For many occultists, grimoiric history begins with the Greater and Lesser Keys of Solomon, Agrippa’s Four Books of Occult Philosophy, or Francis Barrett’s The Magus. In reality, these are all later arrivals in a far older, far more intricate bloodline of magical texts. Behind the familiar names lie earlier papyri, manuscripts, journals, handbooks, spell collections, and spirit catalogues that quietly shaped the rituals, hierarchies, and techniques that underpin all of ceremonial magic today.
In this class, Poppa presents over a decade of research and magical practice distilled into a clear, visual history of the grimoires. Drawing from hundreds of hours of study and his own custom-built flowchart–timeline, Poppa maps how one text influences the next: how specific spirits migrate across books, how ritual techniques and structures evolve and carry forward through history, and how occultists later draped “Solomonic” branding over magical material that is actually much older and not originally Solomonic at all.
This session is designed for everyone from the curious newcomer to the seasoned ceremonial magician. Together we will:
Every attendee will receive a printed copy of Poppa’s Grimoiric History Flowchart to take home—a working map of the grimoire tradition you can reference in your own study and practice.
