Exploring The Arbatel Options

Has anybody worked with the Arbatel de magia veterum? I've been reading it and liked the way its a much 'barer' system than Goetia/Enochian. I think it divides the practice of magick into separate schools and links them to mythical founders (even Homer..who is linked with cacoedemons). Dee doesn't say much about it, though the book is contemporary and Dee references cacoedemons. He probably shared the Arbatel's ideal of a magician as "divinorum cultor & interpres". I think it sits closer to the Enochian rather than Goetic tradition... maybe it's an example of late Renaissance magick (the astrology is there)... I don't know enough about either.

Any experiences or ideas?

Aphor. 9 reads like an expanded 'as above, so below'. I've been using a personalised version of the Aphor. 14 prayer, just as one way of involving myself with the text. I think I'm responding to the simplicity... the Arbatel doesn't feel inane, or out to impress. And, something it shares with all the best grimoires, it's a mystic's handbook. Following its teaching honestly and without prejudice (post-modern or otherwise) would definitely lead to some brilliant results. Though, I'm still getting my head round the idea of pre-determined secrets (I spose they're some kind of buffer, keeping the magician away from any requests that might threaten his relationship with God). I like the Arbatel's sigils too. Must be part of its Greco-Renaissance inheritance to keep things clean and angular. I don't think I'm any closer to those nuggets of knowledge you've hinted at though...

What about the other 8? Are they....lost......?