Gollancz: Sepher Maphteah Shelomoh (Book of the Key of Solomon)

Title page

Introductory remarks by the author (1 a)

'Prayers' and Invocations (26 in number) (1 a-3 a)

On the composition of the Divine Seal (3b-5b)

The preparation of the one performing the act (5b-6a)

A propitiatory 'Prayer' (6a-6b)

The various ways to perform the acts and operations, at what hours, on what conditions, and by whom, also the 'Prayer' (7a-9a)

The associates and disciples, the Conjuration in the case of a boy or girl (9a-9b)

How many associates are required (10a)

Concerning the nine days of preparation (10b-11a)

Ablution and recital of certain 'Prayers' (11a-11b)

Blessing the Salt (11b-12b)

The place for performing the act and the 'Prayer' (12b-13b)

The knife and swords (13b)

The sickle (14 a)

Entering the circles (14a)

Fumigating (15a)

The water and hyssop (15b)

The lights and fire (16a)

The pen and ink (16b)

The blood of the bat (17a)

Virgin and unborn parchment (17b)

The wax or mortar for making the candles or images (18b)

The needle and iron handle (19a)

On various other parchments or paper (19b)

On the written characters (20a)

The silk or linen garment (20a)

The Armrl (Almrl); diagram with pentacles; diagram of candlestick with candle (20b)

The Seals of the twelve Constellations (21a-23a)

The wondrous Circles; Conjurations of Barkiel. (23b-25b)

Book of the images of the twelve hours of the day [which are the twelve degrees of the Armrl] (25b-27b)

Concerning the images of the night (twelve hours) (27b-28b)

Conjuration of the powers of the twelve signs of the Zodiac by means of the Almdl (29a-35a)

The Book of Light (35a)

Containing the names given to the hours of day and night, the names and seals of the angels for the days of the week, the names of the angel for the four seasons of the year, the names of the Sun and Moon according to the four seasons, followed by Conjurations for the days of the week (36a-36b)

Concerning the Spirits of the air that rule during the seven days (36b-37b)

Fumigation for the afore-mentioned stars (37b)

Conjuring the fire in which the incense is put (37b)

On the garments and pentacles which must be sewn to the garments (38a)

Conjuration of the Spirits (38a-39b)

'Prayer' on donning the garment (39b-40a)

Names and seals of angels, stars, and planets from the Book of Angel of the Angel Rasiel (40b-41b)

Book of the Seal of BILT (BILID) (42a-43a)

Conjurations of BILT (43b-46a)

Replies of divers spirits and their seals (46a-48a)

Concerning the sanctity of the nine Kandariri(talismans), (revealed unto King Solomon) (48a-49a)

Names of the angels that minister before BOAL (BOEL) (49b)

Angels of the twelve stations and of the six firmaments, and their workings (49b-52b)

A general Conjuration (52b)

The seven Planets and the human body (52b)

Book of the (twenty-eight) stations of the Moon (53a-54b)

Colours of the Planets (54b)

Book of 'Practices'; The 'Practice' or 'Operation' of Simon Magus (55a-55b)

A remarkable and true recipe for love by the philosopher Adriano (55b)

Another recipe, tested and true (56a-56b)

Recipe for seeing a spirit in a mirror (56b)

To conjure or sanctify a ring on the Sabbath-day (57a)

To escape from prison in a special boat (57b-58b)

Illustration of boat and other diagrams (59a-59b)

Chapter on going through the air in a cloud (60a-62a)

Planetary invocations, and the method described (62a-64b)

The Seal of the terrestrial spirits (64b)

Composition of the whistling-instrument (64b-65a)

On subduing and binding the spirits (65a-65b)

Illustration of the Magic Circle (66a)

On keeping a spirit shut up in a ring (66 a)

On seeing spirits and conversing with them (66 b)

On how to become invisible (67 a)

On prison and fetters (67 a)

On opening all locks (67 b)

On obtaining an answer from the spirits (67 b)

On injuring an enemy (68 b)

On bringing the good spirit to tell thee what thou wishest, except as regards women and evil-doing, which thou must not ask (69 a)

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The 'Operation' BARAKON (70a-70b)

To discover theft (70b)

Concluding 'Prayer' (71a-72b)

Further 'Operations' and Conjurations (1a-6a)

Specific for malady of the eyes (6a)

For one who has swallowed poison (6b)

To petition a lord or chief (6b)

Tradition from Rabbi Shalom (6b)

To coerce a king or ruler or whomsoever thou wishest to do thy will (6b-7a)