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SolomonSolomon receives the art from the Creator and gives authority to its opening section.First seen in chapter 1
Lord GodGod receives requests for mercy, spiritual light, stronger memory, and understanding.First seen in chapter 1
ApolloniusApollonius introduces an art concerned with learning, astronomy, and the timing of human actions.First seen in chapter 1
The readerThe reader is promised improved speech through reading sacred names and words.First seen in chapter 2
The angelAn angel forbids Solomon and others from sharing or explaining the prayer’s sacred mystery.First seen in chapter 10

Chapter 1
A petitioner seeks mercy and stronger mental powers, while Apollonius introduces an art linking learning with spiritual rules.
Chapter 3
The explanation divides the art into general and special rules and claims exact prayer recitation brings mastery of the sciences.
Chapter 5
The instructions require a respectful opening prayer and prescribe morning prayers for studying, understanding, or speaking scripture.
Chapter 9
Instructions connect the art with lunar days and prescribe daily recitation, privacy, and fasting.
Chapter 10
Solomon explains that an angel forbids disclosure or explanation of the prayer’s sacred mystery.
Chapter 13
A prayer for memory must follow Lameth continuously, with morning recitation for memory and evening recitation for other purposes.
Chapter 15
The handbook assigns prayers to understanding visions and judging whether a sick person faces death or life.
Chapter 18
Readers are directed to Solomon’s three oldest books for a method of understanding long works through brief guides.
Chapter 23
A drunken servant’s punishment introduces warnings against arrogant prayer and instructions for seeking eloquence through confession and careful recitation.
Chapter 26
Solomon recounts receiving a book from an angel who explains prayers, figures, and appointed times for learning.
Chapter 28
The handbook explains Rhetoric’s four notes and requires learners to obey its method, avoid sin, and work secretly.
Chapter 31
The reader must inspect the Logical Notes four times and repeat their Orations twenty times, keeping relevant books in view.
Chapter 34
Apollonius distinguishes the definitions of the three Grammar Notes from prayers and assigns writings to their proper days.
Chapter 35
God rebukes Solomon through an angel for viewing sacred forms after excessive drinking.
Chapter 38
Instructions require timely consultation of the Notes, complete prayers, reverence, purity, and sobriety.
Chapter 42
Solomon receives an indescribable Note in a golden book, and the Lord commands secrecy and careful observance.
Chapter 44
The instructions allow some missed days outside Theology and introduce ten New Art prayers without fixed timing.
Chapter 48
The speaker asks God to strengthen the senses and help retain and repeat whatever is read or heard.
Chapter 52
A servant asks for grace and recovered wisdom, followed by prayer assignments for the month’s first four days.
Chapter 56
The practitioner asks God to complete the holy art and repeats closing prayers to strengthen acquired knowledge.
Chapter 58
The handbook presents a ritual claiming knowledge of skills, treasure, and future events, requiring purity, repentance, and prayer.
Chapter 60
The learner seeks answers through confession and bedtime prayer, combining advice and reading with promised instruction in dreams.
Chapter 63
The practitioner blesses the Figure of Memory and begins its scheduled ritual use upon seeing the new Moon.
Chapter 66
Instructions combine prayers, fasting, sacred markings, and a Figure beneath the right ear to seek unknown information during sleep.
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