LUCIFER
Lucifer is a solar angel whose name means "Bringer of Light." Among the angels, he was one of the most beautiful and was called Raphael. He thought that he created himself, not God. Once he saw an empty throne of a God who had gone away somewhere and thought: “Oh, how wonderful my radiance is. If I sat on this throne, I would be as wise as he is. " And amid the discord of angels, some of whom flatter him, and some of whom dissuade him from a dubious undertaking, Lucifer takes the throne of God and proclaims: “All the joy of the world rests on me, for the rays of my radiance burn so brightly. I will be like the one who is the highest at the top. Let God come here - I will not leave, but I will remain sitting here in front of him. " And he orders the angels to bow before him, causing a split in their ranks. For this, God overthrew Lucifer and the angels and the Abyss who bowed before him, turning his beauty into disgrace. He's from fieryturned black as coal. He has a thousand hands and each hand has 20 fingers. It has grown a long, thick beak and a thick tail with stings. He is chained to a grate above the infernal flames fanned by lesser demons. Lucifer is the name of the chief Satan or the devil.
BEELZEBUB
A great demon, so high-ranking and powerful that he is often mistaken for the supreme leader of the Infernal powers instead of Satan. In fact, Beelzebub is the second figure in Hell, the closest companion and co-ruler of Satan - Lucifer. Beelzebub (Baal Zebub) was revered by the Philistines and the Canaanites, the most famous oracle of this deity was located in the city of Akkaron (Ekron). The king of Israel, Ahaziah, fell ill, sent ambassadors to ask Baal Zebub, "the deity of Akkaron: will I recover from this disease?" - for this Yahweh condemned him to death.
Translated, his name means "lord of the flies."
According to one popular version, the inhabitants of Canaan, who worshiped Beelzebub as the supreme deity, depicted him in the form of a fly, which was given the attributes of higher power (there are indeed archaeological finds of items in the shape of a fly, apparently dedicated to the corresponding deity).
According to Jean Boden ("On the Demonomania of Witches"), "there was not a single fly in the temple of Beelzebub," which explains his name; in another interpretation, he is a "fly god" who protected people from fly bites (and also the patron saint of medical science). It is also believed that the priests of this deity made their predictions based on observations of the flight of flies. According to another version, Beelzebub got his nickname for the fact that, together with the flies, he sent a plague to Canaan. It may also refer to the fact that the statue of a god, which is bleeding to sacrifice, must have attracted large numbers of flies. Etymology was interpreted as a metaphor expressing the essence of Beelzebub; so in the understanding of Sprenger and Institoris ("Hammer of the Witches"), "Beelzebub" is translated as the husband of flies, flies mean sinful souls who left their true groom - Christ and became "wives" of Beelzebub. YU. Sandulov ("The Devil", 1997) believes that the image of Beelzebub - "the lord of the flies" goes back to the Zoroastrian tradition, where "animals associated with eating carrion, corpses, causing associations with impurity, dirt (including flies), were proclaimed to be to the kingdom of Ahriman. " The demon of death Nasu ("corpse") was presented in the guise of a disgusting cadaveric fly that flies after a person's death to take possession of his soul and desecrate his body. Among the ancient Jews, the fly was also considered an unclean insect and should not have appeared in the temple of Solomon. The Christian tradition has adopted the image of a fly - a carrier of evil, pestilence, sin. La Vei in The Satanic Bible states that the image of Beelzebub comes from the symbolism of the scarab (the sacred beetle of the Egyptians). In the hierarchy of R. Dukant (1963) Beelzebub is the lord of insects.that the image of Beelzebub - "the lord of the flies" goes back to the Zoroastrian tradition, where "animals associated with eating carrion, corpses, causing associations with impurity, dirt (including flies), were proclaimed to belong to the kingdom of Ahriman." The demon of death Nasu ("corpse") was presented in the guise of a disgusting cadaveric fly that flies after a person's death to take possession of his soul and desecrate his body. Among the ancient Jews, the fly was also considered an unclean insect and should not have appeared in the temple of Solomon. The Christian tradition has adopted the image of a fly - a carrier of evil, pestilence, sin. La Vei in The Satanic Bible states that the image of Beelzebub comes from the symbolism of the scarab (the sacred beetle of the Egyptians). In the hierarchy of R. Dukant (1963) Beelzebub is the lord of insects.that the image of Beelzebub - "the lord of the flies" goes back to the Zoroastrian tradition, where "animals associated with eating carrion, corpses, causing associations with impurity, dirt (including flies), were proclaimed to belong to the kingdom of Ahriman." The death demon Nasu ("corpse") was represented in the guise of a disgusting cadaveric fly that flies after a person's death to take possession of his soul and desecrate his body. Among the ancient Jews, the fly was also considered an unclean insect and should not have appeared in the temple of Solomon. The Christian tradition has adopted the image of a fly - a carrier of evil, pestilence, sin. La Vei in The Satanic Bible states that the image of Beelzebub comes from the symbolism of the scarab (the sacred beetle of the Egyptians). In the hierarchy of R. Dukant (1963) Beelzebub is the lord of insects.corpses, causing associations with impurity, dirt (including flies), were proclaimed as belonging to the kingdom of Ahriman. " The demon of death Nasu ("corpse") was presented in the guise of a disgusting cadaveric fly that flies after a person's death to take possession of his soul and desecrate his body. Among the ancient Jews, the fly was also considered an unclean insect and should not have appeared in the temple of Solomon. The Christian tradition has adopted the image of a fly - a carrier of evil, pestilence, sin. La Vei in The Satanic Bible states that the image of Beelzebub comes from the symbolism of the scarab (the sacred beetle of the Egyptians). In the hierarchy of R. Dukant (1963) Beelzebub is the lord of insects.corpses, causing associations with impurity, dirt (including flies), were proclaimed as belonging to the kingdom of Ahriman. " The demon of death Nasu ("corpse") was presented in the guise of a disgusting cadaveric fly that flies after a person's death to take possession of his soul and desecrate his body. Among the ancient Jews, the fly was also considered an unclean insect and should not have appeared in the temple of Solomon. The Christian tradition has adopted the image of a fly - a carrier of evil, pestilence, sin. La Vei in The Satanic Bible states that the image of Beelzebub comes from the symbolism of the scarab (the sacred beetle of the Egyptians). In the hierarchy of R. Dukant (1963) Beelzebub is the lord of insects.arriving after a person's death to take possession of his soul and desecrate his body. Among the ancient Jews, the fly was also considered an unclean insect and should not have appeared in the temple of Solomon. The Christian tradition has adopted the image of a fly - a carrier of evil, pestilence, sin. La Vei in The Satanic Bible states that the image of Beelzebub comes from the symbolism of the scarab (the sacred beetle of the Egyptians). In the hierarchy of R. Dukant (1963) Beelzebub is the lord of insects.arriving after a person's death to take possession of his soul and desecrate his body. Among the ancient Jews, the fly was also considered an unclean insect and should not have appeared in the temple of Solomon. The Christian tradition has adopted the image of a fly - a carrier of evil, pestilence, sin. La Vei in The Satanic Bible states that the image of Beelzebub comes from the symbolism of the scarab (the sacred beetle of the Egyptians). In the hierarchy of R. Dukant (1963) Beelzebub is the lord of insects. Dukanta (1963) Beelzebub - the lord of insects. Dukanta (1963) Beelzebub - the lord of insects.
