The Book of Gold (Le Livre d’Or) - 17th Century Book of Spells, Charms & Magic using the Biblical Psalms of David

by Barron, Paul Harry; Rankine, David

  cv The Goetia of Dr Rudd, Skinner & Rankine, 2007:410.

  cvi “Our Father’s”.

  cvii “Hail Mary’s”.

  cviii The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses, Peterson, 2008:186.

  cix A variant spelling of St Jerome.

  cx I.e. heaven.

  cxi The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses, Peterson, 2008:186.

  cxii The Veritable Key of Solomon, Skinner & Rankine, 2008:304.

  cxiii A member of the willow family.

  cxiv The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses, Peterson, 2008:186.

  cxv Jewish Magic and Superstition, Trachtenberg, 1939:109.

  cxvi Babylonian Oil Magic, Daiches, 1913:25.

  cxvii A Collection of Magical Secrets, Skinner, Rankine & Barron, 2009:120.

  cxviii The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses, Peterson, 2008:187

  cxix The Veritable Key of Solomon, Skinner & Rankine, 2008:304.

  cxx The Goetia of Dr Rudd, Skinner & Rankine, 2007:410.

  cxxi The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses, Peterson, 2008:187.

  cxxii “Tetragrammaton, it is done”.

  cxxiii The Veritable Key of Solomon, Skinner & Rankine, 2008:259.

  cxxiv The Key of Solomon the King, Mathers, 1976:115.

  cxxv The Goetia of Dr Rudd, Skinner & Rankine, 2007:409.

  cxxvi The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses, Peterson, 2008:188.

  cxxvii A Collection of Magical Secrets, Skinner, Rankine & Barron, 2009:114.

  cxxviii The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses, Peterson, 2008:188.

  cxxix Veritable Key of Solomon, Skinner & Rankine, 2008:304.

  cxxx The Goetia of Dr Rudd, Skinner & Rankine, 2007:408.

  cxxxi Ibid, 2007:410.

  cxxxii Ibid, 2007:412.

  cxxxiii I.e. Phoenix dactylifera.

  cxxxiv A Collection of Magical Secrets, Skinner, Rankine & Barron, 2009:120.

  cxxxv Art, Medicine and Magic in Early Byzantium, Vikan, 1984:70.

  cxxxvi Jewish Mysticism in the Geonic Period, Herrmann, 2005:184

  cxxxvii The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses, Peterson, 2008:188.

  cxxxviii The Goetia of Dr Rudd, Skinner & Rankine, 2007:408.

  cxxxix The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses, Peterson, 2008:188.

  cxl The Goetia of Dr Rudd, Skinner & Rankine, 2007:409.

  cxli A Collection of Magical Secrets, Skinner, Rankine & Barron, 2009:115.

  cxlii A Collection of Magical Secrets, Skinner, Rankine & Barron, 2009:114.

  cxliii The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses, Peterson, 2008:188.

  cxliv The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses, Peterson, 2008:188.

  cxlv The Goetia of Dr Rudd, Skinner & Rankine, 2007:415.

  cxlvi A Collection of Magical Secrets, Skinner, Rankine & Barron, 2009:114.

  cxlvii The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses, Peterson, 2008:188.

  cxlviii A Collection of Magical Secrets, Skinner, Rankine & Barron, 2009:121.

  cxlix Ibid, 2009:121.

  cl The Goetia of Dr Rudd, Skinner & Rankine, 2007:415.

  cli The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses, Peterson, 2008:188.

  clii Is at risk of miscarrying.

  cliii The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses, Peterson, 2008:189.

  cliv The Goetia of Dr Rudd, Skinner & King, 2007:412.

  clv The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses, Peterson, 2008:189.

  clvi A Collection of Magical Secrets, Skinner, Rankine & Barron, 2009:110.

  clvii Ibid, 2009:121.

  clviii The evening prayer service.

  clix The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses, Peterson, 2008:189.

