The Demons

Abdiel

Aka : Arcade
Shape : Angel
Rank : Seraphin
Origin : Hebraïc
Myths : Abdiel was the most vindicative angel against the Rebels headed by Satan

Magic : appears on several pentacles of the Key of Salomon and the Legemeton

Source : Book of Raziel (XIII), Milton’s Paradise, Key of Salomon, Legemeton

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Abbadon

Element/sin : insects
Name : The Destroyer / Appolyon
Shape : King of the cricket-demons
Rank : Head of the Sixth House of Hell, Demonic Ruler of the Abyss
Origin : Apocalypse, St Thomas. Abaddon is specifically mentioned five times in the Old Testament

Myths :He is one of the kings that has ruled over the nations of the earth. The scriptures indicate that he ruled over both Egypt and Sodom at some point in history, and will endeavour to rule over Jerusalem in the final days. Jerusalem will figuratively be called Sodom and Egypt at that time. At the end of times he is given the key to the abyss and releases these demon hordes on the people of the earth

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Abigar

Aka : Abigar
Shape : pleasant man or woman
Rank : Grand Duke of Hell, commands sixty legions
Magic : Fortell future and give military advice
Source :Johann Wier’s Pseudomanarchia Daemonum

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Abraxas

Element/sin : Sun

Shape : a fat-bellied character with the head of a king, a dragon's tail, and serpents instead of legs. He also carries a whip in his hand. He is often featured with the head of a cock.

Rank : the ruler of all the 365 heavens (Basilides of Egypt)

Origin : Gnostic. Express the unspeakable name of the Supreme Being and to symbolize its solar power.

Magic : The seven letters of his name signify the seven creative powers, or the seven planetary angels, recognized by the ancients. In numerology, the value of the letters in Abraxas adds up to three hundred and sixty-five, the number of days (365) and powers of the year, and the three hundred and sixty-five spirits occupying the heavens. The name Abraxas seems also to have been the origin of the word 'abracadabra,' a magic spell said to be of very great power.

Quote :

From Tertullian :

'Afterwards broke out the heretic Basilides. He affirms that there is a supreme Deity, by name Abraxas, by whom was created Mind, which in Greek he calls Nous; that thence sprang the Word; that of Him issued Providence, Virtue, and Wisdom; that out of these subsequently were made Principalities, powers, and Angels; that there ensued infinite issues and processions of angels; that by these angels 365 heavens were formed, and the world, in honour of Abraxas, whose name, if computed, has in itself this number. Now, among the last of the angels, those who made this world, he places the God of the Jews latest, that is, the God of the Law and of the Prophets, whom he denies to be a God, but affirms to be an angel. To him, he says, was allotted the seed of Abraham, and accordingly he it was who transferred the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt into the land of Canaan; affirming him to be turbulent above the other angels, and accordingly given to the frequent arousing of seditions and wars, yes, and the shedding of human blood. Christ, moreover, he affirms to have been sent, not by this maker of the world, but by the above-named Abraxas; and to have come in a phantasm, and been destitute of the substance of flesh: that it was not He who suffered among the Jews, but that Simon was crucified in His stead: whence, again, there must be no believing on him who was crucified, lest one confess to having believed on Simon. Martyrdoms, he says, are not to be endured. The resurrection of the flesh he strenuously impugns, affirming that salvation has not been promised to bodies.'

Carl Jung : The Seven Sermons to the Dead

"Abraxas speaketh that hallowed and accursed word which is life and death at the same time. Abraxas begetteth truth and lying, good and evil, light and darkness in the same word and in the same act. Wherefore is Abraxas terrible."

E. A. Wallis Budge :

"Abrasax represented the 365 Aeons or emanations from the First Cause, and as a Pantheus, i.e. All-God, he appears on the amulets with the head of a cock (Phoebus) or of a lion (Ra or Mithras), the body of a man, and his legs are serpents which terminate in scorpions, types of the Agathodaimon. In his right hand he grasps a club, or a flail, and in his left is a round or oval shield”

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Adramelech

Element/sin : Sun
Shape : a mule, a peacock.
Rank : Grand Chancellor of the infernal empire, President of Devils' general council - The eighth of the ten evil Sephiroth.
Origin : a Samarian deity, a sun god worshipped by the Sepharvites

Source : Jean Wier Pseudomonarchia Daemonum; MacGregor Mather, Kabbalah Denudata

Quote :

'the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burned their children in the fire as sacrifices to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim.' - 2 Kings 17:31

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Af

Element/sin : Anger
Shape : Demonic
Rank : One of the three angels of Hell with Mashith and Ema
Origin : Hebraïc
Myths : he ate Moses who did not observe the ritual of circumsition

Source : Sèpher ha-Zohar


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Agaliarept

Shape : a mature man with a handlebar moustache.
Rank : General of Hell
Source : Le Dragon Rouge (Red Dragon)


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Agares

Element/sin :The order of Vertues, Earth,demon of courage.

Shape : old wise man, riding upon a crocodile, and carrying a hawk on his fist. The hawk, or goshawk, is not easy to distinguish on the demon's right fist, but if you look carefully you will make it out.

Rank : First Duke of Hell under the power of the East. Command 31 legions

Magic : stop any motion and bring back fugitives, stir earthquakes

Source : Legemeton, Johann Wier’s Pseudomanarchia Daemonum's, Pizzari


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Agiel

Origin : Hebraïc
Myths : name written on a talisman that belonged to Catherine de Medicis, Queen of France
Magic : protect from deads
Association : Haniel, Elubeb, Asmodaï
Source : The Lesser Key of Salomon

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Alocer

Shape : a Soldier (or Warrior) riding upon a Great Horse. His Face is like that of a Lion, very Red, and having Flaming Eyes.

Rank : Duke of Hell, commands36 Legions of Spirits
Origin : One of the 72 spirits of Solomon.
Magic :teach the Art of Astronomy, and all the Liberal Sciences.
Source : Goetia


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Ahriman

Aka: Arimanius or Angra Mainya
Shape : carry the Druj (trap)
Rank : Supreme God of Evil
Origin : Zoroastrianism
Myths : Ahriman is thought to be the first personification of "the Devil", struggling against Ohrmazd (Good)

Magic : nine hundred and ninety-nine diseases to plague the earth
Association : The 7 archdemons (daevas) are known as Aka Manah, Indra, Sauru, Taurvi, Zairitsha, Naonhaithya, Aeshma.

Source : Farvardin Yasht (Yasht xiii.142; Vendidad xix.5).

Quote :

'Arimanius frown'd,
The author foul of evil, how with shades
From his dire mansion, he deform'd the works
Of Oromazes; turn'd to noxious heat
The solar beam, that foodful Earth might parch,
That streams exhaling might forsake their beds,
Whence pestilence and famine...
If the hand of Oromazes, on precarious life
Shed wealth and pleasure, swift the infernal God
With wild excess, or avarice, blasts the joy.
But yet at last, shall Arimanius fall
Before his might, and evil be no more.'

"With the disappearance of evil from the universe, good will prevail everywhere and for all time; and the accursed name of Angra Mainya will be forgotten. Ahura Mazda will be for ever, even as he has been from all eternity" (Yasht xix.11,12).

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Amaymyon

Rank : One of the four kings of Hell; King of Orient
Titles : Monarque et empereur du Septentrion
Association : Asmodeus, his vassal
Source : Grimoire of Pope Honorius, Johann Wier’s Pseudomanarchia Daemonum,
Lemegeton

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Ammit

Element/sin : female demon known as the Eater of the Dead and the Dweller in Amenta, the place where the sun sets.

