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Paraiso: Santeria. A plant, Melia Azedarach, sacred to the Orisha Chango, used in Riegos (q.v.).
Paralda: In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: (a) The king of the
element of air. (b) A name used in the Evocation of the Angel Chassan to Visible Appearance.
Parallel: In Astrology: When two planets are equally distant from the Celestial Equator. Similar
to a Conjunction (q.v.).
Paramita (Hindu- trans. "perfection"): (1) The state attained by a Buddha upon developing to the
highest level the six principal characteristics: Giving (dana), morality (sila), acceptance, strength,
meditation (dhyana) and wisdom (prajna). (2) A term used for the moral path, as opposed to
Dhyana, the intellectual path, in Liber LXXI.
Paramor: A spirit subordinate to Magot and Kore in The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin
the Mage.
Paranirvana: See Parinirvana.
Paranthes: A name used in a spell to preserve friends in the Black Pullet.
Paraoan: (1) A governor of the aethyr or aire Lin listed in Liber Scientiae, Auxili et Victoriae
Terrestris. Paraoan has 2326 servants. Paraoan forms no sigil on Dee's Angelic Table and does not
appear on any of the Tablets. (2) In Liber Vel Chanokh: (a) A name found in the Four Great
Watch Towers. (b) A governor of the aethyr or aire Lin. (3) In the magickal system of the
Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: A governor of the aethyr or aire Lin.
Parapsychology: The study of paranormal phenomena.
Paraqlitos (Var. of Paracletos (q.v.)): Judaic. A guardian angel of the sorrows of death.
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Paras (var. of Parah (q.v.)): A name that appears on the first line of a gnomonic square used to
cause a familiar spirit to appear in the form of a horseman in the Book of the Sacred Magic of
Abramelin the Mage. This square is reproduced below:
P A R A S
A
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Paraseh (Chaldean- trans. "divided"): A spirit subordinate to the four sub princes Oriens, Paimon,
Ariton and Amaimon in The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage.
Parashakti (Hindu- trans. "Great force or power"): One of the six aspects of the Goddess Shakti
(q.v.).
Parashim: See Parasim.
Parasiel: An angel who is Lord and Master of Treasures, whose name is inscribed on the first
pentacle of Jupiter in the Greater Key of Solomon.
Parasim (Var. Parashim): In 3 Enoch: An order of angels or celestial horsemen of the Song
Uttering Choirs.
Parasite: Vampyre. Derogatory term used to describe a Psi Vamp (q.v.) or emotional vampyre,
implying that they are thieves and have no honor.
Parcades (var. of Parcae (q.v.)): Woodland dieties mentioned by Barrett in The Magus.
Parcae (Var. Parcades): (1) Roman. The Fates (q.v.). (2) Woodland spirits mentioned in The
Magus.
Pare: See Par.
Pareht (Hebrew- tans. "fruit"): A spirit subordinate to the four sub princes Oriens, Paimon, Ariton
and Amaimon in The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage.
Parek (Hebrew- trans. "rough" or "savage"): A spirit subordinate to the four sub princes Oriens,
Paimon, Ariton and Amaimon in The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage.
Pareme: See Parm.
Pare-meji: See Parm Gi.
Parepidemos Vallis: In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: A
mystic title used in the initiation of the Adeptus Major Grade.
Parfaxitas: One of the Genii of the qlippoth in Liber CCXXXI.
Pariel: Judaic. An angelic name inscribed on kameas to ward off evil.
Parinibbana (Trans. "super Nibbana"): Used in Liber LXXI (See Nib-Bana-Dhatu).
Parinirvana (Var. Paranirvana; trans. "complete annihilation"): Used in Liber LXXI (See Nib-
Bana-Dhatu).
Pariukh (Var. of Marioc (q.v.)): In 3 Enoch: One of two angels appointed guardian over the
books written by Enoch, the other being Ariukh.
Parm (Var. Pareme): Enochian- trans. "run".
Parm Gi (Var. Pare-meji): Enochian- trans. "run with".
Parmatus (Greek- trans. "shield bearing"): A spirit subordinate to the four sub princes Oriens,
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Paimon, Ariton and Amaimon in The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage.
Parmg: Enochian- trans. "let it run".
Parmiel: In the Lemegeton: An angel of the 3rd hour of the day who is a lesser officer under the
angel Veguaniel.
Paroketh (Var. PRKT): (1) The name of the veil of the Sanctuary in Liber Vel Chanokh. (2) In
the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: (a) The name of the veil of the
Sanctuary. (b) A term used in the Rite of the Pentagram and the Five Paths. (c) A name used in
the Consecration Ceremony of the Vault of the Adepti.
Paron: A name used in a conjuration of inferior spirits in the Grimorium Verum.
Pars Fortuna: See Parts of Fortune.
Parshiyah: In 3 Enoch: One of the names of Metatron (q.v.).
Part of Fortune (Var. Pars Fortuna): (1) In Astrology: The most commonly used of the Arabian
Parts (q.v.). A point which is equally distant from the Ascendant as the Moon is from the Sun in
longitude. The Part of Fortune is calculated by adding the longitude of the Moon to the longitude
of the Ascendant and then subtracting the longitude of the Sun. Gives an indication of the lunar
phase. (2) In Geomancy: The Part of Fortune is calculated by adding together all of the points of
the first twelve Talismanic Figures (q.v.). This number is divided by twelve and the remainder
indicates the house in which the Part of Fortune falls. If there is no remainder the Part of Fortune is
placed in the twelfth house. The Part of Fortune represents money coming to the querent.
Partashah: One of the names of Lilith (q.v.).
Parthinus (Var. Partinus): Celtic. A God of the Partheni tribe of north east Dalmatia and Upper
Moesia, associated to Jupiter by the Romans.
Partinus: See Parthinus.
Partsuf: Qabalistic. The 5 countenances of Jehovah inherent in the Sephiroth (q.v.). They are:
Ariukh Anpin or Attika Kaddisha, Abba, Imma, Zeir Anpin and Shekinah.
Partus: A name used in the conjuration of Amaymon in the Grimoire of Honorius.
Parusur: A spirit subordinate to the four sub princes Oriens, Paimon, Ariton and Amaimon in The
Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage.
Parvardigar: Persian. An angel of light.
Parymel: In The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses: An angel of the throne invoked in
conjuration.
Parziba: A governor of the aethyr or aire Khr listed in Liber Scientiae, Auxili et Victoriae
Terrestris, in Liber Vel Chanokh and in the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden
Dawn. Parziba has 7629 servants.
Parziel: In Hechaloth lore: An angel guarding the entrance to the 6th heaven.
Pasahasa: See Pasbs.
Pasaim: A word used in the spell of the Gold Finding Hen in the Black Pullet.
Pasbs (var. Pashs, Pasahasa): Enochian- trans. "daughter" or "daughters".
Paschar (var. Psachar): (1) In Sepher Raziel: One of 7 exhalted throne angels. (2) In The
Heptameron: One of the Angels of the order of Thrones. (3) In Agrippa's Three Books of Occult
Philosophy: One of the angels of the order of Thrones. (4) In The Sixth and Seventh Books of
Moses: One of the angels of the order of thrones. (5) In Hechaloth lore: An angel guarding the
entrance to the 7th heaven.
Pascomb (Var. Paxcomb): A governor of the aethyr or aire Lil listed in Liber Scientiae, Auxili et
Victoriae Terrestris, in Liber Vel Chanokh and in the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the
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Golden Dawn. Pascomb has 2360 servants.
Pasel (Var. Pasiel): In the Ars Paulina of the Lemegeton, an angel related to: (a) Water. (b) The
planet Jupiter. (c) The sign of Pisces (q.v.).
Pases: Santeria. A Spanish term used for the hand passes that a Santero performs over a person to
banish negative influences.
Pashs (Var. of Pasbs (q.v.)): In Regardie's The Complete Golden Dawn System of Magic it is listed
as meaning "children". In Laycock's The Complete Enochian Dictionary, it is listed as meaning
"daughters".
Pasiel: (1) Qabalistic. The angel of Hell who rules the 6th lodge. (2) In the Lemegeton: A
variation of Pasel which appears in some translations.
Pasiphae: Greek. The daughter of the God Helios, who drove the sun through the sky in his
chariot. She became the wife of king Minos and the mother of Ariadne, Phaedra and Deucalion.
She also was the mother of the Minotaur.
Pasisiel: In Hechaloth lore: An angel guarding the entrance to the 7th heaven.
Pasote: Santeria. A type of plant used in Despojos (q.v.) to dispell evil influences.
Paspassim: In 3 Enoch: An angel who assists Metatron (q.v.) in reciting the Shema.
Passed (Var. Crafted): A Freemason is said to have been "passed" or "crafted" when he attains the
second degree.
Passiel: A name used in the conjuration of Baymon in the Grimoire of Honorius.
Past Hierophant: One of the officers symbolically representing the second order in the
ceremonies of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn.
Past Master: (1) The fifth degree of the York or American rite of Freemasonry. (2) The fifth
degree of Royal Arch Freemasonry.
Pastor (Latin "pascere" ("to feed")): (1) A Christian title for a clergy person. (2) One of the
seventy two names of Jehovah found in the Grimoire of Honorius. (3) In The Secret Grimoire of
Turiel: An angel invoked in ritual magick to make the invocant's wishes come true.
Pastos: (1) In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: (a) The tomb of
Osiris. (b) The tomb of Christian Rosenkreutz. (2) In Rosicrucianism: The tomb of Christian
Rosenkreutz.
Pasuy: In Hechaloth lore: An angel guarding the entrance to the 4th heaven.
Patacel: A name of Jehovah used in conjuration in the Greater Key of Solomon.
Pataki: A Yoruban or Santerian legend or mythological tale.
Pataralaxa: See Patralx.
Patax: See Paax.
Patchouli: (1) A type of plant commonly used as a scent in incense and oils. (2) Santeria. A type
of plant used in Despojos (q.v.) to dispell evil influences.
