The Key of Solomon the King
Subtitle: Translated from Ancient Manuscripts in the British Museum
By: Translated by Samiel Liddell MacGregor Mathers
Contributors: Samiel Liddell MacGregor Mathers
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Published: 2008
Number of pages: 115
Subjects: pentacle; magic; grimoires
First sentence: O my son Roboam!
Description: "The Key of Solomon, Clavis Salomonis, is a medieval book on magic originally attributed to King Solomon. It is sometimes used as a grimoire.

It is possible that the Key of Solomon inspired later works such as the Clavicula Salomonis ("The Lesser Key of Solomon") also called Lemegeton, although there are many differences between the books. What may have inspired the Lemegeton are the conjurations and rituals of purification, and in a less important way, the clothing and magic symbols.
One of the many "magic circles" from the Key of Solomon.

Several versions of the Key of Solomon exist, in various translations, and with minor or significant differences. Most manuscripts date to the 16th or 17th century, but a prototype in Greek still survives from the 15th century."

(Quote from wikipedia.org)
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