Names: Abraxas; Abrasax
Color: Red; Grey; Blue
Star: Deneb, Algedi, Procyon
Primary Direction: East
Secondary Direction: Northwest
Primary Planetary Attribution: Sun
Secondary Planetary Attributions: Black Sun; Saturn; Jupiter
Lesser Planetary Attribution: Earth
Element: Fire (Primary), Earth (Secondary), Air (Lesser)
Known Incense Preferences: Nag Champa & Spicy Patchouli
“The basilisk is related to the all-powerful Gnostic god Abraxas, ruler of magic and spiritual powers in the universe, who is portrayed in art as having the head of a cock or lion and the body of a man with legs that end in serpents or scorpions.” -Carl Jung
As I will explain in the article to follow, I believe that Abraxas is an avatar of the Cosmic Mind/Supersoul. In my original version of this article, I used the titles “the Absolute” and “the Supreme Being” as synonyms for the Supersoul. I have learned better. The Supersoul is the Cosmic/Created All, but the Cosmic/Created All is far from being “the Absolute” or “the Supreme Being.”
Abraxas was featured as a deity in Egyptian religion, as the Demiurge in Gnostic cosmology, and as a demon in Christian demonology. His conflicting depictions throughout world religion made me hesitant to approach him at first, but I was drawn to him all the same.
I channeled my personal gnosis of Abraxas’s magickal specialties from my guiding demons and found him to not only be phenomenally useful in alchemy but to be potentially one of the best allies that a practitioner of demon magick can have, despite the fact that Abraxas is not really a demon (or the Demiurge). Later on, I asked Nyx whether or not Abraxas was the Supersoul, and as it turned out, the answer to that question turned out to be more complicated than anything I was prepared to process. In fact, it turns out that Abraxas is a direct projection of the energetic consciousness which underlies the Cosmos itself as an avatar– a semi-sentient and theomorphic intelligence which can be worshiped, summoned, etc. The Universe’s self-projection in the form of the manifest divinity known as Abraxas is a temporary occurrence– it’s the Universe’s act-of-manifesting in response to the endeavors of men to contact what they consider to be the Absolute.
Abraxas is invested in the furtherance of the Black Lodge. He works to foster the mainstream’s tolerance for the Black Lodge and receptivity to its practices. Despite not being a demon or part of the Infernal Divine, Abraxas facilitates the manifestation of the Black Light within the Cosmos and pursues the furtherance of the phenomenon of the generation of the Black Flame.
The teachings and auspices of Abrasax are apt for the use of Ouija boards and the practice of necromancy. He teaches sex magick and rules fertility. He can help the witch establish genuine, sustained opulence. Abrasax rules the Higher Self, the revelation and experience of the witch’s true physis,* and the Higher Self’s bestial or therianthropic/theriomorphic manifestation as the Spirit Animal.
*Physis is a term from Greek philosophy which refers to the inner nature (both character and spiritual essence) of a person. The word physis carries the philosophical connotation of being an ever-changing emanation of the Numinous.
Abraxas is knowledgeable regarding stellar magick, the use of sensory deprivation in spiritual endeavors, and meditation. Abraxas can help the witch attain gnosis of and control over wyrd (destiny/fate) and glimpse the connections between us all. He can help the witch ascend to the point of apotheosis.
To be clear, Abraxas is simply an avatar of the spiritual one-ness behind our universe. He is not the demiurge/creator– there is no such thing. He is not the first consciousness. He is not the absolute. He is not source. Cosmological matters are not simple enough for any such monikers to be applied to Abraxas.
For a list of magickal chants to Abraxas, follow the hyperlink below:
Above: Unrelated Magickal Artwork for Meditation Journeys by GAR
Archdemon Correspondences
Color: Grey, Yellow, Green, Blue
D/N: Diurnal
Tunnel of Set: 31 (Samael-Nehemoth)
Trans-Qliphothic Veil: Chasek; Bohu (Secondary)
Direction: North; Northwest; Northeast (Lesser)
Elements (In Order of Relevance): Water; Earth; Fire
Gender: Usually Male; Occasionally Female
Lesser Planet: Earth; Saturn
Primary Planet: Neptune; Mercury; Moon
Gematria: 171; 500; 1485
Channeled Magickal Names: Simkallathawn, Emkallanthorr
Primary Stellar Attributions: Algol; Regulus
Lesser Stellar Attributions: Aldebaran; Dabih (Least)
Qliphas Attributed (Listed from Primary to Least): Nahemoth, Gamaliel, Satariel
Pathway Correspondences
Planet: Pluto
Tarot: Judgment
Musical Key: C
Atavism: Prima Materia Manifesting in Corrupted Form
Siddhi: Transformation; Disappearance/Invisibility
Hebrew Letter: Shin
Yoruban Power Zone: Manamana; Orun-Apadi; Biri
Disease: Lethal Fevers; Non-Lethal Fevers Which Produce Insanity
Location: Samael (Mercury/Adramaleck)-Nehemoth (Black Earth/Na’amah)
The Nature of Shalicu
Shalicu’s Occult specialties include necromancy, geomancy, pyromancy, solar magick, green witchcraft, the Higher Self, the Black Flame, warding, shielding, shadowmancy, mirrormancy, execration, exorcism, and execration. He gives guidance and auspices in the divinatory use of crystal balls, tarot cards, bones, and Norse runes, and he imparts the gifts of transformation and invisibility.
Shalicu teaches the witch to understand the nature of the nightside energies and magickal influences that make the Qliphoth what it is. He imparts unwritten gnosis of the nature of the Qliphoth and teaches the forms of witchcraft which put the Qliphoth to optimal use. He can be called upon to stop a given spell from manifesting.
This archfiend can help the witch attune herself to the spiritual realities around her, awaken her latent abilities, and sharpen her astral senses. Shalicu can break any kind of barrier and teach the initiate to see through the illusory nature of the perceived limitations which impede her becoming and the manifestation of her Will. He can impose the phenomena of expansion, judgement, resurgence, reversal, change, alteration, termination, departure, and disappearance upon whatever you need them imposed upon.
Above: Two Original Sigils of Shalicu by an Anonymous Contributor
Shalicu can increase the witch’s physical fitness and bone density, and he can improve her cardio as well. He rules weaponry, war, warriorhood, bravery, violence, and destruction. He is knowledgeable regarding vehicle mechanics.
Shalicu can modify the witch’s personality, making her more assertive and/or aggressive. He can make the witch a better liar and a better lay and improve her aptitude for manipulating people. He can make her a more industrious person and/or make her less of a push-over.
The auspices of Shalicu are of great use in object enchantment, such that he can even consecrate a chess board for magickal use (ask him to explain this because I can’t). He guides the aimless youth of our society who struggle with ADHD. Shalicu loves kids, so he protects children. He can be evoked to heal or at least permanently decrease the sympthoms of ADHD, Asperger’s Syndrome, dyslexia, anxiety, and stomach problems.
I’m going to copy and paste a series of phrases that my literary sources have listed amongst the attributes of Shalicu which I either don’t know how to interpret or think would best be presented to the reader as part of the following incoherent list. I’m going to emulate the original format that these two sources presented the information in and copy and paste the listed traits verbatim.
Shalicu: The final sparks of creation, transformation and invisibility, the change of reality, the force to become a new form, to extend energy of your need into the world, the union of two powers to create anew, energy of fire, ruler or head of the Qlippoth realm lies here, sealing the final touches, the fires of lust and sex.
