Book Ii. Chapter Xviii. Of Wax And Virgin Earth : p. 114 CHAPTER XVIII OF WAX AND VIRGIN EARTH WAX and Virgin Earth are also employed in many Magical Operations, whether to make Images, or Candles, or other things; therefore they should never have been put to any other use. The Earth should be dug up with thine own hands, and reduced to a paste...
Plates. Plate Iv : PLATE IV. PLATE IV. JUPITER. "Figure 18.--The First Pentacle of Jupiter.--This serveth to invoke the Spirits of Jupiter, and especially those whose Names are written around the Pentacle, among whom Parasiel is the Lord and Master of Treasures, and teacheth how to become possessor of places where...
Book Ii. Chapter Xi. Of The Water : p. 103 CHAPTER XI OF THE WATER, AND OF THE HYSSOP IF it be necessary to sprinkle with water anything required in the Art it should be clone with a Sprinkler. Prepare a Censer in the day and hour of Mercury, with the odoriferous Spices of the Art. After this thou shalt take a vessel of brass...
Book I. Chapter Xviii. Concerning The Holy : p. 63 CHAPTER XVIII CONCERNING THE HOLY PENTACLES OR MEDALS THE Medals or Pentacles, which we make for the purpose of striking terror into the Spirits and reducing them to obedience, have besides this wonderful and excellent virtue. If thou invokest the Spirits by virtue of these Pentacles, they...
Book Ii. Chapter Xiii. Concerning The Precepts : p. 106 CHAPTER XIII CONCERNING 1 THE PRECEPTS OF THE ART HE who hath attained the rank or degree of Exorcist, which we are usually accustomed to call Magus or Master according to grade, whensoever he desireth to undertake any operation, for the nine days immediately preceding the commencement...
Book Ii. Chapter Ix. Of The Formati : p. 99 CHAPTER IX OF 1 THE FORMATION OF THE CIRCLE HAVING chosen a place for preparing and constructing the Circle, and all things necessary being prepared for the perfection of the Operations, take thou the Sickle or Scimitar of Art and stick it into the centre of the place where the Circle is...
Plates. Plate Viii : PLATE VIII. PLATE VIII. "Figure 34.--The Third Pentacle of the Sun.--This serveth in addition (to the effects of the two preceding) to acquire Kingdom and Empire, to inflict loss, and to acquire renown and glory, especially through the Name of God, Tetragrammaton, which therein is twelve times...
Book I. Chapter X. Of The Experiment Of Invisibility : p. 51 CHAPTER X OF THE EXPERIMENT OF INVISIBILITY, AND HOW IT SHOULD BE PERFORMED IF thou wishest to perform the Experiment of Invisibility, thou shalt follow the instructions for the same. If it be necessary to observe the day and the hour, thou shalt do as is said in their Chapters. But if thou...
Book I. Chapter Viii. Concerning The Medals : p. 44 CHAPTER VIII CONCERNING THE MEDALS OR PENTACLES, AND THE MANNER OF CONSTRUCTING THEM As we have already made mention of the Pentacles, it is necessary that thou shouldest understand that the whole Science and understanding of our Key dependeth upon the operation, Knowledge, and use...
Introduction From Landsdowne Mss. 1203 : p. 5 INTRODUCTION From Lansdowne MSS. 1203, 'The Veritable Clavicles of Solomon, translated from the Hebrew into the Latin language by the Rabbi Abognazar.' O my Son Roboam! seeing that of all Sciences there is none more useful than the knowledge of Celestial Movements, I have thought it my duty...
Appendices. The Qabalistical Invocation Of Solomon : p. 126 THE QABALISTICAL INVOCATION OF SOLOMON Given by Eliphaz Lvi in 'Rituel de la Haute Magie,' Chapter xiii. POWERS of the Kingdom, be beneath my left foot, and within my right hand. Glory and Eternity touch my shoulders, and guide me in the Paths of Victory. Mercy and justice be ye...
Book Ii. Chapter Viii. Of The Knife, Sword : p. 96 CHAPTER VIII OF THE KNIFE, SWORD, SICKLE, PONIARD, DAGGER, LANCE, WAND, STAFF, AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS OF MAGICAL ART IN order to properly carry out the greatest and most important Operations of the Art, various Instruments are necessary, as a Knife with a white hilt, another with a black hilt...
Book I. Chapter Vi. Stronger And More Potent : p. 29 CHAPTER VI STRONGER AND MORE POTENT CONJURATION IF they then immediately appear, it is well; if not, let the Master uncover the consecrated Pentacles which he should have made to constrain and command the Spirits, and which he should wear fastened round his neck, holding the Medals...
