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The Lesser Key of Solomon, also known by its Latin title Lemegeton Clavicula Salomonis[1]or simply the Lemegeton, is an anonymously authored grimoireon sorcery, mysticismand magic. It was compiled in the mid-17th century, mostly from materials several centuries older.
Asmodeus as depicted in Collin de Plancy's Dictionnaire Infernal.. Asmodeus (/ ˌ æ z m ə ˈ d iː ə s /; Ancient Greek: Ἀσμοδαῖος, Asmodaios) or Ashmedai (/ ˈ æ ʃ m ɪ ˌ d aɪ /; Hebrew: אַשְמְדּאָי, romanized: ʾAšmədāy; Arabic: آشماداي; see below for other variations) is a king of demons in the legends of Solomon and the constructing of Solomon's Temple.
In theological sources, predominantly Christian, Beelzebub is another name for Satan. He is known in demonology as one of the seven deadly demons or seven princes of Hell, Beelzebub representing gluttony and envy. The Dictionnaire Infernal describes Beelzebub as a being capable of flying, known as the "Lord of the Flyers", or the "Lord of the ...
The Testament of Solomon is a pseudepigraphical work, purportedly written by King Solomon, in which the author mostly describes particular demons who he enslaved to help build the temple, the questions he put to them about their deeds and how they could be thwarted, and their answers, which provide a kind of self-help manual against demonic activity.
Zagan is depicted as a griffin -winged bull that turns into a man after a while. 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.
Valak as depicted in the Dictionnaire Infernal. Valac is a demon described in the goetic grimoires The Lesser Key of Solomon (in some versions as Ualac or Valak [1] and in Thomas Rudd's variant as Valu), [2] Johann Weyer's Pseudomonarchia Daemonum (as Volac), [3] the Liber Officiorum Spirituum (as Coolor or Doolas), [4] [5] and in the Munich Manual of Demonic Magic (as Volach) [6] [7] [8] as ...
The sigil of Barbatos. Barbatos is the 8th spirit named among the list of 72 demons in The Lesser Key of Solomon. According to grimoire tradition, he holds the rank of Duke, and (like the demon Buer) may appear when the sun is in the sign of Sagittarius. When summoned, he appears "with four noble kings and their companions in great troops".
He is the third demon in the Lesser Key (including Thomas Rudd 's variant) and is referred to as a prince "of a good nature" and of the "same nature as Agares ". [ 1 ] He rules twenty-six legions of spirits, and is summoned to tell magicians of past and future events, and locate lost objects. He is one of the few spirits found in the Lesser Key ...