If you’d like a sigil of Shalicu which you should print instead of draw, click this image to go to Daemon Barzai’s original sigil of Shalicu:
The Nature of Shalicu’s Tunnel
Shalicu governs the Tunnel of Set between the Qliphothic Spheres of Samael and the Black Earth, which pathway Ford describes as the “Choronzonic transformation by struggle and fall” in The Luciferian Tarot. A musical project called y3mk has a magickal track for this tunnel (I haven’t listened to it, so don’t take this as a recommendation), which track is accompanied by the following description:
This song corresponds to the tunnel of Shalicu in an ongoing series on the Tunnels of Set. It has been created as the result of a personal exploration of the tunnel of Shalicu, which is related with fire, judgement, and the disruption of mental conditionings. Shalicu is the death of personality through fire, but it is also resurrection and the hope of leaving every attachment behind, therefore the promise of freedom. It is a journey through the Underworld, a cleansing which deconstructs the individual and even shatters him into pieces with which he can build again from scratch.
According to The Shadow Tarot by Linda Falorio:
here is the fire which purifies gross matter, the dross is burned away, the spirit is set free, with the power to reincarnate, and to move between the worlds at will. This is the tunnel of Plutonian forces, the tunnel of deep transformation/ mutation/ evolution of the psyche and the DNA. This lies beyond the energic bonds of matter at the interface of being and non-being, of time and anti-time. Gate for the Aeon of Maat, its appearance rises, fleeting, flickering in the waters of nether space, Night, Nothingness.”
…The need to work with the energies of Shalicu may be signaled by experiencing resistance to, or fear of change, experimentation, innovation, anarchy, chaos. There may be feelings of alienation, of nonconformism, which result in feeling oneself to be “a rebel without a cause,“ or, there may be over identification with prevailing social norms, and bowing to peer pressure… Among the powers we may achieve through working here is the ability to shed limitations of preconscious human pasts, to de–condition our responses, thus breaking free of crystallized, arbitrary definitions of self, as well as ingrained emotional patterns and ways of interpreting reality. Thus we are able to re-learn to view Self objectively, outside of space, time, and society, being detached from social, cultural, and national identities, customs, mores and beliefs.
Magickal Chants
Liftoach Pandemonium, Et Germinet Shalicu
“Open the Infernal Plane, and Bring Forth Shalicu”
Invoco Shalicu In Nomine Qliphoth
“I Call Shalicu in the Name of the Qliphoth”
Sallimkatha-Thah-Galla Limkathorra Linkatha-Ka-Kalla Limkorra-Kalla Shalicu Linkathaggallla
This is a Channeled Summoning Chant for Shalicu
In Nomine Adamas Ater, Aperiatur Acharayim, Et Germinet, Et Germinet Shalicu
“In the Name of the Black Diamond, Open the Backwards Tree, and Bring Forth, and Bring Forth Shalicu”
{This is my ritual to Qalilitu, a high-ranking archdemoness of the Qliphothic Sphere of Gamaliel (Black Moon/Lilith). Qalilitu, whom I have elected as my Matron Demoness, was originally recorded by Daemon Barzai in an anthology called Qliphoth Opus III by Black Tower Publishing. Since Qalilitu is my Matron Demoness, I owe incredible thanks to Daemon Barzai, with whom I have no affiliation. Persons unacquainted with this demoness may Google “V.K. Jehannum Qalilitu” to find my article about her, which article includes original magickal chants and a sigil.
This rite to Qalilitu is perfect for a curse, exorcism, empowerment of the psychic senses, or object consecration. The witch is required to specify her own requests. One may use this ritual, for example, to satisfy the three of the following requests: (i) strengthening the psychic senses, (ii) improving the astral double’s ability to shapeshift or teaching it to shapeshift into a specific form Qalilitu specializes in, (iii) strengthening the astral double for astral combat, (iv) strengthening the evil eye and/or the aptitude for glamour magick, (v) to strengthen the aptitude for psychic vampyrism (this includes the ability to take other people’s energy, personal magnetism, and the ability to digest/break down foreign prana/chi), (vi) holistically increasing magickal powers, (vii) increasing the aptitude for death magick and/or necromancy, and (viii) strengthening divinatory abilities.
Like many of my rituals, my rite to Qalilitu is composed entirely of voces magicae or barbarous tongues. This includes the vibration of magickal names, consecrated Latin chants, and the use of Enochian script. Like the rest of my rituals, this rite is designed to generate significant power without the use of magickal equipment, candles, sigils, incense, etc. While such material accompaniments are wonderful and may/should be implemented at the prerogative of the celebrant, this ritual can be performed without them. Phrases in italics are to be chanted and names in bold are to be vibrated. Translations of foreign phrases appear in brackets and explanations appear in parentheses. If you struggle with the pronunciation, simply pronounce your best guest and know that this is entirely sufficient. It is far more important to be confident in your performance of the rite than it is to pronounce every word correctly}
Agios Octinomos-Drakosophia! Io Qalilitu! Ya Namosh Panachasragoth Exat!
[Numinous is the Adversarial Current and the Path of Demonic Alchemy! Hail Qalilitu! In the Name of the Infernal Divine, Let it Be So]
Venire Mater Qalilitu! Liftoach Kliffot! Liftoach Pandemonium! Liftoach Hekel Lebanath Ha-Adamas Ater! Yehi Aur Chashakh! Agios Ischyros Qalilitu, Filia Luna Nigrantis! Solpeth De G Omaoas Qalilitu Od Niiso Pugo Caosgi!
[Come, Mother Qalilitu! Open the Qliphoth! Open the Infernal Plane! Open the Palace of the Pavement of the Black Diamond! Let There Be Black Light! Numinous and Mighty is Qalilitu, the Daughter of the Black Moon! Hearken Unto Your Names Qalilitu and Come Forth unto the Earth]
Qalilitu + Madogiel + Aeonifer + Khaosophoros + Xulogos + Ala-Mashavah + Diabalachara Semolshedim + Goessabim + Madogiel + Qalilitu
[(This Eleven-Name Vibration Formula Contains Qalilitu’s Alternate Name Madogiel Along with Seven Invented Magickal Names which are Useful in the Calling-Forth of Any Demon, Demonic Metagod, or Group of Demons)]
(Specify Requests)
Ol Zodameta Ds Gohed Gmicalzoma Cicale De Gamaliel O Sitra Ahra
[I Conjure You Who Are Everlasting with a Power Understanding the Mysteries of the Qliphothic Sphere of Gamaliel]
Qalilitu Arphe Ozamran Pambt Bagle Zirdo Hoath O Il Odlonshin A Iadanah
[Qalilitu, Descend and Appear Unto Me, for I am a True Worshiper of Your Powers and Numinous Teachings]
Solpeth Bien Sa Zorge Micalzo Qalilitu
[Hearken Unto My Voice and Be Friendly Unto Me, Mighty Qalilitu]
Ol Oecremi Isli Ol Um Isli Sa Ol Zodameta Qalilitu
[I Praise You, I Call You, and I Conjure You, Qalilitu]
Agios Ischyros Qalilitu, Filia Luna Nigrantis! Venire Mater Qalilitu! Qalilitu, Venire. Madogiel, Venire. Aperiatur Acharayim Et Germinet Qalilitu! Qalilitu Venire Et Germinet Xul! Venire Mater Qalilitu! In Nomine Adamas Ater, Aperiatur Acharayim, Et Germinet, Et Germinet Qalilitu! Invoco Qalilitu In Nomine Qliphoth! Agios Ischyros Qalilitu, Filia Luna Nigrantis! Liftoach Pandemonium, Et Germinet Qalilitu! Qalilitu, Venire. Madogiel, Venire. Aperiatur Acharayim Et Germinet Qalilitu! In Nomine Adamas Ater, Aperiatur Acharayim, Et Germinet, Et Germinet Qalilitu! Artorzozam! Manifestos!
