free ebooks ==> www.ebook777.com Asi 54 PRUSLAS, and RASHAVERAK (see SERVITORS OF ASHTAROTH) Ashtaroth has been depicted as a naked man with dragon hands, feet, and wings riding upon a wolf He has a second set of wings set behind the first, assumedly his angelic wings, as they are feathered Upon his head he wears a crown and in one hand he holds a serpent Sources that utilize this image of him also add that he has very bad breath When summoned, Ashtaroth is said to, on occasion, appear as a human dressed only in black and white or, less frequently, as an ass Back when Ashtaroth was a Phoenician moon goddess, she had two horns protruding from her head forming a crescent moon If one is to summon Ashtaroth, he is most powerful on Wednesdays in the month of August between the tenth and eleventh hours of the night Once he appears, in whichever form he may take, he will answer any question asked of him honestly, as he knows all events of the past and the future He wields great power and has the ability to give his summoner power over snakes, lead him to hidden treasures, and obtain for him and help him maintain the friendships of great lords Ashtaroth is a patron of the liberal arts and most sciences; he will teach his summoner handicrafts, mathematics and science, and how to become invisible Ashtaroth seduces mankind by appealing to their laziness and vanity He is fond of lecturing on the Creation and on the Fall of the angels, emphatically declaring himself to being punished unjustly and saying that one day he will retake his rightful place in heaven The personal adversary of Ashtaroth is St Bartholomew Numerous sources warn summoners that Ashtaroth smells so horrible that only holding a magical ring under your nose will allow you to breathe near him The plural form of the name Ashtaroth was taken from the King James Bible Many scholars believe that Ashtaroth is a thinly veiled version of the goddess Ishtar Medieval Christian sources say he lives in the Occident (America) Sources: Gettings, Dictionary of Demons, 38; Jahn, Jahn’s Biblical Archaeology, 524 –5, 530; Prophet, Fallen Angels and the Origins of Evil, 174; Smith, Comprehensive Dictionary of the Bible, 73 Asi According to Enochian lore, Asi is a CACOangel Sisp (see DAEMON His counterpart is the ENOCHIAN CACODAEMONS) Sources: Chopra, Academic Dictionary of Mythology, 39; Laycock, Complete Enochian Dictionary, 80 Asima Asima (“guardian,” or “protector” or “he despaired,” sources conflict) was the demon spoken of in Kings 29–31: “And the men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, and the men of Cuth made NERGAL, and the men of Hamath made Asima [“a goat with short hair”], and the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burnt their children in the fire to Adrammelech [ADRAMELECH] and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim.” Sources: Hyatt, Book of Demons, 73; Smith, Dictionary of the Bible, 258; Melton, Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology, 315 Asimiel Variations: Asimel According to Christian demonology, Asimiel is one of the twenty SERVITORS OF CAMUEL (see CAMUEL) A nocturnal demon, he appears in a beautiful form and is known to be very courteous Sources: Guiley, Encyclopedia of Demons and Demonology, 36; Peterson, Lesser Key of Solomon, 67 Asisiel Variations: Amisiel In the Ars Paulina, the third book of the Lemegeton, Asisiel is listed as one of the fifteen Duke SERVITORS OF SASQUIEL (see SASQUIEL) He commands 5,550 servitors Sources: Davidson, Dictionary of Angels, 16; Peterson, Lesser Key of Solomon, 114 Asmadeus Variations: ABBADON Asmadeus (“the destroyer”) was a demon mentioned in the Book of Tobias Sources: Herbermann, Catholic Encyclopedia, 792; Neusner, History of the Jews in Babylonia, 366 –7 Asmadiel Variations: Amadiel In the Theurgia Goetia, the second book of the Lemegeton, Asmadiel is said to be an AERIAL DEVIL and one of the twelve SERVITORS OF MACARIEL (see MACARIEL) A chief duke who commands four hundred servitors, Asmadiel can appear to his summoner in any number of forms but commonly appears as a dragon with a virgin’s head Both diurnal and nocturnal, he is good-natured and willing to obey those who summon him Sources: Belanger, Dictionary of Demons, 43; Peterson, Lesser Key of Solomon, 103; Trithemius, Steganographia, 141 Asmenoth Asmenoth is called a guider and ruler of the North by Friar Bacon; he is very likely a fictional demon www.ebook777.com