Beelzebub
Beelzebub (Baal-zebul, Beelzeboul, Belzebub) is the Prince of Demons. Beelzebub, originally an idol of the Canaanites, means “Lord of the Flies.” The name is a distortion of Baal-zebul, the chief Canaanite or Phoenician god, meaning “Lord of the Divine Abode” or “Lord of the Heavens.” Beelzebub manifests either as a gigantic, ugly fly or as a monstrous being of great height on a giant throne. In his latter guise, he has a swollen face and chest, huge nostrils, horns, bat wings, duck feet, a lion’s tail, and a covering of thick black hair.
Beelzebub has been a feared and formidable Demon from the earliest accounts of him. He was the Prince of Demons in Hebrew belief at the time of Jesus. The Pharisees accused Jesus of exorcizing Demons in Beelzebub’s name, for according to belief, the power to expel unclean spirits was gained through Pacts with Demons. The incident is recounted in Matthew (12:24–29), Mark (3:22–27), and Luke (11:14–22):
And the scribes which came down from Jerusalem said, he hath Beelzebub, and by the prince of devils casteth he out devils. And he called them unto him, and said unto them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan? And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that house cannot stand. And if Satan rise up against himself, and be divided, he cannot stand but hath an end. No man can enter into a strong man’s house, and spoil his goods, except he will first bind the strong man; and then he will spoil his house. (Mark 3: 22–27)
In the pseudepigraphical text the Testament of Solomon, Beelzebub, or Beelzeboul, is the Prince of Demons and is controlled by King Solomon with the help of his magical ring. Solomon has the Demon Ornias fetch Beelzebub to him; Beelzebub resists but succumbs to the power of the ring.
Beelzebub identifies himself as “the ruler of all Demons.” Solomon orders Beelzebub to explain the manifestation of Demons, and he promises to give to the king all unclean spirits bound. He tells Solomon that he lives in the Evening Star (Venus). He alone is the Prince of Demons because he was the highest-ranking angel in heaven and is the only one left of the heavenly angels who fell. He was accompanied by another Fallen Angel, Abezethibou, who was cast into the Red Sea. Abezethibou will return in triumph when he is ready, Beelzebub says. Solomon orders him to summon Abezethibou, but Beelzebub refuses to present any Demon. However, he says, a Demon named Ephippas will appear and raise Abezethibou out of the sea.
Beelzebub says he destroys tyrants, causes men to worship Demons, and arouses sexual desire in holy men and “select priests.” He also causes wars, instigates murders, and arouses jealousy. He is thwarted by “the Almighty God,” Emmanuel (Jesus), and will disappear if anyone uses the oath Elo-i (my God, which Jesus cried on the cross).
Solomon tells Beelzebub to cut blocks of Theban marble for the building of his temple. The other Demons protest at this unfitting task for so mighty a Demon. Solomon tells Beelzebub that if he wishes his freedom, he will tell the king about other “heavenly things.” Beelzebub says that Solomon can strengthen his house by burning oil of myrrh, frankincense, sea bulbs, spikenard, and saffron and lighting seven lamps during an earthquake. Lighting the seven lamps at dawn will reveal the heavenly dragons pulling the chariot of the Sun. Solomon does not believe him and orders the Demon to continue cutting marble and producing other Demons for interrogation.
The apochryphal text Gospel of Nicodemus describes how Beelzebub came to rule in Hell over Satan. After the crucifixion of Jesus, Satan bragged to Beelzebub that he was going to take Jesus to hell in revenge for all the times he had thwarted Satan. Beelzebub begged him not to do so, for Jesus was too powerful and would upset hell. Jesus arrived, and Beelzebub pushed Satan from the mouth of hell and barricaded the gate, calling upon all the Demons to help him. They could not keep Jesus out. Jesus trampled over Satan and snapped the chains of the imprisoned souls with a single word. He released all the trapped saints, who went immediately to heaven. Beelzebub was powerless against him.
