The Grand Pentacle enters when spirits refuse to answer the conjurations. Its French notice says that showing it forces them to appear, and specifies gold and a named lunar condition. [1]
Lansdowne MS 1203 · Manuscript p. 107, “Le Grand Pentacle de Salomon”; Peterson’s transcription.
Pentacle profile
Tradition and Group
French Solomonic tradition · Lansdowne MS 1203 [1]
To compel the appearance of refractory and obstinate spirits when the pentacle is shown. [1]
Design
The French notice names a Grand Pentacle but does not describe its geometry. [1]
Spirits that resist the conjurations
The notice calls the spirits “réfractaires & opiniâtres”: refractory and obstinate. They will not yield to the conjurations. The Grand Pentacle is then shown, and the text says they are forced to appear. [1]
The following Mercury notice concerns a different kind of compulsion: release of a person imprisoned on land or enslaved at sea. It specifies Mercury in conjunction with Jupiter or in a good aspect with the Moon. [1]
Gold between two planetary notices
The Grand Pentacle is prescribed on gold, under the lunar condition written as “Crossant Egal de la Lune”. The preceding figure is a Jupiter pentacle associated with Bariel, silver, and Jupiter in the sign of the Crab; the following figure carries the Mercury condition. [1]
Mathers describes Lansdowne 1203 as a French manuscript written in printing letters, with carefully drawn pentacles in coloured inks. He notes that its contents are arranged in a single book without chapters. [2]
French manuscript text with editorial notes. Manuscript pp. 106–108: preceding Jupiter notice, “Le Grand Pentacle de Salomon” on p. 107, and following Mercury notice; complete French passages.
The French notices give the attributed effects, materials and timing of the named pentacles.
S. L. MacGregor Mathers, 1889; printed edition, including editorial restoration of Hebrew characters. Preface, printed p. vii, description of Lansdowne MS 1203; facsimile PDF p. 6.
