Now first of all produced out of darkness into the light, against all caco-Magicians, and contemners of the gifts of God; for the profit and delectation of all those, who do truely and piously love the creatures of God, and do use them with thanksgiving, to the honour of God, and profit of themselves and their neighbours.
Containing nine Tomes, and seven Septenaries of APHORISMS.
The first is called Isagoge, or, A Book of the Institutions of Magick: or, τῆς πνευματικῆς, which in forty and nine Aphorisms comprehendeth the most general Precepts of the whole Art:
The second is Microcosmical Magick, what Microcosmus hath effected Magically, by his Spirit and Genius addicted to him from his Nativity, that is, spiritual wisdom: and how the same is effected.
The third is Olympick Magick, in what manner a man may do and suffer by the spirits of Olympus.
The fourth is Hesiodiacal, and Homerical Magick, which teacheth the operations by the Spirits called Cacodaemones, as it were not adversaries to mankinde.
The fifth is Romane or Sibylline Magick, which acteth and operates with Tutelar Spirits and Lords, to whom the whole Orb of the earth is distributed. This is valde insignis Magia. To this also is the doctrine of the Druids referred.
The sixth is Pythagorical Magick, which only acteth with Spirits to whom is given the doctrine of Arts, as Physick, Medicines, Mathematicks, Alchymie, and such kinde of Arts.
The seventh is the Magick of Apollonius, and the like, and agreeth with the Romane and Microcosmical Magick: only it hath this thing peculiar, that it hath power over the hostile spirits of mankinde.
The eighth is Hermetical, that is, Aegyptiacal Magick; and differeth not much from Divine Magick.
The ninth is that wisdom which dependeth solely upon the Word of God; and this is called Prophetical Magick.
IN the Name of the Creator of all things both visible and invisible, who revealeth his Mysteries out of his Treasures to them that call upon him; and fatherly and mercifully bestoweth those his Secrets upon us without measure. May he grant unto us, through his only begotten Son Jesus Christ our Lord, his ministring spirits, the revealers of his secrets, that we may write this Book of Arbatel, concerning the greatest Secrets which are lawful for man to know, and to use them without offence unto God. Amen.