Grand Grimoire
Apr / 05 / 2009 / 01:50
The Grand Grimoire has been translated by Ms. Gretchen Rudy from the 1612 Italian edition, the primary source work for this grimoire. Secondary sources include the 1823 French edition. The Grand Grimoire was issued again in the later seventeenth century with its original title, Grand Grimoire. The original Italian edition also includes the first published example of the Black Hen, or Black Pullet and although extremely brief, it is the kernal which was later elaborated on in subsequent editions as Le Poule Noire.
The Grand Grimoire explains a system for entering into a pact with three Infernal Spirits, Lucifer, Ashtaroth & Beelzebuth, through the authority of the Prime Minister of Hell, Lucifuge Rofocale. In this, the demonology of the Grand Grimoire is unique; while some of the chief spirits are identical to those in Grimoirium Verum, and others to Lemegeton Clavicula Salomonis vel Regis, the Grand Grimoire stands alone in the literature of demonology with its central figure, Lucifuge Rofocale. The name 'Rofocale' appears to be an anagram for 'Focalor' of the Lemegeton, according to Elizabeth Butler in her Ritual Magic (1949) who goes on to tell us that "by introducing the name of Lucifuge the author has done a service to demonology for which it should be grateful." In his monumental work Of Black Magic & Of Pacts (1898), Arthur E. Waite states that the Grand Grimoire "must be regarded as the veritable Magnum Opus" and he goes on to say that that Eliphas Levi later adopted the personage of Lucifuge in his works.
This along with the Grimoirium Verum are considered to be two of the Greatest grimoires ever written by practitioners.
The Untranslated version is also included in the book for comparison.
Great condition, no wear - covers are lightly bowed (common for smaller leather bindings)
Collectors Item: Limited Edition.
SOLD for $195.00
