![]() Spell 27, for example, when drawn on someone’s food, will make them sick and unable to eat all day, while Stave 30 is designed to kill another person’s animal. Spell 46, the hilariously titled “ Fart Runes,” is a stave that will strike your enemy with “bad gas . . . and all of these will plague thy belly with great farting . . . may thy farting never stop.” Some are downright sinister. Other spells are pretty peculiar in nature. These include tiredness, difficulty with childbirth, headaches, and insomnia. The majority of the spells found in the Galdrabok are “apotropaic spells,” benign remedies designed to protect the practitioner and heal various maladies. Among the staves drawn in the Galdrabok are ones to attract and curry the favor of powerful men, incite fear in your enemies, and put someone to sleep. Like most Icelandic magic of the period, the Galdrabok relies heavily on staves-runes that have magical properties when carried on the body, carved on objects, or written out. 7 PicatrixĪn Icelandic grimoire that originated in the 16th century, the Galdrabok is a collection of 47 spells compiled by multiple magicians. It is divided into four parts that enable the operator to control the offices of all spirits. Its earliest examples date from the seventeenth century, and it invokes the hierarchies of the abyss by legions and millions. The Lemegeton ( Lesser Key of Solomon) is much more noteworthy. The power of the Divine Name is much in evidence, but the work appears to combine elements of both white and black magic. With incantations for conjuring, it gives lengthy instructions on bringing in and releasing various energies. ![]() The Key tells you how to hinder a sportsman from killing any game, how to render oneself invisible, or how to know who has committed a theft. In its popular form, its chief use appears to be in finding treasure and performing magic rites to interfere with the free will of others. It may have come to Europe through Gnostic channels and mixed with later kabbalistic notions. The Key is not an authentic Jewish work since it contains ancient concepts that may date from earlier Semitic or Babylonian times. Stories of a ring of Solomon’s are also found in the Arabian Nights. ![]() There are stories of a book of magic spells ascribed to Solomon as early as the first century the historian Flavius Josephus stated that Eleazar the Jew exorcised devils with Solomon’s book. It is supposed to be the work of King Solomon but is of later origin and was probably written in either the fourteenth or fifteenth century. The Key of Solomon the King or Clavicula Salomonis is a grimoire of medieval origin. The apex of the book’s mystical teachings is acquiring the Black Pullet itself-a hen that can find buried treasure. If your ambitions are slightly more cynical, then the Pullet also provides talismans that will force “discreet men” to tell you their secrets, allow you to see behind closed doors, and destroy anyone who is plotting against you. Among these invocations is a spell to call upon a djinn, a creature made of smoke and fire to bring you true love. The Pullet includes detailed instructions for constructing talismans out of bronzed steel, silk, and special ink. ![]() It was reportedly written by an anonymous officer in Napoleon’s Army, who claimed to have received the contents from a mysterious mage while on expedition in Egypt. Originating in France in the 18th century, The Black Pullet focuses on the study of magical talismans, special objects engraved with mystical words that protect and empower the wearer. This ceremony describes how to ascend through seven higher planes of existence and communicate with the deity Mithras. ![]() After being placed into a deep trance, the child sees images flickering in the flame.Īmong the Papyri’s most famous components is the Mithras Liturgy. One of its most well-known passages provides instructions for how to forecast upcoming events using an “iron lampstead,” “an offering of frankincense,” and an “ uncorrupted and pure” child. The most commonly found spells in the Papyri are divination spells-ceremonies that offer you visions of the future. Perhaps most tantalizing of all, they describe how to gain a supernatural assistant, an otherworldly entity who does your bidding. These included instructions for how to summon a headless demon, open doors to the underworld, and protect yourself from wild beasts. The Greek magical papyri from the second century B.C. ![]()
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