Patents (Latin "patere" ("to be open")): Diplomas of certain degrees within the Scottish Rite of
Freemasonry are often refered to as Patents.
Pater (Latin- trans. “father”): One of the seventy two names of Jehovah found in the Grimoire of
Honorius.
Pater Aeternus Deus, Dona Nobis Vitam (Latin- trans. "Eternal God our Father, give us life"): In
the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: A phrase used in the initiation of
the Adeptus Minor as written by Waite for his Fellowship of Isis.
Pater Omnipotens (Latin- trans. "Father Almighty"): One of the seventy two names of Jehovah
found in the Grimoire of Honorius.
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Path of Aspiration: See Path of Kaph.
Path of Kaph: Also known as the Path of Aspiration. In the magickal system of the Hermetic
Order of the Golden Dawn: A term used in the Rite of the Pentagram and the Five Paths.
Path of Mem: Also known as the Path of Sacrifice. In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order
of the Golden Dawn: A term used in the Rite of the Pentagram and the Five Paths.
Path of Nun: In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: A term used in
the Rite of the Pentagram and the Five Paths.
Path of Resh: In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: A term used in
the Rite of the Pentagram and the Five Paths.
Path of Sacrifice: See Path of Mem.
Path of Sepher Yetzirah: In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: A
term used in the Rite of the Pentagram and the Five Paths.
Patha (Var. of Pathiel (q.v.)): In Trachtenberg's Jewish Magic and Superstition: An angel invoked
at the close of the Sabbath.
Pathatumon: See Patheon.
Patheon (Var. Pathatumon, Pathtumon): A name of Jehovah used in a conjuration in the Greater
Key of Solomon, said to be an angel invoked by Moses to bring darkness to Egypt.
Pathiel (Var. Patha; Hebrew- trans. "opener of God"): Judaic. One of the angels forming the nmae
of Jehovah, Shemhamphorae (q.v.).
Pathtumon: See Patheon.
Pathumaton: A name used in the Third Conjuration of a Spirit in the Lemegeton.
Pathyr: The eleventh nocturnal duke under Usiel in the Operation by the Regal Spirit Usiel.
Patid (Hebrew- trans. "topaz"): A spirit subordinate to the four sub princes Oriens, Paimon, Ariton
and Amaimon in The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage.
Patralx (Var. Pataralaxa): Enochian- trans. "rock".
Patriarch, Grand Conservator: The thirty third (final) degree of the Antient and Primitive Rite
of Freemasonry.
Patriarch of the Sacred Vedas: The twenty sixth degree of the Antient and Primitive Rite of
Freemasonry.
Patriarch, or Doctor of the Planispheres: The twenty fourth degree of the Antient and Primitive
Rite of Freemasonry.
Patriarch, Grand Defender: The thirty first degree of the Antient and Primitive Rite of
Freemasonry.
Patriarch Noachite: The twenty first degree of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of
Freemasonry.
Patriarch of the Mystic City: A degree of the Antient and Primitive Rite of Freemasonry.
Patriarch of the G. W. P. P.: The thirtieth degree of the Antient and Primitive Rite of
Freemasonry.
Patriarch of the Crusades: The twenty ninth degree of the Ancient and Accepted Rite of
Freemasonry.
Patriarch of Truth: The twenty fourth degree of the Antient and Primitive Rite of Freemasonry.
Patrozin: In the Lemegeton: An angel of the 5th hour of the night who is a lesser officer under the
angel Abasdarhon.
Patspetsiyah: In 3 Enoch: One of the names of Metatron (q.v.).
Patteny: In The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses: A ministering angel invoked in Qabalistic
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rituals.
Patumides: Woodland deities mentioned by Barrett in The Magus.
Patziel: In the Ars Paulina of the Lemegeton: An angel ruling the 6th degree of Virgo.
Paulacarp: The name of an demon whose name appears in the works of John Dee.
Paulicians: A dualistic Christian sect that originated in Armenia in the mid 7th century CE. It was
a combination of Marcionism, a Christian Gnostic movement and Manicheaism (q.v.). It is not
known for sure whom the Paulicians were named after. Its founder may have been a man named
Constantine, who gave himself the name Silvanus (after Silvas, one of St Paul's companions).
The Paulicians believed that there was an evil God who created and rules over the earth and
a good God who rules over the world to come. They beleived that Jesus could not have been the
son of Mary because the good God would not have demeaned himself by becoming flesh, which
was part of the evil God's world. The Paulicians approved of the Gospel of Luke and the letters of
St Paul but rejected the Old Testament, the letters of St Peter, and the sacraments, heirarchy and
worship of the established church.
Between 668 and 698 CE Constantine III and Justinian II sent two expeditions to repress the
Paulicians. Constantine (Silvanus) was stoned to death and his successor Simeon (Titus) was
burned alive.
Paulicianism was briefly revived in the early 9th century in Cilicia and Asia Minor under
Sergius (who gave himself the name Tychicus). It survived various persecutions until an expedition
sent by Basil I in 872 CE broke their military power. Remnants of the Paulicians survived at least
until the Crusades.
Pauline Art: See Ars Paulina.
Paulmachie (Var. Paumachia): A name used in the First Conjuration of a spirit in the Lemegeton.
Paumachia (var. of Paulmachie (q.v.)): A name used in an invocation following the invoctaion of
the four quarters in circle casting in The Magus.
Paut (Var. Palut): An angel who is a senior of the east under Evtpa in the Book of Supplications
and Invocations. Paut is invoked to move things to other places.
Paymon (Var. of Paimon (q.v.)): (1) A spirit of the west evoked in a love spell in the Book of True
Black Magic. (2) In The Magus: (a) One of the four princes of spirits of the infernal world, the
other three being Egyn, Oriens (Urieus) and Amaymon. (b) A spirit who is the king of the west.
(3) In the Lemegeton: (a) One of the Four Great Kings ruling the four quarters or cardinal points.
(b) King of the west.
Paymonia (Var. of Paymon (q.v.)): In the Lemegeton: An alternate name for Paymon.
Pax Christi Tecum (Latin- trans. "The Peace of Christ be with you"): In the magickal system of
the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: A phrase used in the initiation of the Adeptus Minor as
written by Waite for his Fellowship of Isis.
Pax Vobis (var. of Pax Vobiscum (q.v.)): An expression used in the ninteenth degree of the
Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry.
Pax Vobiscum (Var. Pax Vobis): Latin- trans. "peace be with you".
Paxcomb: See Pascomb.
Paz: (1) The fourth of the thirty Aires of Dee's 48 Claves Angelicae. (2) The fourth aethyr or aire
listed in Liber Vel Chanokh. (3) In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden
Dawn: The fourth aethyr of the Fourty Eight Angelical Keys or Calls. (4) The fourth Aethyr of
the nineteenth part of The Word of Set.
Pazriel: In 3 Enoch: One of the archangels of the 1st heaven.
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Pazuzu: One of the two fiends of the southwest wind in the Necronomicon.
Pd (Var. Peda): Enochian- trans. "33".
P.D.E.P. (Acronym for Latin "pro deo et patria" ("for God and my country")): Inscribed on the
ring of profession of a Knight Templar.
Pdi: A cacodemon related to the east and to Malap in the Book of Supplications and Invocations.
Pdoce (var. Pedoce): (1) One of the names of Jehovah according to the Book of Supplications and
Invocations. (2) A secret name of Jehovah used in the opening of the temple in the fifth degree in
Liber Vel Chanokh. (3) In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: A
name of Jehovah associated with Libra, the Tribe of Asshur, the archangel Zuriel and the
Governing Angel Alpudus.
Pe (Var. Peh): (1) The seventeenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet ()נ, equivalent to the letters "P" or
"F" in the English alphabet. It means "mouth". It is assigned the numerical value of "80" in the
Qaballah, unless it is used as a final letter, which gives it the value "800". (2) The first letter of the
Enochian alphabet, equivalent to the letter "B" in the English alphabet. Also known as "pa". (3) A
name used in conjuration in the Greater Key of Solomon. (4) An altar or altar stone in a Vodou
temple. Its name is derived from the Dahomean word "kpe", meaning "stone".
Peace Symbol: The peace symbol dates back to Easter 1958 (see figure 3). It was created by well
known author Bertrand Russell, who used it as a symbol in a march for nuclear disarmament that
took place in Aldermaston, England. The symbol consists of three elements: The semaphore signal
for the letter "N" (nuclear) superimposed over the semaphor signal for the letter "D" (disarmament),
surrounded by a circle (representing the concept "total"). Thus the completed symbol was supposed
to represent "total nuclear disarmament".
Peacock Angel: See Melek Taus.
Peatham: A name used in a conjuration of Lucifer in the Grimorium Verum.
Peda: See Pd.
Pedael (Hebrew- trans. "whom God delivers"): Judaic. The Angel of deliverance.
Pedemontanus De Rebus: A name given by the Rosicrucian brotherhood to the degree of
Magistri.
Pedenij: In The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses: An angel of the Seal.
Pedoce: See Pdoce.
Pedum (Latin- trans. “shepherd's crook”, deriv. Latin "pes" or "pedis" ("foot")): A term used to
describe a bishop's crozier.
Peduth: A Hebrew term meaning "deliverance".
Peetash: The demon of calumny in Zoroastrianism (q.v.).
Pegasides (Probably derived from Pegasus (q.v.): Woodland spirits mentioned in The Magus.
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Peger (Hebrew "PGR" ("corpse")): A name that appears on the first line of a double acrostic
square used to cause spirits to revive a dead person from midnight until sunrise for seven years in
the Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage. This square is reproduced below:
P E G E R
E T I A E
G I S I G
E A I T E
R E G E P
Pegiel: In the Ars Paulina of the Lemegeton: An angel ruling the 14th degree of Aries.
Pegis: In Santuario: A special altar for an Orixa (q.v.).
Pegomancy (Greek "pege" ("fountain") and "manteia" ("divination")): Divination by observing
fountains.
Peh (Var. of the Hebrew letter Pe (q.v.)): In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the
Golden Dawn: (a) The name of the path between Netzach and Yesod on the Qabalistic Tree of Life
(q.v.). (b) A name which appears on the Seven Branched Candlestick (q.v.).
