The Lesser Key of Solomon, Goetia: The Book of Spirits

Name: The Lesser Key of Solomon, Goetia: The Book of Spirits
Author: Anonymous

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The first book of the Lemegeton, or Lesser Key of Solomon. It provides the names, offices, and seals of 72 spirits supposedly bound by King Solomon in a brass vessel. It includes the necessary invocations, the design of the magical circle, the triangle, and the secret seals needed to evoke these entities.

Also known asThe Goetia · Lemegeton · Solomon's Lesser Key

This edition1916

EditionL.W. De Laurence edition, 1916 (pirated from the Crowley/Mathers 1904 edition).

spirit summoningHermeticismsigil creationSolomonic MagicEvocation of spiritsBinding spirits to serviceConsecration of toolstalisman creationGoetic MagicCelestial talismansBinding and commanding spiritsGolden Dawnspirit conjurationcircle castingCommanding Spirits

Contents43 chapters

01The Lesser Key of Solomon
02Preface.
03PRELIMINARY INVOCATION.
04Goetia The Lesser Key Of Solomon THE INITIATED INTERPRETATION OF CEREMONIAL MAGIC.
05PRELIMINARY DEFINITION OF MAGIC. Lemegeton Vel Clavicula Salomonis Regis.
06THE BRIEF INTRODUCTORY DESCRIPTION.
07Clavicula Salomonis Regis,
08The Whole Lemegeton or Clavicula.
09Clavicula Salomonis Regis,
10THE BOOK OF EVIL SPIRITS.
11SHEMHAMPHORASH.
12OBSERVATIONS.
13CLASSIFIED LIST OF THE 72 CHIEF SPIRITS OF THE GOETIA, ACCORDING TO RESPECTIVE RANK.
14THE MAGICAL CIRCLE.
15THE MAGICAL TRIANGLE OF SOLOMON.
16THE HEXAGRAM OF SOLOMON.
17THE PENTAGRAM OF SOLOMON.
18THE MAGIC RING OR DISC OF SOLOMON.
19THE VESSEL OF BRASS.
20THE SECRET SEAL OF SOLOMON.
21THE OTHER MAGICAL REQUISITES.
22THE CONJURATION TO CALL FORTH ANY OF THE AFORESAID SPIRITS.
23THE SECOND CONJURATION.
24THE CONSTRAINT.
25THE INVOCATION OF THE KING.
26THE GENERAL CURSE, CALLED THE SPIRITS’ CHAIN, AGAINST ALL SPIRITS THAT REBEL.
27THE CONJURATION OF THE FIRE.
28THE GREATER CURSE.[37]
29THE ADDRESS UNTO THE SPIRIT UPON HIS COMING.
30THE WELCOME UNTO THE SPIRIT.
31THE LICENSE TO DEPART.
32EXPLANATION OF CERTAIN NAMES USED IN THIS BOOK LEMEGETON.
33The Explanation of the Two Triangles[40] in the Parchment.
34An Explanation of Solomon’s Triangle
35THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE
36"Cover"
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