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Athesiel: A demon who is bound to appear only once per day in the eleventh portion of time when the hours and minutes of the…
Ataf: An evil angel named in the Sword of Moses. The magician is supposed to invoke this being, along with several others, in order to…
Asuriel: A duke of the infernal prince Usiel who serves his master by night. Asuriel has twenty ministering spirits at his command, and according to…
Asturel: The Demon of Authority in the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage The Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage is a seminal text in Western occultism,…
Astor: A servant of the demon Asyriel. Astor is chief duke with forty servants of his own to carry out his commands. According to the…
Astolit: A demon connected with the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage. According to this text, Astolit is ruled by the demon Paimon, one of…