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The Key of Solomon the King: Clavicula Salomonis

This most celebrated of all magical textbooks, believed to be written by King Solomon himself, details the processes for summoning and mastering the spirits. Demonstrates that the usual theoretical distinction between black magic and white, evil magic and good, is not so simply drawn. Text: English (translation)

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Original Language: French, Hebrew, Italian, Latin

Setting
medieval
Audience
adult
Length
short · 160 pages

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