Since ancient times, humanity has developed the belief of a higher power used with incantations, magic and spells. It is not a subject of just one era or a group of people, but has grown steadily in the vast majority of cultures.
This type of belief has given rise to the development of countless texts called grimoires or influential that have become books of great appreciation for various organizations and secret societies that have developed, hidden until our century. Next, we will point out some manuscripts that can give us a broader and more fascinating vision of what the magic of the ancestors means.
The first one is about: Ars Notoria. It is an ancient book of magic that is used to improve learning and memory. This book is part of the well-known Clavículas de Salomón collection, it is said that it enables the achievement of academic knowledge through perfect memory and wisdom, endowing whoever reads it with great eloquence.
The Ars Notoria paved the way for ancient knowledge collected as early as the 13th century. Likewise, the texts that accompany it contain a large number of prayers, prayers and magic words whose origin could be found before that century. The prayers that are presented to us can be found in various languages such as Latin, Hebrew or Greek and it is important to note that it is not a book of potions or spells, but rather that it contains prayers and prayers that lead them to reach the mental power and concentration to the person who recites them.
The consecration to the Notorious Art will allow people who practice the liberal arts such as philosophy, arithmetic and geometry to be assured of achieving mastery in these subjects. In it, a diary is indicated with a process of contemplation, visualization and prayers, with which a practitioner is supposed to improve his memory and concentration.
Another outstanding book could be the Book of Abramelin the Magician, an esoteric grimoire of cabalistic wisdom. This was written as an autobiographical or epistolary novel by Abraham of Worms who is known to have been a German Jew and may have lived between the 16th and 15th centuries. The book written by this character narrates the transmission of the cabalistic and magical wisdom of Abraham to his son Lamech. Likewise, it refers to the story of how Abraham came to acquire said wisdom.
In the book, Abraham begins by talking about the death of his father, who was in charge of making known the way in which the Holy Qabalah should be used and learned just before he died. Motivated by the idea of reaching such wisdom, Abraham is known to have headed to Mayence (Mainz) where he would begin his studies on Kabbalah initially as just a disciple of a rabbi, whose name was Moses. His studies lasted four years and then he embarked on a six-year journey that led him to Egypt to meet Abramelin the magician there.
