapted from The Conjuration of Wednesday as presented in Peterson’s translation of the Heptameron:
Banish
Circle up, consider the one in the gkos
Assuming exorcised incense, pen, and paper are in your possession (make them as described in the key), light the incense, draw the thing, and say the appropriate Psalms (8, 19, 27, 22, 32, 51, 29, 72, 54, 134 in the KJV in that order) over it in the day and hour of Mercury.
Before the oration that isn’t a psalm, do something like this (hence the circle) 
I CONJURE and call upon you, ye strong and holy angels, good and powerful, in a strong name of fear and praise, Ja, Adonay, Elohim, Saday, Saday, Saday; Eie, Eie, Eie; Asamie, Asamie; and in the name of Adonay, the God of Israel, who hath made the two great lights, and distinguished day from night for the benefit of his creatures; and by the names of all the discerning angels, governing openly in the second house before the great angel, Tetra, strong and powerful; and by the name of his star which is Mercury; and by the name of his seal, which is that of a powerful and honored God; and I call upon thee, Raphael, and by the names above mentioned, thou great angel who presides over the fourth day to bring forth Miel and Seraphiel, to bring forth Mediat Rex, ruler of the South-West Wind, and his Ministers Suquinos and Sallales. to bring forth the angels of the East, Mathlai. Tarmiel. Baraborat. The West,  Jeresous. Mitraton. The North, Thiel. Rael. Jariahel. Venahel. Velel. Abuiori. Ucirnuel. And the South,  Milliel. Nelapa. Babel. Caluel. Vel. Laquel. To bring forth Böel, by whom we may specifically [insert your specific intended use of the pentacle here] 
[having done this, consider using some charge like this, example as provided by the chad @thedesertgod herself]  
Böel, we ask you fulfill our desires as stated, by both the spirit and the letter of ourrequest, with no interference or hesitation.
consider using the pentacle to stiff arm the spirit into doing its job, then consider making an offering of incense to the spirit, then fumigating the the pentacle as you would normally.
Last, hit it with the oration and a license to depart, as follows: 
O ADONAI most powerful, EL most strong, AGLA most holy, ON most righteous, the ALPHA and the OMEGA, the Beginning and the End; thou who hast established all things in thy Wisdom; thou who has chosen Abraham thy faithful servant, and hast promised that in his seed shall all nations of the earth be blessed, which seed thou hast multiplied as the stars of Heaven; thou who hast appeared unto thy servant Moses in flame in the midst of the Burning Bush, and hast made him walk with dry feet through the Red Sea; thou who gavest the Law to him upon Mount Sinai; thou who hast granted unto Solomon thy Servant these pentacles by thy great Mercy, for the preservation of Soul and of Body; we most humbly implore and supplicate thy Holy Majesty, that these pentacles may be consecrated by thy power, and prepared in such manner that they may obtain virtue and strength against all spirits, through thee, O Most Holy ADONAI, whose Kingdom, Empire, and principality, remaineth and endureth without end.
[show the pentacle to the spirit named, and set it on its way]
[now addressing the spirits you’ve assembled]
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, go in peace unto your places; peace be between us and you; be ye ready to come when you are called.
after you’re sure they're gone, dismantle the circle and banish thoroughly. 
You can alternatively 1-800-GOD-DSIC Raphael and ask for instructions through that system as to how to consecrate and/or use the pentacle. 
Another alternative is doing a toned back consecration from La Veritable Magie Noire. 
More than one way to skin a cat, choose what speaks to you as long as its internally consistent and works in the end.
Happy Conjuring, 
Key
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of Solomon’s Pentacles Construction
[post susceptible to edits and updates] 
In this post I will attempt a brief categorization of the pentacles of Solomon, based of Mathers’ “The Key…” with briefs references to MS. Sloane 3091 (I still want to get my hands on the italian one) and their connection to Agrippa’s work. There won’t be much theorizing besides basic geometric relations and minimum possible “correction”. This post is mainly an observation of the construction of pentacles.
Why do this?
By understanding the rationale behind the construction of the classic pentacles, it becomes easier to not only correct them but also to reverse-engineer them to create new pentacles from the old tradition.
[Mathers’ Key]
[Sloane 3091]
[Agrippa’s De Occulta]
Special thanks to @kojoteundkraehe for helping me out with this
obs. I am just using this style of language for DRAMA
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An exhaustive list of books for the advanced witch.
