The Veritable Key of Solomon

«I have said in my heart, "I will enter deep into the wonderful secrets of this vast Universe that the Almighty Creator has made, with a profound respect. And since He has shared His wisdom with me, I will use it to glorify the supremacy of His Creation.» — abre el prefacio del Key 1, The Keys of Rabbi Solomon, en la voz de Salomón: el conocimiento del universo se declara don compartido por Dios y su uso, alabanza.

«If previously in my Book of Proverbs, I said, that it is wise to hide the King's secret and keep it close to your chest» — el mismo prefacio se enfrenta con su propio precedente bíblico antes de revocarlo.

«will change what I have said and declare that it is good to publish the secret of the Kings and to share them between true wise men and not to hide any secret from them, unless they are foolish, so that each wise person may be able to gain supreme power, which is his right.» — la revocación: el Key 1 justifica su propia publicación invirtiendo el proverbio, con la única reserva de los necios.

«This is what has prompted me to write this mystical Book, which I call 'The Keys' or 'The Mystical Keys' and by calling it by this name, I do not mean for it to be fanciful in any way.» — el texto explica su título y niega que sea metáfora.

«By means of these Keys, you will be permitted to penetrate into the deepest secret chambers. And with the help of this little work [po ii] you will be able to enter into the knowledge of miracles, which the Lord God has kept locked up in the Palace of the Universe, which he has created as a dwelling place for mankind.» — la promesa del prefacio; [po ii] es el folio del manuscrito, marcado dentro del cuerpo por la edición.

«In this work, everyone will find something pleasing according to his own expectations. Great men will remain great, and the lowly will rise out of the dust; men of war will succeed in their dangerous missions; the poor will become rich and the rich will preserve their wealth and their treasures will increase; the sick will regain their health and those who are already in good health will prevent or delay the onset of disease. In short, all manner of good fortune will come to the wise man who knows exactly when to use this mystical Key, which holds the wonders hidden in Nature.» — el reparto de beneficios por estado social, y la condición que los gobierna: saber cuándo.

«They will learn how to command the Spirits, which the Lord God has created from each of the Elements, so that they can serve the followers of Cabalistic Wisdom in their different ministries.» — la doctrina que sostiene la operación: los espíritus son criaturas elementales creadas por Dios para servir.

«For those who wish to devote themselves to this science, it is important that they believe with conviction in the Spirits,l who are free from base and worldly matters. The Cabalist sages have called them Gnomes, Sylphs, Salamanders and Nymphs, and they have extraordinary powers to do quite remarkable things, when you request them to do so with the appropriate ceremonies.» — la creencia se pone como requisito operativo, y los cuatro nombres elementales se adjudican a los sabios cabalistas; la l es llamada de nota.

«You should also be aware that there are hours, days and seasons, which are more suitable, some more than others, for your Prayers, Invocations and Conjurations to gain their good will, and this will be treated in more detail in the course of this Book.» — la segunda condición del prefacio: el tiempo elegido.

«Before anything else, you should be warned that you cannot omit anything from the instructions, which have been laid out for working with the Mysteries of this Great Art.» — capítulo I del Key 1: la primera regla es que el procedimiento no admite recortes.

«In addition, it is pointless to question the relationship between the Planets and a piece of virgin parchment paper, or a metal plate charger. with a number of Talismans or Characters, which can produce such admirable effects.» — el texto declara fuera de lugar la pregunta por el vínculo entre planeta y soporte material del talismán.

«In the same way, it is useless to suggest that there is some explicit or implicit pact in this Art.» — el Key 1 rechaza de entrada la acusación de pacto, que es la que hacía condenable al grimorio.

«You will need to be hard working and you will need to apply yourself and devote your whole attention to working with the Art. You will need to abstain from strong drink, detach yourselves from worldly pleasures and sexual immorality, so that you will never be distracted from your work. Since [even] one error committed will have serious consequences.» — la disciplina exigida, con la razón operativa: un solo error tiene consecuencias graves; los corchetes son de la traducción.

«You should also be well versed in Astronomy, or at least be under the guidance of someone who is.» — el requisito astronómico, con la alternativa de trabajar guiado por quien lo cumpla.

«Above all, you should be fearless and courageous and stand firm when you call up apparitions of Spirits. And if [po 3] one of them challenges your control, you should have some supportive and inconspicuous person accompany you. For a weak mind, being naturally inclined to create imaginary phantoms that never go away, [it] will create an overpowering fear.» — el texto explica el miedo por la debilidad de la mente y prescribe un acompañante; [po 3] es el folio del manuscrito.

«In short, you should have great confidence and be determined to expect success, and you should observe everything that is set out in this precious Book exactly, as it contains all the mysteries of the Cabalah.» — el cierre del capítulo I, con la autodefinición del libro.

«This is the Confession that you should make before beginning any work. Do not believe that it is a superstition, since the Sovereign Authority will be pleased to share his favours with those who are humble in their hearts and who confess that they are upright» — el texto introduce la confesión y sale al paso de la objeción de superstición.

«I also despise the crimes that I have committed through wicked and impure thoughts and reflections, false suspicions, rash judgments, bad advice, which I have taken, adopted and showing favour to the advice of the impious; through lusting after pleasures of the flesh and all manner of sensuality.» — de la confesión misma, que enumera pecados de pensamiento junto a los de obra.

«Because the essence of Spirits and other Celestial Intelligences contain in part some of the nature of God, so they will appear to us and talk to us more willingly in the stillness of lonely places.» — capítulo II del Key 1: la razón doctrinal del lugar apartado está en la naturaleza participada de los espíritus, no en el secreto.

«You need to have procured a small chamber or a secret room, into which no one else is able to enter, in particular girls and women, who can defile its cleanliness through their menses, which is a natural weakness.» — la exclusión de mujeres del recinto, con la razón que el propio texto da.

«It is important that the place, which you have chose is also clean, because you will not be able to use any decoration or unnecessary ornament in the place, as it might distract you and lead your spirit and imagination astray.» — la limpieza y la desnudez del cuarto se justifican por la atención, no por la pureza ritual.

«It goes without saying, that when it comes to performing your Operations, the most pure you can be for dedicating yourselves to the Art is when you rise at dawn. This is because your spirit is in a state of great tranquillity and is less prone to be distracted and will not be full of extraneous thoughts, which will divert its attention.» — el alba se elige por el estado del ánimo del operador.

«The Talismans, Pentacles, Mystical Images, Sigils, Characters and other suchlike Talismans, which are the main tools for working with Occult Science, can be created with different materials. You can make them on virgin parchment, on metal plates, on magnetic stones, on jasper, agate and on other precious stones.» — capítulo III del Key 1: los soportes admitidos para las figuras.

«But it does not last as well as the metals, nor can it be used in the same ways since the metals have [direct] correspondences with the Planets.» — el pergamino queda por debajo del metal, y la razón es la correspondencia planetaria.

«They must [po 11] have some correspondence and similarity with the Planet and Constellation of the Cabalistic diagram you are working with.» — la regla general de materia y planeta.

«For instance, if you were to use a lead plate and engrave a diagram relating to the Sun on it, you would not succeed at all. And it is the same for all the other Planets.» — el texto pone la falla del cruce metal-planeta como fracaso total de la operación.

«Take a little lamb or a little kid goat, six weeks old or thereabouts, and have it ready for the eve of the feast day of St John the Baptist.» — arranque de la fabricación del pergamino virgen, fechada en la víspera de San Juan.

«Then cut its throat with a new knife, used only for Operations of the Art and which has not been used for any other purpose.» — la exclusividad del instrumento, que reaparece en todo el Key 1.

«You should not rely upon meddlesome charlatans, who try to sell this kind of parchment but you should make a conscientious effort to try to make it yourself and here is this method for preparing it.» — el texto desconfía del pergamino comprado y manda hacerlo.

«As you will have noted above, this procedure should be begun on the eve of the feast day of St John the Baptist,l since [po 15] in the original Hebrew of the Keys, it is said that this should be on the 23rd day of June, according to our calendar, when the sun is at its peak and in the highest part of our hemisphere.» — el texto invoca un original hebreo de las Claves para fijar la fecha, la misma fuente hebrea que la introducción declara no hallada.

«Animals, birds, insects, plants, herbs and other things, which you will be able to use in appropriate secret Operations of the Cabalah, must be prepared as much as possible under a sympathetic planetary constellation and at the right hour, especially if it falls on the eve of the feast day of St John the Baptist.» — la regla del tiempo se extiende a toda la materia viva de la operación.

«It is very important to have a small casket of olive or hazel wood, a foot and a half 1 in length and the height and width proportional to the length. You can use another wood, if you like, with no reservations, provided that it is new, lined with a piece of new white cloth and fitted with a little lock.» — capítulo IV del Key 1: el cofre que guarda el equipo, con la licencia de cambiar la madera si es nueva; el 1 es llamada de nota.

«In addition, you should have three knives in the casket, one of which should be sharp and with a white handle, another whose point should be in the shape of ancient cutlasses, with a black handle, and one whose point should be in the shape of a sickle, also with a black handle.» — los tres cuchillos del arte, distinguidos por color de mango y forma de punta.

«You will also have in the same casket a phial made of strong glass, filled with purified water, that is to say, water prepared with the ceremonies used for water blessed on the eve of Easter.» — el agua del arte se define por el rito litúrgico del Sábado Santo.

«Also a small ball of new thread in order to help draw the bigger circles with accuracy, when you are required to make them on the ground or on the floor during the Great Operations.» — el cordel de trazar, único instrumento de medida del círculo.

«The Sages of Old have called the Sun and the Moon, 'The Eyes of Heaven'. They meant by this name, that the Creator of the Universe has endowed these two Eyeglasses with major and special authority over everything that he has made in Nature.» — capítulo V del Key 1: la autoridad de los dos luminares se deriva del Creador.

«If you need to, consult an Almanac or take the advice of a skilled Astrologer, or even use the Ephemerides of Argole» — el texto remite a instrumentos impresos y a un tercero para el cálculo.

«The strictest of observers will note that the Moon begins its progression at the beginning of the Sign of the Ram [Aries] and at this time, emits most benevolent influences for prosperity, journeys and business. Any Talismans or Characters made under this Constellation at this particular time will protect travellers, and people conducting business, from dangers and perils.» — apertura del recorrido lunar por los doce signos; los corchetes son de la traducción.

«Then, entering into the Sign of the Crab [Cancer], which our ancestors have called Alnaza, that is to say, the Dark House,l [po 23] the Moon radiates malign influences, such as successful betrayals, conspiracies and other assaults.» — el único signo que el capítulo declara maligno de suyo, con su nombre de mansión.

«Nevertheless, if the Crab finds itself in a benign aspect with the auspicious Planets, such as Jupiter, Venus or Mercury, then the Talismans will be favourable for love, games of chance and for the discovery of treasures.» — y la excepción que el mismo pasaje le pone: el aspecto benéfico revierte el signo.

«Happy is he, who knows how to take advantage of the discovery, which our ancient Sages made through their many high quality and praiseworthy experiments on the Stars' influence on the Talismans, which you should prepare with precision.» — cierre del capítulo V: la doctrina se declara resultado de experimentos de los antiguos.

«Those who have never worked with the mystic Talismans of the Occult Science before, must begin with the eight Pentacles called 'The Majors', the Talismans of which you can see later on. This is to say that you can find the twelve Great Names of God in one of these, and the remaining seven are for each day of the week, made in honour of the Spirits who control the influences of the seven Planets to which each day of the week has been assigned.» — capítulo VI del Key 1: el orden de aprendizaje empieza por los ocho pentáculos mayores, uno de nombres divinos y siete de días.

«NB: That if you insist on working with virgin parchment, you should use a crow's feather and if you work with metal, you should use the chisel or the bradawl from the Cas» — la herramienta cambia con el soporte; el tramo se corta donde la plana.

«The first one is called liThe Grand Pentacle of Solomon" and must be made with great accuracy, because it must be present at every Operation of the Great Art.» — el Gran Pentáculo se declara obligatorio en toda operación; la capa de texto rinde la comilla de apertura como li.

«You can work on any day of the week except Saturday, because this day is not ordinarily very fortunate, being consecrated to Saturn, which has only harmful influences, unless Saturn meets Jupiter and Venus in a benign aspect.» — el sábado queda excluido, con la excepción que el propio texto admite.

«The particular characteristic of this pentacle is to protect from the explicit fright you can get, naturally, from Spirits when you invoke and conjure them to appear while you are performing your mystical Operations. These characters are so powerful that even the most wicked of Spirits, belonging to Saturn, cannot harm anyone in any way whatsoever, when this Pentacle is presented to them, and it works even if they abstain from appearing in less frightening forms.» — la función declarada del Gran Pentáculo es contra el miedo del operador, antes que contra el espíritu.

«It is not even enough to say that the first hour of each day begins at the moment the sun rises. In order not to make any mistake, you should be advised that the sun can rise earlier or later in different places, according to the different degrees of elevation of the hemisphere [i.e. latitude].» — capítulo VII del Key 1: la hora primera cambia con la latitud; el corchete es de la traducción.

«for those who wish to practice this wonderful science, it is necessary to know Astrology and even arithmetic.» — el requisito de cálculo, dicho en la voz del texto.

«It is not a bad thing to advise you that all your necessary items for the aforementioned Operation should be prepared [beforehand], and you should not wait until the most favourable hour arrives to begin your Operation.» — la consecuencia práctica de trabajar por horas: todo se prepara antes.

«You will find later on the Characters for the Intelligences and Dcemons of every Planet along with their Names, which the famous Father d' Abano argues to be wonderful for the creation of Pentacles and Talismans &c. He quotes a few unexpected incidents in the small commentary he made about the confusing difficulties of the Occult Philosophy of Agrippa.» — el propio Key 1 declara su deuda con Abano y con el comentario a Agrippa; la capa de texto rinde Daemons como Dcemons.

«This incident should persuade you even more that in everything that you do, you should do it with precision and take note of this in the ceremonies and circumstances relating to your Operations.» — el texto usa un caso de talismán amoroso en la corte romana como argumento de exactitud ritual.

«As for the rest, you can imagine that this is no fanciful ceremony. For it is as unchanging as the [po 36] Airy Spirits, who were intended to be at the service of humankind by the Creator. They can be attracted by the Perfumes and conversely the smoke of these Perfumes holds back evil and wicked Spirits, who can hinder benevolent influences.» — capítulo VIII del Key 1: el perfume se defiende como física de los espíritus aéreos, no como ceremonia.

«You can see this [exemplified] in the story of Tobias in the Holy Pages of the Scriptures,1 when an Angel who was guiding him, commanded that when he is in the room of the woman he intended to marry, he should not fail to throw a perfume on the glowing coals, made from the liver of a fish, which he had gutted, so that by the secret virtue of this perfume, the evil spirits who had choked the woman's first husbands would be repelled from the bridal chamber [and therefore not kill him], as in effect happened, fortunately.» — el texto respalda la doctrina del perfume con el libro de Tobías.

«Here are the ingredients for a Perfume, which can be used in this manner and which I have gathered from the writings of the famous Hermes.» — el Key 1 declara a Hermes como fuente de una de sus recetas.

«Those who would approach them to take any of the treasure away, will not only be repelled but will also run the risk of going insane, unless they are endowed with a Talisman and a Perfume of a greater virtue and have the power to attract other Spirits, who by the allure of the first Perfume will make the protecting Spirit give up the treasure.» — el perfume del tesoro se describe como guarda y como contragurada, en el mismo pasaje.

