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PRUSLAS, and RASHAVERAK (see SERVITORS OF
ASHTAROTH).
Ashtaroth has been depicted as a naked man
with dragon hands, feet, and wings riding upon
a wolf. He has a second set of wings set behind
the first, assumedly his angelic wings, as they are
feathered. Upon his head he wears a crown and
in one hand he holds a serpent. Sources that utilize this image of him also add that he has very
bad breath. When summoned, Ashtaroth is said
to, on occasion, appear as a human dressed only
in black and white or, less frequently, as an ass.
Back when Ashtaroth was a Phoenician moon
goddess, she had two horns protruding from her
head forming a crescent moon.
If one is to summon Ashtaroth, he is most
powerful on Wednesdays in the month of August
between the tenth and eleventh hours of the
night. Once he appears, in whichever form he
may take, he will answer any question asked of
him honestly, as he knows all events of the past
and the future. He wields great power and has
the ability to give his summoner power over
snakes, lead him to hidden treasures, and obtain
for him and help him maintain the friendships
of great lords. Ashtaroth is a patron of the liberal
arts and most sciences; he will teach his summoner handicrafts, mathematics and science, and

how to become invisible.
Ashtaroth seduces mankind by appealing to
their laziness and vanity. He is fond of lecturing
on the Creation and on the Fall of the angels,
emphatically declaring himself to being punished
unjustly and saying that one day he will retake
his rightful place in heaven.
The personal adversary of Ashtaroth is St.
Bartholomew. Numerous sources warn summoners that Ashtaroth smells so horrible that only
holding a magical ring under your nose will allow
you to breathe near him.
The plural form of the name Ashtaroth was
taken from the King James Bible. Many scholars
believe that Ashtaroth is a thinly veiled version
of the goddess Ishtar. Medieval Christian sources
say he lives in the Occident (America).
Sources: Gettings, Dictionary of Demons, 38; Jahn,
Jahn’s Biblical Archaeology, 524 –5, 530; Prophet, Fallen
Angels and the Origins of Evil, 174; Smith, Comprehensive Dictionary of the Bible, 73.

Asi
According to Enochian lore, Asi is a CACOangel Sisp (see

DAEMON. His counterpart is the
ENOCHIAN CACODAEMONS).

Sources: Chopra, Academic Dictionary of Mythology,
39; Laycock, Complete Enochian Dictionary, 80.

Asima

Asima (“guardian,” or “protector” or “he despaired,” sources conflict) was the demon spoken
of in 2 Kings 29–31: “And the men of Babylon
made Succoth-benoth, and the men of Cuth
made NERGAL, and the men of Hamath made
Asima [“a goat with short hair”], and the Avvites
made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites
burnt their children in the fire to Adrammelech
[ADRAMELECH] and Anammelech, the gods of
Sepharvaim.”
Sources: Hyatt, Book of Demons, 73; Smith, Dictionary of the Bible, 258; Melton, Encyclopedia of Occultism
and Parapsychology, 315.

Asimiel

Variations: Asimel
According to Christian demonology, Asimiel
is one of the twenty SERVITORS OF CAMUEL (see
CAMUEL). A nocturnal demon, he appears in a
beautiful form and is known to be very courteous.

Sources: Guiley, Encyclopedia of Demons and Demonology, 36; Peterson, Lesser Key of Solomon, 67.

Asisiel

Variations: Amisiel
In the Ars Paulina, the third book of the
Lemegeton, Asisiel is listed as one of the fifteen
Duke SERVITORS OF SASQUIEL (see SASQUIEL).
He commands 5,550 servitors.

Sources: Davidson, Dictionary of Angels, 16; Peterson,
Lesser Key of Solomon, 114.

Asmadeus

Variations: ABBADON
Asmadeus (“the destroyer”) was a demon mentioned in the Book of Tobias.
Sources: Herbermann, Catholic Encyclopedia, 792;
Neusner, History of the Jews in Babylonia, 366 –7.

Asmadiel

Variations: Amadiel
In the Theurgia Goetia, the second book of the
Lemegeton, Asmadiel is said to be an AERIAL DEVIL
and one of the twelve SERVITORS OF MACARIEL
(see MACARIEL). A chief duke who commands
four hundred servitors, Asmadiel can appear to
his summoner in any number of forms but commonly appears as a dragon with a virgin’s head.
Both diurnal and nocturnal, he is good-natured
and willing to obey those who summon him.

Sources: Belanger, Dictionary of Demons, 43; Peterson,
Lesser Key of Solomon, 103; Trithemius, Steganographia,
141.

Asmenoth

Asmenoth is called a guider and ruler of the
North by Friar Bacon; he is very likely a fictional

demon.

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