The Lesser Key of Solomon (Lemegeton)
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Five books bound as one, and only the first is the famous part. Ars Goetia catalogues seventy-two spirits with their seals and offices; Ars Theurgia-Goetia the airy spirits of the compass; Ars Paulina the angels of the hours and the degrees of the zodiac; Ars Almadel the four altitudes and their wax tablet; Ars Notoria the prayers for attaining learning without study.
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Companion reading path
What to read alongside it, and why.
The Key of Solomon (Clavicula Salomonis)
Grimoires
The other Clavicula — method rather than catalogue. Read them together to see how different they are.
The Testament of Solomon
Grimoires
Where the interrogate-and-bind structure comes from.