Ritual Timing & Authority Structures Across Manuscripts — Practitioner Insights Needed

[A.Nox]

Hi everyone,

I’m currently reviewing some discrepancies I’ve encountered while working with classical ceremonial frameworks — specifically between:

• the planetary structure in Heptameron,

• the angelic chains in Dr. Rudd’s Goetia,

• and several ritual-timing notes that differ between the Sloane and Harley manuscripts.

What caught my attention is that these differences don’t seem merely cosmetic —

they appear to subtly shift the operative mechanics during evocation, particularly in constraint and authority protocols.

My question is:

In your experience, which manuscript tradition has given you the most consistent operative stability?

To clarify:

I’m not asking about interpretations or modern reconstructions.

I’m looking for insights from practitioners who have compared the older material or noticed practical differences when working with manuscript-level variations.

Any perspectives would be appreciated.

I’m approaching this purely from a structural/operative standpoint, not psychological models.