The Grimoire of Armadel

by S.L. MacGregor Mathers and Alex Brown

Book Overview

Translated from a 17th century manuscript stored in Paris, this is an ancient but still useful book of popularized Christian magic. It is illustrated with intricate sigils. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1578632412
• ISBN13: 9781578632411
• Release Date: September 2001
• Publisher: Weiser Books
• Length: 88 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.1" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

Extremely Powerful Working Grimoire

This is a very powerful useful Grimoire. The conjuration formulas, unlike some formulas that are pages long, are short and very effective. I have used the conjuraiton formulas in this grimoire to conjure into visibile appearance FurFur and Marchosias. Included are several unique and orginal Sigils of Spirits that you will not find in any other grimoire, that I know of, that have a profound magickal affect if you scry and work with them. There are what I would call "Sigil Narratives" which are descriptive magickal formulas that reveal ancient occult knowledge. This book is a msut have in the library of the working occultist.

Welcome to the hidden side of the Western Tradition. The use of the Mandala

Many working occultists view this work as beautiful, but shallow. I think I can show that the truth lies a little deeper than that. First of all, Mathers only worked on the most useful texts when resurrecting works of the past. Why then would he have spent so much time on this volume? Why would he have held this piece in such high regard, when so many other manuscripts remained outside the reach of the average occultist? A piece of the answer lies in the heavily veiled sex magic couched in the ambiguous descriptions of "The Visions". I direct you to the vision of Gimela, for case in point: "The Beholding of the Serpent that tempted Eve." The Visions make up a large part of the content of the text in this piece. These visions are revealed by virtue of the proper use of the seals, and are described in detail. That makes this a rare manuscript on the act of Mandela Meditations in the Western Tradition, and the oldest recorded use of "Path Working" we have. This inovation (path working) is often credited to the Golden Dawn. Clearly this is a mistake. This book suddenly becomes much more ground-breaking, when viewed in its historical context. I will grant you, the Christian bent of the text puts the tradition at a relatively later date than the Goetia, and many of the works attributed to Solomon. Another facet of this literary gem is the spirito-historical context. Almost every spirit mentioned in the text is put in context with Biblical personalities that the reader would be familiar with. For example: "Gabriel, the spirit that did teach the Prophet Elijah the Mysteries of Divinity..." It is an exhaustive laundry list of "who did what" from the Fall to the Crucifixion. As for the actual evocation and banishing portion that gets so much flack, hey, you can find the same format in dozens of other books, but do yourself a favor and don't throw the baby out with the bath-water. Anyone exploring the rich tradition of Western Occultism should give this volume a good look.

Conjure Demons

I am a long time occult, a Z=5 adept of the Golden Dawn and Corresponding Associate and Brother of the American O.T.O. I have a large collection of grimoires and this is one of the best. Simple conjurations for a number of demons in one neat and compact volume. At 79 pages, I read this in one two hour sitting. These occult grimoires of very high quality really improve the individual who takes them seriously on a number of levels: intellectual, spiritual, emotional, health and ambition. Why trash an expensive book and waste your money? Why not take it seriously and better yourself? This lately in my life has been one of the few books as an advanced practitioner I got something out of. The conjurations do work, but that doesn't mean they will always be successful. S.L. Mathers is an expert on the subject and easily one of the best sources the aspirant can learn from. Yes, it does borrow from Christianity. Christians are all over, especially in America. If you are going to be an occultist you cannot be very hostile towards ChristianS themselves; you might end up literally with no friends whatsoever. This IS NOT satanism! Mathers was not a satanist nor am I. This actually blows away satanism hands down.

Advice/Help

This book can help you to understand spirit/demon evocation. Simple as that. This helps you to understand the principles of these beings and guides you to invoke therir power to you. Short, but helpful, this is a must for the beginner-advanced magician, but also well-rounded for the non-denominational invocational magician or no matter what your preferences are, this book is still a must for your collection of texts and a great addition to your library of related matter.My advice is to get this book if you are interested in this subject at all and should be read fully before invoking spirits. If this doesn't suit you, i suggest the Goetia in conjunction with this, or seperately a book called "Goetic Evocation: A Magician's Workbook".This book goes along with this subject and is very helpful to even the most advanced magician, mainly due to it's addition of the rarely seen "Testament Of Solomon" along with this book.

Absolutely the BEST i've read so far

This book was very informative, it tought me to harness the powers of Angels and Demons, it also brushed me up on my history of this and many other Grimores, if you are just beginning, or looking for a good power trip, i truly suggest this book. You'll be amazed when you are visited by angels, and have an army of Demons doing your bidding. Very good book.