The Key of Solomon

...Erfurt and its surroundings, Erfurt, 1876, and the account of Jane Wenham’s Trial at the Assizes at Hertford and Condemnation to Death, London, 1712 Jane Wenham was famously one of the last people in England to be condemned for witchcraft, though she was ultimately pardoned.).

The general impression conveyed by a perusal of the work itself is that it is perfectly Jewish in tone. The invocations and names contained therein, and the pantheistic spirit underlying the invocations as well as the formulae are not un-Jewish. The Jewish character of the work as a whole is not affected by the foreign elements and names introduced in the appendices and other parts. As an example I will but cite here one point contained in a passage found in folio 46a. In the reply of “Bilath” Also known as Beleth, a powerful figure in traditional demonology. the expression occurs "God of my help" original Hebrew: אל עזרתי (El Ezrati). This phrasing suggests that the entity operates under divine authority rather than in opposition to it., which proves that this demon, instead of being the enemy of God, is in reality subservient to His Will in reducing In this context, "reducing" likely refers to the act of subduing or disciplining a sinner on behalf of the Divine. the sinning creature.

This is certainly Jewish in spirit, since the Christian idea of Lucifer is that of a rebel cast out of Heaven. If, for example, the invocation were Christian, the author would not have inserted a phrase so contrary to his own doctrine.

According to all appearances, the Magic Book Clavicula SalomonisLatin for "The Little Key of Solomon," a famous grimoire or book of magic attributed to the biblical King Solomon. was composed in the East.