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Saturday, 9 April 2011

Grimoires

Ancient Grimoires Grimoires are Ancient text manuscripts used in High Magick and the Black Arts to conjure Demonic, Celestial, Olympic and Angelic beings. They provide the Magician with the sigils or seals of each Diety and a description of how they will appear in form and what tasks they can do for your bidding. Some of these are purely systems of Magick. Some of these books can be easily found on Ebay or Amazon. But some are very hard to find and are not in print anymore. This is where you will have to search for quite some time to find a seller. I myself collect antique versions of these books... so I have old copies and new copies of the same books. Many of them are very confusing and useless books to the newbe in magick... but for the experienced Magician, they are a great asset. This is a list of all the ones I that I know of and there are others out there that I keep coming across yet I do not feel like spending thousands of dollars on a book that is all in Latin. You can search the internet and find allot of these books in PDF format which you can download... but it is not the same as having the real thing sitting in your hands or on your alter.
Grimoires are Ancient text manuscripts used in High Magick and the Black Arts to conjure Demonic, Celestial, Olympic and Angelic beings. They provide the Magician with the sigils or seals of each Diety and a description of how they will appear in form and what tasks they can do for your bidding. Some of these are purely systems of Magick. Some of these books can be easily found on Ebay or Amazon. But some are very hard to find and are not in print anymore. This is where you will have to search for quite some time to find a seller. I myself collect antique versions of these books... so I have old copies and new copies of the same books. Many of them are very confusing and useless books to the newbe in magick... but for the experienced Magician, they are a great asset. This is a list of all the ones I that I know of and there are others out there that I keep coming across yet I do not feel like spending thousands of dollars on a book that is all in Latin. You can search the internet and find allot of these books in PDF format which you can download... but it is not the same as having the real thing sitting in your hands or on your alter.
*Some of these books are known by different names and some; such as the Goetia are known by 4 different names.* The Key of Solomon
  1. The Lemegeton (or Lesser Key of Solomon) also know as the Goetia 
  2. The Goetia or Theurgia the same as above... the Lemegeton 
  3. Grimorium Verum (based on The Key of Solomon)
  4. Grimoire of Honorius or also called the Grimoire of Pope Honious 
  5. The Book of Sacred Magic of Abra-Melin the Mage
  6. The Book of Black Magic and of Pacts
  7. True Black Magic (or The Secrets of Secrets, draws on The Key of Solomon)
  8. Grand Grimoire (or Red Dragon)
  9. The Magus by Francis Barrett
  10. The Black Pullet (or Treasure of the Old Man of the Pyramids or Black Screech Owl)
  11. Verus Jesuitarum Libellus (or True Magical Works of the Jesuits) Supposed Fake  
  12. Three Books of Occult Philosophy
  13. Mysteria Magica
  14. The Golden Dawn not a book on conjuring but a system of Magick 
  15. The Grimoire of Armadel *This one is my all time favorite Grimoire* 
  16. Summoning Spirits by Konstantinos and is a newer book 
  17. The Book of Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage
  18. The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses
  19. The Necronomicon... Fake but.... contains real Ancient Deities and so it is not to be played with. 
  20. Arbatel of Magick
  21. Ars Paulina or the Pauline Art
  22. Ars Armadel
  23. Ars Nova
  24. Ars Notoria 
  25. The Heptameron
  26. The Black Raven by Dr. Faust also known as The Threefold Coercion of Hell
  27. The Arbatel of Magick
  28. The Golden Dawn by Isreal Regardie
  29. The Grimoire of Pope Leo French Grinmoire - Enchiridion Leonis Papae
  30. Malleus Daemonum Exorcist Manual - known as the Hammer of Demons 1620
  31. The Sword of Moses
  32. The Secret Grimoire of Turiel
  33. Three Books of Occult Philosophy Cornelius Agrippa
  34. The Fourth Book of Occult Philosophy Cornelius Agrippa

Solomon triangle

The "Triangle of Solomon" also known as the "Triangle of the Art"

Ah yes... the Triangle of Solomon.... the second most important tool for the Conjuring Magician next to the Magical Circle. The Triangle of Solomon is used in conjunction with the Magic Circle. It is to sit outside the Magic Circle just a few feet away.
What is it and what does it do, you ask?
It is used in the Conjuring of the Demonic or Celestial/Angelic spirits. It is in this Triangle that they will appear and are forced to obey. Why will it make them obey? Because it has 3 Sacred names of God - Tetragrammaton, Primeumaton, and Anaphaxeton one on each side and it has the name Michael (Archangel Michael) which is split into 3 sections MI - CHA - EL. This contains the spirit from escaping and compels them to obey. This does not mean in every case they are going to obey you... but it helps the process. Some Magicians such as the Great Crowley would use Fresh Blood of a Sacrificed animal in the Triangle to attract the Demon. For Blood is the Life force and Demons thrive on it. Crowley would Sacrifice three white doves and pour the Blood into each corner of the Triangle... the Demon would stay until the life force was exhausted, then Demon would leave. This is not something for you to be going out and trying. Those of you whom are reading this are not the experienced and you would only end up possessed or Dead. This is just for your interest and thirst for knowledge.

The Triangle can be found in the Manuscript "The Goetia" also known as "The Lesser Key of Solomon the King". Once again it is one of the most important tools in the Conjuring of Spirits. There are several ways of setting up this Triangle of the Art...
1. You can trace it on the ground in dirt or sand. This is not the greatest way to do it.
2. You can make one out of wood and and paint it. The Triangle and the letters should be black along with the black circle in the middle of it. The interior should be white. You can do it differently if you so choose just as I have in the above picture. The choice is yours. With this method you can set it on the ground and take it with you when you are done with your Magical operation.

These two methods are good for if you are trying to Conjure the Spirit into the Physical.
How big should it be? The best dimensions would be 36"x36"x36".

3. Now... the other method is for Conjuring the Spirit into a Crystal Ball that is placed in the middle of the Triangle or using a Black Mirror in the middle of the Triangle. With this method... one Conjures the Spirit.... but one must Skry or see onto the Astral Plane where then Spirit is. The Mirror or Crystal Ball only acts as a focal point.

You can set up the Triangle on a small round table and place a Crystal Ball in the middle or you can prop up the Triangle so that it is standing up and Gaze into the Black mirror... just as you see in the picture above. Once again... you must be able to Skry or should I say, have Astral Vision... that is... to see onto the Astral Plane. Those whom have not developed this ability will have no success. This takes much practice of Crystal Gazing or Skrying with the Black mirror which is something you can do without conjuring any Spirit and develop your Astral Vision and Psychic Senses.