Banish with the four elements

The book behind the practice

Transcendental Magic: Its Doctrine and Ritual

Éliphas Lévi · translated by A. E. Waite

The Conjuration of the Four places earth and gnomes at north, fire and salamanders at south, air and sylphs at east, and water and undines at west. Lévi prescribes breath, sprinkling, burning perfumes, exact magical figures and ritual implements. He also describes a cross gesture that precedes and terminates the conjuration.

Éliphas Lévi · translated by A. E. Waite, Transcendental Magic: Its Doctrine and Ritual. Ritual, chapter IV, printed pp. 221–222; reader pages/original PDF leaves 253–254.

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This is a simplified symbolic adaptation. The east–south–west–north sequence, short elemental dismissals, stone-touch and drawn flame are editorial additions. Ordinary breath and a fingertip of water replace ceremonial breathing and sprinkling; a paper flame replaces burning perfumes. Swords, rods, consecrated pantacles, traced stars and fumigation are omitted. The closing words excerpt the source’s concluding elemental formula; the opening/closing gesture follows p. 222 in plain English. The paintings illustrate the four elemental correspondences, not spirits detected in the room. Printed pp. 221–222; reader pages and original PDF leaves 253–254 checked. Time and difficulty are editorial estimates. Separate modern plates demonstrate each elemental action. The enlarged emblems are a directional teaching composition, not floating objects, detected spirits or required room decoration.

The paintings are modern generated teaching illustrations, not original book plates. Duration and difficulty are editorial estimates. Journal entries retain this guide’s instructions, source checksum and version; they are saved on this device.

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