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M: (1) A variation of the Enochian word Em (q.v.). (2) A variation of the Enochian word In
(q.v.).
Ma: (1) A Lydian fertility Goddess. (2) A name used in the use of a "magic carpet" for
interrogating spirits in the Greater Key of Solomon. (3) A name used in the invocation of Earth in
Liber Samekh. (4) One of the 34 consonants of the Sanskrit alphabet.
Maabhad: A name that appears on the first line of a gnomonic square used to learn secret
operations in the Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage. This square is reproduced
below:
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Maadim (var. of Madim (q.v.)): (1) Judaic. One of the angels or stars pointed out to Moses by
Metatron. (2) The name of the Palace of Assiah (q.v.) associated to the Sephira Geburah (q.v.) in
the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn.
Maarab: The name of the cardinal point associated with the element of water in the magickal
system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn.
Maasi: Enochian- trans. "laid up".
Maat (var. of Ma'at (q.v.)): (1) A name used in the cry of the aethyr Lit in Liber Aervm Vel Saecvli.
(2) A Goddess mentioned in Liber CCXXXI. (3) A Goddess mentioned in "the Words of the
departed spirit Osiris, Son of God," in the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden
Dawn. (4) A Goddess mentioned in The Crystal Tablet of Set.
Ma'at (Var. Maat, Mut, Maut, Mo-ooth and Mayet. Egyptian- trans. “right” or “truth”): Egyptian.
(a) The Goddess of justice, truth, law and the order of the universe. She is the wife of the God
Tehuti and the daughter of the God Ra. She is depicted as a woman with a feather (the symbol of
ma'at or unalterable truth) either over her head or in place of her head, holding a sceptre in one hand
and an Ankh (q.v.) in the other. She is often depicted as a vulture. This is because she is a mother
Goddess, and the ancient Kemian (old Egyptian) heiroglyph for mother is a vulture. (b) The
Egyptian concept of unalterable truth, divine order or cosmic law, similar to the Chinese Tao or the
Sanskrit Dharma.
Mabakiel (Deriv. Hebrew term meaning "weeping" or "lamentation"): A spirit subordinate to
Asmodee and Magot in The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage.
Mabberam: An Enochian word, found in the works of John Dee, for which there is no known
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translation.
Mabezoda: See Mabza.
Mabiel: In the Ars Paulina of the Lemegeton: An angel ruling the 25th degree of Leo.
Mabon (Celtic- trans. “son”): (1) The deity Mabon, son of Modron ("mother"), who is mentioned
in the story of Culhwch and Olwen. Cognate with Maponos (q.v.). (2) The name for the
Autumnal Equinox (September 21), also known as Alban Elved. A "Lesser Sabbat" which is the
third and last harvest festival of the Wiccan calendar. It is named for the Celtic deity Mabon. It is a
time of thanksgiving for the bounty of the earth which will sustain the people through the Winter
(See Equinox).
Mabron: A name used in a conjuration of Acham in the Grimoire of Honorius.
Mabza (var. Mabezoda): Enochian- trans. "coat".
Mac Y Leirr: Celtic. The Manx name for Manannan Mac Lir (q.v.).
Macaneh (Deriv. Hebrew "MChNH" ("fortification, castle or defence")): In the Book of the Sacred
Magic of Abramelin the Mage: (a) A name that appears on the first line of an acrostic square used
to hinder the magic of sorcerers. This square is reproduced below:
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(b) A name which appears on the first line of a gnomonic square used to cause an army to
appear. This square is reproduced below:
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Macariel-Vriel: A spirit related to the direction west south west in the Lemegeton.
Macbal: An angel whose name is invoked in the obtaining of blood from a bat in the Greater Key
of Solomon.
Mach: A name used in a spell to make oneself invisible in the Greater Key of Solomon.
Macha (Trans. “Personification of Battle”): Celtic. One of the Irish triune Goddesses of war,
along with Badb and Nemain. She is supposed to have built Armagh (Ard Macha or "Macha's
Height"). Her husband was the ruler of the Gods, Nuada (q.v.)
Machal: In The Greater Key of Solomon: An angel invoked in the exorcism of the Bat.
Machalath: In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: The father of
Aggareth, mentioned in the initiation of the Philosophus grade.
Machasiel: (1) In The Heptameron: An angel of Sunday residing in the 4th heaven who is invoked
in the south. (2) In The Magus: An angel of Sunday residing in the 4th heaven who is invoked in
the south. (3) In The Secret Grimoire of Turiel: An intelligence of the Sun.
Machasiel: One of the angels called in the south in conjurations on Sunday in The Magus.
Machatan (var. Machator, Macoton): One of the angels of the air ruling Saturday in The Magus.
Machator (var. of Machatan (q.v.)): An angel invoked in the conjuration of Saturday in The
Magus.
Machayel (Hebrew- trans. "vivifying"): 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.
Machen: (1) A spirit related to Och and the angel Michael in the Theosophia Pneumatica. (2)
Name of the 4th heaven, related to Sunday and the angel Michaiel in The Magus.
Machidiel (var. Malchidiel, Malahidael, Malchedael, Melkeial, Melkejal. Hebrew- trans. "Fullness
of God"): In Camfield's A Theological Discourse of Angels: The governing angel of the month of
March and the sign of Aries. He is invoked to bring the invocant the maiden of his desire.
Machkiel: See Machkkiel.
Machkkiel (var. Machkiel): In Hechaloth lore: An angel guarding the entrance to the 6th heaven.
Machmay: In the Lemegeton: An angel of the 7th hour of the night who is a lesser officer under
the angel Mendrion.
Machnia (var. Machniel): In Sepher Raziel: One of the 70 guardian angels of children.
Machniel: See Machnia.
Machon: (1) A spirit related to Phaleg and the angel Samael in the Thesosophia Pneumatica. (2)
The name of the fifth heaven, related to Tuesday and the angel Camael in The Magus.
Machonon: Hebrew. The fourth of the seven heavens, ruled by the angel Michael.
Mackandal: One of the Pethro Lwas of Vodou.
Macom: One of the names of Jehovah in The Magus.
Macoton: See Macatan.
Macoutte: Vodou. A straw sack that symbolizes the Lwas Legba Ati-n Bon (q.v.) and Azacca
(q.v.).
