Abraham Von Worms

I have to say this is the best version of Abramelin I have seen; it seems that Mather's used a French text, rather then the German text. This text was originally written in German and translated from the German version, so this book contains more accuracy then Mather's version as a whole. I have to say I found it to be odd that Mather's had 350 squares, of which none were complete and contained a mixture of numbers and letters; but in this book all the squares are filled with the names of the unclean spirits. There is the first book which entails the Journey of Rabbi Moshes journey and the letters to his son Lamech, that reads almost identical to Mather's version. The Second Book contains the Kabbalistic formula that from Jewish traditions, butter, honey, and other very basic ingredients. The third book contains how the book works as a whole with the formula, especially with the unclean spirits. The 4th book contains all the squares that are filled with the names of the unclean spirits. This is one of my favorite grimoires and it is worth the purchase.… (meer)

This translation of Abramelin has been the most widely available for over a hundred years. Many books that have been written since then have based on or about this work making it one of the most influential books on magick of all time.

Others whom have since done translations of the work have commented how excellent a translator Mathers was. The problem being that Mathers translated from an incomplete and faulty French manuscript formerly located at the Biblioteque l'Arsenal in Paris.

Evidently the manuscript was missing whole chapters, another whole part and that many of the number squares that are important to the operation are incorrect. You would do much better if you are seriously considering performing this operation to consult the more more recently translated version of the " Book of Abramelin " translated by Guth and Dehn published in English in 2006.

The old version translated by Mathers can only now serve as perhaps an introduction to the Abramelin system and as a curiosity to which to compare the later version.… (meer)