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Modern science offers several more interpretations of the name of Beelzebub:
1) apparently, in the Jewish environment, the name of Satan "zabulus" that appeared in popular Christian Latin
(distorted Greek "devil"), in which case "Beelzebub" means "Baal-devil"
(i.e. is synonymous with the devil, satan);
2) the Hebrew verb zabal - "to take out impurities" was used in rabbinic literature as a metaphor to denote spiritual "impurity" - apostasy, idolatry, etc., in this case "Beelzebub" means "the lord of filth";
3) "lord of the dwelling" - from the Hebrew zebul - "dwelling" (that is, the home deity, the keeper of the hearth).
The Gospels tell us that the Pharisees and scribes claimed that Jesus Christ "has Beelzebub in Himself"
and "he casts out demons only by the power of Beelzebub, the prince of demons."
In another place Christ says: "A disciple is not higher than a teacher, and a servant is not higher than his master … If the master of the house was called Beelzebub, how much more his household?"
In the "Testament of Solomon" (3rd century), Beelzebub is the prince (exarch) of demons, who is called to him by King Solomon. The demon screams menacingly and spews out tongues of flame, but is forced to obey the magic ring.
He says about himself: “I was the first angel in the first heavens, which were called Beelzeboul. And now I am in control of everyone who is bound in Tartarus. But I also have a child and he lives in the Red Sea. And on any suitable occasion, he comes to me again, obeying me; and shows me what he has done and I support him. " Beelzebub claims to overthrow kings by forging an alliance with foreign tyrants; gives each person his own demon, so that he believes in him and be deceived; he arouses the chosen servants of God, priests and devoted people “to the desires of evil sins, and evil heresies, and lawless deeds” and inclines them to destruction; inspires people to envy and murder, and to wars and sodomy, and other evil things; he is going to destroy the world.”His wiles are opposed by“the holy and precious name of Almighty God,called by the Hebrews a series of numbers, the sum of which is 644, and among the Greeks, it is Emmanuel. " If you conjure him with the name of power Elekt, he immediately disappears.
In the apocryphal Gospel of Nicodemus (VI century), depicting the descent of Jesus into hell, Beelzebub is called the prince of the underworld (his assistant Infernus calls the lord "three-headed Beelzebub"). According to similar texts, Beelzebub was often considered the supreme sovereign of the hellish empire, sometimes equating him with Satan. He is listed in the nomenclature of diabolical names in the "Etymologiae" of Isidore of Seville (7th century). In the figure from the manuscript of the 14th century. (Bodley's library), allegorically depicting human vices and punishment for them, Beelzebub, the "prince of demons", sits at the root of the "tree of death" and rings the bells symbolizing the seven deadly sins. Other writers, however, considered him to be a powerful assistant to Satan. In the "Mystery of the Passion" by A. Greban, Beelzebub is one of Lucifer's assistants. Milton's "Paradise Lost" Beelzebub is "the fallen Cherubim"The second in rank and villainy" after Satan - reveals the features of greatness: "stern facial features / Showed princely wisdom; he / And the fallen one was great. / His shoulders Atlanta the burdens of vast kingdoms / Could have carried. And after the fall, he is determined to continue the struggle with God, despite the inevitability of defeat. According to the hierarchy of R. Burton and, later, F. Barrett, Beelzebub is the prince of the first order of demons, "pseudo-gods" - those "who, having adopted the name of divine majesty, wish to be worshiped as gods, and accept sacrifices and worship." In The Black Raven, attributed to Dr. Faustus, Beelzebub is one of the four governors of the underworld. In the Dutch catalog of 1596, Beelzebub is called "the grand master, sovereign commander and lord of the infernal kingdom." In the distribution of the seven deadly sins of P. Binsfeld, Beelzebub is responsible for gluttony. Interesting,that at the same time the French troubadour Raoul de Goudan in the poem "A Dream of Hell" describes a hellish feast, rolled by King Beelzebub, and Giacomino of Verona depicts Beelzebub as the chef roasting the soul, "like a fat pig", dressing it with a sauce of water, salt, soot, wine, bile, strong usus and a few drops of poison and sends it to the table of the infernal king. In the hierarchy of I. Viera, Beelzebub is the head of the Infernal Empire (standing over Satan and Lucifer), the founder of the Order of the Fly, which includes Moloch, Baal, Adramelech and others. In the late Kabbalah, Beelzebub is the second of the ten archdemons, “the prince of darkness and demons”, the archdevil of the second evil sephirah Ghaigidiel, along with Adam Belial.and Giacomino of Verona depicts how the cook Beelzebub roasts the soul "like a fat pig", dressing it with a sauce of water, salt, soot, wine, bile, strong uscus and a few drops of poison and sends it to the table of the infernal king. In the hierarchy of I. Viera, Beelzebub is the head of the Infernal Empire (standing over Satan and Lucifer), the founder of the Order of the Fly, which includes Moloch, Baal, Adramelech and others. In the late Kabbalah, Beelzebub is the second of the ten archdemons, “the prince of darkness and demons”, the archdevil of the second evil sephirah Ghaigidiel, along with Adam Belial.and Giacomino of Verona depicts how the cook Beelzebub roasts the soul "like a fat pig", dressing it with a sauce of water, salt, soot, wine, bile, strong uscus and a few drops of poison and sends it to the table of the infernal king. In the hierarchy of I. Viera, Beelzebub is the head of the Infernal Empire (standing over Satan and Lucifer), the founder of the Order of the Fly, which includes Moloch, Baal, Adramelech and others. In the late Kabbalah, Beelzebub is the second of the ten archdemons, “the prince of darkness and demons”, the archdevil of the second evil sephirah Ghaigidiel, along with Adam Belial. Adramelech and others. In the late Kabbalah, Beelzebub is the second of the ten archdemons, “the prince of darkness and demons”, the archdevil of the second evil sephirah Ghaigidiel, along with Adam Belial. Adramelech and others. In the late Kabbalah, Beelzebub is the second of the ten archdemons, “the prince of darkness and demons”, the archdevil of the second evil sephirah Ghaigidiel, along with Adam Belial.
