The Grand Grimoire is a black magic[1]grimoire. Different editions date the book to 1521, 1522 or 1421, but it was probably written in the early 19th century.[2][3]Owen Davies suggests 1702 is when the first edition may have created and a Bibliotheque blue version of the text may have been published in 1750.[4] The 'introductory chapter'[5] was authored by someone named Antonio Venitiana del Rabina who supposedly gathered this information from original writings of King Solomon.[6] Much of material in this grimoire derives from the Key of Solomon and the Lesser Key of Solomon.[7] Also known as 'Le Dragon Rouge or The Red Dragon', this book contains instructions purported to summon Lucifer or Lucifuge Rofocale, for the purpose of forming a Deal with the Devil. The 19th century French occultistÉliphas Lévi (author of Dogme et rituel de la haute magie) believed the contemporary edition of 'Le Dragon Rouge' to be counterfeit of the true, older Grand Grimoire.[8]
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The work is divided into two books.[2] The first book contains instructions for summoning a demon and for the construction of tools with which to force the demon to do one's bidding. The second book is further divided into two parts: the Sanctum Regnum and Secrets, de L'Art Magique du Grand Grimoire ('Secrets, of the magic art of the Grand Grimoire'). The Sanctum Regnum contain instructions for making a pact with the demon, allowing one to command the spirit without the tools required in book one, but at greater risk. Secrets contains simpler spells and rituals one can employ after having performed the ritual in the first book. Some editions contain a short text between these two parts, Le Secret Magique, où le Grand Art de pouvoir parler aux Morts (The Magic Secret, or the Grand Art of being able to speaking with the dead), dealing with necromancy.
The book describes several demons as well as the rituals to summon them in order to make a pact with them. It also details several spells for winning the lottery, talking to spirits, being loved by a girl, making oneself invisible, etc.[9]
The Demons[edit]
This book mentions three higher demons.[10] These demons are similarly prioritized in Grimorium Verum.[11] Although, in Tarl Warwick's English translation of the work, the 'demons' are referenced by the more generic term of 'spirits.'[12]
- Lucifer, emperor
- Beelzebub, prince
- Astaroth, grand duke
It also mentions six lower demons:[10]
- Lucifuge Rofocale, prime minister
- Satanachia, commander in chief (in French, 'commandant en chef', although Warwick translates it as 'great general')[12]
- Agaliarept, commandant
- Fleurety, lieutenant-general
- Sargatanas, brigadier-major
- Nebiros, marshal and inspector general ('camp marshal' in Warwick's translation)[12]
In popular culture[edit]
Fantasy author Lin Carter uses the word 'karcist' as a synonym for 'magician' or 'sorcerer' in several of his works, citing the Grand Grimoire as a source. In Thongor in the City of Magicians, Carter's 'karcist' is a mage requested to serve as 'controller' of a magic ritual enacted by a cabal of his colleagues.
In the video game Final Fantasy Tactics Advance, the Grand Grimoire is a magical book that survived the Flood on Noah's Ark, but whose value was forgotten. The book is later found by one of the game's main characters, Mewt Randell, in a used book shop. The book's power transports the game's protagonists to Ivalice, a fictional universe used as a setting for other Final Fantasy games as well.
In the 1989 motion picture Warlock, actor Julian Sands plays a warlock trying to find the three Grand Grimoires, which when combined purportedly contain the name of God. In the film the book has supernatural properties, and is therefore separated into three sets of pages to prevent its evil power from being abused.
In James H. Brennan's Sagas of the Demonspawn series, Lucifuge Rofocale is the name of the demon incarnated in the sword named Doom Bringer. According to the Grand Grimoire, Lucifuge Rofocale is the demon in charge of Hell's government.
Dutch metal band God Dethroned have an album called The Grand Grimoire (1997).
In its second season, the Fox TV series Sleepy Hollow presents the Grand Grimoire as once owned by occultist John Dee and coveted by an evil warlock named Solomon Kent. It fell into the possession of one of the series' antagonists, Henry Parrish, and helped lead to the fall of protagonist Katrina Crane.
