free ebooks ==> www.ebook777.com Aratiel 45 turnal demon that has command over seven hundred ninety servitors He is by nature disobedient and stubborn, and will not appear willingly before his summoner Sources: Peterson, Lesser Key of Solomon, 88 Arakh Arakh is a vampiric demon from Cambodian demonology An immortal demon, he was never human Arakh is an overall powerful entity who possesses a person and persuades them to kill themselves The only way to save one of his potential victims is to perform a successful ceremonial exorcism On a side note, arakh is also the word used in the Sumerian language for the eighth month, also known as the month of the scorpion Sources: Herbert, South-East Asia, 50; Steinberg, Celebrating the Jewish Year, Vol 1, 19; Thompson, Calling the Souls, 153 Arakiba Variations: ARAKIEL, Arâkỵba, Araqiel, ARURAKABARAMEEL Arakiba is one of the CHIEF OF TENS who is mentioned in the Book of Enoch He swore allegiance to SAMIAZA, rebelled against God, and lusted after and took a human wife against God’s will Arakiba is a FALLEN ANGEL, formerly of the Order of Angels In addition to fathering the NEPHILIM, he taught geomancy and the signs of the earth to man His name translates to mean “one who has dominion over the earth.” TAQIFA, Sources: Charles, Book of Enoch, 137; Davidson, Dictionary of Angels, 50; Lumpkin, Fallen Angels, the Watchers, and the Origins of Evil, 31; Humphreys, Lost Book of Enoch, Arakiel Variations: Arakab, ARAKIBA, Arâkỵba, Araqiel, Araquel, Araquiel, Aretstikapha (“world of distortion”) Aristiqifa, Arkas, ARTAQIFA, Artaquifa, Saraqaek, Saraquael, Urakaba, URAKABARAMEEL In Enochian lore, Arakiel is one of the FALLEN ANGELS, formerly of the Order of Angels He swore his allegiance to SAMIAZA, rebelled against God, and lusted after and took a human as his wife He went on to teach mankind geomancy and geography and to father the NEPHILIM His name translates to mean “earth of God,” “one who has dominion over the earth,” “the land of the mighty one,” or “the land is mighty.” Unlike other Fallen Angels, it is said that Arakiel still leads souls to their final judgment Sources: Barton, Journal of Biblical Literature, Vols 30–31, 162; Charles, Book of Enoch, 16; Ginzberg, Legends of the Jews, 125 Arallu Variations: PAZUZU, U TUKKU Arallu are a type of DJINN in Assryo-Babylonian demonology that were born from the bile of Ea (Enki) and the stagnant water under the KUR They are described as “the storm, which breaks loose with fury in the skies” or “the rising wind, which casts darkness over the bright day” and are depicted as having a human male body, the head and paws of a lion, large wings, and small goat horns upon their head Arallu are extremely powerful and immortal beings and have the power to cause disease, corrupt the unity of a family, inspire criminal acts, and kill livestock When they possess a person it requires a very powerful exorcist to cast out the demons Arallu hate mankind and there is no way to appease them They are the adversaries of the gods, especially the moon god, Sin (Nanna) According to mythology, an eclipse is caused when they attack him They tie him up in a sack, causing him to have to fight his way out Fortunately, there is a finite number of arallu, as they are all male and cannot reproduce Sources: Jastrow, Religion of Babylonia and Assyria, 260; Langdon, Semitic Mythology, 161; Rogers, Religion of Babylonia and Assyria, 147 Araniel In Ars Paulina, the third book of the Lemegeton, Araniel is one of the fifteen Duke SERVITORS OF SASQUIEL (see SASQUIEL) as well as one of the fifteen Duke SERVITORS OF SCOX (see SCOX) He has under his command 5,550 servitors Sources: Peterson, Lesser Key of Solomon, 114; Trithemius, Steganographia, 95 Araon In the Theurgia Goetia, book two of the Lemegeton, Araon is a duke and one of the sixteen SERVITORS OF GEDEIL A FALLEN ANGEL, he is nocturnal (see DUKES OF HELL and GEDEIL) Sources: Crowley, The Goetia, 82; Davidson, Dictionary of Angels, 85; Peterson, Lesser Key of Solomon, 202 Arathaso In Burmese demonology, an arathaso is a species of demon that lives in trees Sources: Gettings, Dictionary of Demons, 27 Aratiel Aratiel, a diurnal demon, is one of the sixteen SERVITORS OF ASELIEL, according to the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage