: The text is "pseudepigraphical," meaning it was wrongly attributed to King Solomon to lend it ancient authority.
: The text remained largely hidden in manuscript form until S. Liddell MacGregor Mathers , a leader of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn , translated and published it in 1889 . Structure and Contents The grimoire is typically divided into two main books: The Key of Solomon the King
: According to lore, Solomon wrote the book for his son Rehoboam, instructing him to hide it in his tomb. It was allegedly rediscovered centuries later by Babylonian philosophers. : The text is "pseudepigraphical," meaning it was