The red book of appin pdf

I did a bit of research on it before reading, and the earliest mention I found of this specific text comes from Campbell The first written mention of the Red Book of Appin can be found in what is basically a footnote to a story in J.

The stories in this book were orally collected from Scottish peasants and the likes by the author and his accomplices during the mid-nineteenth century. Part XXX, The Two Shepherds, is the story of a lad getting assaulted by a very suspicious individual when making his way home one night. The story goes a little something like this:. A man in Appin, a village in Scotland, adopted an orphan boy, and when this kid was old enough, he became a shepherd. One day, when he was out herding sheep, a mysterious stranger approached the boy and offered him a better job.

The kid was having none of it, so they arranged to meet up the next day after he had talked things through at home. That night, the kid tells his dad what had happened, and this dad congratulates him for acting sensibly. Note that this guy already seems to have some knowledge of folk magic. The kid manages to pull it off, much to the dismay of the stranger, who, at this stage, by transforming himself into many likenesses and blowing fire and brimstone, has cast off any doubts over his true identity.

The kid waits till morning when the Devil disappears and then takes the book home to his dad. Urquhart notes that he had heard many tales of the Book of Appin from old people but that this particular story was the best. From both the quantity of accounts and their banality, it seems quite likely that there was an actual man in Appin who had a red book. Most of the stories are about villagers asking this man for advice when their cattle were sick. The actual Red Book was almost definitely just a collection of folk medicine recipes.

These stories are too boring to presume that somebody made them up. It looks fancy. I gave up reading it after he says that the orphan in the story represents Melchisideck. Nothing of note here other than the fact that by , the legend of the Red Book of Appin was already attracting lunatics.

Ok, so we have a quaint Scottish folktale and some historical traces of a curious little book about healing cows. Enter Montague Summers. Montague Summers, a man infamous for his anachronistic fear of black magic, includes the exact same paragraph on the book of Appin in both his History of Witchcraft and Demonology , Chapter 3, p. It reads:. Such a volume was the Red Book of Appin known to have actually been in existence a hundred years ago. Tradition said it was stolen from the Devil by a trick.

It was in manuscript, and contained a large number of magic runes and incantations for the cure of cattle diseases, the increase of flocks, the fertility of fields. This document, which must be of immense importance and interest, when last heard of was I believe in the possession of the now-extinct Stewarts of Invernahyle. This strange volume, so the story ran, conferred dark powers on the owner, who knew what inquiry would be made ere the question was poised ; and the tome was so confected with occult arts that he who read it must wear a circlet of iron around his brow as he turned those mystic pages.

However, I have little doubt that it was its mention in the works of Montague Summers that brought The Red Book of Appin to the attention of modern occultists. Crimes and diseases are underher power, and death of infants she brings with her, and her power will touch the adept.

NECAS in the lower right is the underworld, the land of eternal dusk, where theprayers of the outcast searching for favour of the Princes of the Darkness are raised up. The adept shall worship them. Post on Jun views. Category: Documents 0 download. Reject light, acquire Darkness, and reject Christ, acquire Beast.

And eternity shall dwell within thine heart, enlightened by flame, for from age to age it exists, and light is not light, but Darkness is. If it is so or not, we cannot say, but the devil-worshipping of the great romanian general is an unquestionable fact, which no serious black adept can deny. It is well known that this document, enwrapped in blood-red leather of some unknown creature according to rumors , that was one of lower demons, invoked by Vlad specially for this purpose , was kept by the english merchant Joseph Appin from this comes the title of the book , who died in and bequeathed to bury it together with him.

It is possible that the book had been stolen by some offspiring of Vlad, and since then it was imparted from father to son until the year , when it got into the hands of the Hungarian secret community , which afterwards turned to one of branches of the Great Black Lodge under the abbreviation A. The copy had been imparted to the Pontiphic of the Lodge Johan Kellenheim in and translated topolish and german.

We thank N. A horseman dressed in red arose before me and told me such words: And the words, pronounced by the horseman, showed me the way, and now I will tell you, son of human, about the ways to invoke the powers of Darkness and to converse with Them, to bring gifts to Them and to accept gifts from Them.

