The Sworn Book of Honorius: The Medieval Grimoire Said to Reveal Heaven
The Liber iuratus Honorii, usually called the Sworn Book of Honorius, is a medieval Latin grimoire that presents itself as guarded sacred knowledge. Attributed to the otherwise unverified Honorius of Thebes, it promises an extraordinary goal: the beatific vision, the direct vision of God, alongside knowledge of angels, spirits, divine names, prayers, and sacred diagrams.
Its own prologue gives the book a dramatic origin. It claims that Honorius and eighty-nine masters from Naples, Athens, and Toledo assembled their knowledge because magical books faced destruction and their custodians feared…
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