Greater Key of Solomon

Greater Key of Solomon

Author: L. W. deLaurence

Publisher: Health Research Books

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 156

ISBN-13: 9780787311032

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1914 Including a clear and precise exposition of King Solomon's Secret Procedure, its mysteries and magic rites. Original Plates, Seals, charms an d Talismans. Translated from ancient manuscripts in the British Museum, London by S. Liddell MacGregor Ma.


The Greater and Lesser Keys of Solomon the King

The Greater and Lesser Keys of Solomon the King

Author: Aleister Crowley

Publisher:

Published: 2016-11-30

Total Pages: 266

ISBN-13: 9780998136462

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This trade paperback volume contains both The Key of Solomon the King (The Greater Key) and The Lesser Key of Solomon, including all of the original illustrations, diagrams and annotations to aid the reader in their understanding of the Solomon Key. The Key of Solomon the King was originally researched and translated by S.L. MacGregor Mathers from ancient manuscripts in the British museums. Included by Mathers is the Order of the Pentacles of Solomon, the Ancient Fragment of the Key of Solomon, The Qabalistic Invocation of Solomon, and 15 plates full of figures, seals and charts, as well as the original text giving detailed instruction for spells and invocations. The work is traditionally divided into two books detailing the Key of King Solomon. Book One explains the operation of conjurations, curses, spells and other magical works. Book Two instructs the practitioner on the proper attire, purification rituals and other means of obtaining the goals of the Goetia. Between these two books is the list of plates that contain numerous illustrations and secret seals of Solomon, including the Mystical Seal of Solomon, the Pentacles of Solomon, and the Mystical Alphabet, which impart the mechanisms and requirements for the invocation of spirits and demons. The Lesser Key of Solomon, or the Clavicula Salomonis Regis, or Lemegeton, is a compilation of materials and writings from ancient sources making up a text book of magic or "grimoire." Portions of this book can be traced back to the mid-16th to 17th centuries, when occult researchers such as Cornelius Agrippa and Johannes Trithemisus assembled what they discovered during their investigations into their own great works. As a modern grimoire, the Lesser Key of Solomon has seen several editions with various authors and editors taking liberty to edit and translate the ancient writings and source material. In 1898, Arthur Edward Waite published his The Book of Black Magic and of Pacts, which contained large portions of the Lemegeton. He was followed by Mathers and Crowley in 1904 who published The Goetia: The Lesser Key of Solomon. Many others have assembled their own version of this ancient material since, and it is important to realize that it is the contents rather than the book itself that make up the Lesser Key. Traditionally, the source material is divided into five books: Ars Goetia, Ars Theurgia Goetia, Ars Paulina, Ars Almadel, and Ars Notoria. Mathers and Crowley indicate their edition is a translation of the first. In the preface to this edition, it is explained that a "Secret Chief" of the Rosicrucian Order directed the completion of the book. The original editor was a G. H. Fra. D.D.C.F. who translated ancient texts from French, Hebrew, and Latin, but was unable to complete his labors because of the martial assaults of the Four Great Princes. Crowley was then asked to step in and finish what the previous author had begun. Traditionally, S. L. MacGregor Mathers is credited as the translator of this edition, and Crowley is given the title of editor. Scholars believe these books of Solomon and their many iterations derive from the ancient practices of Jewish Kabbalah and Arab Alchemy. After time, it is thought Greek and Roman influences were added until, finally, the work was used and molded by high Renaissance magicians. This book, as well as other King Solomon books, such as the Magical Treatise of King Solomon and the Testament of Solomon, were brought back to modern times through the labors of occult practitioners such as S. L. MacGregor Mathers, Aleister Crowley and others around the turn of the last century.


The Three Magical Books of Solomon: The Greater and Lesser Keys & the Testament of Solomon

The Three Magical Books of Solomon: The Greater and Lesser Keys & the Testament of Solomon

Author: Aleister Crowley

Publisher: Albatross Publishers

Published: 2018-10-08

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 9781946963178

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Reprint of Three Grimoires in One Volume. This omnibus edition reprints the three great magical works of King Solomon in one volume. The Key of Solomon the King was originally researched and translated by S.L. MacGregor Mathers from ancient manuscripts in the British museums. The work is traditionally divided into two books detailing the Key of King Solomon. The Lesser Key of Solomon 1904], or the Clavicula Salomonis Regis, or Lemegeton, is a compilation of materials and writings from ancient sources making up a text book of magic or "grimoire." Portions of this book can be traced back to the mid-16th to 17th centuries, when occult researchers such as Cornelius Agrippa and Johannes Trithemisus assembled what they discovered during their investigations into ancient texts. The Greater Key [1914] lists and describes a variety of purifications an exorcist should undergo. Instructions are given on clothing, magical devices, and even animal sacrifices. The Testament of Solomon [1898] is attributed to King Solomon of the Old Testament. Written in the first-person narrative, the book tells the story of the creation of the magical ring of King Solomon and how Solomon's ring was used to bind and control demons, including Beelzebub. The manuscripts from which this work was discovered date from the 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries. All were written in Greek. This dating makes most experts believe that the work is medieval. But some scholars argue that it is likely that the work comes from the 5th or 6th centuries. Regardless of the dates, these texts provide an immensely interesting description of how King Solomon tamed various demons to build his temple. The text includes predictions of the coming of Christ, as one demon explains to Solomon that while he may be bound, the only thing that can truly take his power away is the man born from a virgin who will be crucified by the Jews.


