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《所羅門的小鑰匙》（拉丁語：Lemegeton Clavicula Salomonis，英語：The Lesser Key of Solomon，另一個廣為人知的名稱是Lemegeton）是一部神秘學著作，託名由古以色列國王所羅門所編寫。該書記載眾多法術與召喚惡魔之法。
本書的標題在早期的手抄本中常寫爲Lemegeton, Clavicula Salomonis, or The Little Key of Solomon[1][2]或其他類似形式[3]。標題中的clavicula爲拉丁語clavis（鑰匙）的指小詞。注意本書不應與另一本知名的神秘學著作Clavicula Salomonis（《所羅門的鑰匙》）相混淆，後者常被簡稱爲Clavicula。
書名中的Lemegeton並非拉丁語，其本義不詳。該詞亦在本書的第五部Ars Notoria中出現，原文爲：“...sicut etiam ait Salomon in tractu Lemegeton, hoc est in tractu spiritualium & secretorum experimentorum.”（“……所羅門王在他的《論Lemegeton》，亦即《論心靈與玄秘的實驗》中，如是說道。”）[1]
《所羅門的小鑰匙》成書於17世紀，爲編者蒐羅當時乃至中世紀的神秘學著作編纂而成。全書共分爲五部分：Ars Goetia、Ars Theurgia Goetia、Ars Paulina、Ars Almadel、Ars Notoria[1]。篇名中的ars即拉丁語的“秘術”。
《小鑰匙》第一卷是該書最負盛名的部分，其中記載了72位魔神與召喚它們的方法。文中對72魔神的記敘基於荷蘭醫師與神秘學者約翰·維耶爾所著De Praestigiis Daemonum（論惡魔的欺騙）的附錄Pseudomonarchia Daemonum（万魔殿）。該附錄提及了72位魔神，但只列出了其中的69位[4]。
篇名中的goetia來自古希臘語γοητεία，意爲“法術”。與第二卷標題中的theurgia（神通術，來自古希臘語θεουργία）相比，goetia通常具有負面意義（如指代黑魔法）[5]。
《小鑰匙》的第二卷記載了31位精靈（aerial spirits）與它們的召喚法。該部分參考了约翰尼斯·特里特米乌斯所著的Steganographia（隐写术）[1]。
《小鑰匙》的第三卷分爲兩個部分：第一部分描述了與一天24小時對應的24位天使，第二部分則記載了與黃道十二宮及黃道帶360度對應的天使。第一部分同《小鑰匙》第二卷一樣參考了特里特米乌斯的《隐写术》。第二部分列出的印記則借鑑了帕拉塞尔苏斯的Archidoxis Magica[1]。
傳世的拉丁語神秘學文獻中有一本同名的書籍，但該書除了標題之外與《小鑰匙》的第三卷並無關聯[1]。此外第三卷中多次提及1641這一年份，學者據此認爲《小鑰匙》成書於17世紀下半葉[1]。
《小鑰匙》的第四卷講解了一種名爲Almadel的蠟製法壇的用法。該部分的拉丁文本可以追溯至12世紀，由已散佚的阿拉伯語原本翻譯而來[1]。有學者認爲Almadel是由阿拉伯語定冠詞al-與梵語maṇḍala（曼荼羅）結合而成[7]。
《小鑰匙》的第五卷題名意爲“速記術”，指的是能讓施法者在短時間內汲取大量知識的法術[6]。該部分的拉丁語文本早在13世紀就已成型。收錄在《小鑰匙》中的版本則完全基於神秘學家羅伯特·特納（Robert Turner）於1657年翻譯的英文版[1]。
- Crowley, Aleister (ed.), S. L. MacGregor Mathers (transcribed) The Book of the Goetia of Solomon the King. Translated into the English tongue by a dead hand (Foyers, Inverness: Society for the Propagation of Religious Truth, 1904) 1995 reprint: ISBN 0-87728-847-X.
- Greenup, A. W., "The Almadel of Solomon, according to the text of the Sloane MS. 2731" The Occult Review vol. 22 no. 2, August 1915, 96–102.
- Henson, Mitch (ed.) Lemegeton. The Complete Lesser Key of Solomon (Jacksonville: Metatron Books, 1999) ISBN 978-0-9672797-0-1. Noted by Peterson to be "uncritical and indiscriminate in its use of source material".[2]
- de Laurence, L. W. (ed.), The Lesser Key Of Solomon, Goetia, The Book of Evil Spirits (Chicago: de Laurence, Scott & Co., 1916) 1942 reprint: ISBN 978-0-7661-0776-2; 2006 reprint: ISBN 978-1-59462-200-7. A plagiarism of the Mathers/Crowley edition.[8]
- Peterson, Joseph H. (ed.), The Lesser Key of Solomon: Lemegeton Clavicula Salomonis (York Beach, ME: Weiser Books, 2001). Considered "the definitive version"[9] and "the standard edition".[10]
- Runyon, Carroll, The Book of Solomon’s Magick (Silverado, CA: C.H.S. Inc., 1996). Targeted more toward practicing magicians than academics, claims that the demons were originally derived from Mesopotamian mythology.[11]
- Shah, Idries, The Secret Lore of Magic (London: Abacus, 1972). Contains portions of Ars Almandel and split sections the Goetia, missing large portions of the rituals involved.[2]
- Skinner, Stephen & Rankine, David (eds.), The Goetia of Dr Rudd: The Angels and Demons of Liber Malorum Spirituum Seu Goetia (Sourceworks of Ceremonial Magic) (London and Singapore: The Golden Hoard Press 2007) ISBN 978-0-9547639-2-3
- Thorogood, Alan (ed.), Frederick Hockley (transcribed), The Pauline Art of Solomon (York Beach, ME: The Teitan Press, 2016)
- Veenstra, Jan R. “The Holy Almandal. Angels and the intellectual aims of magic” in Jan N. Bremmer and Jan R. Veenstra (eds.), The Metamorphosis of Magic from Late Antiguity to the Early Modern Period (Leuven: Peeters, 2002), pp. 189–229. The Almadel is transcribed at pp. 217–229.
- Waite, Arthur Edward, The Book of Black Magic and of Pacts. Including the rites and mysteries of goëtic theurgy, sorcery, and infernal necromancy, also the rituals of black magic (Edinburgh: 1898). Reprinted as The Secret Tradition in Goëtia. The Book of Ceremonial Magic, including the rites and mysteries of Goëtic theurgy, sorcery, and infernal necromancy (London: William Rider & Son, 1911). Includes the Goetia, Pauline Art and Almadel.[2]
- White, Nelson & Anne (eds.) Lemegeton: Clavicula Salomonis: or, The complete lesser key of Solomon the King (Pasadena, CA: Technology Group, 1979). Noted by Peterson to be "almost totally unreadable".[2]
- Wilby, Kevin (ed.) The Lemegetton. A Medieval Manual of Solomonic Magic (Silian, Lampeter: Hermetic Research Series, 1985)
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