Pe-iad: See Piad.
Pelagim (Hebrew "PLGIM" ("strata" or "divisions")): A name that appears on the first line of a
double acrostic square used to make work done in inaccessible places in the Book of the Sacred
Magic of Abramelin the Mage. This square is reproduced below:
P E L A G I M
E R E N O S I
L E R E M O G
A N E M A L A
G O M A R E L
I S O L E I E
M I G A L E P
Figure 3
Pentacle
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Pentacle (Var. Pantacle): (1) A pentagram within a circle (see fig. 4). (2) A flat, round disk with
a pentagram or hexagram in a circle engraved on it, representing the element of earth. In Neo-
Pagan religion the pentacle is used to distribute cakes in a ritual (also spelled "pantacle" in this
usage). It is tradionally made of wood, although I have seen metal, ceramic and glass
pentacles/pantacles as well. (3) A circular talisman with designs on it associated to its magickal
purpose. Originally this refered to a five pointed star (pentagram) on such a talisman, but in later
use it was used to refer to talismans with other symbols such as the hexagram as well. For example,
in the Greater Key of Solomon there are several pentacles associated with each of the traditional
planets. Each has a particular colour:
PLANET COLOUR NUMBER OF PENTACLES
SATURN BLACK 7
JUPITER BLUE 7
MARS RED 7
SUN YELLOW 7
VENUS GREEN 5
MERCURY MIXED COLOURS 5
MOON SILVER 6
For the pentacles associated with each planet in the Greater Keys of Solomon, refer to the
entry for the appropriate planet elsewhere in this lexicon.
(4) The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn considered the pentacle to be a symbol of the
earth and of the initiate's understanding of the universe.
Pentacle of Solomon: In The Magus the pentacle of Solomon is a seal drawn on parchment
consisting of a hexagram surrounded by other symbols (see fig. 5). Pentacle here is used in
reference to a talisman, not a five pointed star (pentagram). The term "seal of Solomon", has been
applied to both a pentagram and a hexagram, depending on the text that you refer to, which leads to
a great deal of confusion. The Pentacle of Solomon was used to bind spirits that were not obedient
to the magician. It is very similar to the Grand Pentacle of Solomon (q.v.) in the Grimoire of
Honorius.
Pentacles: One of the suits of the Tarot cards. It is a five pointed star in a circle (see figure 5,
above), representing the element Earth. The suit of Pentacles later became the suit of Clubs in
modern playing cards. The Qabalah associates this suit with the world of Assiah (q.v.).
Figure 6
Figure 5 Inverted
Pentagon Pentagram
Pentagrammaton: (1) The Hebrew name YHShVH or "Yesheshuah" (q.v.). (2) A name used in
a universal conjuration in the Grimoire of Honorius. (3) A name used in the consecration of the
swords of the magician's disciples in the Greater Key of Solomon. (4) In the magickal system of
the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, the saved, redeemed and illuminated Adept.
Pentalpha: See Pentagram.
Penthon: Inscribed in the Circle of White Magic in the Grand Grimoire.
Penuel: See Peniel.
Peoal: An Enochian term. In Regardie's The Complete Golden Dawn System of Magic, it is listed
as meaning "5,9,6,3,6". In Laycock's The Complete Enochian Dictionary, it is listed as meaning
"69636".
Per Sanctum Spiritum Reviviscimus (Latin- trans. "Through the Holy Spirit we live again"): In
the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: A phrase used in the
Consecration Ceremony of the Vault of the Adepti.
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Perac: A name that appears on the first line of a gnomonic square used to cause visions of
peacocks to appear in the Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage. This square is
reproduced below:
P E R A C
E Q
R
A Q
C
Perachi: A name that appears on the first line of a gnomonic square used to cause a familiar spirit
to appear in the form of a bear in the Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage. This
square is reproduced below:
P E R A C H I
E H
R C
A A
C R
H E
I H C A R E P
Pethro (Var. Petro): Vodou. A nanchon of Lwas related to fire. These Lwas originated in Haiti
itself and symbolize the rebellion of the slaves who eventually rose in 1791 and brought freedom to
Haiti in 1804. They are Lwas of magick and malevolence. The name Pethro was derived from
Vodou mythology: Moses was said to be an initiate of Vodou, and was given his Asson by his
teacher Ra-Gu-El Pethro, a Midianite. The Pethro Rites include several sub groups, one named for
the rites themselves (Pethro), the others being Congo, La Flambeau, Ge-Rouge, and Crab or
Crabigne.
Pethro Drums: Vodou. The Pethro battery of drums has two drums: A larger drum representing
the thunderbolt, and a smaller drum representing the part of cosmos that receives the bolt of
thunder.
Pethro Maza: See Prin'ga Maza.
Petra: One of the seventy two names of Jehovah found in the Grimoire of Honorius.
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Petro: See Pethro.
Petrus De Abano: Petrus De Abano, or Peter of Apona, was a doctor of philosphy who was born
in 1250 CE near Padua. He died in the year 1316 at the hands of the Inquisitors, who had accused
him of practicing magick. He is the author of a book entitled Conciliationes Physiognomicae.
Petunof (Coptic- trans. "exciting"): A spirit subordinate to Magot and Kore in The Book of the
Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage.
Peunt: A name used in the conjuration of inferior spirits in the Grimorium Verum.
Pfm: A cacodemon related to the east and to Azdra in the Book of Supplications and Invocations.
Pha: One of the 34 consonants of the Sanskrit alphabet.
Phaa: A name of Jehovah used in conjurations for Sunday in The Magus.
Phaalchol: A word used as a challenge in the thirtieth and thirty second degrees of the Ancient and
Accepted Rite and the nineteenth degree of the Antient and Primitive Rite of Freemasonry. The
password used in reply is Pharashcol.
Phadahel: See Padael.
Phadihel (Var. of Padael (q.v.)): Judaic. (a) The angel sent to Manoah's wife, the mother of
Samson. (b) The angel who appeared to Abraham (Genesis 32:29), Jacob (Judges 13:3-18) and
Gideon (Luke 13:34).
Phaiar: A name used in the preparation of parchment in the Greater Key of Solomon.
Phakiel: In Transcendental Magic: One of two genii ruling the sign of Cancer, the other being
Rahdar.
Phalarthao (var. PhALARThAO): A name used in the Preliminary Invocation in the Goetia or
Lesser Key of Solomon.
PhALARThAO: A name used in the invocation of Fire in Liber Samekh.
Phaldor: One of the Genii of the eleventh hour, called a "genius of oracles", found in the
Nuctemeron of Apollonius of Tyana.
Phalec: See Phaleg.
Figure 12 Phî
Hexagram
Philodes: An angel invoked in the consecration of wax and clay in The Book of True Black Magic.
Philosopher's Stone: The ultimate object of the Alchemists was to produce the Philosopher's Stone
or Lapis Philosophorum, a magickal stone with the ability to turn base metals into gold and to
miraculously cure disease.
Philosophical Degrees: The degrees above the eighteenth and up to the thirty second degree in the
Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry.
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Philosophi: The fourth degree within the Rosicrucian system, represented by the formula 6,4.
Philosophic Egg: See Cucurbite.
Philosophus: (1) The fourth rank above the beginner's rank of probationer and the highest rank
within the lowest order of the Astrum Argentium, represented by the formula 4 degree = 7 squared.
(2) The fourth grade of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. (3) The fourth of ten degrees of
initiation with Gavin and Yvonne Frost’s Church and School of Wicca.
Phinehas: In Rabbinic lore: The angel of the Lord from Gilgal mentioned in Judges 2:1.
PhI-ThETA-SOE: A name used in the invocation of Air in Liber Samekh.
Phlegethon (Greek- trans. "burning"): (1) In Greek mythology, Phlegethon was one of the five
rivers found in Hades, the river of fire. The other four were the Styx, the Lethe, the Acheron and
the Cocytus. (2) One of the four infernal rivers listed in The Magus. The other three are the
Cocytus, the Styx and the Acheron. Barrett has for some reason omitted the Lethe. (2) The river
surrounding the first round of the seventh circle of hell in Dante's Inferno. Dante describes it as a
river of blood.
Phlegyas: The boatman that ferried souls of the dead across the river Styx in Dante's Inferno. His
name is derived from the name of the river Phlegethon (q.v.).
Phlogabitus: One of the Genii of the third hour, called a "genius of adornments", found in the
Nuctemeron of Apollonius of Tyana in Levi's Transcendental Magic.
Phoenix (Var. Phenex, Pheynix or Phenix): (1) A mythical bird that is resurrected from the ashes
of its own pyre. In Egypt this mythical bird was often equated with the Bennu bird, a heron sacred
to Osiris (q.v.). The Greeks called it the Kerkes (Circe). The myth probably originated in
Phoenicia, where its symbol, the winged sun disk, represented the sun flying through the heavens,
constantly cremated and reborn in the fires of sunset and sunrise. According to the Haggadah, the
phoenix was a large sun bird on whose wings was written: "Neither the earth produces me, nor the
heavens, but only the wings of fire." In Enoch II the phoneixes are birds of paradise who greet the
rising of the sun with sweet songs. (2) In the magical system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden
Dawn: A term used in the Consecration Ceremony of the Vault of the Adepti. (3) A mythical bird
mentioned in Liber VII: Liber Liberi vel Lapidis Lazuli, Advmbratio Kabbalae Aegyptiorum Svb
Figvra VII.
Phoenix Wand: A ritual tool mentioned in "Comment on Liber VII in class E" in Liber VII: Liber
Liberi vel Lapidis Lazuli, Advmbratio Kabbalae Aegyptiorum Svb Figvra VII.
Phorlach (Var. of Phorlakh (q.v.)): In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden
Dawn: (a) The name of the angel associated with the element of earth.
Phorlakh (Var. Phorlach, Porlach or Furlac): (1) Called the angel of earth, whose name is
inscribed on the seventh pentacle of the Sun in the Greater Key of Solomon. (2) In the magickal
system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: (a) An angel invoked in the consecration of the
ritual pentacle or pantacle.