[Numinous and Mighty is Qalilitu, Daughter of the Black Moon! Come, Mother Qalilitu! Qalilitu, Come. Madogiel, Come. Open the Infernal Plane, and Bring Forth Qalilitu! Qalilitu, Come and Manifest the Black Light! Come, Mother Qalilitu! In the Name of the Black Diamond, Open the Infernal Plane, and Bring Forth, and Bring Forth Qalilitu! I Call to Qalilitu in the Name of the Qliphoth! Numinous and Mighty is Qalilitu, Daughter of the Black Moon! Open the Infernal Plane, and Bring Forth Qalilitu! Qalilitu, Come. Madogiel, Come. Open the Infernal Plane, and Bring Forth Qalilitu! In the Name of the Black Diamond, Open the Infernal Plane, and Bring Forth, and Bring Forth Qalilitu! (Word of Power for Summoning or Calling-Forth)! (WoP For Summoning or Calling Forth)]
Qalilitu Venire Et Germinet Xul(x11)
[Qalilitu, Come and Manifest the Black Light]
Ya Namosh Sitra De-Smola Alogos Drakosophia Exat!
[In the Names of the Sinister Left Side, the Unwritten Gnosis, and the Underlying Force(s) of All Demon Magick, It Is So]
Just as every pathway between the Qliphothic spheres has its own governing archdemon, there is an order or species of demon attributed to each of the Tunnels of Set. When these “Qliphothic armies” are summoned, a handful of similar-looking spirits will manifest. The 218 Current has adopted and promoted the practice of conjuring these armies as singular entities known as metagods (possibly metaspirits in this case), the intent of the celebrant will likely determine the result. This article will list the names of the “Qliphothic armies” along with their magickal specialties and unique channeled “enns” or summoning chants provided for each. The article will not be listing which army corresponds to which tunnel, or what the esoteric correspondences (tarot, zodiac, etc.) for these armies are, however, the list of sources at the article’s end will label which sources provide that information. I had produced and consecrated original sigils for each species (two for Abiriron by accident)– they’re simple and poorly drawn, but so were the sigils in Naos and nobody gave a fuck. They work.
In addition to the channeled summoning chants, I have a few other words of power and chants that are useful in evoking a Qliphothic army:
(i) The magickal formula “Kohot Ha-Qliphoth, Beni Sitra Ahra, Aeonifer, ____________, Artorzozam” can be used to summon any Qliphothic army. The first two phrases translate to “Force of the Qliphoth, Children of the Other Side.” A name of the Qliphothic army is to be placed in the blank
(ii) My invented magickal names Aeonifer, Khaosophoros, Semolshedim, Diabalachara, Ala-Mashavah, Xulogos, and Goessabbim can be used as “god names” of any Qliphothic army (as well as of any other demon or group of demons)
(iii) My word of power Artorzozam serves to call forth whichever demon or group of demons is specified by the celebrant’s intent.
Look what one of my readers made!
The Species of Fiend
Bahimiron (also Behemiron)
imparting confidence; the attainment of desiderata; empowering the faculties which manifest one’s True Will; the unexpected; the attainment of inner power; developing control over emotion; making wishes come true; ascertaining someone else’s plans; change; sorcerous workings to regenerate the life-force; changes; initiation into the deeper mysteries of Chavajoth; strange energies; the revelation of unknown information; silencing gossip; the desires of another person; destruction; different variants of force; channeling the methods whereby the Adamas Ater may be acquired through the auspices of lesser-known Qliphothic divinities; the essence of the Black Flame/internal nexion; harsh removals of personal flaws via the precise direction of force into whatever makes these weaknesses most vulnerable; knowledge of magick; the elimination of obstacles or barriers; the orchestration of discord or chaos; abrasive manifestations; the precision of offensive efforts which brutally destroy the enemy by focusing the attack on whichever weakness or vulnerability is greatest; the center of black magickal perception knwon as the Eye of Set whereby Drakosophia manifests; channeling unknown methods whereby Qliphothic forces can be accessed for the sake of alchemical self-transformation; establishing new points of entry for Qliphothic influences into the Cosmos; the awakening of energies; preventing magickal influences/workings from being sensed or discerned; the reanimation of the dead; the augmentation of magickal power; empowering the astral double; the increasement of mental of acuity; the applying logic/rationality
Chant: Rimkathorra Ronkimgallathandra Rimkatha-Ka-Ka-Korra Yongithall
Nashimiron
astral projection; sexual experimentation; entering the Qliphoth from within lucid dreams; the incitement of nightmares; dreamwalking; channeling & manipulating prana; psychic vampyrism; understanding your sexual preferences; therionick or atavistic initiation; channeling esoteric approaches to shapeshifting; obtaining night vision; esoteric hydromantic initiation; elucidating hidden threats & opponents; strengthening the intuition; the acquisition of the gift of mediumship; learning to read people; subjecting persons to insanity; harnessing & defending against glamour magick; the creation of egregores/thoughtforms; the DNA of causal life forms; the creation of living things; the revelation of secrets & hidden knowledge; enacting the methods of undoing someone; psychic powers; discovering spies; undermining another magickian’s spells; capturing somebody; concealing anything; binding spells; liberation from a problem, issue or circumstance; the confinement of baleful influences; karmic release; invisibility; locating persons; discerning deception; ascertaining truths; emotional intelligence; the emotional state of the celebrant & the ability to control it; introspection
Chant: Rimkatha-Ka-Karra Rimka-Ka-Ka-Korra Linkondrathaggalla Lontimgondritharra
Ba’airiron (also Beiriron or Bairiron)
mirroring anything; sending things; sparking anything; glamour spells; perception & reality; shapeshifting; war; attack; conflict; aggressive spells; victory in combat; triumph over mental & physical weaknesses; acquiring or removing leadership qualities; increasing or removing interpersonal influence; imparting courage; instilling fear; empowerment & concentration of the True Will; removal of impediments to material gain; inducing discord amongst opposing collectives; consecrating/empowering magickal weapons solely for use in baleful magick; balanced power/authority; wisdom; communication; the antichrists who will make themselves known among us; the mysteries of the earth; the mysteries of the Qliphothic regions; inspiring & writing spell designs; empowering with energy; causing manifestation; understanding personal abilities & potential
Chant: Rimkallthaggorra Rimkathorraggalla Rimkimkallathandra Rimkimkallathor
Dagdagiron
sexual forces; leadership; materialism; night; strength; ambition; death; creation & destruction; initiation; creative power; traversing the Sea of the Dead which stands connected to Nahemoth; initiation into the liberating & heretical mysteries of the Nightside Sabbath; strengthening all rites which call on Azazel or the Seirim; initiation into the mysteries of the Crown of Fire & the Black Halo of the Saintly Ones; use of the evil eye in execration magick; empowering any evocation of demon(s); correctly entering the Devil’s Reversed Path of Spirit as expressed by Chavajoth by transcending the Gates of Matter;the Black Banquet of Detaching Indulgence which begets the power to relinquish material obsessions; all things odd, strange, & weird; anomalies; dark side of nature; black magickal mysteries of the Fay; creating thoughtforms/egregores; manifesting into existence; ancient power; manifestations; influencing people; acquiring power over someone; attaining authority; succeeding in matters; overcoming impediments; the creation of facades; the past; the restriction of persons; execration magick; binding spells; banishing; protection; inducing confusion/disorientation via psychic attack; the alteration & increasement of one’s abilities in the astral
Chant: Dagdaggathaggar Rinkimgallathor Ronkondrathorrakkalla Linkathorra Linkatharr
Adimiron
pacification of character flaws; pacification of hostile influences; strengthening animalistic aspects of self; inducing & alleviating rage & blood lust; liberation from entrapment; acquiring wealth & abundance; manipulating the illusions of the universe in accordance with personal will and belief; the obsolescence of ideological orthodoxy; nurturing iconoclasm; the rise of countercultures; insurrection & usurpation; political revolution; channeling gnosis & guidance from the Qliphoth; secrets of the Qliphoth; attaining hidden knowledge; dream work; astral projection; inducing magickal storms; creative or destructive workings of draconic magick; multiplication of anything; storage of prana; the ability to sense lost objects; causing damage; attaining & understanding new abilities; attainment of desired things; causing the disappearance or reappearance of things; returning anything
Chant: Addathiggarra Wimkallathaggorra Limkimgallathandra Rimkimgallathor
Shichiriron (also Shechiriron & Schechiriron)
