Pseudomonarchia Daemonum: The False Monarchy of Demons

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As the 62nd spirit in a 72-demon roster, Valak is no delinquent, although he’s been blamed for the two 1212 Children’s Crusades to the Holy Land, which resulted in thousands of teenagers from Germany and France being sold into slavery. Valak also retroactively gets the rap for the 1284 Pied Piper missing children incident in the German village of Hamelin. Valefar (or Malaphar, Malephar, Valafar, Valefor) is a Duke of Hell. [10] He tempts people to steal and is in charge of a good relationship among thieves. Valefar is considered a good familiar by his associates "till they are caught in the trap." [11] He commands ten legions of demons. [6] He is represented as a lion with the head of a man, or as a lion with the head of a donkey. [6] H. C. Erik Midelfort, A History of Madness in Sixteenth-Century Germany. Stanford University Press, 1998. The book was first published in 1818 and then divided into two volumes, with six reprints and many changes between 1818 and 1863. This book attempts to provide an account of all the knowledge concerning superstitions and demonology.

Peter J. Swales, "A Fascination with Witches: Medieval tales of torture altered the course of psychoanalysis," The Sciences, vol. 22, no. 8 (November 1982), pp.21–25.Have a Gay Old Time: To modern eyes, it can look rather strange that the conjuror is typically referred to as an "exorcist"—a term usually associated with banishing demons. This works because "exorcise" is derived from the Latin for "compel to adhere to an oath"; "conjure" comes from a similar term. That's how exorcising fiends out of someone was supposed to work—force the possessors to adhere to God's laws (like the one forbidding torment of humans) for once, Or Else. No real difference in mechanism when you were instead adjuring/conjuring/exorcising them to be your day laborer. Belial (also Belhor, Baalial, Beliar, Beliall, Beliel) is listed as the sixty-eighth spirit of The Lesser Key of Solomon. He is a King of Hell with 80 legions of demons and 50 legions of spirits under his command. He was created as the first, after Lucifer. [6] He has the power to distribute senatorships and gives excellent familiars. He must be presented with offerings, sacrifices, and gifts, or else he will not give true answers to demands. [6] As part of his 1589 Treatise on Confessions by Evildoers and Witches, German theologian Peter Binsfeld prepared a classification of demons known as the Princes of Hell. Like the Lanterne of Light, Binsfeld used the seven deadly sins as a basis, though the two schemes differ in various ways. [9] [10] [19] :127 A Form You Are Comfortable With: A lot of the stranger-looking Goetics will eventually adopt human shape. Evil Counterpart: Some occult traditions consider the Goetic demons, at least when there are 72 and not 69, to be this to the angels who bear the Shem ha-Mephorasch (the hidden name of God). There's even the claim that the Goetics' seals are actually some sort of reverse spelling of each associated angel's name.

Peter J. Swales, "Freud, Johann Weier, and the Status of Seduction: The Role of the Witch in the Conception of Fantasy," Sigmund Freud: Critical Assessments, London and New York: Routledge, Laurence Spurling, ed., vol. 1 (1989), pp.331–358. In the study of demonology, many spirits are classified by office, rank, or titles which theologians believe were once held in heaven before the fall, or which they currently hold in their infernal dwelling. These offices are usually elaborated in several grimoires which determines their authority in hell or abilities. Demons categorized by office are often depicted in a militant hierarchy, in which a general may hold command over some designated legion for a specialized function which they may trouble men. Other theologians have determined the classification of a spirit's office depending on the times or locations which they roam the Earth. These spells are interrupted by a short treatise on the role of angels, demons, and magic in theodicy, before continuing with more spells to see spirits, [20] a collection of talismans, [21] and a selection of names of God, planetary seals and spirits, geomantic figures, fumigations, and notes on the Lunar mansions openly taken from Agrippa. [22] Following this are more instructions on ritual magic, and more spells to acquire unspecified desired items, and identify thieves. The additional spirits in this section include: Bilgal, Annabath, Ascariell, Satan, Baron, Romulon, Mosacus, and Orobas. [23] The instructions on summoning spirits continue with Oberyon and his followers: Storax, Carmelyon, Severion, Caberyon, Aozol, Restun, Ramalath, Zaseres, Castriel, Saziel, and Ydial. [24] The manuscript in the Folger Shakespeare library is preceded by sundry materials lifted from Arbatel de magia veterum (amazingly only two years after its publication), the Enchiridion of Pope Leo III, and Sefer Raziel HaMalakh, and followed with a version of the Key of Solomon. [4] The section Officium de spirittibus[ sic] begins describing "the three devils" ( Lucifer, Ba'el, and Satan), and the four kings of the air ( Leraje over the east, Paymon the west, Aim the north, and Bune the south), and the means of calling them. It then lists an additional seventy-five demons, for a total of eighty-two. Many of the demons are comparable to those in the Lesser Key of Solomon. The classical iconography of Valak is based on the ancient Greek deity Hermes, whose counterpart in the Roman Mythology was Mercury. Hermes is often depicted as wielding a staff called the caduceus, which is made up of two entwined serpents. The grimoires repurpose that into the two-headed dragon. The two-headed Dragon also has Hindu connotations because it symbolically refers to the arousal of Kundalini, represented by the fire snake. This is believed to be the origin of Valak’s association with snakes.Gressil was the third prince of Thrones, who tempts men with impurity and is opposed by St. Bernard. Histoire Disputes et Discours des Illusions et Diables, des Magiciens Infame, Sorcieres et Empoisonneurs: des Ensorcelez et Demoniaques et de la Guerison D'Iceux: Item de la Punition que Meritent les Magiciens les Empoisonneurs et les Sorcieres, 1579. 1885 translation printed aux Bureaux du Progres Medical, Paris France. Two volume set.

