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rrev n oDuv EHr fo YIF{dOSOEID JAKE STRATTON-KENT GEOSOPHIA THE ARG o of MAGrc ENCYCLOP.4,DIA GOEI-ICA VOt,LIME II .lrom tlx Grccle., to tbe ()rinroircs BOOKS I, II, III & I\/ SCARLET IMPRINT MMX JAKE STRATTON-KENT GEOSOPHIA THE ARG o of MAGrc ENCYCLOP.4,DIA GOEI-ICA VOt,LIME II .lrom tlx Grccle., to tbe ()rinroircs BOOKS I, II, III & I\/ SCARLET IMPRINT MMX A STRICTLY LIMITED EDITION OF 5OO CLOTHBOUND EXEMPLARS €- 54 qUARTER-BOUND rN VELLUM Published by Scarlet Imprint Copyrighc zoro Jake Srratton-Kent Deslgnby JoJ6 All rights reserved No part or parrs may be reproduced by any means whatsoever wirhout prior permission being sought and obtained in writing from the publishers [email protected] JAKE STRATTON-KENT GEOSOPHIA THE ARG o of MAGrc ENCYCLOP.4,DIA GOEI-ICA VOt,LIME II .lrom tlx Grccle., to tbe ()rinroircs BOOKS I, II, III & I\/ SCARLET IMPRINT MMX CONTENTS VOLUME I Introductionr What is Goetiai 1 Goetic Timeline xxi Maps xxiv BOOK ONE Goetia €r the Grimoires I Argonautica I: Preparation tt Departure II Goetic Gallery : Argonautica 22 Implications for Modern Practice 38 BOOK T\vO The Book, the Treasure Hunt & the Cave +8 Goetic Gallery: Sibyllinia 6+ Cassandra 66 The Classical Sibyls 68 Tbe Italian Sibyls 79 Feronia 83 The Sibylline Oracles 85 Sibyls of tbe Cburch & Iater folklore 8z Conjuring the Sibyls 9r An Experiment of the Dead 9r To Know of Treasure Hidden in tbe Eartb to2 To go Invisible r03 The Geography of Hades ro8 Crossing the River ro9 Cerberus & tbe Asphodel Meadows IIO Erebus III Tartarus tr2 Elysium II3 The Isles of the Blessed TT5 The God Hades tt5 Implications for Modern Practice rr8 Our tradition tr learningfrom otbers rI8 Vi s itin g th e (J n de r w orld t2r Modern I'Jecromancy r22 BOOK THREE Goetia €r the Identity of the Magician r23 Goetic Gallery: Necromantia r36 Aeacos ry6 Tiresids r37 Interlude: Homeric Necromancy r+r Cla s s i c al I'J ecr o m a n cy r+6 Ghosts, Demons G the Grimoires r52 Goetic Gallery: Necromantia Rexurgat r55 Trophonios r55 Er of Pamphylia r6o Argonautica I: continued I9I BOOK FOUR The Founders of the Mysteries 2t+ Goetic Galleryr Astrologia 24r Argonautica II: Onward to Colchis 250 Dionysus a- ^t Argonautica II: continued zB6 Goetic Gallery: Orphica 292 Index 3C6 PLATES Hades from Tableaux du Temple des Muses Michel de Marolles, t665 The Isle of the Dead Arnold Bocklin, r88o Thracian Girl Carrying the Head of Orpbeus on his Lyre Gustave Moreau, r865 Plate depicting Cybele, a votive sacrifice and the sun god. Ai Khanoum, 2nd century BCE. Persepbone and Hades Tondo of an Attic red-figured kylix, ca.44o-43o BCE. Herakles fetching Cerberus from Hades Attic black-Egured ampho ra, ca. 49oBCE. Tiresias a()pears to Odysseus during tbe Sacrtfcing Henry Fuseli Saturn devouring his son Peter Paul Rubens, 1636 The Theft of the Golden Fleece Henry Fuseli ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS My profound gratitude to the following, in no particular order: To generations of scholars, from Charles Wycliffe Goodwin to Hans Dieter Betz, who brought us the Greek Magical Papyri. To those modern academics, rr.any named in the bibliography, who are examining Grzco-Roman magic in a new light. To Juliette Williams for asking a most leading question and supplying fabu- lous research materials. To Johnny Jakobsson and Erik de Pauw for sharing their passion for the grimoires; to Stephen Skinner and David Rankine for their prodigious researches into Solomonic magic and above all for raising awareness of its Hellenistic origins. To Brendan Hughes for providing essential hardware; to Dis and ErzebetCarr; toJoseph Peterson; to Michelle Newitt andTheresa Chisholm for their contributions to the Picatrlx section and for many other things; to Peter and Alkistis for sharing the vision.