The Greater Key of Solomon

A monochromatic sepia-toned photographic portrait of a man with a handlebar mustache, wearing a high white collar and a dark suit jacket. The portrait is housed within an ornate, occult-themed architectural frame. The top of the frame features a central medallion depicting a profile of an Egyptian figure in a striped headdress This is a khat, a traditional Egyptian headcloth worn by royalty., flanked by two large outspread wings. The vertical pillars of the frame are entwined with serpents These are cobras, or the uraeus, which were symbols of divine authority and protection in ancient Egypt. and topped with bearded heads with flames rising from their crowns. The bottom corners of the frame feature two heads wearing turbans and large hoop earrings. In the center of the base pedestal is a stylized facsimile signature.

666 This handwritten number is often associated with the Number of the Beast from the Book of Revelation. In the context of early 20th-century occultism, it was also adopted as a title by figures such as Aleister Crowley to represent a new spiritual age.