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Baal
Davar, Baal-Peor, Baalam, Baalberith, Baalphegor, Baalsebul, Baalzephon,
Bael, Baell, Balam, Balan, Balberith, Beal, Belberith, Beleth, Belfagor,
Belial, Beliar, Belphegor, Berith, Bileth, Bilet, Byleth, Elberith,
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Balberith - An
ex-prince of the order of cherubim. Now in Hell,
Balberith is a grand pontiff and master of ceremonies. He is usually the one to countersign or notarize the
signatures on the pacts entered into between mortals and the
devil. He is called "scriptor" and is so noted on
documents executed in the underworld. In The Encyclopedia
of Witchcraft and Demonology, Balberith appears to be the demon
who possessed the body of Sister Madeleine at Aix-en-Provence, and who
revealed to her the names of other devils. [Rf. Michaelis,
Admirable History of the Possession and Conversion of a Penitent Woman;
De Plancy, Dictionnaire Infernal (ed. 1863), where as Berith,
he is pictured with a crown on his head and astride a horse.] (a)
Baalberith: According to
Wierius, a demon of the second order; master of the Infernal Alliance.
He is said to be secretary and keeper of the archives of Hell.
(b)
Baalberith was the chief
secretary of Hell, head of its public archives, and the demon who
tempted men to blasphemy and murder. When seated among the
princes of Hell, he was usually seen as a pontiff. He was also
quite a voluble sort: according to the Admirable History
written by Father Sebastien Michaelis in 1612, Baalberith once
possessed a nun in Aix-en-Provence. In the process of the
exorcism, Baalberith volunteered not only his own name and the names
of all the other demons possessing her, but the names of the saints
who would be most effective in opposing them. (c)
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.
21 BERITH, a great and terrible Duke, he cometh forth as a red
soldier on a red horse with a crown on his head. He answereth truly
of things past, present and to come. He turneth metals into Gold
giveth Dignities, and confirmeth them. Speaketh with a clear and
subtle voice. 26 Legions are under him. (s)
*this is the spelling in the text
Read Balberith's entry in:
Hell's Hierarchy as Described by Father Michaelis (1612)
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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.
(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.
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