In the Acts of the Saints, the prince of demons Beelzebub and his retinue dwell on the island “called Gallinaria” - the demons leave the island “with a howl and noise” when Saint Amator enters there; settled on a roadside rock, they were going to seduce travelers, but in the holy name of Christ drove them out of there.
According to the "True Grimoire", Beelzebub appears in various monstrous forms: an ugly ugly calf (or a huge cow), a disgusting goat with a long tail, a white fly of incredible size or a huge winged creature (a giant, a snake, a woman - according to demonologists, also forms of its manifestation). In a fit of anger, he spews huge streams of water (flame?) And howls like a wolf. He appeared to Faust with hair “of a solid color and a head like that of a bull with two terrible ears, … hairy and shaggy, with two large wings, prickly like a thistle in a field, half white, half green, and tongues of fire burst out from under the wings; his tail is that of a cow”; the spirit Methostofil calls him among the four princes of the cardinal points - he rules in the north. In Marcello Palingenio's poem "The Zodiac of Life" Beelzebub is the monarch of hell:he is incredibly tall, seated on a vast throne; a fiery bandage flaunts on his forehead; the chest is swollen, the face is swollen with an extremely threatening expression; eyebrows are raised, eyes sparkle; he has huge nostrils and two high horns on his head; he is as black as a Moor; behind his shoulders are the broad wings of a bat; the picture is completed by duck legs, a lion's tail and hair to the toes.
The name of Beelzebub has been used by spellcasters since early Christian times - he is invoked as one of the infernal chiefs capable of forcing the smaller demons to appear (“I conjure you, Lucifer, Beelzebub, I conjure you all, in hell, in the air and on earth … introduce me to the demon Aziel ";" O you, the mighty prince Radamant, … I call you in the name of Lucifer, Beelzebub, Satan … "and so on). "True Grimoire" calls him one of the three rulers of evil spirits, along with Lucifer and Astaroth, "The Great Grimoire" specifies that Beelzebub bears the title of Prince. He, like the other two, can be summoned using the symbols given in the grimoires, which must be inscribed with the blood of a summoner or the blood of a sea turtle; if this does not work, you can engrave marks on the emerald or ruby; both grimoires also contain spells,addressed to Beelzebub and his co-rulers. These spirits are very powerful, but you should not quarrel with them, because high-ranking and powerful spirits only serve their confidants and close friends (MacGregor Mathers argues that without proper preparation, “the challenge of such terrible forces as Amaimon, Egin and Beelzebub probably led would be to the instant death of the caster, which would have proceeded with symptoms of epilepsy, apoplexy and suffocation”). The main servants of Beelzebub are Tarchimach and Flevreti, who live in Africa.would lead to the instant death of the caster, which would have proceeded with symptoms of epilepsy, apoplexy and suffocation”). The main servants of Beelzebub are Tarchimach and Flevreti, who live in Africa.would lead to the instant death of the caster, which would have proceeded with symptoms of epilepsy, apoplexy and suffocation”). The main servants of Beelzebub are Tarchimach and Flevreti, who live in Africa.
In 1563-66. Beelzebub, along with other demons, was owned by Nicole Aubrey from Vervain, his exile was fraught with the greatest difficulties; it emerged from the possessed's mouth in the form of a huge ox and disappeared from her eyes in clouds of thick smoke with thunderous blows. At the end of the XVI century. he settled in Martha Brassier in France and prophesied through her mouth. Beelzebub was one of 6666 demons guilty of the obsession of Sister Madeleine Demandole in the monastery of St. Ursula at the beginning of the 17th century. According to another devil - Baalberit, Beelzebub in heaven was the prince of the Seraphim, following after Lucifer (Lucifer, Beelzebub and Leviathan were the first to fall away from the order of the Seraphim). He inclines people to pride. His heavenly adversary is Saint Francis. The text of the agreement of the infernal forces with the Ludun priest Urbain Grandier, signed by Satan, has been preserved,Beelzebub and other demons (later Beelzebub flew in the form of a huge fly to take Grandier's soul to hell). Already at the beginning of the twentieth century, Beelzebub, together with the "nightmare swarm" of demons, owned Anna Ekland and left her after the exorcism in 1928.
