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Pseudomonarchia Daemonum
How this book fits
- 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 17 languages.
Read it
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From Wikipedia
The Pseudomonarchia Daemonum first appears as an appendix to De praestigiis daemonum (1577) by Johann Weyer. An abridgment of a grimoire similar in nature to the Ars Goetia, it contains a list of demons, and the appropriate hours and rituals to conjure them.
From the Wikipedia article Pseudomonarchia Daemonum, revision 1355602318, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata Q2297909: “appendix to De praestigiis daemonum (1577) by Johannes Wier”.