Enc of dem in wor rel and cul 72

free ebooks ==> www.ebook777.com
Baalimm

65
god”), Baal-Tzephon (“god of the crypt”), BAEL,
Baël, Baell, Bal, Bayal, Bel, Beth Ayin Lamed
(“just lord”), Ha-ded, Haddu, Seth (“pillar” or
“phallus”)
In the language of the ancient Semites, the
word baal translates as the title “lord,” as in “the
ruler” or “possessor” of a district. In Canaanite
mythology, Baal was worshipped as a storm and
fertility god. As a fertility god, he fought against
his brother Mot. If Baal was victorious, the crops
were plentiful. If Mot won, there was drought.
He was believed to have lived on the mountain
known as Sapan (“north”). This is possibly Mt.
Jabal al-Aqra, located in Syria, 15 km north of
Ugarit. Ancient worship of Baal required the sacrificial burning of children.
Baal was later demonized by Christian demonologists and made into an ARCHDEMON. He
was mentioned in the Lemegeton, the Lesser Key
of Solomon, and has been given various ranks including chief of Netzach, first monarch of Hell,
general of the Infernal Armies, Grand Cross of
the ORDER OF THE FLY, grand duke of Hell, king
ruling in the East, and the second chief of staff
of the Abyss.
Christian demonologists say that Baal, the
demon of anger, hate, vengeance, and war, is in
service under MEPHISTOPHELES or MOLOCH.
He commands the armies of Hell and sixty-six
legions and was one of the seventy-two SPIRITS

OF SOLOMON. Summoners claim he appears as a
portly, three-headed beast: one head is of a cat,
one of a crowned man, and one of a toad. He has
long spider legs that stem from his torso and
speaks in a hoarse voice. Most powerful during
the month of October, Baal is summoned because
he has the ability to bestow onto his summoner
the power to turn invisible at will; he can also
heighten the summoner’s perceptions and make
him more cunning. Baal has the ability to shapeshift into a cat and a toad.

Sources: Chambers, Book of Days, 722; Conybeare,
Jewish Quarterly Review, Vol. 11, 5; Lewis, Origines
Hebrææ, 292–4; Melton, Encyclopedia of Occultism and
Parapsychology, 315; Oort, Worship of Baalim in Israel,
35–65; Paine, Hierarchy of Hell, 71.

Baalam
Variations: BALAAM, BALAM, Balan
Baalam is listed in various grimoires as being
either a king or duke, commanding forty legions
of demons (see DUKES OF HELL and KINGS OF
HELL). He is described as having three heads:
one of a bull, one of a man, and the third of a
ram. Baalam has flaming red eyes and a tail like
a serpent and rides upon a bear carrying a hawk.
He is also described by some sources simply as a

naked man riding a bear. Baalam will answer any
question his summoner puts to him honestly regarding the past, present, or future; he also

teaches how to become invisible and makes men
humorous.

Sources: De Giviry, Witchcraft, Magic, and Alchemy,
65; De Laurence, Lesser Key of Solomon, Goetia, 38–9;
Icons, Demons, 139; Scott, London Magazine, Vol. 5,
378.

Baalberith
Variations: Baal-Berith, BAALAM, Baalberity,
Baalphegor, Baalsebul, BAALZEPHON, BAEL,
Baell, BALAM, Balan, BALBERITH, Beal,
BELETH, Belberith, Belfagor, BELIAL, Beliar,
BELPHEGOR, BERITH, Bilet, BILETH, BYLETH,
Elberith
Originally a Canaanite god of the covenant,
Baalberith (“Lord of the Covenant”) was demonized by Christian demonologists and he was
said to be one of the FALLEN ANGELS. He has
been given various ranks including chief secretary
of Hell, head of public archives, master of Ceremonies, master of the Infernal Alliance, and a
pontiff of Hell. One of his major responsibilities
is that of notarizing the pacts drafted between
humans and demons. As the demon of
blasphemy and murder, Baalberith, noted for
being exceptionally talkative, is most powerful
during the month of June.
Baalberith is listed as one of the demons who
in 1612 possessed a nun in Aix-en-Provence.
During the exorcism, he gave not only his own
name freely, but the names of the other demons

who were involved in the possession
(ASHTAROTH, ASMODEUS, and BEELZEBUB) as
well as a list of the saints who would be most effective against them.
Sources: Chambers, Book of Days, 722; Lewis, Origines Hebrææ, 295; Mayberry, Cryptopedia, 49; Scott,
London Magazine, Vol. 5, 378.

Baal-Beryth
In Phoenician mythology Baal-Beryth was the
god of the winter sun. He was later demonized
by medieval scholars and made into one of the
PRINCES OF HELL and the master of rituals and
pacts.

Sources: Ford, Book of the Moon Witch Chronozon
Edition, 359; Herbert, Nimrod, 253; Kitto, Daily Bible
Illustrations, 207.

Baalimm
According to Father Zacharias Vicecomes’s
book Complementum Artis Exorcistiae (1608),
Baalimm is one of thirty-two demons he catalogued that frequently take possession of humans.