Stuart Clark. Thinking with Demons: the Idea of Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999. Evil Is Not a Toy: While no demon at all should be taken lightly, Phenex, Malphas and Andras are especially nasty to would-be conjurors who screw up trying to bind them — and in the case of Andras, fatal. Valefor, meanwhile, is troublesome post-binding (see Treacherous Advisor). Anonymous, The Lanterne of Liȝt, Humphrey Milford ed., (1917). Oxford University Press, p. 60; quote: "Þe firste is Lucifer/ þat regneþ in his malice.̉ ouer þe children of pride/ Þe secounde is clepid Belzebub.̉ þat lordiþ ouer envious/ Þe þridde deuel is Sathanas.̉ & wraþþe is his lordschip/ Þe fourþe is clepid Abadon.̉ þe slowȝ ben hise retenwe/ Þe fifþe deuel is Mammon.̉ & haþ wiþ him þe auarouse/ and also oone þat is his feere.̉ a foule synne couetise/ Þe sixte is clepid Belphegor.̉ þat is þe god of glotouns ‖ Þe seuenþ deuel is Asmodeus.̉ þat leediþ wiþ him þe leccherouse ‖" The Smurfette Principle: Marchosias (a she-wolf, at least according to the Pseudomonarchia Daemonum and Dictionnaire Infernal), Vepar (a mermaid) and Gremory (a woman riding a camel) are the only female demons. Though given that they are fallen angels and a good chunk are shapeshifters, male/female may be a formality rather than an indication of (normally) possessing any genitalia. It doesn't help that, even with Gremory, the most obviously female of the lot, the texts always use male pronouns. The name Pseudomonarchia Daemonum means “False Monarchy of Demons” in Latin, and it reflects the author’s intention to expose the fallacy of the belief in demons and their hierarchy. The book is similar to Ars Goetia, the first book of The Lesser Key of Solomon, a famous grimoire that contains 72 demons and their seals. However, Pseudomonarchia Daemonum predates Ars Goetia and it lists only 69 demons, some of whom have different names, ranks, or characteristics. ( See comparison.) Moreover, Pseudomonarchia Daemonum does not provide any sigils or symbols for the demons, unlike Ars Goetia. Both books are based on older sources, such as the Liber officiorum spirituum (Book of the Offices of Spirits), a manuscript attributed to King Solomon. Reginald Scot and His Translation of Pseudomonarchia DaemonumLaVey, Anton Szandor (2005) [1969]. The Satanic Bible. New York: Avon Books. pp.121–140. ISBN 978-0-380-01539-9. Decarabia can control birds, and get them to behave around the conjuror as they normally would (i.e. if neither conjuror nor demon were actually present). In De occulta philosophia (1509-1510), Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa proposed several classifications for demons, based on numeric scales, like his whole Cosmology. [11] Francis Barrett, in his book The Magus (1801), adopted this classification of demons. [12] [13].