P: An Enochian word for '8'
P
P: An Enochian word for "8".
Pa: (1) One of the 34 consonants of the Sanskrit alphabet. (2) Var. of of the Enochian letter Pe (q.v.). (3) In Regardie's The Complete Golden Dawn System of Magic, Enochian- trans. "be".
Paajah: In the Ars Paulina of the Lemegeton: An angel ruling the 9th degree of both Capricorn and Aquarius.
Pa-aolza: See Paaox.
Pa-aotza: See Paaox.
Paaotzata: See Paaox.
Paaox (Var. Paaoxf, Paaoxt, Pa-aolza, Pa-aotza, Paaotzata, Pa-iotz, Pa-iotza): Enochian- trans. "remain".
Paaoxf: See Paaox.
Paaoxt: See Paaox.
Paarminathon: A name used in a nostrum to heal a man from enchantment or affliction by a spirit in Henri Gamache's Mystery of the Long Lost 8th, 9th and 10th Books of Moses.
Paax: An angel who is a senior of the west under Olgota in the Book of Supplications and Invocations. Paax is invoked to bring healing.
Pa'aziel: In 3 Enoch: One of the names of Metatron (q.v.).
Pa-Bast: See Bast.
Pabael: See Pabel.
Pabel (Var. Pabael): (1) In The Heptameron: An angel of Sunday residing in the 4th heaven and invoked in the west. (2) One of the angels called in the west in conjurations on Sunday in The Magus.
Pacaduasam: An Enochian word, found in the works of John Dee, for which there is no known translation.
Pacaph: An Enochian word, found in the works of John Dee, for which there is no known translation.
Pacasna: A governor of the aethyr or aire Arn listed in Liber Scientiae, Auxili et Victoriae Terrestris, in Liber Vel Chanokh and in the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. Pacasna has 2362 servants.
Pachad (Var. Pachid, Pachdiel; Hebrew "PChD" ("fear"): (1) An alternate name for the Sephira Geburah (q.v.) used in the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. (2) The Magus lists this as an alternate name for Elohim Gibor, one of the ten principal names of Jehovah.
Pachdiel (Var. of Pachad (q.v.)): In Hechaloth lore: One of the angels guarding the 4th heaven.
Pachel: A spirit subordinate to Astarot and Asmodee in The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage.
Pachid (Var. of Pachad (q.v.)): A spirit subordinate to the four sub princes Oriens, Paimon, Ariton and Amaimon in The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage.
Pachriel: In 3 Enoch: One of the 7 great angels ruling the heavens.
Paco (Var. Palco): An angel who is a senior of the west under Maladi in the Book of Supplications and Invocations. Paco is invoked to cause transformations.
Pacoc: See Paoc.
Padael (Var. Phadihel, Padiel): In Hechaloth lore: One of the angelic guards of the gates of the west wind.
Padgze: Enochian- trans. "justice from the Divine Power" or "without blemish".
Padiel (Var.of Padael (q.v.)): (1) In Sepher Raziel: One of the 70 guardian angels of children. (2) A spirit related to the direction east by south in the Lemegeton.
Padma (Sanskrit- trans. "lotus"): Used as an alternate name for Chakras (q.v.).
Pado (Var. Pando): An angel who is a senior of the north under Adopa in the Book of Supplications and Invocations. Pado is invoked to acquire knowledge of mixture of natures.
Padoli: A spirit subordinate to Magot and Kore in The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage.
Padrino: Santeria. A term meaning "godfather" that refers to a male person that has initiated others.
Paeb (Var. Paebe): Enochian- trans. oak".
Paebe: See Paeb.
Paeoc: See Paoc.
Pafesla: A spirit subordinate to Amaimon and Ariton in The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage.
Paffran: An angel of Tuesday and of the air who is one of the three ministers of the angel Samax in The Magus.
Pagalguenna: A spirit who has infinite intelligence and knowledge of the strength of the Gods in the Necronomicon.
Pagan (First appeared in its modern spelling in 1425 in Higden's Polychronicon. In Mallory's Morte D'Arthur (circa 1400) it was spelled "paygan". Deriv. Latin "pagus" (originally meant "something stuck in the ground as a landmark"- in other words a "peg"); "Pagus" deriv. "pag" ("fix"). A whole family of English words can be traced back to this same root, including the words "page" and "pole". The noun "paganus", meaning "country dweller", was ultimately derived from the Latin term "pagus"[1]): John Ayto theorizes that because early Christians considered themselves "soldiers" of Christ and because "paganus" later came to be used to refer to "civilians", that the Christians adopted it to refer to non-Christians. Others have speculated that "paganus" was used by the predominantly city-dwelling early Christians to refer to Non-Christians in much the same way as we would call someone a "hick" or "country bumpkin" today. We may never know for sure which of these theories is correct, but the fact remains that "pagan" ultimately became a term used by Christians to refer to non-Christians. In recent years followers of many earth based tribal religions have come to refer to their beliefs as "Pagan" or "Neo-Pagan" ("New Pagan").
Paganing: See Wiccaning.
Page: (1) Enochian- trans. "rest". Also appears as Paje. (2) A medieval court title derived from the Latin "pagius" ("child"). (3) One of the face cards of a Tarot deck, the others being Kings, Queens, and Knights.
Page Ip (Var. Pajeipe): Enochian- trans. "rest not".
Pagiel: In The Secret Grimoire of Turiel: An angel invoked in prayers to obtain desires.
Pagor: A name used in a rite to purify ritual clothing in The Book of True Black Magic.
Pahadiel: In Hechaloth lore: An angel guarding the entrance to the 7th heaven.
Pahadron: In Trachtenberg's Jewish Magic and Superstition: The chief angel of terror.
Pahaliah: One of the seventy two angels forming part of the name of Jehovah, Schemhamphorae, in The Magus and in La Kabbale Pratique.
Pai de Santo: A Brazillian term for a practitioner of Santuario (q.v.).
Paid (Var. Paida): Enochian- trans. "always".
Paida: See Paid.
Figure 1 Sigil of Paimon
Paimon (Var. Paymon, Paymonia, Paimoniah or Paimonia; Trans. "tinkling sound"): (1) The ninth spirit of the Lemegeton, described as a very great king obedient to Lucifer, who appears as a crowned man on a dromedary, accompanied by two kings: Labal and Abalim. He is said to be a member of the angelic Order of Dominations (q.v.) and to rule over 200 legions of spirits, some of them from the Order of Angels (q.v.) and some from the Potentates (q.v.). The Lemegeton assigns him the power to make others obedient to the magician, to teach sciences and secrets and to provide familiars. There are two variations of his sigil, depicted in figure 1. (2) One of the eight sub princes in The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage. Paimon knows all things past and future not opposed to Jehovah, can obtain information concerning propositions and doubtful sciences, can cause any spirit to appear in any form, can cause visions, can supply information on how to retain familiars, can bring the dead to life for seven years, can cause one to fly anywhere they like and can cause armed men to appear. (3) A demon mentioned by Grillot De Givry in his Witchcraft, Magic and Alchemy. (4) In the Dictionaire Infernal: A former Domination who is now a great king of Hell, appearing as a young woman on a dromedary. (5) In Pseudo-Monarchia: A demon prince whose associates are Bebal and Abalam.
Paimoniah (Var. of Paimon (q.v.)): An angel whose name is inscribed on the second pentacle of the Sun in the Greater Key of Solomon.
Pa-iotz: See Paaox.
Pa-iotza: See Paaox.
Pais de Santo: Candomble. The equivalent of a Santero (q.v.).
Paje: See Page.
Pajeipe: See Page Ip.
Pajo-ooaoanu: See Pugo Ooaona.
Pal: The fifteenth letter of the Enochian alphabet, equivalent to the letter "X" in the English alphabet.
Palace of Benevolence: In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: One of the Seven Palaces of Holiness found in the Briatic world in the Ritual of the Portal of the Vault of the Adepti.
Palace of Crystal Whiteness: In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: One of the Seven Palaces of Holiness found in the Briatic world in the Ritual of the Portal of the Vault of the Adepti.
Palace of Love: In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: One of the Seven Palaces of Holiness found in the Briatic world in the Ritual of the Portal of the Vault of the Adepti.
Palace of Merit: In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: One of the Seven Palaces of Holiness found in the Briatic world in the Ritual of the Portal of the Vault of the Adepti.
Palace of Severity: In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: One of the Seven Palaces of Holiness found in the Briatic world in the Ritual of the Portal of the Vault of the Adepti.
Palace of Substance of Heaven: In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: One of the Seven Palaces of Holiness found in the Briatic world in the Ritual of the Portal of the Vault of the Adepti.
Palace of the Holy of Holies: In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: One of the Seven Palaces of Holiness found in the Briatic world in the Ritual of the Portal of the Vault of the Adepti.
Palalael: In Hechaloth lore: One of the angelic guards of the gates of the west wind.
Palam: A Holy name ruling the sub element of Water of Air in the Book of Supplications and Invocations.
Palatinates: In The Greater Key of Solomon: An alternative name for the angelic order of Powers (q.v.), used in an invocation in a ritual to bring about invisibility.
Palco: See Paco.
Palero: One who practices Palo Mayombe (q.v.).
Palero Judios: One who practices "Jewish" Mayombe (See Palo Mayombe).
Pales: (1) In Roman mythology, the Goddess of shepherds and flocks. (2) Woodland dieties mentioned by Barrett in The Magus.
Pali (Var. Panli): An angel who is a senior of the north under Rzionr, related to the element of earth in the Book of Supplications and Invocations. Pali is invoked to acquire knowledge of living creatures.
Palit (Var. Praklit; Hebrew- trans. "the escaped"): Judaic. An alternative name for the angel Michael (q.v.), used in the story of Michael's escape from the clutches of Sammael or Satan.
Palladists/Order of the Palladium: A short lived Order that appeared in Paris in 1737. It had two degrees: Adelph and Companion of Ulysses. Women were initiated into a companion order called Sisters of Penelope. The motto of the Palladists apparently was "Je sais aimer" ("I know how to love"). The Palladists were dissolved by the police a few years after its foundation, probably due to pressure from the church over a false claim by the Palladists that Fenelon, Archbishop of Cambrai, had written its rituals and statutes. Despite the fact that the Palladists no longer exist some have recently claimed that the Palladists are a modern Satanic cult. For example, the National Information Network included this definition in one of their manuals: "Palladists= believe in devil as the goat deity (Baphomet of the Templars) and do evil for evil's sake".[2]
The idea that the Palladists were a Satanic cult dates back to a book in 1892 entitled The Devil in the 19th Century in which the French author, a mysterious Dr. Bataille, claimed that Freemasons were in fact devout Satanists, based in Charleston, South Carolina. He alleged that they performed animal sacrifices and had a direct telephone line hooked up to Hell, through which their leaders spoke to Lucifer!
In 1897 Gabriel Jogand, a French Journalist, publicly admitted that he was "Dr. Bataille" and that he had written The Devil in the 19th Century as a practical joke. Arthur Lyons states: "The stories recounted by Dr. Bataille were backed up by another mysterious figure, one Diana Vaughan, in the book published in 1895 entitled Memoirs of an Ex-Palladist, in which she gave a detailed account of her experiences with the 'Satanists' in Charleston. She had been, according to her own admission, Grand Mistress of the Temple and Grand Inspectress of the Palladium, a diabolic Masonic order, allegedly founded in Paris in 1737. She claimed to have been descended from Thomas Vaughan, a seventeenth century alchemist, and due to her hellish origin was chosen to be High-Priestess of Lucifer and the bride of Asmodeus. The book went on to describe the orgiastic Black Masses that were taking place at that very minute in south Carolina under the guise of Freemasonry".[3]
Pallantre: A name used in the conjuration for Monday and Lucifer in the Grimoire of Honorius.
Pallas: (1) In Astrology: An asteroid used by some in Horoscopes.
Palm Tree: (1) Santeria. (a) The symbolic home of the Orisha Chango (q.v.). (b) The palm cross used on Palm Sunday in Catholicism is called the guano bendito in Santeria and is often hung behind the Santero's front door to ward off evil influences. (2) Palo Mayombe. The palm tree, called the Nsasi, is a sacred tree by which magick spells are left.
Palmistry: The art of telling a person's character and fortune by examining the lines on the palm of their hand.
Palo (Var. Iku Achan, Igui Eggun; Spanish- trans. "stick"): Santeria. It is a stick or staff, usually crooked with a carved face or tied with many coloured ribbons and tiny bells, which is used by the Santero or Santera to invoke the Eggun (q.v.).
Palo Mayombe: An Afro Caribbean spirit religion, derived from tribal religion of the Bantu tribe in the Congo. There are two branches: "Good" magic, called "Christian" Mayombe, and "Bad" or "Black" magic, called "Jewish" or "Unbaptized" Mayombe, reflecting prejudices picked up from the demonologists of the Catholic Church. This is because the "Christian" Mayombero's Prenda (cauldron) is sprinkled with Holy Water and the "Jewish" Mayombero's prenda is not.
Palo Monte: A variation of Palo Mayombe (q.v.).
Palpeltiyah: In 3 Enoch: One of the names of Metatron (q.v.).
Paltellon: An name used in the process consecrating the lustral bath with salt in the Greater Key of Solomon.
Paltriel: In Hechaloth lore: An angel guarding the entrance to the 5th heaven.
Palut: See Paut.
Pam: A sound associated with the Tattwa Vayu (q.v.).
PaMat-et: (1) An ancient city that was the capital of the Upper Egyptian XIX Uab Nome. It was known as Oxyrhynchus by the Greeks. (2) A city in Egypt where Set (q.v.) was once venerated, mentioned in The Book of Coming Forth by Night.
Pambt (Var. Pamebeta): Enochian- trans. "unto me".
Pamebeta: See Pambt.
Pamel: In the Ars Paulina of the Lemegeton: An angel ruling the 5ht degree of Gemini.
Pamerif: In the Lemegeton, a chief officer under the angel Vadriel.
Pamersiel: A spirit related to the direction east in the Lemegeton.
Pammon: In the Lemegeton: An angel of the 6th hour of the night who is a lesser officer under the angel Zaazonash.
Pamor: An angel whose name is used in a vesting prayer in the Greater Key of Solomon.
Pamphage: A name used in an invocation in Aleister Crowley's version of the Gnostic Mass.
Pamphicas: A derogatory Enochian word, found in the works of John Dee, for which there is no known translation.