The Wisdom of Solomon

The Wisdom of Solomon

Author: Rev. Dr. Richard E. Kuykendall

Publisher: Trafford Publishing

Published: 2022-01-28

Total Pages: 234

ISBN-13: 169871081X

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What The Wisdom of Solomon: According to... me is, is a rewriting of all of the books attributed to Solomon--even though we know most were certainly not written by him. And those books would be: The Song of Solomon, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, The Wisdom of Solomon, The Greater Key of Solomon and The Lesser Key of Solomon. The book is poetic in its format, fresh in its content, and extremely informative in its end notes. This book was a product of Kuykendall's practice of "Lectio Divina in Four Dimensions" and he hopes that in reading this book you will be inspired to do the same... in your own way, or "According to... you.


The Esoteric Collections The Magical Keys of Solomon Book II

The Esoteric Collections The Magical Keys of Solomon Book II

Author: vashisht Vaid

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2013-10-19

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 1304549526

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This book of "The Esoteric Collections" - Part II came to be in existence as the previous Part -I could not contain all the esoteric articles, which I wished to, compile in that book, so I decided to compile the remaining articles in this second book which happens to be the 12th book in the esoteric knowledge series written by me. Although the science and technology has much advanced in the last few hundred years, which all humanity of planet earth has willingly accepted with open arms, the indwelling personality nature of the evolving human beings have continued their age old selfish nature based on prejudice, due to their unwilling to give up age old beliefs and established orders, which is unfortunately an attribute of so called false pride, attachments and greed, and which exists due to their polarization of evolving consciousness in the emotional plane of feelings and desires known as the Astral Plane [Kama Manas].


The Three Magical Books of Solomon. Illustrated

The Three Magical Books of Solomon. Illustrated

Author: Aleister Crowley

Publisher: Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing

Published: 2021-05-17

Total Pages: 621

ISBN-13:

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The Key of Solomon the King is the most famous and most significant of all known grimoires, or ancient spellbooks. Much of Western magical tradition rests on the book's charts of planetary alignments, doctrines about angels and spirits, and information on talismans endowed with magic properties. The grimoire of ceremonial magic recounts how King Solomon bested some demons using a magic ring that had been given to him by the Archangel Raphael. Contents: The Lesser Key of Solomon The Greater Key of Solomon the King The Testament of Solomon


The Encyclopedia of Angels

The Encyclopedia of Angels

Author: Rosemary Guiley

Publisher: Infobase Publishing

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 417

ISBN-13: 1438130023

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An encyclopedia describing and giving the history of angels from the time when the earth was created forward, using texts from Hebrew, Arabic, ancient and contemporary works.


Mystical Origins of the Tarot

Mystical Origins of the Tarot

Author: Paul Huson

Publisher: Inner Traditions / Bear & Co

Published: 2004-05-26

Total Pages: 358

ISBN-13: 9780892811908

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"A profusely illustrated history of the occult nature of the tarot from its origins in ancient Persia. The origins of the tarot have been lost in the mists of time. Most scholars have guessed that its origins were in China, Egypt, or India. Huson has expertly tracked each symbol of the Minor Arcana to roots in ancient Persia and the Major Arcana Trump card images to the medieval world of mystery, miracle, and morality plays. A number of tarot historians have questioned the use of the tarot as a divination tool prior to the 18th century. But the author demonstrates that the symbolic meanings of the Major Arcana were evident from the time they were first employed in the mid-15th century in the popular divination practice of sortilege. He also reveals how the identities of the court cards in the Minor Arcana were derived from a blend of pagan and medieval sources that strongly influenced their interpretation in tarot divination."--Publisher marketing.


The Sorcery of Solomon

The Sorcery of Solomon

Author: Sara L. Mastros

Publisher: Red Wheel/Weiser

Published: 2024-01-08

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 1578637864

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"The Key of Solomon is a family of closely related historic grimoires legendarily attributed to Solomon, the biblical Magician King. Most famously, Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers’s 1889 English edition presented forty-four Hebrew seals, commonly called the “planetary pentacles.” However, it offered very little guidance for how to work with them. Sara L. Mastros, a leading teacher and practitioner of magic, translates and interprets each of these pentacles and presents practical methods for working with their magical powers, creating a clear, accessible user’s guide"--Amazon.com.


The Secret Keys of Conjure

The Secret Keys of Conjure

Author: Chas Bogan

Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide

Published: 2018-02-08

Total Pages: 286

ISBN-13: 0738754447

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Discover the Primal Energy of Modern Conjure The Secret Keys of Conjure is a guide to the tricks and enchantments of Hoodoo, rootwork, and other American folk traditions. Written by a sought-after Conjure doctor, this book shares recipes for magical oils, baths, powders, mojo bags, and more. With more than 35 tricks and 50 recipes, The Secret Keys of Conjure is an invitation to join a powerful current of magic and explore practices that have been passed down through the generations. Whether you want to practice life-changing enchantments or deepen your connection to the spiritual realm, you will find the tools and techniques that you need for: Divination Rituals Cleansing Curios Setting Lights Sweetening Graveyard Work Psychic Awareness Blessings Good Luck Healing Spiritual Purification Sexual Enticement Influence Love Justified Hexes Spirit Conjuration Protection