Part 1 of this blog is now up and it is about what versions to buy or not buy of The Key of Solomon. It will be followed in a few days by Part 2 that will be about the Lemegeton and the Goetia. Will update this blog once the different parts are up.

You can watch the video on my youtube channel by clicking here.

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I figured I would do a suggested reading list for people that wants to learn Grimoire Magic and are not sure what they should read. When it comes to what versions of the Grimoires to actually buy that is something that will be continuously updated all the time on this blog or the Video blog.

Understanding Grimoire Magic

The Black Arts by Richard Cavendish
The Book of Ceremonial Magic or The Book of Black Magic by A E Waite
The Secret Lore of Magic by Idries Shah
Occultism: Its Theory and Practice by Sirdar Ikbal Ali Shah
Ceremonial Magic & The Power of Evocation by Joseph Lisiewski
Secrets of the Magickal Grimoires by Aaron Leitch

Actual Grimoires

Key of Solomon
Veritable Key of Solomon by David Rankine and Stephen Skinner
Lemegeton
The Lesser Key of Solomon by Joseph Peterson
The Goetia of Dr Rudd by David Rankine and Stephen Skinner
The Book of Abramelin by Abraham Von Worms
The Grand Grimoire translated by Gretchen
Grimorium Verum by Joseph Peterson
The Armadel by Joseph Peterson
The Secret Grimoire of Turiel
The Grimoire of Pope Honorius III-Trident Edition
Picatrix
De Nigromancia by Roger Bacon
Heptameron
Arbatel
Le Petite Albert
Le Grand Albert
Sworn Book of Honorius
Hygromantica
Le Dragon Noir
The Black Pullet
6th and 7th Books of Moses by Joseph Peterson
Testament of Solomon
Sword of Moses
Hollenzwang

Understanding the Religious Aspects

The Bible King James version
The Torah
The Talmud
The Quran
The Book of Enoch (Slavic and Ethiopian version)
The Nag Hammadi Scriptures
The Dead Sea Scrolls
Rituale Romanum
Biblical apocrypha

Other helpful books

Three Books of Occult Philosophy by Henry Cornelius Agrippa
Conjuring Spirits by Claire Fanger
Forbidden Rites by Richard Kieckhefer
The Complete Magician’s Tables by Stephen Skinner
Dictionary of Angels: Including the Fallen Angels by Gustav Davidson
Kabbalistic Handbook for the Practicing Magician by Joseph C. Lisiewski
The Discoverie of Witchcraft by Reginald Scot
A Collection of Magical Secrets by David Rankine
Tales of King Solomon John D. Seymour
Solomon the Esoteric King by Pablo A. Torijano
The Greek Magical Papyri
Ritual Magic by Butler, Elizabeth
The Book of Gold By David Rankine and Paul Harry Barron
The Book of Treasure Spirits by David Rankine

Anthologies

Both Sides of Heaven edited by Sorita d’Este
Howlings by Scarlet Imprint
Diabolical by Scarlet Imprint

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In the next video blog I will talk about which books to buy and which you want to stay away from. This is a list of the books I will talk about. Expect it to be a few parts of the blog since youtube only allows 10 minutes at a time.

Pure Grimoires

Key of Solomon

Veritable Key of Solomon by David Rankine and Stephen Skinner
The Clavis or Key to the Magic of Solomon by Joseph Peterson by Ebenezer Sibley and Frederick Hockley

Hygromantica (A translation of this is on the way)

Untrustworthy

Key of Solomon by Mathers

Key of Solomon by De Laurance

Lemegeton and Goetia

The Lesser Key of Solomon by Joseph Peterson
The Goetia of Dr Rudd by David Rankine and Stephen Skinner

Lemegeton – The Complete Lesser Key of Solomon by Mitch Henson

The True Grimoire by Jake Stratton-Kent

De Nigromancia by Roger Bacon

Untrustworthy

The Goetia: The Lesser Key of Solomon the King by Mathers and Crowley

The pirated versions by Delaurance

Pure Crap

Aleister Crowley’s Illustrated Goetia: Sexual Evocation

Daemonolatry Goetia by S. Connolly

LUCIFERIAN GOETIA by Michael Ford

The Goetia Ritual Book by Kuriakos

The Goetia: How to summons these Spirits by Lightworker

Abramelin

The Book of Abramelin by Abraham Von Worms

Untrusted

The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage by Mathers

The Grand Grimoire translated Trident Edition

Also goes under the name Le Dragon Rouge, The Red Dragon

There is also a book that connects to it called Le Dragon Noire

Grimorium Verum

Grimorium Verum by Joseph Peterson

Grimorium Verum Trident Edition

The True Grimoire by Jake Stratton-Kent

Pure crap

The Grimoire Verum Ritual Book by Kuriakos or Lightworker

The Armadel

Untrustworthy

The Grimoire of Armadel by S. L. MacGregor Mathers

Pure Crap

The Grimoire of Armadel Ritual Book by Kuriakos

The Grimoire of Pope Honorius III

The Grimoire of Pope Honorius III – Trident Edition

Papal Magic: Occult Practices Within the Catholic Church by Simon (Contains a version of it)
The Grimoire of Saint Cyprian

The Grimoire of Saint Cyprian by David Rankine and Stephen Skinner

Picatrix

Picatrix-Oroborus Edition (translation from the Arabic text)

Picatrix Books I & II by Christopher Warnock, and John Greer (Entire translation for insane amounts of money on their website)

Heptameron and the Arbatel

Fourth Book of Occult Philosophy by Donald Tyson (includes Heptameron and Arbatel)

Fourth Book of Occult Philosophy by Stephen Skinner

Fourth Book of Occult Philosophy Oroborus Edition

Arbatel: Concerning the Magic of Ancients by Joseph H. Peterson

Sixth and seventh Books of Moses

Sixth and seventh Books of Moses by Joseph Peterson

Le Petite Albert
Le Grand Albert

Sworn Book of Honorius (planned release by Peterson

Le Dragon Noir

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A great review-essay on grimoire publishing posted on Hadean Press Blog written by Jake Stratton-Kent.

Yours truly is even mentioned for my work in Both Sides of Heaven.

“Both Sides of Heaven is another compilation, with a most impressive list of contributors (including ardent grimoirists Aaron Leitch, David Rankine, Stephen Skinner, plus Charlotte Rodgers and yours truly). There is much of value here, and I mention but two personal favourites. Gifted academic and occult practitioner Kim Huggens gives an excellent appraisal of the daemons intermediary role between gods and men in the Hellenistic era. Maestro Nestor shares a personal account of his liberation from a truly demonic pact made in his youth, which marked the beginning of his mature path as a grimoire traditionalist.”

By Jake Stratton-Kent

Click here to get to the entire text!

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These are the subjects I talk about in this video blog that is in 2 parts.

Defining a Grimoire

Modern Grimoires

Lesser and Greater Key of Solomon

Traditional Grimoire Magic

Modern Grimoire Magic

None Grimoire Magig disguising as Modern Grimoire Magic

How to relate to God, Angels and Demons?

How to view Christianity, Judaism and Islam?

You will find both of them on my youtube channel. Click here to go to the channel!

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First attempt so video will get better as I learn how to work the cam and software:)

Watch it here!

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