Pan (There are two schools of thought regarding the derivation of this name: Most hold that it was derived from a Greek term meaning "all" or "everything". Some recent scholars have stated their beleif that it is derived from the Greek word "paon" ("pasturer")): (1) A Greek God of nature, half man and half goat, who was cognate with the Romans God Faunus. He also bestowed gifts of knowledge and prophecy. The word "panic" is derived from the name of Pan and refered originally to the fearful ecstacy felt when in his presence. (2) A name used in an invocation to Scirlin in the Grimorium Verum. (3) A demon described as the prince of the incubi in Alexis De Terreneuve de Thym's autobiography Farfadets, ou tous le demons ne sont pas l'autre monde. (4) One of the Infernal names listed in Anton LaVey's Satanic Bible. (5) A deity named in Das Tierdrama in LaVey's The Satanic Rituals. (6) One of the deities invoked in Aleister Crowley's version of the Gnostic Mass. (7) A deity mentioned the Prologue of the Unborn in Crowely's Liber VII: Liber Liberi vel Lapidis Lazuli, Advmbratio Kabbalae Aegyptiorum Svb Figvra VII. (8) A deity mentioned in Liber DCL vel De Fons Aquae Vitae. (9) In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: A God mentioned in the Rite of the Pentagram and the Five Paths.
Panael: In Hechaloth lore: One of the angelic guards of the gates of the north wind.
Panaion: (1) Gnosticism. One of the names of Metatron (q.v.). (2) In Hechaloth lore: An Archon who is one of Jehovah's highest servants.
Panaldo: Santeria. An exorcism ceremony performed by Babalawos (q.v.).
Panales: In the Lemegeton, an officer under the angel Oriel.
Pancia: An angel invoked in the consecration of ritual blades in The Book of True Black Magic and the Grimorium Verum.
Pandelis: In Cabell's Jurgen: The sister of Sereda (q.v.).
Pandemonium (1660-70, after “Pandaemonium”, the capital city of Hell in Milton’s Paradise Lost): Vampyre. The chaotic heightened awareness and sensitivity as well as physical changes that indicate that a Vampyre needs to feed.
Pando: See Pado.
Pangael: In the Ars Paulina of the Lemegeton: An angel ruling the 5th degree of Pisces.
Pangenetor: A name used in an invocation in Aleister Crowley's version of the Gnostic Mass.
Pani: An angel whose name is invoked in the consecration of iron needles or Burins in the Greater Key of Solomon.
Paniel: Judaic. An angelic name inscribed on kameas to ward off evil.
Panis: One of the seventy two names of Jehovah found in the Grimoire of Honorius.
Panli: See Pani.
Panoraim: A name to be engraved on the blade of the sword of a magician's first disciple in the Grimorium Verum and the Greater Key of Solomon.
Panpir (Var. Panupire): Enochian- trans. "pouring down".
[pic]Figure 2 Left: Pantacle used by the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. Right: Wiccan Pentacle.
Pantacle (var. of Pentacle (q.v.)): A pantacle is a flat circular disc engraved with a five or six pointed star (pentagram or hexagram). A Pantacle is one of the magickal tools used by the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, their version having a hexagram upon it, and having the four quarters painted different colours: citrine, olive green, russet brown and black (the pantacle depicted on the left in figure 2). A typical Wiccan pentacle is depicted on the right in figure 2.
Panupire: See Panpir.
Paoc (var. Paeoc, Pacoc): An angel who is a senior of the east under Llacza in the Book of Supplications and Invocations. Paoc is invoked to acquire the knowledge of metals.
Paombd (var. Paomebeda): Enochian- trans. "member" or "members".
Paomebeda: See Paombd.
Papa: See Papa Lwa.
Papa Houn'to: Vodou. One of the Rada Lwas, a Lwa common to all Vodou rites.
Papa Houn'thor: Vodou. The Lwa who is the patron of the Houn'torguiers (q.v.).
Papa Lwa: Vodou. A title of the Houn'gan (q.v.). This is sometimes shortened to "Papa".
Papa Loko: See Loko Ati-Sou.
Papa Loko Ati-Son Poun'goueh: The Poteau-mitan (center post of the Vodou peristyle) is also known as the "Papa Loko Ati-Sou Poun'goueh". "Papa Loko Ati-Sou" is the Lwa that guards the Poteau-mitan (See Loko Ati-Sou) and "Poun'goueh" is the "waters of the abyss" across which the initiate must symbolically pass to reach the celestial city, Miitre Grand Bois (q,v,).
Papa Loko Azam'blo Guidi: Vodou. One of the Lwas.
Papa Ogou: Vodou. A pilgrimage to Plaine du Nord on July 25 in honor of Ogou Feray.
Papa Pierre: Vodou. A Lwa of the Rada, the Dantor and the Nago traditions.
Papenore: See Papnor.
Papnor (Var. Papenore): Enochian- trans. "remembrance" or "memory".
Papsukul: Chaldean. An angelic messenger of the greater Gods.
Papuendos: An angel invoked in the preparation of virgin earth and wax in the Greater Key of Solomon.
Papukkal: See Ili-Abrat.
Papus: (1) One of the Genii of the first hour, called a "physician", found in the Nuctemeron of Apollonius of Tyana. (2) The pseudonym of Gerard Encausse (q.v.). Papus was the author of Traite Elementaire de Science Occulte ("Absolute Key to Occult Science") (q.v.).
Paquets Congo: Vodou. A small package used as magickal protection against illness or malevolent spirits.
Par (Var. Pare): Enochian- trans. "they", "them" or "in them".
Para: One of the seventy two names of Jehovah given in The Royal Masonic Cyclopedia.
Parabrahman: An exhalted state described as unity with Moksha in Liber LXXI.
Paracahe: See Parach.
Paracaleda: See Paracleda.
Paracelsus: See Von Hohenheim, Theophrastus Bombastus.
Paracelsus, Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus: See Von Hohenheim, Theophrastus Bombastus.
Parach (Var. Paracahe): Enochian- trans. "equal".
Paracleda (Var. Paracaleda): Enochian- trans. "wedding".
Paraclete (Greek "Paracletos" (q.v.)): (1) In Christianity: The Holy Spirit, considered to be an advocate, supporter, consoler or intercessor. This term appears in 1 John 2:1 and John 14:16. (2) Vodou. There are three astral planes or Pneumes which represent the invisible source of the stars (Plerome), the visible stars (Paraclete) and tangible objects (Ophanim).
Paracletos (Var. Paraqlitos, Paracletus, Paraclete or Paraclitus; Greek "para" ("to") and "kalein" ("to call"). This is the term from which the term Paraclete (q.v.) is derived): (1) An advocate, supporter, consoler or intercessor. (2) In The Magus: (a) A name used at the beginning of the circle casting. (b) A name used in an exorcism of the spirits of the air.
Paracletus (Var. of Paracletos (q.v.)): A name of Jehovah, used in the Second Conjuration of a spirit in the Lemegeton.
Paraclitus (var. of Paracletos (q.v.)): One of the seventy two names of Jehovah found in the Grimoire of Honorius.
Parada: Santeria. The part of the Asiento (q.v.) when the Yaguo (q.v.) collapses on the floor while being possessed by the Orisha (q.v.).
Paradial (Var. Pa-ra-diala): Enochian- trans. "living dwellings".
Pa-ra-diala: See Paradial.
Paradilon: A name that appears on the first line of a gnomonic square used to make magickal storms cease in the Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage. This square is reproduced below:
|P |A |R |A |D |I |L |O |N |
|A |R |I |N |O |M |I |S |O |
|R |I |L |O |R |A |E |I |K |
|A |N |O |T |A |L |A |M |I |
|D |O |R |A |F |A |C |O |L |
|I |M |A |L |A |T |O |N |A |
|L |I |E |A |C |O |R |I |T |
|O |S |I |M |O |N |I |R |A |
|N |O |K |I |L |A |T |A |N |
Paradiz (Var. Paradizod, Para-di-zoda): Enochian- trans. "virgin".
Paradizod: See Paradiz.
Para-di-zoda: See Paradiz.
Parah (var. Paras; Hebrew "PRSh" ("horse" or "horseman")): A name that appears on the first line of a gnomonic square used to cause visions of horses to appear in the Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage. This square is reproduced below:
|P |A |R |A |H |
|A | | | | |
|R | | | | |
|A | | | | |
|H | | | | |
Paraiso: Santeria. A plant, Melia Azedarach, sacred to the Orisha Chango, used in Riegos (q.v.).
Paralda: In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: (a) The king of the element of air. (b) A name used in the Evocation of the Angel Chassan to Visible Appearance.
Parallel: In Astrology: When two planets are equally distant from the Celestial Equator. Similar to a Conjunction (q.v.).
Paramita (Hindu- trans. "perfection"): (1) The state attained by a Buddha upon developing to the highest level the six principal characteristics: Giving (dana), morality (sila), acceptance, strength, meditation (dhyana) and wisdom (prajna). (2) A term used for the moral path, as opposed to Dhyana, the intellectual path, in Liber LXXI.
Paramor: A spirit subordinate to Magot and Kore in The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage.
Paranirvana: See Parinirvana.
Paranthes: A name used in a spell to preserve friends in the Black Pullet.
Paraoan: (1) A governor of the aethyr or aire Lin listed in Liber Scientiae, Auxili et Victoriae Terrestris. Paraoan has 2326 servants. Paraoan forms no sigil on Dee's Angelic Table and does not appear on any of the Tablets. (2) In Liber Vel Chanokh: (a) A name found in the Four Great Watch Towers. (b) A governor of the aethyr or aire Lin. (3) In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: A governor of the aethyr or aire Lin.
Parapsychology: The study of paranormal phenomena.
Paraqlitos (Var. of Paracletos (q.v.)): Judaic. A guardian angel of the sorrows of death.
Paras (var. of Parah (q.v.)): A name that appears on the first line of a gnomonic square used to cause a familiar spirit to appear in the form of a horseman in the Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage. This square is reproduced below:
|P |A |R |A |S |
|A | | | | |
|R | | | | |
|A | | | | |
|S | | | | |
Paraseh (Chaldean- trans. "divided"): A spirit subordinate to the four sub princes Oriens, Paimon, Ariton and Amaimon in The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage.
Parashakti (Hindu- trans. "Great force or power"): One of the six aspects of the Goddess Shakti (q.v.).
Parashim: See Parasim.
Parasiel: An angel who is Lord and Master of Treasures, whose name is inscribed on the first pentacle of Jupiter in the Greater Key of Solomon.
Parasim (Var. Parashim): In 3 Enoch: An order of angels or celestial horsemen of the Song Uttering Choirs.
Parasite: Vampyre. Derogatory term used to describe a Psi Vamp (q.v.) or emotional vampyre, implying that they are thieves and have no honor.
Parcades (var. of Parcae (q.v.)): Woodland dieties mentioned by Barrett in The Magus.
Parcae (Var. Parcades): (1) Roman. The Fates (q.v.). (2) Woodland spirits mentioned in The Magus.
Pare: See Par.
Pareht (Hebrew- tans. "fruit"): A spirit subordinate to the four sub princes Oriens, Paimon, Ariton and Amaimon in The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage.
Parek (Hebrew- trans. "rough" or "savage"): A spirit subordinate to the four sub princes Oriens, Paimon, Ariton and Amaimon in The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage.
Pareme: See Parm.
Pare-meji: See Parm Gi.
Parepidemos Vallis: In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: A mystic title used in the initiation of the Adeptus Major Grade.
Parfaxitas: One of the Genii of the qlippoth in Liber CCXXXI.
Pariel: Judaic. An angelic name inscribed on kameas to ward off evil.
Parinibbana (Trans. "super Nibbana"): Used in Liber LXXI (See Nib-Bana-Dhatu).
Parinirvana (Var. Paranirvana; trans. "complete annihilation"): Used in Liber LXXI (See Nib-Bana-Dhatu).
Pariukh (Var. of Marioc (q.v.)): In 3 Enoch: One of two angels appointed guardian over the books written by Enoch, the other being Ariukh.
Parm (Var. Pareme): Enochian- trans. "run".
Parm Gi (Var. Pare-meji): Enochian- trans. "run with".
Parmatus (Greek- trans. "shield bearing"): A spirit subordinate to the four sub princes Oriens, Paimon, Ariton and Amaimon in The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage.
Parmg: Enochian- trans. "let it run".
Parmiel: In the Lemegeton: An angel of the 3rd hour of the day who is a lesser officer under the angel Veguaniel.
Paroketh (Var. PRKT): (1) The name of the veil of the Sanctuary in Liber Vel Chanokh. (2) In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: (a) The name of the veil of the Sanctuary. (b) A term used in the Rite of the Pentagram and the Five Paths. (c) A name used in the Consecration Ceremony of the Vault of the Adepti.
Paron: A name used in a conjuration of inferior spirits in the Grimorium Verum.
Pars Fortuna: See Parts of Fortune.
Parshiyah: In 3 Enoch: One of the names of Metatron (q.v.).
Part of Fortune (Var. Pars Fortuna): (1) In Astrology: The most commonly used of the Arabian Parts (q.v.). A point which is equally distant from the Ascendant as the Moon is from the Sun in longitude. The Part of Fortune is calculated by adding the longitude of the Moon to the longitude of the Ascendant and then subtracting the longitude of the Sun. Gives an indication of the lunar phase. (2) In Geomancy: The Part of Fortune is calculated by adding together all of the points of the first twelve Talismanic Figures (q.v.). This number is divided by twelve and the remainder indicates the house in which the Part of Fortune falls. If there is no remainder the Part of Fortune is placed in the twelfth house. The Part of Fortune represents money coming to the querent.
Partashah: One of the names of Lilith (q.v.).
Parthinus (Var. Partinus): Celtic. A God of the Partheni tribe of north east Dalmatia and Upper Moesia, associated to Jupiter by the Romans.
Partinus: See Parthinus.
Partsuf: Qabalistic. The 5 countenances of Jehovah inherent in the Sephiroth (q.v.). They are: Ariukh Anpin or Attika Kaddisha, Abba, Imma, Zeir Anpin and Shekinah.
Partus: A name used in the conjuration of Amaymon in the Grimoire of Honorius.
Parusur: A spirit subordinate to the four sub princes Oriens, Paimon, Ariton and Amaimon in The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage.
Parvardigar: Persian. An angel of light.
Parymel: In The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses: An angel of the throne invoked in conjuration.
Parziba: A governor of the aethyr or aire Khr listed in Liber Scientiae, Auxili et Victoriae Terrestris, in Liber Vel Chanokh and in the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. Parziba has 7629 servants.
Parziel: In Hechaloth lore: An angel guarding the entrance to the 6th heaven.
Pasahasa: See Pasbs.
Pasaim: A word used in the spell of the Gold Finding Hen in the Black Pullet.
Pasbs (var. Pashs, Pasahasa): Enochian- trans. "daughter" or "daughters".
