The Goetia: The Lesser Key of Solomon the King, Edited by Aleister Crowley, Translated by S. L. MacGregor Mathers

Provides a clear and detailed account of the preparations and precautions necessary for the successful evocation of its 72 spirits, which are described in detail. Includes Crowley's "An Initiated Interpretation of Ceremonial Magic," his version of "The Bornless Ritual," Enochian translations of some of the Goetic invocations, an introduction, and notes. Illustrated. Smythe-sewn and printed on acid-free paper.

Aleister Crowley is one of the most renowned, controversial, and remarkable figures to emerge from the Western Occult Revival era of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His tradition lives on as his books remain in print and popular, while the esoteric school he led—Ordo Templi Orientis, or O.T.O.—continues as a going concern today, with lodges to be found around the world.

S. L. MacGregor Mathers (1854–1918) was a prominent scholar and key leader of the occult revival of the Western Mystery Tradition in the late 1800s. He held high office in the esoteric fraternal order of Rosicrucians and with other luminaries of his time and founded the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. Mathers was a prolific editor and author.

The Goetia
The Lesser Key of Solomon the King
Edited by Aleister Crowley, Translated by S. L. MacGregor Mathers
ISBN: 9780877288473
Second Edition
Book (Paperback)
Weiser Books
7 x 10
160 pages
Illustrated
January 15, 1995