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The '''''Grimorium Verum''''' (Latin for "True Grimoire") is an 18th-century [[grimoire]] attributed to "Alibeck the Egyptian" of Memphis, who purportedly wrote it in 1517. Like many grimoires created during the medieval and renaissance periods, it claims to possess technique of [[ritual magic]] originating from [[King Solomon]].

==Origins==
The grimoire is not, in fact, a translation of an earlier work as the anonymous author claims. The first manuscript bearing the name appeared in Italian in the mid-18th century. This was subsequently translated into French and then into English.

Author and [[occultist]] [[A.E. Waite]] discussed the work in his own modern grimoire, ''[[The Book of Black Magic and of Pacts]]'' (1898), stating: "The date specified in the title of the Grimorium Verum is undeniably fraudulent; the work belongs to the middle of the eighteenth century, and Memphis is Rome."

One version of the grimoire was included as "The Clavicles of King Solomon: Book 3" in one of the French manuscripts [[S. L. MacGregor Mathers]] incorporated in his version of the ''[[Key of Solomon]]'', but it was omitted from the ''Key'' with the following explanation: "At the end there are some short extracts from the ''Grimorium Verum'' with the [[sigil|Seals]] of evil spirits, which, as they do not belong to the ''Key of Solomon'' proper, I have not given. For the evident classification of the ''Key'' is in two books and no more."

==Contents==
The book contains a fairly standard selection of invocations, seals, and rituals involving renaissance magic. [[Sigil]]s of [[demon]]s are dealt with at length, in particular [[Lucifer]], [[Beelzebub]], and [[Astaroth]]. There are also chapters dedicated to [[astrology]], but more specifically, astrology as it relates to [[ritual magic]] and the powers of various celestial spirits (including the [[planetary intelligence]]s).

The fourth section deals with the [[Goetic demon]]s and other spirits and was written with a special focus on [[Kabbalah|Kabbalistic]] magic.

The book appears to be the point of origin for the [[Ritual to Attract a Lover]], which utilizes planetary intelligences to force a woman to fall in love with a man.

===Outline===
* Book one: Concerning the character of demons
* Book two: Of planetary hours
* Book three: The preparation of the operator
* Book four: The ''[[Lesser Key of Solomon]]''

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