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.918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡygTts0eWVa
Ars Goetia918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQhUqqzt32W
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.918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzZ5rQhSbhC
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 Bael918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDMTQfnmgVB
2) Duke Agares918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5kpMWk5duK
3) Prince Vassago918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlcPcsCKsld
4) Marquis Samigina918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTDIPPe3f5r
5) President Marbas918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhVvs0TWiLR
6) Duke Valefor918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJeE0QBxGaK
7) Marquis Amon918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJUnfmzuIll
8) Duke Barbatos918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnexAwf15vh
9) King Paimon918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg2YeWW1UqW
10) President Buer918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQSCCqfBsXF
11) Duke Gusion918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3U56OXorVW
12) Prince Sitri918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkjFYLKSmBy
13) King Beleth918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLkEV3AyxMl
14) Marquis Leraje918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSIK6QU7YSj
15) Duke Eligos918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnjSzhwnFfP
16) Duke Zepar918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxlwEiJtpuW
17) Count/President Botis918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡidBWEmeZX0
18) Duke Bathin918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh9lTqr7lXz
19) Duke Sallos918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFk8flHfCyt
20) King Purson918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Mkly5QRAb
21) Count/President Marax918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡclZazZj0eT
22) Count/Prince Ipos918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd8cNMruIaz
23) Duke Aim918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxqfK2wPimu
24) Marquis Naberius918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyXfLXJltCX
25) Count/President Glasya-Labolas918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOeT0F6lf4V
26) Duke Buné918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLzHRmMQ6Hb
27) Marquis/Count Ronové918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPfAbgdAeAB
28) Duke Berith918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡScypOOUfSG
29) Duke Astaroth918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1P93jhQ6Ha
30) Marquis Forneus918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkwP4AJauTJ
31) President Foras918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAJJYJQQtt7
32) King Asmoday918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHnDXvnwyF1
33) Prince/President Gäap918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVzxi9XbEXk
34) Count Furfur918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8JqxwgLvoo
35) Marquis Marchosias918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbZVD0kdzfG
36) Prince Stolas918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwXJX715b2Z
37) Marquis Phenex918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRd8iNru2lK
38) Count Halphas918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCpjU7Dp3j3
39) President Malphas918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9CKx3Y6unw
40) Count Räum918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn1Enx90UUl
41) Duke Focalor918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4IpeqK3Uu6
42) Duke Vepar918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnF4gIwL6yP
43) Marquis Sabnock918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdpI3yxZWx7
44) Marquis Shax918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB0t0UKly8P
45) King/Count Viné918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLn0dfdIRaJ
46) Count Bifrons918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbTMBHsuSht
47) Duke Vual918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUI76mmyUVK
48) President Haagenti918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7z1RaBWaHa
49) Duke Crocell918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuoI3ACSk8F
50) Knight Furcas918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO6yyqXSKXu
51) King Balam918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGdAa2EVxOA
52) Duke Alloces918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡudig8hEqXo
53) President Caim918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcGiEs2Duad
54) Duke/Count Murmur918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmtlQb4A1Ny
55) Prince Orobas918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7MyZfEkvQG
56) Duke Gremory918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5SXsRpP9ha
57) President Ose918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNcJwEJfBt6
58) President Amy918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDf5bvmufKn
59) Marquis Orias918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEzga52h77Y
60) Duke Vapula918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8RX3Au23Rv
61) King/President Zagan918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOy9En7r5hV
62) President Valac918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxbw0TVWU6b
63) Marquis Andras918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlGSJ7irK6v
64) Duke Flauros918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIyLvkg7IaM
65) Marquis Andrealphus918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUmPc8uZ2Wa
66) Marquis Kimaris918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP3CFAVLWuo
67) Duke Amdusias918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnU8t14QzE6
68) King Belial918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj2VDHoRG5K
69) Marquis Decarabia918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡENv5BVY5v5
70) Prince Seere918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQLMBIzQpQ0
71) Duke Dantalion918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7mM1Zlz7lf
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."918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU6sRscRRMR
Ars Theurgia Goetia918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2nNcE9Vkub
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.918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOk7d6vzNsD
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Ars Paulina918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7JjtmqY8WH
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.918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKiVCfNm4r8
Ars Almadel918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSM2XeG871E
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.918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5nFjTpYMxA
Ars Notoria918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3A0TfElz77
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.918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNCrLHfXJar
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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)918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGndybht3yH
2 Luxuria (lust, fornication)918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Mo3h77zVy
3 Avaritia (avarice/greed)918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2f2avxAj0T
4 Superbia (pride, hubris)918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj71SnRnJxL
5 Invidia (Envy)918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN3DDwySjeT
6 Ira (wrath)918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0FOq8a6D7W
7 Acedia (sloth)918Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2jSBOnyrx7
If you look any further into it, beware your surrounding... You will uncover, the truth.
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