Raum is the fortieth spirit in the Ars Goetia, an earl with thirty legions. He first appears as a crow and then takes human shape. The entry assigns him the theft of treasure from kings' houses and the transport of that treasure to the place requested by the operator.[1][2]
Treasure and destroyed dignity#
Raum's offices extend to destroying cities and human dignities. They are markedly hostile to established power. His knowledge of past, present, and future events and his capacity to create affection between friends and enemies add other kinds of intervention to the same portrait.[2]
These are claims represented by the historical catalogue, whose aims include material advantage and the undoing of rivals. They do not describe a civil ethic shared by modern religious communities using Goetic names.
A crow from the Thrones#
The entry recalls Raum as belonging to the angelic order of Thrones. The crow and later human form give the spirit a visible progression, while the former order places him within the text's account of fallen heavenly beings.[1]
Raum can be compared with Shax, another bird-like spirit credited with taking money from royal houses. Their conditions and other offices differ. Purson, by contrast, discovers hidden treasure rather than receiving precisely the same description of taking it from a king. The individual wording matters when a summary groups all three as wealth spirits.
See also#
References
- Lemegeton, Goetia: Raum, Sloane 3825 transcription · Joseph H. Peterson edition of the historical grimoire, with manuscript readings. (accessed 2026-10-01) ↩
- S. L. MacGregor Mathers and Aleister Crowley, The Goetia (1904), spirit 40 · Public-domain edition. Offices and appearances are statements in this catalogue. (accessed 2026-10-01) ↩