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№ 01 King

Bael

Baal · Baell

Seal of the spirit — Bael
Seal of the spirit
Engraving by Louis Le Breton, 1863 — Bael
Engraving by Louis Le Breton, 1863
Appears as

A cat, a toad, a man — or all three heads at once; he speaks hoarsely.

Office

Grants the power of becoming invisible.

Notes

The first spirit of the Goetia, ruling in the East. The name derives from the West Semitic god Baʿal (“lord”), a chief deity of Canaan whom later demonology recast as an infernal king.

Apocrypha

The wiki casts Bael as a fallen Cherub who sided with Lucifer in the War in Heaven; according to the Zohar he once ranked equal to the archangel Raphael. Astarte is named as his consort and Mephistopheles as his son, and he stood among Hell's foremost kings before being eclipsed by Belial. He descends from the Canaanite fertility god Baal ("the lord") and is likened to Zeus, Jupiter and Enlil; per Rudd he is opposed by the Shem angel Vehuiah, while the Grand Grimoire places him under Lucifuge Rofocale.

Domainsfertility, weather, rain, wind, seasons, war, science

Other spellingsBaal · Bael Zebul · Baall · Boal · Boall · Beal · Beelzebub · Adoni

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Bael takes payment from those who wish to disappear. Don't be surprised when people stop noticing you.

Make an offering · Bael

In the message with your offering, name the spirit and state your petition — the keeper will enter them in the ledger.