The Key of Solomon

On Sunday original: "Dominica", the second hour is of Venus, the third of Mercury, the fourth of Jupiter, the fifth of the Moon, the sixth of Saturn, the seventh of the Sun, the eighth again of the Moon, the ninth of Mars, the tenth of Mercury, the eleventh of Jupiter, and the twelfth of Venus. These are the hours of the day.

They are also found—by observing the same order and completing the circle in the order of the planets—if you begin from the second until the twenty-fourth, which is the last hour of the night. Then you will have at hand all the experiments In this context, "experiments" (experimenta) refers to specific magical procedures, rituals, or technical trials. or instructions which you ought to perform according to the course of the stars, and you shall accomplish them in your operations.

Indeed, the hours of Saturn, Mars, and Mercury are the best for speaking to spirits, for magical and necromantic The art of communicating with the dead or conjuring spirits. acts, for sowing discords, and for spreading hatred; however, the aforementioned hours of Saturn and Mars ought to occur on the days over which that aforesaid form Likely referring to the planetary "sign" or "influence." rules.

And [concerning] the first hour of any day—on whatever day you shall work in any hour, whether by day or by night—you shall observe in the aforesaid writings the certain hours through which you desire to have an "entrance" An "introitum" or entrance likely refers to the starting point of a ritual or the moment a practitioner gains the attention of spiritual forces.; then you should see at what time that specific hour arrives, and you shall perform it with such talent and grace. For you ought not to make a beginning literally "head" (caput) of all these days and aforesaid hours until the cycle has its completion and its end.

Furthermore, the hours of the Sun, Jupiter, and Venus—and on their specific days, whatever day you may be working—are the best for obtaining or carrying out all experiments of Love.