Macroprosopus (var. Arikh Anpin, Vast Countenance): (1) In Qabalistic lore: An alternative
name for the Sephira Kether (q.v.) and a term for Jehovah as he is in himself, the God of concealed
form. (2) In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: (a) An alternate
term for the Sephira Kether. (b) A name mentioned in the initiation of the Practicus Grade.
Macumba: This term is sometimes used as a synonym for Santeria. In fact, Macumba refers to a
group of Brazilian religions: Candomble (q.v.), Umbana and others. They had their roots in West
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African Aboriginal religions, but evolved separately from Santeria. It is a Brazilian mixture of
magic, Spiritism, Kongo magic and Angolan mythology, brought over by African slaves.
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Macuto: (1) Santeria. A sack containing the body of a rooster killed in a Panaldo (exorcism). (2)
Palo Mayombe. A sack where the Boumba (q.v.) is kept.
Mad (var. Mada): (1) Enochian- trans. "God" or "Jehovah". (2) An Enochian name for Jehovah
used in the cry of the aethyr Deo in Liber Aervm Vel Saecvli.
Mada: See Mad.
Madael: A name used in the conjuration of Amaymon in the Grimoire of Honorius.
Madagabiel: In Hechaloth lore: One of the angelic guards of the gates of the north wind.
Madail: A spirit subordinate to Magot and Kore in The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the
Mage.
Madamas: Espiritismo. Spiritual guides that appear as West Indian "Mammies".
Madame La Lune (Creole- trans. Mrs Moon"): Vodou. A Lwa invoked in sacrifice.
Madame Lah-Oue: Vodou. One of the Congo Lwas.
Madame Magie (Creole- trans. "Mrs Magic"): Vodou. A Lwa invoked in sacrifice.
Madame Travaux (Creole- trans. "Mrs Works"): Vodou. One of the Pethro Lwas.
Madan: In The Hierarchy of the Blessed Angels: An angel ruling the planet Mercury.
Madariatza: See Madriax.
Madariatza das perfita...: The opening words of the Call or Key of the Thirty Aethyrs in Liber
Vel Chanokh, Crowley's version of John Dee's Call of the Thirty Aethyrs. It is Enochian and
translates as: "The Heavens which dwell in..." Compare with "Madriaax ds praf..." below.
Madarida: See Madrid.
Madariitza: See Madriax.
Madariiatza: See Madriax.
Made: A synonym for initiation used in Freemasonry.
Mademoiselle Anaise (Creole- trans. "Miss Anaise"): Vodou. One of the Lwa of the Mabi Rite.
Mademoiselle Charlotte (Creole- trans. “Miss Charlotte”): Vodou. A Lwa who manifests herself
as a white woman. She is extremely fastitidous, observing protocol strictly and always speaking in
French.
Mademoiselle Florida (Creole- trans. "Miss Florida"): Vodou. One of the Rada Lwas.
Madiel: (1) In the Heptameron: An archangel of the 1st heaven who is invoked in the east and
governs the watery triplicity. (2) In the Lemegeton: (a) A spirit attendant on the angel Raphael. (b)
In the Ars Paulina, an angel ruling the 17th degree of Cancer.
Madilon: A name used in a conjuration of Beelzebuth in the Grimorium Verum.
Madim (var. Maadim, Madimi or Madime): (1) An old Hebrew word for the planet Mars. (2) The
fifth of the ten houses or heavens of the Qabalistic world of Assiah (q.v.), representing the Sphere
of Mars. (3) A name for Mars related to Tuesday, appearing in the Greater Key of Solomon. (4)
In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: (a) Mars, the equivalent of the
Sephira Geburah in the material world, representing vehement strength or violent rushing force. (b)
A name used in the consecration of the ritual sword. (c) A name which appears on the Seven
Branched Candlestick (q.v.).
Madime (Corruption of Madim (q.v.)): Name for Mars which appears in The Book of True Black
Magic.
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Madimi (var. of Madim (q.v.)): (1) One of the Filiae Filiarum Lucis (q.v.) of the Sigillum Dei
Aemeth (q.v.), associated to the angel Corabiel. (2) In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order
of the Golden Dawn: One of the Filiae Filiarum Lucis of the Sigillum Dei Aemeth. (3) One of the
seven angels of the Filiae Filiarum Lucis in Liber Vel Chanokh. (4) An angel mentioned in the
invocation of the aethyr Tan in Liber Aervm Vel Saecvli.
Madimiel: (1) In Agrippa's Three Books of Occult Philosophy: One of 7 princes who stand
before Jehovah and are given the spirit names of the planets (2) One of the seven angels of the
Sigillum Dei Aemeth (q.v.) in John Dee's Enochian system of magic, associated to the planet Mars,
from which its name is derived (See Madim). (3) In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of
the Golden Dawn: One of the seven angels of the Sigillum Dei Aemeth. (4) An angel whose name
is inscribed on the first pentacle of Mars in the Greater Key of Solomon. (5) One of the seven great
angels of the Sigillum Dei Aemeth listed in Liber Vel Chanokh.
Madoin: A name used in the conjuration of inferior spirits in the Grimorium Verum.
Mador: In Hechaloth lore: An angel guarding the entrance to the 4th heaven.
Madriaax: See Madriax.
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Madriaax ds praf...: The opening words of the Call of the Thirty Aethyrs in The Complete Golden
Dawn System of Magic. This is Regardie's version of John Dee's Call of the Thirty Aethyrs.
Compare with Dee's original "Madriax ds praf...", below, and Crowley's version in "Madariatza das
perfita..." above. The complete call runs as follows: “Madriaax ds praf (name of aethyr) chis
micaolz saanir caosogo od fisis balzizras Iaida! Nonca gohulim: Micma adoian Mad, Iaod bliorb,
soba ooaona chis Lucifitias Piripsol, ds abraassa noncf netaaib caosgi od tilb adphaht damploz,
tooatnoncfg Micalz Oma Irasd tol glo marb Yarry Idoigo od torzulp Iaodaf gohol: Caosga tabaord
saanir od christeos yrpoil tiobl busdir tilb noaln paid orsba od dodrmni zylna. Elzap tilb parm gi
Pirisax, od ta qurlst booapis. L nibm ovcho symp od christeos ag toltorn mire q tolb l el. Tol
paomd dilzmo as pian od christeos ag L toltorn parach asymp. Cordiz, dodpal od avavox, tonug.