Beelzebub was highly revered by witches and sorcerers - in 1595 Jean del Vaux, a monk of Stablo Abbey in the Netherlands, admitted without torture that he had worshiped Beelzebub at the Sabbath. The witches kissed the traces of his feet, and before the feast began, a prayer was said: "In the name of Beelzebub, our Great Lord and Ruler." In the 70s. 16th century in Flanders, a witch named Didyme also volunteered about her visit to the Sabbath, at one of which she saw Beelzebub: usually he is naked, his body is human, very hairy, but instead of legs, duck paws with membranes, a long thick tail with a large brush on at the end, the physiognomy of a human with a large mouth and terrible bulging eyes, thin long horns on the head, like a Hungarian bull, behind the back are the wings of a huge bat; he appeared at the Sabbath in the cloak of a Dominican monk. A baby was sacrificed to him. The name of Beelzebub was called upon at the black masses (for example, the Abbot Gibourg and the Marquis de Montespan at the end of the 17th century). Jidu de Rais, who summoned demons using parts of the dismembered body of the child he killed, were Beelzebub and Belial. According to Dr. Batail Baal-Zebub, devil worshiping sects in India and Singapore are worshiped as a powerful assistant to Lucifer, the commander of the infernal legions; the Chinese sect San Ho Hoi keeps a bunch of hair from the incarnation of Beelzebub, which he handed over to the sectarians as a sign of his favor and patronage; Baal Zebub personally presided over the Supreme Council of the Palladists (Freemasons - demon worshipers) in Charleston, where he is a deputy from Lucifer.who summoned demons using parts of the dismembered body of the child he killed, were Beelzebub and Belial. According to Dr. Batail Baal-Zebub, devil worshiping sects in India and Singapore are worshiped as a powerful assistant to Lucifer, the commander of the infernal legions; the Chinese sect San Ho Hoi keeps a bunch of hair from the incarnation of Beelzebub, which he handed over to the sectarians as a sign of his favor and patronage; Baal Zebub personally presided over the Supreme Council of the Palladists (Freemasons - demon worshipers) in Charleston, where he is a deputy from Lucifer.who summoned demons using parts of the dismembered body of the child he killed, were Beelzebub and Belial. According to Dr. Batail Baal-Zebub, devil worshiping sects in India and Singapore are worshiped as a powerful assistant to Lucifer, the commander of the infernal legions; the Chinese sect San Ho Hoi keeps a bunch of hair from the incarnation of Beelzebub, which he handed over to the sectarians as a sign of his favor and patronage; Baal Zebub personally presided over the Supreme Council of the Palladists (Freemasons - demon worshipers) in Charleston, where he is a deputy from Lucifer.the Chinese sect San Ho Hoi keeps a bunch of hair from the incarnation of Beelzebub, which he handed over to the sectarians as a sign of his favor and patronage; Baal Zebub personally presided over the Supreme Council of the Palladists (Freemasons - demon worshipers) in Charleston, where he is a deputy from Lucifer.the Chinese sect San Ho Hoi keeps a bunch of hair from the incarnation of Beelzebub, which he handed over to the sectarians as a sign of his favor and patronage; Baal Zebub personally presided over the Supreme Council of the Palladists (Freemasons - demon worshipers) in Charleston, where he is a deputy from Lucifer.
The famous occultist Aleister Crowley at the end of the 19th century. summoned Beelzebub and 49 devils under his control, sending them to pursue his rival MacGregor Mathers in Paris.
Beelzebub - this deity in the late Middle Ages was transformed from the god Baal into the devil Beelzebub, depicted in the guise of a demon on spider legs with three heads: human, feline and toad. Among the Slavs, the character is more purely bookish. He sits under the Tree of Death and rings the Bells of the Seven Deadly Sins. Second in rank and villainy.
ADRAMELEKH
Great Chancellor of Hell and Chairman of the Supreme Council of Demons. Responsible for Satan's wardrobe. Great Cross of the Order of the Fly. The eighth of the 10 archdemons in the late Kabbalah. Appears in the guise of a mule, a peacock, or a man with a mule's head and a peacock's tail. In the Old Testament it is mentioned (along with Anamelech) as a Separvaim deity, to whom babies were sacrificed (“The Separvaims burned their sons in the fire to Adramelech and Anamelech, the gods of Separvaim”); it is believed that he served as the personification of the sun, as Anamelech - the moon. His name is probably translated as "glorious king." Comes from the rank of Thrones. La Vei, in The Satanic Bible, mistakenly calls Adramelech the "Sumerian devil."
References in the literature:
* J. Milton “Paradise Lost”: Adramelech is one of the vicious angels participating in the uprising, and is defeated (“On the flanks, Uriel and Raphael, each fighting with his enemy, broke Asmodeus, together with him - Adramelech; these two Thrones are mighty they even rejected the idea of being considered a rank lower than the Divine, but the shells of adamant rocks and the gigantic power to save the madmen from defeat could not … )
* FG Klopstock "Messiada": Adramelech is an angel who fell with Satan, even more vicious and insidious than the one, and regrets that he did not raise the rebellion first ("I will turn your creations into graves; nature, I want look into your bottomless tomb with laughter! Eternal, I will amuse myself with creating new creations on the graves of the worlds in order to destroy them again … ").
* R. Silverberg "Basilius": Adramelech is one of the fallen angels recreated on a computer ("… Adramelech was portrayed either as a lion with a beard and wings, or as a mule covered with feathers, or as a peacock … Adramelech with undisguised pleasure went in memories of the old days, when he was still a deity of the Assyrian pantheon. He loved to talk about his conversations with Beelzebub, who honored him with the honor of becoming a Knight of the Order of the Lord of the Flies … ").
ASMODEUS
One of the most powerful and noble demons. The devil of lust, fornication, jealousy and at the same time revenge, hatred and destruction. Prince of incubat and succubus. Prince of the fourth rank of demons: "punishers of atrocities", "evil, vengeful devils." Chief of all gambling houses in Hell. The fifth of ten archdemons in the Kabbalah. Occultists attribute him to the demons of the moon. He was known to the Persians at least three thousand years ago as Aishma-dev, one of the spirits that make up the supreme triad of Evil. It is also possible that his name comes from the Hebrew word shamad - to destroy.
The Jewish Book of Tobit tells the story of the persecution of a Jewish girl Sarah by the evil spirit Asmodeus, who successively killed seven of her suitors on their wedding night. According to the source, Asmodeus can be driven out by making smoking from a fish heart and liver, while the incense burner should be from a tamarisk tree. This is exactly what the pious Tobias did on the advice of the archangel Raphael.
"The demon, sensing this smell, fled to the upper countries of Egypt, and an Angel tied him."
The stay of this demon in Egypt left a mark in the cult of the serpent Asmodeus, who was worshiped in some parts of Egypt, and in whose honor a temple was even built. There was a belief that the serpent Asmodeus and the serpent that seduced Eve are one and the same creature.
Bound, but not subdued, Asmodeus was able to subdue King Solomon, the first demon lord in history. Despite the demon's pride and ferocity, the king forced him to help in the construction of the Jerusalem temple and found out from him the secret of the shamur worm, through which you can miraculously cut stones (thereby dispensing with forbidden iron tools). Asmodeus also gave Solomon a magic book called "The Book of Asmodeus" (references to it are found in the Kabbalistic treatise "Zohar").