«True adherents of the Cabalistic Art and lovers of the Occult Science must not be content with just reciting Prayers, Invocations and Conjurations during their particular Operations. You need to recite them faithfully every day, whether you are performing an Operation or not. This is an essential practice for all those who wish to take advantage and succeed in the Art.» — capítulo IX del Key 1: la oración se manda diaria, fuera de la operación.

«You must take note, that you should recite them with your face turned towards the South 1 and with great concentration, and in the method outlined in the following pages.» — la orientación al sur de la recitación; el 1 es llamada de nota.

«These sorts of Consecrations in the form of Exorcisms are performed only once, that is to say, the first time you use something you work with in a Cabalistic Operation and which has not yet been consecrated either by ourselves or by someone else.» — capítulo X del Key 1: la consagración es única y vale la hecha por otro.

«When this is lit, say the following prayer over the fire and water while making the sign of the Cross, traced with your left hand.» — la señal de la cruz con la izquierda, dentro de un rito que el texto llama exorcismo.

«"0 Theos omnipotens, qui de nihilo cuncta creasti per virtutem tuorum ineffabilium nominum Jehova, Erigion, Adonay, Eloym, dei his Creaturis + + 2 quas ad nostrum usum esudidisti, talem efficaciam, ut alia omnia possint purificare et sanctificare per aspersionem et adustionem, sic te precor et oro, Taustos, Taustazon, Barachedio, Gedita, Mathon, Igion. Amen.» — la oración latina de consagración del fuego y el agua, con los nombres divinos y la serie Taustos-Igion que se repite en las tres oraciones del capítulo; las cruces marcan dónde signarse.

«I will say, therefore, that the ancient Sages, who have been the most learned in all the Cabalistic Sciences have allocated a colour to each of the Planets, which we will specify in the section on the days of the week.» — capítulo XI del Key 1: los colores planetarios se adjudican a los sabios antiguos.

«And on the reverse side, you engrave a mystic number, which you place in several little squares, so that you can read these numbers from any position, whether from above to below or from below to above; from whatever angle, sideways or lengthways, from the right or from the left you will always find the same number.» — el reverso del talismán lleva un cuadrado numérico de suma constante.

«In order to leave nothing wanting for the Amateurs of the Occult Science, I believe it important to give them here the names of the four seasons and the angels who rule them.» — capítulo XII del Key 1: abre el aparato de correspondencias con los ángeles de las cuatro estaciones.

«In the first [outer] circle of this Pentacle for Sunday, the names of the four Celestial Spirits, who control the influences of the Stars for the day of Sunday, are portrayed and you should invoke and conjure them in your Operations only on this day.» — la lectura del pentáculo por círculos concéntricos, y la restricción de día.

«Varcan is the most noble of the four and turning towards the Eastern Quarter, it is he, whom you first need to invoke and then you can invoke the others while turning towards the three other quarters of the world» — el orden de invocación, que empieza al este por el rey del día.

«In the third circle, you can see the venerable names of God and it would be good to utter these during the Operation.» — el tercer círculo, de nombres divinos.

«What I have just said concerning the Pentacle of Sunday, [po 51] will serve as an explication for all the other Pentacles for each day of the week, because you will have to use the same method for creating each one of them.» — el propio texto declara que la explicación del domingo vale para los siete días, y por eso la serie siguiente solo cambia nombres.

«This Perfume, in order to be completed perfectly, must be made up of Saffron, Amber, Musk, Aloe Wood, Balm Wood, Laurel seeds, Cloves, Myrrh and Incense, these herbs should all be a sixth of an ounce, with the exception of the amber and musk, which should only be a grain of each. Mix the whole lot together in order to make a pleasant odour. Add some brain of eagle or some blood of a white cockerel» — el perfume del domingo, primero de la serie de siete: vegetal aromático más una materia animal solar.

«On the first side of this sacred Pentacle, in the middle of the circle you can see four names of the Almighty, placed in order in the little squares. There are four other names of the Almighty in the second circle.» — la lectura del pentáculo admirable del domingo, cara por cara.

«This sacred Pentacle has been taken from the mystical Book of Rabbi Hania,2entitled 'The Cabalistic Conjectures'.» — el Key 1 declara la fuente de uno de sus pentáculos; el 2 pegado es la llamada de nota.

«Pentacle of the Angel Verchiel, Ruler of the Sun, resident of the Lion (Leo), most supreme for winning lawsuits and by means of which, there is nothing that you cannot obtain from its Judges, even from Kings.» — pie del pentáculo de Verchiel, con el uso judicial que el texto le adjudica.

«If someone has been imprisoned, detained or fettered with iron chains, he shall immediately be set free in the presence of this golden and engraved Pentacle On the day and hour of the Sun.» — el pentáculo de la liberación, con la doble condición de metal y hora.

«Metals are amongst the objects related to the Sun, of which Gold takes the first place. From amongst the minerals, Orpiment, yellow Ochre and Cambogia. From the stones, there is that wonderful stone, which you find in an eagle's nest, which is called lEthites,l or Eagle Stone, Chrysolite, the Stone of Hyacinth, Ruby, the Stone of the Rainbow,2 the stone called Pantarue,3 which has the quality of attracting other stones to itself, like the magnet attracts iron. From the trees and plants relating to the Sun, there are those, which in general turn towards the Sun, such as the Laurel Tree, the Cedar, the male Palm Tree, the Ash Tree, Ivy, Heliotrope, Celandine, Gentian, Pevonia,4 Satinwood, Ginger, Dittany and Vervain. From the animals, the Lion, the Horse, the Lynx, the Bull and the Wolf. From aromatic spices, Balm, Saffron, Musk, Ambergris, Clove and Cinnamon. From the birds, the Eagle, the Cockerel, the Vulture, the Swan and the Skylark. From the reptiles or insects, all those who glow such as the Glow Worm. From the fish, the Sea Lion, the Whiting, the Pike, and the Golden Carp.» — la tabla solar completa, modelo de las seis que la siguen: el criterio de reparto es la semejanza visible, y las cifras voladas son llamadas de nota.

«The colour yellow with a saffron or crimson gild, and those which have a shine to them.» — el color del Sol, que remata su tabla.

«This Perfume, in order to be completed perfectly must be made up of the following spices: A dried frog's head and bull's eyes, a white poppy seed, the most exquisite incense and a small amount of camphor.» — el perfume del lunes, donde lo que cambia frente al del domingo es la materia animal y el frío de la Luna.

«The ancient Mages and Men of Learning in the Cabalistic Art had good reason to believe that a Talisman for the purpose of making journeys more fortunate would be even more effective if made on this day. They also believed that the dominating Planet of Monday had the most favourable influences for journey either by land or sea.» — lo propio del lunes en el Key 1: el talismán de viaje.

«Even though it seems that Friday under the auspices of Venus is intended more for this purpose, you can nevertheless be assured that if you find the Moon in a favourable position during Monday, then the Talisman, which you create will have as much power as the one made on a Friday.» — el texto admite que el amor es materia de Venus y aun así habilita el lunes, con la condición de la posición lunar.

«Iamblichus gives us an eye-witness account in regards to the following Talisman, swearing that a simple fellow he was very well acquainted with and who taught him some of the Science we are now dealing with in these Keys, had great success with it.» — el Key 1 invoca a Jámblico como testigo presencial de un talismán, y de paso reclama continuidad con la enseñanza antigua.

«Samax is the principle Celestial Spirit, who is enclosed in this Pentacle. You should invoke him, while turning towards the Eastern Quarter. You should not be fearful of his appearance, nor of the other Spirits who accompany him, even though they may appear in strange forms.» — el rey del martes, y lo que cambia de un día a otro en esta serie: el nombre del rey y la advertencia sobre su aspecto.

«You must give them license to depart with respect, when you have obtained what you want.» — la licencia de partida, cláusula que se repite día por día en toda la serie.

«This perfume, in order to be well made and completed perfectly, must be made with the following herbs. Euphorbia, Belladonna, Ammonia Salt, roots from two Hellebores, powder of Magnetised Stone and a small amount of Sulphur. You need to grind the whole lot into a powder and make a paste out of it with the blood of a Black Cat and the brain of a Crow.» — el perfume del martes: aquí la materia es venenosa, no aromática.

«Modiat is the principle Celestial Spirit enclosed in this Pentacle. You should invoke him while turning towards the Eastern Quarter. There is nothing in his appearance, nor in the appearance of the Spirits who accompany him, which can frighten you, if you have a firm Character.» — el rey del miércoles; la advertencia sobre el aspecto se invierte respecto de la de Marte.

«The two following Talismans or Pentacles are good for protecting against being made a prisoner, whether on sea or on land.» — lo propio del miércoles: los talismanes contra la prisión.

«Their power is so far-reaching, that they can save a man who has them in his possession from prison and can rescue him from slavery, if that is where he has ended up.» — el alcance que el texto les adjudica, hasta la esclavitud.

«The following Pentacle refers to the Angel Hamoniel, Ruler of Mercury and of the Virgin [Virgo], who by their influences, produce the vision of the Mercurial Spirits and makes people who carry it lucky in business and games.» — el ángel de Mercurio con su signo y sus dos efectos, visión y suerte.

«It is not only the common men who have until now believed that Mercury rules over games of chance. Several of the most famous Cabalists have felt this way; amongst whom, Albumazar 1 gave testimony to this after he was convinced [of its efficacy], because of his work on several mystical Talismans under the auspices of this Planet.» — el texto respalda la atribución del juego a Mercurio con Albumasar, y contra la creencia común; el 1 es llamada de nota.

«Suth is the principle Celestial Spirit enclosed in this Pentacle. You should invoke him whilst turning towards the eastern Quarter. You should not fear any evil from his appearance, because it is a fairly ordinary one, although it is quite magnificent, and his escort is like that of a crowned Monarch.» — el rey del jueves, con su cortejo regio.

«For games of chance, you could draw the Characters under the auspices of Jupiter, being one of the more fortunate amongst the Planets, as well as the ones under Mercury, because Jupiter governs all sorts of riches» — el juego se reparte entre dos planetas, y el texto lo dice sin armonizarlo con el pasaje de Mercurio.

«It is also recommended for you to perform some kind of charitable action honouring the Spirit Controllers' influence of the Planet, for example, you could give Alms money out of consideration for these Spirits.» — la limosna entra como parte del procedimiento talismánico.

«This Pentacle is made on tin, during the month of September or February, on the appropriate day and hour.» — para el pentáculo de Júpiter, la condición se amplía del día y la hora al mes.

«Of the things dedicated to Jupiter: from amongst the metals, Fine Tin, Gold, Silver. From the stones, Sapphire, Beryl, Emerald and Green Jasper. From the trees and plants, the Oak, the Popular, the Rowan, the Fig Tree, the Pear Tree, the Plum Tree and above all the others, the Hazel Tree, the Small Buglos, the Spikenard, the Violette, the Stinking Nightshade,2 Mace. From the aromatics Benzoin, Storax and Coriander.» — la tabla joviana, paralela a la solar; el 2 es llamada de nota.

«Sarabotes is the principle Celestial Spirit enclosed in this Pentacle. You should invoke him while turning towards the Eastern Quarter. His appearance is far from frightening, and generally, it is quite pleasant. His escort is made up of small Spirits, whose jubilant youth inspires joy. After you have received his favours, you should give him license to depart with honour.» — el rey del viernes, con el cortejo más benigno de la serie.

«It is such a natural thing for a man to love and to be loved by the fairer sex and there is nothing in Nature, which makes him more inclined to pursue and which makes him more passionate. But since there are many obstacles to overcome in the pursuit of Love, these two Pentacles, which follow, can be of great help in assisting you to overcome these obstacles, if you are fortunate enough to be able to make them in the prescribed surroundings and according to the principles of the Art.» — lo propio del viernes, con el amor puesto como inclinación natural y el talismán como remoción de obstáculos.

«You must begin your rituals on a Friday during Spring, at the first light of dawn during calm and still weather.» — la condición de estación, hora y clima para el talismán venusino.

«Maymon is the principle Celestial Spirit enclosed in this Pentacle. You should invoke him whilst turning towards the Eastern Quarter. Although he does not look terrible, nevertheless when you do see him and his escort, they will appear as such doleful and melancholic figures, that you would think they would make you shiver.» — el rey del sábado, y el aspecto melancólico que el texto distingue del terror.

«This perfume, in order to be well made and completed perfectly, must be made with the following herbs: a Black Poppy seed, Henbane seed, root of Mandrake, powdered Magnet Stone and a good quality Myrrh in powder form. Grind up all these herbs and mix them with the blood of a Bat and the brain of Black Cat» — el perfume del sábado, el más venenoso de los siete.

«"Oh, Celestial Machatan, you who disdain not to listen to those who pray with confidence to you, or the power of your arms, I pray to you with affection through the intercession of the Spirits who submit to you with the greatest of obedience, who are principally Uriel, Baldiel, Assaibi, Abumalith and the Celestial Intelligences whom I pray you will direct with such dexterity to the Operation I am about to undertake, so that it may succeed, all to your glory and to my contentment.» — la oración del sábado: lo que cambia de un día a otro en la serie de siete es el nombre divino invocado y la lista de espíritus subordinados.

«Although the Planet of Saturn, who rules over the day of Saturday, does not ordinarily have fortunate influences, it is nevertheless steadfast, especially if you can find it in a profitable position in the Heavens as can sometimes occur during the season of Spring, when you can take advantage of the situation and work with the two following Pentacles.» — el texto rescata a Saturno del veto que él mismo puso en el capítulo VI, con la condición de posición y estación.

«The Pentacles, which I am going to talk about, and of which I have given several designs, are used primarily to protect you from evil spirits, who would not dare come near those who carry them.» — capítulo XIII del Key 1: la función primera del pentáculo es defensiva.

«While making the Talismans, all you need to do is to make sure you understand the essence of these Pentacles and ensure that they contain a verse of the Holy Scriptures in a double circle, corresponding to the purpose it will be used for.» — la regla de composición: un versículo bíblico elegido por el fin de la operación.

«Because of these [po 220] little verses of Holy Writ, Iamblichus, Paracelsus, Albumazar, Porphyry and other great Masters of the Art were able to call them 'Sacred Pentacles' and 'Mystical Characters'.» — el texto adjudica el nombre de pentáculo sagrado a una lista de autoridades que mezcla neoplatónicos, un astrólogo árabe y Paracelso.

«The logical order kept in the structure of all these Mystical Keys stresses that you should pay attention to recognising appropriate things in Nature that are specially related to the Planets and the Spirits associated with them.» — capítulo XIV del Key 1: el orden del libro se declara deducido de las correspondencias naturales.

«I do not wish to impose on the credulity of inquisitive adherents of Occult Science, when I say that the Rings I am going to talk about in this chapter were in use more than two thousand years ago.» — capítulo XV del Key 1, que abre saliendo al paso de la incredulidad del lector.

«Because you can read about them in the Jewish History of Joseph[us], who reported that Moses, the great Law-Giver for the People of Israel, had learned the most sublime Natural and Cabalistic Magic in Egypt under the reign of the Pharaoh, from frequent conversations with the Magicians of this Prince, and had created two mystical Rings, which were of great help to him against the Pharaoh's persecutions.» — el texto hace remontar los anillos a Moisés vía Josefo, y le adjudica aprendizaje egipcio.

«We can assure you that one of these was to win the love and benevolence of all manner of people, and the other had the property of making the person who was wearing it invisible, [po 224] if he turned the stone in his hand. The first one was made under the auspices of Venus and the second under that of Mercury.» — los dos anillos de Moisés, repartidos entre Venus y Mercurio.

