The Lesser Key of Solomon, also known as Clavicula Salomonis Regis or Lemegeton, is an anonymous grimoire (or spell book) on demonology. It was compiled in the mid-17th century, mostly from materials a couple of centuries older. It is divided into five books—the Ars Goetia, Ars Theurgia-Goetia, Ars Paulina, Ars Almadel, and Ars Notoria.797Please respect copyright.PENANAWN9aeJeIL8
Ars Goetia797Please respect copyright.PENANAVkbzqmuGOe
The most obvious source for the Ars Goetia is Johann Weyer's Pseudomonarchia Daemonum in his De praestigiis daemonum. Weyer does not cite, and is unaware of, any other books in the Lemegeton, indicating that the Lemegeton was derived from his work, not the other way around. The order of the spirits was changed between the two, four additional spirits were added to the later work, and one spirit (Pruflas) was omitted. The omission of Pruflas, a mistake that also occurs in an edition of Pseudomonarchia Daemonum cited in Reginald Scot's The Discoverie of Witchcraft, indicates that the Ars Goetia could not have been compiled before 1570. Indeed, it appears that the Ars Goetia is more dependent upon Scot's translation of Weyer than Weyer's work in itself. Additionally, some material was used from Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa's Three Books of Occult Philosophy, the Heptameron by pseudo-Pietro d'Abano, and the Magical Calendar.
Weyer's Officium Spirituum, which is likely related to a 1583 manuscript titled The Office of Spirits, appears to have ultimately been an elaboration on a 15th-century manuscript titled Le Livre des Esperitz (of which 30 of its 47 spirits are nearly identical to spirits in the Ars Goetia).
In a slightly later copy made by Thomas Rudd, this portion was labelled "Liber Malorum Spirituum seu Goetia", and the seals and demons were paired with those of the 72 angels of the Shemhamphorasch, who were intended to protect the conjurer and control the demons he summoned. The angelic names and seals were derived from a manuscript by Blaise de Vigenère, whose papers were also used by Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers in his works for the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. Rudd may have derived his copy of Liber Malorum Spirituum from a now-lost work by Johannes Trithemius, who taught Agrippa, who in turn taught Weyer.
This portion of the work was later translated by S. L. MacGregor Mathers and published by Aleister Crowley under the title The Book of the Goetia of Solomon the King. Crowley added some additional invocations previously unrelated to the original work, as well as essays describing the rituals as psychological exploration instead of demon summoning.797Please respect copyright.PENANAvRvhDHL4It
The Seventy-Two Demons
The demons' names (given below) are taken from the Ars Goetia, which differs in terms of number and ranking from the Pseudomonarchia Daemonum of Weyer. As a result of multiple translations, there are multiple spellings for some of the names, which are given in the articles concerning them.
1) King Bael797Please respect copyright.PENANAavoBZB8VKA
2) Duke Agares797Please respect copyright.PENANAPfarkIILIA
3) Prince Vassago797Please respect copyright.PENANAXCMIyMFg0V
4) Marquis Samigina797Please respect copyright.PENANAMArtekWhIH
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7) Marquis Amon797Please respect copyright.PENANAyggR0snqww
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9) King Paimon797Please respect copyright.PENANANVm1KbVbyw
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11) Duke Gusion797Please respect copyright.PENANALRspX1ZcZO
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13) King Beleth797Please respect copyright.PENANARLO0ejUzFE
14) Marquis Leraje797Please respect copyright.PENANARtxY6fmcX6
15) Duke Eligos797Please respect copyright.PENANAHfZgdYO4n3
16) Duke Zepar797Please respect copyright.PENANAz1Vma8RbH1
17) Count/President Botis797Please respect copyright.PENANAW6Ghp2FvoK
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19) Duke Sallos797Please respect copyright.PENANAYcYxr5YWgf
20) King Purson797Please respect copyright.PENANAAdCM5zvtDH
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23) Duke Aim797Please respect copyright.PENANA0YsT28etn4
24) Marquis Naberius797Please respect copyright.PENANA2eEKmPDmlO
25) Count/President Glasya-Labolas797Please respect copyright.PENANAeocVMDYTg2
26) Duke Buné797Please respect copyright.PENANA0bdbpJwj4D
27) Marquis/Count Ronové797Please respect copyright.PENANA41GOIYi9zA
28) Duke Berith797Please respect copyright.PENANAD3zI8Kptj6
29) Duke Astaroth797Please respect copyright.PENANAV0Kc73XKzU
30) Marquis Forneus797Please respect copyright.PENANATepiCJFWew
31) President Foras797Please respect copyright.PENANAmF8F7ZDc4S
32) King Asmoday797Please respect copyright.PENANA3rfJLVS5TQ
33) Prince/President Gäap797Please respect copyright.PENANA7qOI5bBfYw
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36) Prince Stolas797Please respect copyright.PENANA3QvyKYIN0K
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38) Count Halphas797Please respect copyright.PENANA1VsPPbmMvk
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41) Duke Focalor797Please respect copyright.PENANAcZqbsdG6yT
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43) Marquis Sabnock797Please respect copyright.PENANAlQrwe0UlW5
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45) King/Count Viné797Please respect copyright.PENANAoWxbH8n5GZ
