The Encyclopedia Of Demons And Demonology

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• Strife, who provides weapons for fighting and warfare.
He is thwarted by the angel Baruchiel.
• Fate, who causes men to fight instead of make peace
with those who are winning. He is thwarted by the
angel Marmaroth.
• Distress, who divides and separates men into
opposing factions and creates jealousy, and who is
followed by Strife. He is thwarted by the angel Balthioul.
• Error, who leads men astray by causing them to
kill each other, dig up graves, and do other wicked
things. He is thwarted by the archangel Uriel.
• Power, who feeds the greed for power, establishes
tyrants, and deposes kings. He is thwarted by the
angel Asteraoth.
• The Worst, who tells Solomon he will harm the king
by causing him to be bound with the bonds of Artemis.
The Worst does not name a THWARTING ANGEL.
Solomon sentences the seven demons to dig the foundation
of the Temple of Jerusalem, which is 250 cubits in
length.
Tsol 18 describes the second group of 36 heavenly
bodies, demons who correspond to the decans (10-degree
segments) of the zodiac. When summoned by Solomon,
they appear with their heads “like formless dogs.” Some
have the forms of humans, bulls, or dragons, with faces of
birds, beasts, or sphinxes. They call themselves the world
rulers of darkness and say the king has no power to harm
them or lock them up, but since he has dominion over all
the spirits of the air, the earth and beneath the earth, they
take their place before him as other spirits do. Solomon
instructs them to appear before him in order and explain
who they are. The demons are as follows:
• Ruax, who causes headaches and is thwarted by
Michael
• Barsfael, who causes pains in the side of the head
and is thwarted by Gabriel
• Artosael, who damages the eyes and eyesight and is
thwarted by Uriel
• Oropel, who causes sore throats and mucus and is
thwarted by Raphael
• Kairoxanondalon, who causes ear obstructions and
is thwarted by Ourouel (possibly a variant of Uriel)
• Sphendonael, who causes tumors of the parotid
gland and painful stiffening of the body and is
thwarted by Sabael
• Sphandor, who paralyzes limbs, destroys the nerves
of the hand (possibly carpal tunnel), and weakens
shoulders and is thwarted by Arael
• Belbel, who causes perversions and is thwarted by
Karael
• Kourtael, who causes colic and bowel problems and
is thwarted by Iaoth
• Metathiax, who causes kidney pain and is thwarted
by Adonael
• Katanikotael, who causes domestic fights and disharmony.
He is thwarted by sprinkling a house with
water in which laurel leaves have been soaked and
by intoning, “Angel, Eae, Ieo, Sabaoth.”
• Saphthoreal, who causes mental confusion and is
thwarted by a written CHARM worn around the neck
that says, “Iae, Iao, sons of Sabaoth”
• Phobothel, who causes loosening of the tendons
and is thwarted by Adonai
• Leroel, who causes chills, fever, and sore throat and
is thwarted by the recitation of the words “Iax, do
not stand fast, do not be fervent, because Solomon
is fairer than eleven fathers”
• Soubelti, who causes shivering and numbness and
is thwarted by Rizoel
• Katrax, who causes fatal fevers and is thwarted
when a person rubs coriander on his or her lips and
says, “I adjure you by Zeus, retreat from the image
of God.”
• Ieropa, who sits on stomachs and causes convulsions
in the bath and who causes seizures and is
thwarted when a person repeats three times into the
right ear of the afflicted “Iouda Zazabou”
• Modebel, who causes husbands and wives to separate
and is thwarted when someone places a written
charm bearing the names of the “eight fathers”
(Egyptian deities) on doorways
• Mardero, who causes incurable fevers and is
thwarted when his name is written in a house
• Rix Nathotho, who causes knee problems and is
thwarted when the name Phouneiel is written on
papyrus
• Rhyx Alath, who causes croup in infants and is
thwarted by the name Raarideris written and carried
on a person
• Rhyx Audameoth, who causes heart pain and is
thwarted by Raiouoth
• Rhyx Manthado, who causes pain in the kidneys
and is thwarted by the written charm “Iaoth, Ouriel”
(Uriel)
• Rhyx Atonme, who causes rib pain and is thwarted
with a charm written on a piece of wood from a
ship that has run aground that says, “Marmaraoth
of mist”
• Rhyx Anatreth, who causes gas and burning bowels
and is thwarted by “Arara, Arare”
• Rhyx, the Enautha, who causes people to change
their minds and hearts and is thwarted by Kalazael
• Rhyx Axesbuth, who causes diarrhea and hemorrhoids
and is thwarted by pure wine that is drunk
• Rhyx Hapax, who causes insomnia and is thwarted
when the written charm “Kok; Phedismos” is worn
on the temples
• Rhyx Anoster, who causes hysteria and bladder pain
and is thwarted when the afflicted takes laurel seeds,
mashes them into oil, and massages the preparation