  clx The Key of Solomon the King, Mathers, 1976:115.

  clxi Forbidden Rites, Kieckhefer, 1997:142.

  clxii Jewish Magic and Superstition, Trachtenberg, 1939:241.

  clxiii Binding Words, Skemer, 2006:132.

  clxiv The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses, Peterson, 2008:189.

  clxv Ibid, Peterson, 2008:189.

  clxvi Forbidden Rites, Kieckhefer, 1997:232.

  clxvii The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses, Peterson, 2008:189.

  clxviii The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses, Peterson, 2008:189.

  clxix The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses, Peterson, 2008:189.

  clxx The Key of Solomon the King, Mathers, 1976:114.

  clxxi The Veritable Key of Solomon, Skinner & Rankine, 2008:259.

  clxxii The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses, Peterson, 2008:189.

  clxxiii Ibid, 2008:286.

  clxxiv The Key of Solomon the King, Mathers, 1976:114.

  clxxv Forbidden Rites, Kieckhefer, 1997:77.

  clxxvi A Collection of Magical Secrets, Skinner, Rankine & Barron, 2009:111.

  clxxvii Ibid, 2009:114.

  clxxviii Magic in the Ancient Greek World, Collins, 2008:129.

  clxxix The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses, Peterson, 2008:189.

  clxxx De Nigromancia, Bacon, 1988:32.

  clxxxi A Collection of Magical Secrets, Skinner, Rankine & Barron, 2009:23.

  clxxxii The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses, Peterson, 2008:190.

  clxxxiii The Key of Solomon the King, Mathers, 1976:114.

  clxxxiv A Collection of Magical Secrets, Skinner, Rankine & Barron, 2009:23.

  clxxxv The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses, Peterson, 2008:190.

  clxxxvi Ibid, Peterson, 2008:190.

  clxxxvii The Veritable Key of Solomon, Skinner & Rankine, 2008:254-5.

  clxxxviii I.e. hæmophilia.

  clxxxix Leechcraft, Pollington, 2004:193.

  cxc The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses, Peterson, 2008:190.

  cxci The Veritable Key of Solomon, Skinner & Rankine, 2008:286.

  cxcii Ibid, 2008:340.

  cxciii Forbidden Rites, Kieckhefer, 1997:59.

  cxciv The Veritable Key of Solomon, Skinner & Rankine, 2008:254.

  cxcv The Key of Solomon the King, Mathers, 1976:114.

  cxcvi Ibid, 1976:115.

  cxcvii Forbidden Rites, Kieckhefer, 1997:232.

  cxcviii Ibid, 1997:77.

  cxcix Ibid, 1997:287.

  cc A Collection of Magical Secrets, Skinner, Rankine & Barron, 2009:119.

  cci Ibid, 2009:120.

  ccii Possibly suffering with syphilis.

  cciii The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses, Peterson, 2008:190.

  cciv The Veritable Key of Solomon, Skinner & Rankine, 2008:304.

  ccv The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses, Peterson, 2008:191.

  ccvi The Key of Solomon the King, Mathers, 1976:104.

  ccvii Ibid, 1976:114.

  ccviii The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses, Peterson, 2008:191.

  ccix Leechcraft, Pollington, 2004:193.

  ccx Crystal Gazing, Thomas, 1905:83.

  ccxi The Veritable Key of Solomon, Skinner & Rankine, 2009:286.

  ccxii Ibid, 2009:342.

  ccxiii The Goetia of Dr Rudd, Skinner & King, 2007:411.

  ccxiv A Collection of Magical Secrets, Skinner, Rankine & Barron, 2009:82.

  ccxv The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses, Peterson, 2008:191.

  ccxvi The Veritable Key of Solomon, Skinner & Rankine, 2008:342.

  ccxvii Ibid, 2008:341.

  ccxviii Or haemorrhaging: presumably from childbirth: lit ‘in a bleeding [state]’.

  ccxix The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses, Peterson, 2008:191.

