free ebooks ==> www.ebook777.com Ala 27 wife, and fathered the NEPHILIM, Akikel was given the rank of prime minister of Hell during the Middle Ages (see PRIME MINISTERS OF HELL) Most powerful during the tenth hour of the night, he commands six chiefs, six servitors, and eighty-seven additional demons which are also under SAMAEL’S command Sources: Baskin, Dictionary of Satanism, 22; Lane, Thousand and One Nights, 431 Akium Akium (“sure”) is listed as one of the fortynine SERVITORS OF BEELZEBUB (see BEELZEBUB) head and long slim arms and legs, but no torso Akop attends funerals and attacks unguarded corpses, collecting the body fat that seeps out of a corpse preburial to collect and consume Sources: Ashley, Complete Book of Devils and Demons, 95; Cole, Traditions of the Tinguian, 180 Akoros The Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage, book two, names Akoros as one of the twenty SERVITORS OF AMAYMON (see AMAYMON) His name is Greek and translates to mean “overthrowers of authority.” Sources: Belanger, Dictionary of Demons, 22; Ford, Bible of the Adversary, 93; Mathers, Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage, 107 Sources: Forgotten Books, Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage, 42–3; Mathers, Book of the Sacred Magic of Abra-Melin, 122 Akoman Akton Variations: AKEM MANAH, Akvan According to Zoroastrianism demonology, the demon Akoman is second in command under AHRIMAN His name has Persian roots and translates to mean “the evil mind” or “evil thought.” Created from the darkness, Akoman has a noticeable stench about him A demon of corruption and destruction, he is sent after only one specific person at a time and will whatever it takes to corrupt them, sometimes by promoting false religions Typically he will begin his task of corruption by weakening a man’s ability to make righteous decisions, encouraging him to seek out and exploit the character flaws of others Eventually, under his influence, his victims will lose the ability to tell the difference between good and evil Akoman is a thoroughly convincing actor, even when he is pretending at being highly spiritual or seductive He can only be driven off his prey by being fooled into believing that his task of corruption is complete Like AKEM MANAH, upon the birth of a child Akoman will appear to it and show it ghastly images of how the world will be reshaped under AHRIMAN’s rule, causing the child to cry out with its first breath Lore tells us that Akoman is riddled with character flaws but has always carefully hidden them Sources: Dhalla, History of Zoroastrianism, 399–400; Fernández-Armesto, World of Myths, 127; Horne, Sacred Books and Early Literature of the East, 183; Messadié, History of the Devil, 83 Akop From the demonology of the Philippines comes the demon Akop Working in conjunction with the demon IBWA, it preys upon widows and widowers Akop is described as having a large First named in the Testament of Solomon (see SPIRITS OF SOLOMON), Akton is the demon of backaches and pains in the ribs To prevent attack from this demon, one must make a talisman from a piece of copper that has been taken off a ship that has lost its anchor Upon the copper, engrave the phrase “Marmaraôth, Sabaôth, pursue Akton” and wear it about the waist Sources: Conybeare, Jewish Quarterly Review, Vol 11, 37; Ashe, Qabalah, 49; Belanger, Dictionary of Demons, 23 Ala, plural: ale Variations: Hala, plural: hali Bulgarian, Macedonian, and Serbian demonology tell us of a species of AERIAL DEVIL known as ala Demons of bad weather, ale, as they are collectively called, destroy and loot crops from the fields, send hail storms to destroy orchards and vineyards, and uproot trees The ale also have the ability to cause crops not to ripen and remove the fertility from the land Their favorite prey, however, is children and ale will use the elements to kill them if at all possible In addition to their wanton destruction of food stock, the very presence of the ala is enough to cause a decline in a person’s mental and physical health After a person is weakened in such a way, an ala will possess their body Descriptions of this species of demon vary greatly and various sources claim that an ala looks like a wind, a female dragon, a large-mouthed human- or snakelike monster, an invisible being, a large creature of indistinguishable form, a large winged creature with a swordlike tail, a large creature with a horse head and a snake body, a raven, and a three-headed snake Perhaps the confusion over their natural appearance can be explained by the demons’ ability to shape-shift;