Orsca tbl noasmi tabges levithmong. Unchi omp tibl ors. Bagle? Modoah ol cordiz. L capimao
izomaxip, od cacocasb gosaa. Baglem pii tianta a babalond, od faorgt teloc vovim. Madriaax,
torzu! Oadriax orocho aboapri! Tabaori priaz ar tabas. Adrpan cors ta dobrix. Iolcam priazi ar
coazior, od Quasb Qting. Ripir paoxt sa la cor. Vml od prdzar cacrg aoiveae cormpt. Torzu!
Zacar! Od zamran aspt sibsi butmona, ds surzas tia balta. Odo cicle qaa, Od ozozma plapli
ladnamad.” This translates as follows: “The heavens with dwell in (name of Aethyr) are mighty in
the Parts of the Earth, and execute the judgement of the Highest! Unto you it is said: Behold the
Face of your God, the beginning of Comfort, whose eyes are the Brightness of the Heavens, which
provided you for the Government of Earth and her Unspeakable Variety, furnishing you with a
Power Understanding to dispose all things according to the Providence of Him that sitteth on the
Holy Throne, and rose up in the beginning saying: The Earth, let her be governed by her parts and
let there be division in her that the glory of her may be always drunken and vexed in itself. Her
course, let it round (or run) with the heavens, and as a handmaiden let her serve them. One season,
let it confound another, and let there be no creature upon or within her one and the same. All her
members let them differ in their qualities, and let there be no one creature equal with another. The
reasonable creatures of Earth, or Man, let them vex and weed out one another, and their dwelling
places, let them forget their names. The work of Man and his pomp, let them be defaced. His
buildings, let them become caves for the beasts of the field! Confound her understanding with
darkness. For why? It repenteth Me that I have made Man. One while let her be known, and
another while a stranger. Because she is the bed of a harlot, and the dwelling place of Him that is
Fallen. O Ye Heavens, Arise! The lower Heavens beneath you, let them serve you! Govern those
that govern. Cast down such as Fall. Bring forth with those that increase, and destroy the rotten.
No place, let it remain in one number. Add and diminish until the Stars be numbered. Arise!
Move! And appear before the Covenant of His Mouth which He hath sworn unto us in His justice.
Open the Mysteries of your creation, and make us partakers of the Undefiled Knowledge [sic].”
Madriax (var. Madriiax, Madriaax, Madariatza, Madariitza, Madariiatza): Enochian- trans.
"heaven".
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Madriax ds praf...: The beginning of the Enochian text of "The Key of the Thirty Aires" in John
Dee's 48 Claves Angelicae. The full key reads as follows: "Madriax ds praf [name of aire] chis
micaolz saanir caosgo od fisis bal zizras Iaida nonca gohulim Micma adoian MAD Iaod bliorb
sabaooaona chis Luciftias peripsol ds abraassa noncf netaaib caosgi od tilb adphaht damploz tooat
noncf gmicalzoma Lrasd rofglo marb yarry IDOIGO od torzulp iaodaf gohol caosga tabaord saanir
od christeos yrpoil tiobl Busdir tilb noaln paid orsba od dodrmni zylna Elzap tilb pargi peripsax od
ta qurlst booapiS Lnibm ovchosymp od Christeos Agtoltorn mirc qtiobl Lel, Tom paombd dizmo
aspian Od christeos Ag Ltortorn parach asymp Cordziz dopal od fifalz Lsmnad, od fargt bams
omaoas Conisbra od auauox tonug Orscatbl noasmi tabges Leuithmong vnchi omp tilb ors. Bagle
Moooah olcordziz Lcapimao ixomaxip od cacocasb gosaa Balen pii tianta ababalond od faorgt teloc
vovim Madriiax torzu o adriax orocha aboapri Tabaori priaz artabas Adrpan corsta dobix Yolcam
priazi arcoazior. Od quasb qting Ripir paaoxt sagacor. vml od prdzar cacrg Aoiveae cormpt
TORZV ZACAR od ZAMRAN aspt sibsi butmona ds surzastia baltan ODO cicle Qaa Od Ozazma
plapli Iadnamad." This translates as: "O you heavens which dwell in [name of the aethyr or aire],
are mighty in the parts of the Earth, and execute the judgement of the highest: to you it is said,
Behold the face of your God, the beginning of comfort; whose eyes are the brightness of the
heavens: which provided you for the government of the Earth, and her unspeakable variety
furnishing you with a power of understanding to dispose all things according to the providence of
him that sits on the Holy Throne and rose up in the beginning, saying, The Earth let her be governed
by her parts and let there be Division in her that the glory of her may be always drunken and vexed
in itself: Her course, let it run with the heavens: and as a handmaid let her serve them: One season
let it confound another: And let there be no Creature upon, or within her, the same: All her
members let them differ in their qualities: And let there be no one Creature equal with another:
The reasonable Creatures of the Earth let them vex and seed out one another: And the dwelling
places let them forget their names: The work of man, and his pomp, let them be defaced: His
buildings let them become caves for the beasts of the field: Confound her understanding with
darkness. For why? It repenteth me. I made man. One while let her be known, and antoher while
a stranger: Because she is the bed of a Harlot, and the dwelling place of him that is fallen: O you
heavens, arise, the lower heavens underneath you, let them serve you: Govern those that govern:
Cast down such as fall: Bring forth with those that increase: And destroy the rotten: NO place let
it remain in one number. Add and Diminish, until the stars be numbered: ARISE, MOVE and
APPEAR before the Covenant of his mouth, which he hath sworn unto us, in his Justice: OPEN
the mysteries of your Creation: And Make us partakers of undefiled knowledge (sic)." Compare
with Crowley's "Madariatza das perfita...", above, and Regardie's "Madriaax ds praf...", below.
(2) The beginning of the nineteenth part of The Word of Set, Michael Aquino's version of
John Dee's 48 Claves Angelicae.
Madriiax: See Madriax.
Madrid (var. Madarita): Enochian- trans. "iniquity".