Shape : a monster with the hindquarters of a hippopotamus, forequarters of a lion, and head of a crocodile

Myths : Ammit waits in the Hall of Justice while the heart of the newly dead is weighed on the Great Balance against the feather of Maat. Thoth records the result. If the heart and the feather weigh exactly the same, and the beam of the Balance is horizontal, the soul is given "an abiding habitation in the Field of Offerings, as unto the Followers of Horus." If the heart proves to be "light in the scales," the soul of the become prey for Ammit. Any soul whose heart is devoured by this monster vanishs into oblivion.

Source : The Book of the Dead

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Amon

Aka : Ammon, Amaimon, Amoymon, Amaymon, Aamon.
Element/sin : Sun; controls reproduction and life
Shape : a fire-breathing wolf with a snake tail / a man with a raven's head and doglike teeth

Rank : Marquee, rule 40 legions of devils
Titles : Monarque et empereur du Septentrion
Origin : Suprem God of Egypt
Magic : he is the strongest prince of all other, and understand of all things past and to come, he procure favor, and reconcile both friends and foes.

Source : Goetia

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Amy

Shape : surrounded with flames
Rank : supreme president of hell; controls 36 legions
Origin : one of the 72 spirits of Solomon
Magic : teach astrology and liberal arts, help find hidden treasures guarded by demons

Source : Goetia

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Andras

Element/sin : god of quarrels
Shape : an angel with a head like a owl, riding upon a black wolf, with a sword in his hand.

Rank : Great Marquis of Hell; he governs 30 Legions of Spirits
Source : Goetia; Legemeton
Magic : very dangerous, a spirit to be summoned with extreme care

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Androalphus

Shape : peacock
Rank : Great Marquee of Hell ; rules 30 legions
Origin : Greek (Alpheus concealed from Artemis amongs nymphs by painting in white). One of the 72 Spirits of Solomon

Magic : teach maths, astrology; can change a man into a bird; help in legal affairs

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Antichrist

Aka : the second Beast in Revelation 13:11-8 ; Al-Daja in the Koran

A personage or power expected to corrupt the world but be conquered by Christ's Second Coming.
Any opponent of or disbeliever in Christ.
A false Christ.

Element/sin : 666 is his number. The symbolism of the Antichrist as the personification of evil is probably best described as the Vampire. While Christ gives his blood for all, the Vampire sucks the blood of humanity.

Shape :has the two horns of a lamb and speaks with the voice of a dragon.

Origin :said to be born from a sexual union between a virgin girl and a demon; a jew from the tribe of Dan.

Myths :comes at the Apocalypse to corrupt mankind

Magic :able to use the power of the first Beast to draw fire down from the heaven and to perform wonders; inscribe a mysterious mark on every person's right hand or forehead. This mark is usually understood to be the number 666.

Association : Gog and Magog; Néron;Merlin; Aleister Crowley; and many Popes

Source : Genesis 49:17; Apocalypse 13:1-18; First and Second Epistles of John; Matthew 24:24; St. Jerome; St. Ireneus; St. Ambrose and St. Augustine; Nietzche

Quote :

"And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God; and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already it is in the world." (I John 4:3):

"Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels so that his rider shall fall backward" (Genesis 49:17).

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Ariel

Element/sin : Venus
Rank : One of the seven Prince of the Waters (Heywood); a fallen angel (Milton)
Origin : Hebraïc, Gnostism
Magic : help find hidden treasures ; fortell the future and evoke the past
Association : Shelley; D’Annunzio

Source : The Lesser Key of Salomon, Pistis Sophia, Milton’s Paradise

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Arioch

Element/sin : Revenge
Rank : a fallen angel
Origin : Hebraïc (Kabbale)

Source : Nash; Collin de Plancy ; Milton

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Asmodeus

Aka : Asmodaï, Chammadaï, Sydonaï; creature of judgement
Element/sin : spirit of lustand unfaithfulness
Shape : a fire-breathing creature with three heads (the first one resembling that of a bull, the second that of a man, and the third that of a ram.), feet like a goose and a serpent tail. He rides a dragon and hold in his hand a Lance with a Banner.

Rank : one of the seven archdemons of Persian mythology; rules 72 Legions of Amaymon’ army

Origin : Persian (Aeshma, evil genie in the Avesta); also a fallen angel

Myths : appears in the apocryphal Book of Tobit as the demon-lover of Sara, who strangled each of her seven husbands. With the head of a charm given by God, Tobias eventually chased him away before Raphaël locked him in Egypt.He also helped build Salomon’s Temple and even took the throne of the King.

Magic : Asmodeus bequeaths his followers with rings engraved with planetary symbols. He teaches men the art of becoming invisible, as well as instructing them in geometry, arithmetic, astrlogy, and the mechanical sciences. He has vast knowledge concerning buried treasures, and can be forced to reveal their site with the help of appropriate spells and incantations. He, amongst the Legions, possessed Jeanne des Anges, the leading nun at Loudun.

Association : Amaymon; Aeshma; Tubal-Cain and Naamah

Source : Goetia; Tobit3:8; Testament of Solomon; Legemeton

Quote :

"The demon, repelled by the odor of the fish, fled into Upper Egypt; Raphael pursued him there and bound him hand and foot." - Tobit 8:3

'Better pleased
Than Asmodeus with the fishy fume
That drove him, though enamoured, from the spouse
Of Tobit's son, and with a vengeance sent
From Media post to Egypt, there fast bound."
Milton: Paradise Lost , iv. 167--71.

'Asmodeus burns with the desire to tempt men with his swine in luxuriousness and is the prince of wantons.'

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Astaroth

Aka : Ashtaroth, Astaroth
Element/sin : Goddess of lust, seduction; Demon of vanity and sloth; Sun/Moon
Shape : ugly angel, riding on a dragon and holding a viper in his left hand
Rank : Prince of Thrones; Lord Treasurer of Hell; Prince of accusers and inquisitors; Head of the 8th Order of Hell who commands forty legions

Origin : a Canaanite fertility goddess named Astarté or Ishtar

Magic : one of the 72 spirits of Solomon. He resides in the Occident (America), and has to be invoked on Wednesdays between the tenth and the eleventh hours of the night. He answers questions concerning the past and the future, procures the friendship of the great lords, and teach the liberal arts and most sciences. One can protect from the infernal stench emanating from him by holding a magic ring.

Association :

Source : The Goetia: The Lesser Key of Solomon the King; Grimoire of The Pope Honorius; Agrippa; Johann Wier’s Pseudomanarchia Daemonum; Barrett

Quote :

"He is a Mighty, Strong Duke, and appeareth in the Form of an hurtful Angel riding on an Infernal Beast like a Dragon, and carrying in his right hand a Viper. Thou must in no wise let him approach too near unto thee, lest he do thee damage by his Noisome Breath. Wherefore the Magician must hold the Magical Ring near his face, and that will defend him. He giveth true answers of things Past, Present, and to Come, and can discover all Secrets. He will declare wittingly how the Spirits fell, if desired, and the reason of his own fall. He can make men wonderfully knowing in all Liberal Sciences. He ruleth 40 Legions of Spirits."

Goetia

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Azazel

Aka : Azazil, Azaël, Azazello
Shape : He has 7 snake heads, 14 faces and 12 wings
Rank : the chief of the Se'irim, or goat-demons; the standard-bearer for the infernal host; the leader of the fallen seraphim angel in Enoch

Origin : Canaanite god, 'Asiz

Myths : On the Jewish Day of Atonement, the priest 'place lots upon the two goats, one marked for the Lord and the other marked for Azazel'.The goat designated by lot for the Lord is to be used as a sin offering, while the goat designated for Azazel "shall be left standing alive before the Lord, to make expiation with it and to send it off to the wilderness for Azazel." Because of this ritual, Azazel is known as the "scapegoat."

