Munich Manual of Demonic Magic
The Munich Manual of Demonic Magic or Liber incantationum, exorcismorum et fascinationum variarum is a fifteenth-century grimoire manuscript. The text, composed in Latin, is largely concerned with demonology and necromancy.
Content
This is one of the only surviving manuscripts from the period which contains an invocation to work with Lilith. The ritual is called the First Mirror of Lilith. It involves the creation of a mirror adorned with magical text combined with an invocation. This allows the magician to see events, places, and information which would otherwise be hidden from his view.
List of demons
Pages 130 to 133 include a list of 11 demons, similar in part to the one from Ars Goetia. They are:
- Count / Duke Barbarus
- Duke Cason
- President / Count Otius
- King Curson
- Duke Alugor
- Prince Taob
- President Volach
- Duke Gaeneron
- Marquis Tuveries
- President Hanni
- Marquis Sucax
Publication
Richard Kieckhefer edited the text of the manuscript in 1998 under the title Forbidden Rites: A Necromancer's Manual of the Fifteenth Century. Portions of the text, in English translation, are presented in Forbidden Rites as well, embedded within the author's essays and explanations on the Munich Manual in specific and grimoires in general. The book has yet to be published in English translation in its entirety. The Russian translation of this Latin grimoire was published in 2019.