2026-07-31
Key of Solomon Pentacles: What They Actually Are
Not amulets and not decoration. What the Key of Solomon says a pentacle is made of, when it must be engraved, and what its editor admitted about the Hebrew.
Not amulets and not decoration. What the Key of Solomon says a pentacle is made of, when it must be engraved, and what its editor admitted about the Hebrew.
Abstinence, solitude, purified tools and companions. What the Key of Solomon demands of the person doing the work, quoted rather than prescribed.
The Key of Solomon assigns every planet a list of works proper to its days and hours. Here is that list quoted, and which part of it can be checked.
Lead to Saturn, tin to Jupiter, iron to Mars. The Key of Solomon's metal and colour table quoted in full, and what part of it is checkable.
How planetary hours really work: the unequal-hours system of the Key of Solomon and Agrippa, the Chaldean order, and what holds up today.