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cessfully through warfare, ease tension in the
home, help in making important decisions, protect against the hatred of others, and reconcile
friends who have become enemies. He is a true
warrior and a highly skilled combatant.

Sources: Baskin, Sorcerer’s Handbook, 276; De Laurence, Lesser Key of Solomon, Goetia, 27; McLean, Treatise of Angel Magic, 52; Waite, Unknown World 1894 –
1895, 230; Wedeck, Treasury of Witchcraft, 96.

Bouge
In Johann Wierus’s Pseudomonarchia Daemonum (False Monarchy of Demons, 1583) Bouge
(“move”) is listed as a servitor of Pluto.

Sources: Shepard, Encyclopedia of Occultism and
Parapsychology, 404; Spence, Encyclopedia of Occultism,
120; Wier, Praestigiis Daemonum, 211.

Bramsiel
In the Theurgia Goetia, the second book of the
Lemegeton, Bramsiel is one of the ten Duke
SERVITORS OF BYDIEL (see BYDIEL). A good-natured AERIAL DEVIL who is willing to obey those
who summon him, Bramsiel appears in an attractive form. He commands 2,400 servitors.
Sources: Belanger, Dictionary of Demons, 76; Guiley,
Encyclopedia of Demons and Demonology, 28.

Broosha, El ELBROO
In the Judeo-Christian folklore of Spain, el

broosha is a vampiric demon that appears in the
guise of a large black cat. By night, it hunts doe
infants to drain dry of their blood.
There is a commonly believed folklore that cats
can suck the breath out of a sleeping baby or that
they will sleep across its face for warmth, thereby
killing the infant. Essentially this demon is
LILITH in cat form.
Sources: Conybeare, Jewish Quarterly, xi, 30; Howey,
Cat in Magic and Myth, 173; Rose, Giants, Monsters,
and Dragons, 382; Thompson, Semitic Magic, 42.

Broxa BROKES
From medieval Portuguese lore comes the demonic entity or demonic vampiric witch known
as the broxa. Created through witchcraft, the
broxa looks like a person, and flies through the
night sky looking for people to attack, as it can
only survive by living off human blood. It has an
array of abilities that one would expect any sort
of witch to have, such as the ability to divine the
future, flight, hypnotism, mind reading, and
shape-shifting. It is believed that the broxa as a
demonic being is impossible to kill, no matter
what form it assumes.
There is a creature in Hasidic folklore also
named broxa, but it is described as a bird that attacks she-goats during the night, drinking their

milk. It has been speculated by some scholars that
over time the broxa bird myth evolved into the
broxa vampiric witch of medieval Portugal.

Sources: Gaster, Myth, Legend, and Custom, 580;
Masters, Eros and Evil, 181; Monaghan, Women in
Myth, 51; Trachtenberg, Jewish Magic, 43.

Brufiel
Variations: Brusiel, Burfiel
In the Theurgia Goetia, the second book of the
Lemegeton, Brufiel is named as one of the twelve
named Duke SERVITORS OF MACARIEL (see
MACARIEL). Good-natured and willing to obey,
he commands four hundred servitors. An AERIAL
DEVIL, Brufiel may be summoned any time of
the day or night. He will appear in various forms
but most often will assume the shape of a dragon
with a virgin’s head.
Sources: Guiley, Encyclopedia of Demons and Demonology, 159; Peterson, Lesser Key of Solomon, 103, 108,
Trithemius, Steganographia, 141; Van der Toorn, Dictionary of Gods and Goddesses, 152.

Brulefer
Brulefer is one of the eight SERVITORS OF HALE
AND SERGULATH. He is summoned because he has

the ability to cause a woman to love a man.

Sources: Conway, Demonology and Devil-Lore, 59;
Kuriakos, Grimoire Verum Ritual Book, 16; Masters,
Devil’s Dominion, 131; Waite, Book of Black and Ceremonial Magic, 193.

Bruxae

Variations: Xorguinae
According to the demonologist Alphonsus de
Spina, the species of demon known as a bruxae
are the demons that enable witches to fly to their
sabbats. The word bruxae is possibly taken from
a form of Latin, and if so, would translate as the
word “broom.” If this is true, this may be the origin of the idea that witches fly on brooms.

Sources: Broedel, Malleus Maleficarum and the Construction of Witchcraft, 50; Gettings, Dictionary of
Demons, 64; Lea, Materials Toward a History of Witchcraft, 449.

Bubana
Variations: Bubanabub
In the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage,
Bubana (“emptiness”) is named as one of the
fifty-three SERVITORS OF ASHTAROTH AND ASMODEUS (see ASHTAROTH and ASMODEUS).

Sources: Mathers, Book of the Sacred Magic of
Abramelin the Mage, 115; Von Worms, Book of
Abramelin, 121.

Bucafas
In the Theurgia Goetia, book two of the
Lemegeton, Bucafas, an AERIAL DEVIL, is named

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