Source books · Grimoires and ritual magic
Testament of Solomon
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 17 languages.
Read it
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From Wikipedia
The Testament of Solomon is a pseudepigraphical composite text ascribed to King Solomon but not regarded as canonical scripture by Jews or Christian groups. It was written in the Greek language, based on precedents dating back to the early 1st millennium AD, but was likely not completed in any meaningful textual sense until sometime in the Middle Ages. In its most noteworthy recensions, the text describes how Solomon was enabled to build his temple by commanding demons by means of a magical ring that was entrusted to him by the archangel Michael.
From the Wikipedia article Testament of Solomon, revision 1371635250, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata Q684055: “Old Testament pseudepigraphical work ascribed to King Solomon”.