Magic : When he came on Earth as a Watcher, Azazel taught the art of warfare, and the making of swords and shields. He also taught his wives how to use cosmetics, 'the art of deception by ornamenting their bodies,' and revealed the secrets of witchcraft. He was defeated by Raphaël and burried until the Judgment Day.

Association : Metatron

Source : Leviticus 17:7 and 16:8; Apocalypse of Abraham, Chronicles 11:15; Isaiah 34:14; The Zohar Book of Enoch; Milton'sParadise Lost; Boulgakov

“And Azazel taught the people (the art of) making swords and knives, and shields, and breastplates; and he showed to their chosen ones bracelets, decorations, (shadowing of the eye) with antimony, ornamentation, the beautifying of the eyelids, all kinds of precious stones, and all coloring tinctures and alchemy." - 1 Enoch 8:1

"And the unclean bird spoke to me and said, 'What are you doing, Abraham, on the holy heights, where no one eats of drinks, nor is there upon them food for men. But these all will be consumed by fire and ascend to the height, they will destroy you.' And it came to pass when I saw the bird speaking I said this to the angel: 'What is this, my lord?' And he said, 'This is disgrace, this is Azazel!' And he said to him, 'Shame on you Azazel! For Abraham's portion is in heaven, and yours is on earth, for you have selected here, (and) become enamored of the dwelling place of your blemish. Therefore the Eternal Ruler, the Mighty One, has given you a dwelling on earth. Through you the all-evil spirit (is) a liar, and through you (are) wrath and trials on the generations of men who live impiously." - Apocalypse of Abraham 13:4-9

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Baal

Aka : Bael, the Lord
Shape : appears sometimes like a cat, a toad, or a man, and sometimes as a three headed beast with spider legs

Rank : the first monarch of hell commanding general of infernal armies; King ruling in the East; rules over 66 Legions

Origin : Caanan but was worshipped by multitudes of different peoples, including the Semites and Israelites. Originally a good God but later evolved into a terrible deity to whom were sacrified children into flames. He has degenerated into merging with other gods (Moloch, ..).

Magic : One of the 72 spirits of Salomon. Bring invisibility and cunning
Association : massebah

Source : Jean Wier’s Pseudomonarchia Daemonumius, The Grimoire of Pope Honorius, Goetia

See: Salaambo (the end of Carthagene)

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Balam

Aka : Balan, Balaam, and Balemm

Element/sin : avarice and greed

Shape : a naked monster riding on a bear. He wears a royal crown, surmounting two long and upward horns, and a pair of extremely hairy ears stick out at right angles from his skull. The sharp, goat-like facial features are enhanced by a long, scraggly beard. His limbs terminate in unnaturally long fingers and toes, capped by sharp-pointed nails that look as deadly as the claws of the goshawk perching’s right wrist.

Sometimes he has three heads (similar to Asmodeus) : the middle one is that of a man, while the others are those of animals, usually a bull and a ram. Furthermore, Balam is equipped with a serpent's tail and eyes so fierce that they spit forth fire and flames.

Rank : a great and terrible king in hell, commanding forty legions of infernal soldiers. A former angel of the Order of Dominations.

Magic : One of the 72 spirits of Salomon. He answers questions concerning past, present and future events, and he is willing to reveal the secret of invisibility. He is an excellent teacher of the subtle art of cunning, and he imparts wit and finesse to whoever queries him on these matter.

Association : Baalzbub; Beelphegor; Belial; Berith and Byleth

Source : Goetia, Lemegeton, Le veritable dragon rouge

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Baphomet

Aka : Goat of Mendes

Shape : Often represented with the head of a goat and the body of a man but with wings and cloven feet (Eliphas Levi). A black cat. Also carry the heads of a cockerel.

Origin : Bapho-Mitras-son of Mithras or forged from Mahomet. The Knight Templars were accused of practicing their initiations and rituals in front of a large idol of the demon Baphomet.

Association : Aleister Crowley, Eliphas Levi

Quote :

We recur once more to that terrible number fifteen, symbolized in the Tarot by a monster throned upon an altar, mitered and horned, having a woman's breasts and the generative organs of a man -- a chimera, a malformed sphinx, a systhesis of deformities. Below this figure we read a frank and simple inscription -- the Devil. Yes, we confront here that phantom of all terrors, the dragon of all theogonies, the Ahriman of the Persians, the Typhon of the Egyptians, the Python of the Greeks, the old serpent of the Hebrews, the fantastic monster, the nightmare, the Croquemitaine, the gargoyle, the great beast of the Middle Ages, and -- worse than all of these -- the Baphomet of the Templars, the bearded idol of the alchemist, the obscene deity of Mendes, the goat of the Sabbath." Eliphas Levi

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Barbatos

Element/sin : Sagittarius
Shape : A satyr with four wings
Rank : Count and Duke of Hell, governs 30 legions
Origin : Hebraïc (Kabbale)

Magic : He understand the voice of all living creatures. Helocates treasures hidden by magic, he knows all things past, and to come, and reconciles friends and powers;

Source: Goetia

Eliphas Levi

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Beelzebub

Aka : Beelzebul - “lord of the dung,” Beelzebub - “lord of the flies.” Beelzeboul- “ lord of the dwelling.” , Baalzebub

Element/sin : diseases

Shape : Usually appears in the form of a fly, a gargantuan cow, or a male goat with a long tail. He had a tendency to vomit flames when angered.

He has cavernous nostrils and two big horns sprout from his head with ducks' feet, a lion's tail and is covered from head to foot with thick black hair while large bat wings adorn his back.

Rank : Prince of Demons, lives in Africa. The leader of the Golden Dawn, S. L. MacGregor Mathers, put Beelzebub in the second demonic order in the sphere of Chokmah, below Satan and Moloch but above Lucifer

Origin : He was an idol of the Canaanites, and his best known shrine was in the Philistine city of Ekron. When King Ahaziah of Israel consulted his oracle in Ekron, he brought upon himself the wrath of the prophet Elijah.

Magic : At witches' sabbaths Beelzebub was lord and master over all the rites, and it was in his name that Jesus was denied. Eucharist was given with the seal of Beelzebub imprinted upon the pieces of bread instead of the symbol of Christ. Said to have possessed the nun, Sister Madeleine de Demandoix, of the Ursuline Convent near Aix-en-Provence.

Association : often confused with Satan, Satanackia and Fleruty are his inferior demons

Source : Matthew XII 24-29, Luke XI 15-22, Gospel of Nicodemus, Kabbale, Milton, Testament of Salomon, Grimorium Verum, Cazotte

Quote :

'It is only by Beelzebub, the prince of demons, that this man casts out demons' - Matthew 9:34

"There are some of the school of the theologians who distribute the evil spirits into nine degrees, as contrary to the nine orders of the angels. Therefore the first of these are those which are called False Gods, who usurping the name of God, would be worshipped for gods, and require sacrifices and adorations, as that Devil, who saith to Christ, if thou wilt fall down and worshop me, I will give thee all these things, showing him all the kingdoms of the world; and the prince of these is he who said, I will ascend above the height of the clouds, and will be like to the Most High; who is therefore called Beelzebub, that is, an old god." Cornelius Agrippa

“I conjure bind and charge thee by Lucifer
Beelzebub, Sathanas, Jauconill, and by their power,
And by the homage thou owest unto them
And also I charge thee by the triple crown
Of Cerberus' head, by Styx and Phegiton,
By your fellow and private devil Baranter,
That you do torment and punish this disobedient
Demon until you make him come corporally
To my sight and obey my will and
Commandments in whatsoever I shall charge
Or command thee to do. Fiat, Fiat, Fiat.
Amen.” Unknown

