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The 'Grimoire of Pope Honorius' is the first and most important of
the French 'black magic' grimoires which proliferated across Europe
in the 17th-19th centuries. Combining a grimoire of conjurations to
demons of the four directions and seven days of the week with a
Book of Secrets full of simple charms, the 'Grimoire of Pope
Honorius' was second only to the Key of Solomon in the influence it
exerted on magicians, charmers and cunning-folk in both rural and
urban France. 'The Complete Grimoire of Pope Honorius' contains
material translated from all four of the different French editions
of the 'Grimoire of Pope Honorius'.
Le Livre d'Or (The Book of Gold) is a unique 17th century French
magical work comprising numerous amulets, charms, prayers, spells
and sigils for working with the Biblical Book of the Psalms of King
David. Written in a simple style akin to a medieval Book of Secrets
combined with magical practices from the ancient world, Le Livre
d'Or brings together practices which have their roots in major
works from the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Cairo Genizah, to the Greek
Magical Papyri and Sepher Shimmush Tehillim (Magical Use of the
Psalms). Now translated into English for the first time, this
exceptional text demonstrates the significance of the Psalms as a
unifying and vital thread throughout the development of Western
magic. From Sweden to Syria, Britain to the Baltic, the use of
appropriate Psalms has spread as a significant part of popular folk
and religious magic, and Le Livre d'Or is an inimitable example of
the transmission of divine power through the written and spoken
word. Le Livre d'Or was originally bound as part of Lansdowne MS
1202 with a 17th century French copy of the most important of
grimoires, the Key of Solomon. The extensive commentary by David
Rankine and Paul Harry Barron emphasises the place of the Psalms
within the Grimoire tradition, detailing their extensive
apotropaic, amuletic and coercive uses in works such as the Book of
Abramelin, the Key of Solomon and the Goetia. The editors also
illustrate how the magic of the Psalms has underlain and
cross-fertilised numerous traditions over the last two thousand
years, from Hellenic magicians, early Christians and Jews of the
ancient world to practitioners of the medieval Grimoires and
Renaissance Cunning-folk. Whether it was for benevolent or malefic
results, Le Livre d'Or provided the appropriate Psalm verses and
relevant techniques. This previously ignored work is an outstanding
example of eminently practical magic which not only draws on such
major works as the Heptameron and the Steganographia, but also many
of the divine names found in the Kabbalah. From Saints to spirits,
characters to Creeds, Le Livre d'Or shines forth as a significant
and reclaimed chapter in the Western Esoteric Traditions. There is
also a paperback edition available of this book.
The 'Grimoire of Pope Honorius' is the first and most important of
the French 'black magic' grimoires which proliferated across Europe
in the 17th-19th centuries. Combining a grimoire of conjurations to
demons of the four directions and seven days of the week with a
Book of Secrets full of simple charms, the 'Grimoire of Pope
Honorius' was second only to the Key of Solomon in the influence it
exerted on magicians, charmers and cunning-folk in both rural and
urban France. 'The Complete Grimoire of Pope Honorius' contains
material translated from all four of the different French editions
of the 'Grimoire of Pope Honorius'.
Le Livre d'Or (The Book of Gold) is a unique 17th century French
magical work comprising numerous amulets, charms, prayers, spells
and sigils for working with the Biblical Book of the Psalms of King
David. Written in a simple style akin to a medieval Book of Secrets
combined with magical practices from the ancient world, Le Livre
d'Or brings together practices which have their roots in major
works from the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Cairo Genizah, to the Greek
Magical Papyri and Sepher Shimmush Tehillim (Magical Use of the
Psalms). Now translated into English for the first time, this
exceptional text demonstrates the significance of the Psalms as a
unifying and vital thread throughout the development of Western
magic. From Sweden to Syria, Britain to the Baltic, the use of
appropriate Psalms has spread as a significant part of popular folk
and religious magic, and Le Livre d'Or is an inimitable example of
the transmission of divine power through the written and spoken
word. Le Livre d'Or was originally bound as part of Lansdowne MS
1202 with a 17th century French copy of the most important of
grimoires, the Key of Solomon. The extensive commentary by David
Rankine and Paul Harry Barron emphasises the place of the Psalms
within the Grimoire tradition, detailing their extensive
apotropaic, amuletic and coercive uses in works such as the Book of
Abramelin, the Key of Solomon and the Goetia. The editors also
illustrate how the magic of the Psalms has underlain and
cross-fertilised numerous traditions over the last two thousand
years, from Hellenic magicians, early Christians and Jews of the
ancient world to practitioners of the medieval Grimoires and
Renaissance Cunning-folk. Whether it was for benevolent or malefic
results, Le Livre d'Or provided the appropriate Psalm verses and
relevant techniques. This previously ignored work is an outstanding
example of eminently practical magic which not only draws on such
major works as the Heptameron and the Steganographia, but also many
of the divine names found in the Kabbalah. From Saints to spirits,
characters to Creeds, Le Livre d'Or shines forth as a significant
and reclaimed chapter in the Western Esoteric Traditions.
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