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Liber XXVII · Solomonic Magic

Liber XXVII

Solomonic Magic & the Grimoires

King Solomon's ring, the Testament, the Keys and the books of conjuration.

Few figures loom larger in magical legend than King Solomon. Jewish, Christian and Islamic stories credit him with a ring or seal that bound demons and jinn, with the building of the Temple by captive spirits, and with a wisdom extending to every hidden art. From these legends grew a literature of grimoires: the Testament of Solomon, the Key of Solomon, the Lemegeton with its Ars Goetia, the Ars Notoria, the Sworn Book of Honorius and many others. This section tells the stories and traces the history, manuscripts and contents of the books themselves.

Chapters

  1. Introduction2 articles
  2. I.Demonic Magic & Pacts5 articles
  3. II.Demonology5 articles
  4. III.Goetic Spirits3 articles
  5. IV.Key of Solomon3 articles
  6. V.Legends of Solomon3 articles
  7. VI.Lemegeton2 articles
  8. VII.Other Grimoires5 articles
  9. VIII.The Ring & Seal2 articles
  10. IX.Testament of Solomon2 articles

The primary texts

All 37

On the shelf

All 103 books
Aldaraia sive Soyga vocorJane L. Kupin (ed. and trans.) Aldaraia sive Soyga vocorJane L. Kupin (ed. and trans.) Cover of Aleister Crowley's Illustrated Goetia: Sexual Evocation Aleister Crowley's Illustrated GoetiaLon Milo DuQuette & Christopher S. Hyatt Anecdota Atheniensia, tome IArmand Delatte (ed.) Anecdota Atheniensia, tome IArmand Delatte (ed.) Antipalus MaleficiorumJohannes Trithemius Antipalus MaleficiorumJohannes Trithemius Cover of The Arabian Nights (The Thousand and One Nights) The Arabian Nights (The Thousand and One Nights)Anonymous Cover of Arbatel: Concerning the Magic of the Ancients ArbatelJoseph H. Peterson Cover of Ars Notoria: The Grimoire of Rapid Learning by Magic Ars NotoriaStephen Skinner & Daniel Clark Binding WordsDon C. Skemer Binding WordsDon C. Skemer Cover of The Black Pullet: Science of Magical Talisman The Black PulletAnonymous Cover of The Book of Abramelin The Book of AbramelinAbraham von Worms Cover of The Book of Black Magic and of Pacts The Book of Black Magic and of PactsA. E. Waite Cover of The Book of Ceremonial Magic The Book of Ceremonial MagicA. E. Waite The Book of Four Occult PhilosophersDaniel Harms The Book of Four Occult PhilosophersDaniel Harms & S. Aldarnay Cover of The Book of Gold: Le Livre d'Or The Book of GoldDavid Rankine & Paul Harry Barron The Book of OberonDaniel Harms The Book of OberonDaniel Harms, James R. Clark & Joseph H. Peterson The Book of Solomon's MagickCarroll "Poke" Runyon The Book of Solomon's MagickCarroll "Poke" Runyon Cover of The Book of St. Cyprian: The Sorcerer's Treasure The Book of St. CyprianJosé Leitão The Book of the Goetia of Solomon the KingS. L. MacGregor Mathers The Book of the Goetia of Solomon the KingS. L. MacGregor Mathers & Aleister Crowley A Book of the Offices of SpiritsJohn Porter A Book of the Offices of SpiritsJohn Porter Cover of The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the MageS. L. MacGregor Mathers The Book of Treasure SpiritsDavid Rankine The Book of Treasure SpiritsDavid Rankine Ceremonial Magic and the Power of EvocationJoseph C. Lisiewski Ceremonial Magic and the Power of EvocationJoseph C. Lisiewski Clavicula SalomonisHermann Gollancz Clavicula SalomonisHermann Gollancz The Clavis or Key to the Magic of SolomonEbenezer Sibly The Clavis or Key to the Magic of SolomonEbenezer Sibly & Frederick Hockley

Chronology

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