Madriel: In the Lemegeton: An angel of the 9th hour of the day who is a chief officer under the
angel Vadriel.
Madriiax: See Madriax.
Madrina (Trans. "Godmother"): Santeria. A Santera who has initiated others.
Mae D'agua (Portuguese- trans. “mother of waters”): Santuario. An alternate name for Yemaya
(q.v.).
Mael: In the Lemegeton, a spirit attendant on the angel Raphael.
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Maelpereji: See Malprg.
Maenads (Deriv. Greek "mainas" ("raving", "frantic")): A female follower of Dionysus (q.v.).
Maeve: See Medb.
Mafalac (Hebrew- trans. "fragment"): A spirit subordinate to Oriens in The Book of the Sacred
Magic of Abramelin the Mage.
Maga: (1) The female equivalent of the title Magus (q.v.). (2) The title of a female holding the
fifth degree of initiation within the Temple of Set.
Magalast (Greek- trans. "greatly" or "hugely"): A spirit subordinate to Belzebud in The Book of the
Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage.
Magan: According to the Necronomicon, the place from which the Maskim (q.v.) came.
Mage: See Magi.
Maggid (Hebrew- trans. "precious things"): A spirit subordinate to Asmodee in The Book of the
Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage.
Magi (Var. Mage, Magus, Magician, Maga. "Mage" first appeared in the English language before
1350 CE. Circa 1200 CE a "magy" was a person skilled in magick and astrology in the Ormulum.
Deriv. Latin "magus" and its plural "magi", derive. Greek "magos" (“one of the Magi” or
"Magians", members of the Medean tribe, who were considered to be enchanters). A maga is the
feminine equivalent of a magus.): (1) Pliny (in his Natural History), Herod, Porphyry and other
ancient historians reported that the Magi or Magians were a Persian priestly caste, in charge of rites,
dream interpretation and magic for the Medean tribe. There is a reference to an enchanter of this
tribe named "Simon Magus" in Acts 7: 9-24 in the Bible. (2) The ninth and highest degree within
the Rosicrucian system, represented by the formula 1,9.
Magia Naturalis et Innaturalis: A Faustian magickal tract which first appeared in Passau in 1505
and later published in Stuttgart in 1849.
Magic Carpet: In the Greater Key of Solomon the magic carpet is not a flying carpet as it is in
some fantasy stories, but rather a device used to force entities to give correct answers to the
magician's questions.
Magickal Archidoxies of Paracelsus: An alchemical treatise forming part of The Hermetic and
Alchemical Writings of Paracelsus, first translated into English by Arthur Edgar Waite in 1894.
Magickal Elements: A grimoire written by Peter Apono (q.v.).
Magickal Record of the Beast 666, The: A discourse on magic by Aleister Crowley.
Magickal Squares: Magickal Squares are grids containing numbers and/or letters arranged in a
specific manner. Some Magickal Squares contain arrangements of numbers arranged in such a
manner as to yield the same number when added horizontally, vertically or diagonally. There are
several variations of Magickal Squares made up of letters:
(a) Acrostic Squares (q.v.) are Magickal Squares containing letters that spell words in one
direction, up/down or side to side.
(b) Double Acrostics (q.v.) are Magickal Squares containing letters that spell words in
either direction, up/down or side to side.
(c) Gnomonic Squares (q.v.) are a form of Magickal Square in which letters spell out a
name along the outside perimeter or on two sides of a square only, the rest of the square
being blank.
(d) Kameas (q.v.) are magickal squares that have special significance to specific planets
and angels.
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Magickal Squares are often used as the basis for creating Sigils (q.v.). The grimoire that
places the greatest emphasis on these squares is the Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the
Mage.
Magician: (1) One who practices magic (See Magi). (2) In Tarot, the first card
of the Major Arcana (q.v.), depicted in figure 1. Depending upon its position in
the reading it may stand for skill, diplomacy, address, subtelty, sickness, pain.
loss, disaster, the Querent (if the Querent is male), snares of enemies, selfconfidence, and will.
Magick (var. Magic. Deriv. Old French “magique” from Latin “magice”, which
in turn was derive. of Greek “magikos”): In Occidental Ceremonial Magic and
modern Neo-Pagan religions such as Wicca, Magick is spelled with a "k" to
differentiate it from legerdemain or sleight of hand stage magic. In fact, when it Figure 1 The
appeared in Chaucer's House of Fame (circa 1380), it was spelled "magik". In this Magician
form it meant the same as the the modern word "magick", so in effect, it is a
return to an earlier spelling and meaning.
In its original Greek usage it refered to the arts of the
Magi (q.v.). Most modern Wiccans would define it as "The art of changing consciousness and
achieving other goals at will, through disciplines and systematic use of the mind and natural
forces."1 There are many other definitions.
Magick in Theory and Practice: A book on magick written by Aleister Crowley.
Magick Without Tears: A book on magick written by Aleister Crowley which was published in
1954.
Magiel: In the Ars Paulina of the Lemegeton: (a) An angel ruling the 16th degree of Leo. (b) An
angel ruling the 26th degree of Cancer.
Magirkon: In 3 Enoch: One of the names of Metatron (q.v.).
Magiros (Greek- trans. "a cook"): A spirit subordinate to Asmodee and Magot in The Book of the
Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage.
Magister (var. Magistra. Latin trans. "teacher"): (1) A title for one who has received the fourth
degree of initiation within Anton LaVey's Church of Satan. The female equivalent of a Magister is
a Magistra. (2) A title commonly used by groups practicing Occidental Ceremonial magic. (3)
"Magister Templi" is the eighth rank above the beginner's rank of probationer and the lowest
rank within the highest order of Aleister Crowley's Argentium Astrum. (4) A title used by the
1734 tradition of Wicca, founded by Robert Cochrane, which is followed by the Ancient Keltic
Church and the Roebuck tradition, amongst others. In the 1734 tradition it is used as the title of
the male priest, the priestess being known by the title Lady or Dame. (5) A title used by the
Frost’s Church and School of Wicca. Frost lists ten levels (Neophyte, Zelator, Practicus,
Philosophus, Adeptus Minor, Adeptus Major, Adeptus Exemptus, Magister Templi, Magus and
Ipsissimus) in his book The Witch‘s Bible.2
Magister Templi: (1) The eighth rank above the beginner's rank of probationer and the lowest
rank within the highest order of the Astrum Argentium, represented by the formula 8 degree = 3
squared. (2) The title of a male holding the fourth degree of initiation within the Temple of Set.