And I summoned again to stand before me Beelzeboul, the prince of demons, and I sat him down on a raised seat of honour, and said to him: "Why art thou alone, prince of the demons?" And he said to me: "Because I alone am left of the angels of heaven that came down. For I was first angel in the first heaven, being entitled Beelzeboul. And now I control all who are bound in Tartarus . . . "

I Solomon said unto him: "Beelzeboul, what is thy employment?" And he answered me: "I destroy kings. I ally myself with foreign tyrants. And my own demons I set on to men, in order that the latter may believe in them and be lost. And the chosen servants of God, priests and faithful men, I excite unto desires for wicked sins, and evil heresies, and lawless deeds; and they obey me, and I bear them on to destruction. And I inspire men with envy, and murder, and for wars and sodomy, and other evil things. And I will destroy the world . . . "

I said to him: "Tell me by what angel thou art frustrated." And he answered: "By the holy and precious name of the Almighty God, called by the Hebrews by a row of numbers, of which the sum is 644, and among the Greeks it is Emmanuel. And if one of the Romans adjure me by the name of the power Eleêth, I disappear at once." Testament of Solomon

“the invocation to make visible the appearance of such fearful potencies as Amaymon, Egyn, and Beelzebub would probably result in the death of the exorcist on the spot; such death presenting the symptoms of one arising from Epilepsy, Apoplexy, or Strangulation.'” MacGregor Mathers

"Beelzebub was Prince of the Seraphim, the next unto Lucifer. For all the princes, that is to say all the chief of the nine choirs of angels, are fallen; and of the choir of Seraphim there fell the three first, to wit, Lucifer, Beelzebub, and Leviathan, who did all revolt." Sister Madeleine de Demandoix of Aix-en-Provence

"Then Hell, receiving Satan the prince, with sore reproach said unto him: O prince of perdition and chief of destruction, Beelzebub, the scorn of the angels and spitting of the righteous why wouldest thou do this? Thou wouldest crucify the King of glory and at his decease didst promise us great spoils of his death: like a fool thou knewest not what thou didst. For behold now, this Jesus putteth to flight by the brightness of his majesty all the darkness of death, and hath broken the strong depths of the prisons, and let out the prisoners and loosed them that were bound. And all that were sighing in our torments do rejoice against us, and at their prayers our dominions are vanquished and our realms conquered, and now no nation of men feareth us any more. And beside this, the dead which were never wont to be proud triumph over us, and the captives which never could be joyful do threaten us. O prince Satan, father of all the wicked and ungodly and renegades wherefore wouldest thou do this? They that from the beginning until now have despaired of life and salvation-now is none of their wonted roarings heard, neither doth any groan from them sound in our ears, nor is there any sign of tears upon the face of any of them. O prince Satan, holder of the keys of hell, those thy riches which thou hadst gained by the tree of transgression and the losing of paradise, thou hast lost by the tree of the cross, and all thy gladness hath perished. When thou didst hang up Christ Jesus the King of glory thou wroughtest against thyself and against me. Henceforth thou shalt know what eternal torments and infinite pains thou art to suffer in my keeping for ever. O prince Satan, author of death and head of all pride, thou oughtest first to have sought out matter of evil in this Jesus: Wherefore didst thou adventure without cause to crucify him unjustly against whom thou foundest no blame, and to bring into our realm the innocent and righteous one, and to lose the guilty and the ungodly and unrighteous of the whole world? And when Hell had spoken thus unto Satan the prince, then said the King of glory unto Hell: Satan the prince shall be in thy power unto all ages in the stead of Adam and his children, even those that are my righteous ones" - Gospel of Nicodemus VII (XXIII)

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Behemoth

Element/sin : demon of lust and gluttony

Shape : elephant or hippopotamus, a cat

Rank : a headwaiter, or the caretaker of wine cellars of Hell

Origin : Egyptian deity Taueret.

Myths : One of the first monster created by God to guard the Earth

Magic : "his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly"

Association : Leviathan

Source : Book of Job, Enoch, Apocalypse, Jean Wier’s Pseudomonarchia Daemonum, Boulgakov, Blake

Quote :

"Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox. Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly. He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together. His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron. He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him. Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play. He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens. The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about. Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not; he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth. He taketh it with his eyes; his nose pierceth through snares." Job 40:15-24

“And that day will two monsters be parted, one monster, a female named Leviathan in order to dwell in the abyss of the ocean over the fountains of water; and (the other), a male called Behemoth, which holds his chest in an invisible desert whose name is Dundayin, east of the garden of Eden.” 1 Enoch 60:7-8



“Behold Behemoth,
which I made as I made you;
he eats grass like an ox.
Behold, his strength is in his loins,
and his power in the muscles of his belly.
He makes his tail stiff like a cedar;
the sinews of his thighs are knit together.
His bones are tubes of bronze,
his limbs like bars of iron.
He is the first of the works of God;
let him who made him bring near his sword!
For the mountains yield food for him
where all the wild beast play.
Under the lotus plant he lies,
in the covert of the reeds and in the marsh.
For his shade the lotus tree covers him
the willows of the brook surround him.
Behold, if the river is turbulent he is not frightened;
he is confident though Jordan rushes against his mough.
Can one take him with hooks,
or pierce his nose with a snare?” Job 40:15-24



“The Earth obey'd and straight
Op'ning her fertile womb teem'd at birth
Innumerous living creatures, perfect forms,
Limb'd and full-grown
The grassy clods now calv'd; now half appeared
The tawny lion, pawing to get free
His hinder parts, then spring as broke from bonds,
And rampant shakes his brindled mane; the ounce,
The libbard and the tiger, as the mole
Rising, the crumbl'd earth above them threw
In hillocks; the swift stag from under ground
Bore up his branching head; scarce from his mould
Behemoth biggest born of earth upheav'd
His vastness; flecc't the flocks and bleating rose
As plants; ambiguous between sea and land
The river-horse and scaly crocodile.” Milton

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Belial

Aka : the Beast; 'beli ya'al,' means 'without worth.', Beliar, Beriael

Element/sin : Earth, the demon of lies

Shape : a beautiful angel seated on a chariot of fire-belching dragons, leaving scorched earth in his wake

Rank : a King in Hell, a Fallen Angel created second after Lucifer, Satan's Emmisary to King Soliman, the Infernal Ambassador to Turkey (Victor Hugo), commands eighty legions of demons.

Origin : Hebraïc

Myths : one of the four chief demons imprisoned in a vessel of brass by the magic seal ring of King Solomon (the other three are said to be Bileth, Asmoday and Gaap).

Magic : To conjure Belial, one must make offerings and sacrifices to him. He answers in the most suave and pleasant of voices, but this is deceptive. Unless one keeps him in check by continually invoking the name of God, this Belial deceives all and sundry. To those successful in gaining his friendship, it is said that he distributes favours and preferences, and gives excellent familiars.

Association : often confused with Satan

Source : Kabbalah, Johann Wier’s Pseudomonarchia Daemonumus, Goetia,Fragments of a Zadokite Work, the Testament of the Twelve Patriarchs, Martyrdom of Isaiah, Document from Damas, Lemegeton, Johann Wier’s Pseudomanarchia Daemonum, Agrippa, Milton

Quote :

“But for corruption thou hast made Belial, an angel of hostility. All his dominions are in darkness, and his purpose is to bring about wickedness and guilt. All the spirits that are associated with him are but angels of destruction.”The War of the Sons of Light and the Sons of Darkness

"And Manasseh turned aside his heart to serve Beliar; for the angel of lawlessness, who is the ruler of this world, is Beliar, whose name is Matanbuchus." - Martyrdom of Isaiah 2:4

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Belphegor

Aka : Beelphegor, Belfagor

Element/sin : the demon of ingenious discoveries and inventions

Shape : a phallus, a beautiful young girl

Rank : the archdemon of the Togarini, the sixth of the evil Sephiroth, the Infernal Ambassador to France (Hugo) where he hides in the Louvre museum.

