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eludes redrawn sigils enclosed in double circles, where the names of the spirits
are written in Roman letters.This innovation is similar to the Harley MS, but
the latter includes the names in both Roman and Hebrew lettering.3 2
Idries Shah
The SecretLore ofMagic (New York:The Citadel Press, 1970). Shah's work
included a transcription of Ars Almade! from Sloane MS 2731. He also
included an abridged Goetia that he split into one chapter and several appendices.
Shah also neglected to include key elements in the ritual. Ironically,
Shah complained that Waite had not included a verbatim transcript.
Nelson andAnne White
Lemegeton; Clavicula Salomon is: or The Complete Lesser Key of Solomon The
King (Pasadena: The Technology Group, 1979). This edition is valuable in
that it includes a photocopy (incomplete) ofSloane MS 2731. 33 White provided
a transcription ofeach page, as well as some footnotes primarily based
on his experiences as a practitioner of ceremonial magic. The transcriptions
are not always reliable.w Unfortunately, the poor quality of type and cheap
method ofreproduction make it almost totally unreadable. It is not known
whether these defects were corrected in any subsequent editions.
Mitch Henson
Lemegeton-The Complete Lesser Key ofSolomon (Jacksonville: Metatron
Books, 1999) Unfortunately, this edition ofthe Lemegeton is also uncritical
and indiscriminate in its use of source material. Henson based it initially on
the seriouslydeficient but often cited Sloane MS 2731, but midway through,
he silently switched to an inaccurate transcription of Sloane MS 3825 as his
chiefsource.The illustrations have all been redrawn and many were significantly
simplified or corrupted.35 Spelling and punctuation have been par-
32 See examples in Appendix 3.
33 In particular, the bulk ofArs Paulina, Part 2 was silently omitted.
34 For example, White transcribes "The Little Key" as "The Lifter (Lesser) Key."
35 For example, the Hebrew lettering is omitted from the drawing of the brass vessel.
Likewise the Secret Table of Salomon and the seal ofIcosiel are simplified, probably
because fading ink in the original manuscript was not discernible in Henson's photocopy.
The Hexagram, Pentagram, Ring, and Secret Seal were clearly based on