ðɪ ɑːɹkˈeɪn stˈaɪl wʌz pɹˈɑːbəbli ˈiːðɚɹ ɪnspˈaɪɚd baɪ ðə ʃˈɔːɹt ᵻpɪstˈoʊlɛɹi stˈaɪl ʌv hˈaɪnɹɪtʃ ˈæɡɹɪpəz də ɑːkˈʌltə fɪlˈɑːsəfˌiə ɔːɹ ðɪ ˌɪntɹədˈʌkʃən tə ðə bˈʊk ʌvðə sˈeɪkɹɪd mˈædʒɪk ʌv ˈeɪbɹeɪmlˌɪn ðə mˈeɪdʒ wˌɪtʃ sˈiːz ðɪ ˈɔːθɚ, ˈeɪbɹəhˌæm ðə dʒˈuː, bᵻkwˈiːðɪŋ ðə bˈʊk tə hɪz sˈʌn lˈeɪmək ɪnðə sˈeɪm hɚɹˈɛdətˌɛɹi spˈɪɹɪt ðæt ðɪs bˈʊk klˈeɪmz.
The arcane style was probably either inspired by the short epistolary style of Heinrich Agrippa's De Occulta Philosophia or the introduction to The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage which sees the author, Abraham the Jew, bequeathing the book to his son Lameck in the same hereditary spirit that this book claims.