Puffed up, Solomon invited Asmodeus to show his power and gave him his magic ring; Asmodeus immediately grew into a winged giant of incredible growth, threw Solomon a great distance, he himself took the form of a king and took his place. Solomon had to wander, atoning for his pride, while Asmodeus ruled in Jerusalem ("Gitin", 67-68a). In Muslim legends about the king Sulaiman, the lord of the jinn, the role of Asmodeus is played by Shaitan Sakhr, who took possession of the magic ring and, thanks to this, became king for forty days instead of Sulaiman. In the medieval versions of the legend, Solomon's partner is named Markolf (Morolph, Marolt), in Slavic versions - Kitovras (from the Greek “centaur” - perhaps a hint of the appearance of a cherub - a winged bull with a human face).
A controversial issue is the origin of Asmodeus. According to one version, he was born from an incestuous relationship between Naamah and Tubal-Cain. According to the other, he, along with other demons, is the son of Adam and Lilith (sometimes he is also interpreted as the husband of the latter). In the "Testament of Solomon" Asmodeus is a descendant of the bond between a sert woman and an angel. Apparently, a later version considers Asmodeus as one of the fallen Seraphim.
In "Lemegeton" Asmodeus is named as the most important of the 72 listed demons, along with Belial, Belet and Gaap.
The following is said about him:
“The great king, strong and powerful, appears with three heads, the first of which is like a Bull, the second is like a Human, the third is like a Ram, [he also appears] with a snake's tail, spewing or belching flames from his mouth, his legs are webbed like those of a Goose, he sits on the Hell Dragon, holding a spear and a flag in his hands, he is the first and foremost of all under the rule of Amaymon …
When the caster wishes to summon him, him, he must not overstep the boundaries, and must stand on his feet
during the whole action, bareheaded, for if he is wearing a hat, Amaymon will deceive him.
But as soon as the caster sees Asmodeus in the aforementioned form, he must call him by his Name, saying:
"You are truly Asmodeus", and he will not deny it.
And he will bow to the ground and give the Ring of Power. He teaches the arts of arithmetic, geometry, astronomy and all other crafts to perfection; he gives complete and true answers to your questions, he makes a person Invisible, indicates the places where the Treasures are hidden and guards them if they are under the rule of the Legion of Amaymon, he commands 72 Legions of Hell spirits, his seal must be made in the form of a metal plate on your Breast. "I. Vier in" Pseudomonarchia daemonum "repeats this description, calling Asmodeus Sidonai. In the" Testament of Solomon "Asmodeus is credited with knowing the future, and he himself declares himself:" My occupation is to plot against newlyweds, so, so that they cannot know one another, and I separate them with many calamities, and spoil the beauty of virgins,and make their hearts alienated … I bring people into a state of madness and lust, so that they, having their own wives, leave them and go day and night to other people's wives, and as a result commit sin and fall”(22-23).
In the Middle Ages, Asmodeus was paid close attention by both magicians and such great demonologists as the authors of the "Hammer of the Witches" Sprenger and Institoris, J. Boden, P. Binsfeld. At the end of the 17th century. Abbot Gibourg, when celebrating the black mass by order of the favorite of Louis XIV, the Marquise de Montespan, sacrificing the baby, called upon the "princes of lust" Astaroth and Asmodeus.
Asmodeus is one of the main culprits of the epidemic of the obsession of nuns in France in the 17th century. At the beginning of the 10s. 17th century he, along with 6665 devils, moved into the nun Madeleine Demandole of Aix-en-Provence. According to Sebastian Michaelis's Admirable History, he seduces people with “pig luxury” and is the prince of libertines; his heavenly counterpart is John the Baptist. In the 1630s. obsession was seized by the monastery in Ludun. According to the confession of the nun Jeanne de Ange, she and other nuns were possessed by two demons - Asmodeus and Zabulon, who were sent to them by the priest Urbain Grandier with a bouquet of roses thrown over the monastery wall (later other demons were added to them). At the behest of the exorcists, Asmodeus even stole a treaty with Grandier from Lucifer's office,signed by the infernal hierarchs and appearing at the trial as evidence, and then handed the judges a new document, signed by him with his own hand and indicating what signs on the body of the possessed would mark the exit from the body of himself and other demons. Finally, in the 40s. In the same century, an epidemic of obsession spread to Louviere, where Asmodeus also owned one of the nuns, his sister Elizabeth.
References in the literature:
* J. Milton "Paradise Lost": Asmodeus - one of the angels fighting on the side of Satan
* I. Goethe "Faust": Asmodeus is an accomplice of the Megera fury, who declares: “I can destroy people in pairs, never touching my victims with a finger. I send the evil spirit Asmodeus to the newlyweds' house at night."
* V. Ya. Zhukovsky "Thunderbolt": Asmodeus is a demon from whom the hero buys a delay in the hellish execution at the cost of the souls of his twelve daughters, a year for each.
* R. Silverberg "Basilius": Asmodeus is one of the angels recreated with the help of a computer ("Then Cunningham created Asmodeus, another fallen angel, who, as you know, is credited with the invention of dance, music, gambling, theatrical performances, French fashions and other liberties. He came out looking like a posh rich Iranian from Beverly Hills ").
ASTAROT
One of the most high-ranking demons, the Grand Duke of Hell, a member of the Infernal Council, Knight of the Order of the Fly. The ancient Semitic peoples worshiped him as the personification of the Sun, the male parallel of Astarte, who is still his wife in Hell. The traditional description of Astaroth is contained in Lemegeton, where it says: “The 29th spirit is called Astaroth, he is a powerful and strong duke. Appears in the form of an ugly angel sitting on a hellish dragon, holding a viper in his right hand … He gives true answers about things concerning the present, past and future, and can reveal all secrets; he willingly tells how the spirits fell [and also about their creation], and if you wish, then the reasons
in his own fall. He can endow people with excellent knowledge of all the liberal sciences.
Rules 40 Legions of Spirits."
According to "Lemegeton" and I. Vier, the caster should not allow Astaroth to approach him, so that he does not harm with his fetid breath.
Only a magic ring protects from the stench emitted by Astaroth, which the magician must hold near his face. His seal must be engraved on a metal plate and worn before the challenge, otherwise Astaroth will not obey.