(3) The third highest of ten degrees of initiation with Gavin and Yvonne Frost’s Church and
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The Center for Non-Traditional Religion, "Wicca and Paganism: A Rebirth of the Religion of the Mother
Goddess", pg 4.
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School of Wicca.
Magistra Templi: The title of a female holding the fourth degree of initiation within the Temple
of Set (See Magister).
Magistri: The eighth degree within the Rosicrucian system, represented by the formula 2,8.
Magl (var. Mamgl): An angel who is a senior of the west under Pmagl in the Book of Supplications
and Invocations. Magl is invoked to acquire knowledge of mechanics.
Magm (var. Malgm, Masgm): An angel who is a senior of the west under Nelapr in the Book of
Supplications and Invocations. Magm is invoked to acquire the knowledge of metals.
Magnael: In the Ars Paulina of the Lemegeton: An angel ruling the 8th and 1th degrees of Cancer.
Magnus (Latin- trans. “great”, “grand”): The host of a Vampyre gathering or Haven (q.v.).
Magnus Homo (Latin- trans. “great man”): One of the seventy two names of Jehovah found in the
Grimoire of Honorius.
Magoa: The King of the East in the Grimoire of Honorius.
Magog (Hebrew "magogh"): (1) One of the sons of Japheth in the Bible (Gen 10:2). Also appears
in the Bible with Gog as a representation of the nations under Satan who are at war with the
kingdom of Jehovah (Rev 20:8). (2) A spirit subordinate to Asmodee and Magot in The Book of
the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage. (3) In the grimoires of Honorius: An inneffable name
of Jehovah used to command spirits. (4) In The Koran: A fallen angel who spoils the land.
Magon: In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: (a) The third of the
Seven Heavens of Assiah (q.v.). (b) A name mentioned in the initiation of the Practicus grade.
Magot (var. Magots, Maguth): (1) In The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage: (a)
One of the eight sub princes, who can bring any kind of food or drink, can hinder necromantic or
magickal operations not used by Abramelin or the Qabbala, can locate books needed, can transform
a person to a different appearance, can discover thefts and can cause all manner of entertainment to
appear. (b) A name that appears on the first line of a double acrostic square used to find and seize
unguarded treasure not magickally guarded. This square is reproduced below:
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Magots (var. of Magot (q.v.)): A name used in the second conjuration of Lucifuge Rocofale in the
Grand Grimoire.
Magus (var. Maga): (1) An enchanter (See Magi). An enchantress is a Maga. (2) The ninth rank
above the beginner's rank of probationer and the second highest rank of the Astrum Argentium,
represented by the formula 9 degree = 2 squared. (3) A title for one who has received the fifth
degree of initiation within Anton LaVey's Church of Satan. (4) The title of a male holding the fifth
degree of initiation within the Temple of Set. (5) The second highest of ten degrees of initiation
with Gavin and Yvonne Frost’s Church and School of Wicca.
Magus, The: A book on Occidental Ceremonial Magick written by Francis Barrett in 1801 (See
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Maguth (var. of Magot (q.v.)): (1) In the Heptameron: An angel of the air operating on Thursday.
(2) One of the ministers of Suth in The Magus.
Mah (Hebrew "MH"): (1) Persian. An angel overseeing the changes of the Moon. (2) In the
magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: (a) The secret name of Yetzirah
(q.v.). (b) A term mentioned in the initiation of the Philosophus grade.
Maha (Hindu- trans. "great"): Used in Liber LXXI.
Mahalel (var. Mahalkiel): Judaic. An angelic name inscribed on kameas to ward off evil.
Mahalkiel (var. of Mahalel (q.v.)): Judaic. An angelic name inscribed on kameas to ward off evil.
Mahanaim (Hebrew- trans. "double host"): Judaic. In Genesis 32: When Jacob departed from
Haran he was accompanied by a Mahanaim (double host) of angels, each host numbering 600,000.
Mahananael: In Hechaloth lore: An angelic guard of the gates of the north wind.
Maharacah: A name that appears on the first line of a gnomonic square used bring armed men to
one's defence in the Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage. This square is reproduced
below:
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Mahariel (Hebrew- trans. "swift"): In Ozar Midrashim I: An angel guarding the first portal of
Paradise who provides new souls to those purified.
Mahasatipatthana: A Buddhist term refering to the study and analysis of bodily movements, used
in the works of Aleister Crowley.
Mahashiah (var. of Mahasiah (q.v.)): 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.
Mahasiah (var. Mahashiah. Hebrew- trans. "Seeking Safety for Trouble"): One of the seventy two
angels forming part of the name of Jehovah, Schemhamphorae, in The Magus.
Mahayana (Sanskrit- trans. “Big Path”): (1) A school of Buddhism that first appeared in the first
century C.E. It emphasized the Buddha as the essence of worldy phenomena, the Boddhisatva ideal
and the rejection of pluralistic and relativistic elements of older schools. (2) A type of path
mentioned in Liber LXXI.
Mahazael (var. Mahazuel. Mahazael (MHZAL)): (1) An alternate name for Amaimon (q.v.) in
many texts. (1) In The Magus, Mahazael is one of the "four princes of devils, offensive in the
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elements", the other three being Azazel, Azael and Samael. (2) One of the Rabbin's four kings of
the cardinal points or four quarters according to the Lemegeton. The Lemegeton associates it with
Amaimon (q.v.). The other three are Azazel, Samael and Azael.
Mahazuel (var. of Mahazael (q.v.)): A spirit who is king of the north in The Magus.
Maher Shalal Hash Baz: An Arabic phrase used by the Knights Templar meaning "he hasteth to
the spoil", used to indicate readiness of action.
Mahiel: In the Ars Paulina of the Lemegeton: An angel ruling the 28th degree of Leo.
Mahka'il: Arabic. A gaurdian angel invoked in exorcism rituals.
Mahniel (Hebrew- trans. "mighty camp"): (1) An alternative name for Azriel (q.v.). (2) In The
Zohar: An angel commanding 60 myriads of legions.
Mahonim: See Mahonin.
