Lemegeton: The Lesser Key of Solomon

by Anonymous, S.L. MacGregor Mathers (Editor), Aleister Crowley (Editor)

Lemegeton, also known as The Lesser Key of Solomon the King or Clavicula Salomonis Regis, is a 17th century demonology Grimoire written by an anonymous author. It contains names of spirits/demons, other sacred names, sigils/seals, invocations and summoning techniques, spells, prayers, rituals and occult knowledge that has been obtained by the author, material which dates between the early 15th and the late 17th century. The Grimoire is divided in five parts called The Books. These are: Ars Goetia (or Goetia), Ars Theurgia Goetia (or Theurgia), Ars Paulina, Ars Almadel and Ars Notoria.

Genres: Occult, Religion, Magick, Witchcraft, Spirituality, Nonfiction, Paganism

337 pages, Hardcover

Published September 24, 2021

About the author

Books can be attributed to "Anonymous" for several reasons:

* They are officially published under that name
* They are traditional stories not attributed to a specific author
* They are religious texts not generally attributed to a specific author

Books whose authorship is merely uncertain should be attributed to Unknown.

See also: Anonymous

Reviews

[Joel Zalam · Rating 3 out of 5]

Me decepciona al inicio, luego vi lo bonito de su mitología.. y luego ne decepcionó de nuevo XD
Es un material bien rico de análisis del pensamiento humano en base a sus disonancias y miedos. Por alguna razón los demonios tienen todos atributos muy positivos que aunque tienen males también, son más bien grises. (Ars Goecia) seriamente me pareció mucho más malvado un demonio del capitalismo, eso si no tiene puntos buenos realmente:v
El Theurgia-Goecia, el de los seres neutrales rescata bastante dd los espíritus. Todos hacen lo mismo, tienen demasiados sirvientes y... Básicamente es planisimo.
Ars Paulina y Ars Almadel son casi idénticos y cumplen solo cosas que esten de acuerdo con la cosmovisión y moral judeocristiana, lo que los hace a mi parecer menos interesantes que los demonios goeticos. Además para entender esto hay que creer en el zodiaco o interesarse lo suficiente en él como para aprender todo su intrincado e inutil funcionamiento (planetas, ascendentes, etc)
Para terminar el Ars Notoria me parece la segunda jolla del texto, ya que si bien se trata de una creencia absurda de poder conseguir conocimiento solo por rezos, me parece super interesante que se base en: comprensión, memoria, elocuencia y el poder de manejar los 3. Siendo estos bases bastante fundamentales de la ciencia y el conocimiento como tal, que resulta contradictorio ante la aseveración de que estas oraciones nunca serán del todo comprensibles (lo que le da misticismo).
Lo que más ha impregnado y resulta más interesante del libro en todos sus niveles diría que es el primer libro, que además dice bastante del carácter humano de buscar lo prohibido.
Algún día analizaré esto a detalle a nivel científico o filosófico ✨

[Dex Vaughn · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was curious about the concepts of "demonology" or the book of Solomon and decided to go down the path of checking out these books. The content is dry and is more an informational piece on different rituals, concepts, and seals. Reads like a holy book with the way rituals and depictions are phrased, using old testament language. This version has many illustrations of sigils, seals, and other symbols (don't expect to see depiction of demons). The 5 books that comes in this set talk only of demons, their hierarchy, rituals, seals, and verbiage to use; Do not expect information on a specific religion or philosophical view.

All in all, there really wasn't much content here for the research purpose I had intended for, but it can be a great source of information if you are into the occult.

[Constantin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Probably the best book I've seen on the subject. Very well made, the sigils look great (no more pixelated, broken lines) and it is well written.

Giving it 4 stars, simply because I am not a huge fan of the Solomonic Grimoires.

P.s. Saved me tons of money cos I only got one book and it contains all five instead of buying five books.

[Edward Taylor · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Lemegeton, also known as "The Lesser Key of Solomon" is a collection of conjuration of and abjuration of demons, angels, and spirits as written by Solomon the Wise (also known as King Solomon) - The books is filled with incantations, charms, rites, and rituals meant to summon and bind or to ward and protect against supernatural entities. Sometimes hard to read given the language translations from all of the elder tongues (Greek, Latin, Hebrew, etc.) but still a great bit of knowledge and legerdemain for the modern practitioner or student of the arts.

[Nathan Grace · Rating 3 out of 5]

To steal a joke from my favorite vtuber, this is basically a D&D stat and lore book, but for demonology. It can be difficult to read because it’s simply information with no real context. It’s still an interesting read, at least.

[Silver Korfin]

Fantasy book i love it

[Rakib Khan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wonderful site.. love it