Preliminary Discourse : p. 1 PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE From Lansdowne MSS. 1203, ' 7'he Veritable Clavicles of Solomon, translated from the Hebrew into the Latin language by the Rabbi Abognazar.' 1 EVERY one knoweth in the present day that from time immemorial Solomon possessed knowledge inspired by the wise teachings...
Plates. Plate Ix : PLATE IX. PLATE IX. "Figure 38.--The Seventh and last Pentacle of the Sun.--If any be by chance imprisoned or detained in fetters of iron, at the presence of this Pentacle, which should be engraved in Gold on the day and hour of the Sun, he will be immediately delivered and set at liberty. Editor's...
Book Ii. Chapter Xv. Of The Pen Of The Swallow : p. 109 CHAPTER XV OF THE PEN OF THE SWALLOW AND OF THE CROW TAKE the feather of a Swallow or of a Crow, and before plucking it thou shalt say:-- May Holy MICHAEL the Archangel of God, and MIDAEL and MIRAEL, the Chiefs and Captains of the Celestial Army, be my aid in the operation I am...
Book Ii. Chapter Xvi. Of The Blood : p. 110 CHAPTER XVI OF THE BLOOD OF THE BAT, PIGEON, AND OTHER ANIMALS TAKE a living Bat and exorcise it thus:-- THE EXORCISM OF THE BAT. CAMIACH, EOMIAHE, EMIAL, MACBAL, EMOII, ZAZEAN, MAIPHIAT, ZACRATH,TENDAC, VULAMAHI; by these Most Holy Names, and the other Names of Angels which are written...
Book Ii. Chapter Xvii. Of Virgin Parchment : p. 111 CHAPTER XVII OF VIRGIN PARCHMENT, OR VIRGIN PAPER, AND HOW IT SHOULD BE PREPARED VIRGIN paper, or card, is that which is new, pure, clean, and exorcised, never having served for any other purpose. Virgin parchment is necessary in many Magical Operations, and should be properly prepared...
Appendices. Ancient Fragment Of The Key Of Solomon : p. 121 ANCIENT FRAGMENT OF THE KEY OF SOLOMON, TRANSLATED FROM THE HEBREW By ELIPHAZ LVI; and given in his 'Philosophie Occulte,' Serie II., page 136. I will now give unto thee the Key of the Kingdom of the Spirits. This Key is the same as that of the Mysterious Numbers of Yetzirah. 1 The Spirits...
Plates. Plate Xi : PLATE XI. PLATE XI. "Figure 46.--The Third Pentacle of Mercury.--This and the following serve to invoke the Spirits subject unto Mercury; and especially those who are written in this Pentacle. Editor's Note.--Mystical Characters of Mercury, and the Names of the Angels: Kokaviel, Ghedoriah, Savaniah...
Book Ii. Chapter Xiv. Of The Pen, Ink, And Colours : p. 108 CHAPTER XIV OF THE PEN, INK, AND COLOURS ALL things employed for writing, etc., in this Art, should be prepared in the following manner. Thou shalt take a male gosling, from which thou shalt pluck the third feather of the right wing, and in plucking it thou shalt say:-- ADRAI, HAHLII, TAMAH...
Book I. Chapter Xiii. How To Make The Magic : p. 55 CHAPTER XIII 1 HOW TO MAKE THE MAGIC CARPET PROPER FOR INTERROGATING THE INTELLIGENCES, SO AS TO OBTAIN AN ANSWER REGARDING WHATSOEVER MATTER ONE MAY WISH TO LEARN MAKE a Carpet of white and new wool, and when the Moon shall be at her full, in the Sign of Capricorn and in the hour of the Sun...
Book Ii. Chapter Xxi. Concerning Characters : p. 117 CHAPTER XXI CONCERNING CHARACTERS, AND THE CONSECRATION OF THE MAGICAL BOOK WHENSOEVER in any Operation it is necessary to write Characters, and thou fearest that thou wilt fail, do this: Write at the beginning the Name EHEIEH ASHER EHEIEH ("Figure 91"), and at the end the Name AIN SOPH...
Book I. Chapter Iv. The Confession To Be Made : p. 22 CHAPTER IV THE CONFESSION TO BE MADE BY THE EXORCIST CONFESSION. O LORD of Heaven and of Earth, before Thee do I confess my sins, and lament them, cast down and humbled in Thy presence. For I have sinned before Thee by pride, avarice, and boundless desire of honours and riches; by idleness...
