free ebooks ==> www.ebook777.com Azhi-Dahak 63 having levels to them Azazil (“strong mountain” or “strongest of mountains”) spent a thousand years worshipping God on each level, starting at the lowest in Hell and ascending upwards On each level he was given a new angelic name He was named Azazil upon reaching the fifth level of Heaven He was so thorough in his devotions it was said that in Heaven not an area the size of a man’s hand wasn’t prayed upon by him When God commanded that he worship at Adam, Azazil asked why a “son of fire should bow before a son of clay?” God cast him out of Heaven and changed his name to EBLIS, which means “despair.” For three thousand years he waited at the Gates of Paradise for an opportunity to harm to Adam and Eve; he has a deep hatred for them still Azazil, in Zoroastrian demonology, is named as being the lord of the DJINN and is described as once having had a pair of wings made of emerald A powerful sorcerer, he has dominion over the zodiacal sign of Taurus Sources: Laurence, Foreign Quarterly Review, Vol 24, 370; Lumpkin, Fallen Angels, the Watchers, and the Origins of Evil, 31; Prophet, Fallen Angels and the Origins of Evil, 174 Azazyel Variations: Azazyeel, AZZA, SATAN In the Enochian lore, the Book of Enoch tells us that Azazyel was one of the FALLEN ANGELS who swore allegiance to SAMIAZA, rebelled against God, took a human as his wife, and fathered the NEPHILIM Additionally, he taught man how to make and use armor, dyes, jewelry, knives, make-up, shields, and swords and is thereby particularly responsible for the corruption of mankind Azazyel was deemed to be the ringleader of the angels who rebelled, and his punishment was the greatest The Lord ordered the angel Raphael (“healing one of God”) to capture Azazyel, tie him up, take him to a place of darkness in the desert, make a hole and throw him in it face down, hurl upon him sharp stones, and to make sure he stayed there, denied of light, until the end of days, when he would finally be destroyed by fire Those who followed Azazyel were also greatly punished They were bound and buried as Azazyel was for seventy generations or until the end of days, whichever came first Additionally, the children that the FALLEN ANGELS fathered were all slain The demon of corruption, fornication, and immorality, Azazyel planned on corrupting the earth Sources: Beard, Autobiography of Satan, 113; Grant, Edgar Cayce on Angels, Archangels, and the Unseen Forces, 135; Laurence, Book of Enoch, 10; Prophet, Fallen Angels and the Origins of Evil, 174; Voltaire, Philosophical Dictionary, 287 Azemo In Enochian lore, Azemo is one of the FALLEN ANGELS who swore allegiance to SAMIAZA, rebelled against God, took a human as his wife, and fathered the NEPHILIM In Christian demonology Azemo is one of the nocturnal SERVITORS OF CAMUEL (see CAMUEL) When summoned, he appears in a beautiful form and is very courteous to his summoner Sources: Belanger, Dictionary of Demons, 53; Peterson, Lesser Key of Solomon, 68 Azeruel Variations: Atliel According to Enochian lore, Azeruel is one of the twenty-eight rulers of the twenty-eight lunar mansions; he has dominion over the mansion Ahubene (“Horns of Scorpio”) and the zodiacal sign of Scorpio Azeruel hinders journeys and wedlock (see ENOCHIAN RULERS OF THE LUNAR MANSIONS) Sources: Eco, Infinity of Lists, 61; Moura, Mansions of the Moon for the Green Witch, 87; Von Goethe, Goethe’s Letters to Zelter, 378; Webster, Encyclopedia of Angels, 27, 124 Azeuph Apollonius of Tyana’s Nuctemeron (Night Illuminated by Day) tells us that Azeuph is a type of demon known as a DJINN; he is most powerful during the tenth hour of the day and is a known destroyer of children Sources: Gettings, Dictionary of Demons, 43; Lévi, Transcendental Magic, 421 Azhi-Dahak Variations: Azi Dahaka; Azidahaka, the biting snake; Ezhdeha; Yim In Iranian, Vedic, and Zoroastrian mythology, Azhi-Dahak (“fiendish snake”) is a snakelike storm demon that has three heads and six eyes In Shah Namah, he is described as a man with two snakes that grew up out of his shoulders from where AHRIMAN kissed him He has been described as being a vested sovereign who looks like a dragon or snakelike creature In some descriptions, he is described as having as many as three heads and six eyes He is known to harm people and steal cattle Although he is a storm demon, he is also part human (see CAMBION) His personal adversary is AHI Azhi-Dahak was captured by the warrior Thraetaona and was then placed in a prison on the top of Dermawend Mountain At the time