The Key of Solomon the King
The Key of Solomon the King (Clavicula Salomonis)
Translated and edited from manuscripts in the British Museum by S. Liddell MacGregor Mathers.
Ancient Grimoire
The Key of Solomon is an ancient, magical textbook. The Key of Solomon is still used as a grimoire by modern-day pagans and magical practitioners.The author of the original manuscript is unknown, although the work is credited to King Solomon.
The Key of Solomon is often cited as being one of the key texts to research, for anyone that is interested in Western ritual magic. The Key of King Solomon makes a distinction between black, or evil magic and white, or magic used for good.
What is Magic?
The Key of Solomon the King was originally published in 1889. The foreword of the 2000 Weiser Books edition of The Key contains a definition of magic by Evelyn Underhill, from her 1930 book, Mysticism:
"Magic, in its uncorrupted form, claims to be a practical, intellectual, highly individualistic science; working towards the declared end of enlarging the sphere on which the human will can work, and obtaining experimental knowledge of planes of being usually regarded as transcendental."
Magical Diagrams and Tables
The book contains drawings of many magical pentacles, which could be photocopied by the magical practitioner, and used in their own ritual work. You probably wouldn't want to write in the book itself, but rather keep your own magical journal, or book of shadows, with the details of your spell work.
The manuscript contains many detailed tables and illustrations including:
Table of the Planetary Hours
The Pentacles of Saturn
The Pentacles of Jupiter
The Pentacles of Mars
The Pentacles of the Sun
The Pentacles of Venus
The Pentacles of Mercury
The Pentacles of the Moon
The Mystical Alphabets
Manuscript Details
Title: The Key of Solomon the King
Translator/Editor: S. Liddell MacGregor Mathers
Foreword: R. A. Gilbert
Publisher: Weiser Books
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