sleep in a clean house, and the angel will come at once and wake thee, and

reveal unto thee everything that thou wishest.

III. Rabbi Aqiba asked R. Eliezer the great: "How can one make the Angel

of the Presence descend upon earth to reveal to man the mysteries from

above and beneath, and the speculations of the foundations of heavenly and

earthly things, and the treasures of wisdom, cunning, and help?" He said

thereupon to me: "My son! I once made him come down, and he nearly

destroyed the whole world, for he is a mighty prince and greater than any in

the heavenly cohort, and he ministers continually before the King of the

Universe, with purity and separation, and with fear and dread of the glory of

his Master, because the Shekinah is always with him." And he said to him:

My master, by the glory which thou hast bestowed upon me, I conjure thee

to instruct me how to attach him to me." (And he replied) : "In that hour

when I wish to attach him to me and to employ him, I sit and fast on that

very day ; but prior to it one must keep oneself free for seven days from any

nocturnal impurity, and must bathe in the fountain of water, and not speak at

all during those seven days, and at the end of this purification, on the day of

the fast, he must sit in the water up to his throat, and before he utters the

conjuration he must first say: 'I conjure you, angels of dread, fear, and

shaking, who are appointed to hurt those who are not pure and clean and

desire the services of my heavenly servants -- I conjure you in the name of

QTT YH HYH SNG QQRWTT HWYH SNYQQRWTT HWYH PPNNH

YHWH YH ANQS YHWH, who is mighty over all, and rules over all, and

everything is in His hands, that you do not hurt me, nor terrify me, nor

frighten me; verily, in the name of the powerful, the head of . . .' After this

he may commence his conjuration, for now he has fortified himself and has

sealed himself with the name of God of 42 letters, before which all who hear

it tremble and are frightened, and the heavenly hosts are terror-struck. He

must then again conjure, and say: 'ADRNHW HYWW PSꢁSꢁYH, chief, who

of all the destroying angels is the most hurtful and burning, with this Name

and in this way I call thee AWZHYA, angel of the Presence, youthful

minister before the King of the Universe, who art a prince and chief of the

heavenly hosts; I conjure thee and decree upon thee that thou attachest

thyself to me to fulfill my wish and to accept the decree of my conjuration

and to accomplish my desires and fulfill my wishes, and do not frighten me,

nor terrify me, nor overawe me, and do not make my frame shake and my

feet vacillate, nor cause my speech to be perverted; but may I be fortified

and strengthened, and may the conjuration be effective and the (sacred)

Name uttered properly by my throat, and may no vacillation take hold of me

sword of moses