שלמה מפתח
MAFTEAH SHELOMOH
CLAVICULA SALMONIS
The Key of Solomon
―When, in the course of this Work, we make use of the consecrated terms
God, Heaven, and Hell, let it be thoroughly understood, once for all, that our
meaning is as far removed from that which the profane attach to them as
initiation is distant from vulgar thought. GOD, FOR US, IS THE AZOT OF
THE SAGES, THE EFFICIENT AND FINAL PRINCIPLE OF THE GREAT WORK.‖
- Eliphas Levi, Transcendental Magic (Waite Trans., 1896)
,Clavicula Salomonis, Key of Solomon (1312)
Translation by S. Liddell MacGregor Mathers, Trans. 1889
Cross-referencing with Clavicules du Roi Salomon, Keys of King Solomon, with
text also found in the Grimoire of Abognazar (mid 17th century), from the
Lansdowne Manuscript Collection at the British Library
Synthesized with selections from the A New and Complete Illustration of the Occult
Sciences (1704) by Ebenezer Sibly; Arbatel de magia veterum, or Magic of the Ancients
(1575); Clavicula Salomonis de secretis, or The Secrets of Solomon and the art
Rabidmadar (200 AD); De Occulta Philosophia, or the Three Books of Occult
Philosophy (1651) by Cornelius Agrippa; Heptameron (1567, 1581) by Peter de Abano;
Hygromanteia or The Magical Treatise of Solomon (15th century); Le Grimoire du Pape
Honorious (1760); Liber II of Archidoxis magicae by Paracelsus (1531) (Robert Turner,
Trans. 1656); Secrets merveilleux de la magie naturelle et cabalistique du petit Albert or The
Petit Albert grimoire (1706) by Albertus Parvus Lucius
Including the full text of the selected psalms referenced in the Key, from the Latin
Vulgate and the KJV
Editorial Notes:
Chapter XIII: The Operation of Love By Her Dreams, and How One Must Practice
It, has been omitted. Thus, Chapter XIV from the original text has been retitled
Chapter XIII, and so on.
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, A SEVEN-FOLD PATH TO ATTAINING
KNOWLEDGE OF THE SACRED MYSTERIES
These are the prerequisites for activating the full powers and capabilities of
the magus:
1. Meditation 6. Have faith and keep secret the
knowledge you attain of the
2. Know yourself sacred mysteries
3. Veneration of God 7. Be virtuous, refrain from sin, and
keep from temptation and that
4. Know your divinely- which is unjust: seek justice,
ordained life purpose balance, harmony, and peace
5. Be a keeper of spirits
From the Arbatel de magia veterum, or Magic of the Ancients (1575)
―This Key, full of mysteries, hath been revealed unto me by an
Angel. Accursed be he who undertaketh our art without having the
qualities requisite to thoroughly understand our Key, accursed be he
who invoketh the name of God in vain, for such an one prepareth
for himself the punishments which await the unbelievers, for God
shall abandon them and relegate them unto the depths of Hell
amongst the impure spirits.‖
From The Holy Pentacles or Medals in Book I
―For he who is the possessor of this Key, and who availeth himself
hereof according to the ordinances herein contained, will not only
be able to reduce the magical arts herein unto their proposed end,
but will, even if he findeth certain errors herein, be able to correct
them.‖
From A Prefatory Note in Book II
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, SIGILLUM DEI
From The Sworn Book of Honorius, or Liber Juratus Honorii
(circa 13th century)
Also known as the Sigillum Dei Aemeth (John Dee)
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MAFTEAH SHELOMOH
CLAVICULA SALMONIS
The Key of Solomon
―When, in the course of this Work, we make use of the consecrated terms
God, Heaven, and Hell, let it be thoroughly understood, once for all, that our
meaning is as far removed from that which the profane attach to them as
initiation is distant from vulgar thought. GOD, FOR US, IS THE AZOT OF
THE SAGES, THE EFFICIENT AND FINAL PRINCIPLE OF THE GREAT WORK.‖
- Eliphas Levi, Transcendental Magic (Waite Trans., 1896)
,Clavicula Salomonis, Key of Solomon (1312)
Translation by S. Liddell MacGregor Mathers, Trans. 1889
Cross-referencing with Clavicules du Roi Salomon, Keys of King Solomon, with
text also found in the Grimoire of Abognazar (mid 17th century), from the
Lansdowne Manuscript Collection at the British Library
Synthesized with selections from the A New and Complete Illustration of the Occult
Sciences (1704) by Ebenezer Sibly; Arbatel de magia veterum, or Magic of the Ancients
(1575); Clavicula Salomonis de secretis, or The Secrets of Solomon and the art
Rabidmadar (200 AD); De Occulta Philosophia, or the Three Books of Occult
Philosophy (1651) by Cornelius Agrippa; Heptameron (1567, 1581) by Peter de Abano;
Hygromanteia or The Magical Treatise of Solomon (15th century); Le Grimoire du Pape
Honorious (1760); Liber II of Archidoxis magicae by Paracelsus (1531) (Robert Turner,
Trans. 1656); Secrets merveilleux de la magie naturelle et cabalistique du petit Albert or The
Petit Albert grimoire (1706) by Albertus Parvus Lucius
Including the full text of the selected psalms referenced in the Key, from the Latin
Vulgate and the KJV
Editorial Notes:
Chapter XIII: The Operation of Love By Her Dreams, and How One Must Practice
It, has been omitted. Thus, Chapter XIV from the original text has been retitled
Chapter XIII, and so on.
2
, A SEVEN-FOLD PATH TO ATTAINING
KNOWLEDGE OF THE SACRED MYSTERIES
These are the prerequisites for activating the full powers and capabilities of
the magus:
1. Meditation 6. Have faith and keep secret the
knowledge you attain of the
2. Know yourself sacred mysteries
3. Veneration of God 7. Be virtuous, refrain from sin, and
keep from temptation and that
4. Know your divinely- which is unjust: seek justice,
ordained life purpose balance, harmony, and peace
5. Be a keeper of spirits
From the Arbatel de magia veterum, or Magic of the Ancients (1575)
―This Key, full of mysteries, hath been revealed unto me by an
Angel. Accursed be he who undertaketh our art without having the
qualities requisite to thoroughly understand our Key, accursed be he
who invoketh the name of God in vain, for such an one prepareth
for himself the punishments which await the unbelievers, for God
shall abandon them and relegate them unto the depths of Hell
amongst the impure spirits.‖
From The Holy Pentacles or Medals in Book I
―For he who is the possessor of this Key, and who availeth himself
hereof according to the ordinances herein contained, will not only
be able to reduce the magical arts herein unto their proposed end,
but will, even if he findeth certain errors herein, be able to correct
them.‖
From A Prefatory Note in Book II
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, SIGILLUM DEI
From The Sworn Book of Honorius, or Liber Juratus Honorii
(circa 13th century)
Also known as the Sigillum Dei Aemeth (John Dee)
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