«In the works of Plato, you can read about the story of Gyges, who became the King of Lydia by means of such a Ring of invisibility. He was able to secretly enter into the apartment of the Queen without being seen and committed adultery with her, and made her agree to have her husband killed and give up his throne.» — el texto aduce el anillo de Giges como precedente, leyendo la fábula de Platón como noticia de un objeto.

«I conjure you, N ... l by the Great Living God, Sovereign Creator of all things, that you come here under any visible form that you wish, without noise and without fright, to imprint on this Ring, which carries your name, the glorious qualities of which you are the minister and dispenser.» — el conjuro de consagración del anillo, con la N de nombre por sustituir; la l es llamada de nota.

«Faithful Minister, go in peace in the Name of the Great God, your Master, who has sent you to be sympathetic towards me.» — la fórmula de licencia con que se despide al espíritu del anillo.

«Before leaving the Circle, you should put the Ring on your ring finger and burn some Perfume for a second time before rubbing out the Circle and withdraw into a deep silence.» — el cierre de la operación, con el borrado del círculo y el silencio.

«In his Treatise on Magic, Arbatel places these Spirits into the following order and allocates a Character to them, outlined next to them.» — capítulo XV del Key 1: el propio texto remite al Arbatel para el orden de los siete espíritus olímpicos.

«You also need to pay attention to the fact that the Planetary Days and Hours are not equal in length.» — capítulo XVI del Key 1: la hora planetaria es desigual, no la del reloj.

«In order to know exactly how many minutes make up a Planetary Hour, you will need to perform the following calculations: [for example] when you know the day is fifteen hours long, you multiply the fifteen hours by five, [po 232] which gives you 75, which will be how many minutes there are in a Planetary Hour for this day.» — el cálculo de la hora planetaria tal como lo imprime el volumen; para las nueve horas de la noche el texto repite la multiplicación por cinco.

«During the day that you wish to have pleasant dreams, which is what you would wish for when you go to sleep at night, it is extremely important to practice self-control in what you eat and drink, as well as moderating your passions and keeping silent.» — capítulo XVII del Key 1: el sueño se prepara por dieta y silencio durante el día.

«The natural explanation for this has always sanctioned these wise precautions and has been used with great success by the ancient Cabalists.» — el texto ofrece una explicación natural para la preparación onírica, no una sobrenatural.

«You should place the Pentacle for Saturday, whose design I have given, in a little sachet of white linen with the ashes of reeds, gathered on the eve of St. John the Baptist 1 and a little fine incense and place this little sachet [po 234] under the head of your bed, where you sleep.» — el saquillo contra las pesadillas, otra vez fechado en la víspera de San Juan; el 1 es llamada de nota.

«Procul recedant somnia et noctium phantasmata, hostemque nostrum comprime ne polluantur corpora. Amen.» — la oración latina contra los fantasmas nocturnos, que el volumen imprime sin traducir en el cuerpo.

«In order to have true dreams in which revelations take place, about the affairs which you have taken great pains to find out, place the Pentacle for Saturday in a kind of headband, or some other material made under the auspices of Saturn.» — el mismo pentáculo sirve para el sueño revelador, cambiando el soporte de saquillo a cinta.

«On the morning when they get up, they should remember what they have seen in their dreams during the night, and if while sleeping [po 236] they have not seen any man appear, the girl will never marry.» — la operación onírica para ver al futuro marido, con su lectura negativa.

«Widows may follow the same course of action as the girls but with the difference that the girls must sleep with the head at the head of the bed, as is normal, and the widows with their head at the foot of the bed, and they should move their pillow and bolster accordingly.» — la variante para viudas, distinguida solo por la posición en la cama.

«Kyrios clementissime, qui Abrahamo servo tuo Sa ram donasti uxorem, et filio ejus obedientissimo per admirabile signum indicasti Rebeccam uxorem, indica ancillae tuae quem sim habitura virum per ministerium tuorum Spirituum Balideh, Assaibi, Abumalith. Amen.» — la oración latina de esa operación, con los precedentes bíblicos de Sara y Rebeca; el troceo parte Saram en dos.

«Those who, on the contrary, would like to cause [other people to have] horrible and frightening dreams about terrible events, should take the brain of a cat and mix it with the blood of a bat, and having mixed them together wrap it up in a piece of paper, on which the following words [po 238] are written with the blood of a bat.» — el mismo capítulo enseña a provocar pesadillas a un tercero; los corchetes son de la traducción.

«Choose a Wednesday during Spring, when you know that the Constellation will be in a positive aspect with the Sun and Venus.» — capítulo XVIII del Key 1: la receta metalúrgica del mercurio fijado empieza por la condición astrológica.

«I will just point out, so as to avoid useless repetitions, that you should conform exactly to the prescribed method set down at the beginning of this Book while creating the following Pentacles.» — capítulo XIX del Key 1: el propio texto declara que la serie de pentáculos por día y estación no repite el método.

«You must make sure that they are the same Angels for the four seasons.» — y la única constante que fija en esa serie: los ángeles no cambian con la estación.

«Angels of the fourth Heaven, who reign over Sundays & whom you should summon.» — encabeza el reparto de ángeles por punto cardinal que acompaña a cada pentáculo de la serie.

«It seems appropriate for me to explain what I mean by Divination. Based on the experience skilled men have had in the theory and practice of the Great Art, I think almost anyone can be contented by this explanation.» — capítulo XX del Key 1, que abre definiendo qué llama adivinación.

«This is what has been written about the Divinatory Phial of the Angel Uriel, which lamblichus and Albumazar spoke of, as being a never-failing wonder.» — el texto adjudica la redoma de Uriel a Jámblico y Albumasar; el troceo imprime lamblichus por Iamblichus.

«He should select a small room or chamber, where no impure woman has visited for at least nine days.» — la condición de pureza del recinto, contada en días.

«Three small church candles of virgin wax mixed with human fat, a piece of virgin parchment half a square foot in size, a crow's feather, suitable for writing and a small boy between 9 and 10 years of age, properly and modestly dressed, who should be well behaved.» — el ajuar de la operación, con el niño vidente en la lista de requisitos.

«Uriel, Seraph, Josata, Ablati, Agla, Cceila, I pray to you and conjure you by the four words which the Great God spoke from his mouth unto his servant Moses, 'Jozata, Ablati, Agla, Creila" and by the nine Heavens where you reside, and by the virginity of this child who is before you, that with no hesitation you will appear in a visible form within this phial, to disclose the truth to me of that which I desire to know» — el conjuro de la redoma; la virginidad del niño se invoca como fundamento del conjuro, y la misma serie de nombres aparece con dos grafías distintas en el mismo renglón.

«Take a key that has a cross built into its hilt. Place it in either in a Book of Prayer 1 or in a New Testament, at the page where it reads" In Principio &c" (St John, 1:1 "In the Beginning» — la clave adivinatoria, montada sobre el prólogo del cuarto evangelio; el 1 es llamada de nota.

«Key, I command you, in the name of he who has the right to command all creatures, that you turn in order to teach me the truth of that which I wish to know.» — la fórmula que se dirige a la llave misma, no a un espíritu.

«Make note, that through the means of the key you can also find out if you will win or lose a legal case. Also whether the wife is faithful to the husband, whether the daughter is a virgin or a prostitute, whether the man who comes to see you often is honest, whether one friend is loyal to his other friend, whether he is a liar or deceitful, whether he is discrete and prudent, whether a venture will be successful for you, whether your enemy will [po 273] defeat you, or whether you will win in a game. In a word, through the key, you can know everything that God has permitted man to know.» — el alcance de la adivinación por la llave, todo él doméstico y judicial.

«When you come to asking any question, above all make sure that it is for honest and upright things, and not for making fun or out of a sense of curiosity.» — la restricción moral que el texto pone a su propia técnica.

«Take a black hen, with no imperfection and make it swallow a small note on which you have written your names in your own blood. Then go to a crossroad between midnight and one in the morning, holding it behind your back and you say three times: "Porsiana, money from my hen," without looking behind you, make three turns anti-clockwise.» — la gallina negra del capítulo XX, con la prohibición de mirar atrás.

«As far as using this gold coin is concerned, be particular when you exchange it, always putting a small part of the money which you have received from it to one side, or by giving it to the first poor person you encounter, to the honour of the Spirits, who rule over the Operation.» — la moneda obtenida obliga a limosna continuada; la operación no termina al cobrarla.

«We are not going to discuss here all the various bloods, various herbs, animals and stones. But we are going to give you a secret, which comes from the Lebanese of Syria.» — el texto declara la procedencia de uno de sus secretos de amor.

«This Talisman is the real one belonging to the sublime Arbatel, just like the one in the archives of the Vatican in Rome 2 on a plate of gold.» — el Key 1 adjudica un talismán al Arbatel y lo sitúa en los archivos vaticanos; el 2 es llamada de nota.

«The wand should be made of hazel wood and collected when the Sun is in Gemini, during the hour and day of Saturn and during a waxing Moon.» — la vara del arte, con tres condiciones de tiempo a la vez.

«You should fast for three days before going to the place, where you will cut it and write or engrave these Hebrew letters on both ends and when you wish to perform your Operation, you will hold it in your hand, and when you are not using it you will wrap it in a cloth of silk or new black wool.» — el ayuno, el silencio y la envoltura negra de la vara.

«Do the same as above, using the brine in the prescribed manner. But instead of using the Characters of Eliogaphatel, use those of Lucifer.» — para nevar en vez de llover cambia solo el nombre invocado, y aquí es el de Lucifer.

«You should make a Ring out of copper in the 3rd House of the Moon 2 and into this, set a stone called [Lapis] Lazuli, onto which you should engrave this figure ~ and in the hollow of the stone, you should enclose the word 'Dalet'3 written on virgin parchment with the blood of a white dove and perfumed with the wood of Aloes.» — el primero de los doce anillos: lo que cambia de uno a otro es metal, mansión lunar, piedra, palabra encerrada y perfume; el tilde es el hueco del carácter que el troceo no rinde.

«You should make a Ring out of gold in the 1st House of the Moon and into this set a white stone, onto which you should engrave this figure ~ and in the empty part on top of the stone, you should enclose the word 'Illusabio', written on virgin parchment with the blood of a white dove and must be perfumed with amber.» — el duodécimo y último anillo de la serie, cuyo fin la nota declara obtener el favor de un rey.

«When you want to make use of the mentioned Rings, you should recite the following Prayer along with the Exorcism1 before you engrave the figures on the stone or on the ground. Once you have exorcised Astaroth and the other Spirits, ask him for grace, or the thing which you want.» — el rito común a los doce anillos, en el que Astaroth queda nombrado como el espíritu a exorcizar; el 1 es llamada de nota.

«1 conjure you, Astaroth (or other name) by the most powerful God, who has given me the authority and who has given me responsibility for the works of his hands and who has crowned me with honour and glory through the Name Agla, On, by which Name and to which Name you are bound to obey.» — el conjuro funda la obediencia del espíritu en el dominio que el salmo 8 concede al hombre; el troceo abre con un 1 por la I.

«6. To heal all sorts of illnesses and wounds, but when you use this Ring for someone else, you should make sure that he has the specified figure made and written on a really solid piece of earth in a place, where it cannot be rubbed out. Otherwise the illness or the wound, which the sick person has, will come back to the person who is using this Ring for healing.» — de la tabla de los doce anillos: la curación se revierte sobre el operador si la figura se borra.

«8. To heal your sight. When you want to use this Ring, you should write the figure in a place where it cannot be rubbed out, otherwise, you will become blind again.» — la misma condición, ahora sobre la vista.

«Solomon, Son of David, King of Israel, has said that the begirming of our Key is the fear of God, to adore him, to honour him with contrition of heart, to invoke him in all things, which we wish to do and to work with great devotion and in so doing, God will lead us along the Path of Righteousness, where our hopes lay.» — apertura del Key 2, La Clavicule ou La Clef de Salomon, libro primero capítulo 1: el temor de Dios como principio de la Clave; el troceo imprime begirming por beginning.

«In this way, when you wish to acquaint yourselves with Magical Knowledge and Arts, it is necessary to have prepared the order of hours, days and Lunar Mansions - without the observation of which, we cannot do otherwise; but if we observe them, we will be able to eventually and easily obtain everything through them, according to your wishes.» — la segunda condición del Key 2, junto al temor de Dios: horas, días y mansiones lunares.

«It is therefore necessary to know that the hours of the day and night are 24 in number, & that to each hour, there will be one of the Planets which dominates, according to its order, beginning from the highest to the lowest.» — capítulo 2 del libro primero del Key 2: las veinticuatro horas repartidas por orden descendente de los planetas.

«The highest of all is Sabday, that is to say, Saturn; Zecleri, or Jupiter; Marti, or Mars; Semen, or the Sun; Nogas, or Venus; under Venus, Crean; or Mercury under Mercury; Levant, or the Moon, which is the lowest of the Planets.» — los nombres hebreos de los siete planetas tal como el volumen los imprime, con su equivalencia.

«One can also in the days and hours [of Saturn] prepare experiments in order to give good or bad fortune to buildings; in order to have familiar Spirits [appear] in your dream; in order to cause good or bad success [po 6] in businesses, possessions, estates, stables, seeds, fruits and such like things, in order to acquire [knowledge of] the doctrine, in order to inflict death & to sow discord.» — el reparto de operaciones por planeta se abre con Saturno, y la muerte y la discordia figuran entre ellas sin reserva.

«The days and hours of Jupiter are used in order to obtain honours, acquire riches, to draw friendships to oneself, conserve one's health & to achieve everything that one desires.» — el reparto joviano de la misma serie.

«The hours and days of Mercury are appropriate for scientific projects, divination, eloquence, and also intelligence, swiftness in business matters, glamour, 1 apparitions & responses to [questions about] things that will come.» — el reparto mercurial, que cierra la serie de siete; el 1 es llamada de nota.

«For these things that belong to the Moon, such as invocations of Spirits, the Works of Necromancy, recovering stolen property, the Moon must be in a Terrestrial Sign» — la condición de signo terrestre para la invocación y la nigromancia.

«Observe this [rule] as sacrosanct, that you do not do anything while the Moon is in conjunction with the Sun, since this complexion [of the Moon] is very unlucky: and so you will never be able to effect anything successfully» — la única regla que el Key 2 llama sacrosanta.

«The first [type] is allowed, and can be easily effected, without a Circle: it is not necessary to observe anything else which is [not] found in the chapters.» — capítulo 3 del libro primero del Key 2: el propio texto parte sus operaciones en las que necesitan círculo y las que no.

«Firstly, then, before the Master begins the Magical Working, he will have to abstain, [both] him and his Disciples, for nine days from all brothels,2 vain and useless conversations, as is said in the Second Book, Chapter 4 and 6» — los nueve días de abstinencia del maestro y sus discípulos; el 2 es llamada de nota.

«The Master of the Art, in a sign of Penitence, will kiss the foreheads of his Disciples, each one of them will then kiss each other in the same manner.» — el beso de paz entre maestro y discípulos, antes de entrar al círculo.

«The first of the Disciples will carry the Censer with the materials which are sweet-smelling:1 The second [will carry] the Book, the paper, the pen and the ink, with all foul smelling and filthy materials. 2 The third [will carry] the knife, the paper of the Art, the Lantern, and the candles. The fourth, the Psalms and other instruments, and the fifth, the pots filled with earth» — el reparto de carga entre cinco discípulos, con los perfumes dulces y los hediondos separados desde el principio.