nercomancy; empowering all magickal workings of ligature; magickally controlling the emotions of others; refinement of intuition; becoming impregnable & victorious in battle; conjuration of wealth; warding & shielding; controlling or subduing mundane desires; finding or creating spiritual gateways; protection; unseen issues; culminations of things; ancient magick; recovering what was lost; creating thoughtforms/egregores; weather magick; inducing storms; changing the past; preservation of things; emotional issues; nature magick; the unexpected; total awakening; learning the art of Qliphothic magick; transmitting magickal forces/intent; guidance in the pursuit of Qliphothic magick; expansion of visualization; manipulation of energies; the journey of the Magnum Opus
Chant: Wimkalla Thiggorra Wimkathorra Wimkathandra Rimkithall
Shalehbiron (also Shelhabiron)
attaining charisma; strengthening personal magnetism; accumulating fame, respect, or admiration; subjugation of persons via control of their wills; achieving awakening & empowerment through the power of the Black Sun; initiation into any fire-related mysteries (pyromancy, the element of fire, etc.); attainment of self-control; overcoming personal flaws; becoming fearless in peril; overpowering & dominating opponents; achievement of authoritative position; achievement of physical & spiritual autonomy; self-empowerment via atavism; alchemical endeavors of therionick magick; attunement to instinct; development of strentgh; unifying forces; lusts or desires; the fundaments of demon magick; reaching completion; induction & sustainment of realizations; instinct; strength; the True Will; binding energy to a goal; self-motivation; fulfillment of desire; sex; creation of anything; ego magick; messengers; law of chance; elucidation of matters; stimulation/awakening of energies & other things; accruing power; wish magick; primal energies; understanding or revealing anything
Chant: Taggathorra Rimkathandra Limkathorra Rimkathandra
Tzelilimiron (also Tzalalimiron & Tzelladimiron)
liberation from what holds one back from spiritual attainment; a mental state of cold & focused conniving; fostering evolution via the arousal of strife, turmoil, or conflict; liberation from the interference & influence of the ignorant; liberation from the induced stalemate of our circumstances; initiation into the mysteries of magickal medicines & poisons; proficiency in verbalized deception; magickally inducing love & instigating break-ups; acquiring or experiencing unity with Qliphothic forces for self-empowerment; construction of vampyric thoughtforms/egregores; the orchestrating blessings & curses; telepathy; mind tricks/mind control; influencing thought; travel; sending messages; communication; acquiring information; obtaining grimoires; spell craft; detecting gossip; learning magick; changing things; hastening things
Chant: Taggathathaggorra Limkuthaggalla Limkandrakkorra
Tzaphiriron (also Tzephariron)
transcendental meditation; gnosis of True Will & Higher Self; penetrating outer darkness to discover Inner Light; subjugating & communing with nature spirits; the power to heal; the power to engender malady; liberating those enslaved; isolating or containing persons; emanation or force; giving protection; engineering the concealment of persons or things; healing; purification; engendering sickness; manifesting sickly energy; forcing others to fulfill your desires; healing the energy body; animal magick; altering things; chakra work; containing baleful influences in the interest of safety; bring change to things; hiding something; raising energy; concealing the truth by misinforming people; pathways to the Qliphoth; achieving goals; pursuing enlightenment; the connections between things in magick; finding the attributions/associations of things; awakening internal powers; awakening to the Qliphothic realm; being guided by/acquiring knowledge in the Qliphoth; discerning the strengths and flaws of others; consuming the light in pursuit of dark powers
Chant: Onkallakkathorra Limkakkakkarra Lonkuthuggorra Yimkithall
Abiriron (also Obiriron)
combination of forces; establishment of connections; creation of strife; instigation of arguments; attack against something; capture of thieves; attraction of things; domino effects; sending forces elsewhere; balancing anything; creating something’s opposite; screwing people over; causing things to backfire on people; destructive energies; establishing new beginnings; making spells end; drawing energies inward to mold & then direct them; refining & manipulating powers; preventing things from progressing too quickly; destruction of harmful energies; engineering imbalance; breaking the fetters of stagnation; success in criminal endeavors; manipulation of judges & lawyers; imparting physical beauty, strengthening personal magnetism; strengthening vengeful or punitive execrations; protection of criminals; turning the enemy’s offensives against them; impeding enemies; exposing conspiracies & falsehoods; the increasement or decreasement of force in order to engender spiritual evolution
Chant: Rimkathaggattorra Rimkathandrakkalla Lonkatorringathorra Rimkathangrarrakkalla Lonkathandra Rimkathorra Lonkithall
Necheshthiron (also Necheshethiron)
execrations afflicting body & soul alike; conjuring wrathful ghosts for execration magick; achieving gnosis into the left-handed mysteries of death; opening the watery gates of the dead that intersect with the Qliphothic Seas of the Nun; hiding or exposing secrets; amplifying spiritual development by abruptly removing the barriers to it; soul-smiting execration magick; engineering liberation via violent upheaval; endeavors of alchemical self-transformation via Qliphothic sorcery; shedding undesired behavior-traits; attaining powers; spiritual development; leaving the past in the past; removing life’s problems; restoration magick; triumphing over anything; engendering turmoil; bringing things to their end or death; obtaining important information; gaining draconic gnosis; guidance on the path of alchemical self-empowerment; guidance regarding the Qliphoth; transformation; spreading fear; intimidation; the dead; recreating things; banishing; reflecting anything; bringing something to an end; bedeviling persons into states of infatuation/obsession; spiritual abilities; invisibility; hiding anything; changing something; research; secrets; hidden knowledge; destruction; shadowmancy/shadow magick; necromancy; night magick; death magick; astral magick; understanding how things changed; forcing your spells to manifest
Chant: Wimkathandra Linkathaggakkorra Lontorrengethalla Lonkondrathorraggallathoth Onkathandra-COOL
Necheshiron (also Nachashiron)
turning impending defeat to victory; obfuscating and manipulating one’s accusers; escaping from enemies or prison; great monetary gain; great spiritual attainment; obtaining hidden gnosis & secret powers; acquiring hidden treasure; imparting fertility, vitality, bareness, or impotence; lycanthropic alchemy; magickal self-empowerment; taming the Night-Mare; gnosis of the Kundalini; channeling hidden methods of Kundalini work; arousing the Kundalini; alchemical transmutation; shapeshifting; transforming from one thing to another; development or progression; causing manifestation; counterattacks; bringing the best or worst out of anything; inciting passion; gaining strength; supporting one’s concentration; begetting balance; dominion over tempests & warfare; comprehension of Sitra Ahra; working with draconic entities; authority over the dead; magickal self-deification; causing something to grow; expanding an issues; astral projection; dream work; prophecy; learning new magick; assistance with energy manipulation; the movement of a thing; freedom; learning astrology & tarot; the manipulation of something; cosmic magick; acquiring knowledge; remote viewing; exposing or perceiving the truth of an issue; justice; order; the flame of inspiration; enticing the uninitiated; the effort of initiating neophytes
Chant: Onkakkathorra Lonkatharra Rimkathorra Lindratharra Lonjithalla Lonkattorra
{This ritual summons Lepaca, the Demon of Opening, and works with him to astrally presence a very large number of demons for the purpose of self-empowerment. The witch begins with the opening of the ritual, which opening creates a sacred space by raising Qliphothic energy, summons Lepaca, calls on multiple demons to strengthen the ritual, and then works with Lepaca to evoke multiple Qliphothic demons (in that order). Thereafter, the witch recites a hymn which entreats Chavajoth (the Azerate), the draconic meta-god composed of the 72 demons of the Goetia, the Nine Demonic Divinities of the Dukante Hierarchy, and the 22 archdemons of the Tunnels of Set to empower the witch. Five optional segments follow, and the witch may perform whichever and however many of these she will perform, if any. Lastly, a series of miscellanious and optional demon-summoning chants is provided for the witch to choose from. It is the prerogative of the witch to decide which materials, sigils, equipment, music, etc. she wants to incorporate into her performance of this ritual, if any. Phrases in italics are to be chanted. The name vibration formulas appear in bold with +’s separating each individual vibration. English translations appear in brackets and explanations appear in parentheses. This ritual incorporates magickal formulae and words of power from Modern Demonolatry by S. Conolly, the corpuses of Dragon Rouge, the Order of the Nine Angles, the 218 Current (including Liber Azerate and The Book of Sitra Ahra), The True Red Book of Appin, The Book of Mephisto by Asenath Mason, my original literature, and the literature of Daemon Barzai. This is an advanced ritual, so be prepared}
The Opening of the Rite Agios Octinomos-Drakosophia!