Paschar (var. Psachar): (1) In Sepher Raziel: One of 7 exhalted throne angels. (2) In The Heptameron: One of the Angels of the order of Thrones. (3) In Agrippa's Three Books of Occult Philosophy: One of the angels of the order of Thrones. (4) In The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses: One of the angels of the order of thrones. (5) In Hechaloth lore: An angel guarding the entrance to the 7th heaven.
Pascomb (Var. Paxcomb): A governor of the aethyr or aire Lil listed in Liber Scientiae, Auxili et Victoriae Terrestris, in Liber Vel Chanokh and in the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. Pascomb has 2360 servants.
Pasel (Var. Pasiel): In the Ars Paulina of the Lemegeton, an angel related to: (a) Water. (b) The planet Jupiter. (c) The sign of Pisces (q.v.).
Pases: Santeria. A Spanish term used for the hand passes that a Santero performs over a person to banish negative influences.
Pashs (Var. of Pasbs (q.v.)): In Regardie's The Complete Golden Dawn System of Magic it is listed as meaning "children". In Laycock's The Complete Enochian Dictionary, it is listed as meaning "daughters".
Pasiel: (1) Qabalistic. The angel of Hell who rules the 6th lodge. (2) In the Lemegeton: A variation of Pasel which appears in some translations.
Pasiphae: Greek. The daughter of the God Helios, who drove the sun through the sky in his chariot. She became the wife of king Minos and the mother of Ariadne, Phaedra and Deucalion. She also was the mother of the Minotaur.
Pasisiel: In Hechaloth lore: An angel guarding the entrance to the 7th heaven.
Pasote: Santeria. A type of plant used in Despojos (q.v.) to dispell evil influences.
Paspassim: In 3 Enoch: An angel who assists Metatron (q.v.) in reciting the Shema.
Passed (Var. Crafted): A Freemason is said to have been "passed" or "crafted" when he attains the second degree.
Passiel: A name used in the conjuration of Baymon in the Grimoire of Honorius.
Past Hierophant: One of the officers symbolically representing the second order in the ceremonies of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn.
Past Master: (1) The fifth degree of the York or American rite of Freemasonry. (2) The fifth degree of Royal Arch Freemasonry.
Pastor (Latin "pascere" ("to feed")): (1) A Christian title for a clergy person. (2) One of the seventy two names of Jehovah found in the Grimoire of Honorius. (3) In The Secret Grimoire of Turiel: An angel invoked in ritual magick to make the invocant's wishes come true.
Pastos: (1) In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: (a) The tomb of Osiris. (b) The tomb of Christian Rosenkreutz. (2) In Rosicrucianism: The tomb of Christian Rosenkreutz.
Pasuy: In Hechaloth lore: An angel guarding the entrance to the 4th heaven.
Patacel: A name of Jehovah used in conjuration in the Greater Key of Solomon.
Pataki: A Yoruban or Santerian legend or mythological tale.
Pataralaxa: See Patralx.
Patax: See Paax.
Patchouli: (1) A type of plant commonly used as a scent in incense and oils. (2) Santeria. A type of plant used in Despojos (q.v.) to dispell evil influences.
Patents (Latin "patere" ("to be open")): Diplomas of certain degrees within the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry are often refered to as Patents.
Pater (Latin- trans. “father”): One of the seventy two names of Jehovah found in the Grimoire of Honorius.
Pater Aeternus Deus, Dona Nobis Vitam (Latin- trans. "Eternal God our Father, give us life"): In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: A phrase used in the initiation of the Adeptus Minor as written by Waite for his Fellowship of Isis.
Pater Omnipotens (Latin- trans. "Father Almighty"): One of the seventy two names of Jehovah found in the Grimoire of Honorius.
Path of Aspiration: See Path of Kaph.
Path of Kaph: Also known as the Path of Aspiration. In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: A term used in the Rite of the Pentagram and the Five Paths.
Path of Mem: Also known as the Path of Sacrifice. In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: A term used in the Rite of the Pentagram and the Five Paths.
Path of Nun: In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: A term used in the Rite of the Pentagram and the Five Paths.
Path of Resh: In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: A term used in the Rite of the Pentagram and the Five Paths.
Path of Sacrifice: See Path of Mem.
Path of Sepher Yetzirah: In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: A term used in the Rite of the Pentagram and the Five Paths.
Patha (Var. of Pathiel (q.v.)): In Trachtenberg's Jewish Magic and Superstition: An angel invoked at the close of the Sabbath.
Pathatumon: See Patheon.
Patheon (Var. Pathatumon, Pathtumon): A name of Jehovah used in a conjuration in the Greater Key of Solomon, said to be an angel invoked by Moses to bring darkness to Egypt.
Pathiel (Var. Patha; Hebrew- trans. "opener of God"): Judaic. One of the angels forming the nmae of Jehovah, Shemhamphorae (q.v.).
Pathtumon: See Patheon.
Pathumaton: A name used in the Third Conjuration of a Spirit in the Lemegeton.
Pathyr: The eleventh nocturnal duke under Usiel in the Operation by the Regal Spirit Usiel.
Patid (Hebrew- trans. "topaz"): A spirit subordinate to the four sub princes Oriens, Paimon, Ariton and Amaimon in The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage.
Patralx (Var. Pataralaxa): Enochian- trans. "rock".
Patriarch, Grand Conservator: The thirty third (final) degree of the Antient and Primitive Rite of Freemasonry.
Patriarch of the Sacred Vedas: The twenty sixth degree of the Antient and Primitive Rite of Freemasonry.
Patriarch, or Doctor of the Planispheres: The twenty fourth degree of the Antient and Primitive Rite of Freemasonry.
Patriarch, Grand Defender: The thirty first degree of the Antient and Primitive Rite of Freemasonry.
Patriarch Noachite: The twenty first degree of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry.
Patriarch of the Mystic City: A degree of the Antient and Primitive Rite of Freemasonry.
Patriarch of the G. W. P. P.: The thirtieth degree of the Antient and Primitive Rite of Freemasonry.
Patriarch of the Crusades: The twenty ninth degree of the Ancient and Accepted Rite of Freemasonry.
Patriarch of Truth: The twenty fourth degree of the Antient and Primitive Rite of Freemasonry.
Patrozin: In the Lemegeton: An angel of the 5th hour of the night who is a lesser officer under the angel Abasdarhon.
Patspetsiyah: In 3 Enoch: One of the names of Metatron (q.v.).
Patteny: In The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses: A ministering angel invoked in Qabalistic rituals.
Patumides: Woodland deities mentioned by Barrett in The Magus.
Patziel: In the Ars Paulina of the Lemegeton: An angel ruling the 6th degree of Virgo.
Paulacarp: The name of an demon whose name appears in the works of John Dee.
Paulicians: A dualistic Christian sect that originated in Armenia in the mid 7th century CE. It was a combination of Marcionism, a Christian Gnostic movement and Manicheaism (q.v.). It is not known for sure whom the Paulicians were named after. Its founder may have been a man named Constantine, who gave himself the name Silvanus (after Silvas, one of St Paul's companions).
The Paulicians believed that there was an evil God who created and rules over the earth and a good God who rules over the world to come. They beleived that Jesus could not have been the son of Mary because the good God would not have demeaned himself by becoming flesh, which was part of the evil God's world. The Paulicians approved of the Gospel of Luke and the letters of St Paul but rejected the Old Testament, the letters of St Peter, and the sacraments, heirarchy and worship of the established church.
Between 668 and 698 CE Constantine III and Justinian II sent two expeditions to repress the Paulicians. Constantine (Silvanus) was stoned to death and his successor Simeon (Titus) was burned alive.
Paulicianism was briefly revived in the early 9th century in Cilicia and Asia Minor under Sergius (who gave himself the name Tychicus). It survived various persecutions until an expedition sent by Basil I in 872 CE broke their military power. Remnants of the Paulicians survived at least until the Crusades.
Pauline Art: See Ars Paulina.
Paulmachie (Var. Paumachia): A name used in the First Conjuration of a spirit in the Lemegeton.
Paumachia (var. of Paulmachie (q.v.)): A name used in an invocation following the invoctaion of the four quarters in circle casting in The Magus.
Paut (Var. Palut): An angel who is a senior of the east under Evtpa in the Book of Supplications and Invocations. Paut is invoked to move things to other places.
Paymon (Var. of Paimon (q.v.)): (1) A spirit of the west evoked in a love spell in the Book of True Black Magic. (2) In The Magus: (a) One of the four princes of spirits of the infernal world, the other three being Egyn, Oriens (Urieus) and Amaymon. (b) A spirit who is the king of the west. (3) In the Lemegeton: (a) One of the Four Great Kings ruling the four quarters or cardinal points. (b) King of the west.
Paymonia (Var. of Paymon (q.v.)): In the Lemegeton: An alternate name for Paymon.
Pax Christi Tecum (Latin- trans. "The Peace of Christ be with you"): In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: A phrase used in the initiation of the Adeptus Minor as written by Waite for his Fellowship of Isis.
Pax Vobis (var. of Pax Vobiscum (q.v.)): An expression used in the ninteenth degree of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry.
Pax Vobiscum (Var. Pax Vobis): Latin- trans. "peace be with you".
Paxcomb: See Pascomb.
Paz: (1) The fourth of the thirty Aires of Dee's 48 Claves Angelicae. (2) The fourth aethyr or aire listed in Liber Vel Chanokh. (3) In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: The fourth aethyr of the Fourty Eight Angelical Keys or Calls. (4) The fourth Aethyr of the nineteenth part of The Word of Set.
Pazriel: In 3 Enoch: One of the archangels of the 1st heaven.
Pazuzu: One of the two fiends of the southwest wind in the Necronomicon.
Pd (Var. Peda): Enochian- trans. "33".
P.D.E.P. (Acronym for Latin "pro deo et patria" ("for God and my country")): Inscribed on the ring of profession of a Knight Templar.
Pdi: A cacodemon related to the east and to Malap in the Book of Supplications and Invocations.
Pdoce (var. Pedoce): (1) One of the names of Jehovah according to the Book of Supplications and Invocations. (2) A secret name of Jehovah used in the opening of the temple in the fifth degree in Liber Vel Chanokh. (3) In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: A name of Jehovah associated with Libra, the Tribe of Asshur, the archangel Zuriel and the Governing Angel Alpudus.
Pe (Var. Peh): (1) The seventeenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet (נ), equivalent to the letters "P" or "F" in the English alphabet. It means "mouth". It is assigned the numerical value of "80" in the Qaballah, unless it is used as a final letter, which gives it the value "800". (2) The first letter of the Enochian alphabet, equivalent to the letter "B" in the English alphabet. Also known as "pa". (3) A name used in conjuration in the Greater Key of Solomon. (4) An altar or altar stone in a Vodou temple. Its name is derived from the Dahomean word "kpe", meaning "stone".
Peace Symbol: The peace symbol dates back to Easter 1958 (see figure 3). It was created by well known author Bertrand Russell, who used it as a symbol in a march for nuclear disarmament that took place in Aldermaston, England. The symbol consists of three elements: The semaphore signal for the letter "N" (nuclear) superimposed over the semaphor signal for the letter "D" (disarmament), surrounded by a circle (representing the concept "total"). Thus the completed symbol was supposed to represent "total nuclear disarmament".
Peacock Angel: See Melek Taus.
Peatham: A name used in a conjuration of Lucifer in the Grimorium Verum.
Peda: See Pd.
Pedael (Hebrew- trans. "whom God delivers"): Judaic. The Angel of deliverance.
Pedemontanus De Rebus: A name given by the Rosicrucian brotherhood to the degree of Magistri.
Pedenij: In The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses: An angel of the Seal.
Pedoce: See Pdoce.
Pedum (Latin- trans. “shepherd's crook”, deriv. Latin "pes" or "pedis" ("foot")): A term used to describe a bishop's crozier.
Peduth: A Hebrew term meaning "deliverance".
Peetash: The demon of calumny in Zoroastrianism (q.v.).
Pegasides (Probably derived from Pegasus (q.v.): Woodland spirits mentioned in The Magus.
Peger (Hebrew "PGR" ("corpse")): A name that appears on the first line of a double acrostic square used to cause spirits to revive a dead person from midnight until sunrise for seven years in the Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage. This square is reproduced below:
|P |E |G |E |R |
|E |T |I |A |E |
|G |I |S |I |G |
|E |A |I |T |E |
|R |E |G |E |P |
Pegiel: In the Ars Paulina of the Lemegeton: An angel ruling the 14th degree of Aries.
Pegis: In Santuario: A special altar for an Orixa (q.v.).
Pegomancy (Greek "pege" ("fountain") and "manteia" ("divination")): Divination by observing fountains.
Peh (Var. of the Hebrew letter Pe (q.v.)): In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: (a) The name of the path between Netzach and Yesod on the Qabalistic Tree of Life (q.v.). (b) A name which appears on the Seven Branched Candlestick (q.v.).
Pe-iad: See Piad.
Pelagim (Hebrew "PLGIM" ("strata" or "divisions")): A name that appears on the first line of a double acrostic square used to make work done in inaccessible places in the Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage. This square is reproduced below:
|P |E |L |A |G |I |M |
|E |R |E |N |O |S |I |
|L |E |R |E |M |O |G |
|A |N |E |M |A |L |A |
|G |O |M |A |R |E |L |
|I |S |O |L |E |I |E |
|M |I |G |A |L |E |P |
Pelapeli: See Plapli.
Pele: (1) A Hebrew term meaning "he who works wonders". (2) A name inscribed on a gold ring used in John Dee's system of magic. (3) A Polynesian and Hawaiian Goddess of fire in the Earth (volcanos).
Pelech (Hebrew “PLCh” (“to pass, renew, change or ferment”): A name used as a title of Jesus in The Grimoire of Armadel.
Peleg (Hebrew- trans. "division"): (1) The son of Eber in Genesis 10:25. (2) A name used in the twenty first degree of the Ancient and Accepted Rite of Freemasonry.
Peleh: An Enochian word, found in the works of John Dee, for which there is no known translation.
Pelial: An angel associated to Tiphareth in the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn.
Peliel: In The Magus: (a) A name for the intelligence of the name Eloha. (b) The leader of the angelic order of Virtues (q.v.). (c) The preceptor angel of Jacob.
Pellipis: A spirit subordinate to Belzebud in The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage.
Pelosi: See Plosi.
Peloym: An angel invoked in the conjuration of inferior spirits in the Grimorium Verum.
Penac: In The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses: An angel serving in the 3rd heaven.
