Hmmmmm... it does not appear that my last email made it through. Here is a second try:
--- On Mon, 10/4/10, Aaron Leitch <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> From: Aaron Leitch <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: The Grimoire of Armadel
> To: "Society for The Academic Study of Magic" <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Monday, October 4, 2010, 6:10 AM
> Greetings!
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> Circumstances have recently led me back to an examination
> of the Grimoire of Armadel. While this text has often
> been written off as of little interest or importance, I have
> always felt it holds a more significant place among the
> ranks of operations such as the Seventh Book of Moses and
> perhaps even those of the Notary Arts. That is, it is
> a transcendental system that appears to focus (primarily)
> upon spiritual/intellectual enlightenment rather than the
> more typical magickal powers promised by Solomonic
> grimoires. As another author put it:
http://fraterbarrabbas.blogspot.com/2010/09/grimoire-of-armadel-curious-history-and.html
> the Grimoire of Armadel seeks to affect the "disposition" of
> the conjurer.
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> There has been some speculation that the book was written
> backward - with the title page at the back, preceded by the
> magickal requisites, preceded by the many chapters of Seals
> and finally (the book begins with) the conjuration and
> license to depart. I find this theory to be plausible
> but hardly proven. Other grimoires- such as the
> Goetia- give their magickal seals first and follow them with
> the magickal requisites. In any case, I find it
> ultimately irrelevant in regard to the practical use of the
> text.
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> I do have a question for all of you, however. A
> Frater Alastor published a PDF version of the text (with the
> order of chapters reversed), which you can read here:
http://www.hermetism.info/public/Grimoires/Grimoire%20of%20Armadel.pdf
> I note that in a couple of places, Frater Alastor has given
> diagrams or sigils that do not appear in the Mathers
> translation. Specifically, note the "Characters of
> Michael" and the Magickal Circle (both found near the front
> of the book). Neither of these images appear in
> Mathers' version, but Frater Alastor claims he found them
> "in the German original."
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> What German original? Frater Alastor entirely fails
> to cite the source for these inclusions. Is there a
> German original of Armadel that has been discovered?
> Or was Frater Alastor making things up as he went along?
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> LVX
> Aaron
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