The Sworn Book of Honorius

Liber Juratus Honorii

The Sworn Book of Honorius — the Liber Juratus — opens with a preface that reads like an act of defiance against suppression itself. It claims that ninety-three masters of the magical arts gathered in Naples because the Pope had ordered all books of magic burned and all practitioners killed. Their response: to distil the entire tradition into one book, and to bind every person who received it unde

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Edition080

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TraditionHermetic Arts

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01 / Historical context

13th century. Claims to be the distillation of magic from 93 masters before the Pope burned their books. The oldest complete grimoire in the Latin West.

02 / Why it matters

The Pope burned their books. They distilled everything into one. Here it is.

From / associated with the text

““The first and chief purpose of this book is that a man may behold the face of God the Creator, and have knowledge of that face.””

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The Sworn Book of Honorius

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