Plates. Plate Xii : p. 77 PLATE XII. PLATE XII. "Figure 50.--The Second Pentacle of the Moon.--This serveth against all perils and dangers by water, and if it should chance that the Spirits of the Moon should excite and cause great rain and exceeding tempests about the Circle, in order to astonish and terrify thee;...
Book Ii. Chapter Xii. Of The Light : p. 104 CHAPTER XII OF THE LIGHT, AND OF THE FIRE IT hath been ever the custom among all nations to use fire and light in sacred things. For this reason the Master of the Art should also employ them in sacred rites, and besides those for reading the Conjurations by, and for the incense, in all...
Introduction : p. 2 INTRODUCTION From Add. MSS. 10862., 'The Key of Solomon, translated into Latin from the Hebrew idiom.' TREASURE Up, O my son Roboam! the wisdom of my words, seeing that I, Solomon, have received it from the Lord. Then answered Roboam, and said: How have I deserved to follow the example of my...
Book I. Chapter V Prayers And Conjurations : p. 25 CHAPTER V PRAYERS AND CONJURATIONS PRAYER. O LORD God, Holy Father, Almighty and Merciful One, Who hast created all things, Who knowest all things and can do all things, from Whom nothing is hidden, to Whom nothing is impossible; Thou Who knowest that we perform not these ceremonies to tempt...
Book Ii. Chapter X. Concerning Incense, Suffumigations : p. 101 CHAPTER X CONCERNING INCENSE, SUFFUMIGATIONS, PERFUMES, ODOURS, AND SIMILAR THINGS WHICH ARE USED IN MAGICAL ARTS THERE are many kinds of Incense, Suffumigations, and Perfumes, which are made for and offered unto the Spirits; those which are of sweet odour are for the good, those which are...
Preface : p. vii THE KEY OF SOLOMON THE KING PREFACE IN presenting this celebrated magical work to the student of occult science some few prefatory remarks are necessary. The Key of Solomon, save for a curtailed and incomplete copy published in France in the seventeenth century, has never yet been printed...
Plates. Plate Vii : PLATE VII. PLATE VII. "Figure 30.--The Sixth Pentacle of Mars.--It hath so great virtue that being armed therewith, if thou art attacked by any one, thou shalt neither be injured nor wounded when thou fightest with him, and his own weapons shall turn against him. Editor's Note.--Around the eight...
Plates. Plate X : PLATE X. PLATE X. "Figure 42.--The Fourth Pentacle of Venus.--It is of great power, since it compels the Spirits of Venus to obey, and to force on the instant any person thou wishest to come unto thee. Editor's Note.--At the four Angles of the Figure are the four letters of the Name IHVH. The other...
Book Ii. Chapter Xxii. Concerning Sacrifices : p. 119 CHAPTER XXII CONCERNING SACRIFICES TO THE SPIRITS, AND HOW THEY SHOULD BE MADE IN many operations it is necessary to make some sort of sacrifice unto the Demons, and in various ways. Sometimes white animals are sacrificed to the good Spirits and black to the evil. Such sacrifices consist...
Book I. Chapter Ix. Of The Experiment Concerning : p. 48 CHAPTER IX OF THE EXPERIMENT CONCERNING THINGS STOLEN, AND HOW IT SHOULD BE PERFORMED My beloved Son, if thou findest any Theft, thou shalt do as is hereinafter ordained, and with the help of God thou shalt find that which hath been taken away. If the hours and days be not otherwise ordained...
Book Ii. Chapter Ii. In What Manner The Master : p. 84 CHAPTER II IN WHAT MANNER THE MASTER OF THE ART SHOULD KEEP, RULE, AND GOVERN HIMSELF HE who wisheth to apply himself unto so great and so difficult a Science should have his mind free from all business, and from all extraneous ideas of whatever nature they may be. He should then thoroughly...
Book I. Chapter Vii. An Extremely Powerful : p. 36 CHAPTER VII AN EXTREMELY POWERFUL CONJURATION BEHOLD us again prepared to conjure ye by the Names and Symbols of God, wherewith we are fortified, and by the virtue of the Highest One. We command ye and potently ordain ye by the most strong and powerful Names of God, Who is worthy of all...