[Numinous (is) the Current of the Adversary and its Alchemical Endeavors]
Melus De Quo Magma (x11)
[Reality Emanates from the Demonic]
Liftoach Pandemonium! Liftoach Hekel Lebanath ha-Adamas Ater! Zazas Zazas Nasatanada Zazas! Yehi Aur Chashakh! Liftoach Kliffot!
[(Magickal Formulae to Create a Sacred Space by Presencing Qliphothic Energy)]
Dongraph + Liftoach Kliffot + Zazas Zazas Nasatanada Zazas + Lepaca Radrab ha-Shamaim + Lepaca Adaphegor + Lepaca Adargazer + Lepaca Abiyr Qliphoth
[(Name Vibration Formula for the Summoning of Lepaca)]
Manifestos! Liftoach Pandemonium, et Germient Lepaca!
[(Word of Power for Summoning)! Open the Infernal Plane, and Bring Forth Lepaca)]
Agios Ischyros Lepaca! Mammon Liftoach Qliphoth! Liftoach Qliphoth, B’Shem ha-Mephistophilus! Athiel Liftoach Reshut ha-Rabbim! Io Tap Rex Pandemonium! Eurynomos Liftoach Sitra Ahra! Agios Ischyros Amducious Rex Kliffot! Qalilitu Venire et Germinet Xul! Salve Amaymon Pater Sitra Ahra! Ocat Liftoach Acharayim!
[Numinous and Mighty is Lepaca! Mammon, Open the Qliphoth! Open the Qliphoth, in the Name of Mephistophilus! Athiel, Open the Kingdom of Manifoldness! Hail unto Tap, King of the Infernal Plane! Eurynomos, Open Sitra Ahra! Numinous and Mighty is Amducious, the King of the Kliffot! Qalilitu, Come and Presence the Black Light! Hail unto Amaymon, the Father of Sitra Ahra! Ocat, Open the Infernal Plane]
Io Mephisto, Zodamran, Zodamran! Io Lepacha!
[Hail Mesphito, (Word of Power to Open the Qliphoth)! Hail Lepacha]
Magickal Hymn to the Infernal Divine Invoco Pandemonium, In Nomine Drakosophia Agios o Goetikon, Salve Draco Megiste O Salve Havayoth– Hendekatheon Gloria Agios es, Genitor Verraine, et Salve Pater Amducious Agios o Domine Lucifer, Basileus Lumial Agios Ischyros Eurynomous– Patrona Necromantia Salve Flereous, Spiritus Aeternum, et Dominus Ustrina Abbas Leviathan Gloria– Agios o Unsere Ave Regem Beliar– Agios Belias Rex Bohu Atta Sathanel Gloria– Agios o Satanas Agios Ischyros Kliffoth– Salvete Kelippadaimones
[I Call to the Infernal Plane in the Name of the Current of the Adversary/ Numinous is the Draconic Unification of the 72 as a Metagod, Hail unto the Great Dragon/ Oh, Hail unto Havayoth, Glory to the Hendekatheon/ Numinous Art Thou, Father Verraine, and Hail unto Father Amducious/ Numinous is Lord Lucifer, King Lumial/ Numinous and Mighty is Eurynomous– Patron of Necromancy/ Hail unto Flereous, Great and Eternal Spirit, and to Lord Ustrina/ Glory unto Father Leviathan– Numinous is Unsere/ Hail King Beliar– Numinous (is) Belias the King of the Second Veil Before Samael/ Glory unto Father Sathanel– Numinous is Satanas/ Numinous and Mighty is the Qliphoth– Hail to the Twenty-Two Spirits of the Tunnels of Set]
The Opening of the Four Towers of Khaos (Optional Segment) Silur Varepto Voker Veiscat Zenon Tuvaildaf Knox! Agilleath Tiddehmos Tlyfos Belial(x9) Dessurpur Kajp Giddup Leviathan (x9) Vibarlal Dendas Tnasod Beelzebuth (x9) Lylusay Tateros Volt Sids Lucifer (x9)
[(Words of Power for Demon Magick)/(Chant to Open the Northern Tower and Presence the Spirits of Belial)/(Chant to Open the Western Tower and Presence the Spirits of Leviathan)/(Chant to Open the Eastern Tower and Presence the Spirits of Beelzebuth)/(Chant to Open the Southern Tower and Presence the Spirits of Satan/Lucifer)]
The Evocation of Paymon and His Spirits (Optional Segment) Lepaca Paimon! Lepaca Beball! Lepaca Abali! Salve Paymon Rex Occidentalium! Baruch ha-Paymon ha-Parashiym! Linan Tasa Jedan Paimon! Paymon Liftoach Ha-Ilan Ha-Izon (x11) Paymon Labal Abalam(x7)
[(Formulae Calling Lepaca to Presence Paimon and his Two Attendant Kings)/ Hail Paymon King of the West/ Blessed is Paymon the Horseman/ (Paymon’s Demonic Enn)/(Chant to Presence Spirits in Service to Paymon)/ (Chant to Presence Paymon and his Two Attendant Kings)]
The Eovcation of Mephistophiles (Optional Segment) Lepaca Mephistophiles! Io Mephisto, Zodamran, Zodamran! Mesphito + Mephisto + Mephist + Hemostophile + Megastophiles + Memostophiles + Mephistophilis + Mephistophiel + Mephistophielis Baruch ha-Mephist Mephir ha-Gadhol! Veni, Veni Mephistophile! Mesphito Ramec Viasa On Ca(x11)
[(Formula Calling Lepaca to Presence Mephistophiles)! Hail Mephistophiles, (Word of Power to Presence Qliphothic Energy)!/ (Name-Vibration Formula for the Summoning of Mephistophiles)/ Blessed is Mephistophiles the Great Destroyer/ Come, Come Mephistophiles/ (Demonic Enn of Mephistophiles)]
The Evocation of Leviathan (Optional Segment) Agios Ischyros Leviathan (x7) Vovin, Vovin, Lepaca Vovin, Leviatán, Tanin’iver, Liftoach Kliffoth(x7) Rex Chaosifer, Veniat ad Me (x7) Jedan Tasa Hoet Naca Leviathan(x11)
[Numinous and Mighty is Leviathan/ (Chant Calling Tanin’iver and Lepaca to Presence Leviathan)/ Chaos-Bearing Monarch, Come Unto Me/ (Demonic Enn of Leviathan)]
The Call for the Blessing of Satan (Optional Segment) (this calls on Satan to empower the witch; it is not an evocation of him) Tasa Reme Laris Satan– Ave Satanis Aperiatur Acharayim, et Germinet Satanas Athah Gibor Leohlam Satan Agios o Satanas Bagabi Lacha Bachabe Lamac Cahi Achababe Karrelyos Lamac Lamec Bachalyas Cabahagy Sabalyos Baryolos Lagoz Atha Cabyolas Samahac Et Famyolas Harrahya!