Phorsiel: In the Lemegeton: An angel of the 4th hour of the night who is a chief officer under the
angel Jefischa.
Phorsy: A name used in a conjuration of Beelzebuth in the Grimorium Verum.
PhOTETh: A name used in the invocation of Water in Liber Samekh.
Phra (Var. Phara): An angel who is a senior of the south under Ephra in the Book of Supplications
and Invocations. Phra is invoked to move things to other places.
Phragal Mocaden: See Alpharg.
Phrat: A symbolic name associated to the degree of Majores in Rosicrucianism.
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Phrath (Var. Euphrates): (1) In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn:
(a) One of the four rivers flowing out of Naher or Nahar (see Naher). Phrath flows into Malkuth
(q.v.), representing earth. (b) A symbol used in the initiation of the Philosophus Grade. (c) A
term mentioned in the Rite of the Pentagram and the Five Paths. (2) A term mentioned in
"Comment on Liber VII in class E" in Liber VII: Liber Liberi vel Lapidis Lazuli, Advmbratio
Kabbalae Aegyptiorum Svb Figvra VII.
Phrenology (Greek "phren" ("mind") and "logos" ("a discourse")): A system of determining the
character of a person by examining the shape and protuberances of a person's skull.
Phritithi: (1) An Egyptian name for the constellation Aquarius. (2) In the magickal system of the
Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: (a) A name associated with the Kerub of Air of the Stations
of the Kerubim (b) A name used in the Evocation of the Angel Chassan
to Visible Appearance.
Phronesis (Greek- trans. "prudence"): Gnosticism. One of the 4 luminaries emanating from the
divine will.
Phuel (Var. of Phul (q.v.)): A name engraved on a magic handbell used in necromancy described
in Girardius Parvi Lucii libellus de mirabilibus naturae arcanis.
Phul (Var. Phuel): (1) In Agrippa's Three Books of Occult Philosophy: (a) A spirit of the Moon.
(b) Ruler of 7 of the Olympic Provinces (q.v.). (c) An angel of Monday. (2) An Olympic Spirit
found in the Arbatel. Phul rules over a septenary in the Arbatel, consisting of 7 provinces. Phul
has the power to turn all metals to silver and to assign spirits of water to assist men. His sigil is
depicted in fig. 14. (2) In the Theosophia Pneumatica, Phul is related to the angel Gabriel and to a
spirit called Shamain. (3) In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: (a)
An Olympic spirit, related to the Moon. (b) An Olympic Spirit mentioned in the intiation of the
Practicus grade. (4) One of the Spirits listed in the Grimoire of Armadel. Phul is described as a
teacher of Sciences and knowledge of Souls and Man. He is to be invoked on Monday at daybreak.
His sigil is depicted in fig. 15.
Phulax: The feminine equivalent of the title Sentinel (q.v.).
Phupe: In La Kabbale Pratique: One of two angels who fight the enemies of the Church, the
other being Rehel.
Physiognamy (Greek "physis" ("nature") and "gnomon" ("one who knows")): The practice of
judging a person's character and intelligence by studying thier features, especially of their face.
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Pi: (1) The sixteenth letter of the Greek alphabet (π), equivalent to the letter "P".
Figure 15 Pî
Figure 16 Pî
(2) Pî is the eighth and twenty second of the 64 hexagrams or patterns of the Chinese divination
system called I Ching. The eighth hexagram is depicted in figure 16. It represents self examination.
The twenty second hexagram is depicted in figure 17. It represents cautious removal of restraints.
(3) Enochian- trans. "place". In Regardie's The Complete Golden Dawn System of Magic, this
word is also listed as meaning "bed". In Laycock's The Complete Enochian Dictionary, it has the
additonal meaning "she".
Pi Bliar (Var. Pi-beliare): Enochian- trans. "places of comfort".
Pi Hermes: In Hermetics: The genius of the planet Mercury, equated with the angel Raphael
(q.v.).
Pi I (Var. Pii): Enochian- trans. "she is".
Pi Ioh: See Pi Joh.
Pi Joh (Var. Pi Ioh): In Hermetics: The genius of the moon.
Pi Re: In Hermetics: A planetary Genii who is equated with the angel Michael.
Pi Zeus: In Hermetics: The genius of the planet Jupiter.
Pia: A cacodemon related to the south and to Ndnos in the Book of Supplications and Invocations.
Piad (Var. Pe-iad): An Enochian title of Jehovah.
Pi-adapahe: See Piadph.
Pi-adapehe: See Piadph.
Piadph (Var. Pi-adapahe, Pi-adapehe): Enochian- trans. "jaw" or "jaws".
Piamoel: See Piamol.
Piamol (Var. Piamoel): Enochian- trans. "righteousness".
Pian: See Aspian.
Pianu: See Aspian.
Piap (Var. Piape): Enochian- trans. "balance".
Piape: See Piap.
Pi-beliare: See Pi Bliar.
Pidiai: An Enochian word. In Regardie's The Complete Golden Dawn System of Magic, this is
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translated as meaning "marble". In Laycock's The Complete Enochian Dictionary it is translated as
meaning "sleeves" or "marble sleeves".
Piedras de Rayo (Trans. “thunderstones” or “hail”): Santeria. Hailstones are sacred to the Orisha
Chango (q.v.). They are kept inside a sacred Batea (a calabash or wooden bowl) in which sits a
wooden mortar (Odo Chango or Pilon).
Pieds-Zin: See Zin.
Pierides: (1) Greek. An alternate name for the Muses (q.v.). (2) Woodland spirits mentioned in
The Magus.
Pierre Lwa (Trans. "Lwa stone"): Vodou. Smooth stones believed to be inhabited by Lwas.
Pihon: In 3 Enoch: One of the names of Metatron (q.v.).
Pii (Var. of Enochian Pi I (q.v.)): In Regardie's The Complete Golden Dawn System of Magic, this
is translated as "bed" or "she is a place".
Pilada: See Pild.
Pilah (Var. Pilahe): Enochian- trans. "moreover".
Pilahe: See Pilah.
Pilalael: In Hechaloth lore: An angelic guardian of the gates of the west wind.
Pilatus: A name used to bring good fortune in a lottery in the Black Pullet.
Pild (Var. Pilada): Enochian- trans. "continually".
Pillar of Equilibrium: See Pillar of Mildness.
Pillar of Judgement: See Pillar of Severity.
Pillar of Mercy (var. Masculine Pillar): The right hand pillar in the Qabalistic "Tree of Life"
(q.v.), including the following Sephiroth (q.v.): Chokmah, Chesed and Netzach. It represents force
or expansion.
Pillar of Mildness (var. Middle Pillar, Pillar of Equilibrium): The middle pillar in the Qabalistic
"Tree of Life" (q.v.), including the following Sephiroth (q.v.): Kether, Tiphareth, Yesod and
Malkuth. It represents balance.
Pillar of Severity (var. Feminine Pillar, Pillar of Judgement): The left hand pillar in the Qabalistic
"Tree of Life" (q.v.), including the following Sephiroth (q.v.): Binah, Geburah and Hod. It
represents form or restriction.
Pillars of Shu: The northern gate to the underworld, also called the Gate of Tchesert, used in the
magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn.
Pilon: (1) Santeria. A wooden pestle that is sacred to the Orisha Chango, also known as an odo
Chango (q.v.). (2) Vodou. A mortar for pounding grain.
Pilz: See Pilzin.
Pilzin (Var. Pilz, Pil-zodinu): Enochian- trans. "firmament of waters".
Pil-zodinu: See Pilzin.
Pimba: Vodou. A Lwa that belongs to the Pethro Rites and shares some of the characteristics of
the Lwa Legba Ati-n Bon (q.v.).
Pimienta de Guinea: Santeria. Guinea Pepper, used in herbal mixtures.
Pinaldo: Santeria. The initiation ceremony at which the Santero or Santera receives their
sacrificial knife (Cuchillo).
Pince: Vodou. A pointed iron bar used for digging holes in ritual.
Pine: A name appearing on the Almadel of the Lemegeton.
Pin'ga Maza: Vodou. One of the Lwas. Pin'ga is fond of eating razor blades.
Pingala: In Hinduism: The channel of energy that runs up the right side of the spine. It is also
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known as the Surya Nadi or Sun Nerve and the energy which passes through it is known as the
Surya Swara or Sun Breath. Its counterpart on the left side is Ida (q.v.). These correspond to the
sensory and motor tracts running up and down the spinal cord. Another channel, Susumna (q.v.),
runs up the center, corresponding to the canalis centralis.
Pinzu-a: An Enochian word, found in the works of John Dee, for which there is no known
translation.
Pir: Enochian- trans. "holy one" or "holy ones" (Cf. Pire).
Pire (Var. Pireda): Enochian- trans. "holy" (Cf. Pir).
Pireda: See Pire.
Pirik: According to the Necronomicon, the "demon of the Thunderbolt" and one of the Ministers
of knowledge.
Pi-ripseonu: See Peripsax.
Piripsax: See Peripsax.
Piripsol: See Peripsax.
Piripson: See Peripsax.
Pirsoyn: See Gusion.
Pisces (Latin- trans. "the fish"): (1) In Astrology: One of the twelve signs of the Zodiac,
represented as two fish. In Roman mythology, Venus and Cupid hid from the giant Typhon by
jumping into the river and becoming fishes. Minerva later commemorated the event by placing the
image of the two fishes in the heavens. The symbol of Pisces is depicted in figure 18. Its sun sign
period lasts from 20 February to 21 March. Positive Piscean traits include modesty, compassion,
Figure 17
Pisces
sympathy, unworldliness, sensitivity, adaptablility, kindness, incuition and receptiveness. Negative
traits include vagueness, carelessness, secrecy, confusion, impracticality, weak will and indecision.
(2) In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: (a) A sign of the zodiac
related to: (i) HHYV. (ii) Qoph. (iii) Simeon. (iv) Amnixiel. (v) The Colour Crimson.
