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The Book of Ceremonial Magic (A.E. Waite) · 105 of 175 · tr. Arthur Edward Waite

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SATANACHIA.--Commander-in-Chief. AGALIAREPT.--Another Commander. FLEURETY.--Lieutenant-General. SARGATANAS.--Brigadier-Major. NEBIROS.--Field-Marshal and Inspector-General. It will be seen that the principalities of Infernus are chiefly represented in the light of a standing army, yet their interference in earthly matters is not of a military kind. LUCIFUGE ROFOCALE has the control, with which Lucifer has invested him, over all the wealth and treasures of the world. His subordinates are Baal , Agares and Marbas. The grand SATANACHIA has the power of subjecting all wives and maidens to his wishes, and of doing with them as he wills. His subordinates are Pruslas , Aamon and Barbatos . AGALIAREPT has the faculty of discovering arcane secrets in all the courts and council-chambers of the world; he also unveils the most sublime mysteries. He commands the Second Legion of Spirits, and his subordinates are Buer , Gusoyn and Botis . FLEURETY has the power to perform any labour during the night and to cause hailstones in any required place. He controls a prodigious army of spirits, and has Bathsin (or Bathim ), Pursan and Eligor as his subordinates. SARGATANAS has the power to make any person invisible, to transport him anywhere, to open all locks, to reveal whatsoever is taking place in private houses, to teach all the arts of the shepherds. He commands several Brigades of Spirits, and has Zoray , Valefar and Faraii for his immediate inferiors. NEBIROS has the power to inflict evil on whomsoever he will; he discovers the Hand of Glory and reveals every virtue of metals, minerals, vegetables, as also of all animals, both pure and impure. He possesses the art of predicting things to come, being one of the greatest Necromancers in all the Infernal Hierarchies; he goes to and fro everywhere and inspects the hordes of perdition. His immediate subordinates are Ayperos , Naberrs and Glassyalabolas . It is added that there are millions of other spirits in subjection to those which have been mentioned, but their enumeration serves no purpose, as they are required only when it pleases the superiors to employ them in their own place, for the latter make use of all the inferior Intelligences like workmen or slaves. The Grimorium Verum , however, mentions seventeen of the most important subordinate spirits, who seem to correspond with the ministers of the six great leaders mentioned above, but there is little unanimity among makers of magical rituals, whether white or black. Click to view CHARACTER OF CLAUNECK CLAUNECK has power over goods and riches; he can discover hidden treasures to him who makes pact with him; he can bestow great wealth, for he is well loved by Lucifer. He brings money from a distance. Obey him, and he will obey thee. Click to view CHARACTER OF MUSISIN MUSISIN has power over great lords; he instructs them in all that passes in the Republics and the realms of the Allies. Click to view CHARACTER OF BECHARD BECHARD has power over winds and tempests, over lightning, hail and rain, by means of a charm with toads and other things of this nature, &c. Click to view CHARACTER OF FRIMOST FRIMOST has power over wives and maids, and will help thee to enjoy them. Click to view CHARACTER OF KHIL KHIL occasions great earthquakes. Click to view CHARACTER OF MERSILDE MERSILDE can transport thee instantaneously wheresoever may be desired.
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Themes
Animismcosmology

The doctrine and worldview that natural phenomena, places, and objects possess inherent spirit, soul, or personality — and that the cosmos is populated by countless local, plural, embodied divine agents: kami in mountain and tree, sidhe in cairn and well, landwights in field and stone, nymphs in spring and grove, haltija in forest and lake, lares and penates in household and threshold, Iamblichean daemons in element and place. Distinct from monotheism (single transcendent God), pantheism (one underlying substance), and emanation_hierarchy (cascading single source); animism's signature is the plurality, locality, and embodied-in-landscape character of the divine.

The text posits a cosmos populated by countless spirits with specific agencies and powers over natural phenomena (weather, earthquakes).

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Archonscosmology

Malevolent planetary rulers or demiurgic powers that govern the material world and obstruct the soul's ascent.

The spirits described function as rulers or governors of specific domains (wealth, secrets, weather) within an infernal hierarchy, analogous to archonic powers.

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Forbidden Knowledgesoteriology

Transgressive knowing acquired against divine prohibition — the Watchers' teaching of metallurgy, sorcery, and cosmetics in 1 Enoch, the Gnostic Eve narratives, the Promethean mytheme; explicitly contrasted with gnosis_direct_knowledge, which is salvific.

The text details arcane secrets, necromancy, and powers over private matters (invisibility, revealing secrets) associated with infernal entities.

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Sacred Namestheology

Divine names or formulas that carry ontological power, used in prayer, liturgy, or magical practice.

The passage relies heavily on the invocation and identification of specific spirit names (Satanachia, Agaliarept, etc.) as keys to their powers.

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Spirit Conjurationpraxis

The grimoire-tradition practice of ceremonially commanding or binding a spirit through consecrated seals, circles, divine names, and prescribed instruments, compelling its appearance and obedience. Distinct from theurgy in the direction of the power relationship — theurgy is reverent engagement with the gods on the premise of the operator's own ascent, this is subordination of a lesser spirit to the operator's will — and from word_power_incantation and sacred_names, which name components (verbal force, name-power) this practice deploys rather than the ritual structure itself.

The passage is a catalog of spirits with specific powers and subordinates, typical of grimoire literature used for ceremonial command and binding.

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