Penael: (1) In The Heptameron: An angel of Friday residing in the 3rd heaven and invoked in the north. (2) One of the angels of the third heaven ruling in the north on Friday in The Magus. (3) In The Secret Grimoire of Turiel: One of the messengers of the planet Venus.
Penarys: In the Lemegeton: An angel of the 3rd hour of the night who is a chief officer under the angel Sarquamich.
Penat: (1) In The Heptameron: An angel of Friday residing in the 3rd heaven and invoked in the north. (2) One of the angels of the third heaven ruling in the north on Friday in The Magus. (3) In The Secret Grimoire of Turiel: An intelligence of the planet Venus.
Penatiel: In the Lemegeton: An angel of the 12th hour of the day who is an officer under the angel Beratiel.
Penaton: A name used in the conjuration of Lucifer in the Grimoire of Honorius.
Pendroz: In the Lemegeton: An angel of the 7th hour of the night who is a chief officer under the angel Mendrion.
Peneal: In The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses: An angel serving in the 3rd heaven.
Peneme: See Penemue.
Penemue (Var. Peneme; Hebrew name meaning "the indise"): In the Books of Enoch and in Rabbinic lore: One of the fallen angels who taught writing to mankind.
Pengun Futila (Var. Tata Funde): Palo Mayombe. A nkita (q.v.) that is the equivalent of the Orisha Babalu Aye (q.v.) in Santeria.
[pic]Figure 4 Pentacle
Peniel (Var. Penuel, Fanuel; Hebrew- trans. "face of God"): (1) In the Bible: A place where Jehovah revealed himself to Jacob in Genesis: (2) In Rabbinic lore: The dark angel who wrestled with Jacob in Genesis 32 (Cf. Sammael). (3) In The Heptameron: An angel of Friday residing in the 3rd heaven and invoked in the north. (4) One of the angels of the third heaven ruling in the north on Friday in The Magus. (5) An angel associated to Tiphareth In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn.
Penpalabim: An angel invoked in a rite of necromancy in the Verus Jesuitarum Libellus.
Pentacle (Var. Pantacle): (1) A pentagram within a circle (see fig. 4). (2) A flat, round disk with a pentagram or hexagram in a circle engraved on it, representing the element of earth. In Neo-Pagan religion the pentacle is used to distribute cakes in a ritual (also spelled "pantacle" in this usage). It is tradionally made of wood, although I have seen metal, ceramic and glass pentacles/pantacles as well. (3) A circular talisman with designs on it associated to its magickal purpose. Originally this refered to a five pointed star (pentagram) on such a talisman, but in later use it was used to refer to talismans with other symbols such as the hexagram as well. For example, in the Greater Key of Solomon there are several pentacles associated with each of the traditional planets. Each has a particular colour:
|PLANET |COLOUR |NUMBER OF PENTACLES |
|SATURN |BLACK |7 |
|JUPITER |BLUE |7 |
|MARS |RED |7 |
|SUN |YELLOW |7 |
|VENUS |GREEN |5 |
|MERCURY |MIXED COLOURS |5 |
|MOON |SILVER |6 |
For the pentacles associated with each planet in the Greater Keys of Solomon, refer to the entry for the appropriate planet elsewhere in this lexicon.
(4) The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn considered the pentacle to be a symbol of the earth and of the initiate's understanding of the universe.
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Figure 5 Pentacle of Solomon
Pentacle of Solomon: In The Magus the pentacle of Solomon is a seal drawn on parchment consisting of a hexagram surrounded by other symbols (see fig. 5). Pentacle here is used in reference to a talisman, not a five pointed star (pentagram). The term "seal of Solomon", has been applied to both a pentagram and a hexagram, depending on the text that you refer to, which leads to a great deal of confusion. The Pentacle of Solomon was used to bind spirits that were not obedient to the magician. It is very similar to the Grand Pentacle of Solomon (q.v.) in the Grimoire of Honorius.
Pentacles: One of the suits of the Tarot cards. It is a five pointed star in a circle (see figure 5, above), representing the element Earth. The suit of Pentacles later became the suit of Clubs in modern playing cards. The Qabalah associates this suit with the world of Assiah (q.v.).
Pentagna: One of the seventy two names of Jehovah found in the Grimoire of Honorius.
Pentagon: A five sided geometric figure (see fig. 6). The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn associates it with Mars, Yeheshuah and Geburah.
Pentagnony: In the Grimorium Verum, a spitit who is the subordinate of Hael and Sergulath, who can make things invisible.
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Figure 6 Pentagon
[pic]Figure 8 Inverted Pentagram
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Figure 7 Elements and the Pentagram
Pentagram (Var. Pentangle): The five-pointed star, with one point uppermost. Also known as Solomon's Seal, though other texts assign the name Solomon's Seal to the hexagram instead. Pythagoras refered to it as the Pentalpha, since it represents the letter alpha (the letter A) in five different positions.
The Pentagram was regarded by the ancient Greeks as a talisman and preservative from danger, being inscribed on the threshold of a doorway. Early Christians used it as a symbol of the five wounds of Christ. Regardie, in his The Complete Golden Dawn System of Magic, referred to it as the Signet Star of the Microcosm, representing the operation of the spirit and the four elements under the presidency of YHShVH (Yesheshuah, Yeheshuah or Hehovashah: the Pentagrammaton), The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn associated this symbol with Mars and with the Hebrew letter Heh. The Golden Dawn called it the Flaming Pentagram or as the Star of the Great Light.
Each of the five points of the pentagram represents one of the five traditional elements: Spirit, Air, Fire, Water and Earth (see fig. 7). As Spirit is represented by the top most point, this symbol is said to represent the dominion of Spirit over the other four elements and the supremacy of Reason over Matter.
In modern times the pentagram has become a symbol of Wicca. Inverted, that is, with two points uppermost (see fig. 8), it has been used as a symbol of several different things: (a) Within some traditions of Wicca it is a symbol of the second degree of initiation. (b) An inverted pentagram is a symbol of the Masonic women's organization, The Order of The Eastern Star. (c) The highest decoration for valour in the US is the Medal of Honour, which is an inverted pentagram.
An inverted pentagram has also been used as a symbol of Satanism by Satanists. This is because they interpret the four points of the elements over the point of spirit as representing the domination of Matter over Reason. It also, coincidentally, resembles a goat's head when inverted, though this is probably a very recent interpretation. A symbol of LaVey's Church of Satan is an inverted pentagram on a circular field with a goat's head superimposed over it, referred to by them as the Sigil of Baphomet (See Baphomet).
The Temple of Set has adopted the inverted pentagram against a circular field as their official symbol. The colour of the background field indicates the degree of initiation of the wearer: white for Setian, red for Adept, black for Priest/Priestess of Set, blue for Magister/Magistra, purple for Magus, and gold for Ipsissimus.
Many traditions trace the symbol of the pentagram in the air during rituals. As a general rule, one commences by tracing toward the angle of the pentagram representing the element being invoked, and away from that angle while banishing.
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Figure 9 Pentagram of Solomon
Pentagram of Solomon: In the Lemegeton: A particular pentagram, drawn upon parchment, that is worn on the breast to control certain spirits (See fig. 9).
Pentagrammaton: (1) The Hebrew name YHShVH or "Yesheshuah" (q.v.). (2) A name used in a universal conjuration in the Grimoire of Honorius. (3) A name used in the consecration of the swords of the magician's disciples in the Greater Key of Solomon. (4) In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, the saved, redeemed and illuminated Adept.
Pentalpha: See Pentagram.
Penthon: Inscribed in the Circle of White Magic in the Grand Grimoire.
Penuel: See Peniel.
Peoal: An Enochian term. In Regardie's The Complete Golden Dawn System of Magic, it is listed as meaning "5,9,6,3,6". In Laycock's The Complete Enochian Dictionary, it is listed as meaning "69636".
Per Sanctum Spiritum Reviviscimus (Latin- trans. "Through the Holy Spirit we live again"): In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: A phrase used in the Consecration Ceremony of the Vault of the Adepti.
Perac: A name that appears on the first line of a gnomonic square used to cause visions of peacocks to appear in the Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage. This square is reproduced below:
|P |E |R |A |C |
|E |Q | | | |
|R | | | | |
|A | | |Q | |
|C | | | | |
Perachi: A name that appears on the first line of a gnomonic square used to cause a familiar spirit to appear in the form of a bear in the Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage. This square is reproduced below:
|P |E |R |A |C |H |I |
|E | | | | | |H |
|R | | | | | |C |
|A | | | | | |A |
|C | | | | | |R |
|H | | | | | |E |
|I |H |C |A |R |E |P |
Peragna: A Hebrew term meaning "salvation".
Perantes: A name used to locate treasure in the Black Pullet.
Peranuta: See Adrpan.
Per-Bast: See Bast.
Perchiram: A name used in the conjuration of Lucifer in the Grimoire of Honorius.
Perdurabo: (1) One of the titles of Aleister Crowley was "Frater Perdurabo". (2) A demon mentioned in the Necronomicon.
Pereclinus De Faustis: (1) A title given by the Rosicrucians to the degree of Juniores. (2) In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: A name which appears on the ring in The Ring and The Disc with The Working of the Tripod.
Peredazodare: See Prdzar.
Peregi: See Prge.
Perejela: See Prge.
Pereji: See Prge.
Per-em-Hru: See Book of Coming Forth into the Day.
Pereta: See Ialprt.
Pereuch (Poss. deriv. Greek "per" and "euche" ("given unto prayer")): A spirit subordinate to the four sub princes Oriens, Paimon, Ariton and Amaimon in The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage.
Perfect Master: The fifth degree of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry.
Perfection, Grand Lodge of: The fourth to the fourteenth degrees of the Ancient and Accepted Rite of Freemasonry are conferred in a Grand Lodge of Perfection.
Perfectionists: The original name of Adam Weishaupt's Illuminati (q.v.).
Perfiter: A name used to destroy opposition and compel rebellious spirits in the Black Pullet.
Peri: (1) Persian. Beautiful but malevolent spirits. (2) In Arabic mythology: (a) Fallen angels under the leadership of Eblis (q.v.). (b) The offspring of fallen angels.
Periadoza: See Priaz.
Periadozi: See Priaz.
Pericatur: A name used to transport one anywhere in the world in the Black Pullet.
Periel: In 3 Enoch: One of the names of Metatron (q.v.).
Perifa: See Praf.
Perigaron: A name used in a conjuration of Lucifer in the Grimoire of Honorius.
Perigrine (Var. Foreign): In Astrology: A planet in a sign in which it is neither dignified nor debilitated, unless it is in mutual reception (q.v.) with another.
Peripsax (Var. Peripsol, Piripsol, Piripson, Pi-ripesonu, Peripesatza, Peripesol, Piripsax): Enochian- trans. "heaven".
Peripesatza: See Peripsax.
Peripesol: See Peripsax.
Peripsol: See Peripsax.
Peristyle: Vodou. The Peristyle is a covered gallery with a wooden centerpost called the Poteau-mitan (q.v.) within the Oum'phor (q.v.). It tradionally has a floor of beaten earth and is never paved or tiled.
Permaz: In the Lemegeton: An angel of the 2nd hour of the night who is a lesser officer under the angel Farris.
Permiel: In the Lemegeton: An angel of the 4th hour of the day who is a lesser officer under the angel Vachmiel.
Permon: In the Lemegeton, a chief offcier under the angel Dardariel.
Perniel: In the Lemegeton, a chief officer under the angel Samil.
Pernisox: A name used to open locks in the Black Pullet.
Perpi: A name used in a conjuration of Lucifer in the Grimoire of Honorius.
Perrier: In the Dictionaire Infernal: A fallen angel who was formerly a prince of the order of Principalities.
Persephone: (1) In Greek mythology, the daughter of the Earth Goddess Gaia, who became the wife the God Hades (q.v.). (2) In Astrology: A planet hypothesized as being beyond the orbit of Pluto. (3) A name which appears in the cry of the aethyr Zip in Liber Aervm Vel Saecvli. (4) In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: A Goddess mentioned in the initiation of the Practicus Grade.
Person: A name used in the conjuration of inferior spirits in the Grimorium Verum.
Pertinax: A person mentioned in Liber VII: Liber Liberi vel Lapidis Lazuli, Advmbratio Kabbalae Aegyptiorum Svb Figvra VII.
Pesagniyah: In The Zohar: An angel of the south in charge of the ethereal spaces.
Pesac: In Hechaloth lore: An angel guarding the entrance to the 5th heaven.
Pescado Y Jutia: Santeria. A word for opposum.
Pesep: A name that appears on the first line of a gnomonic square used to bring wealth in silver in small coins in the Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage. This square is reproduced below:
|P |E |S |E |P |
|E |Q | | | |
|S |O |R |O |S |
|E |M |O |Q | |
|P |E |S | | |
Peshang: A Hebrew term meaning "evil".
Pessomancy (Greek "pessos" ("pebble") and "manteia" ("divination")): Divination by observing the patterns made by dropping pebbles on the ground.
Petahel: In Trachtenberg's Jewish Magic and Superstition: An angel invoked at the close of the Sabbath.
Petahyah: In The Zohar: The angel in charge of the northern reigion of heaven.
Peter of Apona: See Petrus De Abano.
Pethen (Hebrew "PThN" ("asp" or "venomous serpent")): A name that appears on the first line of a gnomonic square used to cause a familiar spirit to appear in the form of a Moor in the Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage. This square is reproduced below:
|P |E |T |H |E |N |
|E | | | | | |
|T | | | | | |
|H | | | | | |
|E | | | | | |
|N | | | | | |
Pethro (Var. Petro): Vodou. A nanchon of Lwas related to fire. These Lwas originated in Haiti itself and symbolize the rebellion of the slaves who eventually rose in 1791 and brought freedom to Haiti in 1804. They are Lwas of magick and malevolence. The name Pethro was derived from Vodou mythology: Moses was said to be an initiate of Vodou, and was given his Asson by his teacher Ra-Gu-El Pethro, a Midianite. The Pethro Rites include several sub groups, one named for the rites themselves (Pethro), the others being Congo, La Flambeau, Ge-Rouge, and Crab or Crabigne.
Pethro Drums: Vodou. The Pethro battery of drums has two drums: A larger drum representing the thunderbolt, and a smaller drum representing the part of cosmos that receives the bolt of thunder.
Pethro Maza: See Prin'ga Maza.
Petra: One of the seventy two names of Jehovah found in the Grimoire of Honorius.
Petro: See Pethro.
Petrus De Abano: Petrus De Abano, or Peter of Apona, was a doctor of philosphy who was born in 1250 CE near Padua. He died in the year 1316 at the hands of the Inquisitors, who had accused him of practicing magick. He is the author of a book entitled Conciliationes Physiognomicae.