In the 2012 video game Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, a book called the Grand Grimoire contains all of the black magic within the town of Labyrinthia, and is used by Phoenix Wright to point out contradictions and illogical aspects in accusations of witchcraft.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^A. E. Waite, The Book of Black Magic and of Pacts, from the Introduction to The Grand Grimoire.
- ^ ab'Book of Ceremonial Magic: Chapter IV: The Rituals Of Black Magic: Section 3: The Grand Grimoire'. Sacred-texts.com. Retrieved 2015-07-09.
- ^Belanger, Michelle A. (2010). The Dictionary of Demons. Llewellyn Worldwide. p. 142. ISBN9780738727455.
- ^Davies, Owen, 1969- (2009). Grimoires : a history of magic books. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 101. ISBN9780199204519. OCLC244766270.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
- ^Le grand Grimoire; ou l'art de commander les esprits célestes, aériens, terrestres, infernaux; avec le vrai secret de faire parler les morts, de gagner toutes les fois qu'on met aux loteries, etc. 1845. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
- ^Spence, Lewis (2006). 'Grand Grimoire, The'. An Encyclopaedia of Occultism. Cosimo Books. p. 188. ISBN9781596052376.
- ^Butler, E. M. (Eliza Marian), 1885-1959. (1998). Ritual magic. University Park, Pa.: Pennsylvania State University Press. p. 80. ISBN0271018461. OCLC40875261.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
- ^Lévi, Éliphas (1861). Dogme et rituel de la haute magie, Vol. 1-2 (2 ed.). G. Baillière. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
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- ^ ab'enochian.org - Daemon list'. 2012-12-28. Archived from the original on 2012-12-28.
- ^Butler, E. M. (Eliza Marian), 1885-1959. (1998). Ritual magic. University Park, Pa.: Pennsylvania State University Press. p. 81. ISBN0271018461. OCLC40875261.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
- ^ abcWarwick, Tarl (2013). The Grand Grimoire (The Red Dragon) (Paperback ed.). ISBN9781483925561. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
Further reading[edit]
- E. M. Butler, Ritual Magic, 'The Solomonic Cycle', CUP Archive, 1979, ISBN9780521295536
- Tarl Warwick, 'The Grand Grimoire: The Red Dragon', illustrated and translated to English, second edition 2016, ISBN9781483925561
- Black Letter Press, 'The Red Dragon', translated to English by Paul Summers Young, first edition 2019
1The Voynich Manuscript
Widely considered to be one of the most mysterious manuscripts in the history of Time As Perceived By Mankind, this book contains a ciphered unknown alphabet written on vellum (calfskin) and depicts bizarre plants, original astronomical charts, and odd interconnected bathtubs with tiny naked people.
Cryptographers, mathematicians and linguists have been unable to decipher this book. Despite its arcane nature, scholars maintain it was written during the medieval years of 1404 and 1438. Its name comes from antique book dealer Wilfrid Voynich, who bought the book second-hand in Italy in 1912.
2The Munich Manual of Demonic Magic
Also known as The Necromancer's Manual, this grimoire is the work of a 15th century German magician who wanted to produce a sourcebook for evoking demonic spirits.
The Manual contains the three major kinds of magick found in grimoires: Illusionist, Psychological, and Divinatory. Illusionist spells are meant to fool people into seeing things like castles or armies. Psychological spells are meant to leverage emotional or political power over people. Divinatory actions are intended to extract information from the future or past.
The Munich Manual contains passages that describe sacrificing mythological creatures, but the most eerie component of this book is that it completely ignores angel folklore and focuses exclusively on black magick and descriptions of classical exorcisms.
3Codex Seraphinianus
This is known as one of the strangest books of all time and a new edition has just been released. The Codex Seraphinianus is different than the other books on this list because its author, Luigi Serafini, is known and it was written in the 1970s!
