Saturday 19 November 2011

Demon Hierarchies

THE SEVEN PRINCES OF HELL

Baal-beryth - Master of rituals and pacts
Dumah - Commander of the demons of gehenna
Meririm - Prince of air
Rahab - Prince of oceans
Sariel - Prince of the moon
Mephistopholes - the Destroyer
Lucifer Rofocale - Prime minister and Chief of the Treasury

ARCH DEMONS OF HELL

Adramaleck - Prince of Fire
Carniveau - Demon of Possession
Python - Prince of lying spirits
Mammon - Prince of temptors, avarice, and greed
Rimmon - Prince of lightning and storms

ARCH SHE-DEMONS

One of the Very Few All Female Demon Hierarchies.
Leviathan - The Chaos Dragon
Barbelo - Unknown
Proserpine - Destroyer
Astarte - Queen of spirits of the dead
Agrat-bat-mahlaht - One of Satan's wives and demoness of whores
Eisheth Zenunim - Same as above
Lilith - Satan's favorite wife
Naamah - demoness of seduction


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From Collin De Plancy's Dictionaire Infernale (1863)

Asmodeus - The Destroyer
Astaroth - Obtains friendship of great lords.
Behemoth - Demon of indulgence
Ronwe - Demon of linguel knowledge
Urobach - Of the lower order of demons
Andras - Grand Marquis of Hell, causes discord and quarrels
Beelzebub - Lord of the flies

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Francis Barrett's The Magus (1801)

Mammon - Prince of temptors
Asmodeus - Prince of vengence
Satan - Prince of deluders
Belzebuth - Cheif of false god
Pytho - Prince of the spirits of deceit
Beliel - Prince of iniquity
Merihim - Prince of the spirits of pestilence
Abbadon - Prince of war
Astaroth - Prince of accusers and inquisitors

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From the Grimoire of Pope Honorius:

PRINCIPLE INFERNAL SPIRITS

Lucifer - Emperor
Beelzebub - Prince
Astarot - Grand Duke

SUPERIOR SPIRITS

Lucifuge Rofocale - Prime Minister
Sataniachia - Grand General
Agaliarept - General
Fleuretty - Lieutenant Commander
Sargantanas - Major
Nebiros - Field Marshall

SUBORDINATE SPIRITS:

Bael , Bathim, Agares, Narbas, Pruslas, Marbas, Abigar, Loray, Poraii, Aamon, Valefar, Barbatos, Forau, Buer, Ayperos, Gusoyn, Neuberus, Botis, Glasyabolis

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Johan Weyer's Hierarchy of Hell

Beelzebuth - Supreme Cheiftan
Satan - Occupies second place as prince of darkness.
Eurynomous - Prince of death
Moloch - Prince of the land of tears
Pluto - Prince of fire
Baal - Commander of the armies of hell
Lucifer - Dispenses justice
Asmodeus - Gambling
Baalberith - Minister of pacts and treaties
Proserpine - Prince of demonic spirits
Astaroth - Prince and treasurer of hell
Nergal - Chief of secret police
Chamos, Melchom, Behamoth, Dagon, Adramalek

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Berbiguer de Terre Neuve du Thym’s « Les farfadets ou tous les démons ne sont pas de ce monde »

Belzebuth - Supreme Chief
Satan - Prince without throne
Eurynomus - Prince of death
Moloch - Prince of the land of tears
Rhotomago – Prince of Time
Pluto - Prince of fire
Pan – Prince of incubes
Lilith – Princess of succubes
Leonard – Great master of sabbaths
Daalberith – Great Pontife
Prosperine – Arch Demoness

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Jean Wier’s Pseudomonarchia Daemonum's Hierarchy

Bael - King, lord of the East, and commands 66 legions
Forcas - President
Beur - President and commands 50 legions
Marchocias- Marquis and commands 30 legions

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Sebastien Michaelis's Histoire admirable de la Possession et conversion d'une penitente (1613)

FIRST HIERARCHY

Belzebuth - pride
Leviathan - faith
Asmodeus - luxury
Balberith - blasphemy and murder
Astaroth - vanity and sloth
Verrine - impatience
Gresil - impurity
Sonnillon - hate

SECOND HIERARCHY

Carreau - mercilessness
Carnivean - obscenity
Oeillet - riches and wealth
Rosier - love
Verrier - disobedience

THIRD HIERARCHY

Belial - arrogance
Olivier - cruelty and greed
Juvart - demonic possession

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Peter Binsfeld's Demons of the Seven Deadly Sins (1589)

Lucifer - pride
Mammon - avarice
Asmodeus - lust
Satan - anger
Beelzebub - gluttony
Leviathan - envy
Belphegore - sloth and vanity

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Faust's Hierarchy of the Kingdoms:

Beelzebub - North
Lucifer - East
Belial - South
Astaroth - West
Phlegathon - Center

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Richard Dukante's Hierarchy (1963)

Unsere - (f) Fertility and Sorcery
Delepitore - (f) Demoness of Sorcery Enlightement
Satanchia - Grand Genreal (War)
Agaliarept - Assistant Grand General (War)
Lucifage - High Command (Control)
Flereous - Fire Elemental
Lucifer - Air Elemental
Leviathan - Water Elemental
Belial - Earth Elemental
Beelzebuth - Lord of insects
Belphegore - Master of Armorment and Weaponry
Mesphito - Keeper of the book of death
Amducious - The destroyer
Asmodeus - Demon of Lust
Sonnielion - (f) Demoness of hate
Abbadon - Advisor
Ammon - demon of domination
Mammon - Demon of Avarice
Rosier - Demon of love
Ashtaroth - (f) Preistess of friendship
Eurynomous - Demon of Death
Verrine - Demon of Health
Verrier - (f) Demoness of plants and herbalism
Ronwe - Demon of Knowledge
Babeal - Keeper of Graves

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Demons quoted during exorcism and case of collective possession

Loudun
Astaroth, Essas, Celsus, Acaos, Cédon, Asmodeus, Leviathan, Balam, Isacaron, Behemoth, Alexh, Zabulon, Nephtalius, Cham, Uriel, Achas, Grésil, Amand

Louviers
Lucifer, Beelzebuth, Leviathan, St Michael, Béhérie and 24 other spirits

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Species of Demons, as Described by Alphonse de Spina (1467)

Fates, who alter destiny
Poltergeists, who cause mischief
Incubi and Succubi, who stimulate lust and perversion
Marching Hordes, who bring about war
Familiars, who assist witches
Nightmares, who disturb sleep through bad dreams
Demons formed from Human Semen
Disguised Demons
Demons who Assail the Saintly
Demons who Instigate Witchcraft




Mmm.. Where does "Admiral of the Fleet" come in???

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