Sepher Raziel: A Sixteenth Century English Grimoire

by Don Karr, Stephen Skinner

Sepher Raziel ―also called Liber Salomonis ―is a full grimoire in the Solomonic tradition from a sixteenth century manuscript. It contains seven the Clavis , concerned with astrology and its use in magic, with precise interactions between planets, Signs, and Houses; the Ala , outlining the magical virtues of stones, herbs, and animals; the Tractatus Thymiamatus , which determines perfumes and suffumigations used in the Art; a Treatise of Times detailing the correct hours of the day for each operation; a Treatise on Preparations on ritual purity, and abstinence; Samaim , on the different heavens and their angels; and finally, a Book of Names and their virtues and properties, being seven semiforas of Adam and seven semiforas of Moses. The Sepher Raziel text is given in two a literal transcription with no changes in spelling or wording and a modern English version. This volume also includes a foreword which offers an overview of Raziel manuscripts, which represent a number of independent traditions, an essay on the literature of Solomonic magic in English, an introduction to the Sepher Raziel manuscript presented, an appendix on incense nomenclature as a supplement to Tractatus Thymiamatus , a list of printed notices and manuscript sources of Sepher Raziel, and a full bibliography of printed works on Solomonic magic and items of related interest.

Genres: Judaism, Magic, Occult, Magick

296 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 2010