Why do I want to write for young people? I started out writing for young people because I had two young teenage girls at the time and I wanted to write for them. It soon became a passion for me to write a book that can bring a reader some time out from their everyday situations. I write for young people to entertain, to educate, to bring situations they could be experiencing in their own lives into my characters to see that they’re not alone, to feel a companionship with the characters as if they are friends with them. That’s why I like to make my characters as realistic as the boy or girl next door. The teen years are a vulnerable age where the mind is still expanding and growing, and if my books can help shape those minds to become well-rounded, imaginative minds of the future, that is very satisfying to me. The materials in the papyri date from the 2nd century BC to the 5th century AD. The manuscripts came to light through the antiquities trade, from the 18th century onwards.

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One such Arabic grimoire devoted to astral magic, the 10th-century Ghâyat al-Hakîm, was later translated into Latin and circulated in Europe during the 13th century under the name of the Picatrix. [18] However, not all such grimoires of this era were based upon Arabic sources. The 13th-century Sworn Book of Honorius, for instance, was (like the ancient Testament of Solomon before it) largely based on the supposed teachings of the Biblical king Solomon and included ideas such as prayers and a ritual circle, with the mystical purpose of having visions of God, Hell, and Purgatory and gaining much wisdom and knowledge as a result. Another was the Hebrew Sefer Raziel Ha-Malakh, translated in Europe as the Liber Razielis Archangeli. [19] The first section, called Ars Goetia, contains descriptions of the seventy-two demons that Solomon is said to have evoked and confined in a brass vessel sealed by magic symbols, and that they obliged to work for him. It gives instructions on constructing a similar brass vessel and using the proper magic formula to safely call up those demons. It offers a unique insight into the various elements that contributed to a national magical tradition in Iceland at the time of its compilation. The Picatrix was originally written in Arabic and titled Ghāyat al-Ḥakīm, which translates to “The Aim of the Sage" or "The Goal of the Wise.” Most scholars believe it originated in the 11th century, although there are well-supported arguments that date it to the 10th. Eventually, the Arabic writings were translated into Spanish, and later into Latin in 1256 for the Castilian king Alfonso the Wise. At this time it took on the Latin title Picatrix. Davies, Owen (2009). Grimoires: A History of Magic Books. Oxford University Press USA. ISBN 9780199204519. OCLC 244766270.

In many castle across Europe there is legend of ladies in white that still haunt and rule over the castles. In some fairy tales she is the snow queen. At times she dispenses gifts to the deserving and chastisement to those who have been less than worthy. The title itself indicates that the demonic monarchy depicted in the text is false, in many ways an insult to those who determinedly believe in the demons of hell.

When it first appeared in 1575, it attracted the attention of people with a surprisingly broad range of agendas, including some of the finest minds of the time. Often quoted and reprinted, both praised and condemned, its impact on Western esoteric philosophy has been called “overwhelming.”

It details the protective signs and rituals to be performed, the actions necessary to prevent the spirits from gaining control, the preparations prior to the invocations, and instructions on how to make the necessary instruments for the execution of these rituals. It consists of 18 months of prayer and purification, which is only recommended for men of sound health between the ages of 25 and 50. Women, in general, are discouraged from undertaking “the operation” because of their “curiosity and love of talk,” although an exception can be made for virgins.A later book also claiming to have been written by Solomon was originally written in Greek during the 15th century, where it was known as the Magical Treatise of Solomon or the Little Key of the Whole Art of Hygromancy, Found by Several Craftsmen and by the Holy Prophet Solomon. In the 16th century, this work had been translated into Latin and Italian, being renamed the Clavicula Salomonis, or the Key of Solomon. [20] Last but not least is the American Witch Stories compiled by Hubert J. Davis in the 1940’s. This work compiles stories about witches in the Appalachian Mountains in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. Apparently the stories were gathered in the 1940’s and kept in the Virginia Archives, and in the 1970’s the stories were compiled and printed as this book. Some stories are difficult to read, because they are quoted from Appalachian people with a strong mountain dialect. This article was co-researched and co-written by digital library specialist Elizabeth Gettins, who also had the brilliant idea for the piece. Israelite King Solomon was a Biblical figure associated with magic and sorcery in the ancient world. The 1st-century Romano-Jewish historian Josephus mentioned a book circulating under the name of Solomon that contained incantations for summoning demons and described how a Jew called Eleazar used it to cure cases of possession. The book may have been the Testament of Solomon but was more probably a different work. [11] The pseudepigraphic Testament of Solomon is one of the oldest magical texts. It is a Greek manuscript attributed to Solomon and was likely written in either Babylonia or Egypt sometime in the first five centuries AD; over 1,000 years after Solomon's death. The Arbatel cannot be understood if separated from the philosophy of Paracelsus, who appears to have coined the term “Olympic spirits”, and was the inspiration for the Arbatel’s understanding of elementals (including Paracelsus’s gnomes and the uniquely Paracelsian “Sagani”), the macrocosm and microcosm, and experimentation combined with respect for ancient authorities.