Goetic demon Nº 1 of 72
Bael
King · 66 legions · Sun ☉
How Bael appears
Appears as a cat, a toad or a man, and sometimes as all three at once. Speaks hoarsely.
What Bael does
- He teaches the art of invisibility.
- First King of Hell, holding dominion in the east.
- Head of the infernal powers (per the Grand Grimoire).
- First demon listed in Wierus's Pseudomonarchia Daemonum (1583).
The original text
The First Principal Spirit is a King ruling in the East, called Bael. He maketh thee to go Invisible. He ruleth over 66 Legions of Infernal Spirits. He appeareth in divers shapes, sometimes like a Cat, sometimes like a Toad, and sometimes like a Man, and sometimes all these forms at once. He speaketh hoarsely. This is his character which is used to be worn as a Lamen before him who calleth him forth, or else he will not do thee homage.
The Goetia, Mathers & Crowley (1904), entry 1, as reprinted by de Laurence (1916). Public domain.
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