the Goetia

The Goetia (pronounced Go-EY-sha) is Book 1 of the Lemegeton - The Lesser Key of Solomon. It is a grimoire that circulated in the 17th century allegedly written by King Solomon.

It defines sorcery as a practice which includes the invocation of angels or the evocation of demons.

The book contains descriptions of the seventy-two demons that King Solomon is said to have evoked.

A revised English edition of the Ars Goetia was published in 1904 Aleister Crowley, based on manuscripts from the British Museum. Additions by Crowley include a Preliminary Invocation, and the essay The Initiated Interpretation of Ceremonial Magic. It is not a faithful edition of the source manuscripts but rather a "cleaned up" edition for modern use. It includes some evocations in Enochian written by Crowley.