Petunof (Coptic- trans. "exciting"): A spirit subordinate to Magot and Kore in The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage.
Peunt: A name used in the conjuration of inferior spirits in the Grimorium Verum.
Pfm: A cacodemon related to the east and to Azdra in the Book of Supplications and Invocations.
Pha: One of the 34 consonants of the Sanskrit alphabet.
Phaa: A name of Jehovah used in conjurations for Sunday in The Magus.
Phaalchol: A word used as a challenge in the thirtieth and thirty second degrees of the Ancient and Accepted Rite and the nineteenth degree of the Antient and Primitive Rite of Freemasonry. The password used in reply is Pharashcol.
Phadahel: See Padael.
Phadihel (Var. of Padael (q.v.)): Judaic. (a) The angel sent to Manoah's wife, the mother of Samson. (b) The angel who appeared to Abraham (Genesis 32:29), Jacob (Judges 13:3-18) and Gideon (Luke 13:34).
Phaiar: A name used in the preparation of parchment in the Greater Key of Solomon.
Phakiel: In Transcendental Magic: One of two genii ruling the sign of Cancer, the other being Rahdar.
Phalarthao (var. PhALARThAO): A name used in the Preliminary Invocation in the Goetia or Lesser Key of Solomon.
PhALARThAO: A name used in the invocation of Fire in Liber Samekh.
Phaldor: One of the Genii of the eleventh hour, called a "genius of oracles", found in the Nuctemeron of Apollonius of Tyana.
[pic]Figure 11 Sigils of Phalet
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Figure 10 Sigil of Phaleg
Phalec: See Phaleg.
Phaleg (Var. Phalec, Phalet): (1) In Agrippa's Three Books of Occult Philosphy: (a) The angel ruling the order of Angels. (b) The governing spirit of the planet Mars. (c) The ruler of 35 of the Olympic Provinces (q.v.). (d) One of the 7 supreme governing angels of heaven. (2) An Olympic Spirit found in the Arbatel, related to Mars. Phaleg rules over one of the septenaries of the Arbatel, consisting of 35 provinces. Phaleg has influence over military affairs. His sigil is depicted in fig. 10. (3) In the Theosophia Pneumatica, Phaleg is related to the angel Samael and the spirit Machon. (4) A name engraved on a magic handbell used in necromancy described in Girardius Parvi Lucii libellus de mirabilibus naturae arcanis. (5) In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: (a) An Olympic spirit, related to Mars. (b) An Olympic spirit mentioned in the initiation of the Practicus degree.
Phalet (Probably var. of Phaleg (q.v.)): One of the Spirits listed in the Grimoire of Armadel. Phalet is described as a spirit who teaches what happened in Paradise at the time of the Creation and who can supply many spirits to serve you. His sigil, depicted in fig. 11, is used to teach the mysteries of Creation and necromancy.
Phalgus: One of the Genii of the fourth hour, called a "genius of judgement", found in the Nuctemeron of Apollonius of Tyana.
Phalle (Var. of Phallos (q.v.)): A name used in an invocation in Aleister Crowley's version of the Gnostic Mass.
Phallos (Var. Phalle; Greek- trans. "penis"): The first of the three contemplations of the Abyss of Hell given by Aleister Crowley in Liber HHH, the others being Purauis and Nekros.
Phama: Enochian- trans. "I will give".
Phamael (Var. of Phanuel (q.v.)): Found in Baruch III.
Phanael: Var. of Phanuel (q.v.). An Enochian angel who appeared to John Dee and Edward Kelley.
Phaniel (Var. of Phanuel (q.v.)): A name used in a nostrum to heal a man from enchantment or affliction by a spirit in Henri Gamache's Mystery of the Long Lost 8th, 9th and 10th Books of Moses.
Phanuel (Var. Fanuel, Phaniel, Phanael; Hebrew- trans. "face of God"): In Enoch I: The archangel of penance and one of the 4 angels of the presence, equated with the angel Uriel (q.v.).
Phapro Osoronnophris: A name of Jehovah used a prayer used to ask a favour of Jehovah in Henri Gamache's Mystery of the Long Lost 8th, 9th and 10th Books of Moses.
Phara: See Phra.
Pharashcol: A Hebrew word meaning "all is explained" used as a password in reply to the word Phaalchol in the thirtieth and thirty second degrees of the Ancient and Accepted Rite and the nineteenth degree of the Antient and Primitive Rite of Freemasonry.
Pharmaros: See Armaros.
Pharniel: In the Lemegeton: An angel of the 12th hour of the day who is an officer under the angel Beratiel.
Pharos Illuminans (var. of title Pharus Illuminans (q.v.)): In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: (1) A title conferred upon the initiate in the initiation of the Philosophus grade. (2) A title referred to in the Ritual of the Portal of the Vault of the Adepti.
Pharus Illuminans (Var. Pharos Illuminans; Latin- trans. "Tower of Light"): A name given by the Rosicrucians to the degree of Philosophi.
Pharzuph: A Hebrew name meaning "two faced" or "hypocritical". (1) In Rabbinic lore: The angel of lust that appears to Judah at the crossroads, described but not named in Genesis 38. (2) One of the Genii of the fourth hour, called a "genius of fornication", found in the Nuctemeron of Apollonius of Tyana.
Phatiel: In the Lemegeton: An angel of the 5th hour of the night who is a lesser officer under the angel Abasdarhon.
Phaton: A name used in a conjuration of Lucifer in the Grimoire of Honorius.
Pheba (var. Phibbi): A female day name (q.v.) for Friday. The male equivalent is Cuffee or Cuffy.
Phebiades: Woodland spirits mentioned in The Magus.
Phehilyah (Hebrew- trans. "Redeemer" or "Liberator"): One of the 72 names of Jehovah or of the Angels of the Shem Ha-Mephoresch (q.v.), found in the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn.
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Figure 12 Sigil of the spirit Phenex.
Phenex (Var. of Phoenix (q.v.)): Phenex is the thirty seventh spirit of the Lemegeton, described as a marquis, who appears as a Phoenix bird (q.v.). Phenex teaches of sciences and poetry. He rules over 20 legions of spirits. His sigil is depicted in fig. 12.
Phenix: See Phenex.
Phenuel: See Fanuel.
Pheynix: See Phenex.
Phi: (1) The twenty first letter of the Greek alphabet (φ), equivalent to "f" or "ph" in English.
[pic]Figure 13 Phî Hexagram
(2) Phî is the twelfth of the 64 hexagrams or patterns of the Chinese divination system called I Ching (See fig. 13). It represents lack of understanding, great loss and little gain, and obstruction. (3) A name used in the Preliminary Invocation in the Goetia or Lesser Key of Solomon.
Philodes: An angel invoked in the consecration of wax and clay in The Book of True Black Magic.
Philosopher's Stone: The ultimate object of the Alchemists was to produce the Philosopher's Stone or Lapis Philosophorum, a magickal stone with the ability to turn base metals into gold and to miraculously cure disease.
Philosophical Degrees: The degrees above the eighteenth and up to the thirty second degree in the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry.
Philosophi: The fourth degree within the Rosicrucian system, represented by the formula 6,4.
Philosophic Egg: See Cucurbite.
Philosophus: (1) The fourth rank above the beginner's rank of probationer and the highest rank within the lowest order of the Astrum Argentium, represented by the formula 4 degree = 7 squared. (2) The fourth grade of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. (3) The fourth of ten degrees of initiation with Gavin and Yvonne Frost’s Church and School of Wicca.
Phinehas: In Rabbinic lore: The angel of the Lord from Gilgal mentioned in Judges 2:1.
PhI-ThETA-SOE: A name used in the invocation of Air in Liber Samekh.
Phlegethon (Greek- trans. "burning"): (1) In Greek mythology, Phlegethon was one of the five rivers found in Hades, the river of fire. The other four were the Styx, the Lethe, the Acheron and the Cocytus. (2) One of the four infernal rivers listed in The Magus. The other three are the Cocytus, the Styx and the Acheron. Barrett has for some reason omitted the Lethe. (2) The river surrounding the first round of the seventh circle of hell in Dante's Inferno. Dante describes it as a river of blood.
Phlegyas: The boatman that ferried souls of the dead across the river Styx in Dante's Inferno. His name is derived from the name of the river Phlegethon (q.v.).
Phlogabitus: One of the Genii of the third hour, called a "genius of adornments", found in the Nuctemeron of Apollonius of Tyana in Levi's Transcendental Magic.
Phoenix (Var. Phenex, Pheynix or Phenix): (1) A mythical bird that is resurrected from the ashes of its own pyre. In Egypt this mythical bird was often equated with the Bennu bird, a heron sacred to Osiris (q.v.). The Greeks called it the Kerkes (Circe). The myth probably originated in Phoenicia, where its symbol, the winged sun disk, represented the sun flying through the heavens, constantly cremated and reborn in the fires of sunset and sunrise. According to the Haggadah, the phoenix was a large sun bird on whose wings was written: "Neither the earth produces me, nor the heavens, but only the wings of fire." In Enoch II the phoneixes are birds of paradise who greet the rising of the sun with sweet songs. (2) In the magical system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: A term used in the Consecration Ceremony of the Vault of the Adepti. (3) A mythical bird mentioned in Liber VII: Liber Liberi vel Lapidis Lazuli, Advmbratio Kabbalae Aegyptiorum Svb Figvra VII.
Phoenix Wand: A ritual tool mentioned in "Comment on Liber VII in class E" in Liber VII: Liber Liberi vel Lapidis Lazuli, Advmbratio Kabbalae Aegyptiorum Svb Figvra VII.
Phorlach (Var. of Phorlakh (q.v.)): In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: (a) The name of the angel associated with the element of earth.
Phorlakh (Var. Phorlach, Porlach or Furlac): (1) Called the angel of earth, whose name is inscribed on the seventh pentacle of the Sun in the Greater Key of Solomon. (2) In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: (a) An angel invoked in the consecration of the ritual pentacle or pantacle.
Phorsiel: In the Lemegeton: An angel of the 4th hour of the night who is a chief officer under the angel Jefischa.
Phorsy: A name used in a conjuration of Beelzebuth in the Grimorium Verum.
PhOTETh: A name used in the invocation of Water in Liber Samekh.
Phra (Var. Phara): An angel who is a senior of the south under Ephra in the Book of Supplications and Invocations. Phra is invoked to move things to other places.
Phragal Mocaden: See Alpharg.
Phrat: A symbolic name associated to the degree of Majores in Rosicrucianism.
Phrath (Var. Euphrates): (1) In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: (a) One of the four rivers flowing out of Naher or Nahar (see Naher). Phrath flows into Malkuth (q.v.), representing earth. (b) A symbol used in the initiation of the Philosophus Grade. (c) A term mentioned in the Rite of the Pentagram and the Five Paths. (2) A term mentioned in "Comment on Liber VII in class E" in Liber VII: Liber Liberi vel Lapidis Lazuli, Advmbratio Kabbalae Aegyptiorum Svb Figvra VII.
Phrenology (Greek "phren" ("mind") and "logos" ("a discourse")): A system of determining the character of a person by examining the shape and protuberances of a person's skull.
[pic]Figure 14 Sigil of Phul
Phritithi: (1) An Egyptian name for the constellation Aquarius. (2) In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: (a) A name associated with the Kerub of Air of the Stations of the Kerubim (b) A name used in the Evocation of the Angel Chassan to Visible Appearance.
Phronesis (Greek- trans. "prudence"): Gnosticism. One of the 4 luminaries emanating from the divine will.
Phuel (Var. of Phul (q.v.)): A name engraved on a magic handbell used in necromancy described in Girardius Parvi Lucii libellus de mirabilibus naturae arcanis.
Phul (Var. Phuel): (1) In Agrippa's Three Books of Occult Philosophy: (a) A spirit of the Moon. (b) Ruler of 7 of the Olympic Provinces (q.v.). (c) An angel of Monday. (2) An Olympic Spirit found in the Arbatel. Phul rules over a septenary in the Arbatel, consisting of 7 provinces. Phul has the power to turn all metals to silver and to assign spirits of water to assist men. His sigil is depicted in fig. 14. (2) In the Theosophia Pneumatica, Phul is related to the angel Gabriel and to a spirit called Shamain. (3) In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: (a) An Olympic spirit, related to the Moon. (b) An Olympic Spirit mentioned in the intiation of the Practicus grade. (4) One of the Spirits listed in the Grimoire of Armadel. Phul is described as a teacher of Sciences and knowledge of Souls and Man. He is to be invoked on Monday at daybreak. His sigil is depicted in fig. 15.
Phulax: The feminine equivalent of the title Sentinel (q.v.).
Phupe: In La Kabbale Pratique: One of two angels who fight the enemies of the Church, the other being Rehel.
Physiognamy (Greek "physis" ("nature") and "gnomon" ("one who knows")): The practice of judging a person's character and intelligence by studying thier features, especially of their face.
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Figure 16 Pî
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Figure 17 Pî
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Figure 15 Sigil of Phul in the Armadel
Pi: (1) The sixteenth letter of the Greek alphabet (π), equivalent to the letter "P".
(2) Pî is the eighth and twenty second of the 64 hexagrams or patterns of the Chinese divination system called I Ching. The eighth hexagram is depicted in figure 16. It represents self examination. The twenty second hexagram is depicted in figure 17. It represents cautious removal of restraints. (3) Enochian- trans. "place". In Regardie's The Complete Golden Dawn System of Magic, this word is also listed as meaning "bed". In Laycock's The Complete Enochian Dictionary, it has the additonal meaning "she".
Pi Bliar (Var. Pi-beliare): Enochian- trans. "places of comfort".
Pi Hermes: In Hermetics: The genius of the planet Mercury, equated with the angel Raphael (q.v.).
Pi I (Var. Pii): Enochian- trans. "she is".
Pi Ioh: See Pi Joh.
Pi Joh (Var. Pi Ioh): In Hermetics: The genius of the moon.
Pi Re: In Hermetics: A planetary Genii who is equated with the angel Michael.
Pi Zeus: In Hermetics: The genius of the planet Jupiter.
Pia: A cacodemon related to the south and to Ndnos in the Book of Supplications and Invocations.
Piad (Var. Pe-iad): An Enochian title of Jehovah.
Pi-adapahe: See Piadph.
Pi-adapehe: See Piadph.
Piadph (Var. Pi-adapahe, Pi-adapehe): Enochian- trans. "jaw" or "jaws".
Piamoel: See Piamol.
Piamol (Var. Piamoel): Enochian- trans. "righteousness".
Pian: See Aspian.
Pianu: See Aspian.