Origin : Baal-Peor, originally a Moabite deity and an idol worshipped in Shittim by the Israelites

Myths : A medieval legend tells how Belphegor set forth from hell to investigate rumours concerning the happiness and misery of married coupled on earth. For a while he lived among men, imitating all the intimacies that men experienced. He is said to have fled back to hell in horror, happy that intercourse between men and women did not exist there. This is the reason why the name of Belphegor is sometimes applied to misogynists and licentious men.

Magic : difficult to summon, though he distributed riches with great generosity, if the conjuror is agreeable to him. His gifts are also the power of discovery and ingenious invention

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Berith

Aka : Beal, Berithi, Bolfri, Bofi

Shape : a red soldier, with red clothing, upon a horse of the same colour, wearing a golden crown

Rank : Grand Duke of Hell with 26 legions under his control

Origin : Baal-Berith (Sichemites)

Magic : One of the 72 Spirits of Solomon. He answers truly of things present, past, and to come but is also a liar. Berith also has the power to transmute all base metals into gold. Lured by a handsome reward, he will ensure that great public dignities and manifold riches are bestowed upon the conjuror. Finally, he possesses the rather singular power or lending clarity of sound and ease of elocution to the voices of singers. The magician must use a ring to magically divert the flaming, noxious fumes from the mouth of the demon. One of the Demon at Louviers.

In “Le tresor d’Albert Petit” (XIII), a method of conjuring him under a form resembling can be found. On a Monday night a black chicken is bled at a crossroads. One must say: 'Berith will do all my work for twenty years and I shall recompense him.' Or else one may write the spell on a piece of virgin parchment with the chicken's blood. The demon thus evoked will appear the same day, and put himself completely at the conjuror's disposal. But after twenty years, Berith will claim his reward for services rendered.

Source : Lemegeton,Lesser Key of Solomon

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Botis

Shape : an ugly snake or a man with huge teeth and two horns sprout from his head carrying a sword

Magic : reconcile friends and familiars

Source : Legemeton

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Bifrons

Element/sin : Demon of astrology and geometry, guards cemeteries and streams

Shape : horrible monster with two faces

Origin : Janus (Roman)

Magic : teach astrology, maths, medecine by plants and magic stones. He is of great help for necromancians

Source : Jean Wier’s Pseudomonarchia Daemonumius, Legemeton

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Buer

Element/sin : Sagittarius, Sun

Shape : a lion's head surrounded by five hooved legs, a centaur, a sea-star

Rank : Duke of Hell, governs 50 legions

Magic : He teaches philosophy, ethics and also the virtues of all herbs and plants

Source: Goetia, Lemegeton

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Byleth

Aka : Beleth, Bilet

Element/sin : Air

Shape : a magician riding a white horse appearing with trumpets and loud music

Rank : Commands 80 legions, fallen angel belonged to the angelic Order of Powers

Origin : Phenician Goddess

Magic : One of the 72 Spirits of Solomon. Very bad temper, must be summoned with extreme care. Like wine and supposed to favor love bonds.

Association : Gaap, Belial, Asmoday

Source: Johann Wier’s Pseudomanarchia Daemonum, Lemegeton, Barrett

Quote :

"there were certaine necromancers that offered sacrifices and burnt offerings unto him; and to call him up, they exercised an art, saieng that Salomon the wise made it. Which is false: for it was rather Cham, the sonne of Noah, who after the floud began first to invocate wicked spirits. He invocated Bileth, and made an art in his name, and a booke which is knowne to manie mathematicians. There were burnt offerings and sacrifices made, and gifts given, and much wickednes wrought by the exorcists, who mingled therewithall the holie names of God, the which in that art are everie where expressed. Marie there is an epistle of those names written by Saloman, as also write Helias, Hierosolymitanus and Helisaeus. It is to be noted, that if anie exorcist have the art of Bileth, and cannot make him stand before him, nor see him, I may not bewaie you and declare the meanes to containe him, bicause it is abhomination, and for that I have learned nothing from Salomon of his dignitie and office." Reginald Scot

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Camio

Aka : Caim, Caym, Murmur

Element/sin : Air

Shape : a thrush that wears a sword. As a man, he speaks or writes through the shapes of the glowing embers

Rank : rules 30 legions, fallen angel

Magic : Give man the understanding of all animals and the sound of running water, a form of auditory divination, grants the magician the power of eloquent verbal debate and persuasive argument.

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Cassiel

Aka : Casiel, Casziel, Kafziel, Qafziel

Element/sin : Saturday, Saturn

Shape : a bearded king with wings, who rides on the back of a winged dragon, and carries in his right hand an arrow.

Rank : spirit of Saturday, sometimes described a good angel that carries the flag of Gabriel

Origin : Hebraïc

Source: The Magus, Sepher ha-Zohar

Quote :

"the nature of them (spirits of Saturday) is to sow discords, hatred, evil thoughts and cogitations, to give leave to kill and murder, and to lame or maim every member."

"Those spirits who appear in a kingly form, have a much higher dignity than them who take an inferior shape; and those who appear in a human shape, exceed in authority and power them that come as animals; and again, these latter surpass in dignity them who appear as trees or instruments, and the like: so that you are to judge of the power, government, and authority of spirits by their assuming a more noble and dignified apparition." Francis Barrett

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Dagon

Aka : Dagan, Great Fish

Element/sin : god of vegetation, storm god, god of ocean.

Shape : an idol with the head and hands of a man and the tail of a fish, and as half-woman and half-fish.

Origin : Mesopotamia at Ur in 2500 BC. His cult was popular among the Assyrians. He probably began his existence as a Semitic god adopted by the Philistines after their invasion of Canaan.

Myths : When the Philistines placed the captured Ark in a temple of Dagon in Ashdod, before the statue of Dagon. The next morning they found the statue lying on its face on the temple floor. They set it upright again, but the morning after the statue was again lying face down on the floor, this time with its head and hands broken off. The Hebrews regarded this as a sign of the Ark's power (Samuel 5:1-7).

Association : Atargatis

Source: Samuel; Lovecraft's The Shadow Over Innsmouth

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Eurynome

Element/sin : Prince of Death

Source: Lemegeton, Johann Wier’s Pseudomanarchia Daemonum

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Flauros

Aka : Faures, Fauras, Forras, Favres, Fleurety ?
Element/sin : Fire
Shape : Leopard, a strong man with flaming eyes
Rank : Duke of Hell, rules 30 legions of spirits

Magic : must be summoned within the triangle, tells the past and the future, destroy by fire any enemy

Source: Goetia, Lemegeton, Johann Wier’s Pseudomanarchia Daemonum

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Forcas

Aka : Forras

Shape : a strong man

Magic : teach logics and the secrets of plants and gems, gives invisibility and reveal hidden treasures

Source: Lemegeton, Johann Wier’s Pseudomanarchia Daemonum

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Furfur

Element/sin : winds

Shape : Hart with a tail on fire or a beautiful angel

Rank : Great Earle, rules over 26 legions

Magic : sustain good marital relations, raise storms, and advise about hidden and spiritual matters.

