The Sworne Booke of Honorius or Liber Juratus is one among many grimoires that circulate among occultists, both of the academic and practitioner interests. It was probably written in the thirteenth century.This book has many instructions on how to conjure and command demons, to work other magical operations, and knowledge of what lies in Heaven among other highly sought information. Like many grimoires, this one has lengthy dissertations for proper operation and seals to be used. Honorius of Thebes, a possibly mythical character from the Middle Ages. ... This article is on medieval books of magic; for information on the term grimoire as used in the Source Mage GNU/Linux operating system, see the Source Mage article. ... List of notable occultists and mystics. ... (12th century - 13th century - 14th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 13th century was that century which lasted from 1201 to 1300. ... St. ... Magic or sorcery are terms referring to the alleged influencing of events and physical phenomena by supernatural, mystical, or paranormal means. ...

A recent Latin edition is published by Gösta Hedegård[1]

This book is one of the oldest existing medieval grimoires as well as one of the most influential. It is said that Dr. John Dee, creator (or transmitter) of the Enochian magic system, had this book in his private library. It is probably one of a few books that influenced his mystical and occult works. Another famous occultist, Henry Cornelius Agrippa has also been rumored to be influenced by this work. A sixteenth century portrait of John Dee, artist unknown. ... Enochian is an occult language popularised by John Dee and Edward Kelley in the 16th century. ... Cornelius Agrippa, as portrayed in Libri tres de occulta philosophia Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim (born of noble birth in Cologne September 14, 1486, died in Grenoble February 18, 1535) was a magician and occult writer, astrologer, and alchemist. ...

The Liber Juratus can be classified as a Solomonic Grimoire due to its heavy use of angelic powers and seals like those found in The Greater Key of Solomon. It may also be grouped with Kabbalistic works, though its use of the Kabbalah is remote. The Key of Solomon is a grimoire or book on magic attributed to King Solomon (as several others were). ... This article is about the overall Jewish mysticisms tradition. ...

Daniel Driscoll published a loose English translation of Liber Juratus, The Sworn Book of Honourius (sic) the Magician, Heptangle Books, 1977. This has been viewed as a feeble attempt and has not garnered respect in the occult community. This shared feeling came about because Daniel Driscoll omitted large portions, misread and misplaced angelic names and words from the prayers, did not make use of the best manuscripts, and applied serious liberties in some way of an artist’s license with the text. Though the community at large sees it as a poor work of scholarship, it has still remained as a collectible. The term magician can refer to a practitioner of either paranormal magic or illusionism. ...