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.1086Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQF0tdYzehw
Ars Goetia1086Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpZeNZc41WE
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.1086Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxMwKv18ilW
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 Bael1086Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHnSl0tAnAt
2) Duke Agares1086Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLfl2QjeW7E
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9) King Paimon1086Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbSJhe27ASM
10) President Buer1086Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ67if3WYJ0m
11) Duke Gusion1086Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyeOMxVYucU
12) Prince Sitri1086Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRu5r1FBtG4
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15) Duke Eligos1086Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSSA1LAHsxv
16) Duke Zepar1086Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡngTl31ztED
17) Count/President Botis1086Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiCZuRtKqSn
18) Duke Bathin1086Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq6CjHR4moe
19) Duke Sallos1086Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvOpauOPqzS
20) King Purson1086Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf2VVPtFe0e
21) Count/President Marax1086Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH3l74s3rk2
22) Count/Prince Ipos1086Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvj6FvTVDcd
23) Duke Aim1086Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9aKJJWcQDf
24) Marquis Naberius1086Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrDFR9ugUmk
25) Count/President Glasya-Labolas1086Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUweeE3oefE
26) Duke Buné1086Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyKiuRUNh3Z
27) Marquis/Count Ronové1086Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm46rjlDh8Y
28) Duke Berith1086Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡutnmpjvA5Y
29) Duke Astaroth1086Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4pLqrUiY9U
30) Marquis Forneus1086Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLiYgRG5mNU
31) President Foras1086Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtTl0v31WHw
32) King Asmoday1086Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfebrBnrx3l
33) Prince/President Gäap1086Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC1xSTKblqD
34) Count Furfur1086Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4UVFL1Uwlv
35) Marquis Marchosias1086Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjaYicMIu2A
36) Prince Stolas1086Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbq6Z1WcEKl
37) Marquis Phenex1086Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwv436ayd3b
38) Count Halphas1086Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡueNHYIY7ge
39) President Malphas1086Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡei2fYmJyAK
40) Count Räum1086Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjFoZlS3HOC
41) Duke Focalor1086Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4yJLj3wJ0Q
42) Duke Vepar1086Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ73hiaPKJPb
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45) King/Count Viné1086Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ3mBj7w35c
46) Count Bifrons1086Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGev4cOgtJ9
47) Duke Vual1086Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvPgm3ev4xn
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51) King Balam1086Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzsIs9HZvUD
52) Duke Alloces1086Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7IqkyKPgOJ
53) President Caim1086Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlMXLADAEod
54) Duke/Count Murmur1086Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXx9dwciRqE
55) Prince Orobas1086Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFmwJYLr1CD
56) Duke Gremory1086Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNRydCOGakH
57) President Ose1086Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyCXN2DADeE
58) President Amy1086Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGvSRLKC1wP
59) Marquis Orias1086Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmuG6rQR0Ko
60) Duke Vapula1086Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6dkZn1s744
61) King/President Zagan1086Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGuSGKP03YU
62) President Valac1086Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMRirRlbzIM
63) Marquis Andras1086Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd27SC6H8DN
64) Duke Flauros1086Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡewh19q4zLV
65) Marquis Andrealphus1086Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMm0KpNfc8R
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67) Duke Amdusias1086Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡghIR7rAlb3
68) King Belial1086Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvWuqIktpJO
69) Marquis Decarabia1086Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxyXTKMxRTQ
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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."1086Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfh5hxcmcCQ
Ars Theurgia Goetia1086Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJjSVt5Snvb
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.1086Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNIqiVaDyTK
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Ars Paulina1086Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyS86w63UCO
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.1086Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdeeQeNDFc1
Ars Almadel1086Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO1U5jn97br
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.1086Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNOfIJLDscq
Ars Notoria1086Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzZahqQdQbB
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.1086Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3tN7IfVBIr
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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)1086Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt1pzYKXBDe
2 Luxuria (lust, fornication)1086Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqLqZs6gMIk
3 Avaritia (avarice/greed)1086Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbyfSJfjRR6
4 Superbia (pride, hubris)1086Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOUOUySyh2z
5 Invidia (Envy)1086Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEXAcv5jsS0
6 Ira (wrath)1086Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4rt12dMdsq
7 Acedia (sloth)1086Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5RfdYuNOPe
If you look any further into it, beware your surrounding... You will uncover, the truth.
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