Grimoire
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A grimoire, also known as a book of spells, magic book, or a spellbook, is a textbook of magic, typically including instructions on how to create magical objects like talismans and amulets; how to per
Icelandic grimoire, "Galdrabók" (c. 1550–1650), belonging to Swedish History Museum (signum: ATA Ämb 2 F16:26)
Page from the Greek Magical Papyri.
A man incorporated into a pentagram, from Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa's De Occulta Philosophia (Eng., Three Books of Occult Philosophy). The signs on the perimeter are astrological.
Heptameron magic circle
Key of Solomon
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The Key of Solomon, also known as the Greater Key of Solomon, is a pseudepigraphical grimoire attributed to King Solomon. It probably dates back to the 14th or 15th century Italian Renaissance. It pre
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…by the Holy Prophet Solomon. In the 16th century, this work had been translated into Latin and Italian, being renamed the Clavicula Salomonis, or the Key of Solomon. In Christendom during the medieval age, grimoires were written that were attributed to other ancient figures, thereby supposedly giving them a sense…
A group of pentacles from the Hebrew manuscript (BL Oriental 14759, fol. 35a)