In the folk book about Doctor Faust, Astaroth is named among the seven main spirits of Hell who visited the famous sorcerer at his request. He “appeared in the form of a dragon and so entered right on the tail. He had no legs, the tail was painted like a lizard, the belly was thick, in front there were two short legs, completely yellow, and the belly was yellow-white, the back was brown like a chestnut, it had sharp needles and bristles in a finger as long as a hedgehog” … Astaroth is one of the four infernal princes of the cardinal points, ruling in the West. In The Black Crow, he is named one of the four Governors of the underworld.
In the hierarchy "De Praestigius Daemonum" I. Viera Astaroth is the Chief Treasurer of Hell. According to Robert Burton's The Anatomy of Melancholy, he is a prince of the eighth order of demons, "accusers and spies", "accusing devils or slanderers" who drive people to despair. In the magic books "Grimorium Verum" and "Grand Grimoire" Astaroth is the Great Duke, along with Lucifer and Beelzebub, who constitutes the supreme triad of evil forces. His area of influence is America. Here are his seal, symbols and spell: “Astaroth, Ador, Cameso, Valuerituf, Mareso, Lodir, Cadomir, Aluiel, Calniso, Tely, Pleorim, Viordy, Cureviorbas, Cameron, Vesturiel, Vulnavii, Benez, Meus Calmiron, Noard, Nisa Chenibranbo, Brazo, Tabrasol, come Astarot! Amen". His main subordinates are Sargatanas and Nebiros. They call for his support when calling a smaller spirit (for example,Lucifuga Rofokal in "Grand Grimoire"). Astaroth appears in human form, dressed in black and white (sometimes also in the form of a donkey). In the "Grimoire of Pope Honorius" Astaroth is the demon of Wednesday, he is summoned in the magic circle with a special spell between 10 and 11 o'clock in the morning in order to gain the favor of the king and other masters ("I conjure you, Astaroth, an evil spirit, with the words and power of God, the all-powerful God, Jesus Christ of Nazareth, Whom all demons obey, Who was conceived by the Virgin Mary; the secret of the Angel Gabriel, I conjure you … Do not neglect my orders, do not refuse to appear … etc ").he is summoned in a magic circle with a special spell between 10 and 11 am in order to gain the favor of the king and other masters (“I conjure you, Astaroth, an evil spirit, with the words and power of God, the almighty God, Jesus Christ of Nazareth, to Whom all demons obey, Who was conceived by the Virgin Mary; the secret of the Angel Gabriel, I conjure you … Do not neglect my orders, do not refuse to appear … etc ").he is summoned in a magic circle with a special spell between 10 and 11 am in order to gain the favor of the king and other masters (“I conjure you, Astaroth, an evil spirit, with the words and power of God, the almighty God, Jesus Christ of Nazareth, to Whom all demons obey, Who was conceived by the Virgin Mary; the secret of the Angel Gabriel, I conjure you … Do not neglect my orders, do not refuse to appear … etc ").
In the late Kabbalah, Astaroth is also the demon of Wednesday and the planet Mercury. Depicted as a donkey-headed man carrying an upside-down book in which the words "Liber Scientia" ("Free Knowledge") are written. He is opposed to the seal of Solomon (hexagram), around which the word "Yahweh" is inscribed, as well as the name of the angel Raphael. Astaroth is the 4th of ten archdemons (opposed to ten Divine Sephiroth). He delivers the protection of the strong.
Astaroth is a demon that often participates in epidemics of possession. In 1563-66. he and other demons possessed Nicole Aubrey of Vervain and, after exorcism, emerged from the possessed woman's mouth in the form of a pig. In 1611 Astaroth, together with 6665 other demons, owned the nun of the Ursuline monastery in Aix-en-Provence, Madeleine Demandole. According to the "Admirable History" of the exorcist S. Michaelis, Astaroth is a prince of the rank of Thrones, loves empty pastime and idleness. He inclines people to idleness and laziness, and also inflates their vanity. His heavenly adversary is St. Betholomew. A little later, Astaroth was one of the demons who possessed the Ludun nuns (owned by his sister Elizabeth Blanchard with 5 other demons). A treaty (written in Latin from right to left in inverted words) between the hellish forces and the sorcerer priest Urbain Grandier has survived,signed by Astaroth and other demons. Astaroth and Asmodeus (as traditional devils of lust) were called in the ritual of the black mass by the mistress of Louis XIV, Madame de Montespan and the sinister abbot Giburg, sacrificing a child to the demons: “Astaroth, Asmodeus, friendly princes, I urge you to accept this child, whom I I present to you with a request that the king and the Dauphin maintain their favor with me, that the princes and princesses of the court honor me and that the king does not refuse any of my requests, both for the benefit of my relatives and vassals. "which I offer you with a request that the king and the Dauphin maintain their favor with me, that the princes and princesses of the court honor me, and that the king does not refuse any of my requests, both for the good of my relatives and vassals. "which I offer you with a request that the king and the dauphin maintain their favor with me, that the princes and princesses of the court honor me, and that the king does not refuse any of my requests, both for the benefit of my relatives and vassals."
References in the literature:
* A. Greban "The Mystery of Passion": Astaroth is one of the demons subordinate to Lucifer. He seduces Eve in the form of the Serpent ("Praise me, Lucifer, for I have just caused the greatest of catastrophes").
* L. Pulci "Big Morgante": Astaroth is an amiable and educated demon who is summoned by the magician Malagiji to help the knight Roland. Astaroth gladly indulges in theological reasoning, recognizing the goodness and justice of God.
* R. Sheckley "Battle" Astaroth - one of the demons participating in the last eschatological battle ("Astaroth shouted an order, and the Behemoth heavily moved to attack. Belial, at the head of the wedge of devils, fell on the vacillating left flank of General Vetterer …").
ABBADON
Angel of the Abyss, a powerful demon of death and destruction, war advisor to Hell. His name comes from Heb. "Doom". It is repeatedly mentioned in the Bible along with hell and death. In the Revelation of John, Abaddon (Greek Apollyon - "destroyer") leads against humanity at the end of time a punishing host of monstrous locusts, by which later commentators understood a special kind of demons: “In appearance, the locust was like horses prepared for war; and on her heads, as it were, crowns, like those of gold, her faces like human faces; and her hair was like the hair of a woman, and her teeth were like that of lions; she was wearing iron armor, and the noise from her wings was like the sound of chariots when many horses are running to war; she had tails like scorpions, and her tails had stings; her power was to harm people for five months. She had the angel of the abyss as king over her; his name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek Apollyon. " Abbadon - ruler of the 6th section of the underworld, bearing the same name, and the prince of the 7th rank of demons - "furies, sowers of troubles, strife, wars and devastation." He belongs to the order of the Seraphim.
