The Encyclopedia Of Demons And Demonology

Lucifuge Rofocale 155
be an anagram of Focalor, a demon named in the Lemegeton,
a major grimoire.
The Grand Grimoire states that if the magician cannot
master a magic circle and a blasting rod for controlling
demons, then a pact is necessary. A pact cannot be made
with the three highest demons—Lucifer, BEELZEBUB, and
ASTAROTH—but only with one of their lieutenants. It provides
a Grand Conjuration for summoning Lucifuge Rofocale,
who is a reluctant and obstinate spirit who must
be forced to appear with the use of the blasting rod and
threats of CURSEs.
According to the Grand Grimoire, when Lucifuge Rofocale
appears, he demands that in exchange for his services,
the magician “give thyself over to me in fifty years,
to do with thy body and soul as I please.” After more bargaining
that involves threats from the magician to send
him into eternal fire with the blasting rod, the demon
agrees to appear twice a night except on Sundays and
makes a written conditional pact with the magician. He
recognizes the authority of the magician and his grimoire,
agrees to grant requested services if properly summoned,
and demands certain services and payment in return, on
penalty of forfeiture of the magician’s soul:
I also approve thy Book, and I give thee my true signature
on parchment, which thou shalt affix at its end, to
make use of at thy need. Further, I place myself at thy
disposition, to appear before thee at thy call when, being
purified, and holding the dreadful Blasting Rod, thou
shalt open the Book, having described the Kabbalistic
circle and pronounced the word Rocofale. I promise thee
to have friendly commerce with those who are fortified
by the possession of the said Book, where my true signature
stands, provided that they invoke me according
to rule, on the first occasion that they require me. I also
engage to deliver thee the treasure which thou seekest,
on condition that thou keepest the secret for ever inviolable,
art charitable to the poor, and dost give me a gold
or silver coin on the first day of every month. If thou
failest, thou art mine everlastingly.
LUCIFUGE ROFOCALE IMPRIMATUR
The reference to the “Book” is the spurious Fourth
Book, a grimoire attributed to Henry Cornelius Agrippa.
The Grand Grimoire tells how to make a pact with Lucifuge
Rofocale, which must be signed by the magician
with his own BLOOD. The magician collects the following
tools: a wand of wild hazel (not a blasting rod), a
bloodstone, and two blessed candles. He goes to an isolated
place either indoors or outdoors—the depths of a
ruined castle are ideal. He makes a magic triangle with
the bloodstone and enters it, holding his written pact, the
Grand Conjuration of the Spirit, the hazel wand, the grimoire,
and the discharge for dismissing the demon once
business is concluded. He first conjures Lucifer, Beelzebub,
and Astaroth to ask them to send Lucifuge Rofocale
for the purpose of entering into a pact. When the demon
finally appears, this exchange takes place:
Lucifuge Rofocale (AUTHOR’S COLLECTION)
Manifestation of the Spirit
Lo! I am here! What dost thou seek of me? Why
dost thou disturb my repose? Answer me.
LUCIFUGE ROFOCALE
Reply to the Spirit
It is my wish to make a pact with thee, so as to obtain
wealth at thy hands immediately, failing which I will
torment thee by the potent words of the Clavicle.
The Spirit’s Reply
I cannot comply with thy request except thou dost
give thyself over to me in twenty years, to do with
thy body and soul as I please.
LUCIFUGE ROFOCALE
Thereupon throw him your pact, which must be
written with your own hand, on a sheet of virgin
parchment; it should be worded as follows, and
signed with your own blood: —I promise the grand
Lucifige to reward him in twenty years’ time for all