Occultism, Witchcraft, and Cultural Fashions: Essays in Comparative Religions by Mircea Eliade
Evolutionary Witchcraft by T. Thorn Coyle
Advanced Witchcraft: Go Deeper, Reach Further, Fly Higher by Edain McCoy
Witches, Midwives, and Nurses: A History of Women Healers by Barbara Ehrenreich and Deirdre English
The Veil’s Edge: Exploring the Boundaries of Magic by Willow Polson
Deepening Witchcraft: Advancing Skills & Knowledge by Grey Cat
Kissing the Limitless by Thorn Coyle
The Sea Priestess by Dion Fortune
The Training & Work of an Initiate by Dion Fortune
The Second Circle: Tools for the Advancing Pagan by Venecia Rauls
The Otherside of Virtue by Brendan Myers
Psychic Self-Defense by Dion Fortune
Curse Tablets and Binding Spells from the Ancient World by John G. Gager
Wicca 333: Advanced Topics in Wiccan Belief by Kaatryn MacMorgan
The Elements of Ritual: Air, Fire, Water & Earth in the Wiccan Circle by Deborah Lipp
777 And Other Qabalistic Writings of Aleister Crowley: Including Gematria & Sepher Sephiroth by Aleister Crowley
Treading the Mill: Practical Craft Working in Modern Traditional Witchcraft by Nigel G. Pearson
Mastering Witchcraft by Paul Huson
The Call of the Horned Piper by Nigel Aldcroft Jackson
Masks of Misrule: The Horned God & His Cult in Europe by Nigel Jackson
The Pillars of Tubal Cain by Nigel Jackson
The Roebuck in the Thicket: An Anthology of the Robert Cochrane Witchcraft Tradition by Evan John Jones
The Robert Cochrane Letters: An Insight into Modern Traditional Witchcraft by Robert Cochrane
Secrets of East Anglian Magic by Nigel Pennick
Jambalaya: The Natural Woman’s Book of Personal Charms and Practical Rituals by Luisah Teish
The Element Encyclopedia of 5000 Spells: The Ultimate Reference Book for the Magical Arts by Judika Illes
HEKATE: Keys to the Crossroads – A collection of personal essays, invocations, rituals, recipes and artwork from modern Witches, Priestesses and Priests by Sorita D’Este
The Satanic Witch by Anton Szandor LAVey
Advanced Wicca: Exploring Deeper Levels of Spiritual Skills and Masterful Magick by Patricia Telesco
The Meaning of Witchcraft by Gerald Brosseau Gardner
The Study of Witchcraft: A Guidebook to Advanced Wicca by Deborah Lipp
Progressive Witchcraft by Janet Farrar and Gavin Bone * The Crossroads in Folklore and Myth by Martin Puhvel
When the Drummers Were Women: A Spiritual History of Rhythm by Layne Redmond
The Night Battles: Witchcraft & Agrarian Cults in the Sixteenth & Seventeenth Centuries by Anne Tedeschi
A Razor for a Goat: Problems in the History of Witchcraft and Diabolism by Elliot Rose
Ecstasies: Deciphering the Witches’ Sabbath by Carlo Ginzburg
Popular Religion in Late Saxon England: Elf Charms in Context by Karen Louise Jolly
The Return of the Dead: Ghosts, Ancestors, and the Transparent Veil of the Pagan Mind by Claude Lecouteux
Contemporary Paganism: Listening People, Speaking Earth by Graham Harvey
Athenian Popular Religion by Jon D. Mikalson
Greek Folk Religion by Martin P. Nilsson
Homo Necans: The Anthropology of Ancient Greek Sacrificial Ritual and Myth by Walter Burkert
The Greek Way of Death by Robert Garland
The Odyssey by Homer
The Iliad by Homer
Theogony, Works and Days by Hesiod
The Histories, Revised by Herodotus
Popular Magic: Cunning-folk in English History by Owen Davies
Myths and Symbols in Pagan Europe: Early Scandinavian and Celtic Religions by Hilda Roderick Ellis Davidson
The Well and the Tree: World and Time in Early Germanic Culture by Paul C. Bauschatz
Carmina Gadelica by Alexander Carmichael
Greek and Roman Necromancy by Daniel Ogden
Rotting Goddess: The Origins of the Witch in Classical Antiquity by Jacob Rabinowitz
The Silver Bough by F. Marian MacNeil
The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion by James Frazer
The White Goddess by Robert Graves
Myth and Sexuality by Jamake Highwater
The Homeric Hymns by Homer
The Wisdom of the Outlaw by Joseph Falaky Nagy
Harvest Home by Thomas Tryon
Trioedd Ynys Prydein: The Triads of the Island of Britain by Rachel Bromwich
Lady With A Mead Cup by Michael Enright
Women’s Religions in the Greco-Roman World: A Sourcebook by Ross Shepard Kraemer
Auraicept na n-Éces: The Scholars Primer by George Calder, ed.
