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.1123Please respect copyright.PENANA7kz1HXApOc
Ars Goetia1123Please respect copyright.PENANAMKVlb1jCRE
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.1123Please respect copyright.PENANA02uV8ZpBTb
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 Bael1123Please respect copyright.PENANAzQQdF7DYX6
2) Duke Agares1123Please respect copyright.PENANAuNHH65caLz
3) Prince Vassago1123Please respect copyright.PENANAb1xu6eX71F
4) Marquis Samigina1123Please respect copyright.PENANADEyha3Qw7T
5) President Marbas1123Please respect copyright.PENANAkHWc3zIDOY
6) Duke Valefor1123Please respect copyright.PENANAns6HBU09Wr
7) Marquis Amon1123Please respect copyright.PENANAy8ev0vUa3p
8) Duke Barbatos1123Please respect copyright.PENANAsBZQTIv8WF
9) King Paimon1123Please respect copyright.PENANAcTTIIwkcIi
10) President Buer1123Please respect copyright.PENANA1TUPVRanej
11) Duke Gusion1123Please respect copyright.PENANAMUlFakTCCd
12) Prince Sitri1123Please respect copyright.PENANA9b5IbiZRww
13) King Beleth1123Please respect copyright.PENANAi9M8z1osYR
14) Marquis Leraje1123Please respect copyright.PENANALyQlQvVSvH
15) Duke Eligos1123Please respect copyright.PENANAD10NDMCeFY
16) Duke Zepar1123Please respect copyright.PENANAccWI8HAWKV
17) Count/President Botis1123Please respect copyright.PENANAYwE0gai2ML
18) Duke Bathin1123Please respect copyright.PENANAbrJPtFmijj
19) Duke Sallos1123Please respect copyright.PENANA4yjG2RgtZJ
20) King Purson1123Please respect copyright.PENANAXBhlJqqgeI
21) Count/President Marax1123Please respect copyright.PENANAFSjw1ROeJx
22) Count/Prince Ipos1123Please respect copyright.PENANApa14axzaC8
23) Duke Aim1123Please respect copyright.PENANAPkzb3Ebp95
24) Marquis Naberius1123Please respect copyright.PENANAoNCbTxCWQs
25) Count/President Glasya-Labolas1123Please respect copyright.PENANAJb1bO18zGr
26) Duke Buné1123Please respect copyright.PENANANlCk6ReHAB
27) Marquis/Count Ronové1123Please respect copyright.PENANAfgrkmsf8FF
28) Duke Berith1123Please respect copyright.PENANArqoNakUlX4
29) Duke Astaroth1123Please respect copyright.PENANAIPU5LpOdvq
30) Marquis Forneus1123Please respect copyright.PENANAccn6hK30Fx
31) President Foras1123Please respect copyright.PENANAkeM7vf05ox
32) King Asmoday1123Please respect copyright.PENANAVwKj0tqcFs
33) Prince/President Gäap1123Please respect copyright.PENANA66dQZHZ3gj
34) Count Furfur1123Please respect copyright.PENANA8jPU2UJ8T0
35) Marquis Marchosias1123Please respect copyright.PENANAMtRSTFZrOb
36) Prince Stolas1123Please respect copyright.PENANA5NjBr21mmc
37) Marquis Phenex1123Please respect copyright.PENANAYiP4f52Y3A
38) Count Halphas1123Please respect copyright.PENANA84HxFwFNhY
39) President Malphas1123Please respect copyright.PENANA8BMcDXcGiU
40) Count Räum1123Please respect copyright.PENANA0Ht10BQGUh
41) Duke Focalor1123Please respect copyright.PENANAWq6WBuiMkT
42) Duke Vepar1123Please respect copyright.PENANAITodQ0qgM8
43) Marquis Sabnock1123Please respect copyright.PENANAaQjk7SRV5V
44) Marquis Shax1123Please respect copyright.PENANAHde3Q9cLgt
45) King/Count Viné1123Please respect copyright.PENANAjbExFr6qc6
46) Count Bifrons1123Please respect copyright.PENANAcsfM7TITPX
47) Duke Vual1123Please respect copyright.PENANA1ZL3KvuJFK
48) President Haagenti1123Please respect copyright.PENANAGXYoWFimaR
49) Duke Crocell1123Please respect copyright.PENANAUeZnZZ5kpQ
50) Knight Furcas1123Please respect copyright.PENANAQyUPe50cny
51) King Balam1123Please respect copyright.PENANAAfl6dr0W8z
52) Duke Alloces1123Please respect copyright.PENANAXtYH7RSTbq
53) President Caim1123Please respect copyright.PENANABDMXPnUsKa
54) Duke/Count Murmur1123Please respect copyright.PENANA09UJv7j8VQ
55) Prince Orobas1123Please respect copyright.PENANACQoXC8WRR1
56) Duke Gremory1123Please respect copyright.PENANAq2tYuifQgb
57) President Ose1123Please respect copyright.PENANAXF47G9GJB5
58) President Amy1123Please respect copyright.PENANAQXlfEAUFSV
59) Marquis Orias1123Please respect copyright.PENANAKmqsmzi5Xh
60) Duke Vapula1123Please respect copyright.PENANAYSqXmrw3eN
61) King/President Zagan1123Please respect copyright.PENANATN5VOZymrf
62) President Valac1123Please respect copyright.PENANALVO01F2AKm
63) Marquis Andras1123Please respect copyright.PENANAH5dXZeZRVt
64) Duke Flauros1123Please respect copyright.PENANAkIGGxGoZE1
65) Marquis Andrealphus1123Please respect copyright.PENANADCK5ZZght3
66) Marquis Kimaris1123Please respect copyright.PENANA6i3EP7plcJ
67) Duke Amdusias1123Please respect copyright.PENANA3p8MeB2ts5
68) King Belial1123Please respect copyright.PENANANdDU5mrhYm
69) Marquis Decarabia1123Please respect copyright.PENANAbPzy4MpOvI
70) Prince Seere1123Please respect copyright.PENANADYh2TXSmyC
71) Duke Dantalion1123Please respect copyright.PENANAtrLlUjd8ls
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."1123Please respect copyright.PENANAAqm4Vm0ZY4
Ars Theurgia Goetia1123Please respect copyright.PENANA77kPBIPjGc
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.1123Please respect copyright.PENANAiOsWOEoGWA
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Ars Paulina1123Please respect copyright.PENANAvANtvbeW7Q
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.1123Please respect copyright.PENANA2tZfnARwJ0
Ars Almadel1123Please respect copyright.PENANAk80xN2WMCn
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.1123Please respect copyright.PENANA4p1daqSJwy
Ars Notoria1123Please respect copyright.PENANAZ0j86VTyBS
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.1123Please respect copyright.PENANAkN5uo0Syql
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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)1123Please respect copyright.PENANADhFNfs1Oiz
2 Luxuria (lust, fornication)1123Please respect copyright.PENANAfZ0ToNvHAX
3 Avaritia (avarice/greed)1123Please respect copyright.PENANAWxNh80npru
4 Superbia (pride, hubris)1123Please respect copyright.PENANAmOY6E677zi
5 Invidia (Envy)1123Please respect copyright.PENANAq3yonBJX6c
6 Ira (wrath)1123Please respect copyright.PENANADdsNwFuRVQ
7 Acedia (sloth)1123Please respect copyright.PENANAjpRRapGnSe
If you look any further into it, beware your surrounding... You will uncover, the truth.
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