Top 10 Historical Grimoires [Esoteric Saturdays]

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Published 2020-04-04
In this video, I show you a few of the Grimoires that have had a great influence on other Grimoires throughout history. This is a list of essentials that you need to know about if you're starting out with Magic and are getting curious about where most of the sigils and incantations, and rituals have their origins, particularly for Solomonic magic.

I didn't mention St Cyprian, as I've not found his work has been particulalry influential outside of his iberic region, though I'd be happy to be shown the error of my thinking, however, I did omit Trithemius and his "Art of Drawing Spirits into Crystals" which was hugely influential on the whole of western magic (I'm looking forward to Scarlet Imprint's upcoming book on the subject).

(Please note that there are general overviews of most of the books mentioned heare on my channel)

(See the full list of books available from Black Letter Press at their website: www.blackletter-press.com/shop )

The Art of Drawing Spirits Into Crystals:
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Sworn Book of Honorius:
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6th and 7th Books of Moses:
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PGM (Greek Magical Payri):
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Enochian Vision Magic:
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Picatrix:
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Arbatel:
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4th Book of Occult Philosophy (Heptameron of Peter D'Abano)
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Book of Abramelin:
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Goetia of Dr Rudd (Lemegeton - The Lesser Key of Solomon)
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The Clavis or Key to the Magic of Solomon (Greater Key of Solomon)
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All Comments (21)
  • @epicaf140
    I've recently developed an addiction to reading and collecting grimoires(thanks to this guy).
  • There is a grimoire that is from 14th century Iceland called Galdrabók you should read it. It contained many Icelandic staves for necromancy all the way to luck. There was a book written on it called “the Galdrabók” by Stephen flowers.
  • @Silversorcerer
    I love Abramelin's Sacred Magic. I only completed Two Months of the six month ritual, but it certainly raised my awareness. A bit of luck recently. I experienced a Kundalini Heart Chakra Activation due to a karmic past life partner reunion. So, now I'm looking to refine power and Spirituality. I'm loving the "full circle" aspect of being lead right back to Abramelin.
  • @coreyhahn4009
    Love your channel man, straight to the point, professional and not cringe lol. Appreciate your hard work bud!
  • @robgau2501
    I cannot express to you how much I have been trying to find a video exactly like this. Nothing of quality seems to be available, so I was thrilled with this one.
  • A wonderful collection of books. There's always something holding me back from starting my own grimoire and from embracing any form of ritual magic. I love how you spoke of the concept of one's "Holy Guadian Angel". Blessings to you good sir.
  • Your book reviews are very helpful. Please carry on with the good work. 👍
  • Thank you for stating the distinction between the last two. I’m a little embarrassed to admit I had some confusion regarding the difference between the Goetia/Lesser key and the Greater. These are fascinating and I will eventually own them but my reluctance to engage them practically has placed them lower on the must have scale than some of my own prized books on the occult, like Crowley’s Liber ABA. A few years back they did a new massive hardcover version of Book 4, I highly recommend it and would love to see a review!
  • @oldpondfrog788
    I received my three Bibliotheque bleue gimoires from BLP last week and was very pleased. Not quite what I was expecting but aimed at a level of innocence and un-sophistication that suits me fine. Somewhat concerned to hear, yet confirmed in my suspicions: Luficer Rofocale rules over all of "Europe and all other disasters". Similarly reassured my own failures; rather than being results of some series of errors, deficiencies or bad judgement; are surely down to my being born on an unlucky day. Extremely useful 😁.
  • @GothicWiccan61
    Thanks for sharing this list, theyre in shopping carts atm along with many other 🤓😅🤓
  • @rorilee9791
    HOW do you know all this stuff? Holy crap. Glad I found your channel :)
  • @SolomonsWorks
    Good list. Still need to get Agrippa's Occult Philosophy and glad I've waited this long for Black Letter Press to come along. Not a grimoire but Demonology of King James is also a classic piece to help understand the time in which many of these were said to be written along with Malleus Maleficarum.
  • I was very pleased to see that I already owned seven of your ten most recommended books, so only three more to buy! Thank you so much for recommending their order of importance. I've been trying to do that for a very long time and getting more and more confused. Many thanks. I also very much appreciated seeing the actual books rather than watching someone just talking about them. Regarding Dee's complete works, would Peterson's Five Books of Mystery be the best substitute until I decide whether I really need the Kevin Klein set? Thanks.
  • @STARRUBY156
    The Dee book is called a "True and Faithful Relation"
  • @c1rcl3s
    Interesting to hear Petit Albert is being published. I had heard of it years ago, but at that time it was extremely rare to find.