The Key of Solomon

...in the questions of the wise. Therefore, a person should not occupy themselves with these matters, nor should they say, "I will act for the sake of saving a life original: "פיקוח נפש" (pikuach nefesh) — the fundamental Jewish legal principle that saving a human life overrides almost all other religious prohibitions." by using incantations original: "השבעות" (hashba'ot) — ritual oaths or adjurations used to command spirits or divine forces. and amulets original: "קמיע'" (kemi'ot) — physical charms, often containing written names of God or angels, used for protection or healing.. For this is not true wisdom; rather, it shortens his days and the lives of his offspring. One does not set aside one soul for the sake of another A reference to a legal principle found in the Mishnah (Ohalot 7:6); here, the author suggests that the spiritual harm of magic is too high a price to pay for physical health.. It is said: "You shall be wholehearted" original: "תמים תהיה" — a reference to Deuteronomy 18:13: "You shall be wholehearted with the Lord your God," a verse historically used by Jewish scholars to argue against the use of divination and magic.. A person has nothing but prayer and supplications for all things. May the Lord guard us, our offspring, and all that is ours from every evil, from now and forever, Amen and Amen.

Sorcery continued to flourish during the centur-
ies down to the middle ages and later times. It
often, even in modern days, raised altars upon
which human beings were offered as victims.
We have but to think of the various trials on the
ground of sorcery and witchcraft recorded in the
annals of European nations.

The chief work which is supposed to have served
as the oracle of all sorcerers throughout history is
the famous “Clavicula Salomonis” Latin for "The Key of Solomon," one of the most famous grimoires (books of magic) of the Renaissance, which claims to contain the secret wisdom and spells used by King Solomon..

King Solomon who, according to tradition, was
king of the whole world, and who, according to the
statement in Ecclesiastes A book in the Hebrew Bible traditionally attributed to Solomon, exploring themes of meaning, pleasure, and the vanity of earthly pursuits., could render all the joys
and delights of life subservient to his will, stood
forth as the pattern and prototype for all who
hankered after the things which they regarded as
the pleasurable and desirable objects of existence.

The legend runs that it was by means of magical
conjurations that King Solomon the Wise was enabled