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The Key of Solomon the King, also known as Clavicula Salomonis, is a book that was translated and edited by occultist Samuel Liddell Mathers in 1889. It was an important work of Renaissance esoterica that introduced Victorian England to the deathbed testament of King Solomon to his son. The book contains detailed instructions on conjuring, divining, and summoning God's power for spells. Mathers saw it as a source of Qabalistical Magic and used it to lend scholarly credibility to occult research. The text was edited using manuscripts from the British Museum and provides insight into Renaissance occultism and its revival in Victorian times. This edition includes introductions from three manuscripts, a table of planetary hours and their magical names, and spells for invisibility, magic carpets, and identifying thieves.
This book, translated and edited by the occultist Samuel Liddell Mathers (1854-1918) and published in 1889, introduced to Victorian England an important work of Renaissance esoterica. Purportedly the deathbed testament of King Solomon to his son, distilling all the angelic wisdom he received in his lifetime, it provided its readers with detailed instructions in conjuring, divining and summoning God's power to work 'experiments', or spells. For Mathers, it represented 'the fountain-head and storehouse of Qabalistical Magic' and formed a central part of his efforts to lend scholarly respectability to occult research. Mathers edited the text using available manuscripts at the British Museum, and it continues to offer authoritative and fascinating insight into both Renaissance occultism and its Victorian revival. Features of this edition include introductions from three distinct manuscripts, a table of the planetary hours and their magical names, and spells for producing invisibility, creating magic carpets and identifying thieves.
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