A Guide to Early Irish Law by Fergus Kelly
The Tain by tr. by Thomas Kinsella
The Banshee: The Irish Death Messenger by Patricia Lysaght
Sex and Marriage in Ancient Ireland by Patrick C. Power
The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries by W. Y. Evans Wentz
The Secret Commonwealth and the Fairy Belief Complex by Brian Walsh
Beyond Celts, Germans, and Scythians by Peter S. Wells
Tales of the Elders of Ireland by Ann Dooley and Harry Roe, trans.
The Celtic Heroic Age by John T. Koch and John Carey, eds.
The Poetic Edda
The Prose Edda
Society and Politics in Snorri Sturluson’s Heimskringla by Sverre Bagge
Feud in the Icelandic Saga by Jesse L. Byock
The Secret Commonwealth of Elves, Fauns and Fairies by Andrew Lang
The Way of Wyrd by Brian Bates
The Real Middle-Earth: Magic and Mystery in the Dark Ages by Brian Bates
Gods of Love and Ecstasy: The Traditions of Shiva and Dionysus by Alain Danielou
Pagan Dream Of Rennaissance by Joscelyn Godwin * Spiritual Mentoring: A Pagan Guide by Judy Harrow
Loneliness & Revelation by Brendan Myers
The Pagan Book of Living and Dying: Practical Rituals, Prayers, Blessings, and Meditations on Crossing Over by Starhawk
A World Full of Gods: An Inquiry into Polytheism by John Michael Greer
Exploring the Pagan Path: Wisdom from the Elders by Kristin Madden, Starhawk, Raven Grimassi, and Dorothy Morrison
Between the Worlds edited by Sian Reid * The Gaelic Otherworld by John Gregorson Campbell, ed. by Ronald Black
The Visions of Isobel Gowdie: Magic, Shamanism and Witchcraft in Seventeenth-century Scotland by Emma Wilby
Dreamtime: Concerning the Boundary Between Wilderness and Civilization by Hans Peter Duerr
The Underworld Initiation: A journey towards psychic transformation by R. J. Stewart
Power Within the Land: The Roots of Celtic and Underworld Traditions Awakening the Sleepers and Regenerating the Earth by R. J. Stewart
The Tree of Enchantment: Ancient Wisdom and Magic Practices of the Faery Tradition by Orion Foxwood
The Woman in the Shaman’s Body: Reclaiming the Feminine in Religion and Medicine by Barbara Tedlock
Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy by Mircea Eliade
Walkers Between the Worlds: The Western Mysteries from Shaman to Magus by Caitlin Matthews
Plant Spirit Wisdom: Shamans and Sin eaters, Celtic Techniques for Healing the Soul by Ross Heaven
The Wiccan Mystic by Ben Gruagach
To Fly by Night edited by Veronica Cummer
Nine Worlds of Seid-Magic: Ecstasy and Neo-Shamanism in North European Paganism by Jenny Blain
Cunning-Folk and Familiar Spirits: Shamanistic Visionary Traditions in Early Modern British Witchcraft and Magic by Emma Wilby
Sacred Mask Sacred Dance by Evan John Jones * Circles, Groves and Sanctuaries by Dan and Pauline Campanelli
Hoodoo Herb and Root Magic: A Materia Magica of African-American Conjure by Catherine Yronwode
Sticks, Stones, Roots & Bones: Hoodoo, Mojo & Conjuring with Herbs by Stephanie Rose Bird
Mastering Herbalism: A Practical Guide by Paul Huson
Encyclopedia of Natural Magic by John Michael Greer
The Tree of Meaning: Language, Mind and Ecology by Robert Bringhurst
Leechcraft: Early English Charms, Plantlore and Healingby Stephen Pollington
Learning Their Language: Intuitive Communication with Animals and Nature by Marta Williams
The Meaning of Herbs: Myth, Language & Lore by G. & Field, A. Scoble
The Lost Language of Plants: The Ecological Importance of Plant Medicines to Life on Earth by Stephen Buhner
The Essential Guide to Herbal Safety by Simon Mills, Kerry Bone * By Standing Stone and Elder Tree: Ritual and the Unconscious by William G. Gray also known as Rollright Stone and Elder Tree
Magical Ritual Methods by William G. Gray
The Sacred and the Profane: The Nature of Religion by Mircea Eliade
Hekate Liminal Rites: A Study of the rituals, magic and symbols of the torch-bearing Triple Goddess of the Crossroads by David Rankine
Circles of Power: Ritual Magic in the Western Tradition by John Michael Greer
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Syncretism is useful, historical, and good...syncretism divorced from its proper context, syncretism done wrong, can have deadly consequences.
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Astronomicum cæsareum (1437)
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