Sepher Raziel. Also known as Liber Salomonis. a 1564 English Grimoire from Sloane MS 3826; Sourceworks of Ceremonial Magic series - Volume VI
Singapore: Golden Hoard Press, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 296pp. Black cloth with gilt title to upper board and spine, b&w illstration tables, index. Stated first edition. A volume in the popular "Sourceworks of Ceremonial Magic" series. Sepher Raziel-also called Liber Salomonis- is a full grimoire in the Solomonic tradition from a sixteenth century manuscript. It contains seven books: the Clavis, concerned with astrology and its use in magic, with precise interactions between planets, signs, and houses; the Ala, outlining the magical virtues of stones, herbs, and animals; the Tractatus Thymiamatus, which determines perfumes and suffumigations used in the Art; a Treatise of Times detailing the correct hours of the day for each operation; a Treatise on Preparations on ritual purity, and abstinence; Samaim, on the different heavens and their angels; and finally, a Book of Names and their virtues and properties, being seven semiforas of Adam and seven semiforas of Moses. The Sepher Raziel text is given in two forms: a literal transcription with no changes in spelling or wording and a modern English version. This volume also includes a foreword in which occult scholar, Stephen Skinner, offers an overview of Raziel manuscripts, which represent a number of independent traditions; an essay on the literature of Solomonic magic in English; an introduction to the Sepher Raziel manuscript presented; an appendix on incense nomenclature as a supplement to Tractatus Thymiamatus; a list of printed notices and manuscript sources of Sepher Raziel; and a full bibliography of printed works on Solomonic magic and items of related interest. Merest hint of shelf-wear, otherwise a Fine copy in a near Fine mylar protected dust jacket. Item #70421
ISBN: 9780955738739
Price: $65.00