Azazel, the accursed one, the seducer of mankind, that mighty fallen angel.
He is the scapegoat of sin offering, the Archdemon of the Judean desert, the king of the Seirim
or the Sedim, the goat-like spirits.
Before his fall from heaven, he was a member
order of thrones and of the Cherubim, two of the highest angelic orders that be.
As an angel of light, the name Azazel means "the Strength of the lord, But after his fall,
he would come to be known as Amaymon, and Paimon, two of his secret names known only
to the readers and Practitioners of the mystical arts.''
In the lore of the occult, Azazel is the Arch-demon of the Elements of fire and frost, the dark
spirit of the earth and water, and principality of the south and of the west.
As the infernal emperor of the South, he goes under the name Amaymon, having the form of
a fair old king, with a long beard, the ears of a horse and a great crown upon his wise
head, riding upon a rampaging Lion.
His mighty presence is announced by the flashing of lightning and the rumbling of thunder which
shake the earth to its center, and the crashing of things which will astound the summoner,
irrespective of how skilled they may be.
Azazel-Amaymon is a fierce spirit and will approach the
limits of the space assigned to him.
If the summoner does not bind him strongly enough, he will invade the summoner's space
and likely do him harm, for he is a mighty spirit not to be toyed with by amateurs.
His kingly presence must only be invoked by a most skilled magician, and in the rarest
of conditions.
As Amaymon, he presides over all demons of the south, and to him are they all Obedient.
He bestows riches and dignity, and by the permission of the heavenly lord, he has the
power to consecrate books,
Azazel is also the infernal ruler of the west, and when he assumes his role as the principality
of the west, he goes under the name Paimon, appearing as a beautiful king, young and strong
like a soldier, dressed in all splendor and magnificence, riding upon a camel and having
upon his head, a fine crown of jewels.
His countenance as Paimon is friendlier and more feminine than his form as Amaymon, nevertheless,
he must only be summoned by a skilled mage, and in rarest of occasions.
These warnings are agreed by the great Grimoires of the mystical arts.
In the 1st Book of Enoch, Azazel was one of the chief watchers who descended on earth
to instruct mankind, and was among the 200 watchers who became corrupted, copulating
with the daughters of men and giving rise to a race of half angel half human hybrids
called the Nephilim.
An act which led to their fall.
It was he who taught men how to make knives, swords, shields and all weapons of war, while
teaching the women dyes, and the arts of beautification.
thus, by the word of the Lord of spirits, it is he whom the many sins of men are ascribed
unto, for in the view of the heavenly lord, he introduced the equipments of vanity, and
weapons of murder, ruthless killings and wanton bloodshed.
Like his fellow fallen angel and watcher, Samael, whom we already made a video about,
Azazel also copulated with the mortal prostitute Naamah, but what he begat was not like the
rest of the Nephilim, what he begat was a race of Goat-like spirits called the Seirim,
or the Sedim, spirits with the upper body of a man, and the hairy limbs of a goat.
Thus, he is called the king of the Sedim, the king of the Satyrs, the king of the goat-like
demons.
As punishment for his sins, Azazel was chained in a desert,
covered with jagged rocks until Judgment Day,
so says the 1st book of Enoch.
But the legends of the Occult disagree with the Enochian texts, that Azazel is not some
imprisoned scapegoat, that like the rest of his kind, he is presently a free spirit, who
guards hidden treasures and teaches his followers Magick and Sorcery, with which they can accomplish
great and unbelievable deeds.
And unlike many of the Jews who only see the bad side of their demons and never the good
side, the Assyrians came to adopt the Sedim, the goat-like children of Azazel, as guardian
spirits, guardian spirits invoked in exorcisms to ward off evil spirits.
Azazel would also come to be accepted by the order of Knight Templars, the Gnostics, and
various
mystical traditions, known by the name "Baphomet", the Goat Lord, or the Goat-man, some say the
black goat.
For it is he who is the father of the goat-like spirits, the father of the Satyrs, and he
would be worshiped by them as their source of fertility and wealth.
As Baphomet, he is also called the Goat lord of Mendes, perhaps because he was first worshiped
by the ancient Egyptians, by the people of Mendes in ancient Egypt.
To the Muslims on the other hand, the story of Azazel is different.
He is the Jinn who came to be known after his fall, as Iblis, the Devil of Islam.
As the Muslim God Allah created the angels from light, he created the jinns from smokeless
fire, and created man from clay.
After the creation of Adam, the man he moulded from clay, Allah commanded the angels and
the Jinns to prostrate before Adam, and all the angels obeyed and bowed to Adam, all except
Azazel.
When Allah demanded to know the cause of his disobedience, Azazel answered, saying: "Why
should I, a being of smokeless fire, bow to a being of dirt and filth?
I am better than him!
" And This led to his expulsion from the presence of Allah, and from the Garden of Bliss, after
which he became known as Iblis, a name which means "despair."
Iblis would sway the other jinns to his side, presiding over them as Shaitan, chief of the
Satans.
These are the stories and identities of Satan-Azazel.
Is he the fallen angel called Lucifer?
The teachings of the Jews say he is not, and the great Grimoires say the same.
That although Azazel is a mighty demon king, he is under the supreme reign of Lucifer,
the greatest of the powers that be in the kingdom of hell.
But, was there ever an angel called Lucifer?
"Nay", some would say.
"Lucifer is just a title," they would say..
But again, the teachings of the Jews disagree, for there was indeed an angel called the morning
star, and he was the very first Satan to fall, before the time of Azazel, and before the
time of Samael.
He would come to be known as Lucifer after his fall, a name given to him as the Hebrew
texts were translated.
So then, who is Lucifer?
And what was his real name?
We shall know his story soon enough.