Mahonin (var. Mahonim): At an exorcism in Auch in 1618 C.E. a noblewoman was supposedly
possessed by a demon by this name.
Mahorela: Enochian- trans. "dark heavens" (Cf. Madriax).
Mahzeil: A Mandaean angel.
Mahzian: In Mandaean lore: An angel who restores sight.
Mai Louise: Vodou. A Lwa of the Ibo nanchon. She is a Lwa of sexuality and fertility.
Maiam (Hebrew- trans. "abundant waters such as the sea"): A name that appears on the first line of
a gnomonic square used to acquire the ability to rest upon the water for 24 hours in the Book of the
Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage. This square is reproduced below:
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Maianiel: In The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses: An angel serving in the 5th heaven.
Maiden: Wicca. An assistant to the High Priestess in ritual.
Maim: A symbolic name associated to the degree of Theoretici in Rosicrucianism.
Maion: In The Hierarchy of the Blessed Angels: An angel ruling the planet Saturn.
Maiphiat: An angel whose name is invoked in the obtaining of blood from a bat in the Greater
Key of Solomon.
Mais de Santo: The equivalent of a Santera (q.v.) in Candomble (q.v.).
Maisadul: A spirit subordinate to Magot and Kore in The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin
the Mage.
Mait (Creole- trans. "master"): A term used in Vodou.
Mait Oum'phor (Creole- trans. "master of the temple"): Vodou. The Lwa who is master of the
Oum'phor (q.v.).
Mait Grand Bois D'Ilet: Vodou. An aspect of the Lwa Guede (q.v.) that is a Lwa of the Quitta
nanchon.
Mait Tete (Creole- trans. "master of the head"): Vodou. The Lwa who is the dominant Lwa in a
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person.
Maitor: A minister of Almiras (q.v.), the master of invisibility in the Greater Key of Solomon.
Maitor is named in a spell for invisibility.
Maitre Agoueh Ro Io: Vodou. A Lwa representing the power or energy of earth invoked in the
common magick ritual.
Maitre Cimetiere (Creole- trans. "Master of the Cemetary"): Vodou. One of the Guedes (q.v.).
Maitre Ka-Fu (Creole- trans. “master of the crossroads”): Vodou. One of the aspects of Legba
Ati-n Bon (q.v.), one of the Rada Lwas, and a Lwa common to all Vodou rites.
Maitre Pem-ba: Vodou. A Lwa of both the Pethro and the Congo nanchons.
Maitresse Agoueh-Tha-Oyo: Vodou. A Lwa invoked in sacrifice.
Maitresse Ase-I-Lih Fre-Da Danhome Tau-Can Miroi-Ze Sagaza Dan-Thor Zan-Dor KithaSec Ibo Congo Caplaou Pethro Nago Fon Foulah Rada Nago: Vodou. A Lwa representing the
power or energy of earth invoked in the common magick ritual.
Maitresse Erzulie (Creole- trans. “Mistress Erzulie”): Vodou. An aspect of Erzulie (q.v.) and one
of the Rada Lwas. Maitresse Erzulie is a Lwa that is common to all Vodou rites.
Maitresse Erzulie Freda Dahoumin (var. Maitresse Erzulih Fraeyja Danhome): Vodou. An
aspect of Erzulie (q.v.).
Maitresse Erzulih Fraeyja Danome (var. of Maitresse Erzulie Freda Dahoumin (q.v.)): Vodou.
An aspect of Erzulie (q.v.) invoked in sacrifice.
Maitresse Hounnon'gonn (Creole- trans. “Mistress of the place of sound”): Vodou. Maitresse
Hounon'gon, an initiate who directs the Vodou ceremonies, personifies this Lwa.
Maitresse La Baleine: Vodou. A Lwa invoked in sacrifice.
Maitresse La Sirene: Vodou. A Lwa invoked in sacrifice.
Maitresse Mam'bo: Vodou. An aspect of Grande Aizan, one of the Rada Lwas, a Lwa common
to all rites.
Majel: In the Ars Paulina of the Lemegeton: An angel ruling the 23rd degree of Cancer.
Majesties: A title used by Tyndale and Cramner to describe the angelic order of Thrones (q.v.).
Majods: A name used in the grand conjuration of Lucifuge Rocofale in the Grand Grimoire.
Major Arcana: See Arcana.
Majores: The sixth degree within the Rosicrucian system, represented by the formula 4,6.
Makalos: A spirit subordinate to Magot and Kore in The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin
the Mage.
Makatiel (Hebrew- trans. “plague of God”): Judaic. One of the 7 angels of punishment.
Makel: In the Ars Paulina of the Lemegeton: An angel ruling the 11th degree of Cancer.
Makhashanah: The word of the aeon in Liber Aervm Vel Saecvli.
Makiel: Syriac. An angel invoked in conjurations.
Maklu: The Book of Maklu or the Maklu Text is one of the books of the Necronomicon.
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Makor (Hebrew- trans. “places dug up”): A name that appears on the first line of a gnomonic
square used to cause visions of beautiful country to appear in the Book of the Sacred Magic of
Abramelin the Mage. This square is reproduced below:
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Maktiel (var. Matniel): (1) Judaic. An angel of punishment who resides in the 4th compartment of
hell. (2) In The Sword of Moses: An angel with dominion over trees. (3) A name used in a
nostrum to make a woman follow you in Henri Gamache's Mystery of the Long Lost 8th, 9th and
10th Books of Moses.
Makuto: In Palo Mayombe: A Talisman or Resguardo (q.v.).
Mal Occhio: See Evil Eye, Utchat.
Malach (var. of Malachi (q.v.)): A name that appears on the first line of a double acrostic square
used to know things propitious to come in the Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage.
This square appears as follows:
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Malach ha-Mavet (var. Mavet, Maveth): In Rabbinic literature and Koranic lore: The angel of
death.
Malach ha-Sopher: Rabbinic. The angel of the silence of death.
Malach Memune: An aide to Duma (q.v.).
Malach Ra: Judaic. An angel used by Jehovah to cause evil.
Malache Elyon (Trans. "Angels on High"): A book on angels written by Reuben Margouliath in
1945.
Malache Habala (Hebrew- trans. "scourging angels"): In The Testament of Solomon: Angels
encountered by Abraham in his visit to Paradise.
