Source texts

Every magick entry on Astro Nox names the text it came from. These editions are in the public domain, so the passages can be quoted rather than paraphrased into something the tradition never said. Where a modern note has been added, it is marked as such.

• Ghayat al-Hakim / Picatrix

  Arabic, 10th–11th century; Latin translation 1256

  Planetary talismans, elections by planetary hour and by the twenty-eight mansions of the Moon, and the astrological correspondences that most later European magic inherited.

• The Key of Solomon the King (Clavicula Salomonis)

  Mathers, 1889, from British Museum manuscripts

  Planetary pentacles, the timing of operations by day and hour of the planet, and the preparation of instruments.

• The Lesser Key of Solomon (Goetia)

  Mathers and Crowley, 1904

  Quoted as a historical document. Its spirit catalogue and seals are recorded, not recommended.

• Three Books of Occult Philosophy

  Agrippa, 1533; Freake translation 1651

  The standard Renaissance table of correspondences: planets, signs, elements, metals, herbs, stones and numbers.

• Heptameron, or Magical Elements

  attributed to Peter of Abano, printed 1559

  Ritual structure by day of the week, with the angels, hours and circles proper to each planet.