Lamen
A ritual emblem worn by the operator, often bearing names or signs specified by a particular grimoire.
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Glossary
A guide to the words used across this site and in the texts behind it. Definitions describe historical usage, not proven supernatural effects. A term may mean different things in different traditions; the tradition label tells you which sense is meant here.
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Legion
A numbered company of spirits said to be under a Goetic spirit's command. The figures are part of the catalogue's description.
Lemegeton
A compilation commonly called the Lesser Key of Solomon, made of several distinct books including the Ars Goetia.
Leo
The Leo sign of the zodiac. Leo is fixed fire: warmth held at the centre, made visible through courage, play, performance, loyalty, and the desire to create from the heart.
Liber Loagaeth
A manuscript collection of complex letter tables associated with Dee's angelic sessions, distinct from a straightforward translated vocabulary list.
Libra
The Libra sign of the zodiac. Libra is cardinal air: the opening of a conversation, compact, or courtship, and the search for a proportion in which more than one party can stand.
License to depart
A formula dismissing a spirit after a rite in some ceremonial magic texts.
Lotus Wand
A ritual tool in Golden Dawn. The Golden Dawn adept's general-purpose wand, banded with the twelve zodiacal colours between white and black ends and crowned by a twenty-six-petalled lotus.