Occult & Esoterica
[SAUNDERS, Nicolai] Claves Regni (Being a Compendium of Spirits from Divers Sources)
[SAUNDERS, Nicolai] Claves Regni (Being a Compendium of Spirits from Divers Sources)
Full title: Claves Regni (Being a Compendium of Spirits from Divers Sources); Collected here for the Student, under the Guidance and Tutelage of those Masters, who in their Wisdom, help guide the course of the Heavens, and Work in Miracles for the accomplishment of the One Truth
UK: Fall of Man, 2016. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. Limited to 96 numbered copies. This is copy is unnumbered. Bound in green Italian silk. Gilt titles, key device, and borders to front cover. Key and titles also in gilt to spine. Black silk page ribbon. 547 pages. Illustrated throughout with hundreds of sigils and seals. All housed in a thick cardboard slipcase covered in faux green crocodile skin. Gilt seal of Sathkarion to front of slipcase. Slipcase seems a little shallow, resulting in the spine of the book sticking out about a half-inch. I've seen other copies with this same situation though I am not sure if all copies were as such. Other than that a near fine copy in like slipcase.
Claves Regni is a massive study of evocation. A grimoire in the classical sense of the word, it follows the traditions set forth by the authors of the Lemegeton and The Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage. Continuing the work he initiated with Arbor de Magistro, Nikolai Saunders offers up a wealth of information regarding the sacred Arte of spirit evocation, working upon the rituals of the Argent Dawn and others and expanding them accordingly. This volume has been divided into three separate books: Tempestates Dei: de Arte Magicka cum Salomonis Rex, Secreta de Elanel and Grimorium Caelorum. These three books are intended to build up a storehouse of Angelic Power from upon which the Magician may draw. In the words of the author, “this foray into evocation begins with Tempestates Dei. The Arte of Goetic Theurgy is a discipline unto itself, and while I claim no complete mastery of the system, I am familiar with the spirits contained within the second book of the Lemegeton. My experience with these spirits has demonstrated to me that they are somewhat more unruly than their Goetic counterparts; however, somewhat less misanthropic in most cases. Secreta de Elanel contains the Geniuses of Birth drawn from Ars Paulina, and is presented as a method of communicating with one’s Genius of Birth. In this grimoire, each spirit possesses a sigil and can be evoked to physical manifestation. These sigils can be then used in the Aethyric Rites of the Arbor De Magistro. The result of this process is a different and unique interaction that is non-existent in the other forms of communication. Finally, Grimorium Caelorum contains some familiar characters in Michael, Raphael, Gabriel, and Samael. It is a grimoire of the spirits of the Seven Heavens”.