  ccxx A Collection of Magical Secrets, Skinner, Rankine & Barron, 2009:121.

  ccxxi The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses, Peterson, 2008:191.

  ccxxii The Key of Solomon the King, Mathers, 1976:104.

  ccxxiii The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses, Peterson, 2008:191.

  ccxxiv A Collection of Magical Secrets, Skinner, Rankine & Barron, 2009:115.

  ccxxv The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses, Peterson, 2008:191.

  ccxxvi Binding Words, Skemer, 2006:86.

  ccxxvii The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses, Peterson, 2008:192.<
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  ccxxviii The Key of Solomon the King, Mathers, 1976:115.

  ccxxix The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses, Peterson, 2008:192.

  ccxxx The Key of Solomon the King, Mathers, 1976:104.

  ccxxxi The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses, Peterson, 2008:192.

  ccxxxii A Collection of Magical Secrets, Skinner, Rankine & Barron, 2009:115.

  ccxxxiii The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses, Peterson, 2008:193.

  ccxxxiv A Collection of Magical Secrets, Skinner, Rankine & Barron, 2009:115.

  ccxxxv The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses, Peterson, 2008:193.

  ccxxxvi The Key of Solomon the King, Mathers, 1976:116.

  ccxxxvii A Collection of Magical Secrets, Skinner, Rankine & Barron, 2009:115.

  ccxxxviii Ibid, 2009:115.

  ccxxxix The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses, Peterson, 2008:193.

  ccxl The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses, Peterson, 2008:193.

  ccxli A Collection of Magical Secrets, Skinner, Rankine & Barron 2009:116.

  ccxlii Leechcraft, Pollington, 2004:193.

  ccxliii The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses, Peterson, 2008:193.

  ccxliv The Encyclopedia of Jewish Myth, Magic and Mysticism, Dennis, 2007:167.

  ccxlv Runic Amulets and Magic Objects, MacLeod & Mees, 2006:202.

  ccxlvi The Veritable Key of Solomon, Skinner & Rankine, 2009:342.

  ccxlvii The Key of Solomon the King, Mathers, 1976:109.

  ccxlviii A Collection of Magical Secrets, Skinner, Rankine & Barron 2009:116.

  ccxlix The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses, Peterson, 2008:193.

  ccl Ibid, Peterson, 2008:193.

  ccli The Veritable Key of Solomon, Skinner & Rankine, 2008:286.

  cclii The Key of Solomon the King, Mathers, 1976:114.

  ccliii A Collection of Magical Secrets, Skinner, Rankine & Barron 2009:116.

  ccliv Ibid, 2009:119.

  cclv Charm against Witches and Evil Spirits, Weeks, 1920:147.

  cclvi The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses, Peterson, 2008:194.

  cclvii Ibid, Peterson, 2008:194.

  cclviii The Veritable Key of Solomon, Skinner & Rankine, 2008:341.

  cclix Ancient Christian Magic, Meyer & Smith, 1999:263.

  cclx The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses, Peterson, 2008:194.

  cclxi Cunning-Folk, Davies, 2003:62

  cclxii The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses, Peterson, 2008:194.

  cclxiii The Goetia of Dr Rudd, Skinner & Rankine, 2007:410.

  cclxiv Ibid, 2007:410.

  cclxv Ibid, 2007:411.

  cclxvi The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses, Peterson, 2008:194.

  cclxvii Forbidden Rites, Kieckhefer, 1997:334.

  cclxviii The Key of Solomon the King, Mathers, 1976:111.

  cclxix Ibid, 1976:113.

  cclxx Ibid, 1976:114.

  cclxxi Ibid, 1976:116.

  cclxxii A Collection of Magical Secrets, Skinner, Rankine & Barron, 2009:111.

  cclxxiii Ibid, 2009:111.

  cclxxiv The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses, Peterson, 2008:194.

  cclxxv The Veritable Key of Solomon, Skinner & Rankine, 2008:304.

