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coNlBIBtEoRSt BUIJ,UTIN - AFRIT, Lg|'

Íhe Keys of SoLomon the IGng

Dear trþLend.s:

n esoteric Hteratr¡re there Ls a group of materia.l of ur¡known [Link], but

tradftlonalþ attrlbuted to Solomon, King of Israel. Tl¡e probablïltfes
are that the [Link] marnrscrf¡rbs and. later publlshed. workg of these essays
on fa}lsmanLc maglc, actually orlglnated. a,nong early [Link] of the
Cabala, This [Link] art was revivecl ln Europe in the l¿te t6th
ancl early ].7th CenturLes when Ít fou¡rd a nunber of Chrlstian exponents.
lhe best availabLe text on the subject is The Ke¡L of Soloqon tþe lÉne by-
S.L. lvfacGregor-tfather, [Link], LB8Þ ana. ta ,
the L9th Century Ibench [Link], refers to the three great
texts of the CabaLa as 1t¡e Sephgr Yetzirah, the Book of the Begfnning; I?¡e Sepher
hP z9þ?T, [1re Book of the [Link]¡ and. Tt¡e SeBher Apoealrcse, The nookõf-lEe
RevelatLons. ALJ- three of these works seem to have beén cmp{tea about the be-
giruring of the Chrlstlan Era, and are the most difftcr¡-It to [Link] of knolrn
sacred. books.

Accorrling to the [Link] tradftlons, Solomon was lnstruetecr ln the secrets of nature
by [Link] beings, and. was given Boner to blnd. and unbind spLrLts. In testimony
of this pol¡er, be wore a rnagJ.c slgnet ring, and. the r¡¡onders that he lmolght are
aLso [Link] ln Arabian Lore. Before his [Link], he bestovred. the keys to the ctf-
vÍne art upon his son, who aLso gained wld.e reputation for lr-ts supernatwal- [Link]. SoL-
omonts wisdLo¡n was sustalned. by his w¡clerstandùng of the operationã of the Ð[Link] l{1].1-,
as these are revealed. through the woncLers of [Link] Those who fuLly r¡[Link] nature
are the greatest of sageso and. by obeyfng the lar,¡s of God, they work ntracles. It ls to
be [Link]., however, that [Link] are not actually supernatural- occr.¡¡renees, but rather
superphysical- phenomena. Faracelsus [Link] a miracle as an effect, the cause óf whtctr fs
txtknown, but which,rmrst be equaL to the effect ¡,rhich ft produces. I¡r oùher word.s, on thefr
ovrn Level- and. in the realrn l¡herein they occur¡ they are f.n [Link] with the Dfvlne I'lLlL.
Deity hever breaks its oern 1aws, but to those Less fnfo¡medl. ln sacred. natters, there appears
no reasonable orplanatLon for the powers of the I'hgus. In thls sense, [Link]
nqglc ls a l¿wful sclence, and the firrther we erçlore into the mystery of existencer the
more we appreeiate the alchemlstÍcal processes that are constantly occumfng around us.
lle stil.l d.rse3.l in the rrtdst of r:nerçLalnabLe circumstances, and. even the most cqmon oe-
currences have their roots in the unknor,rn, fhls Ls the basfs of aLL alchentcaS- marvels,
and. Solomon was aLso }lstecl as an [Link] in the art of transmrtatlon ancl transforms,tLon.
As a [Link] ínventor uray create a [Link] which ls inconprehensLbLe to the &vera€e person,
yet fs itself [Link]. fn eternal. [Link], there ls nothing [Link]-e fn the arb of
transmutLng netaS.s or the nanrrfacture of synthetic gems [Link] Ln alL respects are fd,entlcal
wlth naturaL stones. ÍL¡e rnystlc cherntst stmply repeated. Ln hls Laboratory naturers own Ìray
of [Link] and reorganizing the baslc eLements Lnr¡oLved. Ln hLs ec¡rerlments. Tt¡ere fs a
story rather weLl substantlated., that Roger Baeon manufaetr¡¡ed. gold. ln sr:ffleLent qua^ntfty
to ffnance one of the Cbusades. ltrere 1s [Link] an old. l¿,w in the statutes of Engl"and. whtci¡
forbicls a prlrrate citizen from ma]ring gold. without the permlssion of the state.
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Anrong the choicest secrets of Solcnnanic nagic was the creation of cr¡rlous seals and. sfgnets
wlrlch cor:td. [Link] to themselves the polrers of the planet and. their angeJ-s. As a physician,
Faracelsus used such enblematlc fig:r:res in the practÍce of [Link]. lttis brought [Link]
upon his head the wrath of the nedlcal faculty of the llniversity of Basel, where he held a
professorship for several [Link]. He was hated., not because of the eccentricity of his
methoôs, but because he [Link]. f.n cr:rfng diseases against which the tloctors of hls tlne
labored. ln r¡aLn. I¡r splte of the abuse which was heapedl agalnst Faracelsus, C'arrlson in
hls history of mettlc!.ne, Lists the ttrree great .[Link] of the heal3ng art as VesaLius 1n
anaton¡r, Pa¡aceLsus ln pharnacy, and. Faré tn surgery. ParaceLsus [Link]. the Cabal-a in
Constaáiinople and on his estates Ln Hohenhetm, captured. the rays of the planets in dew
whlch he coLlected on sheets of gJ-ass. tlhen rebr¡ked. for hÍs lmegular proced.r:res, he ob-
served that the sofb fuzz on the back of his neck knew more about [Link] research than the
faculty at BaseLo