As he left, Satan told Beelzebub, “Satan the Prince shall be subject to thy dominion forever, in the place of Adam and his righteous sons, who are Mine.” In medieval times Beelzebub was regarded as a Demon of great power. He was said to reign over witches’ Sabbats. Witches denied Christ in his name and chanted it as they danced: “Beelzebub goity, Beelzebub beyty [Beelzebub above, Beelzebub below].” Their Eucharist was bread with Beelzebub imprinted on it instead of Jesus. There are many stories of his copulating with witches in wild orgies. The witches were said to gather around the altar in a semicircle and then lie flat on the ground. They swallowed a foul medicine that made them sweat and then froze them in place. While they were unable to move, Beelzebub copulated with them. A frenzied orgy then began.
When Black Masses were fashionable in high society in the 17th century, Beelzebub’s name was chanted during the rites.
According to magical grimoires, a sorcerer conjures Beelzebub at his own risk of death by epilepsy, apoplexy, or strangulation. Once conjured, the Demon is difficult to banish. A conjuring spell for him is:
Beelzebub Lucifer MADILON
SOLYMO SAROY THEU
AMECLO SAGRAEL PRAREDUN
VENITE BEELZEBUTH AMEN.
Beelzebub also was among the Demons blamed for Demonic Possession cases, among them NICOLE OBRY in Laon, France, in 1566, and the bewitchment of nuns in the Loudun Possessions and AIX-EN-PROVENCE Possession in France in the late 16th and early 17th centuries, leading to the executions of his accused lieutenants, Fathers Louis Gaufridi and Urbain Grandier.
One of the Demon’s most notorious acts was the EARLING Possession, in the early 20th century in Earling, Iowa. Beelzebub entered young Anna Ecklund at the behest of her father, Jacob, in retaliation for not engaging in incestuous sex with him. The Demon left on December 23, 1928, in a terrible roar of “Beelzebub, Judas, Jacob, Mina [Anna’s aunt and Jacob’s mistress]” followed by “Hell, hell, hell” and a terrible stench. Beelzebub rules gluttony, the fifth of the Seven Deadly Sins.
SOURCE:
The Encyclopedia of Demons and Demonology – Written by Rosemary Ellen Guiley – Copyright © 2009 by Visionary Living, Inc.
The Philistines were traditional enemies of the Israelites. They do not appear in flattering terms in the Old Testament. The word philistine remains a synonym for uncouth barbarian. So perhaps it is no surprise that their primary male deity, Ba’al Zebub, appears in even less flattering light in the New Testament.
In the context of Philistine Ba’al Zebub, flies are emblematic of the eternal human soul. In the context of Demon Beelzebub, flies are emblematic of putrefaction, death, and decay.
The original Ba’al Zebub was a spirit of fertility and rebirth. In the Gospels, Beelzebub, as his name evolved, is chief of Demons and prince of devils. In Christ’s time, Beelzebub seems to have been incorporated into controversial shamanic techniques, disapproved of by the general Jewish public. According to the Gospel of Luke, when people witnessed Jesus successfully expel Demons from the bodies of the ailing, they accused him of doing so with assistance from Beelzebub. Luke records that Jesus was insulted by the suggestion.
Beelzebub and Satan were once considered to be distinct beings. According to the apocryphal Gospel of Nicodemus, Jesus gave Beelzebub dominion over Hell in gratitude for helping remove Adam and other pre-Christian, unbaptized “saints in prison” and bringing them to Heaven, over Satan’s objections. In those early days, Satan outranked Beelzebub. By the sixteenth century, however, Demonologist Johann Wierus was listing Beelzebub as supreme chieftain of Hell, with Satan below him.
The distinction between the two was eventually erased. Dante equated them in his Divine Comedy. Beelzebub appears in John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress and John Milton’s Paradise Lost. His name was frequently evoked during witch trials and Demon-possession hysteria, including at Salem Village. Many now believe that Beelzebub is the devil’s name.