Source: Lemegeton, Johann Wier’s Pseudomanarchia Daemonum,The Goetia

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Gaap

Aka : Tap

Shape : a winged giant with horns and a tail, who carries a man through the air on his shoulders.

Rank : Prince ( his king is Amaymon), he rules 66 Legions of Spirits; he was of the Order of Potentates

Magic : teach philosophy and all the liberal sciences, cause love or hatred, and make men insensible, deliver familiar spirits out of the custidy of other magicians

Association : Going before him 4 Great and Mighty Kings, Byleth

Source: Johann Wier’s Pseudomanarchia Daemonum, Lemegeton

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Gamygyn

Shape : a white donkey or small horse

Rank : Grand Marquee of Hell, rules over 30 legions

Magic : Very powerful,teach sciences, help invoke spirits from the drawnings and the Purgatory

Source: Lemegeton, Johann Wier’s Pseudomanarchia Daemonum

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Glasyalabolas

Aka : Caacrinolas, Cassimolar

Shape : a winged dog

Magic : teach sciences, make invisible, help crimes, tells the present future and things to come

Source: Johann Wier’s Pseudomanarchia Daemonum, Lemegeton

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Gremory

Aka : Gormory, Gemory, Gromory, Gamori

Shape : a Beautiful Woman, with a Duchess's Crown tied about her waist, riding on a camel and wearing beautiful jewels.

Rank : Duke of Hell, commands 26 legions

Magic : tells the present, past, and to come, helps discover treasures, procures the love of women, especially of maids

Source: Goetia, Johann Wier’s Pseudomanarchia Daemonum, Lemegeton

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Gusoyn

Aka : Gusion, Gusayn, Guscaille

Element/sin : a man with a head like a dog, a camel

Magic : understand of all things past and to come, he procures favor, and reconciles both friends and foes.

Source: Johann Wier’s Pseudomanarchia Daemonum, Lemegeton

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Ipes

Aka : Ipos, Ayporos

Shape : a lion with a lion's head, the feet of a goose and the tail of a hare or a dark angel

Rank : a great Earle and a Prince, rules over 36 legions

Magic : he knows things to come and past, he makes a man wittie and bold

Source: Johann Wier’s Pseudomanarchia Daemonum, Lemegeton

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Leviathan

Aka : Rahab
Element/sin : water, connected with the primeval waters of the ocean
Shape : enormous and invincible armored whale with seven heads
Rank : Prince of liars, Master of the ocean, reigned also as king of beasts, feared by God and men alike

Origin : derived from the Canaanite Lotan, and that he is related to the Babylonian Tiamat and the Greek Hydra

Myths :Leviathan, the great sea-serpent, angrily churns the oceans of the Earth, waiting for the day of Judgment when he will devour the souls of the damned.At the time of the resurrection, Gabriel will fight against Leviathan and overcome.

Association : Behemoth, Satan
Source: Book of Jonah, Book of Enoch

Quote :

'And that day will two monsters be parted, one monster, a female named Leviathan in order to dwell in the abyss of the ocean over the fountains of water; and (the other), a male called Behemoth which holds his chest in an invisible desert whose name is Dundayin, east of the garden of Eden.'

1 Enoch 60:7-8

'His back is made of rows of shields,
Shut up closely as with a seal...
His sneezings flash forth light,
And his eyes are like the eyelids of the dawn.
Out of the mouth go flaming torches;
Sparks of fire leap forth...
In his neck abides strength,
And terror dances before him.

Book of Job

"In that day the Lord will punish,
With His great, cruel, mighty sword
Leviathan the Elusive Serpent--
Leviathan the Twisting Serpent;
He will slay the Dragon of the sea.

Isaiah 27:1

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Leonard

Element/sin : Earth
Shape : a giant black goat
Rank : Great Doctor
Origin : Roman

Magic : presided over sabbaths in the Middle Age, God of sorcery

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Lucifer

Hebrew helel; Septuagint heosphoros, Vulgate lucifer, light-bearer

Names : The Latin name of Phosphorus, Venus as the morning star, the light bringer which heralds the dawn. Lucifer as a personification is called a son of Astraeus and Aurora or Eos, of Cephalus and Aurora, or of Atlas. He is called the father of Ceyx, Daedalion, and of the Hesperides.

Element/sin : Venus, Pride

Shape : He is described as a handsome angel riding a white horse and his face is characterized by a bright gladness

Rank : Prince of Hell, ex-Seraphim, Governor of Earth with 90 legions

Origin : Canaantie or Phoenician myth about Helel, who is the son of the god Shahar. Greek

Myths : Lucifer came in the Middle Ages to be a common appellation of Satan. The star of Rev 9:1-11 is a fallen angel who has been given the key of the abyss, from which he sets loose upon the earth horribly formed locusts with scorpions' tails.

Magic : sustain good marital relations, raise storms, and advise about hidden and spiritual matters.

Association : Satan, the King of Babylon, served by Stanackia and Agalierap (Grimorium verum), Prometheus

Source : Enoch, Apocalypse, Dante, Luc, The Grimoire of Pope Honorius, Crowley,

Quote :

The mind is its own place, and in itself
Can make a Heav'n of Hell, a Hell of Heav'n.
What matter where, if I be still the same,
And what I should be, all but less than he
Whom Thunder hath made greater? Here at least
We shall be free; th' Almighty hath not built
Here for his envy, will not drive us hence:
Here we may reign secure, and in my choice
To reign is worth ambition though in Hell:
Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heav'n.

Milton Paradise Lost



"How art thou fallen from heaven
O day-star, son of the morning! (Helel ben Shahar)
How art thou cast down to the ground,
That didst cast lots over the nations!
And thou saidst in thy heart:
'I will ascend into heaven,
Above the stars of God (El)
Will I exalt my throne;
And I will sit upon the mount of meeting,
In the uttermost parts of the north;
I will ascend above the heights of the clouds;
I will be like the Most High (Elyon).'
Yet thou shalt be brought dow to the nether-world,
To the uttermost parts of the pit."


Isaiah 14:12-15


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Lucifuges

Element/sin : Air

Shape : spirit of the night

Rank : Marquee of Hell, archdemon of Binah

Magic : afraid of light, very vindicative, can kill on command by touch or breath, bring many riches through a pack
Source: Dragon Rouge, Del Rio, Grimorium verum

"I also approve thy Book, and I give thee my true signature on parchment, which thou shalt affix at its end, to make use of at thy need. Further, I place myself at thy disposition, to appear before thee at thy call when, being purified, and holding the dreadful Blasting Rod, thou shalt open the Book, having described the Kabalistic circle and pronounced the word Rofocale. I promise thee to have friendly commerce with those who are fortified by the possession of the said Book, where my true signature stands, provided that they invoke me according to rule, on the first occassion that they require me. I also engage to deliver thee the treasure which thou seekest, on condition that thou keepest the secret for ever inviolable, act cheritable to the poor and dost give me a gold or silver coin on the first day of every month. If thou failest, thou art mine everlastingly." -- LUCIFUGE ROFOCALE

See the Louviers affaire for more details about Lucifuge’s interview


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Malphas

Aka : Malpas

Shape : Malphas comes first in the shape of a crow. When requested by the magician, he puts on a human shape, but retains a bit of the hoarse voice of his animal

Myths : helped build Salomon’s Temple

Magic : build houses and high towers, throw down enemies’ buildings, one of the 72 spirits of Salomon, has supernatural powers
Source: Lemegeton

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Mammon

Aka : Maimon, Mamon, Bayon, Amaymon

Element/sin : the demon of wealth and avarice.