«May God Almighty, Creator of Heaven, of the Air, of the Earth and of the Waters deign to be with us in this Circle, as we enter into it with all humility through the Gateway of perpetual bliss, divine prosperity, abundant love and eternal salvation. Mayall Daemons be distant from this place, principally the adverse and untrue ones.» — la oración de entrada al círculo del Key 2; el troceo pega May all como Mayall.

«Crown of Virgin Paper, 1 upon which may be written the four names hereunder, and in the [appropriate] colours: Agla, Aglata, Aglou, Aglatay.» — la corona de papel virgen del maestro, con la serie AGLA que este testimonio da como Agla, Aglata, Aglou, Aglatay.

«Let him take the appropriate Pentacles sewn on the front of the white Linen Robe, at the front and at the level of the Chest, with the needle of the Art and [po 16] with thread that has been spun by a young virgin girl.» — los pentáculos van cosidos al pecho, con hilo hilado por una niña.

«If the Spirits are disobedient and do not appear in time, let him rise up, take the exorcised Knife, with which he cast the Circle and raise it towards the Heavens as if to strike the Air» — el recurso contra la desobediencia: el cuchillo alzado al cielo.

«Oh Lord, be unto me a Tower of Strength against the assaults and visions of evil Spirits.» — la jaculatoria que el maestro dice a los cuatro puntos con las manos sobre los pentáculos.

«I confess and lament my sins to Thee, Oh Lord, bowed down and humbled in Thy presence, because I have sinned before Thee through pride, envy, and greed, excessive desires, as much for honours as well as riches» — capítulo 4 del libro primero del Key 2: la confesión del exorcista, paralela a la del Key 1 y con otra letra.

«publish my faults, so that the malevolent spirits may not reproach me with anything at the final day.» — el motivo declarado de la confesión: quitarles argumento a los espíritus.

«I conjure you by the Name of God, EL,2 which signifies the clemency and divine bounty which Abraham, having pronounced, he was worthy to be able to flee from the Chaldeans.» — capítulo 5 del Key 2: cada conjuro empareja un nombre divino con el patriarca que lo pronunció y con la salvación que obtuvo; el 2 es llamada de nota.

«I conjure you, all you rebellious Spirits, by the Most Holy Name of God, Adonay Melech,l which Joshua invoked and made the Sun halt in his presence» — la tercera conjuración sigue el mismo patrón, ahora con Josué.

«but to come and carry out our will immediately and all that we demand of your obedience.» — el mandato que cierra la conjuración de los espíritus rebeldes.

«If they then appear, let them see the Pentacles, and receive them with flattery,l kindness, civility, reason and speak with them, after which ask them whatever you wish to know.» — capítulo 6 del Key 2: el trato con el espíritu que obedece es cortés; la l es llamada de nota.

«But if they refuse to come obstinately, take the sacred knife in your right hand and strike the air with it, as if you wished to start a fight» — y la alternativa cuando no obedece.

«We are here once again and we conjure you by the Names and characters of 10, To. We command you by the Almighty and very powerful Name of God which is worthy of praise, admiration and grandeur, of glory, reverence and fear, and we order you to not delay in appearing, [making] no sound or clamour, but on the contrary, with great civility and courtesy, taking on a beautiful human appearance.» — capítulo 7 del Key 2: la conjuración manda además la forma en que el espíritu debe aparecer.

«The things thus having been completed, you will see the Spirits arrive in great haste with their Prince and Superiors. The Spirits of the First Order, in the manner of soldiers, armed with lances, shields and cuirass. Those of the Second Order, like Army Generals and for the third and last [Order], the King will appear heralded by melodic instruments and voices singing in harmony.» — los tres órdenes de la aparición, con la corte del rey al final.

«Oh Fire, by that, which makes all the Universe tremble, I conjure Thee, torment these disobedient Spirits and may they feel your ardour forever!» — la conjuración final del fuego, contra los que no comparecen.

«By the virtue of these Sacred Pentacles and Talismans, and because you have been obedient to them, because you have given illumination to that which we have asked, smell the aroma of our perfumes, go in peace in the Name of the living God. But from now on, be ready [to come] at our commandment.» — la licencia de partida del Key 2, que despide y a la vez deja obligado al espíritu.

«Then, taking the book of Virgin Parchment where all the aforementioned Conjurations are written, and compel the Demons to swear on this same Book, to come every time that they are called.» — el libro de conjuros se convierte en objeto de juramento de los espíritus.

«But let it be done rather at night than by day, since these [Spirits] are animals of the shadows, which are ashamed of the day and who hate the light.» — la razón que el texto da para operar de noche.

«If you wish to find, my dear Son, some working [to recover] any property that has been stolen, you will do as is reported here below, and with the aid of God, you will find that which has been taken away.» — capítulo 9 del Key 2, dirigido al hijo, como el marco salomónico entero.

«Saboles, Habaron, Eloy, Elimygit, Gebeloy, Semitic on, Metinolih, Sabanitera, Nerombel, Calemite, Daluti, Timaguel, Villaguel, Tevemes, Sene, Jerete, Baruchaba, Athonaval, Barachaba, Eraticum. By the One, through whom you have the authority and the power over men, you will finish this work, that you may go and remain invisible.» — capítulo 10 del Key 2, de la invisibilidad: la serie de nombres tal como la imprime el volumen, con Semitic on partido.

«But on the other hand, if you omit anything or if you make a mistake, you'll never be able to accomplish what you are intending to do. To draw a parallel, you will not be able to enter a town through its walls, but will enter [more easily] through its gates.» — el símil con que el Key 2 explica por qué el procedimiento no admite atajos.

«Oh Eastern Asmodee, most shining, most excellent King, who reigns and who hath the command in Eastern Regions, [po 113] whose Kingdom hath had commencement [at the beginning of] the World and [which] will endure until the end of the Ages.» — capítulo 11 del Key 2: la operación de amor invoca a los cuatro reyes cardinales, empezando por Asmodeo en el este.

«The apple needs to be well formed and without blemish and all that I say here concerning the apple is equally valid for all sorts of fruits, such as pear, peach, etc.» — capítulo 12 del Key 2: el texto generaliza su propia receta de la manzana a cualquier fruta.

«Lord God almighty, who hath formed the Earth and who hath wondrously formed Eve from the rib of Adam, who having given the fruit to him to eat, made him sin, make it also so that he or she who will eat of this fruit or will touch it, will do and execute my various desires.» — el conjuro de la manzana funda su eficacia en la fruta del Génesis.

«If you wish to enjoy a person of either sex in a dream, perform the rituals at the hours indicated in the Second Book before you do any conjuration.» — capítulo 13 del Key 2, del amor en sueños.

«Holy and almighty Lord and Father, who hast created all things, who knowest the heart of men and of women through thy most holy names as mentioned above, illuminate the heart and spirit of N. so that he or she may cherish me with an equal love with which I love her» — la oración de esa operación, con la N por el nombre que se sustituye.

«Usor, Dilapidator, Tentator, Samniator, Devorator, Corrosor et Seductor, you, say I, I conjure you all with your Ministers and Companions, I constrain and compel you and command you, that whatever you do, you do so willingly and that you consecrate this in the Name of N.N. etc.» — capítulo 14 del Key 2, del odio: la serie de siete nombres latinos, que este testimonio da con Samniator y Corrosor donde otras ediciones dan Somniator y Concisor.

«You should name the persons so that they hate each other strongly as never before and so they will never be able to tolerate one another.» — el efecto buscado, nombrado sin reserva moral.

«After that, you should give a piece of it to the lovers or to whomever you would wish [to inflict dissention upon] at the hour of Saturn or Mars, and in time, all that you wish for will come to pass.» — el remate de la operación de odio: la materia se administra en comida, en hora de Saturno o de Marte.

«As for the ink, if it has not been prescribed in the operation, then you need to use blood from bats or 'winged rats' [po 129] with the pen or quill of the Art.» — capítulo 15 del Key 2: la tinta por defecto para las operaciones de burla y engaño.

«The rituals for union and harmony and such similar things, which women were used to making use of, [but] with no solemnity nor ceremony, and who [po 132] occasionally succeed and arrived at their intention, was due to their great faith, which they applied whenever they practiced them. Because their faith is sufficient and surplus during such occasions, they have no need of solemnities or ceremo» — capítulo 16 del Key 2: el texto admite una vía sin ceremonia, sostenida solo por la fe, y se la adjudica a las mujeres.

«The medallions, Pentacles or Talismans, which can terrify spirits and reduce them to a state of obedience, have besides this quality, other wonderful and admirable qualities.» — capítulo 17 del Key 2: la doble función del pentáculo, coactiva y protectora.

«They are also very useful against all the dangers from the elements of Earth, Air, Water and Fire [p.135] and against poison that you have drunk, against all sorts of diseases and needs, against knotting of aiguillettes and against all spells and witchcraft.» — el catálogo de peligros de que protegen, con el ligamiento entre ellos.

«Take a stick of green elder, from the two ends of which thou shalt clean out the pith.» — capítulo 18 del Key 2, contra el cazador; los capítulos suplementarios 18 a 22 no vienen del manuscrito base sino de la edición de Mathers, y por eso hablan en inglés arcaico.

«Afterwards thou shalt expose it in the pathway by which the sportsman will pass, and once he has passed by it, he need not hope to kill any game during that day.» — el efecto declarado del bastón de saúco, limitado a un día.

«Take enough of the skin of a stag to make two hollow tubular Garters, but before stitching them up thou shalt write on the side of the skin which was next [to] the flesh the words and characters» — capítulo 19 del Key 2: las ligas de viaje, en la misma traducción de Mathers.

«When thou wishest to stop thou hast only to say Amech and beat the air with the aforesaid» — la palabra de detención de las ligas.

«Make a Carpet of white and new wool, and when the Moon shall be at her full, in the Sign of Capricorn and in the hour of the Sun» — capítulo 20 del Key 2: la alfombra mágica, con la triple condición de fase, signo y hora.

«thou shalt call upon Michael,2 towards the north upon Raphael, towards the west upon Cabriel, and towards the south upon Muriel.» — el reparto de arcángeles por punto cardinal de este capítulo, que la nota del editor contrasta con otro reparto; el troceo imprime Cabriel por Gabriel.

«When thou shalt be desirous to make thine interrogations, choose the night of full or of new moon, and from midnight until daybreak.» — la ventana horaria de la interrogación bajo la alfombra.

«The Earth being inhabited, as I have before said unto thee, by a great number of Celestial Beings and Spirits, who by their subtilty and prevision know the places wherein treasures are hidden, and seeing that it often happeneth that those men who undertake a search for these said treasures are molested and sometimes put to death by the aforesaid Spirits, which are called Gnomes» — capítulo 21 del Key 2: los gnomos matan a los buscadores de tesoros.

«which, however, is not done through the Avarice of these said Gnomes, a Spirit being incapable of possessing anything, having no material senses wherewith to bring it into use, but because these Spirits, who are enemies of the passions, are equally so of Avarice, unto which men are so much inclined» — y la explicación que el texto da: no es codicia del espíritu, sino enemistad con la codicia del hombre.

«died in the month of July, and the wick being made from the cloth wherein he has been buried.» — la lámpara del tesoro, con grasa y mortaja de un muerto de julio.

«warning them not to be at all disturbed at the Spectres which they will see, but to work away boldly.» — la instrucción a los peones que cavan.

«But if thou doest not the Experiment carefully and rightly, assuredly thou shalt not succeed in any manner.» — capítulo 22 del Key 2: la misma cláusula de exactitud que recorre los tres textos.

«For obtaining grace and love write down the following words:- "Sator, Arepo, Tenet, Opera, Rotas, Iah, Iah, Iah, Enam, Iah, Iah, Iah, Kether, Chokmah, Binah, Gedulah, Geburah, Tiphereth, Netzach, Hod, Yesod, Malkuth, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego, be ye all present in my aid and for whatsoever I shall desire to obtain.» — el cuadrado SATOR junto a las diez sefirot y los patriarcas, en la operación de gracia y amor.

«But when you do not specify the hour nor the time of the invocation, then, it is more appropriate and much safer to put such Operations into practice and experiments during the night.» — libro segundo del Key 2, capítulo 1: la noche como hora por defecto.

«As for workings of destruction and desolation, they must be performed and executed precisely on the day of Saturn, at the first, eighth or fifteenth hour of the day and of the night, by Sumise.» — el reparto horario por clase de operación, con la destrucción en día de Saturno.

«he will never come when the weather is overcast since the Spirits have neither flesh nor bone and have to be created from some other matter.» — la razón física que el Key 2 da para exigir buen tiempo.

«When the Spirits who have been created by Water are invoked, they come with heavy rain, hail thunder, lightning, thunder-bolts and other terrible things.» — la doctrina de los espíritus por elemento, con su fenomenología.

«When you invoke the Spirits made from the [vapours of the] Sun, they appear in a most beautiful and exquisite form, swollen and full of ostentation and marvellous vanity and seemingly scholarly.» — los espíritus solares, bellos y vanidosos, en la misma serie.

«It will be necessary that the Master then abstains for three days from all useless and idle conversation and arguments. Also from all impure and salacious words, as will be later mentioned in the chapter concerning Fasting.» — capítulo 2 del libro segundo: el silencio como parte del ayuno.

«I conjure thee, Creature of Dog, by he who has created thee; I wash and perfume thee in the Name of the Most High and Most Powerful Eternal God, so that you may be a true companion to me for this working, as in all the other [workings] which I may perform in thy company and may you defend me from evil Spirits, who may seek to harm me or disturb me in my workings of the Art Magical.» — el conjuro del perro, que el Key 2 admite como compañero del maestro.

«But if the Master would wish to have a young boy in place of a Companion, or little girl, this would be even better and he should wash and perfume her, after which, he will cut the nails on their hands and feet» — y la preferencia declarada por el niño sobre el perro.

«Be thou born again and purified, in a manner that the Spirits may never harm thee nor dwell in thee.» — la fórmula de purificación del acompañante infantil.

«For the last three days before putting your hand to the work, you will content yourself with the meats of a Lenten Fast and to profit of that only once in the day.» — capítulo 4 del libro segundo: el ayuno de los tres últimos días.

«Purge me, Lord, with hyssop and I shall be cleansed; wash me and I shall become whiter than snow» — el hisopo del salmo 50 en el rito de purificación.

«The locations proper to practice the Magical Arts and Workings, and to speak to Spirits, must be hidden, and away from all clamour and noise. To achieve this you should go to rivers and lakes, woods, forests or groves, or old dwelling places,l mountains, caves, mountain peaks, gardens, orchards and crossroads are also especially good. But above all, the silence of the night is mandatory.» — capítulo 6 del libro segundo del Key 2: el catálogo de lugares, y la única condición que declara obligatoria.

«for all these precautions are necessary to summon and gather Spirits, who only like cleanliness and pleasant smells.» — el motivo que da: el gusto de los espíritus.

«In order to bring about the successful completion for all undertakings and workings of the Art, it is necessary to have several instruments such as the Black Handled Knife, the second being the White Handled Knife.» — capítulo 7 del libro segundo: los dos cuchillos, negro y blanco, encabezan el instrumental.

«Those which give off a sweet smell are used for attracting Good Spirits. Those which give off a bad smell, on the contrary, are used to drive off harmful Spirits.» — capítulo 8: el reparto de perfumes por olor y por función.

«You cannot work without fire or light and in all of the Workings, one or the other is necessary.» — capítulo 10: fuego o luz como condición mínima de toda operación.