  cclxxvi The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses, Peterson, 2008:194.

  cclxxvii Probably St Thomas Becket.

  cclxxviii The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses, Peterson, 2008:194.

  cclxxix The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses, Peterson, 2008:194.

  cclxxx The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses, Peterson, 2008:194.

  cclxxxi The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses, Peterson, 2008:194.

  cclxxxii The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses, Peterson, 2008:194.

  cclxxxiii The Septuagint in Context, Marcos & Watson, 2000:268.

  cclxxxiv The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses, Peterson, 2008:194.

  cclxxxv The Goetia of Dr Rudd, Skinner & Rankine, 2007:411.

  cclxxxvi The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses, Peterson, 2008:194.

  cclxxxvii The Veritable Key of Solomon, Skinner & Rankine, 2008:341.

  cclxxxviii The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses, Peterson, 2008:194.

  cclxxxix The Key of Solomon the King, Mathers, 1976:116.

  ccxc The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses, Peterson, 2008:194.

  ccxci The Key of Solomon the King, Mathers, 1976:109.

  ccxcii The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses, Peterson, 2008:195.

  ccxciii The Key of Solomon the King, Mathers, 1976:114.

  ccxciv A Collection of Magical Secrets, Skinner, Rankine & Barron, 2009:23.

  ccxcv A Collection of Magical Secrets, Skinner, Rankine & Barron, 2009:116.

  ccxcvi The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses, Peterson, 2008:195.

  ccxcvii Leechcraft, Pollington, 2004:193.

  ccxcviii The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses, Peterson, 2008:195.

  ccxcix The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses, Peterson, 2008:195.

  ccc The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses, Peterson, 2008:195.

  ccci Ibid, Peterson, 2008:195.

  cccii The Goetia of Dr Rudd, Skinner & Rankine, 2007:410.

  ccciii Ibid, 2007:411.

  ccciv Ibid, 2007:411.

  cccv A Collection of Magical Secrets, Skinner, Rankine & Barron, 2009:121.

  cccvi The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses, Peterson, 2008:195.

  cccvii The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses, Peterson, 2008:195.

  cccviii Between Worlds: Dybbuks, Exorcists, and Early Modern Judaism, Chajes, 2003:88.

  cccix The Goetia of Dr Rudd, Skinner & King, 2007:413.

  cccx Zohar 1.14b.

  cccxi The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation, Betz (ed), 1992:300.

  cccxii Amulets and Magic Bowls, Naveh & Shaked, 1998:238-9.

  cccxiii Ancient Christian Magic, Meyer & Smith, 1999:34-5.

  cccxiv Ibid, 1999:32.

  cccxv Ibid, 1999:46.

  cccxvi Sepher Rezial Hemelach, Savedow (ed), 2000:260.

  cccxvii See Catalogue des papyrus littéraires juifs et chrétiens, van Haelst, 1976 for more examples.

  cccxviii Between Worlds: Dybbuks, Exorcists, and Early Modern Judaism, Chajes, 2003:211.

  cccxix The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses, Peterson, 2008:196-8.

  cccxx The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses, Peterson, 2008:199.

  cccxxi Jewish Magic and Superstition, Trachtenberg, 1939:116.

  cccxxii Ibid, 1939:116.

  cccxxiii Ibid, 1939:180.

  cccxxiv Magical Formulae on Lintels of the Christian Period in Syria, Prentice, 1906:144.

  cccxxv Forbidden Rites, Kieckhefer, 1997:280.

  cccxxvi The Goetia of Dr Rudd, Skinner & Rankine; 2007:408.

  cccxxvii Ibid, 2007:410.

  cccxxviii A Collection of Magical Secrets, Skinner, Rankine & Barron, 2009:42.

  cccxxix Ibid, 2009:116.

  cccxxx Ibid, 2009:117.

  cccxxxi Ibid, 2009:117.

  cccxxxii Ibid, 2009:117.