Piap (Var. Piape): Enochian- trans. "balance".
Piape: See Piap.
Pi-beliare: See Pi Bliar.
Pidiai: An Enochian word. In Regardie's The Complete Golden Dawn System of Magic, this is translated as meaning "marble". In Laycock's The Complete Enochian Dictionary it is translated as meaning "sleeves" or "marble sleeves".
Piedras de Rayo (Trans. “thunderstones” or “hail”): Santeria. Hailstones are sacred to the Orisha Chango (q.v.). They are kept inside a sacred Batea (a calabash or wooden bowl) in which sits a wooden mortar (Odo Chango or Pilon).
Pieds-Zin: See Zin.
Pierides: (1) Greek. An alternate name for the Muses (q.v.). (2) Woodland spirits mentioned in The Magus.
Pierre Lwa (Trans. "Lwa stone"): Vodou. Smooth stones believed to be inhabited by Lwas.
Pihon: In 3 Enoch: One of the names of Metatron (q.v.).
Pii (Var. of Enochian Pi I (q.v.)): In Regardie's The Complete Golden Dawn System of Magic, this is translated as "bed" or "she is a place".
Pilada: See Pild.
Pilah (Var. Pilahe): Enochian- trans. "moreover".
Pilahe: See Pilah.
Pilalael: In Hechaloth lore: An angelic guardian of the gates of the west wind.
Pilatus: A name used to bring good fortune in a lottery in the Black Pullet.
Pild (Var. Pilada): Enochian- trans. "continually".
Pillar of Equilibrium: See Pillar of Mildness.
Pillar of Judgement: See Pillar of Severity.
Pillar of Mercy (var. Masculine Pillar): The right hand pillar in the Qabalistic "Tree of Life" (q.v.), including the following Sephiroth (q.v.): Chokmah, Chesed and Netzach. It represents force or expansion.
Pillar of Mildness (var. Middle Pillar, Pillar of Equilibrium): The middle pillar in the Qabalistic "Tree of Life" (q.v.), including the following Sephiroth (q.v.): Kether, Tiphareth, Yesod and Malkuth. It represents balance.
Pillar of Severity (var. Feminine Pillar, Pillar of Judgement): The left hand pillar in the Qabalistic "Tree of Life" (q.v.), including the following Sephiroth (q.v.): Binah, Geburah and Hod. It represents form or restriction.
Pillars of Shu: The northern gate to the underworld, also called the Gate of Tchesert, used in the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn.
Pilon: (1) Santeria. A wooden pestle that is sacred to the Orisha Chango, also known as an odo Chango (q.v.). (2) Vodou. A mortar for pounding grain.
Pilz: See Pilzin.
Pilzin (Var. Pilz, Pil-zodinu): Enochian- trans. "firmament of waters".
Pil-zodinu: See Pilzin.
Pimba: Vodou. A Lwa that belongs to the Pethro Rites and shares some of the characteristics of the Lwa Legba Ati-n Bon (q.v.).
Pimienta de Guinea: Santeria. Guinea Pepper, used in herbal mixtures.
Pinaldo: Santeria. The initiation ceremony at which the Santero or Santera receives their sacrificial knife (Cuchillo).
Pince: Vodou. A pointed iron bar used for digging holes in ritual.
Pine: A name appearing on the Almadel of the Lemegeton.
Pin'ga Maza: Vodou. One of the Lwas. Pin'ga is fond of eating razor blades.
Pingala: In Hinduism: The channel of energy that runs up the right side of the spine. It is also known as the Surya Nadi or Sun Nerve and the energy which passes through it is known as the Surya Swara or Sun Breath. Its counterpart on the left side is Ida (q.v.). These correspond to the sensory and motor tracts running up and down the spinal cord. Another channel, Susumna (q.v.), runs up the center, corresponding to the canalis centralis.
Pinzu-a: An Enochian word, found in the works of John Dee, for which there is no known translation.
Pir: Enochian- trans. "holy one" or "holy ones" (Cf. Pire).
Pire (Var. Pireda): Enochian- trans. "holy" (Cf. Pir).
Pireda: See Pire.
Pirik: According to the Necronomicon, the "demon of the Thunderbolt" and one of the Ministers of knowledge.
Pi-ripseonu: See Peripsax.
Piripsax: See Peripsax.
Piripsol: See Peripsax.
Piripson: See Peripsax.
Pirsoyn: See Gusion.
Pisces (Latin- trans. "the fish"): (1) In Astrology: One of the twelve signs of the Zodiac, represented as two fish. In Roman mythology, Venus and Cupid hid from the giant Typhon by jumping into the river and becoming fishes. Minerva later commemorated the event by placing the image of the two fishes in the heavens. The symbol of Pisces is depicted in figure 18. Its sun sign period lasts from 20 February to 21 March. Positive Piscean traits include modesty, compassion, sympathy, unworldliness, sensitivity, adaptablility, kindness, incuition and receptiveness. Negative traits include vagueness, carelessness, secrecy, confusion, impracticality, weak will and indecision. (2) In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: (a) A sign of the zodiac related to: (i) HHYV. (ii) Qoph. (iii) Simeon. (iv) Amnixiel. (v) The Colour Crimson.
[pic]Figure 18 Pisces
Pison: (1) A symbolic name associated to the degree of Minores in Rosicrucianism. (2) In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: (a) One of the four rivers flowing out of Naher or Nahar (see Naher). Pison flows into the Sephira Geburah (q.v.), related to the element of fire. (b) A river invoked in the consecration of the Rose Cross. (c) A river mentioned in the ceremony of the Practicus grade.
Pisqon: In 3 Enoch: One of the names of Metatron (q.v.).
Pistis Sophia: A name meaning "faith" or "wisdom". (1) Gnosticism. A great female Aeon who gave birth to the superior angels. (2) A Gnostic gospel, containing extracts from the Books of the Saviour. G. R. s. Mead translated a copy of it published in London in 1921.
Pithona: A name used in the second and grand conjurations of Lucifuge Rocofale in the Grand Grimoire.
Pitit Caille: A term for the members of the Vodou Society.
Pititt (Var. Ti Baka): Vodou. The smaller of the two drums of the Pethro battery of drums (q.v.).
Piz: A cacodemon related to the south and to Xannv in the Book of Supplications and Invocations.
Pizi: See Amizpi.
Plaior: An angel whose name is used in a vesting prayer in the Greater Key of Solomon.
Planetary Spirits: A class of spirits mentioned in the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn.
Plapli (Var. Pelapeli): Enochian- trans. "partakers".
Plat Marassah: Vodou. Red clay plates, consisting of two or three bowls joined together, used for offerings to the Marassah (q.v.).
Platien (Greek- trans. "flat" or "broad"): A spirit subordinate to the four sub princes Oriens, Paimon, Ariton and Amaimon in The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage.
Plaza: Santeria. An offering of fruits and candies for the Orishas (q.v.).
Pledge: Vampyre. Someone in the intitiation process (c.f Initiate).
Plegaton: A name used in a conjuration of Lucifer in the Grimoire of Honorius.
Plegit: A spirit subordinate to the four sub princes Oriens, Paimon, Ariton and Amaimon in The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage.
Pleorim: A name used in a conjuration of Astaroth in the Grimorium Verum.
Pleroma (Var. Plerome; Greek- trans. "filling up"): A Gnostic term, referring to the fullness of the supreme deity.
Plerome (var. of Pleroma (q.v.)): In Vodou there are three astral planes or Pneumes which represent the invisible source of the stars (Plerome), the visible stars (Paraclete) and tangible objects (Ophanim).
Plesithea: Gnosticism. The mother of angels. May be a title of the Pistis Sophia (q.v.).
Plirok: A spirit subordinate to the four sub princes Oriens, Paimon, Ariton and Amaimon in The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage.
Plison: A spirit subordinate to Belzebud in The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage.
Plosi (Var. Pelosi): Enochian- trans. "as many".
Plumas (trans. “feathers”): Santeria. A term used in referrence to sacrificial birds.
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Figure 19 Symbol of Pluto
Pluto (Var. Plutus; Latin- trans. "wealth"): (1) Roman God of the Dead and the Underworld. He is cognate with the Greek God Hades. (2) In modern Astrology: The outermost planet used, whose symbol is depicted in fig. 19. Pluto is associated with creative and regenerative forces, the gonads, the unconscious, eruptions, business and beginnings and endings. Positve Plutonic traits include business ability and analytical nature. Negative Plutonic traits include an unhealthy unconcious, cruelty, bestiality, criminality underhandedness and sadism. (3) A demon listed by Wierus as "Prince of Fire". (4) Described as the prince of fire in Alexis De Terreneuve de Thym's autobiography Farfadets, ou tous le demons ne sont pas l'autre monde. (5) One of the Infernal names listed in Anton LaVey's Satanic Bible.
Plutus (Var. of Pluto (q.v.)): The guardian of the fourth circle of hell in Dante's Inferno.
Pmagl: A name of Jehovah used to call forth spirits in the Book of Supplications and Invocations.
Pmox (Var. Pmzox, PMX): An angel who is a senior of the east under Aovrrz, related to the element of fire in the Book of Supplications and Invocations. Pmox is invoked to acquire knowledge of living creatures.
PMX (Var. of Pmox (q.v.)): In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: A name used on the ankh (q.v.) of the Tarot.
Pmzox: See Pmox.
Pneuma (Var. Pneumes; Deriv. Greek "pnein" ("to breathe")): (1) A soul or spirit. (2) In Christian theology: The Holy Spirit.
Pneumaton: A name invoked in a rite of necromancy in the Verus Jesuitarum Libellus.
Pneumes (var. of Pneuma (q.v.)): In Vodou there are three astral planes or Pneumes which represent the invisible source of the stars (Plerome), the visible stars (Paraclete) and tangible objects (Ophanim).
Pniel: In Trachtenberg's Jewish Magic and Superstition: An angel ruling one of the months of the year.
Pnlrx: A name of Jehovah used to call forth spirits in the Book of Supplications and Invocations.
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Figure 20 Po
Po: The twenty third of the 64 hexagrams or patterns of the Chinese divination system called I Ching (see fig. 20). It represents caution and the necessity to remain still.
Poamal (Var. Poamalzod, Poamala, Pooumala, Proamal): Enochian- trans. "your palace".
Poamala: See Poamal.
Poamalzod: See Poamal.
Pocel: See Crocell.
Pocisni: See Focisni.
Poeninus: Celtic. A God worhipped in the Alps around St. Bernard Pass who the Romans associated with Jupiter.
Poiel: An angel of the order of Principalities who is one of the seventy two angels forming part of the name of Jehovah, Schemhamphorae, in The Magus and in La Kabbale Pratique.
Poilp (Var. Poilape): Enochian- trans. "divide" (Cf. Yrpoil).
Poin: See Point.
Point (Var. Poin, Pouin): Vodou. A line of force or point of contact between the mundane world and the world of the Lwas.
Point-Couleuvre Aida Wedo: Vodou. The rainbow, a symbol of the serpent Goddess Aida Wedo, an aspect of the Lwa Erzulie (q.v.). The rainbow is the means by which the Lwa Legba Ati-n Bon (q.v.) communicates with the Earth.
Poison of God: See Samael.
Pola: (1) Enochian- trans. "two" or "a pair". (2) One of the seventy two names of Jehovah given in The Royal Masonic Cyclopedia.
Polkal: A word used in the higher degrees of Freemasonry meaning "wholly separated".
Poltergeist (First appeared 1848. Deriv. German "poltern" ("make noise, rattling, rumbling") and "geist" ("ghost")): A more scientific and descriptive term for the phenomenon of Poltergeist is Recurrent Spontaneous Psychokinesis. This phenomenon is usually associated to a specific person and manifests as the spontaneous movement of objects in a room or building in which this person is located. In most cases the person associated with the phenomena is a teenager, though adults are sometimes the agent. In all cases the agent is frustrated about something, and in the majority of cases this frustration is sexual.
Poltergeists: One of the 10 varieties of devils listed by Alphonsus De Spina (See Devils, Poltergeist).
Polastrien: A name used to transport one anywhere in the world in the Black Pullet.
Polvos: Santeria. A term for "powder".
Polvos Voladores: Santeria. A type of powder used in destructive spells.
Polvos de zorra: Santeria. A type of powder used in destructive spells.
Polyhymnia (Var. Polymnia): The muse (q.v.) of sacred hymns and harmony in Greek Mythology.
Polymastia: This is one of those things that the Inquisitors used to look for as an indication that the victim was a Witch. The Demonologists of the Inquisition believed that a witch had an extra nipple to feed her familiar. They pointed out any wart, growth or mole as "proof" in practice. In fact, slightly less than 2% of the population has extra nipples. An extra breast is very rare, but not unheard of.
Polymnia: See Polyhymnia.
Poncor: A name used in a rite to purify ritual clothing in The Book of True Black Magic.
Poniel: A name inscribed on the talisman of Arbatel in The Arbatel of Magic.
Ponodol: A governor of the aethyr or aire Ich listed in Liber Scientiae, Auxili et Victoriae Terrestris, in Liber Vel Chanokh and in the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. Ponodol has 5234 servants.
Ponoel: In the Ars Paulina of the Lemegeton: An angel ruling the 5th degree of Taurus.
Pontiff of Isis, Grand: The twenty seventh degree of the Antient and Primitive Rite of Freemasonry.
Pooka: See Puca.
Poor Knights of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon: See Knights Templar.
Pooumala: See Poamal.
Pooyael (Trans. "Supporting all things"): One of the 72 names of Jehovah or of the Angels of the Shem Ha-Mephoresch (q.v.), found in the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn.
Pop: (1) The nineteenth of the thirty Aires of Dee's 48 Claves Angelicae. (2) The nineteenth aethyr or aire listed in Liber Vel Chanokh. (3) In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: The nineteenth aethyr of the Fourty Eight Angelical Keys or Calls. (4) The nineteenth Aethyr of the nineteenth part of The Word of Set.
Popa: One of the seventy two names of Jehovah given in The Royal Masonic Cyclopedia.
Pope (Deriv. Greek "pappas" ("father")): (1) The head of the Roman Catholic Church. (2) A parish priest of the Orthodox Eastern Church. (3) A ritual title used by one of the participants in L'Air Epais in LaVey's The Satanic Rituals. It refers to Clement V, the Pope who instigated the persecution of the Knights Templar (q.v.) in the 14th Century C.E.
Pophand: A governor of the aethyr or aire Des listed in Liber Scientiae, Auxili et Victoriae Terrestris, in Liber Vel Chanokh and in the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. Pophand has 9232 servants.