In our Llbrary we have several ren¿rkabLe nanuscripts [Link]

rrlth the maglc pentacles supposed. to have been ilerised.
by So1mon. One of these a is entltLed, Key to the
RosLcrueLan Character o Used. in the Liwe d.e
PentacLes. We secured
a
ffi
the llauser Library at the Sotheby GaJ.J-eries
in London tn 1934. The entÍre manuscrÍpt
is in cipher whlch fortr:nately, is
comparativel-y sim- ple, and. it is
iLlustrated. with [Link]-
tures of the Seals of the Se-
ven PLanets. ß Íhere are two
seals for each [Link]. A num-
ber of eLements
Iore are incor-
ö
t of old. magíca1
porated. in the
are magie squ€,:res
[Link]Ígn. There
in which Letters of the Hebrew aL-
phabet are arrang- ed together w:lth
letters ln the se- cret languages of
angels and. spírits. The fírst pentacl-e
of llars 1s exbremely curious. It repre-
sents a scorpfon w'lth frcrn cel-estial
synboJ-s
of
alphabets¡ a¡rd the 1n-
spirft. As noted. on the TÐ il vocatÍon
title page¡ the
the pJ-anetary
manuscriPt
is supposed. to have Rosi- crucian interest, and. it is
notable that several vriters rI{E PENTACIE OF MARS belonging to the fÍrst cycle
of RosicrucLan [Link] lncir¡d.e¿ tracts on ceremonial magi.c. In the t|th antl. even J.8th
Centr¡ries, astrologers, al-chenulsts, cabaHsts and. illuninists generally, were assocÍated.
wfth the trbaternity of the Rosie Cross. ftrere rras a prevaillng belief that the ÍnvÍsÍble
world was inhabÍted by beings of many kind.s. These were ofben named after pre-Christian
or non-Chrístlan [Link]. In European museuns there are a ntmber of pacts on paper or
parchment, between ne€icÍans and. the spfrits they [Link]. fo¡"bh from the misty [Link] of the
unknown. Some of these inyÍsible beings were [Link] of treasu¡es in the earth, and. wouLd.
reveaL their secrets onJ.y to those who r:[Link]. the naglcal. sigils appropriate to their
ranks and. orllers. O¡re of the master s¡rmboLs in thÍs strange art uas the six-point star
called. lhe Shie1d. of Davlð, and. this uas the [Link] on Solomonts rfng.
[Link] ago I attenptetl to verify the effects of these pentacles by usfng the hlghly
¡¡fany
controverslaL Abra,mr s l,fachine. fhis operated. on the theory of vtbratfon as a means of d.e-
termining the effects of [Link] substa¡¡ces on the pirysical- and psychologíeat structures
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of varÍous persons. Usíng the book [Link]Íbed. above, we asked. that those being tested. wor¡Jd
look Lntently at the various pentacles. The machine registered. an Lrunecliate change in the
magnetÀe flelds of the hr¡rnan body. These changes were consLstent with the astrologieal
keywonls of the planets represented in the seals. Ílu¡s, the pentacle of l4ars resulted. in
a [Link] stim¡l-ation; that of Mercury r¿as rel-a:<ing; that of Saturn, [Link]; and
that of the moon affected the fluid.s Ín the body. None of those we tested. had. any knov¡-
[Link] of the ParaceLsian concept of talÍsma,nie rnagfc. A possible source for some of the
opiníons that have [Link]. around the therapeutÍc r¡al-ue of geometrical desígnsr w€ts
Egy"t. Tt is recorded that the Eglç¡tíans used s¡nnnetricaL and as¡rnunetrical geometric solid.s
to synrbolÍze their [Link], and the sick were brought fnto the presence of that sollcL fÍgrue
whlch was [Link] as an antídote for their ailment. Ttre Eg¡rptians were ploneers in the
belief that [Link] couLd be taken into the body, not only through the mouth, but through
the eyes and. the ê&rsr

