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.947Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ME5bfLHFU
Ars Goetia947Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3cVZbvgTAD
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.947Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSmXWoy84T8
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 Bael947Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1TNuk0n6HO
2) Duke Agares947Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDeO3dDf8eh
3) Prince Vassago947Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLY5Is6FbfT
4) Marquis Samigina947Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDdOTkaVe7J
5) President Marbas947Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ269WeDPc3T
6) Duke Valefor947Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWrTfDVuExO
7) Marquis Amon947Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4tpAJ8PrUN
8) Duke Barbatos947Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSqtfrAA4EG
9) King Paimon947Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7H3qezE4kG
10) President Buer947Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdb2r0tD3SQ
11) Duke Gusion947Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJSV3agLx7e
12) Prince Sitri947Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHg7C2V2twG
13) King Beleth947Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ18OPhL5010
14) Marquis Leraje947Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqrRmkmPvq0
15) Duke Eligos947Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd6biqSRBj6
16) Duke Zepar947Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFmz3Dp4Qv8
17) Count/President Botis947Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvvVliwkt6y
18) Duke Bathin947Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡelPfZtkIhQ
19) Duke Sallos947Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTtSLbHTBPv
20) King Purson947Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb1cneaXFia
21) Count/President Marax947Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqvNQ4Ly93Y
22) Count/Prince Ipos947Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpzQDppLPAb
23) Duke Aim947Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNLveOapQz2
24) Marquis Naberius947Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeoveepwkf9
25) Count/President Glasya-Labolas947Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa3koZHRojr
26) Duke Buné947Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm95d1tbPOm
27) Marquis/Count Ronové947Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJupaORQ1U7
28) Duke Berith947Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIY1HSpsSQl
29) Duke Astaroth947Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTm6yUR5GRI
30) Marquis Forneus947Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLdRCoG86ss
31) President Foras947Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpjqBGrmfDC
32) King Asmoday947Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7TzCRPClE9
33) Prince/President Gäap947Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHviRgqzoQU
34) Count Furfur947Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR4WQ6PH4q1
35) Marquis Marchosias947Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGJD6GlBq2v
36) Prince Stolas947Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj5lkuzSzsZ
37) Marquis Phenex947Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkB6g0G9vRY
38) Count Halphas947Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6yZLpaUr14
39) President Malphas947Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzKJsJmsHEr
40) Count Räum947Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDrcqCd1S8P
41) Duke Focalor947Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmA1xvNo0AD
42) Duke Vepar947Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMusbPss78Q
43) Marquis Sabnock947Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAKrtAUjPu6
44) Marquis Shax947Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsoBioetQGB
45) King/Count Viné947Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2ZfYW2COKh
46) Count Bifrons947Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Kz1FAo57a
47) Duke Vual947Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFx1a8rgNqb
48) President Haagenti947Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8a7YGXROLM
49) Duke Crocell947Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfXkBuPxTg8
50) Knight Furcas947Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8FOQBgkdIB
51) King Balam947Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB19J727bmQ
52) Duke Alloces947Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcIX3psVBZJ
53) President Caim947Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡofSyzoT02B
54) Duke/Count Murmur947Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPD7l26eopM
55) Prince Orobas947Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡudlnC7oqDD
56) Duke Gremory947Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaAFiLQure0
57) President Ose947Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbAeZLbJ4Mz
58) President Amy947Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYa8LEOlWEs
59) Marquis Orias947Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrIxq6mafa1
60) Duke Vapula947Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF7Ns6yCiYD
61) King/President Zagan947Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI87h8OWtBk
62) President Valac947Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeUrQ04wyfH
63) Marquis Andras947Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmDMeMlkKok
64) Duke Flauros947Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡswGdG4Z0fs
65) Marquis Andrealphus947Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaIEDGs7XRl
66) Marquis Kimaris947Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtGLgJJ3miR
67) Duke Amdusias947Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ40fAttiJnT
68) King Belial947Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAdcWPMCLRb
69) Marquis Decarabia947Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGBcjPwfhxb
70) Prince Seere947Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXGD8hMEFSM
71) Duke Dantalion947Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqou3M2ESLs
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."947Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzx5tY2i9L3
Ars Theurgia Goetia947Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo0sdA9m4Us
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.947Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTcOoDVnS1f
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Ars Paulina947Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG6skBKZj5t
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.947Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs0SJEvZEkl
Ars Almadel947Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ50ayZPcp43
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.947Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIJGa1bFZbd
Ars Notoria947Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrue223pJtG
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.947Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOzLoBFWDl2
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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)947Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxCbMXmTGvn
2 Luxuria (lust, fornication)947Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6V14CKfhUJ
3 Avaritia (avarice/greed)947Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtPjdmIGhkQ
4 Superbia (pride, hubris)947Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsb8UZnmE8N
5 Invidia (Envy)947Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDLNVB5qCnu
6 Ira (wrath)947Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2YZ5szdo8X
7 Acedia (sloth)947Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLAZQfgvkZx
If you look any further into it, beware your surrounding... You will uncover, the truth.
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