The Key of Solomon the King Clavicula

This book, translated and edited by the occultist Samuel Liddell Mathers (1854-1918) and published in 1889, introduced to Victorian England an important work of Renaissance esoterica. Purportedly the deathbed testament of King Solomon to his son, distilling all the angelic wisdom he received in his lifetime, it provided its readers with detailed instructions in conjuring, divining and summoning God's power to work 'experiments', or spells. For Mathers, it represented 'the fountain-head and storehouse of Qabalistical Magic' and formed a central part of his efforts to lend scholarly respectability to occult research. Mathers edited the text using available manuscripts at the British Museum, and it continues to offer authoritative and fascinating insight into both Renaissance occultism and its Victorian revival. Features of this edition include introductions from three distinct manuscripts, a table of the planetary hours and their magical names, and spells for producing invisibility, creating magic carpets and identifying thieves.

Preface
Preliminary discourse from Lansdowne MSS. 1203
Introduction from Lansdowne MSS. 1203
Note by editor
The Key of Solomon

Concerning the divine love which ought to precede the acquisition of this knowledge
Of the days, and hours, and of the virtues of the planets
Concerning the arts
The confession to be made by the exorcist
Prayers and conjurations
Stronger and more potent conjuration
An extremely powerful conjuration
Concerning the medals or pentacles, and the manner of constructing them
Of the experiment concerning things stolen, and how it should be performed
Of the experiment of invisibility, and how it should be performed
To hinder a sportsman from killing any game
How to make the magic garters
How to make the magic carpet proper for interrogating the intelligences, so as to obtain an answer regarding whatsoever matter one may wish to learn
How to render thyself master of a treasure possessed by the spiritis
Of the experiment of seeking favour and love
How operations of mockery, invisibility, and deceit should be prepared
How extraordinary experiments and operations should be prepared
Concerning the holy pentacles or medals
Prefatory note
At what hour after the preparation of all things necessary, we should bring the exercise of the art to perfection
In what manner the master of the art should keep, rule, and govern himself
How the companions of disciples of the Master of the Art ought to regulate and govern themselves
Concerning the fasting, care, and things to be observed
Concerning the baths, and how they are to be arranged
Of the garments and shoes of the art
Of places wherein we may conveniently execute the experiments and operations of the art
Of the knife, sickle, poniard, dagger, lance, wand, staff, and other instruments of magical art
Of the formation of the circle
Concerning incense, suffumigations, perfumes, odours, and similar things which are used in magical arts
Of the water, and of the hyssop
Of the light, and of the fire
Concerning the precepts of the art
Of the pen, ink, and colours
Of the pen of the swallow and of the crow
Of the blood of the bat, pigeon, and other animals
Of virgin parchment, or virgin paper, and how it should be prepared
Of wax and virgin earth
Concerning the needle and other iron instruments
Concerning the silken cloth
Concerning characters, and the consecration of the magical book
Concerning sacrifices to the spirits, and how they should be made
Ancient fragment of the Key of Solomon, translated from the Hebrew by Eliphaz LÃ©vi, and given in his 'Philosophie Occulte' serie II, page 136
The Qabalistical invocation of Solomon. Given by Eliphaz LÃ©vi in 'Rituel de la Haute Magie', chapter xiii
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