Poppet (Deriv. Latin "pupa" ("puppet")): (1) The poppet is a rag doll or human image made of materials such as clay or wax that is used in some forms of sympathetic magick. The poppet represents the person who is the object of the magick, be it positive or negative. The idea is that whatever is done to the poppet will also happen to the person it represents. (2) Santeria. Poppets are commonly used to dispell evil influences.
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Figure 21 Populus
Populus (Latin- trans. “people”): (1) A Geomantic figure associated with the Moon and the Zodiacal sign Cancer (see fig. 21). It represents movement and change. (2) A Geomantic character listed in The Magus.
Pora: One of the seventy two names of Jehovah given in The Royal Masonic Cyclopedia.
Poraia (Var. of Porajus de Rejectus (q.v.)): In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: A title given to the new initiate in the initiation of the Theoricus Grade.
Poraii: A demon mentioned by Grillot De Givry in Witchcraft, Magic and Alchemy.
Poraios de Rejectus (var. of Porajus de Rejectus (q.v.)): In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: A title given to the new initiate in the initiation of the Theoricus Grade.
Porajus De Rejectus (Var. Poraios de Rejectis, Poraia): A name given by the Rosicrucians to the degree of Theoretici.
Poriel: In the Ars Paulina of the Lemegeton: An angel ruling the 8th degree of both Scorpio and Sagittarius.
Porlach: See Phorlakh.
Porna (Var. Porosa): (1) In The Heptameron: An angel of Friday residing in the 3rd heaven and invoked in the south. (2) In The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses: An angel of Friday.
Poro: In The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses: An angel of the order of Powers (q.v.).
Porosa (Var. of Porna (q.v.)): One of the angels of the third heaven ruling in the north on Friday in The Magus.
Portal Signs: Six signs demonstrated in the Initiation ritual of Neophyte Grade 0-0 in the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. The six signs are: Rending of the Veil, Closing of the Veil, Osiris Slain, the sign of Mourning Isis, the Sign of Apophis and Typhon, and Osiris Risen.
Poseidon: (1) Greek. The God of the Sea, cognate with the Roman God Neptune. Poseidon was one of the twelve Olympians. He was often the rival of Zeus and was beleived to cause earth quakes. As a result one of his titles was "Earth Shaker". Poseidon lived at the bottom of the sea with his wife Amphitrite. (2) One of the eight symbolic planets in Uranian Astrology.
Poser: Vampyre. Someone pretending to be a Vampyre.
Posriel: Judaic. An angel in charge of the 6th division of Hell.
Post Centum Viginti Annos Patebo (Var. Post CXX Annos Patebo; Latin- trans. "After one hundred and twenty years I shall open"): In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: (a) A phrase used in the initiation of the Adeptus Minor Grade. (b) A phrase used in the Consecration Ceremony of the Vault of the Adepti.
Post CXX Annos Patebo: See Post Centum Viginti Annos Patebo.
Poteau-Legba: See Poteau-Mitan.
Poteau-Mitan (Var. Poteau-Legba): Vodou. The wooden center post of the Peristyle (q.v.). Its top is considered to be the center of heaven and the base is considered to be the center of hell. It stands on a circular masonry pedestal called the Socle. It is generally painted in a spiral design representing the rainbow and the serpent Lwas Danbhalah (q.v.) and Aida We-Do (q.v.). The Lwas are beleived to enter the Oum'phor through the Poteau-Mitan. The Poteau-Mitan is also known as the "Papa Loko Ati-Sou Poun'goueh".
Poteaux Zins: See Zin.
Poteh (Var. Purah): In Trachtenberg's Jewish Magic and Superstition: The angel of forgetting.
Potentates (Var. Potestates; Latin "potens" ("powerful")): (1) An alternative name for the angelic order of Powers (q.v.) used in the Lemegeton. The variation "Potestate" is probably a typographical error later in the text. The spirits Gaap, Vual and Paimon are said to rule over some of the members of this order. (2) An alternative name for the angelic order of Powers used in Paradise Lost.
Potential: Vampyre. A potential Vampyre, whose talents are unrealized (cf. Latent Vampyre, Klavasi).
Poter (Greek "Poter" ("drinking cup" or "vase"): A spirit subordinate to the four sub princes Oriens, Paimon, Ariton and Amaimon in The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage.
Potestates: See Potentates.
Pothnir: A governor of the aethyr or aire Paz listed in Liber Scientiae, Auxili et Victoriae Terrestris, in Liber Vel Chanokh and in the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. Pothnir has 6300 servants.
Pots-de-tete: Vodou. Jars kept on the Pe (altar) in an Oum'phor (q.v.) which contain a magickal part of the spirits of the people who worship there.
Pouin: See Point.
Poule Noir: See Black Pullet.
Powers (Var. Potentates): (1) One of the several categories of angels listed in the letters of Paul in the New Testament. The others listed by Paul include: Virtues, Principalities, Dominions and Thrones. Dionysius listed the Powers as the 3rd in the 2nd tirad of the celestial heirarchy but incorrectly equated the Powers with the Seraphim (q.v.). (2) One of both the nine orders of angels and the nine orders of demons listed by Michaelis in his Admirable History of the Possession and Conversion of a Penitent Woman. (3) In The Magus: (a) One of the six orders of angels "which are not sent to inferiors", the other five being the Seraphim, Cherubim, Thrones, Dominations, and Virtues. (b) One of the nine choirs of angels listed in the Scale of the Number Nine, ruled by Camael. (c) One of the "ten orders of the blessed according to Dionysius", the others being Cherubim, Dominations, Seraphim, Thrones, Virtues, Principalities, Archangels, Angels and Blessed Souls. (d) One of the twelve orders of blessed spirits, the others being the Seraphim, Thrones, Archangels, Martyrs, Virtues, Principalities, Angels, Confessors, Dominations, Innocents and Cherubim. (4) A synonym for the Seraphim in the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. (5) A term for the order of Guards used in Paradise Lost.
Poziel: The sixth diurnal duke under Usiel in the Operation by the Regal Spirit Usiel.
Ppsac: A name of Jehovah used to call forth spirits in the Book of Supplications and Invocations.
Practici (Var. Practicus): The third degree within the Rosicrucian system, represented by the formula 7,3.
Practicus: (1) An alternate name for the third degree of the Rosicrucians (see Practici). (2) The third rank above the beginner's rank of probationer within the lowest order of the Astrum Argentium, represented by the formula 3 degree = 8 squared. (3) The third grade of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. (4) The third of ten degrees of initiation with Gavin and Yvonne Frost’s Church and School of Wicca.
[pic]Figure 22 Mace of the Praemon-
ystrator
Praemonstrator: One of the officers symbolically representing the second order in the ceremonies of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. He carries a mace depicted in fig. 22.
Praf (Var. Perifa): Enochian- trans. "dwell".
Pragma: Enochian- trans. "dwell".
Prajna (Hindu- trans. “wisdom”): (1) Buddhism. One of the six characteristics brought to perfection (Paramita) in the Buddha. The other five are giving (dana), morality (sila), acceptance, strength and meditation (dhyana). (2) The seventh and final portal through which one passes on the way to Nirvana in Liber LXXI.
Praklit: See Palit.
Pralaya: A state of consciousness mentioned in Liber LXXI.
Pramimiel: In the Lemegeton: An angel of the 11th hor of the day who is an officer under the angel Bariel.
Prana: In Hindu medicine, one of the Vayu (q.v.) or forces that act through the nervous system. Prana is said to operate in the breast. Like the Chinese Chi (q.v.), Prana is a life energy strongly connected to the breath.
Pranayama: Exercises used in Yoga involving breath control.
Praredun: A name used in a conjuration of Beelzebuth in the Grimorium Verum.
Pratyeka Buddha: A term used for a person who "attains emancipation for himself alone" in Liber LXXI.
Pravashi: See Favashi.
Pravuil: In Enoch II: A scribe of the knowledge of the most high and keeper of heavenly records.
Praxil: In the Lemegeton: An angel of the 2nd hour of the night who is a chief officer under the angel Farris.
Prdzar (Var. Peredazodare): Enochian- trans. "diminish".
Preceptor (Latin "praeceptum", deriv. "praecipere ("to take beforehand" or "to admonish")): (1) The principal teacher of a seminary. (2) The officer presiding over a province or kingdom in the Knights Templar. (3) Qabalistic. Each of the Biblical patriarchs was assigned an angelic Preceptor as counselor and teacher, viz: Raziel: Adam; Jophiel or Yophiel: Shem; Zaphkiel: Noah; Zidekiel or Zadkiel: Abraham; Raphael: Isaac, Toby the Younger; Gabriel: Joseph, Joshua, Daniel; Peliel or Pehel: Jacob; Metatron: Moses; Malashiel or Haltiel: Elijah; Camael or Gamael: Samson; Cerviel, Gerviel or Gernaiul: David; Michael: Solomon.
Preches: A spirit subordinate to Asmodee in The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage.
Precipitado Rojo: Santeria. A type of red powder used for spells of destruction of enemies or protection from enemies.
Precognition: Having knowledge of an event before it happens.
Preil: An angel called "le grand" in Mandaean lore.
Premoton: A name used in a conjuration of Lucifer in the Grimoire of Honorius.
Premy: A name used in a conjuration of Lucifer in the Grimorium Verum.
Prenatal Epoch: In Astrology: The moment of conception, about nine months before birth but not necessarily corresponding to the time of biological conception.
Prenda (Trans. “The jewel”): Palo Mayombe. A cauldron where the spirits of the dead reside.
Prendido en el santo (Trans. "expected to make the saint"): Santeria. It is used in reference to those who have received the intitiations of The Warriors and The Necklaces, which is considered to be half of the Asiento (q.v.). These people are said to have received the Fundamento ("foundation").
Prenostix: In the Lemegeton: An angel of the 6th hour of the night who is a chief officer under the angel Zaazonash.
Prerai: A name used in the Third Conjuration of a spirit in the Lemegeton.
Presidente de Mesa: Santeria. The person in charge of a Sesion Espiritista (seance).
Pret Savanne (Creole- trans. "bush priest"): Vodou. The person who reads the Catholic prayers and chants at ceremonies.
Prg: Enochian- trans. "flames".
Prge (Var. Peregi, Pereji, Perejeli): Enochian- trans. "fire".
Prgel: Enochian- trans. "of fire".
Priapus: (1) A fertility God of the coasts of Asia Minor. The Greeks made him the son of the Goddess Aphrodite by Dionysus. (2) A deity mentioned in Liber VII: Liber Liberi vel Lapidis Lazuli, Advmbratio Kabbalae Aegyptiorum Svb Figvra VII.
Priatas: Espiritismo. Spiritual guides that appear as Pirates.
Priaz (var. Priazi, Periadoza, Periadozi): Enochian- trans. "those".
Priazi: See Priaz.
Priere Dio: See Priere Djor.
Priere Djor (var. Priere Dio): Vodou. An African prayer mixed with French expressions and the names of Roman Catholic saints.
Priere Guinin: The "African Prayer" that begins Vodou ceremonies.
Priest (Var. Ramkht. Anglo Saxon "preost", deriv. Latin "presbyter" ("elder")): (1) Vampyre. One of the three Castes (See Caste). Priests are the leaders, scholars, organizers and practitioners of magick (Sangomancy or Vampyrecraft). (2) One of the officers in Crowley's version of the Gnostic Mass.
Priest of Mendes: A title for a male initiated into the third degree within Anton LaVey's Church of Satan.
Priest of Set: The title of a male holding the third degree of initiation within the Temple of Set.
Priestess (Anglo Saxon "preost", deriv. Latin "presbyter" ("elder")): One of the officers in Crowley's version of the Gnostic Mass is called the Priestess.
Priestess of Mendes: A title for a female initiated into the third degree within Anton LaVey's Church of Satan.
Priestess of Set: The title of a female holding the third degree of initiation within the Temple of Set.
Priesthood of Mendes: A Satanic priesthood founded by Anton LaVey in 1969. A year later it became one of the five degrees of initiation. The five orders of initiation are: Satanist, Witch or Warlock, Priest or Priestess of Mendes, Magister and Magus.
Prima Materia (Latin- trans. "First Matter"): In Alchemy: Prima Materia is the magickal essence that is the elusive basic essence of all things needed to create the Philosopher's Stone (q.v.).
Primematum (Var. of Primeumaton (q.v.)): In the Lemegeton: (a) A name inscribed on the triangle of Solomon. (b) A name used in the Second and Third Conjurations of a spirit. (c) A name use in the Invocation of the King. (d) A name used in the Chain Curse.
Primeumaton (Var. Primematum): (1) In the Greater Key of Solomon: (a) A name of Jehovah used in a conjuration. (b) A name used in the process of taking a lustral bath. (2) In the Lemegeton: (a) A name inscribed outside the triangle placed outside of the magickal circle. (b) A name used in the second conjuration of a spirit. (c) A name used in the greater curse. (3) A name used in an exorcism of the spirits of the air in The Magus. (4) A name inscribed in a triangle used to invoke the aethyr Zax in Liber Aervm Vel Saecvli. (5) In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: A name of power used in the Evocation of the Angel Chassan to Visible Appearance.
Primogenitus (Latin "primus" ("first") and "gignere" ("to beget")): One of the seventy two names of Jehovah found in the Grimoire of Honorius.
Primum Mobile: In Ptolemaic Astronomy the Primum Mobile was the outermost of the revolving spheres of the universe, which gave motion to all the others (See Empyrean Heaven).
Primus (Latin- trans. "first"): (1) One of the seventy two names of Jehovah found in the Grimoire of Honorius. (2) Vampyre. The founder or leader of a large family or Coven of Vampyres.
Prina (corruption of Binah (q.v.)): Found in The Magus.
Prince of Darkness: (1) A title of Satan. (2) A title used by Michael Aquino, the founder of the Temple of Set.
Prince of Jerusalem: The sixteenth degree of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry.
Prince of Libanus (Var. Master of Saint Andrew, of Chardon, and of Scotland or Royal Axe): The twenty second degree of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry.
Prince of Memphis, Member of the Mystic Temple: The thirty second degree of the Antient and Primitive Rite of Freemasonry.
Prince of Mercy: The twenty sixth degree of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry.
Prince of Truth: The twenty fourth degree of the Antient and Primitive Rite of Freemasonry.
Prince of the Tabernacle: The twenty fourth degree of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry.
Princedoms: An alternative title for the order of Principalities (q.v.) used in Paradise Lost.
