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.974Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5jYjSgWEH1
Ars Goetia974Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJYQli1JlkZ
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.974Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5PPl1BjFAq
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 Bael974Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVCXbn7L77Y
2) Duke Agares974Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH5Oj3Hikyf
3) Prince Vassago974Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYFmOO5Woke
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5) President Marbas974Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEfrUSG49uf
6) Duke Valefor974Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVMDuZhlwjN
7) Marquis Amon974Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvtFQOkPBHF
8) Duke Barbatos974Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbF5zDEQ550
9) King Paimon974Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQoWk9BpPzC
10) President Buer974Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZF9OaFAuV6
11) Duke Gusion974Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdQkypOEV0Z
12) Prince Sitri974Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl47RVNeroO
13) King Beleth974Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpkiTtKlG8t
14) Marquis Leraje974Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzYj9qXhYjg
15) Duke Eligos974Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6EJqZdPRCT
16) Duke Zepar974Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvu8BKsFMFW
17) Count/President Botis974Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIeswqs2lKC
18) Duke Bathin974Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡteCYaV3EMT
19) Duke Sallos974Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡouc3ntFzXN
20) King Purson974Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8X7uppS98p
21) Count/President Marax974Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8mzMvcScqG
22) Count/Prince Ipos974Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1nmbXgPvGM
23) Duke Aim974Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5xluppOeeg
24) Marquis Naberius974Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7uICnxQimy
25) Count/President Glasya-Labolas974Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhbrmFbPbmf
26) Duke Buné974Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYLBjRTDhml
27) Marquis/Count Ronové974Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZDUCLCjvkQ
28) Duke Berith974Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM1SUA7MnyF
29) Duke Astaroth974Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjfdptI00AA
30) Marquis Forneus974Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV8xmRhxcLA
31) President Foras974Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsw5F54O9fP
32) King Asmoday974Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8vNt7y0KKC
33) Prince/President Gäap974Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGwCI8BP6r0
34) Count Furfur974Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4pZIF8f9Nt
35) Marquis Marchosias974Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVvs6RpMi7p
36) Prince Stolas974Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHUtsnFR2Bm
37) Marquis Phenex974Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEboNkI5X1g
38) Count Halphas974Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcgbtPaKFKX
39) President Malphas974Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZYAxE0akMc
40) Count Räum974Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkf9RfWYt61
41) Duke Focalor974Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWPU2kNDRJC
42) Duke Vepar974Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsnNqy3XmYJ
43) Marquis Sabnock974Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrlsxkLStPH
44) Marquis Shax974Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJEcdn4Acm7
45) King/Count Viné974Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb6jAkZTDYR
46) Count Bifrons974Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTH2c7yHrIE
47) Duke Vual974Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO8wJCNVdd7
48) President Haagenti974Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpCEKVQyQpk
49) Duke Crocell974Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaG5JLviVr3
50) Knight Furcas974Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡebGNwelWFN
51) King Balam974Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtARtmtUp6J
52) Duke Alloces974Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlb4E86Zi5N
53) President Caim974Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCVRIhgODoC
54) Duke/Count Murmur974Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlwMbbRgtAs
55) Prince Orobas974Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNVx4960nmZ
56) Duke Gremory974Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Y4I58NPbu
57) President Ose974Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGin1cpdA22
58) President Amy974Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEGPfxjcc77
59) Marquis Orias974Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡescnsV3Zej
60) Duke Vapula974Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh5RBqNIrM7
61) King/President Zagan974Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYOa6am7yhl
62) President Valac974Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8DaDaavjvq
63) Marquis Andras974Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdF6BetiSvZ
64) Duke Flauros974Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8snyqh8A80
65) Marquis Andrealphus974Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvMJZEYZTJS
66) Marquis Kimaris974Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFdUvIiAFTx
67) Duke Amdusias974Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxBKAbiu6Fh
68) King Belial974Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm3Ss7d6J6Z
69) Marquis Decarabia974Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBaZbVD2rAU
70) Prince Seere974Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeQzo9FW5nC
71) Duke Dantalion974Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcVZTbIhedv
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."974Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlEo8FQsW8D
Ars Theurgia Goetia974Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxeA9rTz5Fu
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.974Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnRii48toQL
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Ars Paulina974Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8gIf7Xs4ix
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.974Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpBZh158kPh
Ars Almadel974Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxw0vJhNoDY
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.974Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8sS3qBSWRL
Ars Notoria974Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡltCdrzdqUr
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.974Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFTvSZcxNo9
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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)974Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRhPAIgx9a0
2 Luxuria (lust, fornication)974Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBvnNACJuKo
3 Avaritia (avarice/greed)974Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsPN7P5gpSO
4 Superbia (pride, hubris)974Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7uDzPW5FVK
5 Invidia (Envy)974Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg1B6rJDr8p
6 Ira (wrath)974Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB0oTo4zYDn
7 Acedia (sloth)974Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3hWSw5tC4L
If you look any further into it, beware your surrounding... You will uncover, the truth.
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