Key of SolomonCeremonial MagicMystical / EsotericLatin, French, Italian, and Hebrew magical manuscript traditions represented in EnglishShareKey of Solomon 106Mathers 1889 - EnglishMoreVersion - 1 availableMathers 1889LanguageEnglishEspañol‹Key of Solomon 3Key of Solomon 6Key of Solomon 8Key of Solomon 9Key of Solomon 10Key of Solomon 12Key of Solomon 14Key of Solomon 16Key of Solomon 19Key of Solomon 21Key of Solomon 22Key of Solomon 24Key of Solomon 26Key of Solomon 28Key of Solomon 30Key of Solomon 32Key of Solomon 34Key of Solomon 36Key of Solomon 38Key of Solomon 40Key of Solomon 42Key of Solomon 45Key of Solomon 46Key of Solomon 47Key of Solomon 48Key of Solomon 49Key of Solomon 50Key of Solomon 51Key of Solomon 53Key of Solomon 55Key of Solomon 57Key of Solomon 59Key of Solomon 60Key of Solomon 63Key of Solomon 65Key of Solomon 67Key of Solomon 69Key of Solomon 71Key of Solomon 73Key of Solomon 76Key of Solomon 79Key of Solomon 81Key of Solomon 83Key of Solomon 85Key of Solomon 87Key of Solomon 89Key of Solomon 91Key of Solomon 93Key of Solomon 95Key of Solomon 97Key of Solomon 99Key of Solomon 101Key of Solomon 103Key of Solomon 104Key of Solomon 106Key of Solomon 107Key of Solomon 109›Ancient Fragment Of The Key Of Solomon,Key of Solomon 106ListenPlay this chapter in spoken English.Save chapterListen to chapter1Translated from the Hebrew by Eliphaz Levi; and given in his “ Philosophe Occulted — Serie //., page 136. 2I will now give unto thee the Key of the Kingdom of the Spirits. 3This Key is the same as that of the Mysterious Numbers of Yetzirah. 4The Spirits are governed by the natural and universal Hierarchy of things. 5Three command Three through the medium of Three. 6There are the Spirits of Above, those of Below, and those of the Centre; then if thou invertest the Sacred Ladder, if thou descendest instead of ascending, thou wilt discover the Counter-Hierarchy of the Shells, or of the Dead Spirits. 7Know thou only that the Principalities of Heaven, the Virtues, and the Powers, are not Persons, but dignities. 8They are the Degrees of the Sacred Ladder upon which the Spirits ascend and descend. 9Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, and the others, are not Names but Titles. 10The First of the Divine Conceptions called the Sephiroth is Kether or the Crown. 11The First Category of the Spirits is that of Chaioth Ha-Qadesh or the Intelligences of the Divine Tetragram, whose Letters are symbolised by the Mysterious Animals in the Prophecy of Ezekiel. 12Their empire is that of unity and synthesis. They correspond to the Intelligence. 13They have for adversaries the Thamiel or Double-Headed Ones, the Demons of revolt and of anarchy, whose two Chiefs, ever at War with each other, are Satan and Moloch. 14The Second Number is two; the second Sephira is Chokmah or Wisdom. 15The Spirits of Wisdom are the Auphanim, a Name which signifieth the Wheels, because all acts in Heaven like immense Wheels spangled with Stars. Their Empire is that of Harmony. They correspond to the Reason. 16They have for Adversaries the Chaigidel, or the Shells which attach themselves to Material and Lying Appearances. Their Chief, or rather their 17Guide, for Evil Spirits obey no one, is Beelzebub, whose Name signifieth the God of Flies, because Flies haunt putrefying corpses. 18The third Number is three. The third Sephira is Binah or Understanding. 19The Spirits of Binah are Aralim, or the Strong. Their empire is the creation of ideas; they correspond to activity and energy of thought. 20They have for adversaries the Satariel, or concealers, the Demons of absurdity, of intellectual inertia, and of Mystery. The Chief of the Satariel is Lucifuge, called falsely and by anti-phrase Lucifer (as the Eumenides, who are the Furies, are called in Greek the Gracious Ones). 21The fourth Number is four. The fourth Sephira is Gedulah or Chesed, Magnificence or Mercy. 22The Spirits of Gedulah are the Chaschmalim, or the Lucid Ones. Their empire is that of beneficence; they correspond to the imagination. 