The Ars Theurgia Goetia is the second section of The Lesser Key of Solomon. These are mixed natures, some good and some evil.
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The second part, or Theurgia Goëtia, deals with the spirits of the cardinal points and their inferiors. It deals with the evocation of all classes of spirits, evil, indifferent and good its opening Rites are those of Paimon, Orias, Astaroth and the whole cohort of Infernus. It gives instructions on constructing a similar brass vessel, and using the proper magic formula to safely call up those demons. The first section, called Ars Goetia, contains descriptions of the seventy-two demons that Solomon is said to have evoked and confined in a brass vessel sealed by magic symbols, and that he obliged to work for him. The Lesser Key of Solomon is divided into five parts.
LESSER OF SOLOMON MANUAL
It is essentially a manual that purports to give instructions for summoning 72 different spirits. The Goetia: The Lesser Key of Solomon the King is a 1904 translation of the text by Samuel Mathers and Aleister Crowley. Contemporary editions are widely available in print and on the Internet. The several original copies extant vary considerably in detail and in the spellings of the spirits’ names.
LESSER OF SOLOMON HOW TO
It details the protective signs and rituals to be performed, the actions necessary to prevent the spirits from gaining control, the preparations prior to the invocations, and instructions on how to make the necessary instruments for the execution of these rituals. The Lesser Key of Solomon contains detailed descriptions of spirits and the conjurations needed to invoke and oblige them to do the will of the conjurer (referred to as the “exorcist”). The titles of nobility (such as the French Marquis or Germanic Earl) assigned to the demons were not in use in his time, nor were the prayers to Jesus and the Christian Trinity included in the text (Solomon’s birth predated Jesus Christ’s birth by more than 900 years). The book claims that it was originally written by King Solomon, although this is certainly incorrect. Some of the material in the first section, concerning the summoning of demons, dates to the 14th century or earlier. It is likely that books by Jewish kabbalists and Muslim mystics were also inspirations. It appeared in the 17th century, but much was taken from texts of the 16th century, including the Pseudomonarchia Daemonum, by Johann Weyer, and late-medieval grimoires. The Lesser Key of Solomon or Clavicula Salomonis, is an anonymous 17th-century grimoire, and one of the most popular books of demonology.