«When it is a matter of invoking the Dead, the candle must be made with the [po 66] fat from a wolf or billy goat.» — la vela cambia de materia cuando se invoca a los muertos.

«It is necessary to take the longest feather from the left wing of the swallow, trim it with the Knife of the Art, and having sprinkled and perfumed it, use it according to the occasion.» — capítulo 13: la pluma de golondrina del ala izquierda.

«For that of the crow, that is to say, the third on the left wing, which cannot be used in Workings which deal with invoking the Dead, and then you should use human blood to write with» — la pluma de cuervo, con su restricción y la sangre humana que la acompaña.

«We call it 'virgin', because it is necessary that it be made with the skin of a young animal which has not yet reached maturity, such as a lamb or kid goat.» — capítulo 15: la definición de pergamino virgen, distinta de la que da el Key 1.

«This cloth must be white in colour. If this is not part of the workings, or the subject concerns evoking the Dead, then the cloth may be black in colour, or the colour of ashes.» — capítulo 17: el color del paño de seda cambia con la clase de operación.

«Thou shalt make such instruments in the day and hour of Jupiter, and when it is finished thou shalt say» — capítulo 19 del libro segundo, otra vez en el inglés arcaico de la traducción de Mathers, señal de que el pasaje no viene del manuscrito base.

«Here followeth the Form of the Circle, wherein whosoever entereth he shall be at safety as within a fortified Castle, and nothing shall be able to harm him.» — la promesa del círculo, en el mismo registro.

«But seeing that ye have powerfully called us, as I believe, by the rites derived from Solomon, and which but few of your comrades, or Exorcisers, possess, also they compel us against our will, and I therefore say unto thee that we wish to be obedient in all matters.» — el discurso que el texto pone en boca del rey de los espíritus: la obediencia se declara forzada.

«I bless thee in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. Amen. The blessing of God the Almighty Father be upon thee and all goodness enter into thee wherefore I bless thee and sanctify thee that thou help all this present.» — capítulo 24, la bendición de la sal, en fórmula trinitaria.

«Let no man marvel of this chapter for all the science of this Book is contained here and therefore did he adopt this title of the Images of Astrology which are innumerable, for it seemed impossible to collect this science into one book.» — capítulo 23 del libro segundo del Key 2: el propio texto declara que toda su ciencia cabe en ese capítulo.

«Therefore I desire him that shall have this work, that he deliver it to no man, for the more he read in arts and experiments the less he shall know, if he keep flOt this holy work with a pure heart if you will be perfect in this science.» — la cláusula de secreto del mismo capítulo; la capa de texto rinde not como flOt.

«Before you can be successful with the rituals that follow on from here, you should draw the following figures, written on virgin parchment with your blood or with the blood of a male sea turtle» — apertura del libro primero del Key 3, el Traité Universel.

«If a woman is to perform the Operation, then she should carry the stone in her left pocket or between her breasts. A man should write this diagram during the day of Mars. A woman can engrave it on all other days.» — el Key 3 prevé operadora mujer y le fija reglas distintas, donde el Key 1 la excluía del recinto.

«There are most certainly other major Spirits apart from the ones we have just mentioned and who have Syrachi as their Leader) Their names and their characters are in accordance with their powers.» — el Key 3 organiza sus espíritus bajo el duque Syrach, como el Grimorium Verum.

«Frimolh has power over everything concerning love. He stirs up and inhibits passion, and he can extinguish or increase love in a young girl, and can cause a woman to miscarry.» — una entrada del catálogo de espíritus del Key 3, con su oficio doble.

«Dagoteraptar and Eliogaphatel have authority in underground places, where treasures under the charge of Resbiroth lay.» — los espíritus del tesoro en el mismo catálogo.

«Hacel teaches how to write all manner of letters and to speak all kinds of languages, how to uncover secretly written letters and to work out what they mean.» — el espíritu de la escritura y el desciframiento.

«There are also millions of other Spirits, the names of whom there is no information and still there are others, whom we cannot utilise.» — el Key 3 declara incompleto su propio catálogo.

«Since whoever has acquired the ability to command the Leaders, can also easily make the Leaders' subordinates obey him. Even so, [without this] it is impossible to make just one single Spirit come.» — y el principio jerárquico que lo hace innecesario: se manda al jefe, no al súbdito.

«Eliogaphatel, Heaven is composed of clouds, dissolve now into water.» — la fórmula de la lluvia en el Key 3; el Key 1 imprime la misma operación con otra redacción, y las dos quedan consignadas.

«Before beginning anything, you need to invoke the name of the Lord, on whom all things, Celestial or Earthly, depend and whom the Spirits, good and evil, honour.» — libro segundo del Key 3: los espíritus buenos y malos honran por igual al nombre divino.

«In order to possess this knowledge, you need to fear God, to be pure of heart, to be of good repute1 and not yield to the sensual pleasures of the flesh.» — las cuatro condiciones del operador en el Key 3; el 1 es llamada de nota.

«Orifiel [or Oriphiel] is the closest to the abode of God and he is the Prince of all the others. He possesses divine knowledge, that is to say, Theology, [po 89] Metaphysics, and Prophesy, and can cause you to be transported in an instant from one place to another.» — el primero de las Trece Inteligencias Superiores del Key 3, con su reparto de saberes.

«Uriel teaches geometry and perspective and he instils knowledge, and uses this to bestow people with intelligence in an instant; he makes people studious, virtuous and pleasant.» — otra entrada de la misma serie: aquí la inteligencia reparte disciplinas escolares.

«In order to benefit from all these Spirits and gain the characteristics attributed to each of them, Magicians make use of several instruments. For instance, there is the Circle, the Pentacle, the Sword, Exorcised Water, Incense or Perfumes, Blood, Ink, Virgin Parchment, the Time and the Place, Invocations and Conjurations of Spirits.» — libro tercero del Key 3: el inventario completo del instrumental, en diez capítulos.

«When we mentioned the Circle in the Magical Arts, we are referring to the Circle of Solomon and not to the other common Circles because it is only within this Pentacle that you can find the Most Holy and Most High Names of the Lord Adonay and AGLA.» — el Key 3 distingue su círculo de los comunes por los nombres divinos que lleva.

«There are as many small Pentacles as there are Secrets of the Art and Science, which have been given to us by the Amathei Spirits, which are very useful symbols for your experiments and this is how to create them.» — el Key 3 adjudica sus pentáculos menores a los espíritus Amathei.

«Choose a place far from all crowds and if at all possible, it should be high on some mountain and towards the North, or equally, you may choose a location in a forest.» — capítulo IX del libro tercero del Key 3: aquí la orientación es el norte, donde el Key 1 mandaba el sur para la oración.

«The most propitious time to carry out any magical Operation and invoke Spirits is during the morning before sunrise or even in the evening during sunset. There should be no clouds in the sky and the weather should be especially mild.» — la hora y el clima en el Key 3, distintos del reparto por horas planetarias del Key 2.

«When you have recited this invocation, sacrifice a cockerel with the Sword, prepared in the name of the Intelligence you have invoked and throw it onto the fire.» — el sacrificio del gallo, que el Key 3 prescribe y los otros dos textos no.

«Exorcise and grind the remains to a powder and gather them up and mix it with water and drink the concoction along with your companions, while reciting the following words: "Gogmagog bibimus, Gogmagog vincimus.» — y la comunión de las cenizas del gallo, con su fórmula latina.

«In order to make a dead man talk, draw the fourth Pentacle with the blood of an owl before sunrise during the day and hour of the Moon» — libro cuarto del Key 3: la serie de diecisiete pentáculos, cada uno con su fin, su materia y su hora.

«The eleventh Pentacle is useful to rise up into the air without being seen. It needs to be made during the day of Mercury and whoever uses it must wear it on his head.» — otra entrada de la misma serie, en la que lo que cambia es el fin, el día y el lugar del cuerpo.

«In order to find hidden treasure, the twelfth Pentacle is made for the method characteristic of Tenor [Tainor]. You need to make it in the middle of the night by a main road. Whoever makes the Pentacle must only use lamplight.» — el pentáculo del tesoro, con la variante de nombre entre corchetes que ponen los editores.

«The sixteenth Pentacle is made during the day of the Moon. It comes under the governance of Tainor and is used to work miracles.» — el penúltimo de la serie, cuyo fin declarado son los milagros.

«This figure needs to be drawn on a piece of linen cloth and it is used to wrap the Pentacles in.» — cierre del libro cuarto del Key 3: el paño de lino en que se envuelven los pentáculos.

«The Key of Solomon is the most famous and infamous of all the grimoires and books on magic.» — Skinner y Rankine abren la introducción colocando a la Clavícula en el primer lugar del género, con las dos famas juntas.

«Astonishingly, despite this, only one English translation has ever been published and made available in the public domain» — el motivo declarado de la edición, según los editores: pese a esa fama, en inglés solo circulaba la de Mathers de 1889.

«There have however been several printed editions in French.» — el contraste que los editores oponen al vacío inglés.

«The edition reproduced by L.W. de Laurence in 1916 as The Greater Key of Solomon cannot be classed as an edition, or anything other than gross literary piracy of Mathers' work.» — Skinner y Rankine niegan a la reimpresión de De Laurence la condición de edición.

«For years after its publication in 1889 in the first edition of 500 copies, The Key of Solomon the King did not sell well, its import barely acknowledged outside the Inner Order of the Golden Dawn.» — la recepción que los editores atribuyen a la primera edición de Mathers.

«Indeed, even members of the Golden Dawn were dismissive of it, particularly that almost pathologically anti-magic scholar Arthur Edward Waite, who wrote rather harshly in the same year that: "it must be concluded that the Key of Solomon is a grotesque combination of the pompous and ridiculous."» — los editores citan el juicio de Waite y lo enmarcan con un epíteto propio; las comillas rectas interiores son de la fuente.

«Our thanks to Paul Harry Barron for his conscientious translation of the original French of the manuscripts, and to Dr. Peter Forshaw for his translation of the Latin invocations.» — los agradecimientos adjudican la traducción del francés a Barron y la de las invocaciones latinas a Forshaw, no a los editores.

«In translating the Psalms used in the Key, the Douay Bible version has been used in preference to the King James Version as being more accurate, and closer to what was available before 1611.» — la decisión de versión bíblica y su razón, declaradas por los editores.

«Also our thanks to Robert Mathiesen who devised the first typology of the manuscripts of the Key of Solomon.» — el crédito de la tipología manuscrita que la introducción revisa después.

«A special thank you to Ioannis Marathakis who kindly supplied us with an English version of Chapter 8 of his Greek work Anazetontas ten Kleida tau Solomonta on the Magical Treatise of Solomon.» — de ahí procede el material griego sobre la Hygromanteia que la introducción usa.

«The illustrations from Wellcome MS 3669 and Wellcome MS 3670 have been reproduced with the kind permission of the Wellcome Trust, for which we are duly grateful.» — el origen de las láminas, distinto del de los tres manuscritos editados.

«Nonne Salomon dominatus dCI!monum est? "Had not Solomon dominion over the demons?" - Pentecost sermon by Leontius of Constantinople, 11th century» — el epígrafe del volumen, con su traducción al pie; la capa de texto rinde daemonum como dCI!monum.

«"This book is only a sowing of phantasms destined for an unknown reaper. It is he who will decide how to make use of it." - loan Couiiano, Eros and Magic in the Renaissance» — el segundo epígrafe, atribuido a Couliano; el troceo imprime loan Couiiano.

«Looking through the libraries of Europe and America, we have located 144 manuscripts of the Key of Solomon, and its associated text the Hygromanteia, spanning the four centuries from 1440 to 1825.» — el censo manuscrito que los editores declaran haber hecho, con la Hygromanteia contada dentro.

«Of the manuscripts we located, fifty-one, or more than a third, are in French.» — la razón declarada de concentrar la edición en testimonios franceses.

«Additionally, we encountered a number of manuscripts incorrectly labelled as the Key of Solomon by their owners or by librarians, but which in fact contained completely different grimoire material, and these are recorded in Appendix B.» — los editores separan un apéndice para las atribuciones de catálogo que rechazan.

«Of these, Wellcome MS 4669 and Wellcome MS 4670 stood out. Although not the earliest of the manuscripts, being dated 1796, they contained by far the greatest quantity _ of material, between them covered the content of three different manuscript Families, and are beautifully coloured.» — el criterio de selección: no antigüedad, sino cantidad de materia y cobertura de tres familias; el guion bajo es de la capa de texto.

«They also have a noteworthy provenance, as Wellcome MS 4670 is mentioned in Chapter 4 of Edward Bulwer-Lytton's classic novel of the magical path, Zanoni.» — la procedencia literaria que los editores adjudican al manuscrito del Key 1.

«The wording of the reference to Pierre Morissoneau is taken verbatim from the beginning of our manuscript, Wellcome MS 4670, and this is the only one of the Morissoneau manuscripts with such a reference in it. So it is almost certain that this specific manuscript, (or at the least a very close copy of it) was what Bulwer-Lytton was referring to.» — el argumento, y su límite: los editores dicen casi seguro y admiten la alternativa de una copia cercana.

«In the early 19th century, Denley employed Frederick Hockley to copy out grimoires, and lent a number of books and manuscripts to Francis Barrett, who was at that time compiling his classic work, The Magus.» — el eslabón londinense de la cadena de propietarios que los editores reconstruyen.

«This particular manuscript Wellcome MS 4670 was sold to the Wellcome Collection in 1932.» — el término de esa cadena.

«To bring things full circle, S. L. MacGregor Mathers, the editor of the 1889 edition of the Key of Solomon, was so entranced by his reading of Zanoni that his wife took to using 'Zan' as a nickname for her husband.» — el dato con que los editores cierran el círculo entre la novela y el editor anterior.

«Blavatsky, Rudolf Steiner and Aleister Crowley (who recommended the reading of Zanoni as "valuable for its facts and suggestions") were all keen readers of this seminal novel.» — los lectores que los editores enumeran para la misma novela.

«King Solomon is arguably the most interesting figure in the Bible. Famed for his wisdom and the construction of the Temple in Jerusalem, as well as for his many wives and excursions into pagan idolatry, it was perhaps inevitable that he should also have been associated with magic.» — cómo los editores explican la asociación entre Salomón y la magia: por la idolatría que la Biblia le adjudica, no por un texto suyo.

«As Grillot de Givry writes: "It is not unlikely that a sovereign who had sacrificed to Moloch, Chemosh, and Ashtoreth should try to evoke demons or write regarding the method of enforcing their appearance. Christian authors have affirmed that he did SO.» — la voz de Grillot de Givry citada por los editores; el troceo imprime SO en versales por so.

«A related grimoire, the Testament of Solomon (3rd century CE) shows him commanding a series of 60 demons beginning with Ornias, and including Beelzeboul, Asmodeus, and the demons of the 36 Decans.» — los editores sitúan el Testamento como grimorio emparentado y cuentan sesenta demonios.

«Because of the inclusion of the 36 Decans, Torijan03 tends to view the book as astrologically based, but it is much more of a grimoire, as it lays out clearly, possibly for the first time, the use of individual opposing angels to control specific demons, and it also elaborates on the significance of Solomon's ring.» — desacuerdo declarado con Torijano sobre qué clase de libro es el Testamento; el 3 pegado al apellido es la llamada de nota.

«The latter even asserts that Solomon shut up demons in urns which he sealed and buried in the earth, although perhaps to record that they were submerged in a lake or the sea, might have been closer to the tradition.» — sobre Gregentius; los editores proponen otro motivo, el que a su juicio dice la tradición, con un perhaps.

