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.1115Please respect copyright.PENANACCfRSLBiVj
Ars Goetia1115Please respect copyright.PENANAijHaZE8HiQ
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.1115Please respect copyright.PENANAt6iseZL8sQ
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 Bael1115Please respect copyright.PENANAWFkPzM9bvv
2) Duke Agares1115Please respect copyright.PENANAExaCaVvYOw
3) Prince Vassago1115Please respect copyright.PENANAbkWCQQ8z0I
4) Marquis Samigina1115Please respect copyright.PENANAlEsaFQMuoQ
5) President Marbas1115Please respect copyright.PENANAHmgIRg9o5a
6) Duke Valefor1115Please respect copyright.PENANANU1J2GeLHx
7) Marquis Amon1115Please respect copyright.PENANAPj2CtSucjp
8) Duke Barbatos1115Please respect copyright.PENANAbk8stclqL9
9) King Paimon1115Please respect copyright.PENANAJNybwgJnAT
10) President Buer1115Please respect copyright.PENANAxUaLlOVenw
11) Duke Gusion1115Please respect copyright.PENANAxwlrIOFffl
12) Prince Sitri1115Please respect copyright.PENANAGOZmQWm9AC
13) King Beleth1115Please respect copyright.PENANACnykEubN76
14) Marquis Leraje1115Please respect copyright.PENANA5po9I3ZSMe
15) Duke Eligos1115Please respect copyright.PENANA4kcFuNEIrg
16) Duke Zepar1115Please respect copyright.PENANAxhIsugkxuL
17) Count/President Botis1115Please respect copyright.PENANA9E46pGxYUa
18) Duke Bathin1115Please respect copyright.PENANAppICGockz7
19) Duke Sallos1115Please respect copyright.PENANA9JLhW9CDJE
20) King Purson1115Please respect copyright.PENANAIJxGcr4N9S
21) Count/President Marax1115Please respect copyright.PENANAkQU7PQ8i3H
22) Count/Prince Ipos1115Please respect copyright.PENANA5Irqwz0pAM
23) Duke Aim1115Please respect copyright.PENANAlKCO6JODhP
24) Marquis Naberius1115Please respect copyright.PENANAvQXFdUDXna
25) Count/President Glasya-Labolas1115Please respect copyright.PENANAu562m99Dbi
26) Duke Buné1115Please respect copyright.PENANAGUTwF0QpiZ
27) Marquis/Count Ronové1115Please respect copyright.PENANAeAPL1hZ7t2
28) Duke Berith1115Please respect copyright.PENANA8DplRCSUIR
29) Duke Astaroth1115Please respect copyright.PENANAAVsKJd8hon
30) Marquis Forneus1115Please respect copyright.PENANA1uS9vzJbyM
31) President Foras1115Please respect copyright.PENANAu8hHU77Hm7
32) King Asmoday1115Please respect copyright.PENANAloxnCkUwtv
33) Prince/President Gäap1115Please respect copyright.PENANA75dsZQTBhT
34) Count Furfur1115Please respect copyright.PENANAmiUR79AA29
35) Marquis Marchosias1115Please respect copyright.PENANAKP1fHuNqVL
36) Prince Stolas1115Please respect copyright.PENANAhGpkk1KK88
37) Marquis Phenex1115Please respect copyright.PENANA7KNnklINPp
38) Count Halphas1115Please respect copyright.PENANAS1r9Ult6H4
39) President Malphas1115Please respect copyright.PENANAzd46g3l15J
40) Count Räum1115Please respect copyright.PENANAojqgxz0HBl
41) Duke Focalor1115Please respect copyright.PENANAUfJaXo9l4H
42) Duke Vepar1115Please respect copyright.PENANAQEARW5MHXg
43) Marquis Sabnock1115Please respect copyright.PENANA1sDbfIJhjG
44) Marquis Shax1115Please respect copyright.PENANA4A1Dbp80HL
45) King/Count Viné1115Please respect copyright.PENANAnBOFaPYYp1
46) Count Bifrons1115Please respect copyright.PENANAqMqIDXwV7Z
47) Duke Vual1115Please respect copyright.PENANA4RrwZcXEY8
48) President Haagenti1115Please respect copyright.PENANA58V62sSYiQ
49) Duke Crocell1115Please respect copyright.PENANAyVZa0tayAi
50) Knight Furcas1115Please respect copyright.PENANAxdtgZYuZDX
51) King Balam1115Please respect copyright.PENANAs6eXTcnKSm
52) Duke Alloces1115Please respect copyright.PENANAKqiWLoUyry
53) President Caim1115Please respect copyright.PENANAAiGmAvWBH1
54) Duke/Count Murmur1115Please respect copyright.PENANAV2q42SU7O0
55) Prince Orobas1115Please respect copyright.PENANAe9GFew4XqT
56) Duke Gremory1115Please respect copyright.PENANAav5peN6Fzq
57) President Ose1115Please respect copyright.PENANAZM1o6GBlSu
58) President Amy1115Please respect copyright.PENANA6NNRQspy90
59) Marquis Orias1115Please respect copyright.PENANA0wgXlkDeGB
60) Duke Vapula1115Please respect copyright.PENANAV2tcRrC6G3
61) King/President Zagan1115Please respect copyright.PENANAQMw2rRtrRI
62) President Valac1115Please respect copyright.PENANAXNPn8iiEiX
63) Marquis Andras1115Please respect copyright.PENANAPfdPcwgXe2
64) Duke Flauros1115Please respect copyright.PENANABvDFVhR0W6
65) Marquis Andrealphus1115Please respect copyright.PENANAbzlunSQ468
66) Marquis Kimaris1115Please respect copyright.PENANANCm3VAPtFS
67) Duke Amdusias1115Please respect copyright.PENANA84nr9Seran
68) King Belial1115Please respect copyright.PENANA0DSjrgcs5O
69) Marquis Decarabia1115Please respect copyright.PENANAeOys2AcbyI
70) Prince Seere1115Please respect copyright.PENANAlnUYEQ0uQL
71) Duke Dantalion1115Please respect copyright.PENANAJFce7WpG6c
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."1115Please respect copyright.PENANAWolkrAABFn
Ars Theurgia Goetia1115Please respect copyright.PENANA4Cd8fpqrG1
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.1115Please respect copyright.PENANAmxqLdQXRWw
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Ars Paulina1115Please respect copyright.PENANAKN5QlxalXC
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.1115Please respect copyright.PENANAefD7AcqN4r
Ars Almadel1115Please respect copyright.PENANAmJN3p4iQhB
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.1115Please respect copyright.PENANAUfDcMfbaxT
Ars Notoria1115Please respect copyright.PENANAynu37M27lm
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.1115Please respect copyright.PENANADLxymXoTvB
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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)1115Please respect copyright.PENANAl8vN8eEdir
2 Luxuria (lust, fornication)1115Please respect copyright.PENANAOmNnUmgqRF
3 Avaritia (avarice/greed)1115Please respect copyright.PENANAmiXpcgq4nG
4 Superbia (pride, hubris)1115Please respect copyright.PENANAM1ktAwzGe0
5 Invidia (Envy)1115Please respect copyright.PENANAB5Bq8pPZEu
6 Ira (wrath)1115Please respect copyright.PENANAmgG2XxsypT
7 Acedia (sloth)1115Please respect copyright.PENANABnh3xGpxcq
If you look any further into it, beware your surrounding... You will uncover, the truth.
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