Principalities (Var. Princedoms): (1) One of the several categories of angels listed in the letters of Paul in the New Testament. The others listed by Paul include: Virtues, Powers, Dominions and Thrones. (2) One of both the nine orders of angels and the nine orders of demons listed by Michaelis in his Admirable History of the Possession and Conversion of a Penitent Woman. (3) In The Magus: (a) One of the nine choirs of angels listed in the Scale of the Number Nine, ruled by Haniel. (b) One of the "ten orders of the blessed according to Dionysius", the others being Cherubim, Dominations, Seraphim, Thrones, Powers, Virtues, Archangels, Angels and Blessed Souls. (c) One of the twelve orders of blessed spirits, the others being the Seraphim, Thrones, Archangels, Martyrs, Virtues, Powers, Angels, Confessors, Dominations, Innocents and Cherubim. (4) A synonym for angelic order called the Elohim in the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn.
Principium: One of the seventy two names of Jehovah found in the Grimoire of Honorius.
Prin'ga Maza (Var. Pethro Maza): Vodou. One of the Pethro Lwas.
Prion: An angel invoked in the consecration of parchment in the Greater Key of Solomon.
Prise D'Asson (Creole- trans. "asson taking"): Vodou. This is the ritual initiation ceremony of Vodou. It refers to the ritual rattle, the Asson, the symbol of office of the Houn'gan (q.v.) or Mam'bo (q.v.), which is given to the candidate in this ceremony.
Prise Du Mort: Vodou. A ceremony for obtaining the spirit of the dead from a cemetery.
Pristac: A governor of the aethyr or aire Zid listed in Liber Scientiae, Auxili et Victoriae Terrestris, in Liber Vel Chanokh and in the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. Pristac has 2302 servants.
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Figure 23 Prithivi
Prithivi: (1) One of the five Tattwas, symbolizing the element of earth, whose symbol is a yellow square (see figure 23). The taste associated with this Tattwa (q.v.) is sweetness, its principle is bulkiness and the sound associated with it is the word "Lam". (2) In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, Prithivi is assigned the divine name Adonai ha-Aretz and the Archangel Auriel.
Pritona: See Ritona.
PRKT: See Paroketh.
Pro Deo Et Patria: See P.D.E.P.
Pro Sadai: One of the names of Jehovah in The Magus.
Proamal: See Poamal.
Probationer: Beginner's rank within the lowest order of the Astrum Argentium, represented by the formula 0 degree = 0 squared.
Procel: See Crocell.
Proclamation of Cyrus: The opening of the second part of the American Royal Arch Degree of Freemasonry.
Procul, O procul este profani (Latin- trans. "far, far hence, O ye profane"): Found in Liber Israfel (Cf. Hekas, Hekas Este Bibeloi!).
Proculo: In the Grimorium Verum, a subbordinate of Hael and Sergulath, with powers over sleep.
Profa: A name of Jehovah used in a conjuration in the Greater Key of Solomon.
Profas: An angel invoked in the preparation of virgin earth and wax in the Greater Key of Solomon.
Progressions: In Astrology: The symbolic movement of the planets after birth in a Horoscope, representing the future of the person whose Horoscope it is. The most common system used is called Secondary Progressions, in which each day after birth represents one year in the person's life.
Promakos (Greek- trans. "a fighter in the front line"): A spirit subordinate to the four sub princes Oriens, Paimon, Ariton and Amaimon in The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage.
Prometheus (Greek- trans. "he who foresees"): (1) Greek. The son of the Titan Iapetus. Prometheus and his brother Epimetheus ("he who looks back on events") were entrusted by Zeus with the creation of humans, making them out of clay and water. Prometheus stole fire from Olympus to make humans more powerful than animals, for which he was punished by Zeus. (2) A name used in the cry of the aethyr Arn in Liber Aervm Vel Saecvli.
Promethean Cycle: Named for Prometheus (q.v.). In Astrology: The cycle of Mercury or Venus from its Inferior Conjunction with the Sun, moving retrograde until its maximum distance from the sun, then moving direct until it reaches its Superior Conjunction with the Sun.
Promittor: In Astrology: A planet or configuration which signifies certain events.
Pronoia: Gnosticism. A great archon who assisted Jehovah in creating Adam.
Propator: Gnosticism. An Aeon who is associated with the Pole star and consort to Pistis Sophia (q.v.).
Propheta: One of the seventy two names of Jehovah in the Grimoire of Honorius.
Prorogator: See Hyleg.
Proserpina (Var. Proserpine): (1) A Roman Goddess, cognate with the Greek Persephone. Proserpina was the daughter of the Goddess Ceres and the God of the Dead, Pluto. (2) In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: A Goddess who is mentioned in the initiation of the Practicus Grade.
Proserpine (Var. of Proserpina (q.v.)): (1) Wierus lists her as "Arch She Devil, Sovereign Princess of Mischievous Spirits". (2) Described as the arch she devil in Alexis De Terreneuve de Thym's autobiography Farfadets, ou tous le demons ne sont pas l'autre monde. (3) One of the Infernal names listed in Anton LaVey's Satanic Bible.
Prostas: A name used to compel a spirit to transport you to your lover in the Black Pullet.
Provost and Judge: The seventh degree of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry.
Proxosos: A spirit subordinate to the four sub princes Oriens, Paimon, Ariton and Amaimon in The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage.
Prt: Enochian- trans. "flame".
Pruel: In Hechaloth lore: An angelic guard of the gates of the south wind.
Pruflas: In the Pseudo-Monarchia: A fallen angel who was formerly of the order of Thrones (q.v.).
Prukiel: In Syriac folklore: An angel invoked in spellbinding charms.
Prumosy: A name used in a conjuration of Beelzebuth in the Grimorium Verum.
Prunicos: Gnosticism. An alternative name for Pistis Sophia (q.v.).
Pruslas: (1) In the Grand Grimoire, Pruslas is the subordinate of Satanachia. (2) A demon mentioned by Grillot De Givry in Witchcraft, Magic and Alchemy.
Prziel: In The Sword of Moses: An evil angel invoked to defeat one's enemies.
Psac (Var. Psuac): An angel who is a senior of the north under Ppsac in the Book of Supplications and Invocations. Psac is invoked to acquire knowledge of mechanics.
Psachar: See Paschar.
Psdiel: In The Sword of Moses: An evil angel invoked to defeat one's enemies.
Pseudo-Monarchia Daemonium: A book of demonology written by Johannes Wierus (See Wierus, Johannes).
Pshent: A Russian deity mentioned in "Homage to Tchort" in LaVey's The Satanic Rituals.
Psi: The twenty third letter of the Greek alphabet (ψ).
Psi Vamp: See Psychic Vampire.
Psisya: In Sepher Raziel: One of the 70 guardian angels of children
Psuac: See Psac.
Psuker: In Vocabulaire de L'Angelologie: A ministering angel of the 6th heaven.
Psyche (Greek- trans. "soul"): (1) In Greek and Roman mythology a Nymph who was a personification of the soul, and later became the mate of the God Cupid. (2) Gnosticism. The name of Valentinus' demiurge. (3) The second degree of Gnostic spiritual attainment as listed by Eliphas Levi. The first was Hyle and the third Gnosis. (4) In Astrology: A planet hypothesized as being beyond the orbit of Pluto.
Psychic: (1) Rare or rarely used powers of the human mind. (2) A person who uses such powers.
Psychic Surgery: Surgery which in which the "surgeon", usually not a person trained in medical surgery, is allegedly directed by spirit entities.
Psychic Vampyre (Var. Energy Vampyre, Psi Vamp): (1) A person who drains, knowingly or unconsciously, the energy from those around them. Dion Fortune recognized this form of Vampyrism in her book Psychic Self Defence in the 1950s. (2) Vampyre. People who feed on the energy of others. Pscyhic Vampyres may solely rely on feeding on energy (chi or prana) or may also drink blood.
Psychography: Otherwise known as spirit writing. Writing by a person directed by spirit entities.
Psychokinesis. Also known as Telekinesis. The movement of objects or persons by the use of mental energy alone.
Psychometry: The ability to divine information about an object or about a person connected with it through contact with the object.
Ptah (Egyptian- trans. "the opener"): (1) The Egyptian God of creation and of craftsmanship. The Greeks associated him with Hephaestus. He and the God Khnemu carried out the mandates of the God Thoth. In the Book of Coming Forth by Day, he is said to have opened the mouth of the deceased. Some of his titles include "exceedingly great god, the beginning of being" and "the father of fathers and power of powers". His solar aspect is "Ptah, the Disc of Heaven". He seems to have been first worshipped in Memphis, along with the deities Sekhet and Nefer-Tmu. He is depicted in the form of a mummy holding a sceptre. (2) Mentioned in Liber Israfel. (3) A name which appears on the Pantacle of Frater V.I.O. in Liber CLXV. (4) In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: A God mentioned in the Rosicrucian Ritual of the Relation Between Chess and Tarot.
Ptah-Seker-Ausar: An Egyptian God combining aspects of Ptah, Seker and Ausar (Asar or Osiris). He is depicted as a dwarf with a scarabeus on his head, standing upon a crocodile. He symbolized the new life that the deceased were about to enter, the crocodile symbolizing the death that had been overcome.
Pthahil: In Mandaean mythology: (a) One of 10 Uthri (q.v.) that accompany the sun on its daily course. (b) The Demioorgos who rules the lesser stars.
Ptolomea: The third round of the ninth circle of hell in Dante's Inferno.
Pubrisiel: In the Lemegeton, a lesser officer under the angel Sazquiel.
Puca (Var. Pooka; Anglo Saxon- trans. “mischievous spirits” or “fairy folk”; Middle English "puke", deriv. Old Norse "puki". Welsh "pwcca"): It appears in Shakespeare's play Midsummer's Night Dream as the character Puck.
Pucel: See Crocell.
[pic]Figure 24 Puella
Puella (Latin- trans. "girl"): (1) A Geomantic figure associated with the planet Venus and with Libra (see fig. 24). It represents art, love and peace. (2) A name that appears on a list of Geomantic characters in The Magus. (3) One of the four N.O.X. signs mentioned in The Star Sapphire.
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Figure 25 Puer
Puer (Latin- trans. "boy"): (1) A Geomantic figure, associated with Taurus and the planet Mars (see figure 25). It represents activity and energy. (4) (2) One of the four N.O.X. signs mentioned in The Star Sapphire. (3) A Geomantic character listed in The Magus.
Pueri: A name used in the process of taking a lustral bath in the Greater Key of Solomon.
Pugo (Var. Pujo, Puje): Enochian- trans. "to" or "unto".
Pugo Ooaona (Var. Pajo-ooaoanu): Enochian- trans. "to eyes".
Puidamon: A name used in a prayer while approaching a ritual site in the Greater Key of Solomon.
Puim (Var. Puin, Pu-ime): Enochian- trans. "sickle" or "sickles". Regardie's The Complete Golden Dawn System of Magic assigns this word the additional meaning of "Knights".
Pu-ime: See Puim.
Puin: See Puim.
Puir: One of the seventy two names of Jehovah given in The Royal Masonic Cyclopedia.
Puje: See Pugo.
Pujo: See Pugo.
Pungun Sambia: See Sambia.
Punkies: See Samhain.
Pur (var. PUR): A name used in the Preliminary Invocation in the Goetia or Lesser Key of Solomon.
PUR (var. of Pur): A name used in the invocation of Spirit in Liber Samekh.
Purah: See Poteh.
Purakam: (1) A Pranayama exercise in Yoga. (2) A Pranayama exercise described by Aleister Crowley in Liber RV.
Purathmetai-apnmetai (Var. Puraθmetai-apηmetai): One of the Genii of the twenty two scales of the serpent in Liber CCXXXI.
Purauis: The first of the three contemplations of the Abyss of Hell given by Aleister Crowley in Liber HHH, the others being Phallos and Nekros.
Puriel: See Puruel.
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Figure 26 Sigil of Purson
Pursan (Var. of Purson (q.v.)): (1) A demon mentioned by Grillot De Givry in his Witchcraft, Magic and Alchemy. (2) In the Grand Grimoire, a subordinate under Fleurety.
Purson (Var. Pursan, Curson): The twentieth spirit of the Lemegeton, described as a great king who appears as a lion headed man carrying a viper and riding a bear. Purson has the power to find hidden treasures, powers of divination, and assigns good familiars. The Lemegeton claims that he rules over 22 legions of spirits from the angelic Orders of Virtues (q.v.) and Thrones (q.v.). His sigil is depicted in fig. 26. Known in some translations as Curson.
Puruel (Var. Pusiel, Puriel; Hebrew- trans. "fire"): In apocalyptic literature: An angel of fire cognate with the angel Uriel.
Pusiel (Var. of Puruel (q.v.)): In Rabbinic lore: One of the 7 angels of punishment.
Put Satanachia (Var. of Satanachia (q.v.)): In the Grimorium Verum a subordinate of Lucifer and the ruler of the spirits of Europe.
Puziel: In The Sword of Moses: An angel invoked to defeat enemies.
Pwcca (var. of Puca (q.v.)): (1) The Welsh variant of the term Puka (q.v.). (2) One of the Infernal names listed in Anton LaVey's Satanic Bible. LaVey incorrectly calls this a Welsh name for Satan.
Pxinbal: See Labnixp.
Pyerun: (1) A Russian God of war. (2) A deity mentioned in "Homage to Tchort" in LaVey's The Satanic Rituals.
Pylon (Greek- trans. "gateway"): The membership of the Temple of Set is organized into groups called Pylons.
Pyramidal Cross: See Cross Patee.
Pyrichiel: A spirit related to the direction north west by north in the Lemegeton.
Pyromancy (Greek "pyr" or "pyros" ("fire") and "manteia" ("divination")): Divination by observing flames or fire.
Pytho (Var. of Python (q.v.)): Ruler of the spirits of lies in The Magus.
Python (var. Pytho): (1) A giant serpent in Greek mythology that inhabited the caves of Parnassus and fed upon the people and flocks of Delphi. It was killed by the God Apollo. (2) An old name for the Greek town of Delphi, where the famous oracles resided. (3) In Camfield's A Theological Discourse of Angels: The 2nd of the 9 archdemons, the prince of lying spirits.
Pythoness: (1) A priestess of Apollo at Delphi (See Python). (2) Any female soothsayer or prophetess.
Pythonic: Pertaining to the prediction of future events; oracular; prophetic. Refers to the Pythoness (q.v.) who was the priestess of Apollo at Delphi, which was a well known oracular center.
Pziza: A name of Jehovah used to call forth spirits in the Book of Supplications and Invocations.
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[1] Barnhart, pg 746, Ayto, pg 379.
[2] WESTHOELTER, Shane: General Information Manual With Respect to Satanism and the Occult, National Information Network, pg 69.
[3] Arthur Lyons, "Satan Wants You", c88, Mysterious Press, NY, pg 75.
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