Customer Reviews
By far the best version ! - By: P. R. Nokes, 04 Mar 2006 
There are several versions of the Goetia, however this & perhaps Joseph H. Peterson's version are the main or at least the two top-selling versions. The previous reviewer clearly favours the Joseph H. Peterson version but I would exercise caution !
I own both versions (and two books by Joseph H. Peterson) - to me he does not appear to understand the material, merely diligently copy the oldest version he could find word for word with the odd footnote here & there. (His book of John Dee's writing is even worse, itsin olde English with Latin appendices at the end - really helpful !). His pictures of the demonic signs look like something my 3 year old would draw !
Aleister Crowley & founder member of the Golden Dawn S. L McGregor Mathers were without a doubt the most famous & accomplished magicians of their day & they collaborated on this version of the Goetia, making the text more understandable, clearer, editing out a lot of the nonsense & 'red herrings' & redrawing the signs so they are clear & easy to copy & use. Whats more, this version has some very impressive (but not definitive) pictures of the demons themselves, including Crowley’s rather infantile sketches of them.
Judge for yourselves which version of the Goetia you would prefer !
Both (and more) copies of both books are available on various websites & I would urge anyone struggling to decide on which version to get to look there first. Joseph H. Peterson's version is therein its entirety & you'll see what I mean !!
A poor and flawed edition of a valuable text - By: , 22 Feb 2005 
The Lesser Key, & the goeticain particular is a very valuable magical text for the occult student or initiate alike. Other reviews outline the contents of the text well enough that I need not go into them.
This is a somewhat inferior edition however, with several notable flaws & innaccuracies. Seek out if you can, Joseph H. Peterson's "The Lesser Key of Solomon: Detailing the Ceremonial Art of Commanding Spirits Both Good & Evil" as it is a much more accurate & concise study of the text.
In it the flawed symbols of this edition are corrected shown alongside their flawed counterparts & the FULL text (parts I - V) of the Lemegeton Clavicula Salomonis is given.
The edition reviewed here will serve the interests of the merely curious, but I recommend Peterson's edition to the serious practical occultist.
72 spirits under your command - By: The Hangman, 04 Jun 2004 This book is really a must have for any serious sorcerer & gives
them the power over all 72 spirits. The incantations are superbly vast & endless & you can even torture the spirits
for disobedience by curses & stuff. Overall it gives you all the sources nessesary to have complete control.
If you are a sorcerer you must get it but it might not be the best choice for beginners.
Deep, strong magick, only worthy for the use of the good. - By: , 15 Feb 2002 i am an eclectic wiccan by faith, i'd heard about this book but beleived it to be nonsense, if demons really did exist why hadn't we heard more about them? i read the book (with a dictionary handy as the old english is heavy)and i now feel humble as my knowledge of magick is not as vast as i originally beleived. This is a fantastic book, but should only fall into the hands of experieced witches, dabblers stay away & do not forget that evil begets evil.
A Must Have for Those Lonely Nights of Re-Runs - By: , 21 Jul 1999 Why bother with re-runs, 108 cable channels with nothing good on them & psychic hotlines that wipe out your wallet?
Go straight to the source - adopt-a-devil. It is your choice, with or without protective circle. If you use the protective circle, they will deftly affect your mind anyway (they have thatin common with advertising). If you choose to go circleless & engagein a little chat time, they may never leave! But then, Taisha Abelar referred to her familiars (allies, as she terms them) as merely friendly pets, little spots of light that would occasionally follow her around. Just visitors from another dimension - the twilight zone. These _are_ twilight zone denizens, as the drawings scrawled by Crowleyin his personal copies of this book, & reproduced here, prove. To really get a feel for them, the Duquette Goetia book is highly recommended as well. But be sure to have this one! Besides Crowley's drawings & notes, it is well annotated by an excellent Crowley scholar.
M
PS: This is not to be confused with black magic. Crowley used the Goetia to attain his HGA, Holy Guardian Angel, & the invocation to the HGA herein contained, & later reproducedin Regardie's groundbreaking popularization, is indispensable. Otherwise known as the "Bornless One."
