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Keys to the Gateway of Magic
Summoning the Solomonic Archangels and Demon Princes
By Stephen Skinner and David Rankine
RRP £35, 256 pages, ISBN
978-0954763916, HB
First published, September 2005; Published by Golden Hoard
Press
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This work includes the complete unabridged version
with variants of The Nine Great Keys, a vital early 17th
century manuscript detailing the evocation of the Archangels
and Orders of Angels. The practical techniques of summoning
the Archangels, details of the hierarchies of spiritual beings,
and how the Enochian system fits in with the Angelic and Demonic
hierarchies are all covered, as well as the theology and philosophy
associated with Angelic magic, giving the context that the pioneers
of Angel magic were working within.
Additionally the evocation of the four Demon
Princes and their role within the system of magic which can
now be seen to cover all spiritual creatures from Archangels
to Demons to Olympic Spirits and Elementals is also presented
in detail with rare manuscript material being made available
for the first time.
 Publisher’s
Notes:
This volume draws on a wide range
of manuscript sources to make available some of the most important
grimoire material of the seventeenth century. The Nine Celestial
Keys details the evocation to visible appearance or into a
crystal of the nine archangels who rule the heavens corresponding
to the Sephiroth from Kether to Yesod on the Tree of Life,
and includes seals for all the archangels. The primary and
earliest source of this material is Sloane MS 3825, which
also contains the Janua Magica Reserata and a Tenth Key, and
from notes contained within it was clearly owned by Elias
Ashmole. The Nine Celestial Keys are also in Harley MS 6482
with much other material, copied in 1712 by Peter Smart, and
in Sloane MS 3628, bound in the front of a diary dated 1686-88.
Janua Magica Reserata contains a wide range
of theological and philosophical material relating to the
grimoires, including a unique hierarchy which connects the
Enochian system to the Spiritual Creatures of the Grimoires.
The Demon Princes are found in Sloane MS 3824, which uses
exactly the same style of conjuration as the Nine Celestial
Keys. The same material is also found in the derivative manuscript
Rawlinson MS D1363, and textual comparison given to demonstrate
the propagation of the material.
Reviews
"For anyone interested in the history
of ceremonial magic Keys to the Gateway of Magic is a must
have that I greatly recommend."
J.S. Kupperman,
Journal of the Western Mystery Tradition, No 10 Vol 1, Vernal
Equinox 2006
Keys to the Gateway of Magic, RRP £35.00
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