The lesser Key of Solomon, Goetia, the book of evil spirits

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"The Lesser Key of Solomon, Goetia, the book of evil spirits: contains two…" is an anonymously authored grimoire compiled in the mid-17th century from older materials. This sorcery manual divides into five books, with the Ars Goetia cataloging seventy-two demons summoned through ritual magic. Drawing from Renaissance occult sources, the text details spirits, seals, and invocations for controlling supernatural entities. The work bridges medieval demonology and ceremonial magic, offering practitioners detailed instructions for summoning and commanding evil spirits through elaborate rituals and protective measures. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Demonology, angelology, and possession and Ritual magic and grimoires.

Ritual magic and grimoires
Controlled discovery queries from project-gutenberg matched “magic”. Retained metadata contains “Ceremonial magic” in the description, “grimoire” in the description, “Magic” in the description, and 2 additional metadata match(es).
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- “Ceremonial magic”· in description
- “grimoire”· in description
- “Magic”· in description
- “Ritual magic”· in description
- “Magic”· in subject
Demonology, angelology, and possession
Controlled discovery queries from project-gutenberg matched “goetia”. Retained metadata contains “Goetia” in the title, “Demonology” in the description, “demons” in the description, and 2 additional metadata match(es).
- “goetia”· via Project Gutenberg
- “Goetia”· in title
- “Demonology”· in description
- “demons”· in description
- “Goetia”· in description
- “Goetia”· in edition title

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Project Gutenberg electronic edition Project Gutenberg metadata does not identify the source print edition.	2024-01-11	Project Gutenberg	English	—	Public domain (USA)	Project Gutenberg (opens in a new tab)