First of all, learn the three rules, that must be fulfilled. First, never ask demons for help when your heart belongs to the church -- They hate this kind and make everything to destroy them. Second, blasphemy during the rites cannot be superfluous, just like prudence and diligence with which you get prepared for them cannot, too. Third, He who stepped onto the path may never escape from it and may never betray another wizard, and furthermore he never may betray His Lord Prince of Darkness -- such are doomed on the punishment so dreadful that all the unholy folk, deprivileged before His Face and wandering all over the world in search of a prey, fall down of fright, just heaving heard of it.

Wizard has no family, for his kinfolk will be like a cattle for him. He must be ready to kill his wife, son or daughter, when it is demanded by the rules of the rite andnever pity them, otherwise he breaks the third rule, betraying the Lord, and his life will turn to bitter, and demons will turn away from him, and after his death will punish him. Only the mightiest magicians have power to invoke Him, who are born only once in a generation.

Only two cases of successful invokation of Samael are known: in XV century by Ioachim the betrayer, and in the beginning of XX century. The invocation of Samael for addressing :. She brings to the world beasts of prey who are hostile towards humans. One can see Her as a splendid naked woman with luxurious hair or as an oldwoman dressed in black. Lamias, murderers of children, obey Her.

Her images are marine shell and spider. With soot mixed with ashes draw on the ground near a river or a lake a line seven times turning counterclockwisely and in the middle of the figure depict the Seal with fresh human blood.

The beginning of the line and the trident of the Seal must face the north. Stand by the southern side of the figure and having light this mixture in a cup of copper invoke. Invocation of Lilith:. His fury has no boundary and His Power is endless. He belongs to those, whom neither god nor his servant may never resist. The method of the invocation of Him is very complex. This Creature has no Seal, for no sign drawn by human hand can depict His horrific essence.

And also needed is piece of black material in the corners of which the following signs are sewed:. Also needed are a grown up man having reached the age of 25 and not exceeded the age of 30, and a black dog with smooth hair.

Prepare wine for ritual. It must be kept within a week, with faded lilies of valley, seven torns and seven peach leaves added. Amulet of Qaasimol must be made of silver and initiated at night before Wednesday.

Mars must be seen in the sky then. Then rise not opening your eyes and run around the circle in the counterclockwise direction, keeping. Having come to yourself, find the amulet, hang it on your neck and leave this place. Now start the action. The ritual place should be a stone room without windows, no less than 40 steps in length and in width.

Pour wine into the chalice and drink from it with such words:. The last line pronounce four times, then seeing that the eyes of the victim are open and full of dread pierce his heart with the dagger, having driven it between his ribs.

Then let the dog lick away the blood from the wound to the last drop, and as it has finished this, kill it with the arrow with iron point.

With a piece of coal draw the circle, the triangle to the west of the circle and signs inside the circle, at the angles of triangle put three candles of black wax, and in the center of the circle dig a column into the ground and hang on it the corpse of the dog by the rope of unprocessed leather.

The corpse of the man place inside the triangle, on his breast put the material and the crystal. You will hear a beastly growl from all the sides, the candle flame will turn to blue, and the room enlightened by the candles will dip into gloom.

ASMODEUS the Demon of seduction, lie and deceit, the Keeper of the treasury of underworld, appears in the image of King in luxurious clothes, might gift with riches and power all those who address to Him. His sign is a lit oil lamp.

Wolves and leopards obey Him. He is the lord of Werewolves and Genii of the seventy two the highest reasonable creatures of the astral plan. He must be invoked in a room whose walls are covered with red material and on each one of them the Seal should be depicted, having mixed soot with water, in which an innocent infant had been drowned, the altar must be pentagonal and on it stirax and ambra must be lit up in cups of copper.

His image is rain of pus, clouding gloom and black vortex with light from within. Under His power are gates and boundaries between the worlds and He might open them. He must be invoked in a dungeon with a special mirror made of hexagonal piece of human skin placed into a frame of copper. On the one side of the mirror the seal should be carved with heated iron, the other side serves as a place that the wizard must look at.

