文档介绍:heKeyofSolomon(ClaviculaSalomonis),Copyright©,,(BCM,)"Attheheadofall,and,withincertainlimits,theinspirationandthesourceofall,standstheKeyofSolomon....'presentationoftheKeyofSolomon,whichisstillinprint,thoughtheworkofanuncriticalhand,ountofthecontentsofthatcuriouswork....uratelyinthelightofitsEnglishversion,forthetranslator,preternaturallyregardingitasahighlyhonourablememorialoflawfulmagic,hasexcisedasmuchaspossibletheGoëticportions,onthegroundthattheyareinterpolations,whichisofcoursearbitrary."',,threeofthefoursignificantexcisionsareoperationsdealingwithlovemagic(Colorno,chapters11-13:TheexperimentofLove,andhowitshouldbeperformed;TheexperimentoroperationoftheApple;Oftheoperationoflovebyherdreams,:Operationsandexperimentsregardinghateanddestructionofenemies.)ItistruethattheMatherseditionwouldnotbeconsideredcriticalbymodernstandardsofscholarship(butWaite'seditionsofvariousesoterictextsleavefarmoretobedesiredthanMathers').Especiallywantingareapropercriticalapparatus,ananalysisoftherelationbetweenmanuscripts,,,noneofthemanuscriptsusedbyMathersqualifyas"ancient"oreven"medieval";,onwhichseeRichardGreenfield'',Harley3981,,aJewishengineerofMantua(-