Pison: (1) A symbolic name associated to the degree of Minores in Rosicrucianism. (2) In the
magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: (a) One of the four rivers flowing out
of Naher or Nahar (see Naher). Pison flows into the Sephira Geburah (q.v.), related to the element
of fire. (b) A river invoked in the consecration of the Rose Cross. (c) A river mentioned in the
ceremony of the Practicus grade.
Pisqon: In 3 Enoch: One of the names of Metatron (q.v.).
Pistis Sophia: A name meaning "faith" or "wisdom". (1) Gnosticism. A great female Aeon who
gave birth to the superior angels. (2) A Gnostic gospel, containing extracts from the Books of the
Saviour. G. R. s. Mead translated a copy of it published in London in 1921.
Pithona: A name used in the second and grand conjurations of Lucifuge Rocofale in the Grand
Grimoire.
Pitit Caille: A term for the members of the Vodou Society.
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Pititt (Var. Ti Baka): Vodou. The smaller of the two drums of the Pethro battery of drums (q.v.).
Piz: A cacodemon related to the south and to Xannv in the Book of Supplications and Invocations.
Pizi: See Amizpi.
Plaior: An angel whose name is used in a vesting prayer in the Greater Key of Solomon.
Planetary Spirits: A class of spirits mentioned in the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of
the Golden Dawn.
Plapli (Var. Pelapeli): Enochian- trans. "partakers".
Plat Marassah: Vodou. Red clay plates, consisting of two or three bowls joined together, used for
offerings to the Marassah (q.v.).
Platien (Greek- trans. "flat" or "broad"): A spirit subordinate to the four sub princes Oriens,
Paimon, Ariton and Amaimon in The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage.
Plaza: Santeria. An offering of fruits and candies for the Orishas (q.v.).
Pledge: Vampyre. Someone in the intitiation process (c.f Initiate).
Plegaton: A name used in a conjuration of Lucifer in the Grimoire of Honorius.
Plegit: A spirit subordinate to the four sub princes Oriens, Paimon, Ariton and Amaimon in The
Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage.
Pleorim: A name used in a conjuration of Astaroth in the Grimorium Verum.
Pleroma (Var. Plerome; Greek- trans. "filling up"): A Gnostic term, referring to the fullness of the
supreme deity.
Plerome (var. of Pleroma (q.v.)): In Vodou there are three astral planes or Pneumes which
represent the invisible source of the stars (Plerome), the visible stars (Paraclete) and tangible objects
(Ophanim).
Plesithea: Gnosticism. The mother of angels. May be a title of the Pistis Sophia (q.v.).
Plirok: A spirit subordinate to the four sub princes Oriens, Paimon, Ariton and Amaimon in The
Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage.
Plison: A spirit subordinate to Belzebud in The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage.
Plosi (Var. Pelosi): Enochian- trans. "as many".
Plumas (trans. “feathers”): Santeria. A term used in referrence to sacrificial birds.
Pluto (Var. Plutus; Latin- trans. "wealth"): (1) Roman God of the Dead and the
Underworld. He is cognate with the Greek God Hades. (2) In modern
Astrology: The outermost planet used, whose symbol is depicted in fig. 19. Pluto
is associated with creative and regenerative forces, the gonads, the unconscious,
eruptions, business and beginnings and endings. Positve Plutonic traits include
business ability and analytical nature. Negative Plutonic traits include an
unhealthy unconcious, cruelty, bestiality, criminality underhandedness and Figure 18
sadism. (3) A demon listed by Wierus as "Prince of Fire". (4) Described as the Symbol of
prince of fire in Alexis De Terreneuve de Thym's autobiography Farfadets, ou Pluto
tous le demons ne sont pas l'autre monde. (5) One of the Infernal names listed in
Anton LaVey's Satanic Bible.
Plutus (Var. of Pluto (q.v.)): The guardian of the fourth circle of hell in Dante's Inferno.
Pmagl: A name of Jehovah used to call forth spirits in the Book of Supplications and Invocations.
Pmox (Var. Pmzox, PMX): An angel who is a senior of the east under Aovrrz, related to the
element of fire in the Book of Supplications and Invocations. Pmox is invoked to acquire
knowledge of living creatures.
PMX (Var. of Pmox (q.v.)): In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn:
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A name used on the ankh (q.v.) of the Tarot.
Pmzox: See Pmox.
Pneuma (Var. Pneumes; Deriv. Greek "pnein" ("to breathe")): (1) A soul or spirit. (2) In
Christian theology: The Holy Spirit.
Pneumaton: A name invoked in a rite of necromancy in the Verus Jesuitarum Libellus.
Pneumes (var. of Pneuma (q.v.)): In Vodou there are three astral planes or Pneumes which
represent the invisible source of the stars (Plerome), the visible stars (Paraclete) and tangible objects
(Ophanim).
Pniel: In Trachtenberg's Jewish Magic and Superstition: An angel ruling one of the months of the
year.
Pnlrx: A name of Jehovah used to call forth spirits in the Book of Supplications and Invocations.
Po: The twenty third of the 64 hexagrams or patterns of the Chinese divination
system called I Ching (see fig. 20). It represents caution and the necessity to
remain still.
Figure 19 Po
Poamal (Var. Poamalzod, Poamala, Pooumala, Proamal): Enochian- trans. "your palace".
Poamala: See Poamal.
Poamalzod: See Poamal.
Pocel: See Crocell.
Pocisni: See Focisni.
Poeninus: Celtic. A God worhipped in the Alps around St. Bernard Pass who the Romans
associated with Jupiter.
Poiel: An angel of the order of Principalities who is one of the seventy two angels forming part of
the name of Jehovah, Schemhamphorae, in The Magus and in La Kabbale Pratique.
Poilp (Var. Poilape): Enochian- trans. "divide" (Cf. Yrpoil).
Poin: See Point.
Point (Var. Poin, Pouin): Vodou. A line of force or point of contact between the mundane world
and the world of the Lwas.
Point-Couleuvre Aida Wedo: Vodou. The rainbow, a symbol of the serpent Goddess Aida
Wedo, an aspect of the Lwa Erzulie (q.v.). The rainbow is the means by which the Lwa Legba Ati-
n Bon (q.v.) communicates with the Earth.
Poison of God: See Samael.
Pola: (1) Enochian- trans. "two" or "a pair". (2) One of the seventy two names of Jehovah given
in The Royal Masonic Cyclopedia.
Polkal: A word used in the higher degrees of Freemasonry meaning "wholly separated".
Poltergeist (First appeared 1848. Deriv. German "poltern" ("make noise, rattling, rumbling") and
"geist" ("ghost")): A more scientific and descriptive term for the phenomenon of Poltergeist is
Recurrent Spontaneous Psychokinesis. This phenomenon is usually associated to a specific person
and manifests as the spontaneous movement of objects in a room or building in which this person is
located. In most cases the person associated with the phenomena is a teenager, though adults are
sometimes the agent. In all cases the agent is frustrated about something, and in the majority of
cases this frustration is sexual.
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Poltergeists: One of the 10 varieties of devils listed by Alphonsus De Spina (See Devils,
Poltergeist).
Polastrien: A name used to transport one anywhere in the world in the Black Pullet.
Polvos: Santeria. A term for "powder".
Polvos Voladores: Santeria. A type of powder used in destructive spells.
Polvos de zorra: Santeria. A type of powder used in destructive spells.
Polyhymnia (Var. Polymnia): The muse (q.v.) of sacred hymns and harmony in Greek
Mythology.
Polymastia: This is one of those things that the Inquisitors used to look for as an indication that
the victim was a Witch. The Demonologists of the Inquisition believed that a witch had an extra
nipple to feed her familiar. They pointed out any wart, growth or mole as "proof" in practice. In
fact, slightly less than 2% of the population has extra nipples. An extra breast is very rare, but not
unheard of.
Polymnia: See Polyhymnia.
Poncor: A name used in a rite to purify ritual clothing in The Book of True Black Magic.
Poniel: A name inscribed on the talisman of Arbatel in The Arbatel of Magic.
Ponodol: A governor of the aethyr or aire Ich listed in Liber Scientiae, Auxili et Victoriae
Terrestris, in Liber Vel Chanokh and in the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden
Dawn. Ponodol has 5234 servants.
Ponoel: In the Ars Paulina of the Lemegeton: An angel ruling the 5th degree of Taurus.
Pontiff of Isis, Grand: The twenty seventh degree of the Antient and Primitive Rite of
Freemasonry.
Pooka: See Puca.
Poor Knights of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon: See Knights Templar.
Pooumala: See Poamal.
Pooyael (Trans. "Supporting all things"): One of the 72 names of Jehovah or of the Angels of the
Shem Ha-Mephoresch (q.v.), found in the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden
Dawn.
Pop: (1) The nineteenth of the thirty Aires of Dee's 48 Claves Angelicae. (2) The nineteenth
aethyr or aire listed in Liber Vel Chanokh. (3) In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the
Golden Dawn: The nineteenth aethyr of the Fourty Eight Angelical Keys or Calls. (4) The
nineteenth Aethyr of the nineteenth part of The Word of Set.
Popa: One of the seventy two names of Jehovah given in The Royal Masonic Cyclopedia.
Pope (Deriv. Greek "pappas" ("father")): (1) The head of the Roman Catholic Church. (2) A
parish priest of the Orthodox Eastern Church. (3) A ritual title used by one of the participants in
L'Air Epais in LaVey's The Satanic Rituals. It refers to Clement V, the Pope who instigated the
persecution of the Knights Templar (q.v.) in the 14th Century C.E.
Pophand: A governor of the aethyr or aire Des listed in Liber Scientiae, Auxili et Victoriae
Terrestris, in Liber Vel Chanokh and in the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden
Dawn. Pophand has 9232 servants.
Poppet (Deriv. Latin "pupa" ("puppet")): (1) The poppet is a rag doll or human image made of
materials such as clay or wax that is used in some forms of sympathetic magick. The poppet
represents the person who is the object of the magick, be it positive or negative. The idea is that
whatever is done to the poppet will also happen to the person it represents. (2) Santeria. Poppets
are commonly used to dispell evil influences.
