Pages and illustrations from The Clavis Inferni (The Key of Hell) by Cyprianus.
This grimoire is a late-18th-century book on black magic. Written in a mixture of Latin, Hebrew, and a cipher alphabet (namely that of Cornelius Agrippa’s Transitus Fluvii from the Third Book of Occult Philosophy, 1510) the book has remained rather mysterious due to its unknown origin and context. As for the name of the author, it seems to have become
The Grimoire of Honorius was described by A.E. Waite as “perhaps the most frankly diabolical of the Rituals connected with Black Magic.” This magical handbook deals directly with the most feared demons found within Judeo-Christian traditions, such as Lucifer and Astaroth.
Honorius amalgamates elements from other grimoires, such as the Key of Solomon and the Grimorium Verum.
Scans of Eliphas Levi’s “The History Of Magic, Including A Clear And Concise Exposition, Its Rites, And Its Mysteries” published in 1922 and translated, with preface and notes, by Arthur Edward Waite. The images are placed according to their order of appearance and these are 1-10.
“There is only one dogma in Magic, and it is this: The visible is the manifestation of the invisible, or in other terms, the perfect word, in things appreciable and visible, bears an exact proportion to the things which are inappreciable by our senses and unseen by our eyes.”
Occult Aspects 