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.948Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3RmtrePPdy
Ars Goetia948Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0kWjR06uUG
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.948Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnyMSrwQg4M
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 Bael948Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMHJy30S6rG
2) Duke Agares948Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsfGKKnkYxp
3) Prince Vassago948Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs5m84hiSZO
4) Marquis Samigina948Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2YhDvFCN31
5) President Marbas948Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHtrkqp9P0V
6) Duke Valefor948Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI0ZUccYBu0
7) Marquis Amon948Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUYDRksRaci
8) Duke Barbatos948Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡafQNq10sn8
9) King Paimon948Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1RN1VMHXOz
10) President Buer948Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3JhPoBlnL3
11) Duke Gusion948Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz6uKosKdXd
12) Prince Sitri948Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmkko0IxNVs
13) King Beleth948Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwyloTzCUBd
14) Marquis Leraje948Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2emYivXTLw
15) Duke Eligos948Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjt4ypvTbol
16) Duke Zepar948Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4iSC1b3bNN
17) Count/President Botis948Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEKt8nPCl4u
18) Duke Bathin948Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGqDzrv1IWS
19) Duke Sallos948Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU5aNW1l2x5
20) King Purson948Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbFdPa9I0hS
21) Count/President Marax948Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzC8qwS4S4v
22) Count/Prince Ipos948Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4tAPpzsJc9
23) Duke Aim948Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡidDQ0Sjx7N
24) Marquis Naberius948Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBqMF4dHBug
25) Count/President Glasya-Labolas948Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ00UDCpdBfv
26) Duke Buné948Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUmoHWJtrMc
27) Marquis/Count Ronové948Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeGwT8ACjPK
28) Duke Berith948Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYspCEosTjF
29) Duke Astaroth948Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ASZWKrlMl
30) Marquis Forneus948Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc8kfonMIQX
31) President Foras948Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxd58E19Ja7
32) King Asmoday948Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWE3LBfFAd6
33) Prince/President Gäap948Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡugsJeU2wkb
34) Count Furfur948Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeSfHvXk8OE
35) Marquis Marchosias948Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbWwzBzbhNm
36) Prince Stolas948Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQeILTcLzDK
37) Marquis Phenex948Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwkErA7NUEu
38) Count Halphas948Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUOhDiA4Ip4
39) President Malphas948Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk6eUmw8DTv
40) Count Räum948Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkyV3KlNH5l
41) Duke Focalor948Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5uwch91epG
42) Duke Vepar948Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTLBSWqbFWF
43) Marquis Sabnock948Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfv9TPRJW0E
44) Marquis Shax948Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeUrvNzSDng
45) King/Count Viné948Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc2OcSlxC7E
46) Count Bifrons948Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnEzLNB80Wx
47) Duke Vual948Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqEDkpUyiP4
48) President Haagenti948Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaYM7c9wBXR
49) Duke Crocell948Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4EskJ6jRAP
50) Knight Furcas948Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9pOE4u8aoR
51) King Balam948Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmd9eBufpNJ
52) Duke Alloces948Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKvXsrdjTx9
53) President Caim948Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0PwbgvhzlV
54) Duke/Count Murmur948Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyrXGK4S3f5
55) Prince Orobas948Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6VrgiIQ7J1
56) Duke Gremory948Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI5YQftQKzP
57) President Ose948Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSHGZ2QnmGO
58) President Amy948Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIS54Yuby8X
59) Marquis Orias948Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡANLntmSOCX
60) Duke Vapula948Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfZyifEMkCF
61) King/President Zagan948Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIhCcq4xYmH
62) President Valac948Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU31JryvQmi
63) Marquis Andras948Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡplN3iYkv7Z
64) Duke Flauros948Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgaDENO5o2v
65) Marquis Andrealphus948Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDakfFzdKms
66) Marquis Kimaris948Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXcEUzNaEqj
67) Duke Amdusias948Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8VUipt8yPy
68) King Belial948Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGs2kR0DnR9
69) Marquis Decarabia948Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIZs1O8YVvo
70) Prince Seere948Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNBUYS7mk4W
71) Duke Dantalion948Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk1fepZTXFv
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."948Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡES9ejbulTu
Ars Theurgia Goetia948Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxJANwm6f7v
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.948Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqizhAUwH9o
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Ars Paulina948Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5frbeuP8Eq
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.948Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoFM7sB1b98
Ars Almadel948Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUaLCJub8gC
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.948Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfsr2Bhi7Vt
Ars Notoria948Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbakZoi7yF3
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.948Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz5Mgmwn6M7
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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)948Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeCcQGT9UXM
2 Luxuria (lust, fornication)948Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvJQZ67lciu
3 Avaritia (avarice/greed)948Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOokGsqXfRx
4 Superbia (pride, hubris)948Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMN33DGnLzy
5 Invidia (Envy)948Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ43XLR523Q
6 Ira (wrath)948Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA1WptFUwJJ
7 Acedia (sloth)948Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJDwzAooHe4
If you look any further into it, beware your surrounding... You will uncover, the truth.
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