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Populus (Latin- trans. “people”): (1) A Geomantic figure associated with the
Moon and the Zodiacal sign Cancer (see fig. 21). It represents movement and
change. (2) A Geomantic character listed in The Magus.
Figure 20
Populus
Pora: One of the seventy two names of Jehovah given in The Royal Masonic Cyclopedia.
Poraia (Var. of Porajus de Rejectus (q.v.)): In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the
Golden Dawn: A title given to the new initiate in the initiation of the Theoricus Grade.
Poraii: A demon mentioned by Grillot De Givry in Witchcraft, Magic and Alchemy.
Poraios de Rejectus (var. of Porajus de Rejectus (q.v.)): In the magickal system of the Hermetic
Order of the Golden Dawn: A title given to the new initiate in the initiation of the Theoricus Grade.
Porajus De Rejectus (Var. Poraios de Rejectis, Poraia): A name given by the Rosicrucians to the
degree of Theoretici.
Poriel: In the Ars Paulina of the Lemegeton: An angel ruling the 8th degree of both Scorpio and
Sagittarius.
Porlach: See Phorlakh.
Porna (Var. Porosa): (1) In The Heptameron: An angel of Friday residing in the 3rd heaven and
invoked in the south. (2) In The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses: An angel of Friday.
Poro: In The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses: An angel of the order of Powers (q.v.).
Porosa (Var. of Porna (q.v.)): One of the angels of the third heaven ruling in the north on Friday in
The Magus.
Portal Signs: Six signs demonstrated in the Initiation ritual of Neophyte Grade 0-0 in the Hermetic
Order of the Golden Dawn. The six signs are: Rending of the Veil, Closing of the Veil, Osiris
Slain, the sign of Mourning Isis, the Sign of Apophis and Typhon, and Osiris Risen.
Poseidon: (1) Greek. The God of the Sea, cognate with the Roman God Neptune. Poseidon was
one of the twelve Olympians. He was often the rival of Zeus and was beleived to cause earth
quakes. As a result one of his titles was "Earth Shaker". Poseidon lived at the bottom of the sea
with his wife Amphitrite. (2) One of the eight symbolic planets in Uranian Astrology.
Poser: Vampyre. Someone pretending to be a Vampyre.
Posriel: Judaic. An angel in charge of the 6th division of Hell.
Post Centum Viginti Annos Patebo (Var. Post CXX Annos Patebo; Latin- trans. "After one
hundred and twenty years I shall open"): In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the
Golden Dawn: (a) A phrase used in the initiation of the Adeptus Minor Grade. (b) A phrase used
in the Consecration Ceremony of the Vault of the Adepti.
Post CXX Annos Patebo: See Post Centum Viginti Annos Patebo.
Poteau-Legba: See Poteau-Mitan.
Poteau-Mitan (Var. Poteau-Legba): Vodou. The wooden center post of the Peristyle (q.v.). Its
top is considered to be the center of heaven and the base is considered to be the center of hell. It
stands on a circular masonry pedestal called the Socle. It is generally painted in a spiral design
representing the rainbow and the serpent Lwas Danbhalah (q.v.) and Aida We-Do (q.v.). The Lwas
are beleived to enter the Oum'phor through the Poteau-Mitan. The Poteau-Mitan is also known as
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the "Papa Loko Ati-Sou Poun'goueh".
Poteaux Zins: See Zin.
Poteh (Var. Purah): In Trachtenberg's Jewish Magic and Superstition: The angel of forgetting.
Potentates (Var. Potestates; Latin "potens" ("powerful")): (1) An alternative name for the angelic
order of Powers (q.v.) used in the Lemegeton. The variation "Potestate" is probably a typographical
error later in the text. The spirits Gaap, Vual and Paimon are said to rule over some of the
members of this order. (2) An alternative name for the angelic order of Powers used in Paradise
Lost.
Potential: Vampyre. A potential Vampyre, whose talents are unrealized (cf. Latent Vampyre,
Klavasi).
Poter (Greek "Poter" ("drinking cup" or "vase"): A spirit subordinate to the four sub princes
Oriens, Paimon, Ariton and Amaimon in The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage.
Potestates: See Potentates.
Pothnir: A governor of the aethyr or aire Paz listed in Liber Scientiae, Auxili et Victoriae
Terrestris, in Liber Vel Chanokh and in the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden
Dawn. Pothnir has 6300 servants.
Pots-de-tete: Vodou. Jars kept on the Pe (altar) in an Oum'phor (q.v.) which contain a magickal
part of the spirits of the people who worship there.
Pouin: See Point.
Poule Noir: See Black Pullet.
Powers (Var. Potentates): (1) One of the several categories of angels listed in the letters of Paul in
the New Testament. The others listed by Paul include: Virtues, Principalities, Dominions and
Thrones. Dionysius listed the Powers as the 3rd in the 2nd tirad of the celestial heirarchy but
incorrectly equated the Powers with the Seraphim (q.v.). (2) One of both the nine orders of angels
and the nine orders of demons listed by Michaelis in his Admirable History of the Possession and
Conversion of a Penitent Woman. (3) In The Magus: (a) One of the six orders of angels "which
are not sent to inferiors", the other five being the Seraphim, Cherubim, Thrones, Dominations, and
Virtues. (b) One of the nine choirs of angels listed in the Scale of the Number Nine, ruled by
Camael. (c) One of the "ten orders of the blessed according to Dionysius", the others being
Cherubim, Dominations, Seraphim, Thrones, Virtues, Principalities, Archangels, Angels and
Blessed Souls. (d) One of the twelve orders of blessed spirits, the others being the Seraphim,
Thrones, Archangels, Martyrs, Virtues, Principalities, Angels, Confessors, Dominations, Innocents
and Cherubim. (4) A synonym for the Seraphim in the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of
the Golden Dawn. (5) A term for the order of Guards used in Paradise Lost.
Poziel: The sixth diurnal duke under Usiel in the Operation by the Regal Spirit Usiel.
Ppsac: A name of Jehovah used to call forth spirits in the Book of Supplications and Invocations.
Practici (Var. Practicus): The third degree within the Rosicrucian system, represented by the
formula 7,3.
Practicus: (1) An alternate name for the third degree of the Rosicrucians (see Practici). (2) The
third rank above the beginner's rank of probationer within the lowest order of the Astrum
Argentium, represented by the formula 3 degree = 8 squared. (3) The third grade of the Hermetic
Order of the Golden Dawn. (4) The third of ten degrees of initiation with Gavin and Yvonne
Frost’s Church and School of Wicca.
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Praemonstrator: One of the officers symbolically representing the second order in
the ceremonies of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. He carries a mace
depicted in fig. 22.
Figure 21
Mace of
the
Praemon-
ystrator
Praf (Var. Perifa): Enochian- trans. "dwell".
Pragma: Enochian- trans. "dwell".
Prajna (Hindu- trans. “wisdom”): (1) Buddhism. One of the six characteristics brought to
perfection (Paramita) in the Buddha. The other five are giving (dana), morality (sila), acceptance,
strength and meditation (dhyana). (2) The seventh and final portal through which one passes on
the way to Nirvana in Liber LXXI.
Praklit: See Palit.
Pralaya: A state of consciousness mentioned in Liber LXXI.
Pramimiel: In the Lemegeton: An angel of the 11th hor of the day who is an officer under the
angel Bariel.
Prana: In Hindu medicine, one of the Vayu (q.v.) or forces that act through the nervous system.
Prana is said to operate in the breast. Like the Chinese Chi (q.v.), Prana is a life energy strongly
connected to the breath.
Pranayama: Exercises used in Yoga involving breath control.
Praredun: A name used in a conjuration of Beelzebuth in the Grimorium Verum.
Pratyeka Buddha: A term used for a person who "attains emancipation for himself alone" in
Liber LXXI.
Pravashi: See Favashi.
Pravuil: In Enoch II: A scribe of the knowledge of the most high and keeper of heavenly records.
Praxil: In the Lemegeton: An angel of the 2nd hour of the night who is a chief officer under the
angel Farris.
Prdzar (Var. Peredazodare): Enochian- trans. "diminish".
Preceptor (Latin "praeceptum", deriv. "praecipere ("to take beforehand" or "to admonish")): (1)
The principal teacher of a seminary. (2) The officer presiding over a province or kingdom in the
Knights Templar. (3) Qabalistic. Each of the Biblical patriarchs was assigned an angelic Preceptor
as counselor and teacher, viz: Raziel: Adam; Jophiel or Yophiel: Shem; Zaphkiel: Noah; Zidekiel
or Zadkiel: Abraham; Raphael: Isaac, Toby the Younger; Gabriel: Joseph, Joshua, Daniel; Peliel
or Pehel: Jacob; Metatron: Moses; Malashiel or Haltiel: Elijah; Camael or Gamael: Samson;
Cerviel, Gerviel or Gernaiul: David; Michael: Solomon.
Preches: A spirit subordinate to Asmodee in The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the
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Mage.
Precipitado Rojo: Santeria. A type of red powder used for spells of destruction of enemies or
protection from enemies.
Precognition: Having knowledge of an event before it happens.
Preil: An angel called "le grand" in Mandaean lore.
Premoton: A name used in a conjuration of Lucifer in the Grimoire of Honorius.
Premy: A name used in a conjuration of Lucifer in the Grimorium Verum.
Prenatal Epoch: In Astrology: The moment of conception, about nine months before birth but
not necessarily corresponding to the time of biological conception.
Prenda (Trans. “The jewel”): Palo Mayombe. A cauldron where the spirits of the dead reside.
Prendido en el santo (Trans. "expected to make the saint"): Santeria. It is used in reference to
those who have received the intitiations of The Warriors and The Necklaces, which is considered to
be half of the Asiento (q.v.). These people are said to have received the Fundamento
("foundation").
Prenostix: In the Lemegeton: An angel of the 6th hour of the night who is a chief officer under the
angel Zaazonash.
