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CONTENTS

PREFACE

xxiii

INTRODUCTION

xxxi

PART I

 

The Literature of Ceremonial Magic

 

CHAPTER I

 

THE ANTIQUITY OF MAGICAL RITUALS

 

§ 1. THE IMPORTANCE OF CEREMONIAL MAGIC

3

§ 2. THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN WHITE AND BLACK MAGIC

13

§ 3. THE UNPRINTED LITERATURE OF CEREMONIAL MAGIC

17

CHAPTER II

 

THE RITUALS OF TRANSCENDENTAL MAGIC

 

§ 1. THE ARBATEL OF MAGIC

24

§ 2. THEOSOPHIA PNEUMATICA

35

§ 3. THE ENCHIRIDION OF POPE LEO

39

§ 4. THE SEVEN MYSTERIOUS ORISONS

46

§ 5. SUMMARY OF TRANSCENDENTAL MAGIC

54

CHAPTER III

 

COMPOSITE RITUALS

 

§ 1. THE KEY OF SOLOMON THE KING

58

§ 2. THE LESSER KEY OF SOLOMON

64

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§ 3. THE PAULINE ART

66

§ 4. THE ALMADEL

72

§ 5. THE FOURTH BOOK OF CORNELIUS AGRIPPA

77

§ 6. THE HEPTAMERON

89

§ 7. THE SACRED MAGIC OF ABRAMELIN THE MAGE

92

CHAPTER IV

 

THE RITUALS OF BLACK MAGIC

 

§ 1. THE GRIMORIUM VERUM

96

§ 2. TRUE BLACK MAGIC.

100

§ 3. THE GRAND GRIMOIRE

100

§ 4. THE GRIMOIRE OF HONORIUS

103

§ 5. MINOR AND SPURIOUS RITUALS OF BLACK MAGIC

110

§ 6. THE BLACK PULLET

113

§ 7. TALISMANS OF THE SAGE OF THE PYRAMIDS

117

§ 8. THE GOLD-FINDING HEN

130

PART II The Complete Grimore

 

CHAPTER I

 

THE PREPARATION OF THE OPERATOR

 

§ 1. CONCERNING THE LOVE OF GOD

139

§ 2. CONCERNING FORTITUDE

142

§ 3. CONCERNING CONTINENCE AND ABSTINENCE

144

§ 4. CONCERNING THE EXTERNAL PREPARATION OF THE OPERATOR, AND FIRSTLY CONCERNING ABLUTION

147

§ 5. CONCERNING THE EXTERNAL PREPARATION OF THE OPERATOR, AND SECONDLY CONCERNING THE VESTMENTS

148

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CHAPTER II

 

THE INITIAL RITES AND CEREMONIES

 

§ 1. CONCERNING THE VIRTUES OF THE PLANETS

150

§ 2. A GENERAL INSTRUCTION CONCERNING THE INSTRUMENTS REQUIRED FOR THE ART

154

§ 3. CONCERNING THE ROD AND STAFF OF THE ART

161

§ 4. CONCERNING THE PEN AND INK OF THE ART

164

§ 5. CONCERNING VIRGIN WAX OR VIRGIN EARTH

168

§ 6. CONCERNING THE SILKEN CLOTH

169

§ 7. CONCERNING THE VICTIM OF THE ART

169

§ 8. CONCERNING ASPERSION AND CLEANSING

177

§ 9. CONCERNING THE TIME OF OPERATION

182

CHAPTER III

 

CONCERNING THE DESCENDING HIERARCHY

 

§ 1. THE NAMES AND OFFICES OF EVIL SPIRITS

184

2. CONCERNING THE FORMS OF INFERNAL SPIRITS IN THEIR MANIFESTATIONS

193

CHAPTER IV

 

THE MYSTERIES OF GOËTIC THEURGY ACCORDING TO THE LESSER KEY OF SOLOMON THE KING

 

§ 1. CONCERNING THE SPIRITS OF THE BRAZEN VESSEL, OTHERWISE CALLED THE FALSE MONARCHY OF DEMONS

195

2. CONCERNING THE RITE OF CONJURATION FROM THE "LEMEGETON"

220

CHAPTER V

 

CONCERNING THE MYSTERY OF THE SANCTUM REGNUM, OR THE GOVERNMENT OF EVIL SPIRITS; BEING THE RITE OF CONJURATION ACCORDING TO THE GRIMORIUM VERUM

236

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CHAPTER VI

 

THE MYSTERIES OF INFERNAL EVOCATION ACCORDING TO THE GRAND GRIMOIRE

 

§ 1. THE RITE OF LUCIFUGE

241

§ 2. CONCERNING THE GENUINE SANCTUM REGNUM OR THE TRUE METHOD OF MAKING PACTS

254

CHAPTER VII

 

THE METHOD OF HONORIUS

265

CHAPTER VIII

 

MISCELLANEOUS AND MINOR PROCESSES

 

§ 1. CONCERNING WORKS OF HATRED AND DESTRUCTION

297

§ 2. CONCERNING VENEREAL EXPERIMENTS

299

§ 3. CONCERNING THE EXPERIMENT OF INVISIBILITY

306

§ 4. CONCERNING THE HAND OF GLORY

310

§ 5. CONCERNING THE VISION OF SPIRITS IN THE AIR

313

§ 6. CONCERNING DIVINATION BY THE WORD OF URIEL

314

§ 7. CONCERNING THE MIRROR OF SOLOMON, SUITABLE FOR ALL KINDS OF DIVINATION

318

§ 8. CONCERNING THE THREE RINGS OF SOLOMON, SON OF DAVID

320

CHAPTER IX

 

CONCERNING INFERNAL NECROMANCY

323

CONCLUSION

334

 


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