The Goetia
The Lesser Key of Solomon the King
Clavicula Salomonis Regis
translated by Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers
edited with an introduction by Aleister Crowley
This translation of The Goetia provides a clear and detailed account of the preparations and precautions necessary for the successful evocation of its 72 spirits, which are described in detail.
This illustrated second edition includes Crowley’s “An Initiated Interpretation of Ceremonial Magic,” and his version of “The Bornless Ritual”. It also includes Enochian translations of some of the Goetic invocations, an introduction, and notes.
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Table of Contents (abridged)
Table of Figures
Abbreviations and Editorial Conventions
Editor’s Foreword
Prefatory Note
Preliminary Invocation
The Initiated Interpretation of Ceremonial Magic
The Preliminary Definition of Magic
The Brief Introductory Description
THE GOETIA
SHEMHAMPHORASH
THE MAGICAL REQUISITES
THE OTHER MAGICAL REQUISITES
THE CONJURATIONS
Explanation of Certain Names Used in this Book Legematon
The Conjurations - Enochian
Appendix
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Paperback Edition
134 pages. Printed card cover, smyth-sewn and printed on acid-free paper.
ISBN: 978-0-87728-847-3
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About the Translator
The late S. L. MacGregor Mathers (1854-1918) was a prominent scholar and leader of the occult movement in Britian at the turn of the century. A lifelong fascination with mysticism and Celtic symbolism led Mathers to hold high office in the Rosicrucian Society of England, and eventually to become a founder of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. He is also well known for having been a key tutor to Aleister Crowley.
About the Editor
The late Aleister Crowley (1875-1947) was an occultist, ceremonial magician, prolific writer, philosopher and mountaineer. In his youth, Crowley joined the occult organisation The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn (1887-1903), where he received much of his training in theurgy and ceremonial magic. In 1904, Crowley established his own religion, Thelema (Greek for "the will”), for which he had reportedly received a divine revelation from an angel. Crowley believed that humans should strive to overcome both their desires and their socially-instilled inhibitions in order to find out the true purpose of their respective lives. Crowley had been dubbed “the wickedest man in the world” and “a man we’d like to hang” by the British press during the first half of the 20th century. A controversial figure, nevertheless, his influence on Western occultism cannot be easily overstated.
