The Enchiridion of Pope Leo

found in different printings of this Book, the Seven Psalms The Seven Penitential Psalms, traditionally used in the Catholic liturgy but here adapted for magical purposes which we have removed, adding in their place the virtues of these same Psalms, along with the character a sigil or magical symbol and the name of the spirit to which they refer, drawn from the Kabbalah A system of Jewish mysticism that was heavily adapted by Christian occultists for the summoning of spirits. Charlemagne, to whom this Work is dedicated as a pledge and a precious treasure, was the first who knew by experience its surprising and marvelous effects; he recited the Prayers original: "Oraisons" with veneration, his face turned toward the rising sun, and had made a vow to carry them upon himself written in characters of gold. All the figures with which the Book is adorned are taken from the rarest manuscripts that antiquity has transmitted to us, and they are attached to the Prayers where they are found; they operate by being carried on one's person. On this subject, one may consult the Magic Calendar and the Occult Philosophy of the famous Agrippa Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa (1486–1535), a scholar whose "Three Books of Occult Philosophy" became a foundation for Western magic. The Clavicule From the Latin "Clavicula," meaning a "little key"; a common title for grimoires or key which is found at the end of these