«Around 1240, the Bishop of Paris, William of Auvergne (1190-1249) mentioned a number of pseudo-Solomonic works in his De Legibus.» — el primer inventario medieval que los editores citan para el corpus atribuido a Salomón.

«"To this sort of idolatry belongs those four figures which are called the Rings of Solomon, and a fifth which is called the Seal of Solomon, and nine others which are called the Nine Scarabs. 1 The most execrable consecrations and most detestable invocations, writings, images in all these contain very evident impiety of idolatry.» — la condena de Guillermo de Auvernia en la traducción que imprimen los editores; el 1 es llamada de nota.

«The thirteenth century also saw Albertus Magnus listing five books attributed to Solomon in his Speculum Astronomiae.» — el segundo inventario, con el sic que los editores ponen a Liber Almadel.

«"notes perhaps from more than one source, on the analogy between the [three] patriarchs Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the three divisions of philosophy (moralis, naturalis, inspectiva), and the three books of Solomon.» — Thorndike sobre la Philosophy of Solomon, citado por los editores; los corchetes son de la fuente que ellos copian.

«The thirteenth century Byzantine historian, Nicetas Choniates made reference in Book IV of his history of the Emperor Manuel Comnenus to a book held by the interpreter and magician Aaron Isaac, which /I could cause legions of demons to appear" when read aloud, which was said to be a work by Solomon.» — el testimonio bizantino; la capa de texto rinde la comilla de apertura como /I.

«In the seventeenth century both Jean-Jacques Boissard in his Treatise on Divination (published posthumously in 1616) and Michael Maier (1617) wrote that Aaron Isaac had used the Clavicula Salomon is for nefarious reasons, perpetuating the view that this book had been the Key of Solomon.» — dos autores del propio campo que los editores presentan como hostiles al libro.

«Nearly two centuries earlier in his Apologia, the Genovese magician Pica della Mirandola (1463-1494) said that "his practical Cabalah had nothing to do with wicked magics going under the name of Solomon, Moses, Enoch, or Adam, by which demons were conjured by bad magicians.» — el deslinde de Pico; el troceo imprime Pica della Mirandola y lo llama genovés, y las dos formas se citan tal cual.

«A book simply called Le Livre de Salomon ('The Book of Solomon'), which was full of rules for invoking demons, was said to have been burned around 1350 at the order of Pope Innocent VI.» — la quema declarada por los editores, en voz pasiva y sin fuente nombrada en la línea.

«The Dominican inquisitor Nicholas Eymerich (1320-1399) wrote in his Directorium Inquisitorum (1376) that he had confiscated various books from necromancers, including a work called the 'Table of Solomon'.» — la confiscación inquisitorial que los editores registran.

«A century later in 1456, Hartlieb mentioned the Sigillum Salomonis ('Seal of Solomon') and the Clavicula Salomonis ('Key of Solomon') in a pamphlet addressed to Duke John of Burgundy. This dating of the Clavicula Salomonis is significant, giving it a first written Latin reference to that title in the mid-15th century.» — el dato de datación que los editores subrayan: la primera mención latina del título.

«The stream·of books attributed to Solomon continued, with a large number, including some of those previously mentioned, being listed by Abbot Johannes Trithemius in his work Antipalus Maleficorum written around 1508, but not published till 1555.» — el inventario de Tritemio, con el desfase de casi cincuenta años entre escritura e impresión.

«A number of these texts are also referred to by the French writer Gabriel Naudaeus in his 1625 work The History of Magic by way of an Apology.» — el eslabón del siglo XVII en la cadena de catálogos.

«A French work from the sixteenth century which claims Solomon's authorship is L'Anneau de Salomon, which recounts the legend of Solomon's ring and how he used it to bind demons.» — otro título salomónico, sobre el anillo.

«Studying the many different Key of Solomon manuscripts it is clear that they fall into four distinct Families, each with quite different contents. We have accordingly translated one example of each of the first three Families, and supplemented this with material from other manuscripts in the same Family, to give the most comprehensive range of chapters.» — el plan editorial declarado: un ejemplar por familia, más material suplementario de la misma familia.

«Rabbi Solomon Family, being manuscripts having 20 chapters, typically attributed to Rabbi Solomon.» — la primera familia, la del Key 1, definida por número de capítulos y por atribución.

«Abraham Coloma Family, being manuscripts which divide into two Books, each having approximately 17+ chapters. These are attributed to a range of authors including King Solomon, Toz Graecus and Colotno himself. It is from this Family that Mathers drew his edition.» — la segunda familia, la del Key 2, y de la que salió la edición de Mathers; la capa de texto imprime aquí Coloma y Colotno donde la portadilla del Key 2 imprime Colorno.

«Universal Treatise Family, divided into four Books, typically with the first Book having 6 chapters, and the third having 10 chapters.» — la tercera familia, la del Key 3.

«Abognazar Family, consisting of 30+ un-numbered chapters, containing material drawn from the other three families, plus additional material.» — la cuarta familia, la única que el volumen no edita.

«The Abognazar Family may in reality be just a group of manuscripts compiled from the other three Families, with an emphasis on the Prayers of Consecration.» — la hipótesis, dicha con un may, de que esa cuarta familia sea compilación de las otras.

«These Families are not just a matter of title or attributed author, but reflect quite different, and mutually exclusive, layout and contents. Chapters found in the manuscripts of one Family are almost always not present in another.» — el criterio que sostiene la clasificación, con su matiz de almost always.

«Of particular interest is the Universal Treatise Family because the Grimorium Verum (True Grimoire), a latecomer to the grimoire tradition, draws heavily on this Family for its material, using chapter headings such as The True Clavicles of Solomon.» — el vínculo que los editores trazan entre la familia del Key 3 y el Grimorium Verum.

«The third Key in the present book is an example of material that 21 years later became part of the Grimorium Verum.» — la consecuencia cronológica de ese vínculo para el texto que aquí se edita.

«Mathiesen states that due to circumstances he has not inspected the manuscripts himself, relying entirely on third party catalogue descriptions. As he himself acknowledges this is not the ideal approach, as catalogue descriptions are sometimes misleading, or even downright faulty.» — el límite del trabajo de Mathiesen, dicho por los editores con la propia admisión de Mathiesen dentro.

«We have physically examined as many of the manuscripts as possible, which has resulted in us choosing to discard some of the manuscripts he lists» — el método con que los editores dicen haber revisado esa tipología.

«For example, we have ignored, as not relevant, the group given by Mathiesen as the 'Lemegeton (Lmg)' Text-Group, as this group consists entirely of versions of a completely different grimoire, albeit one which still holds Solomon as its author.» — el primer grupo que retiran, y la razón: el Lemegeton es otro grimorio, aunque comparta atribución.

«We have changed the name of Mathiesen's category 'Oldest Text (OT)' Text-Group to the' Abraham Colomo (AC)' Text-Group, in accordance with the research of Joseph Peterson and Adam McLean, and because it does not in fact contain the oldest manuscripts.» — el renombramiento y sus dos razones; aquí la capa de texto imprime Colomo.

«Mathiesen mentions an Arabic version of the Key of Solomon which the inveterate literary pirate L W de Laurence claimed to have published in 1920 under the title Al-Miftah al-Azam li-Sulayman ai-Hakim ('The Key of Solomon the Physician'). However as we have not been able to uncover any evidence of the existence of this work, and as de Laurence often changed the names of texts, and regularly falsified their origin, we have deleted this from the list.» — una búsqueda negativa que los editores declaran, con el motivo por el que no dan crédito a la noticia.

«We have also deleted Mathiesen's 'Invocations of Angels (IA)' Text-Group as it contains John Dee related material (like Sloane MS 307) rather than Key of Solomon material.» — el segundo grupo retirado, por contenido ajeno.

«Above: On one side a depiction of a male figure, probably Solomon, applying a wand to a water vessel, possibly performing hygromanteia, the conjuring (and maybe sealing) of a spirit in a water vessel.» — el pie de la figura 2, con dos cautelas seguidas: probably y possibly.

«He is surrounded by the letters 'SoLoMoN' a caduceus and celestial sigil characters.» — el resto de la descripción del talismán de bronce.

«The first part of the work is divided into ten chapters, and then the rest is divided into seven planetary sections corresponding to the days of the week, similar to the arrangement of de Abano's Heptameron.» — la estructura que los editores adjudican al grupo textual Rabbi Solomon, el del Key 1, y su parecido con el Heptameron.

«Called the Oldest Western Text-Group (or OT) by Mathiesen, this represents probably the earliest extant non-Greek language copies of the Key of Solomon, usually arranged in two books of twenty or so chapters each.» — el grupo del Key 2, con el probably que los editores le ponen a la primacía.

«The prologue states that the text was translated from Hebrew into Latin by Cornelius Agrippa, and subsequently into French from the Latin by Rabbi Nazar.» — una cadena de traducción declarada por los propios manuscritos del grupo CMC, no por los editores.

«The prologue states the book was translated from Hebrew into Latin by Rabbi Abognazar, who lived in ArIes in Provence, France. This was translated by the Archbishop of ArIes into French after the destruction of the Jews there.» — la otra cadena declarada, la del grupo Abognazar; la capa de texto imprime ArIes por Arles.

«In his Mysteries and Secrets of Magic, Thompson suggested that ' Abognazar' may have been a corruption of Aben Ezra or Abraham Ben Meir ibn Ezra» — la identificación que los editores atribuyen a Thompson, en condicional.

«An interesting sidelight on the possibility of Aben Ezra being connected with the Key of Solomon is that some of his works were translated by Peter de Abano. Abano wrote the Heptameron 2 which is one of the earliest printed grimoires, which includes circles structured to vary according to time and season, which are also found in the Rabbi Solomon Text-Group. A coincidence? We think not.» — los editores encadenan Aben Ezra, Abano y el Heptameron, y cierran negando la casualidad.

«He is sometimes referred to by the corrupted name variant of 'Ptolomaeus Graecus'» — sobre Toz Graecus: los editores tratan las variantes del nombre como corrupciones de copia.

«These manuscripts have the same format as the AC group, with two books of around twenty chapters, but with no pentacles section.» — la definición del grupo Toz Graecus por lo que le falta.

«It is variously known as Zecorben, Zekerboni or Zekorbeni. It might simply derive from the common Latin annotation 'Nota Bene' meaning 'note well' as Zekor or ,~t means 'note' or 'remember' in Hebrew, hence 'Zekor-bene'.» — la etimología que proponen para el título, con un might; la palabra hebrea sale de la capa de texto como ,~t.

«Zekorbeni is one of the three magical texts mentioned by Casanova (1725-1798) in his memoirs along with the Picatrix and the Key of Solomon which caused him to be incarcerated in Venice by the Inquisition.» — el testimonio de Casanova sobre los tres libros que le costaron la cárcel.

«E M Butler describes the supposed author Peter Mora as an /I alchemist, black magician, said to be a Satanist and poisoner who lived in Milan early in the seventeenth century, and was burnt there [circa 1630] after having confessed (under torture) to those crimes» — la voz de Butler sobre el autor supuesto del Zekorbeni, con la confesión bajo tortura consignada; la comilla de apertura sale como /I.

«The fifteenth century Greek texts are the most likely origin of the Italian/Latin texts of the Key. This group is therefore of the greatest importance, but has to date received the least attention.» — la tesis de origen y, con ella, la deuda de estudio que los editores declaran.

«This group includes Harley MS 5596 which is a key link between the Greek Key of Solomon and the Solomonic tradition in England.» — el manuscrito con que enlazan el grupo griego y la tradición inglesa.

«The Key was an important ingredient in the English tradition of aristocratic angel magic. Additional MS 36674 and Sloane MS 3847 were both in the library of Baron John Somers (1651-1716), Lord Chancellor of England, and subsequently inherited by his brother-in-law Sir Joseph Jekyll (1663-1738), Master of the Rolls, both of whom were angel magicians.» — el medio social que los editores adjudican a la Clavícula en Inglaterra.

«At some point in the early seventeenth century the Additional MS 36674 manuscript of the Key of Solomon (Text-Group KK) passed through the hands of the poet Gabriel Harvey (1550-1630), who made annotations on it and signed his name in it.» — la evidencia material de esa circulación: firma y anotaciones.

«We have located three manuscripts of the Key of Solomon attributed to the astrologer and magician Ebenezer Sibly (1752-1799).2 These are Crawford MS 158, John Rylands GB 0133 Eng MS 40, and Sibley Private Collection MS 4.» — los testimonios que los editores adjudican a Sibly; el 2 es llamada de nota y el apellido aparece también como Sibley.

«Within a month of Sibly's death, his nephew sold all his manuscripts to the Covent Garden bookseller John Denley (1764-1842)» — el paso de la colección de Sibly al librero que reaparece en la procedencia del Key 1.

«Strangely he made a copy of one which bears some close resemblance to the version in Wellcome MS 3670 here presented. The Sibly MS contains Chapters 1-10 and 15 of Wellcome MS 4670, but 20 Pentacles from Wellcome MS 4670 are absent from the Sibly MS, making our present text considerably more comprehensive.» — el cotejo con la copia de Sibly y el argumento de que la edición presente es más completa; en la primera frase el volumen escribe Wellcome MS 3670 donde el resto del pasaje dice 4670, y la discrepancia se consigna sin corregirla.

«Notably the information and images of the Planetary Intelligences & Daemons are also absent. It is also interesting to note that the Planetary Angels are present in Wellcome MS 4670, but not in Sibly.» — el resto de lo que falta en el testimonio de Sibly.

«The latter work was written to prove how easily academics could be fooled, and in this it was highly successful for many decades.» — sobre The Amber Witch de Meinhold: los editores nombran la ficción como ficción antes de citar su uso de la Clavícula.

«In his short story, The Convent Witch, an exorcism from the Key is used to banish a demon who possessed a nun in a convent.» — el uso literario del exorcismo, en un relato, no en un documento.

«As Mathers did not publish a single manuscript but compiled one from seven existing sources, he could be described as the creator of the most recent Key of Solomon.» — el juicio de los editores sobre el método de Mathers, dicho en condicional.

«"The booke from whence I transcribed this was writt by an Italian, and in a very good hand."» — la nota de John Aubrey en su propia copia, citada por los editores.

«The French love of the Key of Solomon can be seen by the large number of French versions we have tracked down, by far the single largest quantity.» — el peso del francés en el censo de los editores.

«There are at least seven texts which mention Morissoneau, these being Gregorius Niger Private Collection MS 5, Wellcome MS 4655, Wellcome MS 4656, Wellcome MS 4657, Wellcome MS 4660, Wellcome MS 4661 and Wellcome MS 4670, in other words all of the Rabbi Solomon Family of manuscripts.» — el nombre del traductor declarado como marca de familia manuscrita.

«Morissoneau's texts seems also to be associated with illustrious magical figures, as another of his manuscripts, Wellcome MS 4656 bears the Ex Libris plate of Papus designed for him by G. de Tromelin in 1908.» — la marca de propiedad de Papus en un testimonio hermano.

«Another owner of a Morissoneau text was Francis George Irwin (1828-1892). Captain EG. Irwin, as he was often known, was a senior Freemason and Rosicrucian.» — otro propietario del mismo grupo; la capa de texto rinde las iniciales F. G. como EG.

«Three of the Morissoneau texts were copied by the same scribe, J. S. Fyot, including the two we have reproduced in this current volume. J. S. Fyot copied Wellcome MS 4669, Wellcome MS 4670 (both here reproduced), and Wellcome MS 4661.» — los editores adjudican los dos manuscritos que editan a una misma mano.

