The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses

About this book

The title promises secret books handed down from Moses. Inside are magical names, protective seals and instructions drawn from a much later tradition of European folk magic and ceremonial texts.

This edition assembles material associated with the Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses, with diagrams that have helped give the grimoire its lasting notoriety. The biblical attribution is legendary. The object is best approached as a record of how sacred names and printed symbols circulated through practical occult traditions, with no historical basis for attributing the printed work to Moses himself.