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PREFACE |
xxiii |
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INTRODUCTION |
xxxi |
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PART I |
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The Literature of Ceremonial Magic |
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CHAPTER I |
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THE ANTIQUITY OF MAGICAL RITUALS |
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§ 1. THE IMPORTANCE OF CEREMONIAL MAGIC |
3 |
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§ 2. THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN WHITE AND BLACK MAGIC |
13 |
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§ 3. THE UNPRINTED LITERATURE OF CEREMONIAL MAGIC |
17 |
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CHAPTER II |
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THE RITUALS OF TRANSCENDENTAL MAGIC |
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§ 1. THE ARBATEL OF MAGIC |
24 |
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§ 2. THEOSOPHIA PNEUMATICA |
35 |
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§ 3. THE ENCHIRIDION OF POPE LEO |
39 |
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§ 4. THE SEVEN MYSTERIOUS ORISONS |
46 |
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§ 5. SUMMARY OF TRANSCENDENTAL MAGIC |
54 |
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CHAPTER III |
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COMPOSITE RITUALS |
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§ 1. THE KEY OF SOLOMON THE KING |
58 |
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§ 2. THE LESSER KEY OF SOLOMON |
64 |
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§ 3. THE PAULINE ART |
66 |
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§ 4. THE ALMADEL |
72 |
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§ 5. THE FOURTH BOOK OF CORNELIUS AGRIPPA |
77 |
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§ 6. THE HEPTAMERON |
89 |
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§ 7. THE SACRED MAGIC OF ABRAMELIN THE MAGE |
92 |
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CHAPTER IV |
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THE RITUALS OF BLACK MAGIC |
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§ 1. THE GRIMORIUM VERUM |
96 |
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§ 2. TRUE BLACK MAGIC. |
100 |
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§ 3. THE GRAND GRIMOIRE |
100 |
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§ 4. THE GRIMOIRE OF HONORIUS |
103 |
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§ 5. MINOR AND SPURIOUS RITUALS OF BLACK MAGIC |
110 |
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§ 6. THE BLACK PULLET |
113 |
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§ 7. TALISMANS OF THE SAGE OF THE PYRAMIDS |
117 |
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§ 8. THE GOLD-FINDING HEN |
130 |
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PART II The Complete Grimore |
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CHAPTER I |
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THE PREPARATION OF THE OPERATOR |
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§ 1. CONCERNING THE LOVE OF GOD |
139 |
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§ 2. CONCERNING FORTITUDE |
142 |
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§ 3. CONCERNING CONTINENCE AND ABSTINENCE |
144 |
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§ 4. CONCERNING THE EXTERNAL PREPARATION OF THE OPERATOR, AND FIRSTLY CONCERNING ABLUTION |
147 |
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§ 5. CONCERNING THE EXTERNAL PREPARATION OF THE OPERATOR, AND SECONDLY CONCERNING THE VESTMENTS |
148 |
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CHAPTER II |
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THE INITIAL RITES AND CEREMONIES |
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§ 1. CONCERNING THE VIRTUES OF THE PLANETS |
150 |
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§ 2. A GENERAL INSTRUCTION CONCERNING THE INSTRUMENTS REQUIRED FOR THE ART |
154 |
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§ 3. CONCERNING THE ROD AND STAFF OF THE ART |
161 |
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§ 4. CONCERNING THE PEN AND INK OF THE ART |
164 |
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§ 5. CONCERNING VIRGIN WAX OR VIRGIN EARTH |
168 |
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§ 6. CONCERNING THE SILKEN CLOTH |
169 |
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§ 7. CONCERNING THE VICTIM OF THE ART |
169 |
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§ 8. CONCERNING ASPERSION AND CLEANSING |
177 |
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§ 9. CONCERNING THE TIME OF OPERATION |
182 |
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CHAPTER III |
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CONCERNING THE DESCENDING HIERARCHY |
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§ 1. THE NAMES AND OFFICES OF EVIL SPIRITS |
184 |
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2. CONCERNING THE FORMS OF INFERNAL SPIRITS IN THEIR MANIFESTATIONS |
193 |
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CHAPTER IV |
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THE MYSTERIES OF GOËTIC THEURGY ACCORDING TO THE LESSER KEY OF SOLOMON THE KING |
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§ 1. CONCERNING THE SPIRITS OF THE BRAZEN VESSEL, OTHERWISE CALLED THE FALSE MONARCHY OF DEMONS |
195 |
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2. CONCERNING THE RITE OF CONJURATION FROM THE "LEMEGETON" |
220 |
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CHAPTER V |
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CONCERNING THE MYSTERY OF THE SANCTUM REGNUM, OR THE GOVERNMENT OF EVIL SPIRITS; BEING THE RITE OF CONJURATION ACCORDING TO THE GRIMORIUM VERUM |
236 |
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CHAPTER VI |
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THE MYSTERIES OF INFERNAL EVOCATION ACCORDING TO THE GRAND GRIMOIRE |
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§ 1. THE RITE OF LUCIFUGE |
241 |
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§ 2. CONCERNING THE GENUINE SANCTUM REGNUM OR THE TRUE METHOD OF MAKING PACTS |
254 |
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CHAPTER VII |
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THE METHOD OF HONORIUS |
265 |
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CHAPTER VIII |
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MISCELLANEOUS AND MINOR PROCESSES |
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§ 1. CONCERNING WORKS OF HATRED AND DESTRUCTION |
297 |
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§ 2. CONCERNING VENEREAL EXPERIMENTS |
299 |
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§ 3. CONCERNING THE EXPERIMENT OF INVISIBILITY |
306 |
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§ 4. CONCERNING THE HAND OF GLORY |
310 |
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§ 5. CONCERNING THE VISION OF SPIRITS IN THE AIR |
313 |
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§ 6. CONCERNING DIVINATION BY THE WORD OF URIEL |
314 |
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§ 7. CONCERNING THE MIRROR OF SOLOMON, SUITABLE FOR ALL KINDS OF DIVINATION |
318 |
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§ 8. CONCERNING THE THREE RINGS OF SOLOMON, SON OF DAVID |
320 |
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CHAPTER IX |
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CONCERNING INFERNAL NECROMANCY |
323 |
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CONCLUSION |
334 |