The Codex Seraphinianus is similar to the Voynich in its largely unintelligible, syntax-less text and fascination with fauna and floral specimen. It also features “trucks with human heads, skeletons getting fitted for new bodies, and weird animals that don't exist.”
This book was published in the early 80s, which probably added to its pop lore - it's a book that went viral before viral was even a thing.
4Heptameron (‘Seven Days')
This grimoire was originally modeled to imitate the Decameron. The author, Pietro d'Abano, who died in prison during the Inquisition, believed in something called planetary magic, by which one could conjure angels for the seven days of the week.
I can't help but imagine a man accused of atheism wasting away in prison, trying to summon strength from cosmic forces we didn't even yet know existed.
5On the Writing of the Insane
This book actually isn't about magic or demons and it isn't a grimoire, but it may be the eeriest book on this list. Written by G. Mackenzie Bacon, medical superintendent at the Fulbourn asylum near Cambridge, England, the book contains the complex diagrammatic writings of an asylum patient who filled every centimeter of his pages with wild musings and diagrammatic text.
He was asked to abandon this writing style, to which he replied: “Dear Doctor, to write or not to write, that is the question. Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to follow the visit of the great ‘Fulbourn' with ‘chronic melancholy' expressions of regret (withheld when he was here) that, as the Fates would have it, we were so little prepared to receive him, and to evince my humble desire to do honour to his visit. My Fulbourn star, but an instant seen, like a meteor's flash, a blank when gone. The dust of ages covering my little sanctum parlour room, the available drapery to greet the Doctor, stowed away through the midst of the regenerating (water and scrubbing – cleanliness next to godliness, political and spiritual) cleansing of a little world. The Great Physician walked, bedimmed by the ‘dark ages' the long passage of Western Enterprise, leading to the curvatures of rising Eastern morn. The rounded configuration of Lunar (tics) garden's lives an o'ershadowment on Britannia's vortex…”
Sadly, he later drowned himself in public.
6The Picatrix/The Aim of the Sage
The largest grimoire in history is also the quintessential tome of 11th century Arabic magic. It contains spells that explain 'how to poison by sleep, gaze, or work' as well as acquiring the love of another, escaping from prison, and healing a scorpion's sting.
It also describes 'confections' composed of blood, brains and urine.
7The Oera Linda Book
This Old Frisian book purports to contain wisdom dating back 4,000 years, including teachings from the mythical Atlantis. Unfortunately, it was a favorite among Nazi occultists and is thus tainted with epic creepiness. Some even refer to it as “Himmler's bible.'
8The Story of the Vivian Girls
This is an unparalleled example of 'Art Brut,' or 'Raw Art' (art made by the truly eccentric). Like the Codex Seraphinianus, this book is contemporary and its author known.
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After his death in 1973, it was discovered that reclusive American writer Henry Darger had penned a 15,145-page, single-spaced fantasy manuscript called The Story of the Vivian Girls, In What is Known as the Realms of the Unreal, of the Glandeco-Angelinian War Storm, Caused by the Child Slave Rebellion.
The book contains graphic color illustrations and ranges in content from floral landscapes to child torture.
Please note: Darger usually depicts his girls as having little penises.
9The Red Dragon/Grand Grimoire
The Grand Grimoire, circa 1520 AD, also called the Red Dragon and the Gospel of Satan, was discovered in the tomb of Solomon in 1750 and is written in either Biblical Hebrew or Aramaic.
The 4-part book is owned by the Roman Catholic Church and is kept in the Vatican Secret Archives, where it remains unavailable to the public. How do we know it exists? The Church claims official ownership of it.
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The legend of the Red Dragon is that the manuscript was based on writings by the apocryphal Honorius of Thebes, who many claimed was possessed by Satan. The book is said to contain proof of demonic evocation and occult spells as well as the process whereby newly elected popes are slowly won over by Satan's greatness.
Unsurprisingly, The Grand Grimoire is still used widely by practitioners of voodoo, especially in Haiti, where it is called Le Veritable Dragon Rouge.
Oh, the book is also rumored to be impervious to fire.