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.1125Please respect copyright.PENANAfGSsBvWFO5
Ars Goetia1125Please respect copyright.PENANAmeXVFGIrHs
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.1125Please respect copyright.PENANAtlmV4NpOvs
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 Bael1125Please respect copyright.PENANA6MXUfmYUGe
2) Duke Agares1125Please respect copyright.PENANAAY36uz5ip1
3) Prince Vassago1125Please respect copyright.PENANAZqUC1Ex8KD
4) Marquis Samigina1125Please respect copyright.PENANAyABi52UXdD
5) President Marbas1125Please respect copyright.PENANAIXheRBBnob
6) Duke Valefor1125Please respect copyright.PENANAmGHdmtm2pW
7) Marquis Amon1125Please respect copyright.PENANADE3yhSUZdg
8) Duke Barbatos1125Please respect copyright.PENANAwkgsGJ78dQ
9) King Paimon1125Please respect copyright.PENANAiAWPk8hLWC
10) President Buer1125Please respect copyright.PENANATm5bViIrvm
11) Duke Gusion1125Please respect copyright.PENANA7qu26M2FD4
12) Prince Sitri1125Please respect copyright.PENANAZuvTAdEFGs
13) King Beleth1125Please respect copyright.PENANA9Ejf1mCSbf
14) Marquis Leraje1125Please respect copyright.PENANAgc4lOfqEIf
15) Duke Eligos1125Please respect copyright.PENANAoJw7h8EdRV
16) Duke Zepar1125Please respect copyright.PENANAMdGUV0GcDF
17) Count/President Botis1125Please respect copyright.PENANASLip13iq5A
18) Duke Bathin1125Please respect copyright.PENANAnsaVQCyIEO
19) Duke Sallos1125Please respect copyright.PENANAQg65f0qw8C
20) King Purson1125Please respect copyright.PENANARHuBp7RVIF
21) Count/President Marax1125Please respect copyright.PENANA6KbEB9fuDK
22) Count/Prince Ipos1125Please respect copyright.PENANAfGNRvlzei5
23) Duke Aim1125Please respect copyright.PENANA5PCIpwCqPF
24) Marquis Naberius1125Please respect copyright.PENANAEXTC75wV4m
25) Count/President Glasya-Labolas1125Please respect copyright.PENANADA28rEeDtE
26) Duke Buné1125Please respect copyright.PENANAaOvHCwkYEe
27) Marquis/Count Ronové1125Please respect copyright.PENANAyrgDzXHans
28) Duke Berith1125Please respect copyright.PENANAN2qf453jF7
29) Duke Astaroth1125Please respect copyright.PENANAOKmFR0Kgsv
30) Marquis Forneus1125Please respect copyright.PENANAbhPTQs3Gtj
31) President Foras1125Please respect copyright.PENANAsiZZIEh5dV
32) King Asmoday1125Please respect copyright.PENANA2pUkD7MEUk
33) Prince/President Gäap1125Please respect copyright.PENANAoIfQtcgMGM
34) Count Furfur1125Please respect copyright.PENANAmKnhxxZ8fl
35) Marquis Marchosias1125Please respect copyright.PENANAXLmxdYQLgz
36) Prince Stolas1125Please respect copyright.PENANA8zobCUG0dO
37) Marquis Phenex1125Please respect copyright.PENANAHcBWZlr0Ui
38) Count Halphas1125Please respect copyright.PENANAIGTlVc4IWe
39) President Malphas1125Please respect copyright.PENANAzxge8VIsRW
40) Count Räum1125Please respect copyright.PENANAxvTa2RZthp
41) Duke Focalor1125Please respect copyright.PENANA6XEPpGHrVt
42) Duke Vepar1125Please respect copyright.PENANAK3N3cHCaM0
43) Marquis Sabnock1125Please respect copyright.PENANAROaWECbOX5
44) Marquis Shax1125Please respect copyright.PENANAJM4CuNW0Kx
45) King/Count Viné1125Please respect copyright.PENANAyo9Ne3LQ19
46) Count Bifrons1125Please respect copyright.PENANAT0XwyVZ33J
47) Duke Vual1125Please respect copyright.PENANA5HwtJmajJe
48) President Haagenti1125Please respect copyright.PENANAax4iRsUY9h
49) Duke Crocell1125Please respect copyright.PENANAcUv1KRDmR8
50) Knight Furcas1125Please respect copyright.PENANADG1j6Nnzle
51) King Balam1125Please respect copyright.PENANAaVnFVmJziT
52) Duke Alloces1125Please respect copyright.PENANAMfBMbfktzE
53) President Caim1125Please respect copyright.PENANALqJzK0RWXk
54) Duke/Count Murmur1125Please respect copyright.PENANAFtyS92mRL2
55) Prince Orobas1125Please respect copyright.PENANA0udhBTkYV4
56) Duke Gremory1125Please respect copyright.PENANA17Q3BciAlx
57) President Ose1125Please respect copyright.PENANAukVyHwEMnk
58) President Amy1125Please respect copyright.PENANA17WrYDgAwd
59) Marquis Orias1125Please respect copyright.PENANAqYzONrtjqn
60) Duke Vapula1125Please respect copyright.PENANANDDk1eZgOD
61) King/President Zagan1125Please respect copyright.PENANAJbBfM6Ew2z
62) President Valac1125Please respect copyright.PENANAPD1y5FnexJ
63) Marquis Andras1125Please respect copyright.PENANAxaXv0ScIG7
64) Duke Flauros1125Please respect copyright.PENANA0sOfDZ0zZg
65) Marquis Andrealphus1125Please respect copyright.PENANA3BDwFdaOYP
66) Marquis Kimaris1125Please respect copyright.PENANA57J4f1SKMY
67) Duke Amdusias1125Please respect copyright.PENANASqNlaUiqQz
68) King Belial1125Please respect copyright.PENANAeEd5P8Pijh
69) Marquis Decarabia1125Please respect copyright.PENANAvEhcn2VkDd
70) Prince Seere1125Please respect copyright.PENANA9jE4rYYNFs
71) Duke Dantalion1125Please respect copyright.PENANAs6qE4rPHXI
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."1125Please respect copyright.PENANARhURHTqsON
Ars Theurgia Goetia1125Please respect copyright.PENANAM6TFo23G2u
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.1125Please respect copyright.PENANAqW4AKFbZJY
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Ars Paulina1125Please respect copyright.PENANAKxzxGr5AU4
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.1125Please respect copyright.PENANAuCZ2bV7zqG
Ars Almadel1125Please respect copyright.PENANAI3Xov9OitX
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.1125Please respect copyright.PENANAMICntkasVL
Ars Notoria1125Please respect copyright.PENANAPtVRbijspM
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.1125Please respect copyright.PENANAEC8Gub0niy
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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)1125Please respect copyright.PENANAAsSHwRp0Lr
2 Luxuria (lust, fornication)1125Please respect copyright.PENANAQg34LyLV8z
3 Avaritia (avarice/greed)1125Please respect copyright.PENANAahNmyhpAaC
4 Superbia (pride, hubris)1125Please respect copyright.PENANAysTapmDLnM
5 Invidia (Envy)1125Please respect copyright.PENANAWVxRvafQx9
6 Ira (wrath)1125Please respect copyright.PENANAvquyXmNxl7
7 Acedia (sloth)1125Please respect copyright.PENANAt5kZ5cfDFq
If you look any further into it, beware your surrounding... You will uncover, the truth.
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