«One of J. S. Fyot's female ancestors married Antoine d' Argenson, which interestingly ties the Fyots with the founder of the Bibliotheque de l' Arsenal.» — el parentesco con que los editores enlazan al copista y al fondo del Arsenal.

«It was in this library that S. L. MacGregor Mathers discovered and published a manuscript of the Book of Abramelin the Mage.» — lo que los editores adjudican a esa misma biblioteca.

«The French writer Le Sage mentions Solomon's Key in the same breath as Agrippa:» — la entrada de la Clavícula en la literatura francesa.

«Ah, cried Don Cleofas, are you then the famous Asmodeus, so gloriously celebrated by Agrippa and the Clavicula Salomonis» — la frase de la novela de Le Sage en la traducción inglesa que citan los editores; es diálogo de ficción, no testimonio documental.

«Although it is a later work (1845 despite its claims of a 1522 origin), the grimoire the Dragon Rouge ('Red Dragon') describes the apotropaic power of the Key of Solomon during the "Great Calling of the Spirits» — los editores fechan el Dragon Rouge contra su propia declaración de origen.

«0 great Lucifuge, I beseech thee leave thy dwelling, in whatever part of the world it may be, to come and speak with me; if not, I will thereto compel thee by the power of the mighty words of the great Clavicle of Solomon, whereof he made use to force the rebellious spirits to accept his pact.» — el conjuro del Dragon Rouge que invoca a la Clavícula como potencia coactiva; el troceo abre con un cero por la O vocativa.

«This derivative work (also known as the Grand Grimoire) draws largely on the material found in the Grimorium Verum,» — la filiación que los editores le adjudican a ese grimorio.

«They caused a knife to be forged, after the design of the Key of Solomon, and had it inscribed with Cabalistic symbols.» — del relato inquisitorial del atentado mágico contra Urbano VIII, citado por los editores.

«Although the Key of Solomon had been on the Index of Forbidden books since the mid-sixteenth century, 1 it is possible that the double-edged Italian relationship of passion and hatred for the Key of Solomon has its roots in the attempted magical murder of Pope Urban VIII in 1633.» — la hipótesis italiana de los editores, dicha con un it is possible; el 1 es llamada de nota.

«Inquisition records show a concerted level of interest after 1640 when it was recorded that the Key had been translated from Latin into Italian, increasing its level of accessibility and availability.» — el vínculo que trazan entre lengua vulgar y persecución.

«A result of this increased availability can be seen in 1654 in Venice where the strega famosissima 5 Laura Malipiero was arrested for possessing magical manuscripts she was copying, specifically including the Key of Solomon.» — el caso veneciano; el 5 es llamada de nota.

«Another instance of the Key of Solomon being connected with evil by the Church was in 1630 in Milan. During the trial of suspected plague-spreaders, a man named Baruello stated that he had been recruited by a French priest who carried a long black wand and the Clavicula Salomonis. The priest and his confederates allegedly drew magic circles on the ground and wrote incantations with diabolic characters.» — el proceso milanés de los untori, con el allegedly que los editores conservan.

«Considering the burning of the black magician Peter Mora, author of the Zekorbeni, for a similar charge of plague spreading, the connection made by the Roman Catholic Church between the Key of Solomon and such acts was clearly an effective propaganda tool.» — la lectura que los editores hacen de esa asociación: instrumento de propaganda.

«"And it is well demonstrated that these perverse sorcerers do everything by diabolic arts, inducing insane love and extravagant hatred in men through incantations, using the so-called and profane Clavicula Salomon is, wickedly and sacrilegiously baptising magnets for this effect, and using images of melted wax, and hair-raising, unspeakable imprecations.» — la voz de Tomaso Garzoni en 1585, citada por los editores como testimonio de la mala fama del libro.

«Abraham Colomo5 (c.1530-c.IS98) was a Mantuan Jew. Colomo learnt to fence as a child and was viewed as a military genius with regard to his construction of fortifications and weapon design. His engineering feats were popularly associated with black magic.» — el traductor italiano que da nombre a la familia del Key 2; el 5 es llamada de nota y la fecha sale con IS98 por 1598.

«The Colomo Family of the Key of Solomon manuscripts derived from his translation, is one of the most influential, and contains the largest number of manuscripts.» — el peso que los editores le adjudican a esa rama.

«In addition to commissioning Coloma to translate the Key of Solomon from Hebrew to Italian (from whence it was later translated into French and Latin)» — el encargo ducal de Vincenzo Gonzaga como punto de partida de la cadena de lenguas.

«This tends to suggest that there was a Hebrew original, and that 'G. G. 1. E.' also had access to it.» — el argumento por el original hebreo, formulado como tendencia y no como hecho, a partir de una carta anónima cuyo firmante se ofrece a enmendar la versión de Colomo.

«Like John Dee, Colomo was also a cryptographer, and both knew Rudolph II of Bohemia, that famous collector of astronomers, magicians and alchemists.» — el paralelo que los editores trazan con Dee.

«"were the Clavicula Salomon is, the Zecor-ben, Picatrix essays on the planetary periods in which incantations were to be performed, and other works of a similarly learned nature» — la lista de libros que Casanova declara en sus memorias haber tenido encima.

«One of the most detailed accounts of a full scale evocation appears in the autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini (1500-1571), one of Renaissance Italy's greatest craftsmen. In about 1533 Cellini met with a Sicilian priest versed in the art of ritual magic who agreed to show him an evocation. The style of this evocation is very similar to that shown in the Key of Solomon.» — los editores presentan la evocación del Coliseo como paralelo estilístico, no como uso probado del libro.

«We went together to the Coliseum; and there the priest, having arrayed himself in necromancer's robes, began to describe circles on the earth with the finest ceremonies that can be imagined.» — de la autobiografía de Cellini, reproducida por los editores; es relato en primera persona de un tercero, no texto de la Clavícula.

«Now the necromancer began to utter those awful invocations, calling by name on multitudes of demons who are captains of their legions, and these he summoned by the virtue and potency of God, the Uncreated, Living, and Eternal, in phrases of the Hebrew, and also of the Greek and Latin tongues» — el mismo relato: las tres lenguas de la invocación y el llamado nominal a los capitanes.

«The drawing of the circle on the earth, the use of pentacles, the use of sweet perfumes to attract the spirits and asafoetida for banishing them, the long invocations in Hebrew, Greek and Latin, the choice of a deserted venue, and the use of a virgin boy as scryer, and the appearance of the four Demon Princes as giants, are all part of the tradition in which the Key of Solomon was developed.» — la lectura de los editores: leen el relato de Cellini como testimonio de la tradición, no del uso del libro.

«With a magical legacy including such luminaries as Trithemius, Agrippa and Paracelsus, it was inevitable that there would be a German branch on the Key of Solomon manuscript tree» — cómo justifican la rama alemana.

«What started as a synthesis of the tales of Theophilus and St Cyprian has become bound up with another synthesis, the Key of Solomon.» — la leyenda de Fausto y la Clavícula, presentadas las dos como síntesis.

«Solomon is referred to in this text, as a powerful magician, in references such as "I conjure you by the seven signs of Solomon, and by his seal and wisdom.» — el Munich Handbook Clm MS 849 citado por los editores.

«Of course the Latin Key was the form which most easily travelled through Europe, as this language was still known by educated men up to at least the 18th Century.» — la ventaja de difusión que atribuyen al latín.

«However, apart from the prayers which were often retained in Latin, this language does not seem to have been as influential in the transmission of the Key as French or Italian.» — y el límite que le ponen enseguida, con un does not seem.

«The only example of the Key of Solomon in Czech known to us, dating from 1810, is Wellcome MS 4663 which is unremarkable, in that it contains many prayers and few illustrations.» — la rama checa, reducida a un testimonio.

«We have not examined these, so we do not know either their likely Text-Group or provenance.» — sobre los tres testimonios neerlandeses: los editores declaran lo que no vieron.

«To date no Hebrew source of the Key of Solomon has been discovered. In the next chapter we will deal with the Hebrew text Sepher Maphteah Shelomoh which although it is a version of the Key of Solomon, is derived from Latin and Italian manuscripts, rather than being their source.» — la búsqueda negativa central del volumen: no hay original hebreo, y el texto hebreo conocido es derivado, no fuente.

«The legend of the rivalry between Solomon and Asmodeus was current as early as the time of Josephus, who states that God gave Solomon, via the archangel Michael, a ring or a seal which enabled him to control demons.» — la tradición judía del anillo, con Josefo como testimonio más antiguo.

«The first five titles are specifically magical texts which relate to angels and demons. The rest of these pseudo-Solo monic works only relate to the Key of Solomon indirectly, in as much as they all touch upon magic and serve to show the range of esoteric literature that has grown up around Solomon's name.» — el criterio con que los editores parten en dos la lista de obras salomónicas hebreas.

«Sepher Raziel is sometimes also attributed to Solomon, but it seems likely that the authority who ascribed it to Solomon simply confused Sepher Raziel with Sepher-ha-Razim.» — los editores explican una atribución ajena por confusión de títulos, con un it seems likely.

«calls the work Almandel, deriving it from the Arabic aI-mandaI (meaning' a circle'), in the sense of the protective circle inscribed by magicians on the ground.» — la etimología árabe del Almadel que los editores atribuyen a Wolf; la capa de texto rinde al-mandal como aI-mandaI.

«is the name of a Hebrew manuscript of the Key of Solomon, which dates back to 1700 or before.» — la datación del Sepher Maphteah Shelomoh.

«The images contained within the Sepher Maphteah Shelomoh are striking and probably even older, as they in some instances bear a resemblance to those found in the Greek Magical Papyri (dating back to c.200 BCE-500 CE) rather than to typical Hebrew illustrations, which raises interesting questions about their original provenance.» — el parecido iconográfico que los editores señalan, planteado como pregunta abierta.

«Hermann Gollancz found the manuscript in his father's library at the beginning of the twentieth century, and he published a commentary on it under the name of Clavicula Salomonis in 1903, and then a full facsimile of it in 1914 as Sepher Maphteah Shelomoh.» — la historia editorial del testimonio hebreo.

«As it is largely different from the majority of the Key of Solomon manuscripts, we have given it a separate Text-Group. Some material seems to be drawn from Sepher Raziel, and the section entitled The Book of Light is a straight copy from the Heptameron of Peter de Abano.» — la decisión de clasificación y la filiación que le adjudican al Libro de la Luz.

«In this context it is interesting to note that the 'Operation of Simon Magus' found in this text calls upon the triad of Lucifer, Beelzebub and Satan.» — la tríada demoníaca que los editores destacan en el texto hebreo.

«These three arch-demons are also seen conjoined in the Lemegeton and also in proto-Lemegeton material, such as is found in Sloane MS 3824.» — y el cruce que trazan con el Lemegeton a partir de ella.

«The crude transliteration of 'AL-PhA et Aw' to " N MN N~-N~' shows that the scribe did not really understand what he was transcribing from the Latin, and simply transliterated it as best he could, using' to represent w and MN to represent the Latin 'et'.» — pie de la figura 5: los editores leen la dirección de la copia en el error del copista hebreo; el hebreo sale de la capa de texto como N~-N~.

«The Latin origin of this diagram can be clearly seen in the Hebrew inscribed on the path; r"1~M'I N~ which means 'Via Itmon', as N~ is just a transliteration for 'via', the Latin for 'path'. Itmon is another name for the angel Metatron.» — pie de la figura 6, con el mismo argumento de dirección de copia.

«Hygromancy here does not signify 'divination by water', as is usually proposed, or even the ancient Greek practice of scrying in a bowl of water, but harks back to more ancient usages.» — los editores redefinen el término contra la lectura corriente.

«We are reminded of the traditional use by Solomon of water pots to imprison the spirits, and the word 'hydria' in both Greek and Latin means an 'urn' or 'water jar'.» — el argumento filológico de esa redefinición.

«in a circle there are twelve columns made of marble (absolutely incredible), on top of the same columns there are twelve water vessels made of silver, where Solomon sealed the demons,» — del diario de un peregrino sobre el Martyrium de Jerusalén, citado por los editores como testimonio del sellado en vasijas.

«From this and other sources 1 we can be certain that hygromancy was not 'divination by water' but something much closer to evocation and its attendant 'binding' of spirits using water vessels.» — la conclusión que los editores declaran cierta, con el 1 de llamada de nota.

«"The seven bottles in which Solomon shut up the demons were made of electrum. It is necessary to believe» — Zósimo citado por los editores sobre las siete botellas.

«"Solomon made the seven bottles according to the names of the seven planets, in conformity with the divine prescriptions about the working of the stone, for the mixing of the silver, the gold and the copper of Cyprus, with the substance called orichalcus [yellow copper ore] and copper of Marrah ... The necessary ingredients are in all nine in number.» — la receta del electro en la misma cita de Zósimo; los corchetes y los puntos suspensivos son de los editores.

«It therefore does not make much sense to separate the material relating to the seven Planets from the procedure for conjuring and sealing the spirits, as some scholars have suggested, as they are part and parcel of exactly the same technique.» — desacuerdo declarado con quienes separan lo planetario de lo conjuratorio.

«The Greek manuscripts are by far the oldest, seven dating from the 15th Century.» — el dato con que sostienen la primacía griega.

«The first section of the Hygromanteia associates every hour of every day with its ruling planet, Greek god, and quality of the hour, for example on Monday:» — la estructura horaria del texto griego.

«In the next section Solomon informs Rehoboam that" one good angel and one evil demon are lords at each hour» — el emparejamiento de ángel y demonio por hora; la comilla de apertura queda pegada al verbo en la capa de texto.

«Saturday is described as the Sabbath, and Friday as the 'day of preparation'. This is obviously very Semitic in origin, suggesting an ultimately Hebraic origin.» — el indicio de fondo hebreo que los editores encuentran dentro del texto griego.

«But at this point in time Greek sources are as far back as we can trace the Key.» — y el límite que se ponen enseguida: hasta el griego llega la traza.

«Note the three 'lock marks' on the corners of the square, and the four incense pots at the cardinal points, both of which feature in the Circle diagram of Wellcome MS 4670 (see Figure 9).» — pie de la figura 7: los editores emparejan los círculos griegos con el del manuscrito del Key 1.

«This last specification is highly significant, and explains the importance attached to the 24 planetary hours of the day, of the week, and their corresponding angel and demon. It also explains the reason why so many invocations literally fall on deaf ears, 'for without these the god will not listen'.» — los editores derivan del papiro la razón de las horas planetarias en la Clavícula.

«Thus the Hygromanteia consists of the practice of planetary angelic and demonic evocation, whilst giving enough information about names and characters to enable the practitioner to generate the 168 possible pentacles, without actually drawing out these pentacles.» — la definición operativa que dan del texto griego, y lo que ese texto deja sin dibujar.

«The first is the mauromaniko makhairi or black handled knife, with its handle constructed from the horn of a black male goat.» — el instrumento con que abre la serie griega de utensilios.

«It is noteworthy that the four Demonic Kings of the quarters (which later form a key part of the Grimorium Verum) are specified as: East - Loutzipher [Lucifer]; South - Beelzeboul; West - Astaroth; North - Asmedai.» — el reparto cardinal de los cuatro reyes demoníacos en el testimonio griego.

«In conclusion it seems most likely that the Key of Solomon originated from the Greek manuscripts of the Hygromanteia and Solomonike which had reached Italy (probably Venice) by the 15th century, or maybe a lot earlier. There it was first translated into Italian and Latin, under the title Clavicula Salomonis.» — la tesis de origen del volumen, dicha con it seems most likely y con dos probably encadenados.

