Goetic demon Nº 59 of 72
Orias
Also written Oriax
Marquis · 30 legions · Moon ☽
How Orias appears
A lion with a serpent's tail, riding a mighty horse and holding two great hissing serpents in his right hand.
What Orias does
- Knows and teaches the virtues of the stars and the mansions of the planets; gives dignities and prelacies and the favour of friends and foes; metamorphoses a man into any shape.
The original text
The Fifty-ninth Spirit is Oriax, or Orias. He is a Great Marquis, and appeareth in the Form of a Lion, riding upon a Horse Mighty and Strong, with a Serpent’s Tail; and he holdeth in his Right Hand two Great Serpents hissing. His Office is to teach the Virtues of the Stars, and to know the Mansions of the Planets, and how to understand their Virtues. He also transformeth Men, and he giveth Dignities, Prelacies, and Confirmation thereof; also Favour with Friends and with Foes. He doth govern 30 Legions of Spirits; and his Seal is this, etc.
The Goetia, Mathers & Crowley (1904), entry 59, as reprinted by de Laurence (1916). Public domain.
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