Goetic demon Nº 33 of 72
Gaap
Prince · 66 legions · Jupiter ♃
How Gaap appears
A human shape walking before four great kings, as if guiding them. Appears when the Sun is in the southern signs.
What Gaap does
- Teaches philosophy and liberal sciences; causes love or hate; makes men insensible and invisible; delivers familiars from other magicians; true answers past/present/future; carries men and things swiftly between nations.
The original text
The Thirty-third Spirit is Gäap. He is a Great President and a Mighty Prince. He appeareth when the Sun is in some of the Southern Signs, in a Human Shape, going before Four Great and Mighty Kings, as if he were a Guide to conduct them along on their way. His Office is to make men Insensible or Ignorant; as also in Philosophy to make them Knowing, and in all the Liberal Sciences. He can cause Love or Hatred, also he can teach thee to consecrate those things that belong to the Dominion of AMAYMON his King. He can deliver Familiars out of the Custody of other Magicians, and answereth truly and perfectly of things Past, Present, and to Come. He can carry and re-carry men very speedily from one Kingdom to another, at the Will and Pleasure of the Exorcist. He ruleth over 66 Legions of Spirits, and he was of the Order of Potentates. His Seal is this to be made and to be worn as aforesaid, etc.
The Goetia, Mathers & Crowley (1904), entry 33, as reprinted by de Laurence (1916). Public domain.
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