[(Satan’s Demonic Enn)/ Open the Infernal Plane, and Bring Forth Satanas/ Come, Eternal Omnipotent Diabolus/ Satan is Eternal and Mighty Forever/ (Magickal Formula for Rituals to Satan)]
Independent and Optional Summonings of Miscellaneous Demon Groups
Eko, Eko, Apsidotheoi(x7)
[(Chant to Summon the Guiding Spirits of the Draconian Current, Who May or May not be Demonic)]
Ornias Va-Layilel Liftoach Shaari Gamaliel (x11)
[(Calls Ornias & Laylilel to Send Spirits from the Black Moon’s Qlipha)]
Sitral Polanthan Thamaar Falaur Sitrami(x11)
[(Chant to Summon the Five Demonic Princes of the Northen Tower)]
Glassia-Labolis Va-Mesphito Liftoach Shaari Ha-Samael(x11)
[(Calls Glasyabolis & Mesphito to Send Spirits from Mercury’s Qlipha)]
Basmijael Va-Luluwa Liftoach Herab Serapel(x11)
[(Calls Luluwa & Basmijael to Send Spirits from Venus’s Qlipha)]
Lepaca Neshimiron (x7)
[(Chant Calling Lepaca to Presence the Neshimiron)]
Baruch Ha-Kelippa Ha-Reschaim– Liftoach Nahemoth– Phenex Va-Azael Liftoach Nahemo (x9) [(Calls Phenex & Azael to Send Spirits from Nahemoth)]
Liftoach Chasek B’Shem ha-Gothiel (x7)
[(Chant Calling Gothiel/A’athiel to Presence the Spirits of the Third Veil Before Samael)]
Curiel Liftoach Qlipha ha-Thaumiel(x7)
[(Chant Calling Curiel to Presence the Spirits of Thaumiel)]
This article serves to analyze Chief Duke Mephistophiles, best known in Demonolatry as Mesphito, the Keeper of the Book of Death, through the esotericisms of demonology, Qabbalah, and Greek magick. This is a very deep look into demonology which may not be suitable or helpful for beginners.
We know from grimoires modern and medieval alike that Mephistophiles (often called Mesphito) is a real demon, and a powerful one at that. Well, believe it or not, Doctor Faust was a real person. He was an infamous alchemist, blasphemer, astrologist, magickian, necromancer, and sodomite who once allegedly tricked a local chaplain into rubbing arsenic on his own face. Countless medieval grimoires are attributed to the teachings of Doctor Faust, just like many grimoires are attributed to the teachings of Solomon and Moses.
Faust lived around the time that the printing press was invented, so while we do have stories about his exploits, our sources aren’t entirely reliable, and the fictitious adaptations of his life, both in theater and literature, are abundant.
Faust was the quintessential Renaissance blasphemer. His name was adduced constantly during the religious debates of the time, and he ran into legal trouble rather frequently. He was a magickian who made of himself a sensation, sort of like Aleister Crowley and Anton LaVey. There are even several blatantly spurious legends recorded which purport to originate as anecdotes of the demonstrations of Faust’s power. The following two hyperlinks will take you to Faust’s wikipedia article and my first essay on Mesphito. https://vkjehannum.wordpress.com/2017/01/27/mesphito-mephistophiles-is-real/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Georg_Faust#Historical_Faust
Mephistophiles in Qliphothic Qabbalah
Mesphito is attributed to two of the Qliphoth’s Spheres, namely the third and the fifth. Three multiplied by five gives us 15, the number of the fifteenth tarot card (the Devil). The fifteenth tarot is attributed to the twenty-sixth pathway* of the Qliphoth, which just so happens to be the pathway which connects the two Qliphas that Mesphito is attributed to. 26 (2 + 6) gives us 8, as do the third and fifth spheres added together (3 + 5). 8 is a number attributed to the planet Mercury and the Philosopher’s Stone, and it’s the number of faces on an octahedron (the Platonic solid attributed to Mercury). An octahedron has eight faces, twelve edges, and six vertices: 8 + 12 + 6 = 26, which is again the number of the path between the Qliphothic spheres which Mesphito is attributed to.
8 and 15 are the two numbers given to us by the two spheres that Mesphito is attributed to, and I have demonstrated that the path between these spheres relates to both of these numbers as well. Multiplied together, 8 & 15 give us 120. 120 is the mystic number of the star and the mystic quality of the number 5, giving us the pentagram, a sign of the Great Work (note: 8 also symbolizes the Great Work). 120 is also the numerical value of the Hebrew letter Samekh when it is spelled out as a Hebrew word (note: it is in Liber Samekh that Crowley delineates the Rite of the Bornless One, an adversary-oriented rite to invoke the Higher Self which was written to precede workings with the demons of the Goetia). Blood is sometimes esoterically interpreted as a sign of the Great Work, and 120 days is the life span of a red blood globule (note: one of Mesphito’s names in the grimoires is Hemostophile).
Now let’s talk about the spheres specifically. First, Mesphito is attributed to Samael and Glasyalabolas, Buer, Adrammelech, and Amon (lesser attribution). Secondly, Mesphito is attributed to Thagirion alongside Claunech, Sorath, Belphagore, Paimon (lesser attribution), Amy, and Merihim.
The light of the Black Sun of Thagirion is the guiding influence which orients the Black Moon of Gamaliel. This is why Mammon, the foremost emissary of Gamaliel, is believed to enact the agendas of Sorath, the true offspring of Thagirion. Samael, the Mercurious Qlipha, is the sphere which imparts the Black Sun’s guidance to Gamaliel.* So, Mesphito is attributed to both this guiding influence of the Black Moon and the medium of its provision.
*This is the same pathway that Marbas and A’ano’nin are attributed to.
**Within Gamaliel dwell Mammon, Lilith, Qalilitu, Verrine, Buer, and Orias.
The Initiatory Force of Mephistophiles
One of the leading authorities of Traditional Demonolatry, S. Conolly (the S. stands for “Stephany,” by the way) has recorded the esoteric meaning of the name Beelzebuth revealed to her by Beelzebuth itself. While the literal translation of the name is “Lord of the Flies,” its esoteric meaning is “Lord of All that Flies.” This is a reference to Beelzebuth’s patronage of aeronautical engineering, meterology, and aerospace engineering sky machines. Mesphito has more than nineteen name variations in the medieval grimories, and we’re going to attempt some esoteric name interpretation.