Malachi (var. Malach, Melech, Malachy. Hebrew "Malakhi" ("messenger")): (1) A prophet for
which one of the books of the Old Testament is named. (2) One of the One of the twelve prophets
listed in The Magus. (3) One of the names of Jehovah in The Magus. (4) A term used in the thirty
second degree of the Scottish Rite of Masonry.
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Malachim (var. Malakim, Melachim, Melechim, Melekim or Melakim. Hebrew "MLKIM"
(“kings”)): (1) One of the ten choirs of Holy Angels, mentioned in the Greater Key of Solomon, the
messengers of Jehovah. The others are the Chiaoth Ha-Qadesh, Auphanim, Aralim, Chashmalim,
Seraphim, Elohim, Beni Elohim, Kerubim and Ishim. (2) An angel invoked in a rite of
necromancy in the Verus Jesuitarum Libellus. (3) The name of a magickal alphabet supposedly
derived from certain formations of stars in the heavens. (4) One of the ten orders of the blessed,
"according to the traditions of men", in The Magus, the others being Orphanim, Hajothhakados,
Hasmallim, Seraphim, Issim, Cherubim, Aralim, Ben Elohim and Elohim. (5) According to
Eliphas Levi, the Malachim were the sixth highest order of angels, related to Tiphereth on the Tree
of Life, whose adversaries were the Tagaririm.
Malachy (var. of Malachi (q.v.)): In Esdras 4: An angel of the Lord.
Malacoda: Leader of the demons of the fifth bolgia of the eighth circle of hell in Dante's Inferno.
Maladi: (1) A Holy name ruling the sub element of Fire of Fire in the Book of Supplications and
Invocations. (2) A name used to call forth the powers of water in Liber Vel Chanokh. (3) In the
magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: A name used in the eleventh key of
The Forty-Eight Angelic Keys or Calls.
Malah: A spirit of bravery and courage in the Necronomicon.
Malahidael (var. of Machidiel (q.v.)): An angel ruling the astrological sign Aries in The Magus.
Malai: One of the Genii of the twenty two scales of the serpent in Liber CCXXXI.
Malak Taus: See Melek Taus.
Malakhi: See Malachi.
Malakim (var. of Malachim (q.v.)): In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden
Dawn: (a) An order of angels associated with Tiphareth. (b) A synonym for the order of angels
called the Virtues (q.v.).
Malaku 'l-Maut: In The Koran: The angel of death.
Malap: A name derived by reversing the name of the angel Palam (q.v.). A cacodemon
commanding the cacodemons of Water of Air in the Book of Supplications and Invocations.
Malapereji: See Malprg.
Malapireji: See Malprg.
Malaphar: See Valefor.
Malashiel: In Qabalistic lore: The preceptor angel of Elijah.
Malcah Betarshisim: In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: One of
the Intelligences of the Intelligences of the Moon.
Malcha: A spirit invoked in a love spell in the Grand Grimoire, the Grimorium Verum and the
Grimoire of Honorius.
Malcha Betharsisim Hed Beruah Schehalim: A name "answering to the numbers of the Moon"
and representing the intelligence of the Moon in The Magus.
Malchedael: See Machidiel.
Malchidael (var. of Machidial (q.v.)): In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden
Dawn: (a) An Angel of the symbolic tribe of Gad. (b) An angel invoked in the consecration of the
Lotus Wand. (c) An Archangel under Aozpi.
Malchidial: A variation of the name Machidiel (q.v.). An angel ruling Aries in The Magus.
Malchidiel: See Machidiel.
Malchiel: See Malkiel.
Malchira: See Malkira.
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Malchut: See Malkuth.
Maldjoc (Trans. “evil eye” or “bad luck”): Vodou. A white undershirt with red patches. The
Maldjoc is used in healing ceremonies.
Malebolge (Trans. “evil ditch”): The name of the eighth circle of hell in Dante's Inferno. This
eighth circle is in turn divided into ten "bolgia" ("ditches").
Malec: See MLK.
Malefics: See Infortunes.
Malek: See MLK.
Malembe: Palo Mayombe- trans. "care" or "cautiousness".
Malewo: Santeria. An aspect of the Orisha Yemaya (q.v.) who lives in lakes.
Malgaras: A spirit related to the direction west in the Lemegeton.
Malgm: See Magm.
Malhame: A name used in the conjuration of Acham in the Grimoire of Honorius.
Maliel: In the Lemegeton, an officer under the angel Nacoriel.
Malik (var. MLK (q.v.)): In The Koran: An angel who guards hell, assisted by 19 sbires
(zabaniya).
Mal-Ka: A name used in conjuration in the Greater Key of Solomon.
Malkah (Hebrew- trans. "Queen"): (1) In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the
Golden Dawn, one of the titles of Malkuth (q.v.), described as the "Bride of Microprosopus" (q.v.).
(2) A name which appears in the cry of the aethyr Zip in Liber Aervm Vel Saecvli. (3) A term
used in "Comment on Liber VII in class E" in Liber VII: Liber Liberi vel Lapidis Lazuli,
Advmbratio Kabbalae Aegyptiorum Svb Figvra VII.
Malkah be Tarshisim ve-ad Ruachoth Schechalim: A name representing the intelligence of the
Moon in the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn.
Malkhiel (var. of Malkiel (q.v.)): An angel whose name is inscribed on the second pentacle of the
Sun in the Greater Key of Solomon.
Malki: See Melki.
Malkiel (var. Malkhiel, Malchiel. Hebrew- trans. "God's king"): (1) Judaic. One of three angelic
princes serving under Sephurion. (2) In Hechaloth lore: One of the angelic guards of the gates of
the south wind.
Malkira (var. Malchira. Hebrew- trans. "king of the wicked"): A title of Sammael in The
Martyrdom of Isaiah.
Malkiyyah (var. Melchiah): Judaic. An angelic name inscribed on amulets to prevent
hemorrhages.
Malkunofat: One of the Genii of the qlippoth in Liber CCXXXI.
Malkus: See Malkuth.
