The Lesser Key Of
King Solomon
ΕΠΙΚΑΛΟΥΜΑΙ ΣΕ ΤΟΝ ΕΝ ΤΩ ΚΕΝΕΩ ΠΝΕΥΜΑΤΙ, ΔΕΙΝΟΝ, ΑΟΡΑΤΟΝ, ΠΑΝΤΟΚΡΑΤΟΡΑ.
ΘΕΟΝ ΘΕΩΝ, ΦΘΕΡΟΠΟΙΟΝ, ΚΑΙ ΕΡΗΜΟΠΟΙΟΝ, Ο ΜΙΣΩΝ ΟΙΚΙΑΝ ΕYΣΤΑΘΟΥΣΑΝ, ΩΣ
ΕΞΕΒΡΑΣΘΗΣ ΕΚ ΤΗΣ ΑΙΓΥΠΤΙΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΕΞΩ ΧΩΡΑΣ.
ΕΠΟΝΟΜΑΣΘΗΣ Ο ΠΑΝΤΑ ΡΗΣΣΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΜΗ ΝΙΚΩΜΕΝΟΣ.
ΕΠΙΚΑΛΟΥΜΑΙ ΣΕ ΤΥΦΩΝ ΣΗΘ ΤΑΣ ΣΑΣ ΜΑΝΤΕΙΑΣ ΕΠΙΤΕΛΩ, ΟΤΙ ΕΠΙΚΑΛΟΥΜΑΙ ΣΕ ΤΟ
ΣΟΝ ΑΥΘΕΝΤΙΚΟΝ ΣΟΤ ΟΝΟΜΑ ΕΝ ΟΙΣ ΟΥ ΔΥΝΗ ΠΑΡΑΚΟΥΣΑΙ ΙΩΕΡΒΗΘ, ΙΩΠΑΚΕΡΒΗΟ,
ΙΩΒΟΛΧΩΣΗΘ, ΙΩΠΑΤΑΘΝΑΞ, ΙΩΣΩΡΩ, ΙΩΝΕΒΟΥΤΟΣΟΥΑΛΗΘ, ΑΚΤΙΩΦΙ, ΕΡΕΣΧΙΓΑΛ,
ΝΕΒΟΠΟΩΑΛΗΘ, ΑΒΕΡΑΜΕΝΘΩΟΝ, ΛΕΡΘΕΞΑΝΑΞ, ΕΘΡΕΛΥΩΘ, ΝΕΜΑΡΕΒΑ, ΑΕΜΙΝΑ, ΟΛΟΝ
ΗΚΕ ΜΟΙ ΚΑΙ ΒΑΔΙΣΟΝ ΚΑΙ ΚΑΤΕΒΑΛΕ ΤΟΝ ΔΕΙΝΟΝ ΜΑΘΕΡΣ. ΡΙΓΕΙ ΚΑΙ ΠΥΡΕΙΩ
ΑΥΤΟΣ ΗΔΙΚΗΣΕΝ ΤΟΝ ΑΝΘΡΩΠΟΝ ΚΑΙ ΤΟ ΑΙΜA ΤΟΥ ΦΥΩΝΟΣ ΕΞΕΧΥΣΕΝ ΠΛΡ’ ΕΑΥΤΩ.
ΔΙΑ ΤΟΥΤΟ ΤΑΥΤΑ ΠΟΙΕΩ ΚΟΙΝΑ.
Preface.
This translation of the FIRST BOOK of the “_Lemegeton_” which is now for
the first time made accessible to students of TALISMANIC MAGIC was done,
after careful collation and edition, from numerous _Ancient Manuscripts_
in _Hebrew_, _Latin_, and _French_, by G. H. _Fra._ D.D.C.F., by the
order of the _Secret Chief_ of the _Rosicrucian Order_.[1] The G. H.
_Fra._, having succumbed unhappily to the assaults of the _Four Great
Princes_ (acting notably under Martial influences), it seemed expedient
that the work should be brought to its conclusion by another hand. The
investigation of a competent Skryer into the house of our unhappy
_Fra._, confirmed this divination; neither our _Fra._ nor his _Hermetic
Mul._ were there seen; but only the terrible shapes of the evil _Adepts_
S.V.A.[2] and H., whose original bodies having been sequestered by
Justice, were no longer of use to them. On this we stayed no longer Our
Hand; but withdrawing Ourselves, and consulting the Rota, and the Books
M. and Q. did decide to ask Mr. Aleister Crowley, a poet, and skilled
student of _Magical Lore_, and an expert _Kabbalist_, to complete openly
that which had been begun in secret.[3] This is that which is written:
“His Bishoprick let another take.” And again: “_Oculi Tetragammaton_.”
This is also that which is said: “Nomen Secundum refertur ad _Gebhurah_;
qui est _Rex Bittul_ atque Corruptio _Achurajim Patris et Matris_ hoc
indigitatur.”
And so saying we wish you well.
_Ex Deo Nascimur._
_In Jesu Morimur._
_Per S.S. Reviviscimus._
Given forth from our Mountain of A., this day of C.C. 1903 A. D.
Footnote 1:
_Mr. A. E. Waite_ writes (“_Real History Of The Rosicrucians_,” p.
426): “I beg leave to warn my readers that all persons who proclaim
themselves to be _Rosicrucians_ are simply members of
pseudo-fraternities, and that there is that difference between their
assertion and the fact of the case in which the essence of a lie
consists!” It is within the _Editor’s_ personal knowledge that Mr.
Waite was (and still is probably) a member of a society claiming to be
the R.C. fraternity. As _Mr. Waite_ constantly hints in his writing
that he is in touch with initiated centres, I think the _syllogism_,
whose premises are given above, is fair, if not quite formal.—ED.
Footnote 2:
It was owing to our _Fra._ receiving this S.V.A. as his Superior, and
giving up the _Arcana_ of our _Fraternity_ into so unhallowed a power,
that We decided no longer to leave Our dignity and authority in the
hands of one who could be thus easily imposed upon. (For by a childish
and easy magical trick did S.V.A. persuade D.D.C.F. of that lie.)
Footnote 3:
He that is appointed to complete in secret that which had been begun
openly is R.R., and to be heard of at the care of the Editor.