Book Discussion Has anyone used Jacobus Swart's psalms?

[Lion]

If you hiave used them did they give results? do you have to look at the hebrew letters of the pslams ? do you have to say them in Hebrew or can you say them in English?

 

[gerardobraham]

Yes, I have the three books, I use them regularly for different uses. Have they given better results than other types of magic? Not really, they are useful and work, I like to use them because people accept more easily if I tell them I will pray a psalm over them to help them rather than a magical formula. Useful, but not world changing.

 

[Lion]

I have just started using them. They seem very gentle ways of changing things. Do you do them in English?

 

[gerardobraham]

yes, my hebrew is not good

 

[Lion]

And you find the English works as well ?

 

[Lurking Magician]

For the christian magical uses I find that the Latin version works just as well, but for Hebrew tradition I'm doing my best to recite them in Hebrew.
I should experiment the byzantine magical uses by reciting them in Greek, actually

 

[Lion]

Interesting... do you look at the hebrew script also... and would you look at the greek script for Byzantine versions? You get results then - using the christian magical uses. I am trying the Jacobus Swart version. It requires quite a long pre-psalm reading (form book 1) befoer going on to do thje psalms. I sometimes want to do more than one psalm, but I dont re-do the pre-psalm bit when I do this.
I hope that is OK. Im interested in what gets results and it sounds like you might not be doing this pre-psalm bit and still get results.

 

[Lurking Magician]

I can read Ancient Greek, so if I recite in greek I look at the actual script.
My Hebrew is way worse (I can write the alphabet and recognize a few words, but not read directly from the script) so I'm using the transliteration from Swart while I slowly learn.

I don't do the pre-Salm for the latin recitations, but I did it the few times I did the Hebrew recitations. I also use one psalm per time, but it may be an interesting experiment to combine a few of them

 

[Lion]

Good idea. Do you find them effective when you use them?