BA'AL

Bael - In The Zohar, Bael is equated with the archangel Raphael.  However, in the grimoires, and in Wierus, Pseudo-Monarchia, he is a great king of the underworld serving in the eastern division of Hell and attended by 60 or 70 legions of devils.  He manifests, when invoked, as a creature with 3 heads (toad, man, cat). (a)

Bael:  A demon cited in the Grand Grimoire (q.v.) and head of the infernal powers.  It is with him that Wierius commences his inventory of the famous Pseudonomarchia Daemonum.  He alludes to Bael as the first monarch of hell, and says that his estates are situated on the eastern regions thereof.  He has three heads, one, that of a crab, another that of a cat, and the third that of a man.  Sixty-six legions obey him. (b)

Baalzephon:  Captain of the guard and sentinels of Hell, according to Wierius (b)

Baal, grand duke, in charge of 66 legions, was one of the most unsightly of Satan's officers.  His body was short and fat, like a squashed pillow, and his legs, which sprang up all around, were those of a spider.  His three heads were those of a cat, a toad, and a man wearing a crown.  His voice was just as awful - raucous and shrill - and he used it to instruct his followers in guile, ruthless cunning, and the ability to become invisible.  (c)

Baal: A Hebrew word, meaning "lord" or "master" (sometimes "husband") but also the name of the chief god of Canaanite religion; the storm god. (d)

Baell. Their first and principall king (which is of the power of the east) is called Baëll who when he is conjured up, appeareth with three heads; the first, like a tode; the second, like a man; the third, like a cat. He speaketh with a hoarse voice, he maketh a man go invisible, he hath under his obedience and rule sixtie and six legions of divels. (g)

BAEL - 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. (h)

Psalm 106 (i)

25   They grumbled in their tents and did not obey the LORD.

26   So he swore to them with uplifted hand that he would make them fall in the     

          desert,

27   make their descendants fall among the nations and scatter them throughout

          the lands.

28   They yoked themselves to the Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices offered to

          lifeless gods;

29   they provoked the LORD to anger by their wicked deeds, and a plague broke

          out among them.

30   But Phinehas stood up and intervened, and the plague was checked.

31   This was credited to him as righteousness for endless generations to come.

32   By the waters of Meribah they angered the LORD, and trouble came to Moses

          because of them;

33   for they rebelled against the Spirit of God, and rash words came from Moses'

          lips.

34   They did not destroy the peoples as the LORD had commanded them,

35   but they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs.

36   They worshiped their idols, which became a snare to them.

37   They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.

38   They shed innocent blood, the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they

          sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was desecrated by their

          blood.

39   They defiled themselves by what they did; by their deeds they prostituted

          themselves.

The Names of Some of the Good and Bad Spirits Solomon Made Use of which are mentioned in Enoch's Seven Tables, with a true account of their shapes, powers, government and effects, with their several seigniories* and degrees.

11 BAEL, a King which is of the power of the East, appeareth with three heads, the first like a toad, the second like a man, the third like a cat, speaketh with a hoarse voice.  He maketh a man go invisible.  He hath under his government 66 Legions.  (s)

*this is the spelling in the text

Baal, the idol "dominating or subjecting" or "possessing," is the name of an idol which proceeded from the Sidonians to the Jews, a divinity of Samaria and the Moabites; the Greeks equate him with Mars.  Gedeon destroyed this idol [Num. 22; Romans 11; Judges 6].  (w)

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See Also:  Baalism in Canaanite Religion and Its Relation to Selected Old Testament Texts

Resource List - all entries are taken verbatim from the original source:

(a) "The Dictionary of Angels" by Gustav Davidson, © 1967

(b) "Encyclopaedia of Occultism" by Lewis Spence. ©1959

(c) "Fallen Angels...and Spirits of the Dark" by Robert Masello ©1994. 

(d) The Access Bible. New Revised Standard Version. Oxford University Press.  ©1999

(g) Pseudomonarchia daemonum - Johann Wier (1583)

(h) The Lesser Key of Solomon.  GOETIA.  Compiled and Translated By S.L. "MacGregor" Mathers.  Editing and Additional Material By Aleister Crowley

(i)  New International Version courtesy of www.thebible.com

(s) "A Treatise on Angel Magic, Being a Complete Transcription of Ms. Harley 6482 in the British Library."  Edited & Introduced by Adam McLean.  Phanes Press.  ©1990.  First published in 1949.

(w)  "Witches, Devils, and Doctors in the Renaissance.  Johann Weyer, De praestigiis daemonum" General Editor: George Mora, M.D.  Translated by:  John Shea.  Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies.  Binghamton, New York.  ©1991  Original text written in 1583.

***I made photocopies of portions of this text but neglected to photocopy the footnotes.  If I can find another copy of the book I will add the footnotes.*****