Prerai: A name used in the Third Conjuration of a spirit in the Lemegeton.
Presidente de Mesa: Santeria. The person in charge of a Sesion Espiritista (seance).
Pret Savanne (Creole- trans. "bush priest"): Vodou. The person who reads the Catholic prayers
and chants at ceremonies.
Prg: Enochian- trans. "flames".
Prge (Var. Peregi, Pereji, Perejeli): Enochian- trans. "fire".
Prgel: Enochian- trans. "of fire".
Priapus: (1) A fertility God of the coasts of Asia Minor. The Greeks made him the son of the
Goddess Aphrodite by Dionysus. (2) A deity mentioned in Liber VII: Liber Liberi vel Lapidis
Lazuli, Advmbratio Kabbalae Aegyptiorum Svb Figvra VII.
Priatas: Espiritismo. Spiritual guides that appear as Pirates.
Priaz (var. Priazi, Periadoza, Periadozi): Enochian- trans. "those".
Priazi: See Priaz.
Priere Dio: See Priere Djor.
Priere Djor (var. Priere Dio): Vodou. An African prayer mixed with French expressions and the
names of Roman Catholic saints.
Priere Guinin: The "African Prayer" that begins Vodou ceremonies.
Priest (Var. Ramkht. Anglo Saxon "preost", deriv. Latin "presbyter" ("elder")): (1) Vampyre.
One of the three Castes (See Caste). Priests are the leaders, scholars, organizers and practitioners of
magick (Sangomancy or Vampyrecraft). (2) One of the officers in Crowley's version of the Gnostic
Mass.
Priest of Mendes: A title for a male initiated into the third degree within Anton LaVey's Church of
Satan.
Priest of Set: The title of a male holding the third degree of initiation within the Temple of Set.
Priestess (Anglo Saxon "preost", deriv. Latin "presbyter" ("elder")): One of the officers in
Crowley's version of the Gnostic Mass is called the Priestess.
Priestess of Mendes: A title for a female initiated into the third degree within Anton LaVey's
Church of Satan.
Priestess of Set: The title of a female holding the third degree of initiation within the Temple of
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Set.
Priesthood of Mendes: A Satanic priesthood founded by Anton LaVey in 1969. A year later it
became one of the five degrees of initiation. The five orders of initiation are: Satanist, Witch or
Warlock, Priest or Priestess of Mendes, Magister and Magus.
Prima Materia (Latin- trans. "First Matter"): In Alchemy: Prima Materia is the magickal essence
that is the elusive basic essence of all things needed to create the Philosopher's Stone (q.v.).
Primematum (Var. of Primeumaton (q.v.)): In the Lemegeton: (a) A name inscribed on the
triangle of Solomon. (b) A name used in the Second and Third Conjurations of a spirit. (c) A
name use in the Invocation of the King. (d) A name used in the Chain Curse.
Primeumaton (Var. Primematum): (1) In the Greater Key of Solomon: (a) A name of Jehovah
used in a conjuration. (b) A name used in the process of taking a lustral bath. (2) In the
Lemegeton: (a) A name inscribed outside the triangle placed outside of the magickal circle. (b) A
name used in the second conjuration of a spirit. (c) A name used in the greater curse. (3) A name
used in an exorcism of the spirits of the air in The Magus. (4) A name inscribed in a triangle used
to invoke the aethyr Zax in Liber Aervm Vel Saecvli. (5) In the magickal system of the Hermetic
Order of the Golden Dawn: A name of power used in the Evocation of the Angel Chassan to
Visible Appearance.
Primogenitus (Latin "primus" ("first") and "gignere" ("to beget")): One of the seventy two names
of Jehovah found in the Grimoire of Honorius.
Primum Mobile: In Ptolemaic Astronomy the Primum Mobile was the outermost of the revolving
spheres of the universe, which gave motion to all the others (See Empyrean Heaven).
Primus (Latin- trans. "first"): (1) One of the seventy two names of Jehovah found in the Grimoire
of Honorius. (2) Vampyre. The founder or leader of a large family or Coven of Vampyres.
Prina (corruption of Binah (q.v.)): Found in The Magus.
Prince of Darkness: (1) A title of Satan. (2) A title used by Michael Aquino, the founder of the
Temple of Set.
Prince of Jerusalem: The sixteenth degree of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of
Freemasonry.
Prince of Libanus (Var. Master of Saint Andrew, of Chardon, and of Scotland or Royal Axe): The
twenty second degree of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry.
Prince of Memphis, Member of the Mystic Temple: The thirty second degree of the Antient and
Primitive Rite of Freemasonry.
Prince of Mercy: The twenty sixth degree of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of
Freemasonry.
Prince of Truth: The twenty fourth degree of the Antient and Primitive Rite of Freemasonry.
Prince of the Tabernacle: The twenty fourth degree of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of
Freemasonry.
Princedoms: An alternative title for the order of Principalities (q.v.) used in Paradise Lost.
Principalities (Var. Princedoms): (1) One of the several categories of angels listed in the letters of
Paul in the New Testament. The others listed by Paul include: Virtues, Powers, Dominions and
Thrones. (2) One of both the nine orders of angels and the nine orders of demons listed by
Michaelis in his Admirable History of the Possession and Conversion of a Penitent Woman. (3) In
The Magus: (a) One of the nine choirs of angels listed in the Scale of the Number Nine, ruled by
Haniel. (b) One of the "ten orders of the blessed according to Dionysius", the others being
Cherubim, Dominations, Seraphim, Thrones, Powers, Virtues, Archangels, Angels and Blessed
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Souls. (c) One of the twelve orders of blessed spirits, the others being the Seraphim, Thrones,
Archangels, Martyrs, Virtues, Powers, Angels, Confessors, Dominations, Innocents and Cherubim.
(4) A synonym for angelic order called the Elohim in the magickal system of the Hermetic Order
of the Golden Dawn.
Principium: One of the seventy two names of Jehovah found in the Grimoire of Honorius.
Prin'ga Maza (Var. Pethro Maza): Vodou. One of the Pethro Lwas.
Prion: An angel invoked in the consecration of parchment in the Greater Key of Solomon.
Prise D'Asson (Creole- trans. "asson taking"): Vodou. This is the ritual initiation ceremony of
Vodou. It refers to the ritual rattle, the Asson, the symbol of office of the Houn'gan (q.v.) or
Mam'bo (q.v.), which is given to the candidate in this ceremony.
Prise Du Mort: Vodou. A ceremony for obtaining the spirit of the dead from a cemetery.
Pristac: A governor of the aethyr or aire Zid listed in Liber Scientiae, Auxili et Victoriae
Terrestris, in Liber Vel Chanokh and in the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden
Dawn. Pristac has 2302 servants.
Prithivi: (1) One of the five Tattwas, symbolizing the element of earth, whose
symbol is a yellow square (see figure 23). The taste associated with this Tattwa
(q.v.) is sweetness, its principle is bulkiness and the sound associated with it is the
word "Lam". (2) In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden
Dawn, Prithivi is assigned the divine name Adonai ha-Aretz and the Archangel
Auriel.
Figure 22
Prithivi
Pritona: See Ritona.
PRKT: See Paroketh.
Pro Deo Et Patria: See P.D.E.P.
Pro Sadai: One of the names of Jehovah in The Magus.
Proamal: See Poamal.
Probationer: Beginner's rank within the lowest order of the Astrum Argentium, represented by the
formula 0 degree = 0 squared.
Procel: See Crocell.
Proclamation of Cyrus: The opening of the second part of the American Royal Arch Degree of
Freemasonry.
Procul, O procul este profani (Latin- trans. "far, far hence, O ye profane"): Found in Liber Israfel
(Cf. Hekas, Hekas Este Bibeloi!).
Proculo: In the Grimorium Verum, a subbordinate of Hael and Sergulath, with powers over sleep.
Profa: A name of Jehovah used in a conjuration in the Greater Key of Solomon.
Profas: An angel invoked in the preparation of virgin earth and wax in the Greater Key of
Solomon.
Progressions: In Astrology: The symbolic movement of the planets after birth in a Horoscope,
representing the future of the person whose Horoscope it is. The most common system used is
called Secondary Progressions, in which each day after birth represents one year in the person's life.
Promakos (Greek- trans. "a fighter in the front line"): A spirit subordinate to the four sub princes
Oriens, Paimon, Ariton and Amaimon in The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage.
Prometheus (Greek- trans. "he who foresees"): (1) Greek. The son of the Titan Iapetus.
Prometheus and his brother Epimetheus ("he who looks back on events") were entrusted by Zeus
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with the creation of humans, making them out of clay and water. Prometheus stole fire from
Olympus to make humans more powerful than animals, for which he was punished by Zeus. (2) A
name used in the cry of the aethyr Arn in Liber Aervm Vel Saecvli.
Promethean Cycle: Named for Prometheus (q.v.). In Astrology: The cycle of Mercury or Venus
from its Inferior Conjunction with the Sun, moving retrograde until its maximum distance from the
sun, then moving direct until it reaches its Superior Conjunction with the Sun.
Promittor: In Astrology: A planet or configuration which signifies certain events.
Pronoia: Gnosticism. A great archon who assisted Jehovah in creating Adam.
Propator: Gnosticism. An Aeon who is associated with the Pole star and consort to Pistis Sophia
(q.v.).
Propheta: One of the seventy two names of Jehovah in the Grimoire of Honorius.
Prorogator: See Hyleg.
Proserpina (Var. Proserpine): (1) A Roman Goddess, cognate with the Greek Persephone.
Proserpina was the daughter of the Goddess Ceres and the God of the Dead, Pluto. (2) In the
magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: A Goddess who is mentioned in the
initiation of the Practicus Grade.
Proserpine (Var. of Proserpina (q.v.)): (1) Wierus lists her as "Arch She Devil, Sovereign Princess
of Mischievous Spirits". (2) Described as the arch she devil in Alexis De Terreneuve de Thym's
autobiography Farfadets, ou tous le demons ne sont pas l'autre monde. (3) One of the Infernal
names listed in Anton LaVey's Satanic Bible.