One of Mesphito’s names in the grimoires is Memostophiles, with Mem being the Hebrew word for water. Mem is the 23rd Hebrew letter, and 23 = 15 + 8 (these are the two numbers given by adding and multiplying the third and fifth Qliphothic spheres). Mem, as a word, means “water,” and the value of the Hebrew phrase “your water,” a phrase denoting god-given sustenance in the Bible, is 120, the number we got by multiplying 15 (3 x 5) and 8 (3 + 5). In the Golden Dawn,*** the stage of initiation attributed to the sphere of Mercury is called “the water grade” in reference to the “nurturing waters of [the Sephira of Mercury]” and the tarot card attributed to Mem is the Hanged Man.
The Hanged Man the card of self-sacrifice. It represents an accomplishment of the Great Work which is misconstrued by the uninitiated as martyrdom. The figure in the tarot card is depicted hanging from the Hebrew letter Tau, which Hebrew letter is considered to have been the Mark of Qayin (Qayin/Cain being the first Ascended Master of the Black Lodge) and is attributed to the thirty-second path of the Qliphoth, basically signifying the start of a new cycle of initiatory demon magick.
***Based on the consistent similarities between the recorded experiences of Niners working with the Tree of Wyrd, practitioners of demon magick working with the Qliphoth, and white magickians working with the Sephiroth, I have concluded that Hod, Samael, and Utarid are all just different approaches to working with the planetary sphere of Mercury
My attribution of Mesphito to the card of self-sacrifice via esoteric name-analysis is actually verified by a synchronicity in psychodynamic therapy. According to Wikipedia, “Psychodynamic therapy uses the idea of a Faustian bargain to explain defence mechanisms, usually rooted in childhood, that sacrifice elements of the self in favor of some form of psychical survival.” (Note: obviously psychodynamic theory uses the metaphor of Faust’s bargain in a negative light).
So, the initiatory influence of Memostophiles is that of an apotheosis misconstrued by outsiders as death. So, when the fictitious legend of Faust concludes with the (perceived) accidental death of the sorcerer, we can infer what really happened. The cause of Faust’s death, having been perceived as coming about due to an accidental result of the explosive gases used in alchemy, is simply the common man’s interpretation of Faust’s achievement of magickal immortality. After all, Memostophiles correlates to the initiatory stage of the Sphere of Mercury, and it just so happens that the alchemical substance attributed to Mercury is explosive gas.
Mephistophiles as a God of Mercury
In The Book of Mephisto, Asenath Mason forwards the notion that Mesphito is a an spirit of Mercury. While I adore Asenath Mason’s literature, I feel that she very much oversimplified Mesphito in more ways than by her mere avoidance of Mesphito’s other Qliphothic and other planetary attribution. She focused far more heavily on fictitious renditions of the story of Faust than the depictions of Mesphito within the grimoires, and when she did address the spirit’s description in grimoiric demonology she focused entirely on the medieval tradition, neglecting the wonderful yet admittedly sparse insights into Mesphito provided by modern black magickians such as J. Thorp.
Nonetheless, I am pressed to agree with Mason’s attribution to the Mercurial Qlipha and the planet of Mercury itself.
Two of the three animal forms which Mephistophiles takes in the grimoires I’ve read (modern and old alike), which forms include a toad, a bear, and a dog, are symbols of Ophiel, the Olympic Spirit of Mercury. A medieval grimoire’s description of Mesphito as a bald man in a black cape seemed, in my opinion, reminiscient of a recorded appearance of Ophiel as a man in a black cloak. The medieval-grimoiric description of Mesphito as an approachable, youthful man lines up with the appearance of the Greek God of Mercury. Moreover, the magickal powers of Mephistophiles provided in the medieval grimoires completely match the powers given to those two entities of Mercury.
One of the speculative etymologies of Megastophiles and Mephistophiel, two of Mesphito’s names in the grimoires, is “Megist Ophiel” or “the Great Ophiel.” This interpretation makes far more sense than the unfortunately more common comparison of the name Mephistophiles to “Mephitis,” the name of a goddess who rules over stench.
In conclusion, Mesphito is a divinity of Mercury both inside and outside of Qliphothic sorcery. In contrast, while Mesphito is attributed to Jupiter by a medieval grimoire unrelated to Qabbalah, he has no recorded attribution to the Qlipha of Jupiter in grimoires which incorporate Qabbalah.
A demon’s attribution to Qliphothic planetary spheres usually does not match their attribution to planets outside of Qabbalah. For example, while Amducious and Vassago are both attributed to Thaumiel (Neptune & Pluto/Moloch & Satan), neither of them are attributed to Pluto outside of the Qliphoth. The only two demons I can think of who are attributed to the Qliphothic spheres of planets that they are attributed to outside of the Qliphoth are Buer an Glasyalabolas. Interestingly enough, Buer and Glasyalabolas are both attributed to Samael (Mercury/Adrammelech). We might be building evidence of a trend.
Update: I decided to find out once and for all whether Ophiel and Mephistophiles were the same entity. I channeled the gnosis that the two spirits were indeed the same, and publicly requested that other black magickians seek their own gnosis regarding the matter and get back to me. My gnosis that Ophiel = Mesphito, being a confirmation of scholarly speculation, was confirmed by three other witches who didn’t know my opinion on the matter.
Mephistophiles and Jupiter
While it has been easy for me to draw much meaning from Mesphito’s attributions to the Qliphothic Spheres of Mercury and the Black Sun, I was at a loss as to what meaning I could draw from his non-Qliphothic planetary attribution to Jupiter, but the very first article I read about Jupiter easily reconciles Mesphito’s attribution to both it and the Sphere of the Black Sun. The article calls Jupiter “the elder king, giving way to the new solar king” and “a Sun that has never ignited” which “radiates not physical light, but the spiritual light of illumination.” Jupiter, like the Sphere of the Black Sun, is attributed to both the guru and the inner teacher. You may read that article here: http://christopherpenczak.com/planetary-magic-6-jupiter-and-expansion/#.WfwBpmhSzIU
Since Mesphito usually described as one of the highest authorities of the Infernal Divine, and since he is renowned for being really fucking powerful and really fucking nice, it makes sense for him to be attributed to Jupiter, and as far as non-Qliphothic planetary attributions go, Jupiter is as good of an equivalent of the mixture of the influences of the Mercurial and Black-Solar Qliphas as I can think of.
Mephistophiles and Baphomet
In Path of Satan, Mesphito is attributed to the seventh letter of “the infernal alphabet,” being K. Apollo is attributed to the seventh Greek letter, Epsilon. Epsilon is attributed to Mercury, and K corresponds to the Hebrew letter Kaf, being the source of the K in magick– a symbol of the Great Work attributed to Mercury. K, as Mesphito is attributed to it, is both 7 and 8, lending 15 (the fifteenth tarot card, the Devil) and 56, a number of the Great Work.
The Baphomet of Eliphas Levi, being the model for the Devil as depicted in Atu XV, is also known as Octinomos insofar as (s)he is a symbol of the Great Work. The numbers of Atu XV and Octinomos add and multiply to give us 23 and 120 again, equating Mesphito to the Goat of Mendes in terms of alchemical signification. Despite Baphomet’s attribution to Mercury, it is believed that the state of adepthood illustrated by Baphomet is attained in the Sphere of the Sun, so it can be said that Mesphito represents the black magickal equivalent of this same attainment.
Mephistophiles, Lucifuge, and Lucifer
Lucifer, who is attributed to Venus and the Sun (he has no known attribution in the Qliphoth), is considered the counterpart of Mesphito. This makes a degree of sense, keeping in mind that Saturn is the quintessential Diabolic force of astrology. The nature of Saturn is reflected in Venus Inversus, the black aspect of Venus, and the Saturnian Qlipha is the top of the Qliphoth’s left column, of which collumn the Mercurial Qlipha forms the base. Lucifer’s other counterpart, Lucifuge, may be a counterpart to Mesphito as well.
