Brandon Nelson

The Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage

Classical/Chamber music • 2014

The Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage

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Instrumentation	Clarinet, Vibraphone
Scored for	Duo
Type of score	Score for two performers
Publisher	Brandon Nelson
Difficulty	Advanced
Duration	5'0

This work is based on a book by the same title. In it, one Abraham of Wurzburg, an aspiring medieval mage and devout Jew, describes a tour that he made of points in Europe and the Middle East, searching for a mentor who would not turn out to be a charlatan (or worse).

Abraham eventually finds such a figure in a small town on the banks of the Nile. Here he meets the great magician Abramelin, whose system of magic Abraham sets out in detail. What results is the present volume, which puts forth a complete course in ceremonial magic (both white and black).

In Abramelin’s system, after a lengthy period of self-purification and prayer, one may call upon one’s Holy Guardian Angel, who will then instruct one further on how to conjure up the princes and demons of Hell to do your bidding. The crux of this involves using certain special squares of anagrammatic words that would compel the conjured demon to perform specified tasks.

Having selected a variety of Abraham’s sigils upon which to compose this piece, I set about “translating” them into raw musical data. (Further details in program notes)

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