The book of the Goetia of solomon the King

89 Pages·1904·32.32 MB·English

by  Aleister Crowley

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THE BOOK OF THE
GOETIA
OF
SOLOMON THE KING
TRANSLATED INTO THE ENGLISH TONGUE BY A
DEAD HAND
AND
ADORNED WITH DIVERS OTHER MATTERS GERMANE
DELIGHTFUL TO THE WISE
THE WHOLE
EDITED, VERIFIED, INTRODUCED AND COMMENTED
BY
ALEISTER CROWLEY
MAGICKAL CHILDE PUBLISHING
NEW YORK CITY
1989
First Edition Published by
The Society for the
Propagation of Religious Truth
Boleskine, Foyers, Inverness, Scotland, 1904
Facsimile Edition 1989
Magickal Childe, Inc.
35 West 19th Street
New York, NY 10011
ISBN 0-939-708-29-9
PREFATORY NOTE.
A.G.R.C. A.R.C.G.
THIS translation of the First Book of the " Lemegeton " (now for
the first time made accessible to English adepts and st1,ldents of the
Mysteries) was done, after careful collation and edition, from numer
ous MSS. in Hebrew, Latin, French and English, by G. H. Fra.
D.D.C.F., by the order of the Secret Chief of the Rosicrucian
Order.l 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 investigations of a com
petent 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
Mr. A. E. Waite writes (" Real History of the Rosicrucians," p. 426): "I beg
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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 I "
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 writings that he is in touch with initiated
centres, I think the syllogism, whose premisses are given above, is fair, if not quite
formal.-ED.
, It was owing to our Fra. receiving this S.Y.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.Y.A. persuade D.D.C.F.
of that lie.)
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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, 1 a
poet, and skilled student of Magical Lore, and an expert Kabbalist,
to complete openly that which had been begun in secret.2 This is
that which is written: "His Bishoprick let another take." And
again: "Oculi Tetragrammaton." This is also that which is said:
"Nomen Secundum r~rv v"p refertur ad Gebhurah; qui est Rex
secundus, quo moriente delabebantur Posteriora Matris, unde
Bt·tlul atque Corruptio A churajim Patris et Matris hoc indigit
atur."
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. 1<)03 A.D.
The task of editing the MSS. thus placed in my hands has proved practically a
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sinecure The original translator and editor had completed his work so efficiently that
very little was left for me to do beyond undertaking the business transactions connected
with it, reading the proofs, and deciphering, with transliteration from the Enochian
characters, the "Angelic" version of Perdurabo, from the priceless MS. entrusted
to me.-ED.
• 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.
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PRELIMINARY INVOCATION.
1 inuoie, tbe 15ornle •• one.
~bee
tbat DiDlt (teate tbe anD tbe 'beauenl :
~bee, ~artb
I:bee, tbat DiDst (teate tbe OiBbt anD tbe Dap.
I:bee, tbat DiDlt create tbe Darines. anD tbe Ligbt.
ttbou art SD.otronopbri.: «Ibom no man batb .een at anp time.
I:bou art laba. :
art liipol :
~bou
but DiltinguilbeD benDeen tbe ju.t anD tbe Unjust.
~bou
ttbou DiD.t maie tbe female anD .ale.
I:bou DiDlt proDuce tbe anD tbe §tuit.
~eeD
ftbou DiD.t form ",en to loue one anotber, anD to bate one anotber.
1 am "olbeb i'ropbet, unto «Ibom ftbou DiD.t commit
~bp
"plterie., tbe Clteremonie. of l.brael :
~bp
I:bou DiD.t proDuce tbe moi.t anD tbe btp, anD tbat lUbicb
nourisbetb all createD Life.
Il>ear ttbou "e, for ]' am tbe angel of I!>apbro SD.orronopbris:
tbi. i. ttbp ttrue Same, banDeD DolUn to tbe I!>ropbet. of l.brael.
'bear "e:-
ar: ttbiao: Illbeibet: atbelebersetb:
a : 15lat(Ja: abeu : Pbt:
~beu:
ttbita.oe: lb : ftbiao.
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