46) Count Bifrons797Please respect copyright.PENANA8hek56CGfB
47) Duke Vual797Please respect copyright.PENANAs4KGMXVDhg
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52) Duke Alloces797Please respect copyright.PENANAoBckmZx5vS
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54) Duke/Count Murmur797Please respect copyright.PENANAQdY6dhpweH
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56) Duke Gremory797Please respect copyright.PENANA57Bt2r5nQ2
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59) Marquis Orias797Please respect copyright.PENANAvGwTS6HtBR
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68) King Belial797Please respect copyright.PENANAvwOSLdYJf0
69) Marquis Decarabia797Please respect copyright.PENANAH57U4qmUmg
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72) Count Andromalius
The demons are described as being commanded by four kings of the cardinal directions: Amaymon (East), Corson (West), Ziminiar (North), and Gaap (South). A footnote in one variant edition instead lists them as Oriens or Uriens, Paymon or Paymonia, Ariton or Egyn, and Amaymon or Amaimon, alternatively known as Samael, Azazel, Azael, and Mahazael (purportedly their preferred rabbinic names).[10] Agrippa's Occult Philosophy lists the kings of the cardinal directions as Urieus (East), Amaymon (South), Paymon (West), and Egin (North); again providing the alternate names Samuel (i.e. Samael), Azazel, Azael, and Mahazuel. The Magical Calendar lists them as Bael, Moymon, Poymon, and Egin, though Peterson notes that some variant editions instead list '"Asmodel in the East, Amaymon in the South, Paymon in the West, and Aegym in the North"; "Oriens, Paymon, Egyn, and Amaymon"; or "Amodeo [sic] (king of the East), Paymon (king of the West), Egion (king of the North), and Maimon."797Please respect copyright.PENANA0Bks9eD5mL
Ars Theurgia Goetia797Please respect copyright.PENANAwhzO95K0Px
The Ars Theurgia Goetia mostly derives from Trithemius's Steganographia, though the seals and order for the spirits are different due to corrupted transmission via manuscript. Rituals not found in Steganographia were added, in some ways conflicting with similar rituals found in the Ars Goetia and Ars Paulina. Most of the spirits summoned are tied to points on a compass, four Emperors tied to the cardinal points (Carnesiel in the East, Amenadiel in the West, Demoriel in the North and Caspiel in the South), sixteen Dukes tied to cardinal points, inter-cardinal points, additional directions between those. There are an additional eleven Wandering Princes, totaling thirty one spirit leaders who each rule several to a few dozen spirits.797Please respect copyright.PENANATAeirT6LBP
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Ars Paulina797Please respect copyright.PENANALYK8suZ5LO
Derived from book two of Trithemius's Steganographia and from portions of the Heptameron, but purportedly delivered by Paul the Apostle instead of (as claimed by Trithemius) Raziel. Elements from The Magical Calendar, astrological seals by Robert Turner's 1656 translation of Paracelsus's Archidoxes of Magic, and repeated mentions of guns and the year 1641 indicate that this portion was written in the later half of the seventeenth century. Traditions of Paul communicating with heavenly powers are almost as old as Christianity itself, as seen in some interpretations of 2 Corinthians 12:2-4 and the apocryphal Apocalypse of Paul. The Ars Paulina is in turn divided into two books, the first detailing twenty-four angels aligned with the twenty-four hours of the day, the second (derived more from the Heptameron) detailing the 360 spirits of the degrees of the zodiac.797Please respect copyright.PENANA5xoTiaEDRN
Ars Almadel797Please respect copyright.PENANAiI1MS9RKbR
Mentioned by Trithemius and Weyer, the latter of whom claimed an Arabic origin for the work. A 15th-century copy is attested to by Robert Turner, and Hebrew copies were discovered in the 20th century. The Ars Almadel instructs the magician on how to create a wax tablet with specific designs intended to contact angels via scrying.797Please respect copyright.PENANA1xVtYbnLEo
Ars Notoria797Please respect copyright.PENANACfb4DhkosB
The oldest known portion of the Lemegeton, the Ars Notoria (or Notory Art) was first mentioned by Michael Scot in 1236 (and thus was written earlier). The Ars Notoria contains a series of prayers (related to those in The Sworn Book of Honorius) intended to grant eidetic memory and instantaneous learning to the magician. Some copies and editions of the Lemegeton omit this work entirely; A. E. Waite ignores it completely when describing the Lemegeton. It is also known as the Ars Nova.797Please respect copyright.PENANASHw9gEcbao
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It has also been said to be the origin of Pandora's box and where the seven deadly sins were born.
1 Gula (gluttony)797Please respect copyright.PENANAbioRYHeFQA
2 Luxuria (lust, fornication)797Please respect copyright.PENANAcWzjxLHROo
3 Avaritia (avarice/greed)797Please respect copyright.PENANAU8ZDaSDgDj
4 Superbia (pride, hubris)797Please respect copyright.PENANA4aizTYW5ct
5 Invidia (Envy)797Please respect copyright.PENANALeOTcetBTb
6 Ira (wrath)797Please respect copyright.PENANALDjI8CZAuZ
7 Acedia (sloth)797Please respect copyright.PENANAFoh0dMn1Cs
If you look any further into it, beware your surrounding... You will uncover, the truth.
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