An audience with Stolas

The book behind the practice

The Lesser Key of Solomon: Goetia

L. W. de Laurence · editor

The thirty-sixth spirit is described as a prince who first appears as a mighty raven and later as a man, teaching astronomy and the virtues of herbs and precious stones. The book supplies a magical circle, a separate triangle, conjurations and a licence to depart.

L. W. de Laurence · editor, The Lesser Key of Solomon: Goetia. 1916 edition; printed pp. 34, 47–49, 56–57, 66; seal figure 41 in the supplementary facsimile.

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About this guide

This is a new, shortened symbolic evocation, not the book’s complete ceremonial operation. The imagined circle and triangle, single question, brief invitation and plain-language farewell are editorial adaptations. The prescribed dimensions, divine-name inscriptions, metal lamen, implements, repeated commands and coercive conjurations are omitted. The raven is a source-based image to picture, not an apparition the guide detects. No manifestation or answer is promised. Text checked on printed pp. 34, 47–49, 56–57 and 66; reader pages 39, 52–54, 61–62 and 71; original PDF leaves 46, 59–61, 68–69 and 78. The local text scan omits the seal plates, so figure 41 was checked against the matching 1916 edition at Project Gutenberg. The displayed seal is an AI-assisted modern redraw based on figure 41; the three paintings are also modern illustrations. The original facsimile remains available in the linked source. The constellation, herb sprig and stone are modern study motifs for the source's subjects, not required implements, received answers or additions to the rite.

The paintings are modern generated teaching illustrations, not original book plates. Duration and difficulty are editorial estimates. Journal entries retain this guide’s instructions, source checksum and version; they are saved on this device.

An audience with Stolas.

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