«There is an oblique confirmation of the Greek origin of the Key in a Latin translation of the Secretum Secretorum ('Secret of Secrets'), another name for the Key.» — la confirmación indirecta que aducen: la leyenda del hallazgo en la tumba.

«This suggests a post hoc justification for the work being found only in Greek.» — cómo leen esa leyenda: justificación posterior, no dato de transmisión.

«In the course of time the supposed translator's name varied from Abraham Colomo, to Cornelius Agrippa, Geo Peccatrix, Rabbi Nazar, Rabbi Solomon, Rabbi Abognazar, Pierre Morissoneau, Toz Graecus or Almadel.» — la serie de traductores declarados, que los editores usan como criterio de agrupación y no como dato biográfico.

«This Hebrew edition was not therefore the source of the Key of Solomon but one of its descendants. The Hebrew or Aramaic source of the Key, if there ever was one, has yet to be found.» — la conclusión sobre el hebreo, con el condicional que la acota.

«the only thing for certain at this stage is that the Hygromanteia is the source of the Key of Solomon. It is also certain that the Maphteah Shelomoh was not the source, but a later derivative.» — lo que los editores declaran cierto frente a lo que dejan abierto.

«Torijano has argued convincingly in his work Solomon the Esoteric King for early origins of the material in the Hygromanteia. He postulates the entry of this text into Europe through Southern Italy in the sixth century» — la hipótesis de Torijano sobre la vía de entrada, que los editores suscriben.

«This chain of texts would then suggest multiple roots for the Key of Solomon dating back to both early Jewish magic, via the Sepher ha-Razim and Testament of Solomon, and to Greek magic through the Greek Magical Papyri and» — la conclusión de raíz doble, judía y griega, sin arbitrar entre ellas.

«Both Wellcome MS 4670 and Wellcome MS 4669 are reproduced here. Wellcome MS 4670 is reproduced in full. Wellcome MS 4669 contains four items, the first two are two different versions of the Key of Solomon, both scribed by J. S. Fyot, and both reproduced here.» — el alcance exacto de lo reproducido, y lo que queda fuera.

«A section of 14 chapters (Book 2, Chapters 10 to 23) does not appear in Wellcome MS 4669 #1. This deficiency has been supplied from several other manuscripts from the same Abraham Colorno Family including Lansdowne MS 1203 and Kings MS 288» — la laguna del manuscrito base del Key 2 y de dónde la suplen; aquí el volumen escribe Colorno.

«This means that the text in the present volume includes all the chapters of each of the three main Families of the Key of Solomon manuscripts.» — el alcance que los editores reclaman para el volumen.

«The first manuscript reproduced here (Wellcome MS 4670), written in 1796, turned up at a sale in 1803 where it was listed as item 702 of the Catalogue des Livres Precieux, singuliers et rares ... edited by Dominique and Martin Meon, and published in the same year.» — el primer eslabón documentado de la procedencia.

«We do not have such a clear provenance for Wellcome MS 4669, but as it was written by the same scribe, and its 19th century binding exactly matches that of Wellcome MS 4670, it is highly likely that both manuscripts travelled together and passed through the same owner's hands.» — la procedencia del segundo manuscrito, declarada como inferencia y no como documento.

«The Fyot family have been responsible for perhaps the most beautiful manuscripts of the Key of Solomon in existence.» — el juicio de los editores sobre la familia de copistas.

«The scribe of the present manuscript signs his name much more discretely underneath several of the illustrations as 'J. S. Fyot a Paris' and 'J. S. Fyot Ecrivain 1796'.» — la firma escondida en las ilustraciones, base de la adjudicación del copista.

«On the same page, hidden in the scroll work of the illustration, he also dates it according to the dating system introduced by the French Revolution, as 'IV de la Republique' which counted 1792 as year one.» — la segunda fecha, en calendario revolucionario, escondida en la orla.

«The draft manuscript (Additional MS 39666) has a date on its second page which original read 1783 or 1732, but has been roughly altered to 1632. In the fair copy (Warburg FBH 80) the date is written out in full in words as 1632 so that it cannot be changed.» — la fecha alterada en el borrador y fijada en la copia en limpio.

«As the handwriting appears to be 18th century, one might conjecture that the scribe wanted to backdate the manuscript, perhaps to make it more saleable. Accordingly we have adopted the later date as the most likely.» — la lectura de esa alteración y la decisión editorial que sacan de ella, las dos en potencial.

«This cipher translates to 'Curzon', a well known English aristocratic family name.» — la palabra en cifra al final del Additional MS 39666, leída como apellido de propietario.

«This explains the very important changes in the makeup of the Circle, according to the Season and day.» — nota de los editores a la figura 9: el círculo del Key 1 cambia con la estación y el día, a diferencia de otros grimorios.

«The inner circle for the use of the Master and his Disciples is shown to be exactly 9 feet [pedum] in radius (18 feet in diameter).» — y la corrección de medida que los editores hacen contra la lectura corriente de nueve pies de diámetro.

«The French 'R. Salomon' should be interpreted as 'Rabbi Salomon' rather than 'Roi Salomon' (King Solomon) as has sometimes been suggested.» — la nota que decide quién es el Salomón del título del Key 1: el rabino, no el rey.

«A reduction sigil made from the letters F[yot] D[omine] T[au is here reproduced at the same size as in the manuscript.» — nota de los editores a un sello del manuscrito, con la lectura de las tres letras entre corchetes.

«A reduction sigil for the Archangel RAPHAEL, surrounded by distorted Hebrew.» — los editores identifican el sello y califican de deformado el hebreo que lo rodea.

«This incident probably refers to the sexual relationship between Anne Austin and both Cardinal Montalto and Pope Sixtus V (reigned 1585-1590) his uncle. The latter also interestingly had a popular reputation as a magician.» — nota de los editores que identifica a la Marguerritte Auston del texto, con un probably.

«This may be a reference to the Kabbalistic practice described in the Talmud, "He who wishes wisdom, let him face South" Bava Batra 25b. South is also the direction of the Menorah or seven-branched candlestick.» — los editores proponen un origen talmúdico para la orientación al sur, con un may.

«Here Exorcism means to consecrate and purifY the various pieces of ritual equipment by driving out any corruption or evil.» — los editores acotan el sentido de exorcismo en el capítulo X; la capa de texto rinde purify con Y mayúscula.

«Supbur is very dangerous to burn in enclosed spaces for health reasons, It may be better to use a Satumian herb like poppy seed» — nota de los editores que desaconseja el azufre del sábado y propone sustituto; el troceo imprime Supbur y Satumian.

«This section is parallel with, or probably derived from, Peter de Abano's Heptameron. It only appears in the Rabbi Solomon family of manuscripts of the Key of Solomon.» — los editores filian la tabla de estaciones y la acotan a una sola familia manuscrita.

«This, and similar subsequent diagrams, for each of the seven days of the week and seven Planets, are similar to those in de Abano's Heptameron where they are used as a protective floor circle in which the magician stands, rather than as a pentacle.» — los editores señalan que la misma figura cambia de función entre el Heptameron y el Key 1.

«These are the Hebrew names of the hours (day hours on the left, and night on the right), and they apply to all the following Planets. The mirror imaging of the night hours is intentional.» — los editores declaran intencional el reflejo en espejo de las horas nocturnas de la lámina.

«Although this looks like a mirror image, in fact this is exactly how it is written in the original manuscript.» — nota de los editores al sello del espíritu familiar de Marte: la aparente inversión es del manuscrito, no de la reproducción.

«These are the Olympic Spirits corresponding to the seven Planets. However, despite being correctly attributed earlier in the manuscript, they are here out of order. The correct associations are Sun - Och; Moon - Phul; Jupiter - Bethor; Venus - Hagith; Saturn - Arathron; Mars - Phaleg; Mercury - Ophiel.» — los editores señalan una contradicción interna del manuscrito y dan la lista que tienen por correcta, sin tocar la del cuerpo.

«These Olympic spirits are from the Arbatel of Magick: Of the Magick of the Ancients which is included in Agrippa (2005). They are called 'Olympic' because of their Greek origin, and consequent association with Olympus. These are further confirmation of the Greek origin of the Key of Solomon.» — los editores usan los espíritus olímpicos como argumento más para su tesis de origen griego.

«Circle for the consecration of the Rings. The '9' shaped characters mark word breaks in the distorted characters around the circle.» — nota de los editores que descifra un signo del dibujo como separador de palabras.

«This procedure is not, to our knowledge, revealed in any other grimoire. Instead unsatisfactory substitutions, like brass or 'mixed metals', are often proposed for the talismanic metal of the Planet Mercury.» — los editores declaran singular la receta del capítulo XVIII y advierten aparte sobre el vapor de mercurio.

«This, and all subsequent rings, have not been filled in with the necessary characters by the scribe.» — los editores declaran incompleta la serie de anillos en el manuscrito: los caracteres nunca se dibujaron.

«Exorcism is a word that has subtly changed its meaning over the centuries, from the invocation of a spiritual creature to its banishment.» — los editores explican por qué el texto llama exorcismo a lo que llama al espíritu, y no a lo que lo expulsa.

«Mathers (1909) Book I, Chapter XI, taken from Lansdowne MS 1203.» — la nota con que los editores declaran, capítulo por capítulo, que los suplementarios del libro primero salen de la edición de Mathers y no del manuscrito base.

«Mathers comments: "I have usually found Michael attributed to the South; Raphael to the East; Gabriel to the West; and Auriel to the North. Likewise I think the operator should tum following the course of the Sun, and not contrariwise as in the text.» — los editores reproducen el desacuerdo de Mathers con el texto que él mismo traduce, sin resolverlo.

«This list is a work in progress, which we hope will be of use to the serious student who may wish to expand it.» — los editores declaran provisional su censo de manuscritos del apéndice A.

«Harley MS 6483 English De Malorum Spirituum of Dr Rudd - the five books of the Lemegeton» — del apéndice B, de manuscritos mal catalogados: los editores dan el título real de cada uno frente al de catálogo.

«Sloane MS 307 English Clavicula Tabularum Enochi - the key of the Enochian Tables» — otra entrada del mismo apéndice, la que sostiene la supresión del grupo textual Invocations of Angels.

«The following table is a sample list of the angels, demons, Greek gods, and by implication the planet, for the day of Sunday, to be found in the Hygromanteia of Solomon dating from 15th century.» — el apéndice D imprime la muestra griega con la que los editores sostienen su tesis de origen.

«The contents of these are listed here in order to facilitate comparison, as they are obviously not available in the catalogues of any public collection. The descriptions of the first two are taken from the relevant auction catalogue, and the others from Adam McLean's excellent Levity website.» — los editores declaran la procedencia de las descripciones del apéndice F, que no vieron por sí mismos.

«A sample of manuscripts drawn from two Families are shown here to illustrate the completely different chapter content of each of these Families, and the consistency within each Family.» — el apéndice G y lo que se propone mostrar.

«The chapters of Mathers' edition (he only drew chapters from the second Family) are also shown for ease of reference, and so the reader can compare its contents with that of the present volume.» — la comparación con Mathers, ofrecida al lector como cotejo y no como juicio.

«These have been supplemented with chapters drawn from: Additional MS 10862 Additional MS 36674 Kings MS288 Lansdowne MS 1202 Lansdowne MS 1203 Sloane MS 3645» — la bibliografía cierra declarando los seis manuscritos con que se rellenaron las lagunas de los dos Wellcome.

«Where this supplementation has occurred, the title of the chapter concerned» — el pasaje sigue diciendo que el título va anotado al pie con su fuente, y ése es el método con que los editores hacen visible el relleno capítulo por capítulo.

Grimorio (libro de magia) — El volumen edita tres textos de la Clavícula y la presenta como el grimorio más famoso e infame de todos; los editores censan 144 manuscritos entre 1440 y 1825 y los reparten en cuatro familias mutuamente excluyentes.

Pentáculo (sello-síntesis) — Los ocho pentáculos mayores abren el aprendizaje en el Key 1; el Gran Pentáculo de Salomón debe estar presente en toda operación y su función declarada es contra el miedo del operador; el Key 3 cierra con una serie de diecisiete.

Talismán (imagen astrológica) — La materia del talismán debe corresponder al planeta: un diagrama solar sobre plomo no surte efecto; el reverso lleva un cuadrado numérico de suma constante.

Horas planetarias — Las veinticuatro horas se reparten entre los siete planetas por orden descendente; las horas planetarias son desiguales y el volumen imprime el cálculo en minutos.

Mansiones lunares (los 28 sectores del recorrido de la Luna) — Los doce anillos del Key 1 se hacen cada uno en una casa distinta de la Luna, y el Key 2 pone las mansiones lunares junto a horas y días como condición de toda operación.

Círculo mágico (circulus) — El círculo del Key 1 cambia con la estación y el día, a diferencia de otros grimorios; el del Key 2 promete seguridad como en un castillo fortificado; el Key 3 lo distingue de los círculos comunes por los nombres Adonay y AGLA.

Evocación (llamar y constreñir espíritus) — Los editores redefinen la hygromanteia como evocación y atadura de espíritus en vasijas de agua, no como adivinación por agua.

Necromancia (nigromancia) — La invocación de los muertos exige pluma de cuervo, sangre humana y vela de sebo de lobo o macho cabrío, y paño negro o ceniciento.

Secreto (lo que se jura no fijar por escrito) — El prefacio del Key 1 revoca el proverbio de esconder el secreto del rey y declara bueno publicarlo entre sabios; el capítulo 23 del Key 2 manda no entregar la obra a nadie.

Horas planetarias — El reparto de operaciones por planeta va de la muerte y la discordia en Saturno a la elocuencia y la adivinación en Mercurio.

Daimon (entidad intermedia, ni ángel ni demonio) — Los espíritus se declaran criaturas elementales creadas por Dios para servir, y su fenomenología cambia con el elemento del que fueron hechos.

Cadena de transmisión (quién tomó de quién) — Los prólogos de los manuscritos declaran cadenas de traducción distintas —Agrippa y Rabbi Nazar, Abognazar y el arzobispo de Arles, Morissoneau— y los editores las usan como criterio de agrupación, no como dato biográfico.

Crítica de fuentes (criterios de inclusión y descarte) — Los editores revisan la tipología de Mathiesen, suprimen grupos, renombran otro y borran de la lista una versión árabe cuya existencia declaran no haber podido comprobar.

Tetragrammaton (el Nombre de cuatro letras) — El Tetragrammaton se traza en el aire entre el este y el sur al levantar el círculo del Key 2.

Templo de Salomón (el escenario del oficio) — La fama mágica de Salomón se deriva de su construcción del Templo y de su idolatría, según los editores; el peregrino describe doce vasijas de plata en el Martyrium donde Salomón selló a los demonios.

Caduceo (vara de Mercurio) — El talismán de bronce de la figura 2 muestra a Salomón con la vara sobre una vasija de agua, rodeado de las letras SoLoMoN y de un caduceo.

Cuatro elementos (fuego, aire, agua, tierra) — El prefacio del Key 1 adjudica a los sabios cabalistas los nombres de gnomos, silfos, salamandras y ninfas para los espíritus de cada elemento.

Sefirot (las diez numeraciones) — La operación de gracia y amor escribe el cuadrado SATOR junto a las diez sefirot y los patriarcas.

Goetia (γοητεία, arte goético) — Los editores retiran de su tipología el grupo Lemegeton por tratarse de otro grimorio, aunque comparta la atribución a Salomón.