THE CONJURATION OF THE WATCHER
THIS is the Book of the Conjuration of the Watcher, for formulae as I
received them from the Scribe of ENKI, Our Master and Lord of All Magick. Great
care must be taken that this untamed Spirit does not rise up against the Priest,
and for that reason a preliminary sacrifice must be made in a clean and new bowl
with the appropriate sigils inscribed thereupon, being the three grey carven
signs of the Rock of my initiation, which are:
They must be engraved upon the bowl with a fine stylus, or painted
thereon with dark ink. The sacrifice must be new bread, pine resin, and the
grass Olieribos. These must be burned in the new bowl, and the Sword of the
Watcher, with his Sigil engraved thereupon, at hand, for he will inhabit such at
the time of the Calling of the Watcher and will depart when he is given license
to depart.
The Watcher comes from a Race different from that of Men and
yet different from that of the Gods, and it is said that he was with KINGU and
his hordes at the time of the War between the Worlds, but was dissatisfied and
did cleave unto the Armies of Lord MARDUK.
Wherefore it is wise to
conjure It in the Names of the Three Great Watchers Who existed before the
Confrontation from whose borne the Watcher and His Race ultimately derive, and
those Three are ANU, ENLIL, and Master ENKI of the Magick Waters. And for this
reason They are sometimes called the Three Watchers, MASS SSARATI and the
Watcher MASS SSARATU, or KIA MASS SSARATU.
And the Watcher appears
sometimes as a great and fierce Dog, who prowls about the Gate or the Circle,
frightening away the idimmu who forever lurk about the barriers, waiting for
sacrifice. And the Watcher aloft the Sword of Flames, and even the Elder Gods
are awed thereby. And sometimes the Watcher appears as a Man in A long Robe,
shaven, with eyes that never lose their stare. And the Lord of the Watchers
dwells, it is said, among the Wastes of the IGIGI, and only Watches and never
raises the Sword or fights the idimmi, save when the Covenant is invoked by none
less than the Elder Gods in their Council, like unto the Seven Glorious
APHKHALLU.
And sometimes the Watcher appears as the Enemy, ready to
devour the Priest who has erred in the incantations, or omitted the sacrifice,
or acted in defiance of the Covenant, for which acts the very Elder Gods cannot
forbid that silent Race from exacting its toll. And it is said that some of that
Race lie waiting for the Ancient Ones to once more rule the Cosmos, that they
may be given the right hand of honour, and that such as these are lawless. This
is what is said.
THE PRELIMINARY
INVOCATION
When the time has come to summon the Watcher the first
time, the place of thy calling must be clean, and a double circle of flour drawn
about thee. And there should be no altar, but only the new Bowl with the three
carven signs on it. And the Conjuration of the Fire should be made, and the
sacrifices heaped thereupon, into the burning bowl. And the Bowl is now called
AGA MASS SSARATU, and to be used for no other purpose, save to invoke the
Watcher.
And the bowl must be lain between the Circles, facing the
Northeast.
And thy vestments should be black, and thy cap black.
And the
Sword must be at hand, but not yet in the ground.
And it must be the Darkest
Hour of the Night.
And there must be no light, save for the AGA MASS
SSARATU.
And the Conjuration of the Three must be made, thus:
ISS MASS
SSARATI SHA MUSHI LIPSHURU RUXISHA LIMNUTI!
IZIZANIMMA ILANI RABUTI SHIMA YA
DABABI!
DINA DINA ALAKTI LIMDA!
ALSI KU NUSHI ILANI MUSHITI!
IA MASS
SSARATI ISS MASS SSARATI BA IDS MASS SSARATU!
And this special Conjuration may be made at any time the Priest feels he
is in danger, whether his life or his spirit, and the Three Watchers and the One
Watcher will rush to his aid.
This being said, at the words IDS MASS
SSARATU the Sword must be thrust into the ground behind the AGA MASS SSARATU
with force. And the Watcher will appear for the instructions to be made by the
Priest.
THE NORMAL INVOCATION OF THE
WATCHER
This Invocation is to be made during the course of any
Ceremony when it is necessary to summon the Watcher to preside over the outer
precincts of the Circle or Gate. The Sword is to be thrust into the ground as
before, in the Northeast section, but the AGA MASS SSARATU is not necessary LEST
THOU HAST NOT MADE SACRIFICE TO THINE WATCHER IN THE SPACE OF ONE MOON in which
case it is necessary to sacrifice to It anew whether in that Ceremony or at some
other, earlier.
Raise the Copper Dagger of INANNA of the Calling, and
declaim the Invocation in a clear voice, be it loud or soft:
IA MASS
SSARATU!
I conjure Thee by the Fire of GIRRA
The Veils of Sunken
Varloorni,
And by the Lights of SHAMMASH.
I call Thee here, before me, in
visible shadow
In beholdable Form, to Watch and Protect this Sacred Circle,
this Holy Gate of (N.)
May He of the Name Unspeakable, the Number
Unknowable,
Whom no man hath seen at any time,
Whom no geometer
measureth,
Whom no wizard hath ever called
CALL THEE HERE NOW!
Rise up,
by ANU I summon Thee!
Rise up, by ENLIL I summon Thee!
Rise up, by ENKI I
summon Thee!
Cease to be the Sleeper of EGURRA.
Cease to lie unwaking
beneath the Mountains of KUR.
Rise up, from the pits of ancient
holocausts!
Rise up, from the old Abyss of NARR MARRATU!
Come, by
ANU!
Come, by ENLIL!
Come, by ENKI!
In the Name of the Covenant, Come
and Rise up before me!
IA MASS SSARATU! IA MASS SSARATU! IA MASS SSARATU
ZI KIA KANPA!
BARRGOLOMOLONETH KIA!
SHTAH!
At this point, the Watcher will surely come and stand outside the Gate or
Circle until such time as he is given the license to depart by striking of the
Priest's left hand on the hilt of the Sword, while pronouncing the formula BARRA
MASS SSARATU! BARRA!
Thou mayest not depart thine sacred precincts until
the Watcher has been given this license, else he will devour thee. Such are the
laws.
And he care not what he Watches, only that he obey the Priest.