Prostas: A name used to compel a spirit to transport you to your lover in the Black Pullet.
Provost and Judge: The seventh degree of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of
Freemasonry.
Proxosos: A spirit subordinate to the four sub princes Oriens, Paimon, Ariton and Amaimon in
The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage.
Prt: Enochian- trans. "flame".
Pruel: In Hechaloth lore: An angelic guard of the gates of the south wind.
Pruflas: In the Pseudo-Monarchia: A fallen angel who was formerly of the order of Thrones
(q.v.).
Prukiel: In Syriac folklore: An angel invoked in spellbinding charms.
Prumosy: A name used in a conjuration of Beelzebuth in the Grimorium Verum.
Prunicos: Gnosticism. An alternative name for Pistis Sophia (q.v.).
Pruslas: (1) In the Grand Grimoire, Pruslas is the subordinate of Satanachia. (2) A demon
mentioned by Grillot De Givry in Witchcraft, Magic and Alchemy.
Prziel: In The Sword of Moses: An evil angel invoked to defeat one's enemies.
Psac (Var. Psuac): An angel who is a senior of the north under Ppsac in the Book of Supplications
and Invocations. Psac is invoked to acquire knowledge of mechanics.
Psachar: See Paschar.
Psdiel: In The Sword of Moses: An evil angel invoked to defeat one's enemies.
Pseudo-Monarchia Daemonium: A book of demonology written by Johannes Wierus (See
Wierus, Johannes).
Pshent: A Russian deity mentioned in "Homage to Tchort" in LaVey's The Satanic Rituals.
Psi: The twenty third letter of the Greek alphabet (ψ).
Psi Vamp: See Psychic Vampire.
Psisya: In Sepher Raziel: One of the 70 guardian angels of children
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Psuac: See Psac.
Psuker: In Vocabulaire de L'Angelologie: A ministering angel of the 6th heaven.
Psyche (Greek- trans. "soul"): (1) In Greek and Roman mythology a Nymph who was a
personification of the soul, and later became the mate of the God Cupid. (2) Gnosticism. The
name of Valentinus' demiurge. (3) The second degree of Gnostic spiritual attainment as listed by
Eliphas Levi. The first was Hyle and the third Gnosis. (4) In Astrology: A planet hypothesized as
being beyond the orbit of Pluto.
Psychic: (1) Rare or rarely used powers of the human mind. (2) A person who uses such powers.
Psychic Surgery: Surgery which in which the "surgeon", usually not a person trained in medical
surgery, is allegedly directed by spirit entities.
Psychic Vampyre (Var. Energy Vampyre, Psi Vamp): (1) A person who drains, knowingly or
unconsciously, the energy from those around them. Dion Fortune recognized this form of
Vampyrism in her book Psychic Self Defence in the 1950s. (2) Vampyre. People who feed on the
energy of others. Pscyhic Vampyres may solely rely on feeding on energy (chi or prana) or may
also drink blood.
Psychography: Otherwise known as spirit writing. Writing by a person directed by spirit entities.
Psychokinesis. Also known as Telekinesis. The movement of objects or persons by the use of
mental energy alone.
Psychometry: The ability to divine information about an object or about a person connected with
it through contact with the object.
Ptah (Egyptian- trans. "the opener"): (1) The Egyptian God of creation and of craftsmanship. The
Greeks associated him with Hephaestus. He and the God Khnemu carried out the mandates of the
God Thoth. In the Book of Coming Forth by Day, he is said to have opened the mouth of the
deceased. Some of his titles include "exceedingly great god, the beginning of being" and "the father
of fathers and power of powers". His solar aspect is "Ptah, the Disc of Heaven". He seems to have
been first worshipped in Memphis, along with the deities Sekhet and Nefer-Tmu. He is depicted in
the form of a mummy holding a sceptre. (2) Mentioned in Liber Israfel. (3) A name which
appears on the Pantacle of Frater V.I.O. in Liber CLXV. (4) In the magickal system of the
Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: A God mentioned in the Rosicrucian Ritual of the Relation
Between Chess and Tarot.
Ptah-Seker-Ausar: An Egyptian God combining aspects of Ptah, Seker and Ausar (Asar or
Osiris). He is depicted as a dwarf with a scarabeus on his head, standing upon a crocodile. He
symbolized the new life that the deceased were about to enter, the crocodile symbolizing the death
that had been overcome.
Pthahil: In Mandaean mythology: (a) One of 10 Uthri (q.v.) that accompany the sun on its daily
course. (b) The Demioorgos who rules the lesser stars.
Ptolomea: The third round of the ninth circle of hell in Dante's Inferno.
Pubrisiel: In the Lemegeton, a lesser officer under the angel Sazquiel.
Puca (Var. Pooka; Anglo Saxon- trans. “mischievous spirits” or “fairy folk”; Middle English
"puke", deriv. Old Norse "puki". Welsh "pwcca"): It appears in Shakespeare's play Midsummer's
Night Dream as the character Puck.
Pucel: See Crocell.
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Puella (Latin- trans. "girl"): (1) A Geomantic figure associated with the planet
Venus and with Libra (see fig. 24). It represents art, love and peace. (2) A
name that appears on a list of Geomantic characters in The Magus. (3) One of
the four N.O.X. signs mentioned in The Star Sapphire.
Figure 23
Puella
Puer (Latin- trans. "boy"): (1) A Geomantic figure, associated with Taurus and the planet Mars
(see figure 25). It represents activity and energy. (4) (2) One of the four N.O.X. signs mentioned
in The Star Sapphire. (3) A Geomantic character listed in The Magus.
Figure 24 Puer
Pueri: A name used in the process of taking a lustral bath in the Greater Key of Solomon.
Pugo (Var. Pujo, Puje): Enochian- trans. "to" or "unto".
Pugo Ooaona (Var. Pajo-ooaoanu): Enochian- trans. "to eyes".
Puidamon: A name used in a prayer while approaching a ritual site in the Greater Key of
Solomon.
Puim (Var. Puin, Pu-ime): Enochian- trans. "sickle" or "sickles". Regardie's The Complete
Golden Dawn System of Magic assigns this word the additional meaning of "Knights".
Pu-ime: See Puim.
Puin: See Puim.
Puir: One of the seventy two names of Jehovah given in The Royal Masonic Cyclopedia.
Puje: See Pugo.
Pujo: See Pugo.
Pungun Sambia: See Sambia.
Punkies: See Samhain.
Pur (var. PUR): A name used in the Preliminary Invocation in the Goetia or Lesser Key of
Solomon.
PUR (var. of Pur): A name used in the invocation of Spirit in Liber Samekh.
Purah: See Poteh.
Purakam: (1) A Pranayama exercise in Yoga. (2) A Pranayama exercise described by Aleister
Crowley in Liber RV.
Purathmetai-apnmetai (Var. Puraθmetai-apηmetai): One of the Genii of the twenty two scales of
the serpent in Liber CCXXXI.
Purauis: The first of the three contemplations of the Abyss of Hell given by Aleister Crowley in
Liber HHH, the others being Phallos and Nekros.
Puriel: See Puruel.
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Pursan (Var. of Purson (q.v.)): (1) A demon mentioned by Grillot De Givry in his Witchcraft,
Magic and Alchemy. (2) In the Grand Grimoire, a subordinate under Fleurety.
Purson (Var. Pursan, Curson): The twentieth spirit of the Lemegeton, described as a great king
who appears as a lion headed man carrying a viper and riding a bear. Purson has the power to find
Figure 25 Sigil of
Purson
hidden treasures, powers of divination, and assigns good familiars. The Lemegeton claims that he
rules over 22 legions of spirits from the angelic Orders of Virtues (q.v.) and Thrones (q.v.). His
sigil is depicted in fig. 26. Known in some translations as Curson.
Puruel (Var. Pusiel, Puriel; Hebrew- trans. "fire"): In apocalyptic literature: An angel of fire
cognate with the angel Uriel.
Pusiel (Var. of Puruel (q.v.)): In Rabbinic lore: One of the 7 angels of punishment.
Put Satanachia (Var. of Satanachia (q.v.)): In the Grimorium Verum a subordinate of Lucifer and
the ruler of the spirits of Europe.
Puziel: In The Sword of Moses: An angel invoked to defeat enemies.
Pwcca (var. of Puca (q.v.)): (1) The Welsh variant of the term Puka (q.v.). (2) One of the
Infernal names listed in Anton LaVey's Satanic Bible. LaVey incorrectly calls this a Welsh name
for Satan.
Pxinbal: See Labnixp.
Pyerun: (1) A Russian God of war. (2) A deity mentioned in "Homage to Tchort" in LaVey's The
Satanic Rituals.
Pylon (Greek- trans. "gateway"): The membership of the Temple of Set is organized into groups
called Pylons.
Pyramidal Cross: See Cross Patee.
Pyrichiel: A spirit related to the direction north west by north in the Lemegeton.
Pyromancy (Greek "pyr" or "pyros" ("fire") and "manteia" ("divination")): Divination by
observing flames or fire.
Pytho (Var. of Python (q.v.)): Ruler of the spirits of lies in The Magus.
Python (var. Pytho): (1) A giant serpent in Greek mythology that inhabited the caves of Parnassus
and fed upon the people and flocks of Delphi. It was killed by the God Apollo. (2) An old name
for the Greek town of Delphi, where the famous oracles resided. (3) In Camfield's A Theological
Discourse of Angels: The 2nd of the 9 archdemons, the prince of lying spirits.
Pythoness: (1) A priestess of Apollo at Delphi (See Python). (2) Any female soothsayer or
prophetess.
Lexicon of Occult Terminology © 2010 Kerr Cuhulain
Pythonic: Pertaining to the prediction of future events; oracular; prophetic. Refers to the
Pythoness (q.v.) who was the priestess of Apollo at Delphi, which was a well known oracular
center.
Pziza: A name of Jehovah used to call forth spirits in the Book of Supplications and Invocations.