Lesser-Key-Of-Solomon

The ~tory cArt of
Jolomon.
The :JV:Etory c./lrt revealed
by the U'Ilost %gh Creator to Jolomon.
In the Name of the holy and undivided Trinity, beginneth this most holy
Art of Knowledge, Revealed to SOLOMON, which the Most High Creator
by his holy Angel ministred to SOLOMON upon the Altar of the
Temple; that thereby in a short time he knew all Arts and Sciences, both
Liberal and Mechanick, with all the Faculties and Properties thereof: He
had suddenly infused into him, and also was filled with allwisdom, to utter
the sacred mysteries of most holy words.
Alpha and Omega! Oh Almighty God, the beginning ofall things, without
beginning, and without end: Graciously this day hear my prayers; neither
do thou render unto me according to my sins, nor after mine iniquities,
0 Lord my God, but according to thy mercy,which is greater then all
things visible and invisible. Have mercy upon me, 0 Christ, the Wisdom
of the Father, the Light of Angels, the Glory of Saints, the Hope, Refuge,
and Support of Sinners, the Creator of all things, the Redeemer of all humane
Frailties, who holdest the Heaven, Earth, and Sea, and all the whole
World, in the palm of thy Hand: I humbly implore and beseech, That thow
wilt mercifully with the Father, illustrate my Minde with the beams of thy
holy Spirit, that I may be able to come and attain to the perfection of this
most holy Art, and that I may be able to gain the knowledge of every
Science, Art, and Wisdom; and of every Faculty ofMemory, Intelligences,
Understanding, and Intellect, by the Vertue and Power of thy most holy
Spirit, and in thy Name. And thou, 0 God my God, who in the beginning
hast created the Heaven and the Earth, and all things out of nothing; who