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.1174Please respect copyright.PENANAkW0uNsWydk
Ars Goetia1174Please respect copyright.PENANAiIBFzT59QK
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.1174Please respect copyright.PENANAEe1iULJBLs
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 Bael1174Please respect copyright.PENANAhS7aSc6fUM
2) Duke Agares1174Please respect copyright.PENANAWObavZj0A6
3) Prince Vassago1174Please respect copyright.PENANAkLyPjLZhYs
4) Marquis Samigina1174Please respect copyright.PENANAQTNx51WaXS
5) President Marbas1174Please respect copyright.PENANALCxjPqJzma
6) Duke Valefor1174Please respect copyright.PENANAgBGKigmJt1
7) Marquis Amon1174Please respect copyright.PENANALgNNUcEegC
8) Duke Barbatos1174Please respect copyright.PENANAFHGFT8yUYp
9) King Paimon1174Please respect copyright.PENANAZAZny1hy8p
10) President Buer1174Please respect copyright.PENANAzR1DIJ4bxH
11) Duke Gusion1174Please respect copyright.PENANAc42VFFhVt6
12) Prince Sitri1174Please respect copyright.PENANAeX0F1ZiVnf
13) King Beleth1174Please respect copyright.PENANAbEVxcbSErK
14) Marquis Leraje1174Please respect copyright.PENANAbVpdh04QkT
15) Duke Eligos1174Please respect copyright.PENANAlzokcJracJ
16) Duke Zepar1174Please respect copyright.PENANAAVx7gtBtvW
17) Count/President Botis1174Please respect copyright.PENANABAjzy1sU7P
18) Duke Bathin1174Please respect copyright.PENANA5Blak2MPAZ
19) Duke Sallos1174Please respect copyright.PENANAH5Gn7p7YJw
20) King Purson1174Please respect copyright.PENANA8gDktfQRE6
21) Count/President Marax1174Please respect copyright.PENANAj7Te9KZkkg
22) Count/Prince Ipos1174Please respect copyright.PENANA9ndVF9Jxmz
23) Duke Aim1174Please respect copyright.PENANAN37LyMDuEi
24) Marquis Naberius1174Please respect copyright.PENANAVlgLiHAfzJ
25) Count/President Glasya-Labolas1174Please respect copyright.PENANAtP95WuLyyP
26) Duke Buné1174Please respect copyright.PENANANQUP3zQW76
27) Marquis/Count Ronové1174Please respect copyright.PENANA0W9CVvnZqs
28) Duke Berith1174Please respect copyright.PENANA21z9o08Zql
29) Duke Astaroth1174Please respect copyright.PENANAR7XLrTEifg
30) Marquis Forneus1174Please respect copyright.PENANAlyv2yaG3vQ
31) President Foras1174Please respect copyright.PENANAaQA8rnoe5O
32) King Asmoday1174Please respect copyright.PENANALSkUjKKEP4
33) Prince/President Gäap1174Please respect copyright.PENANAXWzShGKp1l
34) Count Furfur1174Please respect copyright.PENANARWho8rrB9O
35) Marquis Marchosias1174Please respect copyright.PENANAQ07HTs5j2N
36) Prince Stolas1174Please respect copyright.PENANA4kfaxuy6YW
37) Marquis Phenex1174Please respect copyright.PENANA7W2gwrVoB0
38) Count Halphas1174Please respect copyright.PENANAHcVEtt7362
39) President Malphas1174Please respect copyright.PENANAsd8cLG0pek
40) Count Räum1174Please respect copyright.PENANAPGs6lRfqOF
41) Duke Focalor1174Please respect copyright.PENANAtXSorVh76p
42) Duke Vepar1174Please respect copyright.PENANAxwx1kfaWXk
43) Marquis Sabnock1174Please respect copyright.PENANAMudOpz0H34
44) Marquis Shax1174Please respect copyright.PENANAWwBERZkNex
45) King/Count Viné1174Please respect copyright.PENANAcSWHXmz6qu
46) Count Bifrons1174Please respect copyright.PENANACVO5XWANOB
47) Duke Vual1174Please respect copyright.PENANArsrhlkSxCt
48) President Haagenti1174Please respect copyright.PENANAEqwgQtEu5l
49) Duke Crocell1174Please respect copyright.PENANAm4Dn7KbTbg
50) Knight Furcas1174Please respect copyright.PENANAPRCeMJh77T
51) King Balam1174Please respect copyright.PENANA0PqIYn7BQu
52) Duke Alloces1174Please respect copyright.PENANAkiu5wfQgz3
53) President Caim1174Please respect copyright.PENANACpiL1jJqJr
54) Duke/Count Murmur1174Please respect copyright.PENANA32y04s6xJ6
55) Prince Orobas1174Please respect copyright.PENANAqly4nMBmpe
56) Duke Gremory1174Please respect copyright.PENANA6blv86kG6J
57) President Ose1174Please respect copyright.PENANAKah844yoMn
58) President Amy1174Please respect copyright.PENANAR4vS7fqvQz
59) Marquis Orias1174Please respect copyright.PENANA8b4AvWVWBt
60) Duke Vapula1174Please respect copyright.PENANA3HtN0Kk7uo
61) King/President Zagan1174Please respect copyright.PENANAenfz3uBtuN
62) President Valac1174Please respect copyright.PENANA5c30nthdi6
63) Marquis Andras1174Please respect copyright.PENANAqq56bU25z7
64) Duke Flauros1174Please respect copyright.PENANAborbAsGC4m
65) Marquis Andrealphus1174Please respect copyright.PENANA9exwRq6xaS
66) Marquis Kimaris1174Please respect copyright.PENANAbOMAgKmTyi
67) Duke Amdusias1174Please respect copyright.PENANApcZYbINv02
68) King Belial1174Please respect copyright.PENANA9kvY6VlEDh
69) Marquis Decarabia1174Please respect copyright.PENANAxJ5CXfyCZO
70) Prince Seere1174Please respect copyright.PENANAbalNuRia8f
71) Duke Dantalion1174Please respect copyright.PENANA7wgwatWYbU
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."1174Please respect copyright.PENANAqGrz21F0v8
Ars Theurgia Goetia1174Please respect copyright.PENANA8lF0Zy2lEa
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.1174Please respect copyright.PENANAVQxLbsUyA7
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Ars Paulina1174Please respect copyright.PENANAzsUzxVCS4h
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.1174Please respect copyright.PENANAidr87hfglM
Ars Almadel1174Please respect copyright.PENANArKNdDI7opL
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.1174Please respect copyright.PENANAxQ12eF5Ym1
Ars Notoria1174Please respect copyright.PENANADec3GbrQJx
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.1174Please respect copyright.PENANA5Hwxd9MDMy
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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)1174Please respect copyright.PENANABdGkpGuEPP
2 Luxuria (lust, fornication)1174Please respect copyright.PENANAe6Mp4NUMez
3 Avaritia (avarice/greed)1174Please respect copyright.PENANADXOXOFwDwz
4 Superbia (pride, hubris)1174Please respect copyright.PENANA0NcdrF4y8G
5 Invidia (Envy)1174Please respect copyright.PENANAX8jXeJ3l4G
6 Ira (wrath)1174Please respect copyright.PENANATG3oSlPhH6
7 Acedia (sloth)1174Please respect copyright.PENANAlT6AZ9slEM
If you look any further into it, beware your surrounding... You will uncover, the truth.
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