Baal-Peor [Belphegor]
Badariel, Batarjal One of the 200 fallen angels.
Bael, Baal ”lord” or ”master” Baal is equated with the archangel Raphael. Yet, in grimories, he is a great king of the underworld serving in the eastern region of Hell. He is attended by sixty or seventy legions of demons. When invoked, he manifests with three heads (toad, man, cat).
Ba-En-Kekon, Bainhookh ”The soul of darkness” Mentioned in Pistis Sophia. He derives from the Egyptian Book of the Dead.
Bagisht A Kafir (Afghanistan) god of floodwaters and prosperity. He is a son of the goddess Disana, born after she was raped by a demon in the shape of a ram.
Balam, Balan Formerly an angel of the order of dominations; now a ”terrible and powerful king, with three heads (bull, ram, man) and the tail of a serpent,” in Hell. He rides naked astride a bear and commands forty legions of demons.
Balberith, Berith, Beal, Elbeerith, Baalberith Once a prince of the order of cherubim, now in Hell, he is a grand pontiff and master of ceremonies. He is the one who countersigns/notarizes the signatures on the pacts made between mortals and demons. He is called ”scriptor” and so noted on documents. He is pictured with a crown and astride a horse. It is thought that he is the demon who possessed Sister Madeleine at Aix-en-Provence and revealed to her the names of other devils.
Bali An ancient Indian demon, king of the Daityas. He ruled the sky and the earth, but this power was wrested from him by Vishnu in the avatara of Vamana, the dwarf. Since then he rules the underworld.
Baraqel, Barakiel One of the 200 fallen angels.
Baraqijal One of the watchers (grigori) who united with the daughters of man. He is now a demon in the nether realms and teacher of astrology. He is now one of the ”chiefs of ten” of a group of fallen angels.
Barbatos Formerly of the order of virtues, now in Hell, he is a great duke, ruling over thirty legions. ”Giveth understanding of the song of the birds, knows the past and can foretell the future.” He will gladly appear when invoked, but only when the Sun is in Sagittarius.
Barbiel, Barbuel, Baruel Once a prince of the order of virtues and one of the archangels. He is the angel for the month of October. One of the twenty-eight angels of the twenty-eight mansions of the Moon. He is sometimes equated with Barakiel, which would make him ruler of February also. In Hell, he serves as one of the seven Electors, under Zaphiel.
Barkaial [Baraqijal]
Barku (See Rimmon).
Baruch ”Blessed” Principle guardian angel of the Tree of Life. In occult tradition, he is one of seven devils who possessed Sister Seraphica od London.
Basasael An evil archangel.
Batarel, Batareil, Badareil, Batrael, Batarjal, Metarel One of the 200 fallen angels that may be invoke for ceremonial magick.
Bat Zuge The evil Lilith when she is viewed as the 10th of the ten unholy sefiroth issuing from the left side of God.
Beelzebub, Belzebub, Belzaboul, Beelzeboul, Baalsebul ”God of flies” Originally a Syrian god, II Kings 1:3, a god of Ekron in Philistia. Cabalisticlly he is the principle of the nine evil hierarchies. According to Matthew 10:25, Mark 3:22, and Luke 40:15, he is the chief of the demons, ”prince of the devils” (Matthew 12:24), but he is not Satan (just as he is in all magick, medieval or otherwise). According to The Gospel of Nicodemus, The Christ, during his three days in Hell, gives Beelzebub dominion over the underworld ass thanks for permitting him (The Christ), over Satan’s objections, to take Adam and the other ”saints in prison” to Heaven. Another one of his titles is ”lord of chaos”.
Behemoth A male chaos-monster (whale, crocodile, hippopotamus, elephant, bear) created on the 5th day and closely associate with the female Leviathan. Also equated with Rahab, a primordial angel of the sea, and with the angel of death. In Roman Catholic Theology he is the principle of darkness. Yet, Job 40:19 states ”he is the chief of the ways of God” which points in the opposite direction.
Beleth, Bileth, Bilet, Byleth Once an angel of the order of powers (which he hopes to return), he is a fallen angel in Hell where he rules eighty-five legions of demons. Beleth is a king riding a pale horse, and is announced by a blare of trumpets.
Belhar [Bernael]
Belial, Beliel, Beliar, Berial Formerly of the order of virtues, a great fallen angel, often identified with Satan. He has also been called Hell’s ambassador to Turkey.
Beliar ”Worthless” Interchangeable with Beliel. He is mentioned in Deuteronomy, Judges, and I Samuel, always evil, its symbol or personification. In Apocryphal writings he is the prince of darkness, supreme adversary of God. In The Gospel of Bartholomew, Beliar is asked to tell who he is, and answers: ”At first I was called Satanel, which is interpreted a messenger of God, but when I rejected the image of God my name was called Satanas, that is, an angel that keepeth Hell (Tartarus)….I was formed the first angel…Michael the second, Gabriel third, Uriel fourth, Raphael fifth, Nathanael sixth….These are the angels of vengeance that were first formed.” As a fallen angel he boasts that he ”fell first among the worthier sort.” In The Martyrdom of Isaiah he is called the angel of lawlessness.
Belphegor, Belfagor, Baal-Peor ”Lord of opening” or ”lord Baal of Mt. Phegor” The Assyrian form of Baal-Peor, the Moabite god to whom the Israelites became attached in Shittim, which was associated with licentious rites. Once an angel of principalities. In Hell, he is the demon of discoveries and ingenious inventions. When invoked, he appears in the form of a young woman. He is said to be Hell’s ambassador to France. It is also suggested that he is the counterpart of the Hindu Rutrem, who is usually represented with an erect phallus.
Bel-se-buth [Beelzebub]
Belzeboub [Beelzebub]
Belzebuth, Beezebuth Once a prince of the seraphim, but now a demon, and the evil angel who governs the month of July (the opposite of Verchiel).
Berial [Belial]
Berith [Balberith]
Bernael In Falasha lore, the angel of darkness. Identified with Beliel he is angel of evil.
Bhutamata A Hindu demon goddess. She is a form of Parvati.
Bobel, Bothothel A demon of disease.
Boszorkany A Hungarian witch, the mother of the demon Sarkany. She can turn a person into a horse. Originally, Boszorkany was a male magician.
Buyasta An ancient Persian demon of laziness that tries to prevent people from working. He is one of the Daevas.
Buta An evil demon in Indonesian mythology. A demon with hooked teeth is called Buta Cakil.
Busasejal One of the fallen angels.
Bushyasta In Zoroastrian mythology, the yellow demon of lethargy and sloth. He is the evil genius, which causes men to oversleep and to neglect their religious duties.
Byleth [Beleth]
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