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.1022Please respect copyright.PENANA1BiS8Qj7ZM
Ars Goetia1022Please respect copyright.PENANAwRlmOi8kXo
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.1022Please respect copyright.PENANASGGBzGBYYW
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 Bael1022Please respect copyright.PENANA171z8zQVN2
2) Duke Agares1022Please respect copyright.PENANATsdHnFzExZ
3) Prince Vassago1022Please respect copyright.PENANAyyPdd71VFF
4) Marquis Samigina1022Please respect copyright.PENANA646KfWSAnf
5) President Marbas1022Please respect copyright.PENANAQN1vQgLXvo
6) Duke Valefor1022Please respect copyright.PENANA769mmbt1jD
7) Marquis Amon1022Please respect copyright.PENANAC1FqLYIwL6
8) Duke Barbatos1022Please respect copyright.PENANAVPyodJCgAf
9) King Paimon1022Please respect copyright.PENANAM05BYCg5Z9
10) President Buer1022Please respect copyright.PENANAyOf3WsbM83
11) Duke Gusion1022Please respect copyright.PENANAA0M7BkYQPW
12) Prince Sitri1022Please respect copyright.PENANAfHcHRY1kQs
13) King Beleth1022Please respect copyright.PENANAGAsgAGBA16
14) Marquis Leraje1022Please respect copyright.PENANAZPFLotA5ob
15) Duke Eligos1022Please respect copyright.PENANAUE2LupPNJW
16) Duke Zepar1022Please respect copyright.PENANAusCeF5vf0c
17) Count/President Botis1022Please respect copyright.PENANAIauUatDITT
18) Duke Bathin1022Please respect copyright.PENANA2xWAPgYqVU
19) Duke Sallos1022Please respect copyright.PENANAhZMeWQb4Hu
20) King Purson1022Please respect copyright.PENANAlXwxach7NT
21) Count/President Marax1022Please respect copyright.PENANAGYYh0cCP6k
22) Count/Prince Ipos1022Please respect copyright.PENANAnjs7NFG4Y8
23) Duke Aim1022Please respect copyright.PENANAaakPBinXPJ
24) Marquis Naberius1022Please respect copyright.PENANAJQAPoiyfXI
25) Count/President Glasya-Labolas1022Please respect copyright.PENANAJUrjOVBhmo
26) Duke Buné1022Please respect copyright.PENANAQfEYwwrjk1
27) Marquis/Count Ronové1022Please respect copyright.PENANAdyQfWnHj3Y
28) Duke Berith1022Please respect copyright.PENANAUq5qllk5MO
29) Duke Astaroth1022Please respect copyright.PENANAzCE71O5ZdZ
30) Marquis Forneus1022Please respect copyright.PENANATc8LZXmZu9
31) President Foras1022Please respect copyright.PENANAr1kRwM1Qen
32) King Asmoday1022Please respect copyright.PENANAmdZsqeA4m4
33) Prince/President Gäap1022Please respect copyright.PENANAo7Gq5hBgdL
34) Count Furfur1022Please respect copyright.PENANAyuwb0Dvg1n
35) Marquis Marchosias1022Please respect copyright.PENANAgnLfnoMtNG
36) Prince Stolas1022Please respect copyright.PENANAT402MRTIz4
37) Marquis Phenex1022Please respect copyright.PENANAfFRZ44AFmp
38) Count Halphas1022Please respect copyright.PENANAgcqE9464aW
39) President Malphas1022Please respect copyright.PENANAOHXrnNEHmO
40) Count Räum1022Please respect copyright.PENANAiHOhe92yNp
41) Duke Focalor1022Please respect copyright.PENANAiLfo8g8k9M
42) Duke Vepar1022Please respect copyright.PENANAJUZVwsttWg
43) Marquis Sabnock1022Please respect copyright.PENANAEfMU2ExE4U
44) Marquis Shax1022Please respect copyright.PENANAiePchd7m0U
45) King/Count Viné1022Please respect copyright.PENANAitXMgwRGZ7
46) Count Bifrons1022Please respect copyright.PENANAfV21dpys8M
47) Duke Vual1022Please respect copyright.PENANAkV7z1zy8ii
48) President Haagenti1022Please respect copyright.PENANA6VPB8Lpw3n
49) Duke Crocell1022Please respect copyright.PENANAFEthVGHs7N
50) Knight Furcas1022Please respect copyright.PENANAjOCUt21cGd
51) King Balam1022Please respect copyright.PENANAUKDJyk8rlV
52) Duke Alloces1022Please respect copyright.PENANAz2i3BJx6rH
53) President Caim1022Please respect copyright.PENANAx2A7HVUsv7
54) Duke/Count Murmur1022Please respect copyright.PENANAXuGh2lYcPu
55) Prince Orobas1022Please respect copyright.PENANASlRLejGHsV
56) Duke Gremory1022Please respect copyright.PENANAzCJnmQx5C8
57) President Ose1022Please respect copyright.PENANACu7xGD26KR
58) President Amy1022Please respect copyright.PENANAvGDd1AqWcj
59) Marquis Orias1022Please respect copyright.PENANAdHlwF7UUyz
60) Duke Vapula1022Please respect copyright.PENANAv9xlemhNg1
61) King/President Zagan1022Please respect copyright.PENANAI9Hfj6tS0h
62) President Valac1022Please respect copyright.PENANA6YbYkjsrhL
63) Marquis Andras1022Please respect copyright.PENANAWceKwSwPTG
64) Duke Flauros1022Please respect copyright.PENANAJsrh3HclKd
65) Marquis Andrealphus1022Please respect copyright.PENANAzGKrrNCzXS
66) Marquis Kimaris1022Please respect copyright.PENANAMDCi9d1GXs
67) Duke Amdusias1022Please respect copyright.PENANAZRHk6f0oHo
68) King Belial1022Please respect copyright.PENANABmTWkEJjWN
69) Marquis Decarabia1022Please respect copyright.PENANAnKi0oCkW4z
70) Prince Seere1022Please respect copyright.PENANAlUcYOrwxVK
71) Duke Dantalion1022Please respect copyright.PENANA33HpZJuR6V
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."1022Please respect copyright.PENANAPx5u3zFuKb
Ars Theurgia Goetia1022Please respect copyright.PENANAwbXr1TueUx
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.1022Please respect copyright.PENANA113n6020VP
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Ars Paulina1022Please respect copyright.PENANAdzgt5axMTp
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.1022Please respect copyright.PENANA8lJjG0veWb
Ars Almadel1022Please respect copyright.PENANA6TMp4CB7Q9
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.1022Please respect copyright.PENANAKjzPIZIilB
Ars Notoria1022Please respect copyright.PENANA3XqAFekKK3
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.1022Please respect copyright.PENANAOAg8j3MHek
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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)1022Please respect copyright.PENANAe6BIJ0FktH
2 Luxuria (lust, fornication)1022Please respect copyright.PENANAXRwnUcfzPP
3 Avaritia (avarice/greed)1022Please respect copyright.PENANADAqhqii2ZN
4 Superbia (pride, hubris)1022Please respect copyright.PENANAPbD3vQFHbY
5 Invidia (Envy)1022Please respect copyright.PENANAzvC4S8DpBI
6 Ira (wrath)1022Please respect copyright.PENANAyX5SE9S2e5
7 Acedia (sloth)1022Please respect copyright.PENANACaP2L0QFrU
If you look any further into it, beware your surrounding... You will uncover, the truth.
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