When the Ïrord. asked. King So}omon what he [Link]. most, the Israelitish King repl-Íed. that
he [Link] first, [Link] and [Link], that he nright ruJ.e his people justly and wisely.
Beeause he had chosen that which ¡¿as of the greatest service to mankÍnd., he [Link].
by being given authorÍty over the creatures of the vÍsÍbLe world, and. the beings of the
Ínvisibl-e ,,sorLd.. The jinn and genÍf pald homage to him and. obeyed. hi-s command.s. The spi-
rits of the aÍr were Ï¡-is r¡assals, and. the sages who had gone before shared. their Learning
with him. Because the motÍves of Solomon were pure and. free of al.L personal anrbitions, the
arbs which he usecl were "whfte magÍc"t' In aLL rnatters he prayed. first that the Grace of
God be w:ith tuirn, and that al-l. his works would be acceptable to the Most }Iigh.

Jre llnlverse ís fuIL of splrits which serve joyousty the one who [Link] knowLedge to the
cqnmon good. If, however, the [Link] po!'¡er and. forces a^re perverted, and. the energies
of Life are erçloíted., the invisible befngs punish the evÍldoer. B1ack magic, therefore,
Ís a form of psych-ic [Link] in wh:ich angeJ-s appear to be demons and. bring danger to
the [Link]. Today we are ex¡llorÍng the secrets of the inulsible reakt. lrle are [Link]
the [Link] of atoms and. el-ectrons, and. we wor¡ld. assert or¡r authorÍty over all the pro-
cesses of nature. Like Solomon, the wise KinB¡ we must first ask God. for true r.¡'Í[Link] and.
that Grace of spÍrit by wllich r\re censure our own conduct. Without DÍvine insight, human
knowledge falLs antL the magic of scíence is changed from whlte to bLack. tte observe how
the abuse of skiJ-l ends in [Link], for we have offencLed. the spirits of the metaLs,
the el-ements and th-e energies v¡hÍch we use thor:ghtlessly and. selflishly.

Ð)*þé<e
l4aythe spirttuaJ- magic of the Easter Season, Ín which we al-l [Link] ourselves to our
highest aspirations and. convictÍons, bring you the blessings of courage, peace and. eternal
faÍth.
Always most sincerely,

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