The name "Abbadon" was repeatedly used in the Middle Ages as one of the designations for Satan, although some sources
still refer to him as a holy angels, obedient to God's will.
It is rarely mentioned in magic practice.
References in the literature:
* FG Klopstock "Messiada": Abbadona is a fallen angel who finds salvation by repenting his fall and recognizing Christ as the Messiah.
* V. Ya. Zhukovsky "Abbadona": a free translation of the epilogue of "Messiada" by Klopstock.
* MA Bulgakov "The Master and Margarita": Abadonna is a demon of war and death from Woland's retinue ("Abadonna," Woland called softly, and then a figure of some thin man in dark glasses appeared from the wall ").
* R. Hainlein "Magic Incorporated": Abaddon is one of the princes of the Dark World, close to Satan.
* R. Silverberg "Basilius": Apollyon is one of the angels recreated with the help of a computer ("… Apollyon, belching fire, covered with fish scales. Behind him has dragon wings, in bear's paws the key to the underworld is clamped").
BELFEGOR
A powerful demon. In the Old Testament, Baal-Fegor is the name of the deity whom the Moabites (and the wicked Israelites after them) worshiped on Mount Fegor, in the city of Sittim. The idea of the indecency of the rituals associated with this idol probably goes back to the Book of the Prophet Hosea: "… I saw your fathers, - but they went to Baalfegor and indulged in shame, and they themselves became vile, like those whom they loved." According to Blessed Jerome, "Welphegor, whom we can call Priapus, is highly revered by women because of the large size of his penis."
Apparently, the center of all the ceremonies of the cult of Baal-Fegor was nudity; the Moabites gave themselves up to this idol before having sexual intercourse with any Israelite. The etymology of the name Belphegor, popular among demonologists, is “crack”, “cleft”; according to one version, he was worshiped in caves, throwing sacrifices (including human ones) through an outlet. The rabbis, however, claimed that prayers were offered to him, sitting on a toilet seat, and that excrement was used as a sacrifice.
In the hierarchy of I. Viera ("De Praestigius Daemonum" 1563) Belphegor is the ambassador of Hell to France. He sows strife among people, tempting them with treasures and wealth. In occultism, Belphegor is the sixth of the ten archdemons (evil elementals), "the genius of discovery and invention", he is knowledgeable about technological issues and the technological progress he supports. In the hierarchy of R. Dukant, the founder of modern demonolatry, Belphegor is a master of armor and weapons. In the distribution of the seven deadly sins among the demons, Belphegor gets laziness. This demon was often featured in the medieval mysteries. It is believed that he comes from the order of the Principles.
Belphegor was portrayed as a monstrous bearded demon with a hammer in his hands, with a protruding tongue and a huge trunk, symbolizing his priapic phallus. However, Belphegor can often take the form of a young attractive nude woman, so he is sometimes considered a female demoness. Modern sorcerers claim that today he appears like an ancient old man in a wheelchair. It is preferable to call it from a mountain or top of a hill. Difficulty of the call + 4.
References in the literature:
* N. Machiavelli "The devil who got married": Belfagor is the archdevil, sent by Pluto to earth to figure out why sinners attribute all their sins to women: … ". The demon marries a beautiful noblewoman who harasses and completely ruins him, so that in the end he prefers to return to hell than to reunite with her.
* J. Wilson "Belfagor, The Marriage of the Devil": a play based on the novel by Machiavelli.
* G. Marinin "Possessed by Evil": "Above the doors, in a deep niche, illuminated by the rays of the sun that appeared after the rain, there was a marble group, which with terrible vividness reproduced the struggle between man and the devil. The artist presented the demon in the form of that terrible disgusting creature, one of the host, created by the sick imagination of medieval demonomaniacs, which in the ancient chronicles and judicial acts of the Inquisition bore the name of Belphegor. Warty frog legs, saggy belly and boar's head with strong conical tusks. The human wrestler was thin, emaciated by scourging, fasting and prayer. He fell to one knee and with the last terrible effort pushes the soft huge body of the devil with his head and hands. In the corner, near the column, there was an angel, barely outlined with a chisel, who had not yet separated from the stone with a balance in his right hand, and was waiting for the outcome of the struggle.
And finally, a little about the lower demons. Reading the stories on this site, I noticed that a lot of females write in their stories about an entity that comes to them and begins to strangle or perform other violent effects. It also happens in dreams. Many blame the brownie for this, but read about this rapist demon, maybe he will shed light on your stories.
Incubus
Incubus - according to Paracelsus, male unclean spirits. They rape women while they sleep. (According to Kabbalah - Ruhim). In the terminology of the Middle Incubus Ages, incubi and succubi, demons of drunkenness, gluttony, voluptuousness and greed, are very cunning, ferocious and insidious, inciting their victim to commit terrible atrocities and rejoicing at their execution.
The word incubus comes from the Latin "incuba-re", which means "recline". According to old books, incubus are fallen angels, demons, carried away by sleeping women. The subject of heated theological controversy of the Middle Ages, which is eloquently evidenced by the fact that Pope Innocent VIII in 1484 issued a special bull (decree, decree) dedicated to the burning topic of incubuses. And how could she not be vital! After all, these creatures cursed by God strove, having seized a convenient moment, to settle down with innocent, respectable women, showing special insolence when treating nuns. Those I will simply save from the unclean. The poor women had to constantly stand guard over their integrity, driving away uninvited visions with prayer and the sign of the cross. There were, of course, people like the nun Clara, who, even during an illness,in a lonely cell was seen not something obscene, but divine service in the church. According to legend, this happened on Christmas night in 1253. And Clara was rewarded according to her merits. Now she is proclaimed the patroness of television. For the vision of worship in a cell, if desired, may well be considered a type of millions of blue screens. But not all nuns possessed Clara's holiness!
