ABSTRACT
T H E Key of Solomon the King'is the only ordinaryMagical Ritual which regulates the operations ofMagical Art in accordance with a formal attribution of certain hours in the day and night to the rule and influence of certain planets, while the Book of True Black Magic is the only Goetic Grimoire which follows the Clavicle closely in this as in other respects.' The directions given are, however, exceedingly confused. The common attribution of the seven days to the seven planets obtains in both cases, and is set out in the Grimoire as follows: 2_
But as there is inequality in the length of the days, says the Grimoire-that is to say, the comparative duration of day
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and night varies in accordance with the times of sunrise and sunset-so also the hours of the planets are unequal. When the day is, say, fifteen hours in length, to ascertain how many minutes compose an hour of the planet, multiply the fifteen hours by five; the result is seventy-five, and as many minutes will form the hour of the planet of that day. The corresponding hours of the night are nine; these multiplied by five produce forty-five, and as many minutes will form the hour of the planet of the night. The same method may be followed through all seasons of the year.