23They have for adversaries the Gamchicoth or the Disturbers of Souls. The Chief or Guide of these Demons is Ashtaroth or Astarte, the impure Venus of the Syrians, whom they represent with the head of an ass or of a bull, and the breasts of a woman. 24The fifth Number is five. The fifth Sephira is Geburah or Justice. 25The Spirits of Geburah are the Seraphim, or the Spirits burning with zeal. Their empire is that of the chastisement of crimes. They correspond to the faculty of comparing and of choosing. 26They have for adversaries the Golab or incendiaries. Genii of wrath and sedition, whose Chief is Asmodeus, whom they call also Samael the Black. 27The sixth Number is six. The sixth Sephira is Tiphereth the Supreme Beauty. 28The Spirits of Tiphereth are the Malachim, or the Kings. Their empire is that of the Universal Harmony. They correspond to the judgment. 29They have for adversaries the Tagaririm, or Disputers, whose Chief is Belphegor. 30The seventh Number is seven. The seventh Sephira is Netzach, or Victory. 31The Spirits of Netzach are the Elohim or the Gods, that is to say the representatives of God. Their empire is that of progress and of life; they correspond to the Sensorium or to sensibility. 32They have for adversaries the Harab-Serapel, or the Ravens of Death, whose Chief is Baal. 33The eighth Number is eight. The eighth Sephira is Hod or eternal order. 34The Spirits of Hod are the Beni-Elohim or Sons of the Gods. Their empire is that of order; they correspond to the inner sense. 35They have for adversaries the Samael or jugglers, whose Chief is Adramelech. 36The ninth Number is nine. The ninth Sephira is Yesod, or the funda- mental principle. 37The Spirits of Yesod are the Cherubim or Angels, those powers which 38fecundate the earth, and which are represented in Hebrew symbolism under the form of bulls. Their empire is that of fecundity. They correspond to true ideas. 39They have for adversaries the Gamaliel or obscene, whose Queen is Lilith the Demon of debaucheries. 40The tenth Number is ten. The tenth Sephira is Malkuth, or the kingdom of Forms. 41The Spirits of Malkuth are the Ischim, or the virile ones; they are the souls of the Saints whose Chief is Moses. (Let us not forget that it is Solomon who speaks. — Eliphaz Levi.) 42They have for adversaries the wicked ones who obey Nahema, the Demon of Impurity. 43The wicked are symbolised by the five accursed nations whom Joshua was to destroy. 44Joshua, or Jehoshua the Saviour, is a symbol of the Messiach. 45His Name is composed of the letters of the Divine Tetragram changed into the Pentagram by the addition of the Letter Schin (see Figure 94). 46Each letter of this Pentagram represents a power of good attacked by the five accursed nations. 47For the real history of the people of God is the allegorical legend of Humanity. 48The Anarchists are vanquished by the Yod, which is the Sceptre of the Father. 49The Violent are vanquished by the He, which is the Gentleness of the Mother. 50The Cowards are vanquished by the Vau, which is the Sword of Michael, and Generation by travail and pain. 51The Voluptuous are vanquished by the second He, which is the painful bringing forth of the Mother. 52Lastly, the Aggressors are vanquished by the Schin, which is the Fire of the Lord and the equilibrating Law of Justice. 53The Princes of the Perverse Spirits are the False Gods whom they adore. 54Hell has then no other government than that fatal law which punishes perversity and corrects error, for the false Gods only exist in the false opinion of their adorers. 55Baal, Belphegor, Moloch, Adramelech, have been the idols of the Syrians; idols without soul, idols now destroyed, and of whom the Name alone remaineth. ‹Previous chapterKey of Solomon 104Next chapterKey of Solomon 107›Similar passagesBy tradition and source labelFind similarCompare selectedCompare with similarAsk Deep ThoughtSelect passages to search for parallels.Tap any verse to select it, then compare selected passages or ask Deep Thought. 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