After the Giant spirit had been bound, Solomon commanded another demon to come before him. And
there came before his face thirty-six spirits, most of their heads shaped like animals,
but in themselves they were in human form; having faces of all sorts, faces of asses,
faces of lion, faces of oxen, and faces of birds. These were the spirits of the Zodiacal circle,
and of the 36 constellations called Decans in ancient Egyptian astronomy.
And Solomon, on seeing them, wondered, and asked them, saying: "Who are you?"
But they, of one accord with one voice, said: "We are the thirty-six elements, the world-rulers
of darkness, and O King Solomon, you will not wrong us nor imprison us, nor lay command on us.
But since the Lord God has given you authority over every spirit,
in the air, and on the earth, and under the earth, we therefore also present ourselves before you
like the other spirits, from ram and bull, from both twin and crab,
lion and virgin, scales and scorpion, archer and goat-horned, water-pourer and fish.
Then Solomon invoked the name of the Lord Sabaoth, and questioned each in turn as to
what was its character. He bade each one to come forward and tell of its actions.
And the 36 spirits came forward in three's, each set of 3 belonging to one Zodiac circle.
The first 3 decans came forward, and introduced themselves as the
decans of the first zodiacal circle, the one known as Aries or the ram.
and Solomon questioned them, saying: "What are you called?" The first spirit said: "I am called Ruax,
and I cause the heads of men to be idle, and I pillage their brows. But If I hear the words,
'Michael, imprison Ruax,' I retreat at once." The second said: "I am called Barsafael,
and I cause those who are subject to my hour to feel the pain of migraine.
If only I hear the words, 'Gabriel, imprison Barsafael,' I retreat at once."
And The third said: "I am called Arôtosael. I do harm to the eyes, and grievously injure them.
Only let me hear the words, 'Uriel, imprison Aratosael' and I'll retreat at once.
The fourth spirit was not given account of, or perhaps he declined to introduce
himself, but from what we gather from the Decans, the 36 groups of constellations used in ancient
Egyptian astronomy, the same constellations these spirits represent, his name was Horopel.
The fifth spirit said: "I am called Iudal, and I bring about a block in the ears and
deafness of hearing. If I hear, 'Uruel imprison Iudal,' I retreat at once." And The sixth said:
"I am called Sphendonaêl. I cause tumours of the parotid gland, and inflammations of the tonsils,
and tetanic recurvation. If I hear, 'Sabrael, imprison Sphendonaêl,' I retreat at once."
These spirits from the 4th to the 6th were the 3 decans of the Zodiacal sign Taurus or the Bull.
The Seventh spirit said: "I am called Sphandôr, and I weaken the strength of the shoulders,
and cause them to tremble. I paralyze the nerves of the hands,
I break and bruise the bones of the neck, and I suck out the marrow. But if I hear the words,
'Araêl, imprison Sphandôr,' I at once retreat." The eight said: "I am called Belbel.
I distort the hearts and minds of men. If I hear the words, 'Araêl, imprison Belbel,'
I at once retreat." And the ninth said: "I am called Kurtaêl. I send colics in the bowels,
and I induce pains. If I hear the words, 'Iaôth, imprison Kurtaêl,' I at once retreat."
These spirits were from the 7th to the 9th the 3 decans of the Zodiacal sign Gemini or the twins.
The tenth spirit said:
"I am called Metathiax. I cause the reins to ache. If I hear the words, 'Adônaêl, imprison
Metathiax,' I at once retreat." The eleventh said: "I am called Katanikotaêl. I create strife
and wrongs in men's homes, and send on them hard temper. If any one would be at peace in his home,
let him write on seven leaves of laurel the name of the angel that frustrates me, along with these
names: Iae, Ieô, sons of Sabaôth, in the name of the great God, shut up Katanikotaêl.
Then let him wash the laurel-leaves in water, and sprinkle his house with the water, from within
to the outside. And at once I shall retreat." And The twelfth said: "I am called Saphathoraél,
and I inspire partisanship in men, and delight in causing them to stumble. If any one will write on
paper these names of angels, Iacô, Iealô, Iôelet, Sabaôth, Ithoth, Bae, and having folded it up,
wear it round his neck or against his ear, I at once retreat and dissipate the drunken fit."
These spirits from the 10th to the 12th were the 3 decans of the Zodiac sign Cancer or the Crab.
The thirteenth spirit said: "I am called Bobêl, I am also called Bothothêl,
and I cause nervous illness by my assaults. If I hear the name of the great as thus,
'Adonaêl, imprison Bothothêl,' I at once retreat." The fourteenth said: "I am called Kumentaêl,
and I inflict shivering fits and torpor. If only I hear the words: 'Zôrôêl,
imprison Kumentaêl,' I at once retreat." And The fifteenth said: "I am called Roêlêd,
some call me Soubetti. I cause colds, frost and pain in the stomach. Let me only hear the words:
'Iax, bide not, be not warmed, for Solomon is fairer than eleven fathers,' I at once retreat."
These spirits from the 13th to the 15th were the 3 decans of the Zodiac sign Leo or the Lion.
The sixteenth spirit said: "I am called Atrax. I inflict upon men fevers, irremediable and harmful.
If you would imprison me, chop up coriander and smear it on the lips, reciting the
following charm: "The fever which is from dirt. I exorcise thee by the throne of the most high God,
retreat from dirt and retreat from the creature fashioned by God.' And at once I shall retreat."