It happened that the "brides of Christ" dreamed of something completely different. And then the irreparable happened. As with that nun who, unable to resist the temptation, conceived from the incubus a child who grew up into the sorcerer Merlin. Incubuses displayed such an enviable energy in intimate affairs that whole nations were born. For example, the Huns, who, according to medieval beliefs, were descendants of "outcast women" of the Goths and evil spirits. The birth of children with physical disabilities or simply unusual, for example, twins, was also attributed to the tricks of the incubus. In one of the stories, about which - albeit with a fair amount of skepticism - says Reiginald Scott, author of the book "The Discovery of Witchcraft" published in 1584, evidence is given of the truly diabolical resourcefulness of incubus, capable of discrediting the most highly esteemed persons. A certain incubus decisively attacked the lady, who was basking in her bed. The onslaught was so decisive that the lady, being decent and, therefore, experiencing only disgust from satanic caresses, screamed loudly. A group of brave men rushed to the rescue. And what did they find? From under the lady's bed, an authentic incubus was removed, which took the form of Bishop Salvanius to divert the eyes.
The author of "The Discovery of Witchcraft" sees in this episode only "an excellent example of witchcraft or fraud of the poor bishop." But you and I have been wise with the experience of centuries and we understand that discrediting high clergy is not a joke and requires the most urgent measures, not limited to bulls.
Bulla, of course, is a necessary thing. But on the incubus. for some reason they acted weakly. Therefore, I had to rely more on the means at hand and my own ingenuity, fused with deep knowledge in the field of using secret weapons against the fiends of hell. And knowledge is a power that can compete with the impure itself. In any case, experts in Anglo-Saxon medicine have recommended to all respectable matrons a fairly reliable remedy for incubus. According to advertisements from those times, it was a balm that should be used when visiting the "night brownie".
The recipe for this balm is not too tricky.
Take wormwood, lupine, henbane, garlic, wild cherry, fennel, or sweet garlic. Don't forget sheep hops and viper tongue. Add the "hare" and "episcopal" potions. Place it all in a vessel. Place the vessel under the altar and celebrate nine masses over it. Boil the contents of the jar in oil and lamb's fat. Add blessed salt. Strain it all. And by placing the balm on the dressing table, you can sleep well. If any incubus dares to cross the threshold of your bedroom, then you will meet the enemy fully armed. Dip your fingers into the balm and smear, smear them on the forehead, the tempter's eyes, and, of course, the most sensitive parts of his body. After all this, all that remains is to fumigate the incubus with incense and cross it many times.
Succubus
Perfume women, seducing men and embarrassing their sleep. In the terminology of the Middle Ages, incubi and succubi, demons of drunkenness, gluttony, voluptuousness and greed, very cunning, ferocious and insidious, inciting their victim to commit acts
terrible atrocities and rejoicing at their execution. Together with the incubi, they represent the tempters, demons mentioned in the Holy Scriptures, but they completely succumb to an honest and righteous spirit and cannot do anything to a person if he has not indulged in vices.
Succubus or succubus, from the Latin "succu6are" - "to lie under something."
The succubus, who annoyed the saints and hermits, but most of all the young monks, whose painful plethora is expressively narrated by the "Letters of the dark people", were essentially sirens, naiads, persh, and even pagan goddesses demoted to the rank of demons.
Of course, today we can assume that contempt for the flesh, the condemnation of the earthly were not the brainchild of a handful of fanatics who imposed their will on a huge part of humanity. This contempt for the flesh and carnal pleasures was born not by fanaticism, but by deprivation, which became the norm for thousands and thousands of disadvantaged people, and by rejection, rejection of the world of the most sophisticated pleasures and fun and "monstrous sensuality", where the Succubus is Hood. B. Valeggio unbridled debauchery went hand in hand with arbitrariness and complete disregard for the human dignity of the World, whose fragile foundations were based on blood and suffering. The juicy sketches of the mores of the times of Tiberius, Caligula, Nero, left to us by the ancient Roman writer Suetonius, eloquently tell about what kind of "fleshness, what earthly life" the early Christians rejected. Suetonius showed us Rome,which could not help but disgust them.
A similar fate has not passed, and the medieval Christian condemnation of the flesh. Preachers from pulpits branded fleshly passions, fell upon dances that averted God and inflamed feelings far from meekness and humility: “The many-sided dancing separates a person from God and attracts into the bottom of hell … not only will the dancer herself be brought to the bottom of hell, but also (those), who are like to welcome (they look) and in sweets they spread themselves out to nude with lust … A wife who dances with many husbands is a wife, the devil will deceive him in a dream and in reality …"
And he deceived! The more persistently the holy fathers tried not to think about what they were not supposed to think about, the more persistent were the visions of seductive female legs and other delights. Only the wiles of the devil can explain the fact that it happened that the disobedient flesh conquered the most desperate resistance. Only by the fact that the flesh was in the tenacious hands of Satan and the host of his agile helpers and assistants. author of the encyclopedia Alexandrova Anastasia
Thus, a peculiar attitude to carnal love was consolidated, the essence of which was sarcastically and succinctly expressed by F. Nietzsche: "Christianity poisoned Eros: he, it is true, did not die, but turned into a vice." Vice is the more seductive, the more scolded and shrouded in mystery. Well, the forbidden fruit is sweet, but the hidden seduces much more than the obvious. V. Klyuchevsky cites a witty legend about a God-fearing tsar who, from childhood, inspired his son that "devils are girls." The son, seeing the girls, "told the overly cautious daddy bluntly that he liked the devils more than devils." author of the encyclopedia Alexandrova Anastasia
Even the representatives of the highest echelons of church authority had to yield to the calls of the flesh and. in modern language, to share in everyday life a completely different system of values than the one that was sung from the pulpits. Perhaps that is why, among the Catholic clergy, there were quite free conversations about male power, which was understood very unequivocally.
And yet all these "values" were located on the other side of official morality. That is why the intrigues of the indefatigable Satan and his henchmen, the witches, were so zealously attacked.
The atrocities of Satan and charming witches, who crushed the most inaccessible men's hearts, strengthened the representatives of the stronger sex in the idea that attraction to a woman was the work of an unclean person. And the most seductive and most desirable creatures of the opposite sex are, undoubtedly, enchanting witches. The strength of the male sex is in the ability to resist the insidiousness of their spell. Power, the mere thought of which pleasantly flatters the pride. After all, whatever you say, the devil, or the fallen angel, became such, as the theologian Irenaeus believed, because of pride and a lustful pursuit, not only of witches, but of simple human daughters. Isn't your vanity flattered by the thought that you are at least in some way higher than an angel, even a fallen one?
