The Key of Solomon

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ceremonial magic manual grimoire medieval text

The Key of Solomon is a medieval grimoire of ceremonial magic attributed to King Solomon, detailing rituals, invocations, and talismanic symbols used to command spiritual entities.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Key of Solomon 2
The Key of Solomon canonical 2
The Key of Solomon the King 1

Statements (66)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ceremonial magic manual ⓘ
grimoire ⓘ
medieval text ⓘ
alternativeName Clavicula Salomonis ⓘ
Clavicula Salomonis ⓘ
surface form: Clavis Salomonis
associatedWith Renaissance occultism ⓘ
The Lesser Key of Solomon ⓘ
surface form: Solomonic magic
attributedTo King Solomon ⓘ
basedOn earlier Solomonic magical traditions ⓘ
book1Content preparations and general instructions for the magician ⓘ
book2Content specific operations and pentacles ⓘ
category Books attributed to King Solomon ⓘ
circulatedAs handwritten manuscripts ⓘ
commands spirits ⓘ
cosmology hierarchy of angels and spirits ⓘ
dateOfComposition late Middle Ages ⓘ
describes astrological timing of rituals ⓘ
conjurations ⓘ
fasting requirements ⓘ
invocations ⓘ
magical tools ⓘ
pentacles ⓘ
planetary hours ⓘ
purifications ⓘ
rituals ⓘ
talismanic symbols ⓘ
emphasizes obedience to God ⓘ
piety of the operator ⓘ
genre occult literature ⓘ
hasSection construction of pentacles ⓘ
instructions for drawing circles ⓘ
lists of divine names ⓘ
prayers and orations ⓘ
influenced Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram ⓘ
surface form: Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn rituals

The Lesser Key of Solomon ⓘ
surface form: Lemegeton

The Lesser Key of Solomon ⓘ
later grimoires of the Solomonic tradition ⓘ
invokes angels ⓘ
names of God ⓘ
languageOfTitle Latin ⓘ
laterPublishedAs printed editions in the 19th century ⓘ
manuscriptTradition French manuscripts ⓘ
Italian manuscripts ⓘ
Latin manuscripts ⓘ
notableEditorOrTranslator Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers ⓘ
surface form: S. L. MacGregor Mathers
notEarlierThan 13th century ⓘ
notLaterThan 17th century ⓘ
purpose to achieve various effects through magic ⓘ
to command spiritual entities ⓘ
to gain protection ⓘ
to obtain knowledge ⓘ
religiousContext Jewish–Christian esotericism ⓘ
requires abstinence and fasting ⓘ
confession of sins ⓘ
consecration of tools ⓘ
ritual purity ⓘ
structure two main books ⓘ
subject angelic and demonic spirits ⓘ
astrological correspondences ⓘ
ceremonial magic ⓘ
exorcism ⓘ
protective magic ⓘ
ritual magic ⓘ
talismanic magic ⓘ
title The Key of Solomon self-link ⓘ
tradition Western occult tradition ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Seal of Solomon → appearsIn → The Key of Solomon ⓘ
Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers → notableWork → The Key of Solomon ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Key of Solomon the King
The Lesser Key of Solomon → relatedWork → The Key of Solomon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Key of Solomon
Ring of Solomon → relatedTo → The Key of Solomon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Key of Solomon
The Key of Solomon → title → The Key of Solomon self-link ⓘ