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1、TwilitGrotto--EsotericArchivesContentsPrevKeyofSolomonNexttimelineTheKeyofSolomon(ClaviculaSalomonis)editedbyS.LiddellMacGregorMathersThisdigitaleditionbyJosephH.Peterson,Copyright©1999.Allrightsreserved.Figure1.ThemysticalfigureofSolomon,fromLans.1203.IntroductionbyJosephH.P
2、eterson.TheKeyofSolomonisthemostfamousandimportantofallGrimoires,orhandbooksofMagic.AsA.E.Waitehasstated(BCM,pg.58)"Attheheadofall,and,withincertainlimits,theinspirationandthesourceofall,standstheKeyofSolomon....Mr.Mathers'presentationoftheKeyofSolomon,whichisstillinprint,tho
3、ughtheworkofanuncriticalhand,mustbeheldtoremovethenecessityforenteringintoadetailedaccountofthecontentsofthatcuriouswork....TheKeyofSolomoncanscarcelybejudgedaccuratelyinthelightofitsEnglishversion,forthetranslator,preternaturallyregardingitasahighlyhonourablememorialoflawful
4、magic,hasexcisedasmuchaspossibletheGoëticportions,onthegroundthattheyareinterpolations,whichisofcoursearbitrary."Mr.Waite'sharshcriticismishardlyjustified.Infact,Mathersexcisedverylittle.Actually,threeofthefoursignificantexcisionsareoperationsdealingwithlovemagic(Colorno,chap
5、ters11-13:TheexperimentofLove,andhowitshouldbeperformed;TheexperimentoroperationoftheApple;Oftheoperationoflovebyherdreams,andhowonemustpracticeit.Thefourthexcisionischapter14:Operationsandexperimentsregardinghateanddestructionofenemies.)ItistruethattheMatherseditionwouldnotb
6、econsideredcriticalbymodernstandardsofscholarship(butWaite'seditionsofvariousesoterictextsleavefarmoretobedesiredthanMathers').Especiallywantingareapropercriticalapparatus,ananalysisoftherelationbetweenmanuscripts,andbetterutilizationoftheLatinandItalianmanuscripts.Neverthele
7、ss,thiseditionhasstoodthetestoftime.Ofcourse,noneofthemanuscriptsusedbyMathersqualifyas"ancient"oreven"medieval";theoldestisprobably16thcentury.Therearehoweverprecedentsgoingbackfurther,onwhichseeRichardGreenfield'sTraditionsofBeliefinLateByzantineDemonology.Mathers'translati
8、onisalmostentirelydependantonFrenchColornomanuscriptexemplarsdating1
