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Dr. Johannes Faust’s Natural and Innatural Magic or Threefold Coercion of Hell is a German grimoire dedicated to art of coercing, binding and making obedient numerous spirits and demons. It is one of many textual variations of Faust’s Höllenzwang, a designation given to brand of black magic grimoires spuriously attributed to Johann Georg Faust, that although claiming to be from the middle ages, were created in the 17th, 18th or 19th centuries. It was first published by Johann Scheible in Stuttgart, 1849 although the text is much earlier. The text is renowned for its numerous color illustrations, 146 in total. The rest consists of written prayers, conjurations and warnings, followed by descriptions of the spirits and ritual procedures.
The main motif of the book is the “Harrowing of Hell”, the descent of Christ into hell, which is re-enacted by the practitioner. Lengthy prayers to god and the arch-angels (called upon by hundreds of names) are given to protect the practitioner and camouflage the black-magical nature of the workings. The outlined ritual instructions are to be followed meticulously or the fool approaching these lightly will surely be damned. Before all else the practitioner is to enter a pact, in which the spirits are made to swear by their prince Lucifer, to obey everything, that is said and written within the pages of this book. The third part deals with various elemental spirits, the fourth part deals with necromancy and the spirits of the dead and ancestral spirits, the fifth deals with treasure digging and the creation and various uses of magical insignia and sigills, such as the seal of Salomon.
This edition was originally a Spanish translation published by Sonia Helena Hidalgo Zurita, buuuuut...
Someone machine translated it to English. Its far from perfect but it's the only english version of the text I have aviable. There are artifacts here and there, some pictures got cut in half, so I have added original plates to the pdf.
Buy original Spanish Translation
Machine Translated into English + original pictures