The terrain, tree, and pastures create an image of the fertile mountain. Julio sees in it both a sign for cultivated land and a metaphor for the inner journey.
Read the symbolism
The epigraph evokes the mountain of God, rich in pastures. Julio contrasts its difficult appearance when seen from afar with the paths and green places discovered as one advances. The landscape therefore also serves to speak of perseverance and elevation.
The attributed effects
The note attributes protection and fertility of the land to the sign: fields, meadows, vineyards, orchards, gardens, and crops. Julio connects this request to the work of the one who sows or waters, while attributing growth to God.
The use according to Julio
The request concerns a specific land, crop, or production, within the framework of blessed and consecrated pantacles. The note does not describe any required agricultural date or planetary correspondence for this figure.
A personal reading
A personal reading may begin with a place you tend. Formulate an intention of patience and care, then observe the link between repeated actions and what may grow. The mountain also invites you to move forward despite an initial difficulty.
The source and variants
The reproduction is plate no. 16 of the third volume. The Mountain should not be confused with the Landscape, whose application concerns, among other things, elements and travel.
Abbé Julio, The Secret Book of Great Exorcisms and Blessings, Vincennes, published by the author, 1908. Explanation and application no. 64, pp. 449–450. Practical advice on blessed and consecrated supports: pp. 462–463.
Classic directory numbering: 31 of 44. This numbering differs from the inventory of engravings in the old volumes.
Read the note in the 1908 edition
Engraving taken from the copy digitized by the Divinity School Library, Duke University / Internet Archive, at 360 dpi. Composition, typefaces, and colors preserved.
