As the title testifies, students were sworn to secrecy before being given access to this magic text, and only a few manuscripts have survived. Bits of its teachings, such as the use of the magic whistle for summoning spirits, are alluded to in other texts. Another key element of its ritual, the elaborate “Seal of God,” has been found in texts and amulets throughout Europe. Interest in The Sworn Book of Honorius has grown in recent years, yet no modern translations have been attempted—until now. Purporting to preserve the magic of Solomon in the face of intense persecution by religious authorities, this text includes one of the oldest and most detailed magic rituals. It contains a complete system of magic including how to attain the divine vision, communicate with holy angels, and control aerial, earthly, and infernal spirits for practical gain. Largely ignored by historians until recently, this text is an important witness to the transmission of Kabbalah and Jewish mysticism to European Hermeticists.

An illustrated book of spirits of the air and earth described in the Sworn Book of Honorius. The Sworn Book was a medieval book of spells which although contained the description of these apparitions, left the reader guessing as to their visual representation. Therefore, this book was created as a helpful guide to their appearance. Each spirit is carefully illustrated in accordance with the Sworn book and the imagination of the artist. Hopefully this book will aid anyone interested with envisioning these spirits and furthering their knowledge on this occult topic. A 28 page book with 8 illustrations and a description of spirits. Additional information and a spirit map. excerpt from the book: Each spirit has its own corresponding direction, planet and zodiac sign. According to Honorius some are good, and some are evil. The eastern and western ones are good and helpful, but the northern and southern ones are wild and harmful. This can be seen even in their appearance. Each spirit King has his subordinates, which create an entire system of hierarchy. All of the spirits move differently and each one provokes a different phenomenon when they appear.

In the tradition of the Key of Solomon, Grimorium Verum, Enchiridion of Pope Leo and Red Dragon, the Grimoire of Pope Honorius is perhaps the most frankly diabolical of all the rituals connected with Black Magic, as stated by A. E. Waite. This 169 pages edition is a faithful reproduction of the 1760 French edition -completed along with the 1670 edition- making this grimoire even better and complete than before. Being enhanced, it contains more material and engravings than most other editions, as well as a huge collection of Rare Magical Secrets. This grimoire owes its reputation in part to the famous 19th-century French occultist Eliphas Levi, who described it as gruesome, wicked and profane. Honorius gathers elements from other grimoires mixed with Catholic Rituals and many Conjurations and Orisons against the Spirits of darkness. The prime goal being to perform magical evocations and pacts in order to summon Spirits to visible appearance before the Magic Circle. Committed to quality and authenticity, all images, seals and characters have been fully traced. All texts have been fully transcribed. No spelling corrections have been made to give the reader a complete antique experience.

The Grimoire of Pope Honorius first appeared in 1670. It is an instruction manual for invoking the demons of the four directions and the seven days of the week. These demons are known as Oriens, Amaymon, Paimon, Egyn, Lucifer, Frimost, Astaroth, Sirchade, Bechard, Guland, and Surgat. This edition of the grimoire contains images, sigils, and in depth information on each of the spirits, as well as instructions on how the book might be used in the modern age.

"I conjure thee, Oh BOOK to be useful and profitable unto all those who shall read thee for success in their affairs." Conjuration for the Book, Grimoire of Pope Honorius Description: The Grimoire of Pope Honorius is the first and most important of the French 'black magic' grimoires which proliferated across Europe in the 17th-19th centuries. Combining a grimoire of conjurations to demons of the four directions and seven days of the week with a Book of Secrets full of simple charms, the Grimoire of Pope Honorius was second only to the Key of Solomon in the influence it exerted on magicians, charmers and cunning-folk in both rural and urban France. This grimoire also played a role in social events which rocked France, being used in the Affair of the Poisons which scandalised the French royal court in 1679, and by the young priest who assassinated the archbishop of Paris in 1857. The Complete Grimoire of Pope Honorius contains material translated from all four of the different French editions of the Grimoire of Pope Honorius, including the complete text of one manuscript version never before seen in English (Wellcome 4666), and a new translation of the later corrupted German version of 1845. All of the material and its variations found in the five different editions of the Grimoire of Pope Honorius is contained in this work, presenting the entire corpus of this grimoire in print for the first time. In addition to tracing much of the material to sources such as the Heptameron, the works of Agrippa and earlier religious texts for the first time, the derivation of much of the material into later grimoires including the Grimorium Verum, the Grand Grimoire/Red Dragon and the Black Dragon is clearly demonstrated. As well as charms for health, wealth, sex and protection, the Grimoire of Pope Honorius also contains a substantial number of agrarian charms by the Norman magician Guidon for protecting livestock, emphasising the popular rural use of such charms until at least the 19th century. The corpus of charms comes from diverse sources, including Scot's Discoverie of Witchcraft (1584), and some like the Letter of St Anthony can be dated back to at least the 13th century. Including numerous illustrations, and tables tracing the derivation of the material through the different editions and into other grimoires, the Complete Grimoire of Pope Honorius demonstrates the versatility and significance of this grimoire, cutting past outdated misperceptions to a viewpoint which reflects more accurately the position of the Grimoire of Pope Honorius in the development of magic since the seventeenth century.

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