The Grimoire Encyclopaedia Volume 1

Including one hundred chapters on individual grimoires and important books, and eight huge appendixes, these volumes provide a fresh panoramic view and the most extensive collection of resources ever gathered on the grimoire tradition. David Rankine offers a comprehensive system of exploring the grimoires, from an intensive spirit catalogue to a detailed look at magical tools, magic circles, and more. Spanning hundreds of years and including texts both familiar and strange, this resource will become an instant classic in the field of grimoire studies.

Listen to David Rankine talk to Alexander Eth of Glitch Bottle about the Encyclopaedia here.

Errata:
Roughly one hundred copies of the paperback edition had a typo in the table of contents and were missing the acknowledgements.
Roughly three hundred copies of the paperback edition suffered from the lack of an extremely important word on page 18 of volume 1. Bolded sentence should read: This is not the only way or the best way.

The first hardcover edition is limited to seven hundred copies strict. Printed on 90gsm Munken white, covered in black cloth with printed marbled endpapers and stamped in silver on front and spine.

The Grimoire Encyclopaedia: A convocation of spirits, texts, materials, and practices
Volume 1
David Rankine
ISBN 978-1-914166-16-7 (Hardback)
ISBN 978-1-914166-36-5 (Paperback)
254mm x 178mm
756 pages

CONTENTS: Volume I

Introduction
Before the Grimoires
Spirit Hierarchies
The Practice of Conjuration
Encyclopaedic Entries:

The Bible
Greek Magical Papyri
Supplementum Magicum
Testament of Solomon
Ancient Christian Magic
Sepher ha-Razim
Shi’ur Qomah
Sword of Moses
Picatrix
De Lapidibus
Liber Prestigiorum
Liber Lunae
Notary Art
Ars Almandel
Sepher Raziel
Summa Sacre Magice
Sworn Book of Honorius
Elucidation of Necromancy
Book of the Seven Rings of the Planets of Messalah
Book of Consecrations
Munich Handbook of Necromancy
Annulorum Experimenta
Wisdom of Apollonius
Hygromanteia
The Book of Angels, Rings, Characters and Images of the Planets
Liber Runarum
Le Grand Albert
Necromancy in the Medici Library
Steganographia
Key of Solomon
De Nigromancia
Herpentil texts
De Septem Secundeis
Antipalus Maleficiorum
Art of Drawing Spirits into Crystals
Three Books of Occult Philosophy
Cambridge Book of Magic
Galdrabok
Le Livre des Esperitz
Sepher Shimmush Tehillim
Magia Naturalis
Fourth Book of Occult Philosophy
Heptameron
Arbatel
Secrets of Solomon
Pseudomonarchia Daemonum
An Excellent Booke of the Art of Magicke
Secret of Secrets
Book of Oberon
Book of the Offices of Spirits
Enchiridion of Pope Leo III
Discoverie of Witchcraft
Crafte of Conjurynge
Archidoxes of Magic
De Heptarchia Mystica
Antiphoner Notebook
Boxgrove Manual
Tuba Veneris
Tabula Bonorum Angelorum Invocationes
Book of Abramelin
Key of Necromancy
Magia Naturalis et Innaturalis
Magical Calendar
Grimoire of Arthur Gauntlet
Goetia
Theurgia-Goetia
Ars Paulina
Of Angels, Demons & Spirits
Book of Gold
Janua Magica Reserata
Nine Celestial Keys
Book of Treasure Spirits
Pneumatologia Occulta
Theomagia
Grimoire of Pope Honorius
Semiphoras and Shemhamphorash
Books of St Cyprian
Sepher Maphteah Shelomoh
Sepher Rezial Hemelach
Petit Albert
Egyptian Secrets of Albertus Magnus
Grimoire of Armadel
Ars Phytonica
Grand Grimoire/Red Dragon
Veritable Magie Noire
A Most Rare Compendium of the Whole Magical Art
A Collection of Magical Secrets
Clavis Inferni
The Magus
Grimorium Verum
Dictionnaire Infernal
Black Pullet
Complete Book of Magic Science
Verus Jesuitarum Libellus
6th and 7th Books of Moses
Black Dragon
Grimoire Sympathia
Supreme Black Red & Infernal Magic
Secret Grimoire of Turiel
Sworn and Secret Grimoire

Spirit List
Glossary
Bibliography