This is a review of "Helisol" by John R. King.
This is apparently the Lemegeton, and parts of the Grimoirium Verum, spliced together and included along with details of an obscure sect in which this purports to be the curriculum.
It is a companion text to The Great Key, using the same handwritten text in green and purple, with all the names of God and spirits in red "Alphabet of the Magi" cipher. A decoder is given in the back for working these names back into Hebrew.
The book has eight chapters. The first concerns the magic circle and pentacle with a ten page theological premise describing all the orders of angels and divine names, next the Almadel is described in a unique manner with reference to the creation of Adam and the composition of the atmosphere.
The third chapter describes the Guardian Angel and the construction of a magical ring, and the fourth and fifth chapters describe planetary and elemental magic using a crystal ball, with colored illustrations of the elements. The sixth chapter is concerned with planetary and elemental magic without the Crystal.
The seventh chapter describes the whole 72 spirits of the Goetia, each given a colored illustration unique to the author's experiences as he recorded in the Imperial Arts journal. This is the largest section by far, and some of the spirit depictions are incredibly strange, standing beside courtly figures and prehistoric monsters and all their seals in colors. Their descriptions include names, ranks and legions, appointed cardinal directions, and the author's own description of their powers.
The final chapter describes the formation of spirit pacts using the seals and techniques of the Grimoirium Verum. Beyond these, the student is instructed to follow through with The Great Key as "the work of a master."
This book is, to be blunt, beyond bizarre. It is a few steps sideways from most of the grimoires in print, and contains numerous idiosyncrasies nowhere else found in grimoire literature. Much of the text is original, but the conjurations are given in relatively unaltered form. No explanations or excuses are given for any of the oddities found in this volume, it is nothing but instruction.
Like the Great Key, this could stand to be printed in a larger format, but it is by far the most original and colorful presentation of the Lemegeton available, obviously designed for those hoping to use the rituals rather than only study them.