Medieval Demonologists perceived Beelzebub as a powerful Demon to conjure, command, and control. They classified him as a fallen angel (order: Cherubim) and Founder of Hell’s Order of the Fly.
Beelzebub’s Tales to his Grandson is the first volume of All and Everything, the trilogy of influential allegorical novels written by mystic G. I. Gurdjieff (circa 1866–29 October 1949).
MANIFESTATION:
Beelzebub allegedly manifests in the form of a giant fly.
OFFERINGS:
Beelzebub tends to be conjured by those more inclined to command than cajole. If one wished to offer a bribe, however, bottles of Belzebuth French Ale or other items evoking his royal malevolence might do the trick.
SEE ALSO:
Ba’al (1): Ba’al Zebub; Ba’al (2)
Beelzebub – Lord of the Flies; Lord of Chaos –
ALSO KNOWN AS:
Belzebuth; Beelzebul –
CLASSIFICATION:
Demon
SOURCE:
Encyclopedia of Spirits: The Ultimate Guide to the Magic of Fairies, Genies, Demons, Ghosts, Gods & Goddesses– Written by Judika Illes Copyright © 2009 by Judika Illes.
Making an offering to Beelzebub :
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I will start with talking about pact, with one particular being. The entity which you will be making a pact with is devil Beelzebub: not the actual devil but a higher level devil being, just below Lucifer: The Devil: in power.
Beelzebub is however very powerful and is in charge of pride. This is to say that he is about pride and controls this. But he has great power and as a high level devil he also has intelligence, and so any contract or pact done with him must be done carefully: although I would say that any pact done with any being should be done carefully.
We will start by not actually making a contract as such and simply relying upon Beelzebub to reciprocate your offerings to him. This however isn’t a bad idea because you are not held to any contract in any way whatsoever. There is therefore nothing to go wrong, as such because no contract has been made you cannot do or say the wrong thing.
Making an offering to Beelzebub
To do this first a simple altar must be made. But don’t go to any great trouble because all that is required is a place to put things where there is nothing else, and which isn’t used as a shelf or in any such way whatsoever. This is unusual in that many people will tell you that a great place should be made to put things, but here I am only advocating putting things and creating an altar when you feel it will be beneficial.
What is needed is a piece of paper with the word Beelzebub on it perhaps, in a frame. Prop this up and if you could draw some image of Beelzebub then great, but bear in mind that it won’t be inaccurate. Once this has been placed there, then simply place things there as offerings, I would say however that these things can be removed but should not be used. Things to put there would be things like flowers; fruit and they should be left until they start to wilt and then removed.
There is however a version of this offering which borders upon a actual contract and that is to write on paper what you want and place this on the altar; with you asking for it such as:”I (state name) want more money”. You should be careful that any piece of paper placed there is actually worded correctly and check it for errors to make sure that you aren’t making mistakes. But also the piece of paper can be placed there for as long as you want. If at any time you want to destroy the alter simply take the paper out of the frame tear it up and if you feel any powerful presence then sprinkle holy water over the area. This will get rid of this devil from the area and destroy the place (as an altar).
There are however other ways of doing deals with devils and demons. One way is to make a swap and then get the effect from the intensity of the swap. However we need to do this in a correct way. Some people do this type of thing using their own blood by placing their own blood within a vile of ink, however for the purpose as stated in this book a ballpoint and paper will help and be sufficient. However the name of the devil must also be used and also it is your intent for it to work which makes it so, if you don’t really want it to work then it would not. This is going to be another way of using the devil Beelzebub for your own ends. But we will not be swapping anything as extreme as our souls, and instead you will be behaving a certain way in exchange for something. The contract must be written exactly as below.
A contract with Beelzebub to swap your behaviour for money
Beelzebub I go into a contract to you, for the length of time of one week. I will in this one week promise to behave with pride and the level of my pride will be exchanged for great wealth: which you will send to me in proportion to my level of pride. Signed: (Your name).
There are many devils that you can use and many of these have specific things which they can help with, but the higher devils such as Beelzebub have power over many things.
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