Introduction by Benjamin Adamah — 7I. Semiphoras and Schemhamphoras of King Solomon — 16The Seven Semiphoras — 22On the Use and Practice of Semiphoras — 29Regarding the Movement of the Forces of the Heavens — 36What Man Receives from the Orders of the Angels — 41What to Ask from the 12 Signs — 42Invocation of the Angels — 49Appendix — 52II.Specimen of White Magic — 56The First Consecration — 57The Second Consecration — 57Preparation — 58Second Preparation — 59Further Preparation — 60St. Gabriel’s Citation — 64III. The Invocation of Saint Christopher — 68The Science of Affiliation and Necessity for Obtaining these Requests — 69Knowledge and Manner of Making the Circle — 70The Common Confession — 73Prayer to Almighty God, to be said three times — 74The True Prayer of St. Christopher — 76Prayer to Almighty God — 78Invocation to St. Christopher — 80Invocation and Citation to the Spirit and Treasure Guardian — 84Notandum — 85Conjuration and Citation to the Spirit and Shepherd — 87Departure of the Spirit — 91IV. A Little Book on the Seven Secundei — 98A Little Book on the Celestial Intelligences Governing the Spheres after God — 99The Seven Secundary Beings — 99V. True Jesuit Hell-Compulsion — 124Open Confession — 126First Conjuration — 126Second Conjuration — 127Third Conjuration — 127Fourth Conjuration — 128Fifth Conjuration — 129Sixth Conjuration — 130Seventh Conjuration — 130Eighth Conjuration — 131Ninth Conjuration — 132Dismissal — 132The Circle — 133VI. Doctor Faust’s Great and Mighty Sea Spirit — 138Forneus to Lucifer — 141Lucifer — 142Exorcist — 142See the First Figure — 143Manufacturing the Circle — 144Binding of the Circle — 145Repentance Prayer to God the Father — 146To God the Son — 147To God the Holy Spirit — 149Terrible Curse upon Lucifer — 1516 Early Grimoires of Magical Lore is the second publication in the series German Occult Manuscripts in Translation. This collection comprises mostly unknown grimoires from the 16th and 17th century.6 Early Grimoires of Magical Lore is the second publication in the series German Occult Manuscripts in Translation. This unique collection comprises mostly unknown grimoires from the16th and 17th century, now made accessible in English:1. Semiphoras und Schemhamphoras Salomonis Regis (1686) (Semiphoras and Schemhamphoras of King Solomon) - A kabbalistic grimoire containing extensive information about angel hierarchies.2. Specimen Magiae Alba, oder Rufung des Engels Gabrielis (1846) (Specimen of White Magic or Invocation of the Angel Gabriel) - An old grimoire dedicated to evoking the Angel Gabriel.3. Die Rufung des heiligen Christoph oder Das sogenannte Christopheles-Gebet (1846) (The Invocation of Saint Christopher or The So-Called Christopher Prayer) - A money-magic grimoire.4. De Septem Secundeis (A Little Book on the Seven Secundei) - Translated from the 1545 Latin original by Johannes Tritemius of Spanheim. This manuscript links planetary angels to epochs in history.5. Wahrhafter Jesuiten-Höllenzwang (True Jesuit Hell-Compulsion) - Also a money-magic grimoire, ascribed to the Jesuits, but likely from the early 16th century. Republished in 1851 by Johann Scheible.6. Doctor Faust's großer und gewaltiger Meergeißt (Doctor Faust's Great and Mighty Sea Spirit) - A notorious dangerous grimoire for obtaining great wealth, attributed to Faust, published in Amsterdam in 1692, in which Lucifer and three sea spirits are conjured to retrieve treasures from the waters.