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.782Please respect copyright.PENANARiFUMdOlMr
Ars Goetia782Please respect copyright.PENANASl5m0mqPES
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.782Please respect copyright.PENANAmabWdYj5DD
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 Bael782Please respect copyright.PENANAHWSsO2ew4t
2) Duke Agares782Please respect copyright.PENANAj68mDZAAAe
3) Prince Vassago782Please respect copyright.PENANAhJE9RtdtvM
4) Marquis Samigina782Please respect copyright.PENANAVWpIf2jLoL
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6) Duke Valefor782Please respect copyright.PENANAu1cK8cwcR0
7) Marquis Amon782Please respect copyright.PENANAsirCY1gnll
8) Duke Barbatos782Please respect copyright.PENANAdJ5PoltP7M
9) King Paimon782Please respect copyright.PENANAdjSyzKzJIC
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11) Duke Gusion782Please respect copyright.PENANA38dJyTd2S5
12) Prince Sitri782Please respect copyright.PENANAnNLVdbLlSg
13) King Beleth782Please respect copyright.PENANAhuTobEAoZt
14) Marquis Leraje782Please respect copyright.PENANASPfSSs5z6U
15) Duke Eligos782Please respect copyright.PENANAxVnL8ZqMLW
16) Duke Zepar782Please respect copyright.PENANAsXZ4PgSE0C
17) Count/President Botis782Please respect copyright.PENANAU26TwrBCGI
18) Duke Bathin782Please respect copyright.PENANABQqIdTeWYy
19) Duke Sallos782Please respect copyright.PENANAkwSDO8LhU9
20) King Purson782Please respect copyright.PENANAiU0M2twYCX
21) Count/President Marax782Please respect copyright.PENANAsywXDV4GNX
22) Count/Prince Ipos782Please respect copyright.PENANA3iA82fWr4X
23) Duke Aim782Please respect copyright.PENANAw8ASEL66aH
24) Marquis Naberius782Please respect copyright.PENANAvnHpQpNtWU
25) Count/President Glasya-Labolas782Please respect copyright.PENANAMEktLaFFAS
26) Duke Buné782Please respect copyright.PENANAQ6Mc5KPvcQ
27) Marquis/Count Ronové782Please respect copyright.PENANAMCzl2PaUmn
28) Duke Berith782Please respect copyright.PENANAepUjHGb2Yk
29) Duke Astaroth782Please respect copyright.PENANAPtw4sl7iCO
30) Marquis Forneus782Please respect copyright.PENANAIAZUi954rS
31) President Foras782Please respect copyright.PENANAa1tuKTPeDn
32) King Asmoday782Please respect copyright.PENANAGe65WzAhCT
33) Prince/President Gäap782Please respect copyright.PENANAIkCDIORhHw
34) Count Furfur782Please respect copyright.PENANAhukdiGmHae
35) Marquis Marchosias782Please respect copyright.PENANAeV4qIoVtk9
36) Prince Stolas782Please respect copyright.PENANAreEUZ6jo3Y
37) Marquis Phenex782Please respect copyright.PENANAygsKNEJA0t
38) Count Halphas782Please respect copyright.PENANAmDVhoByuJA
39) President Malphas782Please respect copyright.PENANAktbaVnxgKO
40) Count Räum782Please respect copyright.PENANA5y50h5JxWJ
41) Duke Focalor782Please respect copyright.PENANAESflBSQBbS
42) Duke Vepar782Please respect copyright.PENANARbD7NJjIxk
43) Marquis Sabnock782Please respect copyright.PENANAHB3dy4wM2o
44) Marquis Shax782Please respect copyright.PENANAwWT8yJKzSD
45) King/Count Viné782Please respect copyright.PENANA2sZAVrGbxG
46) Count Bifrons782Please respect copyright.PENANAJQnHTsbXSn
47) Duke Vual782Please respect copyright.PENANAujoV9lI6N1
48) President Haagenti782Please respect copyright.PENANAIZrGUkHHFt
49) Duke Crocell782Please respect copyright.PENANAJA9K9NnlVx
50) Knight Furcas782Please respect copyright.PENANAV7nIGpBIAz
51) King Balam782Please respect copyright.PENANACzJYHCsm20
52) Duke Alloces782Please respect copyright.PENANAkmz2W1VBuH
53) President Caim782Please respect copyright.PENANATYsutnIk4Q
54) Duke/Count Murmur782Please respect copyright.PENANAGF5Nf1gQUw
55) Prince Orobas782Please respect copyright.PENANA2qI5IuBlJ6
56) Duke Gremory782Please respect copyright.PENANAH8lnSnEdst
57) President Ose782Please respect copyright.PENANALhqG0YccW6
58) President Amy782Please respect copyright.PENANAPP8QEThkcW
59) Marquis Orias782Please respect copyright.PENANA5adpnHgHNE
60) Duke Vapula782Please respect copyright.PENANARUNkJqsfE8
61) King/President Zagan782Please respect copyright.PENANAITS6aUTruu
62) President Valac782Please respect copyright.PENANAr2DWbH43pE
63) Marquis Andras782Please respect copyright.PENANABJy6hVN9wd
64) Duke Flauros782Please respect copyright.PENANAEmOs4PNsbS
65) Marquis Andrealphus782Please respect copyright.PENANAXvx6xwf1Iy
66) Marquis Kimaris782Please respect copyright.PENANAruHBtxZHDF
67) Duke Amdusias782Please respect copyright.PENANAumgwxhZ4AE
68) King Belial782Please respect copyright.PENANAz1uPhTGdrd
69) Marquis Decarabia782Please respect copyright.PENANAGjIMdA2amX
70) Prince Seere782Please respect copyright.PENANAjxM0zRLRNi
71) Duke Dantalion782Please respect copyright.PENANAuBF7IXWYTE
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."782Please respect copyright.PENANAO23LcMPGzm
Ars Theurgia Goetia782Please respect copyright.PENANAy3pvCBPcJo
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.782Please respect copyright.PENANAfq8dxj2WRS
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Ars Paulina782Please respect copyright.PENANAoilnNOKuN7
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.782Please respect copyright.PENANAhvyyno52dP
Ars Almadel782Please respect copyright.PENANALhwPly0Are
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.782Please respect copyright.PENANAn3txPerNjb
Ars Notoria782Please respect copyright.PENANAMsCf0peaWz
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.782Please respect copyright.PENANA7vw25CRCMf
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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)782Please respect copyright.PENANA1bO5H1Ppe2
2 Luxuria (lust, fornication)782Please respect copyright.PENANAZ57pLIC0wo
3 Avaritia (avarice/greed)782Please respect copyright.PENANApAscsGW3HO
4 Superbia (pride, hubris)782Please respect copyright.PENANA3spmSehUtd
5 Invidia (Envy)782Please respect copyright.PENANA8FTFRpnum3
6 Ira (wrath)782Please respect copyright.PENANAr2X30kGMyN
7 Acedia (sloth)782Please respect copyright.PENANAUFaHJLfLUe
If you look any further into it, beware your surrounding... You will uncover, the truth.
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