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These then are the essential constituents of the talisman. It is now up to the operator to arrange them in his own particular manner, to decide the material of
which he is to make his talisman (bearing in mind the stricture that all his materials must be 'virgin' that is, not used for any other purpose before, and this
includes his brush, paint, etc). The size of the talisman, and which of the above constituents he intends to include. Of course it would be possible for him, if he
so chose, to engrave, etch, or paint the talisman on a disc or polygon of the appropriate metal. The appropriate metals are Lead for Saturn, Tin for Jupiter, Iron
for Mars, Gold for the Sun, Copper for Venus, Mercury or Aluminium for Mercury, Silver for the moon, and Zinc for the Earth. But for the moment we will
consider the operation as if a card talisman is being constructed.
Considerations of time now enter into the operation, and it is advisable, working on traditional assumptions (which are well worth maintaining) to set aside an
hour during the day which is traditionally allocated to the planet under whose auspices you are working. Thus, for works of Saturn, Saturday; for works of
Jupiter, Thursday; for works of Mars, Tuesday; for works of the Sun, Sunday; for works of Venus, Friday; for works of Mercury, Wednesday; and for works of
the Moon, Monday. For Earth talismans there is no special day. Although it is often asserted in the older works of magic that it is necessary to pick the correct
planetary hour, in practice, except in extremely tricky operations, this can be safely ignored. If however it is desired to calculate this tune then the following
should serve as a simple guide:
There are twelve planetary, or unequal hours in each day, and twelve in each night. The total of minutes of actual daylight are added together, and then divided
by twelve. This gives the actual number of minutes in a planetary hour of the day. For instance: there are, say, sixteen hours of daylight in a given day. This is
equal to nine hundred and sixty minutes. Divided by twelve, this gives eighty minutes in a planetary hour.
A similar calculation will give the length of the planetary hours of the night: eight normal hours ('dial-hours') equal four hundred and eighty minutes. Divided
by twelve, this equals forty minutes to each hour of the night.
Then, taking the planets in the following order; Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Sun, Venus, Mercury, Moon, the first hour of each day will begin with the planet
attributed to that day and the others will follow in the above succession, the cycle repeating itself till each of the twelve hours has a planetary ruler. The same
applies to the hours of the night.
The talisman should be constructed on the day (and if you wish the hour) of the appropriate planet and consecrated at the same tune or seven days later. Again
the procedure for consecration is flexible and depends to a large extent upon the personal preferences of the practitioner. However a short ceremony, based on
the four alchemical elements, and the fifth invisible synthesis of these, is set out below. (6)
Equipment needed for the construction and consecration of a talisman
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. A piece of fairly stiff cardboard (or metal sheet if the talisman is to be engraved).
. Paint of the appropriate colour, preferably waterproof: acrylic paints are the best for this purpose.
. Brushes both for the main colour and for the lettering. A pen may be used for the lettering if desired.
. A compass, ruler and pencil for drawing the figure of the appropriate number of sides.
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