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: The most famous section, which catalogs 72 demons (including kings, dukes, and princes) that Solomon supposedly bound in a brass vessel. It provides their descriptions, powers, and the specific sigils (seals) required to command them.

The Lesser Key of Solomon , also known as the , is an anonymous 17th-century grimoire and one of the most influential texts in Western occultism. It presents a detailed system for summoning and controlling spirits, famously attributed to the biblical King Solomon. Structure of the Text The Lesser Key of Solomon

: A collection of prayers and orations intended to grant the practitioner rapid knowledge of various sciences and arts. Key Themes and Practices : The most famous section, which catalogs 72

: Details a hierarchy of aerial spirits, both good and evil. It presents a detailed system for summoning and

: Describes the creation of a wax altar (the Almadel) used to contact angelic entities.

The work is a compilation of five distinct books, each focusing on different types of spirits and magical operations:

: Focuses on the spirits of the hours of the day and night, as well as those associated with zodiacal signs.

About the Author

Elaine Chiew is a fiction writer and visual arts researcher. She is a two-time winner of The Bridport Prize, amidst other prizes and shortlistings. Her debut short story collection, The Heartsick Diaspora, will be coming out with Myriad Editions (U.K.). She is also the compiler and editor of Cooked Up: Food Fiction From Around the World (New Internationalist, 2015), and has had numerous stories in anthologies and journals. She also writes flash fiction (named Wigleaf Top 50 twice, along other honours). In October 2017, she was the Writer in Residence at Singapore’s premier School of the Arts. She received an M.A. in Asian Art Histories from Goldsmiths, University of London in 2017. In addition to writing freelance on Asian visual arts for magazines like ArtReview Asia, she also blogs about contemporary Asian writers at AsianBooksBlog and the visual arts on her blog, Invisible Flâneuse.

About the Artist

Fanny Cammaert is a digital artist living in Belgium. She adopted the stage name Lizzie Stardust as a member of the electro group Velvet Underwear. Since recording and touring with that group, she began working in visual media. Drawing on the kilim weaving that is part of her Ukrainian heritage, her art explores the interplay of digital patterns and electronic glitches. Thematically, her work brings digital infinity into connection with human emotions.

This story appeared in Issue Sixty-Three of SmokeLong Quarterly.

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