Source books · Grimoires and ritual magic
Clavicula Salomonis
How this book fits
- Traditions
- Grimoires and ritual magic
- Role in the tradition
- Primary source Written from inside the tradition: scripture, revelation, a grimoire, a manifesto or a practical treatise.
- Public attention
- Major Wikipedia has an article about it in 24 languages.
Read it
- Peterson's edition ↗ esotericarchives.com checked September 11, 2026
- Read at archive.org ↗ archive.org
From Wikipedia
The Key of Solomon, also known as the Greater Key of Solomon, is a pseudepigraphical grimoire attributed to King Solomon. It probably dates back to the 14th or 15th century Italian Renaissance. It presents a typical example of Renaissance magic.
From the Wikipedia article Key of Solomon, revision 1368366792, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata Q2081549: “pseudepigraphical grimoire (book of spells)”.
In this study
In the chronology, among the works with no securely known author.
Consecrated tools, planetary hours, and the pentacles that give the tradition its visual signature.
Cited for 1 sourced claim here, among them correspondences of .