After trying to help out with the Polish magic scroll I posted about last, I ve had the good fortune to befriend a man that had some unique insights and an unique manuscript.
Paweł Lidke-Krawczyk brought to my attention the existance of many more Polish magical manuscripts, among which one I have never seen before, despite the common title of Clavicula Salomonis.
Its currently in National Library of Poland in Warsaw, shelfmark Rps 6698 II, dated to the first half of the 18th century. The good news is that my friend Pawel is halfway through it s translation and will probably be done within a year.
He kindly sent me the whole thing, and agreed for me to blogg about it and his envolvement in its translation.
This manuscript is staggering in more ways than one.
It contains a handwritten version of one of the parts of the Magia Naturalis et Innaturalis with the seals of several spirits ( Aares, Nestorat, Laanab, Paimas, Bihemann, Pelus, etc), the seals of the four Emperors and the Clavicula Salomonis de Secretis, a precursor the the Grimoirum Verum.
These are the seals of the Four Emperors, the only version I have ever seen that has them, besides the Clavis Inferni of Cyprian:
Pawel was kind enough to provide a small portion of the text and translation, along with his translation notes from Grimoirum Verum. Page 128.
Ten Charakter , ieżeliś mężczyzna w Torbie na Prawey stronie
noś, z sobą na Pargaminie Krwią twoią, albo Zułwia Samca napisany, w Puł
Cyrkule_AB. Twoie Imię i nazwisko. Pierwsze litery po Imieniu w Puł Cyrkule od
mieysca głoski B. ieżeli zechcesz, lepiey tenze Charakter na Jaspisie zielonym,
albo na słoneczniku wykuć kazesz, oboie albowiem wielką maią z Duchami
sympatyą, osobliwie słonecznemi, którzy nad inszych są mędrszemi i lepszemi,
ieśli iesteś Kobietą, w lewey Kieszeni noś, albo między Piersiami zawieś.
Resztę przepisu zachoway, tak iak męszczyzna skoro Imię Krwią twoią napiszesz w
dniu ♂ .[1]
O Duchach
Duchy są pewne tajemne Potęgi, które tylko w przymierzonym, i
mocną z sobą połączonym za poszrednie’twem pewnego Charakteru z Zygambacha,
albo iego Sekretarza Rabii Madar, wolą
służą opisanego.
Tenzaś Charakter nie innego nie iest, iak znamię aby
przyiacioł od nieprzyiacioł rozeznać można, tak zas ma bydz. dla obydwóch, aby
się tylko pewnym znakiem, rozpoznawać i rozróżniać mogli, a żeby na wezwanie
Przyiacioł sami im.
This character, if you are male, keep it in
your right pocket, written in your own blood on a virgin parchment, or that of
a sea turtle blood. In semicircle AB put your name and surname. First letters
after you name in a semicircle starting from B letter. If you want, better to
engrave this character on green jasper or on goldstone because both of these
gems has great connections with the spirits, especially solar ones (spirits of
the Sun) who are the wisest and better than the others. If you are female keep
it in your left pocket on the chest. Rest of instructions like for a male, to
write the said name (characters?) in the day of Mars.
About Spirits
The Spirits are the
secret powers, who only with allied and strongly connected (man/women?) via
character given from Zygambach or his secretary Rabii Madar, who agree (the
spirits) to serve.
This character is the
sign used by to distinguish friend from enemy. There have to be as said - for
both to recognize each other using concrete sign and to arrive on a call of
ally.
[1] Compare with text from
Grimorium Verum „You must engrave this present character reversed in this
manner, so that the impression may be made at the specified time. See and act, believe me, everything is of
consequence; nothing must be forgotten. You must carry the said characters on
you. If you are male, in your right pocket, written in your own blood, or that
of a sea turtle. At the two semi-circles you must put the first letter of your
name and surname. Alternatively, if you wish, you can engrave these characters onto
an emerald or ruby, since each of these stones are of great sympathy to the
spirits, particularly with the solar ones who are the wisest, and through the
familiars who are also better than the others. If you are female, carry them on
the left side, within your bosom, like a reliquary, and always observing, just
as the other sex, to write or have engraved the said characters in the day and
hour of Mars. Be obedient to the spirits, that they will be obedient to you”
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