free ebooks ==> www.ebook777.com Balphegor 70 tings, Dictionary of Demons, 45; Kelly, Who in Hell, 24; Shah, Occultism, 206, 208 Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage, 119; Von Worms, Book of Abramelin, 251, 256 Balphegor Ba-Maguje Variations: BAAL-PEOR, Beelphegor, Belfagor Originally a Moabite deity idol worshiped by the Israelites, Balphegor is listed in Collin de Plancy’s Dictionaire Infernale (1863) as the ARCHDEMON of the Togarini and the sixth of the evil SEPHIROTHS Hugo further adds that he is also the infernal ambassador to France and hides in the Louvre Museum The demon of ingenious discoveries and inventions, Balphegor appears to his summoner as either a giant phallus or as a beautiful young girl He is known to give riches to his summoner, but only if he likes the person There is a medieval legend that tells of how Balphegor wanted to experience the happiness and dread of a married couple He fled back to Hell in horror after living as a man, glad that there was no sexual intercourse in Hell Sources: Blavatsky, Theosophist, 275; Icon, Demons, 140; Gasparin, Science vs Modern Spiritualism, 327; Melton, Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology, 315; Shepard, Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology, 440 Balsur In the Ars Paulina, book three of the Lemegeton, Balsur is one of the twelve chief duke SERVITORS OF AMENADIEL (see AMENADIEL and DUKES OF HELL) He commands three thousand servitors Sources: Belanger, Dictionary of Demons, 59; Guiley, Encyclopedia of Demons and Demonology, 7; Peterson, Lesser Key of Solomon, 62 Ba-Maguje is a demonic spirit of drunkenness in the Hausa mythology He has no physical description but is known to cause alcoholism by making the victim increasingly thirsty and eventually insensitive to the amount they have consumed Sources: Chopra, Academic Dictionary of Mythology, 44; Edgar, Hausa Readings, 61, 63–4; Tremearne, Ban of the Bori, 428 Banim Shovavin Variations: Banim Shovavim In Judaic lore, banim shovavin (“backsliding children,” “mischievous sons” or “wayward sons”) is a type of CAMBION, born of the union between a human man and a SUCCUBUS These demons show up at their father’s deathbed or funeral claiming to be his son Seeking their birthright, the banim shovavin will think nothing of physically harming and eliminating the legitimate heir if necessary to claim what they consider to be theirs The custom of circling the deceased at the graveyard came about in the seventeenth century to prevent demons from being at the graveside It is also the reason in some communities that sons are not permitted to accompany their father’s body to its grave, in the event that illegitimate half-brothers show up Sources: Dennis, Encyclopedia of Jewish Myth, Magic and Mysticism, 29; Koén-Sarano, King Solomon and the Golden Fish, 63; Scholem, Kabbalah, 322 Baphomet Baltazo According to Jean Bodin’s Demonomania of Witches (1581) the demon Baltazo, who possessed Nicole Aubry of Laon in 1566, had an aversion to water According to legend, one evening Bodin went to dinner with the husband of Nicole Aubry under the pretense of protecting her from demonic possession It was noted that during the meal, he did not drink, thereby Bodin deduced that demons are averse to water Sources: Calmet, Phantom World, 131; Collin de Plancy, Dictionnaire Infernal, 316, Summers; Vampires in Europe, 230 Balternis Variations: BATTERNIS In the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage, Balternis is listed as one of the sixty-five SERVITORS OF KORE AND MAGOTH Sources: Ford, Bible of the Adversary, 92; Mathers, Variations: Baffomet, Bafomen, Bafoment, Bahemet, Baphoinet, Mahomet It was suggested by Montague Summers that originally the name Baphomet came from the Greek words baphe and metis, read together translating as “absorption into wisdom.” However, the Latin phrase Templi omnium hominum pacis abhas (“the father of universal peace among men”) is translated as “Temp ohp Ab.” and could also be a possible origin of the word The word baphomet was first documented in twelfth-century France Baphomet is not so much a demon as it is the statue of the alleged god worshiped by the Knights Templars (properly named Pauperes commilitis Christi et Templi Salomonis) The statue of Baphomet has been described as looking like a goat-headed demon; some reports claim it has a beard while others not It has also been said to be a man’s skull, a statue of a www.ebook777.com