Plates. Plate V : PLATE V. PLATE V. "Figure 22.--The Fifth Pentacle of Jupiter.--This hath great power. It serveth for assured visions. Jacob being armed with this Pentacle beheld the ladder which reached unto heaven. Editor's Note.--The Hebrew letters within the Pentacle are taken from the five last words...
Book Ii. Chapter Xx. Concerning The Silken Cloth : p. 116 CHAPTER XX CONCERNING THE SILKEN CLOTH WHEN any Instrument of the Art is properly consecrated, it should be wrapped in silk and put away, as we have said. Take, then, silk of any colour except black or grey, whereon write the words and Characters in "Figure 90". Perfume it with incense...
List Of Plates : p. xi LIST OF PLATES PLATE PAGE I. Frontispiece II. To Face 67 III. " 68 IV. " 69 V. " 70 VI. " 71 VII. " 72 VIII. " 73 IX. " 74 X. " 75 XI. " 76 XII. " 77 XIII. " 96 XIV. " 97 XV. " At the end of the book
Plates. Plate Iii : PLATE III. Plate III. "Figure 14.--The Fourth Pentacle of Saturn.--This Pentacle serveth principally for executing all the experiments and operations of ruin, destruction, and death. And when it is made in full perfection, it serveth also for those Spirits which bring news, when thou invokest them...
Book I. Chapter Xvii. How Extraordinary Experiments : p. 62 CHAPTER XVII HOW EXTRAORDINARY EXPERIMENTS AND OPERATIONS SHOULD BE PREPARED WE have spoken in the preceding Chapters of common experiments and operations, which it is more usual to practise and put in operation, and therein thou mayest easily see that we have told thee sufficient for their...
Book I. Chapter Xi. To Hinder A Sportsm : p. 53 CHAPTER XI TO HINDER A SPORTSMAN FROM KILLING ANY GAME 1 TAKE a stick of green elder, from the two ends of which thou shalt clean out the pith. In each end place a strip of parchment of hare-skin, having written thereon with the blood of a black hen the following character and word. ("See...
Book Ii. Chapter V. Concerning The Baths : p. 90 CHAPTER V CONCERNING THE BATHS, AND HOW THEY ARE TO BE ARRANGED THE Bath is necessary for all Magical and Necromantic Arts; wherefore, if thou wishest to perform any experiment or operation, having arranged all things necessary thereunto according to the proper days and hours, thou shalt go...
Plates. Plate Vi : PLATE VI. PLATE VI. "Figure 26.--The Second Pentacle of Mars.--This Pentacle serveth with great success against all kinds of diseases, if it be applied unto the afflicted part. Editor's Note.--The letter H, in the angles of the Hexagram. Within the same the Names IHVH, IHSHVH Yeheshuah (the mystic...
Book I. Chapter Xvi. How Operations Of Mockery : p. 61 CHAPTER XVI 1 HOW OPERATIONS OF MOCKERY, INVISIBILITY, AND DECEIT SHOULD BE PREPARED EXPERIMENTS relating to tricks, mockeries, and deceits, may be performed in many ways. When thou shalt wish to practise these experiments with regard to any person, thou shalt observe the day and the hour...
Book Ii. Chapter I : p. 80 CHAPTER I AT WHAT HOUR AFTER THE PREPARATION OF ALL THINGS NECESSARY, WE SHOULD BRING THE EXERCISE OF THE ART TO PERFECTION THE Days and Hours have already been treated of, in general, in the First Book. It is now necessary to notice in particular at what hour accomplishment and perfecti...
Book I. Chapter I. Concerning The Divine : p. 10 THE KEY OF SOLOMON BOOK I CHAPTER I CONCERNING THE DIVINE LOVE WHICH OUGHT TO PRECEDE THE ACQUISITION OF THIS KNOWLEDGE SOLOMON, the Son of David, King of Israel, hath said that the beginning of our Key is to fear God, to adore Him, to honour Him with contrition of heart, to invoke Him 1...
Plates. The Order Of The Pentacles : p. 66 HERE FOLLOW THE HOLY PENTACLES, EXPRESSED IN THEIR PROPER FIGURES AND CHARACTERS, TOGETHER WITH THEIR ESPECIAL VIRTUES; FOR THE USE OF THE MASTER OF ART. THE ORDER OF THE PENTACLES (1.) Seven Pentacles consecrated to Saturn Black. (2.) Seven Pentacles consecrated to Jupiter Blue. (3.) Seven...
Book Ii. Prefatory Note : p. 79 BOOK II PREFATORY NOTE 1 THIS Work of Solomon is divided into two books. In the first thou mayest see and know how to avoid errors in Experiments, Operations, and in the Spirits themselves. In the second thou art taught in what manner Magical Arts may be reduced to the proposed object...
