1 8 George Redway's Publications. 



THE ORIGINAL WORK ON PRACTICAL MAGIC. 

 Crown 4*0, Cloth, Leather Back, Gilt Top, 25*. 



The Key of Solomon the King. 



(CLAVICULA SALOMONIS.) 



Now FIRST TRANSLATED AND EDITED FROM ANCIENT MSS. 

 IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM, 



By S. LIDDELL MACGREGOR MATHERS. 



AUTHOR OF "THE KABBALAH UNVEILED," "THE TAROT," ETC. 



With Plates. 



This celebrated Ancient Magical work, the foundation and fountain head of 

 much of the Ceremonial Magic of the Mediaeval Occultists, has never before 

 been printed in English, nor yet, in its present form, in any other language, 

 but has remained buried and inaccessible to the general public for centuries. 

 It is true that in the seventeenth century, a very curtailed and incomplete 

 copy was printed in France, but that was far from being a reliable reproduc- 

 tion, o\ving to the paucity of the matter therein contained, the erroneous 

 drawing of the Pentacles and Talismans, and the difficulty experienced at 

 that time in obtaining reliable MSS. wherewith to collate it. There is a 

 small work published in Italy bearing the title of the "Clavicola dl Salomone 

 Ridotta," but it is a very different book to this, and is little better than a 

 collection of superstitious charms and receipts of Black Magic, besides bearing 

 a suspicious resemblance both to the " Grimorium Verum," and the "Grim- 

 oire of Honorius." / 



Among other authors both Eliphas L6vi and Christian mention the "Key 

 of Solomon " as a work of high authority, and the former especially refers to 

 it repeatedly. 



The Key of Solomon gives full, clear, and concise instructions for Talis- 

 manic and Ceremonial Magic, as well as for performing various Evocations ; 

 and it is therefore invaluable to any student who wishes to make himself 

 acquainted with the practical part of Occultism. 



Besides Seals, Sigils, and Magical Diagrams, nearly 50 Pentacles or Talis- 

 mans are given in the Plates. 



