Demonology & Spirits
Belial
Belial appears in biblical religious language and later spirit catalogues. These uses should be distinguished rather than treated as one unchanged biography.
Results for “folk magic”
History
Alchemy
Alchemy concerns historical approaches to material transformation and the interpretation of nature. Spiritual readings form part of its reception but should not replace the material history.
Theistic Satanism
Demonolatry
Demonolatry refers to devotion to demons or daemonic beings. Modern accounts vary in theology, authority, and their relationship with historical grimoires.
Theology & Cosmology
Polytheism
Polytheism involves belief in multiple deities. The existence of several gods does not by itself settle their relationships, moral authority, or the forms of devotion directed toward them.
Demonology & Spirits
Marbas
A Goetic president depicted as a lion, associated with hidden knowledge, mechanical arts, and transformation.
Demonology & Spirits
Valefor
A Goetic duke whose description combines a lion-like form with a warning about theft and familiar spirits.
Demonology & Spirits
Sitri
A Goetic prince portrayed with a leopard head and griffin wings, whose stated office concerns desire.
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Bathin
A Goetic duke associated with herbs, precious stones, and sudden travel between countries.
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Purson
A Goetic king riding a bear, with offices concerning hidden knowledge, treasure, and cosmology.
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Morax
A Goetic spirit called Morax or Marax, associated with astronomy and the properties of plants and stones.
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Foras
A Goetic president associated with logic, ethics, plants, stones, longevity, and lost things.
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Phenex
A Goetic marquis in phoenix form, associated with poetry, learning, and a hope of heavenly restoration.
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Vepar
A Goetic duke portrayed as a mermaid, associated with ships, storms, and afflicted wounds.
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Vine
A Goetic spirit with royal and comital rank, associated with hidden things, walls, and stormy waters.
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Haagenti
A Goetic president with a winged bull form, associated with wisdom and the transformation of substances.
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Ose
A Goetic president associated with learned subjects and transformations that alter a person's understanding of identity.
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Orias
A mounted Goetic marquis whose office includes the stars, planetary mansions, and social dignities.
Demonology & Spirits
Vapula
A winged lion-shaped Goetic duke associated with crafts, philosophy, and learned subjects.
Organizations & Traditions
Ordo Templi Orientis
An initiatory organization associated with Thelema and the public celebration of the Gnostic Mass.
History
Gnosticism
A modern umbrella term for several ancient religious movements and texts concerned with saving knowledge and divine origins.