Book Discussion Summa Sacre Magice of Stephen Skinners

[Blackbird]

I hope it's not too much of an ask, but I was wondering if someone who had the book would mind summarizing the names and virtues of the winds?

 

[Adelina]

There are 40 Winds, which are generally used for main Conjurations. They are:

Saathan, Maymona, Zeab, Abnalaamar, Amnalasfar, Abnazar, Abnalazafar, Abnalazar, Roya, Behemoth, Mextyhura, Altybany, Alphlas, Zobha, Drahas, Palas, Sambas, Hebethel, Amocab, Oylol, Mylalu, Abucaba, Cambores, Trachatat, Nassar, Naassah, Hatrahurbyabylis, Yaconablabur, Carmeal, Junyal, Proathofas, Haryth, Yesse, Ryon, Nesaph, Naadop, Baxatau, Chahatus, Caudones, Yarabal.

These 40 Winds are those of all parts of the world. This topic is actually quite huge, and there are much more details which are not seen in the book of Berengarius Ganellus. As you can see from the names, they include some peculiar ones, which are considered as High Ranking Demons by others.

 

[Blackbird]

There are 40 Winds, which are generally used for main Conjurations. They are:

Saathan, Maymona, Zeab, Abnalaamar, Amnalasfar, Abnazar, Abnalazafar, Abnalazar, Roya, Behemoth, Mextyhura, Altybany, Alphlas, Zobha, Drahas, Palas, Sambas, Hebethel, Amocab, Oylol, Mylalu, Abucaba, Cambores, Trachatat, Nassar, Naassah, Hatrahurbyabylis, Yaconablabur, Carmeal, Junyal, Proathofas, Haryth, Yesse, Ryon, Nesaph, Naadop, Baxatau, Chahatus, Caudones, Yarabal.

These 40 Winds are those of all parts of the world. This topic is actually quite huge, and there are much more details which are not seen in the book of Berengarius Ganellus. As you can see from the names, they include some peculiar ones, which are considered as High Ranking Demons by others.

Thanks for the swift response! I can't quite parse the BG's abbreviated Latin so I really appreciate it!
And yeah, I figured these names liked to wear a lot of different hats. Sometimes they're jinn, sometimes angels, demons, winds, princes etc.
I also completely misheard how many winds there were. I thought there were 14. (Heard about SSM through Glitch Bottles & What Magic Is This podcasts)

 

[Toz_]

Can someone explain what knowledge in this book that makes invocation more effective? What exactly would change in a invocation if we for example use SSM as support book to Goetia Dr Rudd?

 

[Abromoskot]

Can someone explain what knowledge in this book that makes invocation more effective? What exactly would change in a invocation if we for example use SSM as support book to Goetia Dr Rudd?

Regarding this, Skinner makes the argument the secret names of the spirits for each of the times and astrological conditions give a boost to it, basically there is a secret name for each day, hour, moon phase and more.
This goes back to the PGM tradition of having this kind of tables of names for the spirits of each time, there is a similar thing in the Heptameron, where each time has some kings, princes etc to call.