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In 1453, Constantinople fell to the Turks, ending the Byzantine empire. This date also marks the beginning of the Renaissance, since the waves of Greek refugees spread knowledge of Greek throughout Europe. Included with the newly available Greek manuscripts were the Corpus Hermetica, Plotinus, and the works of the Neoplatonists.

Shortly thereafter in 1492, Isabella and Ferdinand expelled the Jews from Spain. This sent waves of Jewish refugees throughout Europe, spreading knowledge of Hebrew and of the Kabbalah.

Renaissance philosophers sought to integrate these traditions with the view of unifying the rapidly disintegrating religious factions and also ending the constant political strife. Thus they are the forerunners or prophets of the Rosicrucian and Illuminati movements.

Johannes Trithemius (1462-1516)
Master cryptographer and magician, Trithemius was the mentor of Henrich Cornelius Agrippa.

The Seven Secondary Intelligences (De septem secundeis)
Steganographia (Secret Writing)Book 1 Book 2 Book 3
The art of drawing spirits into crystals
Liber octo quaestionum(excerpts, LATIN)

Heinrich Agrippa
The most influential writer of renaissance esoterica.

Athanasius Kircher

Dr. John Dee (1527-1608)
Another influential Renaissance figure, Dee was Queen Elizabeth's scientific advisor. In later life, he became disillusioned with pure science and started experimenting with occult techniques of the day. Many of his esoteric writing were kept secret and only discovered by accident long after his death.

Five Books of Mystery(Mysteriorum Libri Quinque)
Mysteriorum Liber Sextus et Sanctus (Liber Loagaeth)
Index Verborum of the "Angelic Language" from Liber Loagaeth
Compendium Heptarchiae Mysticae
De Heptarchia Mystica
Monas Hieroglyphica (The Hieroglyphic Monad) English French
Tuba Veneris ('The Trumpet of Venus')
Tabula bonorum angelorum invocationes
The Holy Table engraving from Casaubon's True and Faithful Relation
An excerpt form Josten's translation of the Hieroglyphic Monad
A Letter Containing a most briefe Discourse Apologeticall
Meric Casaubon: A True and Faithful Relation (excerpts)

Giordano Bruno (1548-1600)
Bruno was one of the most original and colorful thinkers of the Renaissance. The Inquisition considered him a dangerous heretic, and had him burned at the stake in 1600.

De Umbris Idearum ('The Shadow of Ideas') (1582) (Latin)
Ars Memoriae ('The Art of Memory') (1582) (Latin)
Cantus Circaeus ("Incantations of Circe") (1582) (Latin)
Ars Reminiscendi -- Triginta Sigilli (1583) (Latin)
Explicatio triginti sigillorum(1583) (Latin)
The Heroic Frenzies (English)
De Magia (Latin)
Theses De Magia (Latin)
Magia Mathematica (Latin)
De vinculis in genere (Latin)
De Imaginum Compositione (Book I, Latin)

Classical magic texts (aka Grimoires)

Abramelin, Book of the Sacred Magic
Aldaraia sive Soyga vocor (edited and translated by Jane Kupin, 2014. Used with permission)
Agrippa,

Albertus Magnus (Pseudo-), Egyptian Secrets for Man and Beast
Almadel
Arbatel of Magic (1575) (English+Latin) (Deutsch)
Ars Notoria This medieval Grimoire is closely related to Liber Juratus. It centers around orations which can impart instant knowledge of divine and human arts and sciences.
Book of Protection, Hermann Gollancz (1912)
Armand Delatte: Anecdota Atheniensia: Containing the text of a large number of magical manuscripts, including the Magical Treatise of Solomon (in GREEK)
Folger MS. V.B.26 Book of Magic(ca. 1577-1583)
Honorius of Thebes: Liber Juratus, or the Sworn Book of Honorius. This thirteenth century Grimoire is one of the foundation works of European magical practice. It was one of Dr. Dee's sources for the Sigillum Dei Aemeth.
Key of Solomon This is the most famous and influential handbook of magic. Mathers' edition.
The Key of Knowledge. A Sixteenth-Century English translation of the Key of Solomon.
The Clavicle of Solomon, revealed by Ptolomy the Grecian. (Sloane 3847)
Clavicules du Roi Salomon, Par Armadel. Livre Quatrieme. Des Esprits qui gouvernent sous les Ordres du Souverain Createur.(The Key of King Solomon, Book 4: The Spirits which govern under the Orders of the sovereign Creator.) (Excepts, French)
The Veritable Clavicles of Solomon, Translated from Hebrew into the Latin Language by Rabbi Abognazar (Lansdowne MS. 1203).
The Lesser Key of Solomon (Lemegeton): All five books. This famous 16-17th century grimoire was compiled from earlier texts. It was considered important by Crowley, Mathers, Waite, and others. The scrying methods correspond closely with Dee's.
The Magical Calendar(Calendarium Naturale Magicum Perpetuum) by Johann Baptista Großchedel. (excerpts)
Paracelsus: Archidoxis of Magic(excerpts, English)
Petrus de Abano, Heptameron, or Magical Elements (Latin with English translation)
Picatrix (The Goal of the Wise)pseudo-Majriti. (Summary)
Reginald Scot's collection of magical texts A fine example of Elizabethan English
Romanus-Büchlein Little Charm-book of the Roma (Gypsies). One of the main sourceworks for Hoodoo and American Folk magic. (German and English)
A. W. Greenup: Sefer ha-Levanah -- The Book of the Moon (Hebrew)
Sefer Shimmush Tehillim - Book of the Magical Uses of the Psalms
Ebenezer Sibly, A New and Complete Illustration of the Occult Sciences, Book 4. (1795?)Methods used for raising up and consulting Spirits are laid open, including a general Display of the Mysteries of Witchcraft, Divination, Charms, and Necromancy. Also includes an alchemical process for raising the form of plants from their essences (ala Borelli).
Mafteah Shelomoh / Clavicula Salomonis, A Hebrew Manuscript Newly discovered and now described, by Hermann Gollancz (1903)
Sepher Maphteah Shelomoh (Book of the Key of Solomon) An exact facsimile of an original book of magic in Hebrew, ed. by Hermann Gollancz, (1914)
Sepher Raziel (excepts from Sl. 3846)
Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses. This has already become one of the most requested documents at this site. If you are interested in discussing this text, I have set up a forum on Yahoo Groups. Click to join.
Sword of Moses Tenth century Hebrew handbook of magic
Testament of Solomon One of the oldest magical texts attributed to King Solomon, dating First to Third Century A.D. Includes a catalog of demons summoned by King Solomon, and how they can be countered by invoking angels and other magical techniques.
Theosophia Pneumatica [pdf].