As part of a great lawsuit against necromancers and treasure
seekers, the Lucerne authorities in 1718 confiscated this
meticulous copy of the Schlüssel Salomos, a book of spells that
had evidently been widely read in certain quarters and of which
various versions had been in circulation. Through the rituals for
conjuring spirits described in the book, people around the priest
Hans Kaspar Giger hoped to become wealthy. The volume was labeled
“superstitious” by the authorities, was sealed and placed in
the archives.
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