The seventeenth said: "I am called Ieropaêl. On the stomach of men I sit, and cause convulsions
in the bath and on the road; and wherever I be found, or find a man, I throw him down.
But if any one will say to the afflicted into their ear these names, three
times over, into the right ear: 'Iudarizê, Sabunê, Denôê,' I at once retreat." And the eighteenth
said: "I am called Buldumêch. I separate wife from husband and bring about a grudge between them.
If any one write down the legends on paper as follows: 'The God of Abram,
and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob commands you -- retire from this house
in peace,' and place it in the ante-chamber of his house, I at once retire. These spirits
from the 16th to the 18th were the 3 Decans of the Zodiac sign Virgo or the Virgin.
The nineteenth spirit said: "I am called Naôth, and I take my seat on the knees of men.
If any one write on paper: 'Phnunoboêol, depart Nathath, and touch not the neck,'
I at once retreat." The twentieth said: "I am called Marderô. I send on men incurable fever.
If any one write on the leaf of a book: 'Sphênêr, Rafael, retire, drag me not about, flay me not,'
and tie it round his neck, I at once retreat. And The twenty-first said: "I am called Alath,
and I cause coughing and hard-breathing in children. If any one write on paper: 'Rorêx,
do pursue Alath,' and fasten it round his neck, I at once retire." These spirits
from 19th to 21st were the 3 decans of the Zodiac sign libra or the scales.
The 22nd spirit was also not given account of, or perhaps declined to share details of himself,
but he is called Audameoth. The twenty-third spirit said: "I am called Nefthada. I cause
the reins to ache, and I bring about dysury. If any one write on a plate of tin the words:
'Iathôth, Uriêl, Nephthada,' and fasten it round the loins, I at once retreat."
And The twenty-fourth said: "I am called Akton. I cause ribs and lumbic muscles to ache.
If one, on copper material, taken from a ship which has missed its anchorage, engrave this:
'Marmarath, Sabaôth, pursue Akton,' and fasten it round the loin, I at once retreat." These spirits
from the 22nd to the 24th were the 3 decans of the Zodiac sign Scorpio or the Scorpion.
The twenty-fifth spirit said: "I am called Anatreth,
and I rend burnings and fevers into the entrails. But if Ihear: 'Arara, Charara,'
instantly do I retreat." The twenty-sixth said: "I am called Enenuth. I steal away men's minds,
and change their hearts, and make a man toothless. If one writes: 'Allazoôl,
pursue Enenuth,' and tie the paper round him, I at once retreat." And The twenty-seventh said:
"I am called Phêth. I make men consumptive and cause hemorrhagia. ,If one exorcise me in wine,
sweet-smelling and unmixed by the eleventh aeon, and say: 'I exorcise you, Pheth by the eleventh
aeon to stop,' then give it to the patient to drink, and I shall at once retreat." These spirits
from the 25th to the 27th were the 3 decans of the Zodiac sign Sagittarius or the Archer.
The twenty-eighth spirit said: "I am called Harpax, and I send sleeplessness on men. If
one write 'Kokphnêdismos,' and bind it round the temples, I at once retire." The twenty-ninth said:
"I am called Anostêr. I give rise to uterine mania and pains in the bladder. If one powder into pure
oil three seeds of laurel and smear it on, saying: 'I exorcise thee, Anostêr. Stop by Marmarath,' at
once shall I retreat." And The thirtieth said: "I am called Alleborith. If in eating fish
one has swallowed a bone, then he must take a bone from the fish and cough, and at once I retreat."
These spirits from the 28th to the 30th were the 3 decans of the Zodiac sign Capricorn or the Goat.
The thirty-first spirit said: "I am called Hephesimireth, and I cause lingering disease.
If you throw salt, rubbed in the hand, into oil and smear it on the patient, saying: 'Seraphim,
Cherubim, help me!' I at once retire." The thirty-second said: "I am called Ichthion.
I paralyze muscles and contuse them. If I hear 'Adonaêth, help me!' I at once retire." And The
thirty-third said: "I am called Agchoniôn. I lie among swaddling-clothes and in the precipice. And
if any one writes on fig-leaves 'Lycurgos,' taking away one letter at a time, and write it, reversing
the letters, like so, 'Lycurgos, ycurgos, kurgos, yrgos, gos, os.'I retire at once." These spirits
from the 31st to the 33rd were the 3 decans of the Zodiac sign Aquarius or the water bearer.
The thirty-fourth spirit said: "I am called Autothith. I cause grudges and
fighting. Therefore I am frustrated by Alpha and Omega, if written down." The thirty-fifth said:
"I am called Phthenoth. I cast evil eye on every man. Therefore, the eye much-suffering, if it be
drawn. frustrates me." And The thirty-sixth said: "I am called Bianakith. I have a grudge
against the body. I lay houses to waste, I cause flesh to decay, and all else that is similar.
If a man write on the front-door of his house: 'Mêltô, Ardu, Anaath,' I flee from that place."
These spirits, from the 34th to the 36th,
were the 3 decans of the Zodiacal sign, Pisces, or The fish.
Having heard all of this, Solomon commanded them to fetch water in the Temple of God, but they
resisted just as they warned him they would. And Solomon prayed to the Lord God to cause the demons
to be bound and made to approach the Temple of God. Then he condemned some of them to do the
heavy work of the construction of the Temple of God, and Some of them, he shut up in prisons.
and Others, he condemned them to wrestle with fire in the making of gold and silver, sitting
down by lead and spoon, And to make ready places for the other demons who would also be confined.