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.1037Please respect copyright.PENANA8gpoQCjRgG
Ars Goetia1037Please respect copyright.PENANA1SE3emBz0o
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.1037Please respect copyright.PENANA6ZiMcMx1Qj
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 Bael1037Please respect copyright.PENANAKn6CsYSVCN
2) Duke Agares1037Please respect copyright.PENANAwbxBT82ZSJ
3) Prince Vassago1037Please respect copyright.PENANAQSxDpOFQH2
4) Marquis Samigina1037Please respect copyright.PENANAnTL2ntgayF
5) President Marbas1037Please respect copyright.PENANAkodDhVMhKw
6) Duke Valefor1037Please respect copyright.PENANA4lWt142b6q
7) Marquis Amon1037Please respect copyright.PENANAI9rLsIlZHB
8) Duke Barbatos1037Please respect copyright.PENANAdWF3NEcuI6
9) King Paimon1037Please respect copyright.PENANAgR5baM4675
10) President Buer1037Please respect copyright.PENANAHsMWk4gRFD
11) Duke Gusion1037Please respect copyright.PENANAgjvR8BvaAt
12) Prince Sitri1037Please respect copyright.PENANAHUmIX4mu4T
13) King Beleth1037Please respect copyright.PENANAmfplHf5dYb
14) Marquis Leraje1037Please respect copyright.PENANAHbIb8Fetm8
15) Duke Eligos1037Please respect copyright.PENANAszmR3R54uY
16) Duke Zepar1037Please respect copyright.PENANAgeGE3l9XT4
17) Count/President Botis1037Please respect copyright.PENANAiYFXP9Tcwi
18) Duke Bathin1037Please respect copyright.PENANAlbTMF8ihKl
19) Duke Sallos1037Please respect copyright.PENANAJjkeql571I
20) King Purson1037Please respect copyright.PENANAlk8TT89KAS
21) Count/President Marax1037Please respect copyright.PENANATmVCrFCmN7
22) Count/Prince Ipos1037Please respect copyright.PENANANtOX1RwlhL
23) Duke Aim1037Please respect copyright.PENANAwXXUOz3vql
24) Marquis Naberius1037Please respect copyright.PENANAvU1YD2BFBQ
25) Count/President Glasya-Labolas1037Please respect copyright.PENANAuXgB8i2ZxR
26) Duke Buné1037Please respect copyright.PENANAkATtWYcQ0h
27) Marquis/Count Ronové1037Please respect copyright.PENANALcbukkjkBl
28) Duke Berith1037Please respect copyright.PENANAOSqp9o2hAL
29) Duke Astaroth1037Please respect copyright.PENANA51PRFyuAJB
30) Marquis Forneus1037Please respect copyright.PENANAxugCiuSop0
31) President Foras1037Please respect copyright.PENANA8u5BTV2p7h
32) King Asmoday1037Please respect copyright.PENANAUB6zKcOM3S
33) Prince/President Gäap1037Please respect copyright.PENANAfdfIfwFXD2
34) Count Furfur1037Please respect copyright.PENANAQpwws3SEYp
35) Marquis Marchosias1037Please respect copyright.PENANAEayWy9WjDo
36) Prince Stolas1037Please respect copyright.PENANAKrJUPurjKv
37) Marquis Phenex1037Please respect copyright.PENANArd2mIq6UFy
38) Count Halphas1037Please respect copyright.PENANAyijEG7l28B
39) President Malphas1037Please respect copyright.PENANA7TmBcrXlSB
40) Count Räum1037Please respect copyright.PENANA2xFUQyRcZB
41) Duke Focalor1037Please respect copyright.PENANADpHuxEXJMZ
42) Duke Vepar1037Please respect copyright.PENANAKT3xFptDEz
43) Marquis Sabnock1037Please respect copyright.PENANAl8NaJSBAZI
44) Marquis Shax1037Please respect copyright.PENANAuUx3nKfKr2
45) King/Count Viné1037Please respect copyright.PENANAX1aT353QPI
46) Count Bifrons1037Please respect copyright.PENANAeRHnp0PujA
47) Duke Vual1037Please respect copyright.PENANAYeBTHqxL3c
48) President Haagenti1037Please respect copyright.PENANAZoA5KWvRW4
49) Duke Crocell1037Please respect copyright.PENANA3zoHkPT1Zg
50) Knight Furcas1037Please respect copyright.PENANABuoAA3GegG
51) King Balam1037Please respect copyright.PENANAI1dsmJlKDI
52) Duke Alloces1037Please respect copyright.PENANAMHPe1IWAH2
53) President Caim1037Please respect copyright.PENANAHm7CiDqAOd
54) Duke/Count Murmur1037Please respect copyright.PENANAw0vo4AmQAQ
55) Prince Orobas1037Please respect copyright.PENANAYSzyT4HAcb
56) Duke Gremory1037Please respect copyright.PENANAfkM9YORaUH
57) President Ose1037Please respect copyright.PENANAAWDDqihhHt
58) President Amy1037Please respect copyright.PENANA63mBo7iewb
59) Marquis Orias1037Please respect copyright.PENANAwtKuSHFMA9
60) Duke Vapula1037Please respect copyright.PENANARnKfbFOV02
61) King/President Zagan1037Please respect copyright.PENANA0CXtrxaZxJ
62) President Valac1037Please respect copyright.PENANAr62I7c3KwO
63) Marquis Andras1037Please respect copyright.PENANAOwQCwBfRho
64) Duke Flauros1037Please respect copyright.PENANA8tiDTs02x9
65) Marquis Andrealphus1037Please respect copyright.PENANAk7KCuBXxxh
66) Marquis Kimaris1037Please respect copyright.PENANAXxhP0MzviA
67) Duke Amdusias1037Please respect copyright.PENANAWtorhQTZfc
68) King Belial1037Please respect copyright.PENANAd9odoJR7Qn
69) Marquis Decarabia1037Please respect copyright.PENANAJSM42FPFR2
70) Prince Seere1037Please respect copyright.PENANA8DZuQBZrZt
71) Duke Dantalion1037Please respect copyright.PENANArrwjDPTeP1
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."1037Please respect copyright.PENANAhPrn3yLDCz
Ars Theurgia Goetia1037Please respect copyright.PENANAlJie1kpe1v
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.1037Please respect copyright.PENANAdiJfasp62Z
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Ars Paulina1037Please respect copyright.PENANARoixGBRMz0
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.1037Please respect copyright.PENANAvJl2tBKKKu
Ars Almadel1037Please respect copyright.PENANA7OjJdYfX21
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.1037Please respect copyright.PENANAMTOQnKKIjd
Ars Notoria1037Please respect copyright.PENANAXSgKPLoX6y
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.1037Please respect copyright.PENANABtyETmINJl
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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)1037Please respect copyright.PENANAoq3mMq47Wk
2 Luxuria (lust, fornication)1037Please respect copyright.PENANAFn4inHd14v
3 Avaritia (avarice/greed)1037Please respect copyright.PENANAqVfYkapDkC
4 Superbia (pride, hubris)1037Please respect copyright.PENANAUiq8LuZh32
5 Invidia (Envy)1037Please respect copyright.PENANARi8aVA1N8C
6 Ira (wrath)1037Please respect copyright.PENANALvChg7VzOK
7 Acedia (sloth)1037Please respect copyright.PENANAWT9gKgHh8g
If you look any further into it, beware your surrounding... You will uncover, the truth.
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