The skin must be driven from the back of a slave having escaped or a robber, after that they must cut off his arms, legs, head and penis and the pieces of his body must be drowned in a standing water. Having sacrificed a black lamb, pour the floor of the dungeon with blood from its body holding it by its back legs so that it turns out a circle broken in its eastern side.

Before the invocation put on iron shoes. To sustain the fire use a coffin where a deadmen was lying no less than three months. Having done all that enter to the circle and take the mirror with your two hands by the frame not touching the skin.

The invocation of Astaroth:. Having these words spoken you will see in the mirror jaws full of teeth as if they were knitted of gloom. The dungeon walls might vanish and there will be gloom behind. His qualities are the highest cruelty and Steadiness, his images are iron furnace and huge dried tree.

Simple and horrific is its meaning. The five triples hidden within it are the numbers of birth of death, but not of life. His image is open book. He might arise as a wiseman dressed in black with shaven head. He has no Seal, because he incarnates the faceless and nameless side of Evil, and it is ever penetrating. There are no special methods of invocation of him, therefore usually the Bell of the Evil or a human sacrifice by all the rules.

Rats obey him, he also reigns over the hunger and the dry. Satan the denial, and Belial the treachery are the two facets of Samael, but not the Original Evil Spirits.

The image of the first one is black cock, the image of the second one is human with wings. These are the Beings of the Second Face. They obey to the Superior Beings, but it is under their power to do whatever they want to humans and some kinds of the unholy folk, therefore it is useless to beg the Superior Beings to soften their wrath when it takes place.

None of Regents have Seal but some of them have Sigel, i. The method of invocation of regents is one. For that on the uncovered ground one must draw a circle leaving a gap on its eastern side, just like in the case of Astaroth.

Stab a white dove or a black hen and pour with blood the angles of the triangle, for spilt blood opens the gates. Then stand in the circle and proclaim the corresponding spell, staring into the mirror and addressing to the Creature via the Sigel. The best time for a ritual is night before Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Here are the names and the qualities of regents:. She appears as a woman half naked with the body of thunderclouds colour, with crown and precious necklace on her neck.

One should not offend Her with silly questions otherwise one would immediately turn to an oldman and die. Her touch bears for the initiated might and the ability to converse with werewolves and vampires in their native language.

The invocation of Naamah. His touch might bring the prophetic gift to the initiated. He will be ripped and eaten. He appears as white horse. During the invocation there is a risk to go mad. He also rules the leprosy disturbing the mortals. The best time for ritual is night from Tuesday to Wednesday. Under his power are the dry and the locust and all the disasters suddenly falling onto people. He looks like a malicious dwarf or like a skeleton with pieces of skin and flesh on its bones.

He has no Sigel, and will come to earth only on the very last day to take with Him the chosen ones and to overthrow the righteous casting their souls into the waters of Stix or into the desert of the Eastern Limb. Since forgotten time he taught people the Black knowledge. Some say that from Him an earthly woman gave birth to the very first black necromancer and there are still his offsprings. One cannot invoke him for he at his own will come to the chosen ones to teach them.

LYMA the helper of Lilith, brings decay, disaters and gares, protects mothers who kill their child to hide their shame. Appears as a black blanket flying above the earth. To invoke her one must dig a deep hole in the ground and stab a black sheep over it. The blood is spilt into the hole while pronouncing the spell. She might appear as a woman with three faces, a naked woman with bat wings, and a spinning clod of Darkness.

Looks like a wolf-headed man dressed in red with a crown on his head. Willingly comes to black wizards and converse with them. Looks like a huge rat standing on its back paws, with crown and scepter. One cannot invoke her, but can easily see her in visions. A guardian of Limb. He looks like horseman in red coat and helmet sitting on a red horse. When the offense is strong he will appear and take revenge, if not then he will drop disaster onto the wizard himself.

A Christian may not ask him for vengeance, for he is protected by a miserable and helpless god, and if he dares he will die himself. This is what you must know about the Superior manifestations of Evil. Listen to me and wonder, son of human, for after your death this may happen to you too and neither god nor anyone else would prevent it. First of all it is necessary to make an object similar to human body of the needed size.