Magic & Necromancy - The Heptameron - Medieval Guide to Summoning Angels, Demons & Planetary Spirits

Medieval necromancy can be thought as a technology by which human beings summoned the powers of the beings which inhabited the realm above the earth and below the throne of God. These beings included righteous angels, malevolent demons and planetary or celestial intelligences responsible for the forces of nature and there was, perhaps, nor more ambitious text for their invocation than the Heptameron or the Elucidation of Necromancy attributed to Peter of Abano. This volume of medieval magic claimed to systematize all former magical practices and went on to influence everything from the Lesser Key of Solomon to the Enochian Angel sessions of Dr. John Dee.

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Peterson / Pseudo-Abano - Elucidation of Necromancy Lucidarium Artis Nigromantice attributed to Peter of Abano: Including a new translation of his Heptameron - 978-0892541997

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[lotusheart]

I never heard of the Heptameron, but now I need it in my collection right next to the keys of Solomon. Angel and "fallen angel" magic has been fascinating to me. Something intrigues me about the kind of will and mind one must have to feel that one can control such powers. Time to grab a copy!

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[robertbradley]

Thank you, Dr. Sledge for this video. Because of this video I have purchased the Peterson/Pseudo-Abano Elucidation of Necromancy/new translation of the Heptameron. I am also a big fan of Peterson's other works.

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Who else, when thinking of the crystal with seven demons that you can ask any question of, is imagining an octahedron (a d8), in a magic 8 ball, with of course the 8th side saying "ask again later"?

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[edgeeffect]

Excellent work bringing Maxwell's Equations into it... Maxwell had a daemon too!

[l.revisited]

At least one excerpt of the Heptameron is mentioned in Reginald Scot's The Discoverie of Witchcraft, especially in the said "grimoire section", anonymously added to chapter XV in the 3rd edition, published in 1665. Even the 1st edition (1584) shows some possible influence by having a reproduction of the names and seals of the planetary angels. Considering that Dr Dee drew inspiration from the Heptameron, it seems right to say that the book has elusively paved the way for the development of esotericism in Britain at least until the XIX century.