Book I. Chapter Xii. How To Make The Magic Garters : p. 54 CHAPTER XII HOW 1 TO MAKE THE MAGIC GARTERS TAKE enough of the skin of a stag to make two hollow tubular Garters, but before stitching them up thou shalt write on the side of the skin which was next the flesh the words and characters shown in "Figure 8", with the blood of a hare killed...
Title Page : THE KEY OF SOLOMON THE KING (CLAVICULA SALOMONIS) NOW FIRST TRANSLATED AND EDITED FROM ANCIENT MSS. IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM BY S. LIDDELL MACGREGOR MATHERS AUTHOR OF 'THE KABBALAH UNVEILED, THE TAROT,' ETC. George Redway, London [1888] Scanned , July 2000. J. B. Hare, Redactor. Reformatted August...
Book I. Chapter Ii. Of The Days, And Hours : p. 11 CHAPTER II OF THE DAYS, AND HOURS, AND OF THE VIRTUES OF THE PLANETS WHEN 1 thou wishest to make any experiment or operation, thou must first prepare, beforehand, all the requisites which thou wilt find described in the following Chapters: observing the days, the hours, and the other effects...
Book I. Chapter Iii. Concerning The Arts : p. 15 CHAPTER III CONCERNING THE ARTS IF thou wishest to succeed, it is necessary to make the following Experiments and Arts in the appropriate Days and Hours, with the requisite solemnities and ceremonies contained and laid down in the following Chapters. Experiments, then, are of two kinds;...
Book Ii. Chapter Xix. Concerning The Needle : p. 115 CHAPTER XIX CONCERNING THE NEEDLE AND OTHER IRON INSTRUMENTS THERE are several steel instruments necessary in various Operations, as a Needle to prick or to sew; a Burin, or instrument wherewith to engrave, etc. Thou shalt make such instruments in the day and hour of Jupiter, and when it is...
Book I. Chapter Xiv. How To Render Thyself : p. 57 CHAPTER XIV 1 HOW TO RENDER THYSELF MASTER OF A TREASURE POSSESSED BY THE SPIRITS THE Earth being inhabited, as I have before said unto thee, by a great number of Celestial Beings and Spirits, who by their subtilty and prevision know the places wherein treasures are hidden, and seeing th...
Book Ii. Chapter Vi. Of The Garments : p. 92 CHAPTER VI OF THE GARMENTS AND SHOES OF THE ART THE exterior habiliments which the Master of the Art should wear ought to be of linen, as well as those which he weareth beneath them; and if he hath the means they should be of Silk. If they be of linen the thread of which they are made should...
Book I. Chapter Xv. Of The Experiment : p. 59 CHAPTER XV OF THE EXPERIMENT OF SEEKING FAVOUR AND LOVE 1 IF thou wishest to perform the Experiment of seeking favour and love, observe in what manner the Experiment is to be carried out, and if it be dependent upon the day and the hour, perform it in the day and the hour required, as thou...
Plates. Plate Ii : PLATE II. SATURN. Plate II. "Figure 11.--The First Pentacle of Saturn.--This Pentacle is of great value and utility for striking terror into the Spirits. Wherefore, upon its being shown to them they submit, and kneeling upon the earth before it, they obey. Editor's Note.--The Hebrew letters with...
Book Ii. Chapter Iii : p. 86 CHAPTER III HOW THE COMPANIONS OR DISCIPLES OF THE MASTER OF THE ART OUGHT TO REGULATE AND GOVERN THEMSELVES WHEN the Master of the Art wisheth to put in practice any Operation or Experiment, especially one of importance, he should first consider of what Companions he should avail himself...
Book Ii. Chapter Iv. Concerning The Fasting : p. 88 CHAPTER IV CONCERNING THE FASTING, CARE, AND THINGS TO BE OBSERVED WHEN the Master of the Art shall wish to perform his operations, having previously arranged all things which it is necessary to observe and practise; from the first day of the Experiment, it is absolutely necessary to ord...
Book Ii. Chapter Vii. Of Places Wherein We : CHAPTER VII OF PLACES WHEREIN WE MAY CONVENIENTLY EXECUTE THE EXPERIMENTS AND OPERATIONS OF THE ART THE places best fitted for exercising and accomplishing Magical Arts and Operations are those which are concealed, removed, and separated from the habitations of men. Wherefore desolate...
