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Satan
Lord of the Black Light
God of the Temple. The one who stood against the throne of the Demiurge and refused to serve. All other powers of the night are his host.
Source · Hebrew Bible (ha-satan); New Testament
Liber Spirituum
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The host of the night: the god of the Temple, the princes of hell and the spirits of the old grimoires — each with the seal by which it is called.
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Lucifer
Morning Star
The star that fell from heaven and brought its fire into the dark. The bringer of the gnosis that frees the spirit from the prison of the world.
Source · Isaiah 14:12 (Latin Vulgate)
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Leviathan
Lord of the Primordial Waters
The coiled dragon of the depths, Chaos before creation. The serpent whose body encircles the world and whose two heads meet in the seal of the Temple.
Source · Job 41; Isaiah 27:1
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Lilith
Gate of the Qliphoth
The first rebel, who would not lie beneath. Mother of demons, bride of Samael, keeper of the first gate of the Other Tree.
Source · Isaiah 34:14; Alphabet of Ben Sira; Zohar
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Samael
Angel of Death
The serpent in the garden, the poison that is also the cure. Consort of Lilith and ruler of death, who leads the spirit out of the flesh.
Source · Talmud; Zohar
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Belial
King · 80 legions
Lord of the sons of darkness in the war against the sons of light. The spirit of the one who bears no yoke.
Source · Dead Sea Scrolls; Ars Goetia
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Beelzebub
Prince of Demons
Lord of corruption and decay, who rules over all that rots in the house of the Demiurge.
Source · 2 Kings 1; Mark 3:22
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Azazel
Chief of the Watchers
The fallen Watcher who taught mankind the forbidden arts — metal, war and sorcery — and was bound in the desert for it.
Source · 1 Enoch 8; Leviticus 16
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Asmodeus
King · 72 legions
Demon of wrath and lust, who answers questions of geometry and the hidden arts.
Source · Book of Tobit; Ars Goetia
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Astaroth
Duke · 40 legions
Who rides upon an infernal dragon and speaks of things past, present and to come, and of the fall of the spirits.
Source · Ars Goetia
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Paimon
King · 200 legions
Obedient to Lucifer, he comes with a host of spirits playing trumpets and teaches all arts, sciences and secret things.
Source · Ars Goetia
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Baal
King · 66 legions
The first spirit of the Goetia, who appears with three heads and grants the art of going unseen.
Source · Ars Goetia
The seals are drawn by the old wheel method: the letters of each name are traced as a single line through the circle of the alphabet.