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.1142Please respect copyright.PENANAh7pgSbyftl
Ars Goetia1142Please respect copyright.PENANAGs3QpicDwF
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.1142Please respect copyright.PENANA2XzL1PBpW0
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 Bael1142Please respect copyright.PENANA3dEtvGEVpj
2) Duke Agares1142Please respect copyright.PENANAhEeHkyEl6q
3) Prince Vassago1142Please respect copyright.PENANA3lVsiM99Vz
4) Marquis Samigina1142Please respect copyright.PENANAfI8y5zTjhz
5) President Marbas1142Please respect copyright.PENANA6GWtFMaOJG
6) Duke Valefor1142Please respect copyright.PENANAnOKnJ9Nzqt
7) Marquis Amon1142Please respect copyright.PENANAmLldTnLvKN
8) Duke Barbatos1142Please respect copyright.PENANAvdKrbSKR8U
9) King Paimon1142Please respect copyright.PENANAp93ZQf38GE
10) President Buer1142Please respect copyright.PENANAwE8z1BtLMV
11) Duke Gusion1142Please respect copyright.PENANAlE539EszhV
12) Prince Sitri1142Please respect copyright.PENANAz0fBKIyY7y
13) King Beleth1142Please respect copyright.PENANAANQztRYU2f
14) Marquis Leraje1142Please respect copyright.PENANArVbT3ufKBS
15) Duke Eligos1142Please respect copyright.PENANAD7EhAu2cAi
16) Duke Zepar1142Please respect copyright.PENANAgdBYbfRYUN
17) Count/President Botis1142Please respect copyright.PENANAZmjkbPYI1Q
18) Duke Bathin1142Please respect copyright.PENANARoMJrNoCzx
19) Duke Sallos1142Please respect copyright.PENANA95rIKIUdvd
20) King Purson1142Please respect copyright.PENANAL7DIIi5iV5
21) Count/President Marax1142Please respect copyright.PENANAKkcfcSmeWg
22) Count/Prince Ipos1142Please respect copyright.PENANAULNyagSWkh
23) Duke Aim1142Please respect copyright.PENANA8hMgjKuwrZ
24) Marquis Naberius1142Please respect copyright.PENANAxiANOR0gLT
25) Count/President Glasya-Labolas1142Please respect copyright.PENANA9VBJi2YkFf
26) Duke Buné1142Please respect copyright.PENANALkHcf3ScEs
27) Marquis/Count Ronové1142Please respect copyright.PENANAH3gwCsDLyz
28) Duke Berith1142Please respect copyright.PENANAUKQQp5gtWE
29) Duke Astaroth1142Please respect copyright.PENANAW4Jv7BXF84
30) Marquis Forneus1142Please respect copyright.PENANACiQVs1LLiU
31) President Foras1142Please respect copyright.PENANAcNW0AxzWbz
32) King Asmoday1142Please respect copyright.PENANA5UnNok8ajk
33) Prince/President Gäap1142Please respect copyright.PENANAHpC2vPJSn3
34) Count Furfur1142Please respect copyright.PENANAz6UdtCls34
35) Marquis Marchosias1142Please respect copyright.PENANA4SgIV4ZnSK
36) Prince Stolas1142Please respect copyright.PENANAck9veggySx
37) Marquis Phenex1142Please respect copyright.PENANA7BCFgEo3jx
38) Count Halphas1142Please respect copyright.PENANAnvDmwIcGpi
39) President Malphas1142Please respect copyright.PENANAiOkwJHw80M
40) Count Räum1142Please respect copyright.PENANAXadMxzSvOR
41) Duke Focalor1142Please respect copyright.PENANAuIbchiKhvl
42) Duke Vepar1142Please respect copyright.PENANARPce8p79zF
43) Marquis Sabnock1142Please respect copyright.PENANArtG79pG0PU
44) Marquis Shax1142Please respect copyright.PENANA1aPuNlAkxg
45) King/Count Viné1142Please respect copyright.PENANAzp6ogEAnON
46) Count Bifrons1142Please respect copyright.PENANAA841wvgGo1
47) Duke Vual1142Please respect copyright.PENANA3pYSda3SYP
48) President Haagenti1142Please respect copyright.PENANA7Q0FcqSn8X
49) Duke Crocell1142Please respect copyright.PENANA2ogJHDqOE7
50) Knight Furcas1142Please respect copyright.PENANA1RTooFhjy8
51) King Balam1142Please respect copyright.PENANAda1Gw8nZ3p
52) Duke Alloces1142Please respect copyright.PENANAkobh2dR96n
53) President Caim1142Please respect copyright.PENANAzLB042hROK
54) Duke/Count Murmur1142Please respect copyright.PENANAVR7c2bGQuY
55) Prince Orobas1142Please respect copyright.PENANAkDGNVGSjVY
56) Duke Gremory1142Please respect copyright.PENANAowpM3YmwQ7
57) President Ose1142Please respect copyright.PENANAXiFLXzVae0
58) President Amy1142Please respect copyright.PENANAebAWvGvgtt
59) Marquis Orias1142Please respect copyright.PENANAcw5hEviFSz
60) Duke Vapula1142Please respect copyright.PENANAcl7cmSAVvP
61) King/President Zagan1142Please respect copyright.PENANA5f7qVnjyzo
62) President Valac1142Please respect copyright.PENANAPE9vs7kDuB
63) Marquis Andras1142Please respect copyright.PENANAFcwRVoAO02
64) Duke Flauros1142Please respect copyright.PENANAKvNlKHUWgf
65) Marquis Andrealphus1142Please respect copyright.PENANAGFGwuBV6YK
66) Marquis Kimaris1142Please respect copyright.PENANAVWMf2UldYP
67) Duke Amdusias1142Please respect copyright.PENANA2YE2w73pzD
68) King Belial1142Please respect copyright.PENANAuslOxv07JH
69) Marquis Decarabia1142Please respect copyright.PENANA5JXDpfdLaK
70) Prince Seere1142Please respect copyright.PENANAjNyQnasMIA
71) Duke Dantalion1142Please respect copyright.PENANArmRXR8pv8H
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."1142Please respect copyright.PENANAmp6xAvhp5D
Ars Theurgia Goetia1142Please respect copyright.PENANAcVsKujhiOq
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.1142Please respect copyright.PENANAznCzLRPdxc
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Ars Paulina1142Please respect copyright.PENANATRR1Rn9ioh
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.1142Please respect copyright.PENANAZayhxavWRa
Ars Almadel1142Please respect copyright.PENANASx5zNQKG5U
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.1142Please respect copyright.PENANAv4ITpeeqW2
Ars Notoria1142Please respect copyright.PENANAJbDdMNFREG
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.1142Please respect copyright.PENANAFiLUZXLor2
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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)1142Please respect copyright.PENANAGxbyQYWnoj
2 Luxuria (lust, fornication)1142Please respect copyright.PENANApaIv5FHXNK
3 Avaritia (avarice/greed)1142Please respect copyright.PENANAlUEfdHVRXz
4 Superbia (pride, hubris)1142Please respect copyright.PENANAyDefbRY3Co
5 Invidia (Envy)1142Please respect copyright.PENANAQaIOmtTsVk
6 Ira (wrath)1142Please respect copyright.PENANAuS4eqF9NIh
7 Acedia (sloth)1142Please respect copyright.PENANAqZxbnxgnEZ
If you look any further into it, beware your surrounding... You will uncover, the truth.
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