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The manuscript in the Folger Shakespeare library is preceded by sundry materials lifted from ''Arbatel de magia veterum'' (amazingly only two years after its publication), the ''Enchiridion of Pope Leo III'', and ''Sefer Raziel HaMalakh'', and followed with a version of the ''[[Key of Solomon]]''. The section ''Officium de spirittibus'' [sic] begins describing "the three devils" ([[Lucifer]], [[Bael]], and [[Satan]]), and the four kings of the [[air (element)|air]] ([[Leraje]] over the east, [[Paimon]] the west, [[Aim]] the north, and [[Bune]] the south), and the means of calling them. It then lists an additional seventy-five [[demon]]s, for a total of eighty-two. Many of the demons are comparable to those in the ''[[Lesser Key of Solomon]]''. | The manuscript in the Folger Shakespeare library is preceded by sundry materials lifted from ''Arbatel de magia veterum'' (amazingly only two years after its publication), the ''Enchiridion of Pope Leo III'', and ''Sefer Raziel HaMalakh'', and followed with a version of the ''[[Key of Solomon]]''. The section ''Officium de spirittibus'' [sic] begins describing "the three devils" ([[Lucifer]], [[Bael]], and [[Satan]]), and the four kings of the [[air (element)|air]] ([[Leraje]] over the east, [[Paimon]] the west, [[Aim]] the north, and [[Bune]] the south), and the means of calling them. It then lists an additional seventy-five [[demon]]s, for a total of eighty-two. Many of the demons are comparable to those in the ''[[Lesser Key of Solomon]]''. | ||
The next to last entry, "[[Oberion]]," shifts the focus from demons to fairies. After the eighty-one demons, the book details Mycob (wife of Oberion) and their seven daughters. It then repeats the four kings of the air, listing twelve demons under each of them. After this, it begins describing the spirits of the days of the week and the incenses and conjurations needed to summon them, lifting material from ''[[Grimoire of Pope Honorius|The Sworn Book of Honorius]]'' and [[Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa]]'s ''[[Three Books of Occult Philosophy]]''. It follows with a list of Greek and Roman gods, a note about which spirits rule [[Hell]], and an entry to summon spirits "that make books and write books," before giving instructions on how to summon the angel over each day of the week, including instructions for magic circles, consecrations, use of [[holy water]] and [[exorcist|exorcisms]] of fire. This portion uses elements of scripture, Sarum Missal, the Key of Solomon, Arbatel, Honorius, Agrippa, Raziel, and what would become the Tridentine Mass. It also shares some prayers found in the ''[[Munich Manual of Demonic Magic]]''. | The next to last entry, "[[Oberion]]," shifts the focus from demons to fairies. After the eighty-one demons, the book details Mycob (wife of Oberion) and their seven daughters. It then repeats the four kings of the air, listing twelve demons under each of them. After this, it begins describing the spirits of the days of the week and the incenses and conjurations needed to summon them, lifting material from ''[[Grimoire of Pope Honorius|The Sworn Book of Honorius]]'' and [[Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa]]'s ''[[Three Books of Occult Philosophy]]''. It follows with a list of Greek and Roman gods, a note about which spirits rule [[Hell]], and an entry to summon spirits "that make books and write books," before giving instructions on how to summon the angel over each day of the week, including instructions for magic circles, consecrations, use of [[holy water]] and [[exorcist|exorcisms]] of fire. This portion uses elements of scripture, Sarum Missal, the ''[[Key of Solomon]]'', Arbatel, Honorius, Agrippa, Raziel, and what would become the Tridentine Mass. It also shares some prayers found in the ''[[Munich Manual of Demonic Magic]]''. | ||
After this is a section on [[necromancy]], involving magic circles and calling upon the aforementioned four kings, names of [[Yahweh|God]], and different saints to constrain a called spirit. The instructions on necromancy are followed by a means of finding hidden treasure that is similar to the method used by [[Edward Kelley]], with spells to bind the spirit guarding the treasure. Following this is yet another means of summoning King Leraje, and then similar instructions to summon a spirit named Baron, and a spell named "an experiment of Rome," and spells to find lost items, steal items, see spirits (involving the invocation of King Arthur), and enchanting hazel rods. | After this is a section on [[necromancy]], involving magic circles and calling upon the aforementioned four kings, names of [[Yahweh|God]], and different saints to constrain a called spirit. The instructions on necromancy are followed by a means of finding hidden treasure that is similar to the method used by [[Edward Kelley]], with spells to bind the spirit guarding the treasure. Following this is yet another means of summoning King Leraje, and then similar instructions to summon a spirit named Baron, and a spell named "an experiment of Rome," and spells to find lost items, steal items, see spirits (involving the invocation of King Arthur), and enchanting hazel rods. | ||