Crossed Keys

Description

This is the first time these two complimentary grimoires have been bound into one volume. Together they comprise a wealth of spells, spirits, lore, talismans and psalm magic. Extensively footnoted, the seals corrected re-drawn and restored, with excerpts and workings from the translator's magical record, this is a practical text which throws light on the Grimorium Verum, Red Dragon and Grand Grimoire. The Black Dragon draws heavily on the 1760 (1810) Grimoire of Honorius, which is significantly different to the 1670 edition and the earlier 13th century Sworn Book of Honorius (Liber Juratus) which is an ancestor in title alone. The spirits referenced are therefore those we find in the Grimorium Verum and the seals have been corrected in line with the research of Jake Stratton-Kent as presented in The True Grimoire, (Scarlet Imprint 2009). The original seals are reproduced for comparison. We find many other elements of cunning craft in these pages including the toad bone, black cat bone, horse secrets and traditional spells for good and ill, as well as a notable use of an unusual form of the magic mirror. In contrast, The Enchiridion of Pope Leo III is an early grimoire and a work of nominally Christian magic. Legend suggests that it was presented by Pope Leo III to Charlemagne and was responsible for his worldly success. A disputed date of 1523 is given to its production. The Enchiridion is referred to repeatedly in The Black Dragon and elsewhere in the grimoire tradition where the penitential psalms are required.