Last summer I posted about the Prince
of the Torah, and the conceptual ideas regarding his conjuration.
That post can be viewed here:
The Prince of the Torah is basically
the Prince of the divine truth. He is similar to the Sar HaAnpin, or
the Prince of the Presence, an angel which is similar to the Holy
Guardian Angel. The Prince of the Torah texts seem to take their
origin from the diaspora period during which the Talmud was written.
This makes sense with the preoccupations of the time and the lack of
access to the temple.
Here are the instructions for conjuring
the Prince of the Torah as they were recorded by the early Rabbis.
This could be useful for modern magicians in exploring ways to call
upon their Holy Guardian Angels.
“He who would bind himself to the
Prince of the Torah must wash his clothes and his garments and
immerse in a strict immersion in case of a nocturnal emission. And he
must enter and dwell for twelve days in a room or in an upper
chamber. He may not go out and he may not come in and he must not eat
or drink. But from evening to evening see that he eats his bread,
clean bread of his own hands, and he drinks clear water and he may
not taste any kind of vegetable.
And he must insert this midrash of the
Prince of the Torah into the prayer three times in every single day;
it is after the prayer that he should pray it from its beginning to
its end. And afterward he must sit and study it for twelve days, the
days of his fasting, from morning until evening, and he must not be
silent. And in every hour that he finishes it he must stand on his
feet and adjure the servants by their King and he must call for every
single prince twelve times. Afterward he must adjure him by the seal
– every single one of them.
These are their names. He must say
SQDHWZY'Y YHVH the prince; NHBRDYW'LW YHVH the prince; BYR GHWRYRY'L
YHVH the prince; and there are some who say (GHWRYDYHW'L YHVH the
prince) SRWYL'YL YHVH the prince; (ZBWDY'L YHVH the prince) ZGKWHR'Y
UHVH the prince; TWTRUSY'Y YHVH the prince; PLYTRYH YHVH the prince;
WHWB'RY YHVH the prince; MRGYWY'L YHVH the prince; RHDBYWRWN YHVH the
prince; W'DYRYWDWN YHVH the prince. Thirteen.
He must adjure them for the twelve days
in the name of YWPY'L who is the adornment of the height of his King
and in the name of SRBY'L who is one of the princes of the chariot;
and in the name of SHRRY'L who s a beloved prince; and in the name of
HSDY'L who is called to might six hours in each day. And he must go
back and adjure them, the latter four princes, with a great seal, and
in the name of SWRTQ a holy name and a fearsome crown.
When he completes the twelve he will go
forth to all the the principles of Torah that he seeks, whether to
Bible or to Mishnah or to the vision of the chariot, for he goes
forth in a pure condition and away from grief and away from great
pain. For the learning is in our hands, the reform of the set down
for generations (to come), for the humble to make use of it. And
whoever is fit is answered by them.”
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