The Lesser Key of Solomon

The most widely used grimoire in the Western tradition — and the most misunderstood.

The Lesser Key of Solomon (Lemegeton Clavicula Salomonis) is a 17th-century compilation of five books of magical practice, of which the Goetia — the catalog of 72 spirits and the methods for their evocation — is the most famous. This is the text that Aleister Crowley edited and S.L. MacGregor Mathers translated; the text that has shaped the practice of evocation in the Western tradition for four centuries.

Inside:

• The Goetia: the 72 spirits, their seals, offices, and methods of evocation
• The Theurgia-Goetia: spirits of the cardinal directions and their hierarchies
• The Ars Paulina: angels of the hours and degrees of the zodiac
• The Ars Almadel: the four altitudes and their angelic governors
• The Ars Notoria: the art of memory and divine illumination

The complete text. Essential for any serious student of ceremonial magic and the grimoire tradition.