  cccxxxiii Ibid, 2009:117.

  cccxxxiv Leechcraft, Pollington, 2003:191.

  cccxxxv The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses, Peterson, 2008:200.

  cccxxxvi Ibid, Peterson, 2008:198-99.

  cccxxxvii The Goetia of Dr Rudd, Skinner & Rankine, 2007:411.

  cccxxxviii A Collection of Magical Secrets, Skinner, Rankine & Barron, 2009:111.

  cccxxxix The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses, Peterson, 2008:200

  cccxl The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses, Peterson, 2008:200.

  cccxli Ibid, Peterson, 2008:200.

  cccxlii The Goetia of Dr Rudd, Skinner & Rankine, 2007:408.

  cccxliii Ibid, 2007:410.

  cccxliv Ibid 2007:410.

  cccxlv The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses, Peterson, 2008:201.

  cccxlvi The Goetia of Dr Rudd, Skinner & Rankine, 2007:408.

  cccxlvii The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses, Peterson, 2008:201.

  cccxlviii The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses, Pet
erson, 2008:201.

  cccxlix The Book of Abramelin, Worms, Dehn & Guth, 2006:63.

  cccl I.e. is about to set sail.

  cccli The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses, Peterson, 2008:201.

  ccclii The Goetia of Dr Rudd, Skinner & Rankine, 2007:408.

  cccliii Ibid, 2007:411.

  cccliv The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses, Peterson, 2008:201.

  ccclv The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses, Peterson, 2008:201.

  ccclvi Ibid, Peterson, 2008:201.

  ccclvii The Goetia of Dr Rudd, Skinner & Rankine, 2007:412.

  ccclviii The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses, Peterson, 2008:201.

  ccclix The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses, Peterson, 2008:202.

  ccclx The Key of Solomon the King, Mathers, 1976:114.

  ccclxi The Goetia of Dr Rudd, Skinner & Rankine, 2007:411.

  ccclxii The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses, Peterson, 2008:202.

  ccclxiii The Goetia of Dr Rudd, Skinner & Rankine, 2007:411.

  ccclxiv A Collection of Magical Secrets, Skinner, Rankine & Barron, 2009:117.

  ccclxv Sepher Rezial Hemelach, Savedow (ed), 2000:269.

  ccclxvi The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses, Peterson, 2008:202.

  ccclxvii The Goetia of Dr Rudd, Skinner & Rankine, 2007:411.

  ccclxviii Forbidden Rites, Kieckhefer, 1997:298.

  ccclxix A Collection of Magical Secrets, Skinner, Rankine & Barron, 2009:97-8.

  ccclxx The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses, Peterson, 2008:202.

  ccclxxi The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses, Peterson, 2008:202.

  ccclxxii The Veritable Key of Solomon, Skinner & Rankine, 2008:341.

  ccclxxiii The Goetia of Dr Rudd, Skinner & Rankine, 2007:411.

  ccclxxiv A Collection of Magical Secrets, Skinner, Rankine & Barron, 2009:122.

  ccclxxv The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses, Peterson, 2008:202.

  ccclxxvi The Book of Abramelin, Worms, Dehn & Guth, 2006:64-5.

  ccclxxvii The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses, Peterson, 2008:202.

  ccclxxviii Magic and Ritual in the Ancient World, Mirecki & Meyer, 2002:441.

  ccclxxix The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses, Peterson, 2008:202.

  ccclxxx The Goetia of Dr Rudd, Skinner & Rankine, 2007:412.

  ccclxxxi The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses, Peterson, 2008:203.

  ccclxxxii The Key of Solomon the King, Mathers, 1976:114.

  ccclxxxiii The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses, Peterson, 2008:203.

  ccclxxxiv The Book of Abramelin, Worms, Dehn & Guth, 2006:65-6.

  ccclxxxv The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses, Peterson, 2008:203.

  ccclxxxvi For more on this see The Book of Treasure Spirits, Rankine, 2009.