Rank : one of the three Princes of Hell with Beelzebub and Asmodeus

Origin : Babylonian : (Mami, Goddess of fertility; Mammitu, Goddess of faith), Egyptian : (Amon was the Egyptian ram-headed god of life and reproduction)

Source: Talmud, Saint Francisca, The Grimoire of Pope Honorius, Milton, Del Rio

Quote :

"No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon" (Matthew 6:24).


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Marbas

Aka : Barbas, Marabas
Shape : a powerful lion that vomits fire
Rank : Great Duke of Hell who rules 36 legions
Magic : cures and inflicts diseases, he knows how to transform the shape of the human body

Story: Marbas was probably the Barabas that has been saved against Jesus by the Jews.

Source: Johann Wier’s Pseudomanarchia Daemonum


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Marchocias

Aka : Marchosias

Shape : in the form of a wolf (or an ox) having gryphon's wings and a serpent's tail.

Rank : Grand Marquis of Hell, fallen angel who was of the Order of Dominations. He governs 30 Legions of Spirits.

Magic : Very helpful during fights

Source: Aleister Crowley,Goetia, Lemegeton, Johann Wier’s Pseudomanarchia Daemonum

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Mastema

Origin : From Mastim (Hebrew) the Hiphil participle of Satam which means 'one who is adverse' or 'inimical.'

Myths : Mastema helped with one tenth of the spirits who rebelled against God, has the mission of tempting men to sin and accusing them before the Throne of God. He is said to have helped the Egyptian sorcerers achieve their wonders and urged the Egyptians to pursue after the children of Israel.

Source: The Book of Jubilees, Fragments of a Zadokite Work.

Association : Satan

Quote :

"When Mastema, the leader of the spirits, came, he said: 'Lord creator, leave some of them before me; let them listen to me and do everything that I tell them, because if none of them is left for me I shall not be able to exercise the authority of my will aong mankind. For they are meant for (the purposes of) destroying and misleading before my punishment because the evil of mankind is great.' Then he said that a tenth of them should be left before him, while he would make nine parts descend to the place of judgment." - Jubilees 10:8-9

"And they made for themselves molten images, and they worshipped each the idol, the molten image which they had made for themselves, and they began to make graven images and unclean simulacra, and malignant spirits assisted and seduced (them) into committing transgression and uncleanness. And the prince Mastema exerted himself to do all this, and he sent forth other spirits, those which were put under his hand, to do all manner of wrong and sin, and all manner of transgression, to corrupt and destroy and to shed blood upon the earth. For this reason he called the name of Seroh, Serug, for every one turned to do all manner of sin and transgression. - Jubilees 11:4-6

"And the prince Mastema stood up against thee, and sought to cast thee into the hands of Pharaoh, and he helped the Egyptian sorcerers, and they stood up and wrought before thee the evils indeed we permitted them to work, but the remedies we did not allow to be wrought by their hands." - Jubilees 48:9-10

"And notwithstanding all (these) signs and wonders the prince Mastema was not put to shame because he took courage and cried to the Egyptians to pursue after thee with all the powers of the Egyptians, with their chariots, and with their horses, and with all the hosts of the peoples of Egypt." - Jubilees 48:12

"For on this night -the beginning of the festival and the beginning of the joy- ye were eating the passover in Egypt, when all the powers of Mastema had been let loose to slay all the first-born in the land of Egypt, from the first-born of Pharaoh to the first-born of the captive maid-servant in the mill, and to the cattle." - Jubilees 49:2


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Mephistopheles

Aka : Mephistopheles, Miphostophiles, Mephisto, Mephostophiles and Mephistophilis

Element/sin : Mercury or Jupiter

Shape : A dragon; a young nobleman in a red doublet trimmed with gold, with a stiff silk cloak, a cock's feather in his hat, wearing at his side a long sword; an elderly Gray Friar.

Origin : The great Abbot Trithemius referred to Faust in a letter dated 1507, calling the magician a fraud and a mountebank who should be whipped.

Myths : served as familiar demon to the German wandering scholar and magician Georgius Sabillicus Faustus (1480-1542) as part of Faust's pact with the Devil. Faust was a great scholar who grows tired of the vanity and impotence of ordinary human knowledge. He decides to turn to magic to fulfill his lust for fame, wealth and power.

Source:

Volsbuch vom Doktor Faustus (1587)
Christopher Marlowe The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Dr. Faustus (1589)
Goethe Faust (1775)

Thomas Man Doctor Faustus (1947)

Butler Ritual Magic

Quote :

May the gods of Acheron be propitious to me. Away with the three-fold godhead of Jehovah. Welcome, spirits of fire, air, water, and earth. We ask your favor, O prince of the East, Belzebub, monarch of burning hell, and Demogorgon, that Mephostophilis may appear and rise. What dost thou delay? By Jehovah, Gehenna, and the holy water which I now sprinkle, and the sign of the cross which I now make, and by our vows, may Mephostophilis himself now rise, commanded by us. Marlowe

This hellish Grand-Duke Mephistoph. appeared to me, Faust, first at a cross-road, and in a very cruel guise, like a bear, then mannerly like a lion; but through much persistence in my conjurations I managed to get him to promise to come to my study, and he came in the form of an old grey man. This spirit immediately made a pact with me for twenty-four years, and promised to bring me quick as thought to any place. Also I was to learn from him all the secret arts of nigromancy, and he promised to teach me magic properly. He also said: 'All secret arts of nature lie hidden in me. I govern in the hour of Jupiter; therefore I am very much attached to man, and warn him against making pacts. But if he will not heed my warning, then he will find no mercy from me when his hour strikes; nor would the star of Lucifer my Principal which is called Cerumepihiton and hardens the heart of men, allow it. I am most friendly when I appear as a grey man.' Karl Kohl Doctoris Iohannis Fausti magiae naturalis et innatural

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Moloch

Element/sin : sun / fire, saturn, demon of unwilling sacrifice

Shape : a bull-headed colossus. A crocodile

Rank : In the Kabbalistic tradition, Moloch, together with Satan, was the first of the ten evil Sephiroth

Origin : Ammonite. The Hebrew for Moloch means "King."

Myths : It seems that this God, initially linked with initiation and purification of children with fire, was demonized by the Bible. Later, Carthaginians associated Moloch with Baal-Ammon and performed human sacrifices on a huge brass statue that swallowed the victims and plunged them into fire. The immolation of firstborn infants was supposed to avert disaster and death from the Community.

Source: Old Testament, Milton

Association : Cronos who devoured his own children; BaalHammon (Carthagene)



Quote :

Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon. 1 Kings 11:7

Again, thou shalt say to the children of Israel, Whosoever he be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that giveth any of his seed unto Molech; he shall surely be put to death: the people of the land shall stone him with stones. Leviticus 20:2

And they built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire unto Molech; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin. Jeremiah 32:35

"To the Goddess to Tanath the countenance of Baal;
To the Lord to Baal Hammon, a man vowed,
Even Abshamban, a votary of Ashtarte and a filial
Devotee of Ashmon: as thou hearest the supplication,
Do Thou Bless!" .Religious tablet found in Carthagene


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Morax

Aka : Foray
Shape : a man with a bull head
Magic : teach the secrets of plants and gems. Help with familiar spirits

Source: Johann Wier’s Pseudomanarchia Daemonum, Legemeton

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Naberus

Aka : Naberius
Shape : a cock unable to stand upright; a monster with three bird heads and a defeaning voice.

