The Ars Paulina, or Pauline Art, is the third part of the Lemegeton. It has two main divisions: angels governing the hours of day and night, and angels associated with the degrees of the zodiac. Its title invokes Paul, while the text also places the art under Solomon's authority.[1]

Hours, planets, and seals#

The first division gives rulers and attendants for successive hours. Planetary conditions and the time of an operation affect the preparation of a seal. The arrangement joins an angelic hierarchy to the changing heavens, rather than offering a single seal to be used at any time.[1]

The second division relates angels to zodiacal degrees and to the circumstances of a person's birth. This makes the book relevant to astrology as well as Ceremonial magic. Its ceremonies belong to an early modern understanding of celestial influence.

A composite text#

The manuscript wording refers to 1641 and to firearms, features that prevent its attribution to an ancient author from being accepted literally. Peterson's edition also compares the text with Trithemius and other sources used by the Lemegeton's compiler. The Pauline Art is a work of adaptation and compilation within the Solomonic tradition.[1][2]

Its angelic language should be retained when describing the book. The Ars Paulina is not another catalogue of the seventy-two Goetic demons. A modern practitioner may combine material from several parts of the Lemegeton, but the source's own divisions identify different kinds of spirits, offices, and ritual arrangements.

See also#

References

  1. Lemegeton, Ars Paulina, Joseph H. Peterson edition (accessed 2026-10-01) ↩
  2. Joseph H. Peterson, Lemegeton: introduction and manuscript inventory (accessed 2026-10-01) ↩
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