Results for "magical text"
6 entries found.
馃嚠馃嚬 ItalyKey of SolomonClavicula Salomonis
A Renaissance grimoire attributed to King Solomon, detailing ritual preparations and invocations.Text 路 Speaking with spirits and the dead 路 Binding and oaths Historical
馃嚝馃嚪 FranceDictionnaire Infernal
A French demonology book cataloguing spirits and their hierarchies with engravings.Text 路 Power and authority Historical
馃嚛馃嚜 GermanyAGLA讗讙诇讗
A Hebrew magic word used in Jewish and medieval European charmsBelief 路 Protection Historical
馃嚚馃嚟 SwitzerlandA Book on Nymphs, Sylphs, Pygmies, and Salamanders, and on the Other SpiritsEx Libro de Nymphis, Sylvanis, Pygmaeis, Salamandris et Gigantibus, etc
Paracelsus's late treatise on the spirits of the four classical elementsText 路 Speaking with spirits and the dead 路 Seeing and foretelling Historical
馃嚜馃嚞 Egypt and 4 moreExecration texts
Ancient Egyptian magical texts inscribed on objects to be destroyed, targeting enemies of the state.Text 路 Protection 路 Cursing and harm Historical
馃嚠馃嚩 Iraq and 3 moreMandaic lead rolls
Lead sheets inscribed with Mandaic incantations, rolled and worn as protective talismans by Mandaeans.Charm 路 Protection Historical
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- AGLA: Stephan Michelspacher, Public domain, source
- A Book on Nymphs, Sylphs, Pygmies, and Salamanders, and on the Other Spirits: A.Hirschvogel, Public domain, source
- Dictionnaire Infernal: Louis Le Breton, Public domain, source
- Execration texts: Naunakhte, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Key of Solomon: Anonymous Unknown author, Public domain, source