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ancient magical book said to teach you superhumanabilities. the tales are spotted with examples of mysteriousancient texts which promise their readers and adherents powers beyond the realms ofordinary human beings. there is a great deal of evidence to suggestthat people in the past were deeply invested in the magical powers that these ancient tomesclaimed to offer and there are multiple medieval documents attesting to whether they workedor not. the hidden powers of the ars notoria one of the most famous of these purportedmagical books is the ars notoria, an ancient text which claims to teach the reader howto master academia and develop a perfect memory.
it is believed that the book was written aspart of a textbook of magic with information on how to create talismans and amulets andhow to perform magical spells. by best estimates, the book was compiled betweenthe twelfth century and the thirteenth century by various authors and copies of the texthave been found in hebrew, greek, and latin. the ars notoria is almost unique among magicaltexts from the early and mid-medieval period because it focuses on prayers, meditationsand oral exercises rather than magical incantations, potions, and rituals. the book claims that if the user follows theexercises properly that they will develop mastery of rhetoric, a perfect memory andwisdom far beyond the capability of the average
human being. it was claimed that the ars notoria had beenpassed down through the ages by the wise king solomon himself. in the medieval period, most people were notcapable of reading in any language, let alone the classical languages of latin, greek, andhebrew. it was quite common in these days even forkings and queens to be incapable of reading. therefore, the only people capable of accessingthis kind of secret knowledge were the monks and priests. ��the notory art revealed by the mosthigh creator to solomon.
in the name of the holy and undivided trinity,beginneth this most holy art of knowledge, revealed to solomon, which the most high creatorby his holy angels ministered to solomon upon the alter of the temple; that thereby in shorttime he knew all arts and sciences, both liberal and mechanick, with all the faculties andproperties thereof: he has suddenly infused into him, and also was filled with all wisdom,to utter the sacred mysteries of most holy words�� � the notory art of solomon. one of the people who tried was a fourteenth-centurymonk named john of morigny. however, after he carefully adhered to theexercises in the book he found himself afflicted with horrifying demonic visions and abandonedthe text.
he claimed that he did gain all of the benefitsthat the ars notoria promised but that he would advise that no one enters into the secretmysteries contained in the text lightly as the gifts it offered demanded a very highcost from the adherent. �and know this; that if thou hast not thebooks in thy hands, or the faculty of looking into them is not given to thee; the effectof this work will not be the lesse therefore: but the orations are twice then to be pronounced,where they were to be but once: and as to the knowledge of a vision, and the other virtueswhich these holy orations have; thou maist prove and try them, when and how thou wilt.�(source) �ars notoria the notory art of solomon.
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