Lucifuge and Mesphito are the two great grimoiric initiators. The Qliphothic hierarchy used by the modern Black Lodge attributes Lucifuge to the Saturnian Qlipha, but a lesser-known hierarchy exists which assigns Lucifuge to leadership over the Sphere of the Black Sun.**** Lucifuge, being attributed to leadership of the Qliphothic Spheres of Saturn and the Black Sun, represents a far more advanced initiation than Mesphito, being identified as an emissary of the Qliphothic Spheres of Mercury and the Black Sun. However, both of them are, in terms of Qliphothic influence, a mixture of the Black-Solar Qlipha with the Pillar of Severity, so the fact that they play identical roles to one another in many medieval grimories makes a lot of sense.
****The hierarchy which attributes Lucifuge to Thagirion attributes Eisheth Zenunim to the Saturnian Qlipha. A modern Demonolater by the name of T.B. Scott has attributed Eisheth Zennunim to Thagirion, intimating a great similarity between the two Qliphas. Since the Qliphas of the Black Earth and Black Moon are both related to Lilith, whose true throne is in the Saturnian Qlipha, it makes sense for Thagirion to have a connection to Saturn as well).
In case you want a black metal song about Mesphito for your magickal work, here’s the one I personally use:
{While I am a staunch critic of the Order of the Nine Angles, their teachings are a legitimate repository for real Greek and Druidic magickal knowledge, regardless of how much of their teachings was stolen from Kenneth Grant. It was originally an archdemon of the Tunnels of Set who told me the O9A’s deities were worth working with, and I have found this to be true. Working with these deities is different from working with most other pantheons, so seek guidance before endeavor. It is up to the celebrant to decide what, if any, equipment and materials she will employ in the performance of this ritual}
Zacam Micalzo Noctulius
[ I Move You, Mighty Noctulius]
Noctulius Ol Um Od Ol Zodameta
[Noctulius, I Call and I Conjure You]
Solpeth Pambt Noctulius Nonci Tabaan De A Dosig
[Hearken Unto Me, Noctulius, Oh You Governor of the Night]
Niis Noctulius Nonci Gah De Teloch Sa Ors
[Come Noctulius, Oh You Spirit of Death and Darkness]
Tabaan O A Cicle De A Pleiades
[Governor of the Mysteries of the Pleiades]
Gohed Noctulius Gah De Drilpi Ananael Od A Dosig
[Everlasting Noctulius, Spirit of Great Wisdom and the Night]
Arphe Noctulius Ar Ol Restil Micama Zomdv Alonusahi
[Descend, Noctulius, So that I May Behold Your Power]
Niis Noctulius Micalzo Tabaan Qamar
[Come Noctulius, Mighty Governor of the Sphere of the Moon]
Ils Chismicaolz Od Gohed Noctulius
[You Are Mighty and Everlasting, Noctulius]
Noctulius Carma De Zomdv Paradial Sa Zacare Caosg
[Noctulius, Come Out of Your Dwelling and Move to the Earth]
Zirdo Noctulius A Drilpi Gah O A Graa
[I am Noctulius, the Great Spirit of the Moon]
{While I am a staunch critic of the Order of the Nine Angles, their teachings are a legitimate repository for real Greek and Druidic magickal knowledge, regardless of how much of their teachings was stolen from Kenneth Grant. It was originally an archdemon of the Tunnels of Set who told me the O9A’s deities were worth working with, and I have found this to be true. Working with these deities is different from working with most other pantheons, so seek guidance before endeavor. It is up to the celebrant to decide what, if any, equipment and materials she will employ in the performance of this ritual. While the witch will most likely be able to discern this, not all of the voces magicae (linguistic sorcery) in this rite is Enochian. Other chants to Aosoth, some designed by me and others designed by Anton Long/David Myatt are employed within the ritual}
Ol Um A Aosoth A Gah Teloch Sa Ananael
[I Call to Aosoth, the Spirit of Death and Wisdom]
Solpeth Bien Aosoth Nonci Hami O Graa A De Ors
[Hearken to My Voice, Aosoth, Oh You Creature of Darkness]
Zacare Od Niiso Aosoth C Micalzo Aosoth
[Move and Come Ye, Aosoth, Oh Mighty Aosoth]
Ol Oecremi Isli Od Ol Zodameta Aosoth
[I Praise You and I Conjure You, Aosoth]
Aosoth Ils Micalzo Gah Arphe Sa Zamran Pambt
[Aosoth, Oh You Mighty Spirit, Descend and Appear Unto Me]
Ar Ol Trian Torzu Aziazor A Aosoth
[So that I Shall Arise in the Likeness of Aosoth]
Zacam Od Um Isli C Gohed Aosoth
[I Move You and I Call You, Oh Everlasting Aosoth]
Aosoth Ol Zodameta Nonci Drilpi Pasbs C A Dosig
[Aosoth, I Conjure You, Oh You Great Daughter of the Night]
Bagle Zirdo A Hoath C Aosoth O Zomdv Lonsa A Ananael
[Because I am the Worshipper, Oh Aosoth, of Your Power and Wisdom]
Zirdo Aosoth A Gohed Gah O Graa Od A Aoiveae
[I am Aosoth, the Everlasting Spirit of Moon and the Stars]
Ich Bin Ama Aosoth
[I am Mother Aosoth]
Ich Bin Ama Aosoth
[I am Mother Aosoth]
Ich Bin Ama Aosoth
[I am Mother Aosoth]
Ya Namosh Aosoth Exat
[In the Name of Aosoth, Let it Be Thus]
.This ritual was written using Enochian script, my own magickal chants, and channeled magickal phrases, some of which channeled phrases have been written such that they may be most easily sounded out. I broke a few of the words of power in the channeled chants down to their syllables, capitalizing syllables which equate to English words. Translations of the Latin and Enochian appear in brackets. The witch may incorporate however much or however little equipment & materials she deems appropriate into her performance of this ritual.
Onkonjurral Lonkarrathor On-POUR-uh-thall Onkonriggor Lonkarrathor [Channeled Chant to Invoke Euronymous]
Aperiatur Qliphoth; Invoco Eurynomous
[Open the Qliphoth; I Call to Eurynomous]
Euronymous Lieza Nor Asar [Channeled Chant to Invoke Euronymous]
Ol Zodameta Od Zacam Gohed Eurynomous
[I Conjure Thee and I Move Thee Everlasting Eurynomous]
Aperiatur Qliphoth; Invoco Eurynomos
[Open the Qliphoth; I Call to Eurynomos]
Ol Um Isli Eurynomos Gohed Tabaan Teloch
[I Call Thee, Eurynomos, Everlasting Governor of Death
Euronymous Lieza Nor Asar [Channeled Chant to Invoke Euronymous]
Onkorratharra Larrin-TOUR-uh ON-CHORE-uh Lonkorra Onkarra [Channeled Chant to Invoke Euronymous]
Euronymous Lieza Nor Asar [Channeled Chant to Invoke Euronymous]
Onkorrathar Lankanrikkor ON-TOUR-ih-GAUL Lonkorrathor ON-POUR-uh-GAUL [Channeled Chant to Invoke Euronymous]
Ol Trian Torzu Aziazor A Eurynomos
[I Shall Rise as Eurynomos]
Aperiatur Qliphoth; Invoco Euronymous
[Open the Qliphoth; I Call to Eurynomous]
Euronymous Lieza Nor Asar [Channeled Chant to Invoke Euronymous]
Zirdo Eurynomos A Gohed Tabaan Teloch Sa Vonpha
[I am Eurynomos, the Everlasting Governor of Death and Wrath]
Above: Two Original Sigils of Shalicu by an Anonymous Contributor
V.K. Jehannum 