The Key of Solomon, Book I

Edited and translated by S.L. MacGregor Mathers from several British Museum manuscripts, published 1889; the underlying grimoire tradition is medieval/early-modern (surviving manuscripts run 15th-17th century) and pseudonymously attributed to King Solomon himself, a legendary attribution, not a historical claim. Not scripture in any tradition -- a practical ceremonial-magic manual: the proper days, hours, and planetary conditions for magical operations (chs. 1-18), followed by the pentacles (talismanic designs) of each of the seven classical planets (chs. 19-25, "Saturn" through "the Moon"). The pentacles, seals and other figures Mathers's edition prints are not reproduced here, so passages that refer to a figure describe something you cannot see on this site.