Caim

Other Names / Variants:

Camio, Caym

 

Caim - once of the order of angels, Caim is now in hell, a great president.  He manifests in the form of a thrush.  As many as 30 legions of infernal spirits attend him.  His seal is figured in Waite, The Book of Black Magic and of Pacts, p.182.  Luther had a famous encounter with Caim, according to De Plancy, Dictionnaire Infernal where (in the 1863 ed.) Caim is pictured as a belted bird. (a)


 

Caim, who looks at first like a blackbird, then transforms himself into a man wielding a sharp sword.  When asked a question, he answers - though it is not entirely clear what this means - in burning ashes.  Once of the Order of Angels, he likes to argue, and if he feels so disposed, he can impart the meaning in the songs of birds, the lowing of cattle, the barking of dogs, the babbling of a stream. (c)


 

Caim is a great president, taking the forme of a thrush, but when he putteth on man's shape, he answereth in burning ashes, carrieng in his hand a most sharpe swoord, he maketh the best disputers, he giveth men the understanding of all birds, of the lowing of bullocks, and barking of dogs, and also of the sound and noise of waters, he answereth best of things to come, he was of the order of angels, and ruleth thirtie legions of divels. (g)


 

CAMIO or CAIM. - The Fifty-third Spirit is Camio, or Caim. He is a Great President, and appeareth in the Form of the Bird called a Thrush at first, but afterwards he putteth on the Shape of a Man carrying in his Hand a Sharp Sword. He seemeth to answer in Burning Ashes, or in Coals of Fire. He is a Good Disputer. His Office is to give unto Men the Understanding of all Birds, Lowing of Bullocks, Barking of Dogs, and other Creatures; and also of the Voice of the Waters. He giveth True Answers of Things to Come. He was of the Order of Angels, but now ruleth over 30 Legions of Spirits Infernal. His Seal is this, which wear thou, etc. (h)


 

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.

24 CAIM, is a great President taking the form of a thrush, but when he putteth on a man's shape he answereth in burning ashes, carrying in his hands a sharp sword, giveth the understanding of all birds, lowing of bullocks, and barking of dogs.  He was of the Order of Angels and ruleth thirty Legions. (s)

*this is the spelling in the text


Alternate Image of Camio

Camio's Sigil

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

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

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

(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

(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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