Grimoires, handbooks of ritual magic that give instructions for summoning spirits, making talismans and performing charms. They circulated in manuscript and print from the medieval and early modern periods and often claim an ancient or legendary author. The books vary from cautious Christian conjuration manuals to elaborate catalogues of demons, and each reflects the anxieties and ambitions of its copyists. Members placed here so far include Grimorium Verum, Munich Manual of Demonic Magic (Clm 849).
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Grimorium Verum (Wikipedia)
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The Grimorium Verum (Latin for True Grimoire) is an 18th-century grimoire attributed to one "Alibeck the Egyptian" of Memphis, who purportedly wrote it in 1517.
Munich Manual of Demonic Magic (Wikipedia)
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The Munich Manual of Demonic Magic or Liber incantationum, exorcismorum et fascinationum variarum (CLM 849 of the Bavarian State Library, Munich) is a fifteenth-century goetic grimoire manuscript.
Key of Solomon (Wikipedia)
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The Key of Solomon (Latin: Clavicula Salomonis; Hebrew: מַפְתֵּחַ-שְׁלֹמֹה, romanized: Map̄teḥa Šəlomo), also known as the Greater Key of Solomon, is a pseudepigraphical grimoire attributed to King Solomon.
The Lesser Key of Solomon (Wikipedia)
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The Lesser Key of Solomon, also known by its Latin title Lemegeton Clavicula Salomonis or simply the Lemegeton, is an anonymously authored grimoire on sorcery, mysticism, and magic.
Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses (Wikipedia)
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The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses is an 18th- or 19th-century magical text allegedly written by Moses, and passed down as hidden (or lost) books of the Hebrew Bible.
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