About this ebook
The most famous grimoire of Western tradition.
The Key of Solomon — known in Latin as the Clavicula Solomon's —is the most influential esoteric text ever produced by Western civilization. Attributed to the legendary King Solomon and passed down in secret for centuries, this work has inspired alchemists, Hermetic philosophers, and occult scholars from the Middle Ages to the present day.
The text is divided into two distinct books:
Book I — The Operations and their secrets: the auspicious hours and days according to the influence of the seven planets, the conspiracies to evoke Spirits and Genies, the experiments for finding treasures, gaining the favor of others, invisibility, and much more.
Book II — The Preparation of the Master of the Art: the rules of purification, fasting, and prayer; the construction of the Magic Circle; the consecration of the ritual instruments—the knife, the sword, the wand, the dagger—and the preparation of sacred quills, inks, and incense.
Behind every ceremony lies a symbolic universe of extraordinary coherence: a cosmology that unites the Jewish tradition of the divine Names, Platonic philosophy, Ptolemaic astrology, and medieval Christian liturgy.
This edition includes:
The full text of The Key of Solomon in its two Books
A critical preface contextualizing the work in the history of European esotericism
The Hebrew Divine Names in their traditional form
The prayers, conspiracies and licenses to depart in their entirety
A work for scholars of the history of magic and hermeticism, for enthusiasts of esoteric traditions, and for anyone wishing to approach one of the most fascinating and mysterious documents that human culture has ever produced.
“Listen, my son, and receive my words, and learn the wonders of God.”
— Solomon to Rehoboam
In this version there are no blood rituals.