Magic : Teach logics and the art of persuasion. Grants lost honor and privileges
Source: Lemegeton, Johann Wier’s Pseudomanarchia Daemonum

Association : Cerberus

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Orias

Shape : roaring lion with a serpent as tail, riding a horse and holding a viper in each hand

Rank : Marquis of Hell, rules 30 legions
Origin : Ornias (Testament of Salomon)

Magic : Gives immediate knowledge of astrology, helps with shape shift and forces any foe to obey

Association : Lemegeton, Johann Wier’s Pseudomanarchia Daemonum

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Oze

Shape : a huge leopard with a crone

Magic : Teach arts and sciences, change humans in any form, gives madness and hallucinations.

Source: Johann Wier’s Pseudomanarchia Daemonum, Lemegeton

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Paimon

Aka : Paymon, Baymon

Element/sin : master of infernal ceremonies.

Shape : an effeminate man who rides a dromadaire and wears a crowne usually preceded with an host of musicians with trumpets and well sounding cymbals.

Rank : King of the West. A fallen angel formerly of the Order of Dominations (or of the Order of Cherubim). He commands 200 legions

Magic : He knows all the arts and the secrets of nature. He gives dignities and honors. He can bind any human or familiar spirit to obey the conjuror. When calling up this demon,the magician must look toward the northwest and make sure to ask him to answer with a clear and understandable voice.

Source : Johann Wier’s Pseudomanarchia Daemonum, Lemegeton, Agrippa, The Grimoire of Pope Honorius

Association : two kings usually follow Paimon : Labal (Beball) and Abalim (Abalam).

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Pazuzu

Element/sin : demon of pestilence, demon of the hot south-east wind

Shape : He hasfour wings, a lion's head, lion's paws and feet, and the body of a man.

Origin : Sumerian, son of the king Arbu

Source: Pazuzu is the demon that possess the girl in the movieThe Exorcist. It can be invoked to get rid of other spirits

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Phoenix

Shape : appears like the mythical Phoenix, and speaks with a childish voice

Rank : Marquis of Hell. He governs 20 Legions of Spirits

Origin : The monster calls phoenix is a mythical bird renowned in ancient times for being immortal. It was said to resemble an eagle with red and gold feathers and a star on its forehead. The phoenix was probably demonized by the Church.

Magic : He knows everything aboutsciences and poetry. One of the 72 spirits of Salomon

Source: The Goetia, Lemegeton, Johann Wier’s Pseudomanarchia Daemonum

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Pursan

Aka : Curson, Purson
Shape : a man with a lion head, riding on a bear and holding a viper in his hand.usually preceded with an host of musicians

Rank : King of Hell, a fallen angel who belonged to the Order of Vertues, and of the Order of Thrones. He has the control of 22 legions.

Magic : he can tell all things present, past, and to come and knows the secrets of Creation. He helps discover treasures and bring forth the best familiars.

Source: Lemegeton,

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Ronwe

Aka : Ronove
Element/sin : the demon of knowledge
Shape : a monster with a staff in his hand
Rank : A Marquee and a Earle, orders 19 legions

Magic : provides knowledge in foreign (and ancient) languages, can give instant knowledge of anything

Source: Goetia, Lemegeton

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Sabnac

Aka : Salmac
Shape : a warrior with the head of a lion, riding a horse
Rank : A Marquee of Hell who rules 40 legions
Magic : he has great powers to build fortifications and castels. Upon request, he can inflict wounds that make foes die in 30 days.

Source: Lemegeton, Johann Wier’s Pseudomanarchia Daemonum

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Sallos

Aka : Saleos
Element/sin : Water
Shape : a handsome soldier with a Duke’s crown, riding on a huge crocodile
Rank : Duke of Hell, rules 30 Legions of Spirits
Magic : expert in the field of love between men and women

Source: Lemegeton, Goetia

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Sammael

Aka : Samaël, Samiel,Satan, Satanael

Element/sin : Angel of Death and venom of God. Sammael plays the role of the accuser, seducer, and destroyer.

Shape : a serpent,a camel possessing hands and feet, a dark angel with a sword. In T.B. Abuda Zarah, Sammael is represented as standing by a dying man with a drawn sword in his hand. The point of the sword has a drop of gall on it. When the dying man sees him, he is startled and opens his mouth. The drop of gall then falls into his mouth and the man dies.

Rank : Prince of demons, before the fall he was the highest throne-angel. According to the T.B. Baba Metzia, the Angel of Death did not fall but remains one of God's angels. He is the executioner of the death sentences ordered by God

Origin : Hebraïc - Samiel or Simoon, was the name of a desert wind.

Myths : Sammael, under the guise of the serpent, tempted Eve in paradise. Sammael is also said to have brought about Moses' death.

Association : Sammael and Lilith have a huge descendance of demons. According to the Kabbala,the dark blemishes on the moon's surface are supposed to be this archdemon's excrement. Sammael is also said to be the father of Cain (with a mortal).

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Satanachia

Shape : He sits inside a crescent moon, his body encased in a husk, another crescent moon behind his head. Other shapes can be a flower or a venenous insect.
Rank : grand General of Hell
Magic : sooth pain and bring release

Source: Red Dragon, Barrett

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Scox

Aka : Shax, Shass or Shaz
Shape : a stork or a pigeon with a hoarse and subtil voice
Rank : Grand Marquee of Hell, rules 30 legions
Magic : Must be summoned within the ritual triangle. Rob anything and bring it to the magician. Tells of things that are hidden and bring good familiars.

Source: Goetia, Lemegeton

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Stolas

Aka : Solas
Element/sin : Air
Shape : a night raven or a owl
Rank : Prince of Hell, rules 26 legions
Magic : Teach astronomy and the vertues of herbes and precious stones

Source: Johann Wier’s Pseudomanarchia Daemonum, Lemegeton

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Sytri

Element/sin : Luxure
Shape : a winged leopard or an angel with the head of a lion. Under his human shape, he is a handsome man.

Rank : Prince of Hell, owns 70 legions
Magic : can seduce or cause mutual attraction to any man and woman. He will bring forth nudes woman to the magician.

Source: Lemegeton, Johann Wier’s Pseudomanarchia Daemonum


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Tephros

Aka : Tuphras, Bultalla, Thallai, Melchal
Element/sin : Air
Origin : Helped build the Salomon’s Temple
Magic : bring darkness and set fire. Can also cure bad fevers.

Source: Testament

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Urobach

Aka : Orobas, Ukobach
Shape : a horse
Rank : Prince of Hell, commands 20 legions
Magic : tells the present, past and future; reconcile friends and foes, gives honors and dignities.

Source: Goetia, Lemegeton

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Uval

Aka : Uvall, Vuall, Vual or Voval.
Shape : a large dromedary or a strong man that speaks egyptian
Rank : Duke of Hell. He controls 37 Legions
Magic : procures love between men and women, tells the things past, present, and to come. Procures friendship between friends and foes

Source: Goetia

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Vepar

Aka : Separ, Zepar
Element/sin : god of war, water
Shape : a siren
Rank : Duke of Hell, commands 30 legions

Magic : raise storms and command the sea. Can also inflict wounds that make the magician’s foes die within 30 days

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Volac

Aka : Volac, Valak, Valu, Ualac, and Valac.
Shape : a child with angels wings, riding on a twoheaded dragon
Rank : President with 30 legions under control

Magic : procures and sedates snakes, helps discover hidden treasures

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Zagan

Aka : Zagam
Element/sin : Demon of forgery
Shape : a winged bull
Rank : King and President of infernal regions

Magic : transmutes liquids, water into wine, wine into blood, …Brings the sense of humor to people who are deprived of it.

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Zepar

Element/sin : god of war
Shape : a mighty warrior
Rank : President with 30 legions under control
Magic : change people shape, seduce women’s heart or make them sterile.

Association : not to be confused with Vepar





Maybe not conclusive....