The Heptameron

Record summary

The Heptameron is a short ritual-magic manual traditionally attributed to Pietro d’Abano, though that attribution is generally treated as spurious or uncertain. It organizes planetary and angelic operations by days, hours, seals, prayers, and ritual preparations. The work is useful for comparing ceremonial structures across Solomonic and planetary magic, especially its relationship to the Ars Goetia and other sixteenth-century compilations. Researchers should establish which edition they are using, because title pages, attributions, and textual boundaries vary across the print and manuscript transmission.