Malkuth (Var. MLKUTh, Melkout, Malchut, Malkus): (1) The tenth Sephiroth (q.v.) on the
Qabalistic "Tree of Life", representing the sphere of manifestation, of all that is physical. (2) In the
magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: (a) A name used in the Ritual of the
Qabalistic Cross. (b) A name used in the opening of the Zelator Grade. (c) A Sephira assigned
the following names: (i) Matrona ("the inferior mother"). (ii) Malkah ("Queen"). (iii) "The bride
of the Microprosopus" (q.v.). (iv) Adonai ha Aretz. (d) A Sephira associated with: (i) The
archangel Sandalphon. (ii) The angelic choir of the AShIM (Aishim or Ashim). (2) A name used
in a spell for favour and love in the Greater Key of Solomon. (3) The spirits of this Sephiroth are
invoked in a "Kabalistic Invocation of Solomon" to evoke "spirits belonging to religions issued
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from Judaism" in Levi's Transcendental Magic. (4) Associated with the yoni (q.v.) in the "triangle
of the universe" in Liber Yod. (5) Used in the Lesser Ritual of the Pentagram in Liber O. (6) A
sephira mentioned in "Comment on Liber VII in class E" in Liber VII: Liber Liberi vel Lapidis
Lazuli, Advmbratio Kabbalae Aegyptiorum Svb Figvra VII.
Mallachul: A name used in the exorcism of the crown of Anu in the Necronomicon.
Mallet: A symbol of the third degree in Freemasonry.
Malleus Maleficarum: Also known as The Witch's Hammer. A book on demonology written in
the 15th century C.E. by Johann Sprenger, a Dominican who was dean of the University of Cologne
in Germany and Dominican Prior Heinrich Kramer, a professor of theology at the University of
Salzburg in Austria. One of the key books of the Inquisition. The Malleus is basically a collection
of peasant folklore about withcraft. The Malleus has three parts:
(a) Part One in which the reality of witchcraft is emphasized and disbelief in demonology is
condemned as a heresy. This part states that due to the serious nature of this problem the
credentials of a witness are unimportant.
(b) Part Two which is the actual compenium of folklore and myth about witchcraft.
(c) Part Three which discusses the legal procedures to be used in witch trials.
The authors took it to the Theological College in Koln (Cologne) to get it sanctioned, but
they were turned down. Undaunted, they simply forged the letters of sanction and presented it to
the Pope, who gave it his approval. Between 1486 when it first appeared and 1600 it went through
28 editions.
Malmeliyah: In 3 Enoch: One of the names of Metatron (q.v.).
Maloulou: Vodou. A Lwa of both the Pethro and the Congo nanchons.
Malpas: See Malphas.
Malphas (Var. Malpas): The thirty ninth spirit of the Lemegeton,
described as a powerful president and who appears as a crow.
Malphas has the power to build structures, reveal the thoughts and
desires of enemies and supply good familiars. He commands 40
legions of spirits. His sigil is depicted in fig. 2.
Malpirgi: See Malprg.
Malprg (var. Malpirgi, Malapereji, Malapireji, Maelpereji):
Enochian- trans. "fire", "fires" or "fiery darts".
Mals: The twelfth letter of the Enochian alphabet, equivalent to
the letter "P" in the English alphabet.
Maltese Cross: (1) An ancient symbol of the island of Malta. (2)
A later variation of the Cross Patee (q.v.). (3) A symbol
representing the impact of the Light coming from beyond the veil Figure 2 Sigil of Malphas
in the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden
Dawn.
Malthas: See Halphas.
Malthidrelis: In The Hierarchy of the Blessed Angels: An angel ruling the sign of Aries.
Malthous: See Halphas.
Malthus: See Halphas.
Maltiel: One of the angels of the third heaven ruling in the west on Friday in The Magus.
Malutens: A spirit subordinate to the four sub princes Oriens, Paimon, Ariton and Amaimon in
The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage.
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Maluzim: An angel invoked in a rite of necromancy in the Verus Jesuitarum Libellus.
Malva Te: Santeria. A plant, Corcorus Siliquosus, sacred to the Orisha Oshun (q.v.) and used in
Despojos (q.v.).
Mama Cachita: Santeria. One of the titles of the Orisha Oshun (q.v.).
Mama Kengue (var. Nola Yeye): Palo Mayombe. A nkita (q.v.) that is the equivalent of Obatala
(q.v.) in Santeria.
Mama Nsasi (var. Nkita Nkitan Kitan): Palo Mayombe. A nkita (q.v.) that is the equivalent of
Chango (q.v.) in Santeria.
Mama Umba: See Mboma Mama.
Mama Ungundu: Palo Mayombe. A name for the sacred Ceiba tree.
Maman: See Manman.
Mamba: See Mboma Mama.
Mambe'a: Babylonian. An angelic name inscribed on terra cotta devil traps circa 1st- 2nd century
B.C.E.
Mam'bo: (1) Vodou. A priestess. Traditionally the first Mam'bo is said to be Eve, who is
associated with the Lwa Erzulie (q.v.). (2) In Palo Mayombe: A chant used to invoke the spirit of
the Prenda (q.v.).
Mam'bo Ati-A-Sou: Vodou. One of the Lwas.
Mam'bo Aizan (var. Grande Aizan): Vodou. The Lwa that personifies the magic purity of the
astral powers of the Poteau-mitan (q.v.). Mam'bo Aizan is the wife of the Lwa Loko Ati-Sou (q.v.).
Her entourage is made up of the Lwas of the "African nation", called the "A-Dan I-Zo Y-an Go
Nation".
Mam'bo Caille: Vodou. An apprentice Mam'bo (q.v.).
Mambre (Probably deriv. Hebrew Mamre ("fatness")): A place name used in The Grimoire of
Armadel. It is also refered to as Cariatarbee or Ephrata in this text.
Mameroijud: In the Lemegeton: An angel of the 10th hour of the night who is a chief officer
under the angel Jusguarin.
Mames (Hebrew- trans. "those moving backwards"): A spirit subordinate to Amaimon in The
Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage.
Mamgl: See Magl.
Mamiel: In the Lemegeton: An angel of the 7th hour of the day who is a chief officer under the
angel Barginiel.
Mamlaketi: In 3 Enoch: An alternate name for the angel Uzza (q.v.).
Mammes: A word used to have spirits remove your lover from your presence in the Black Pullet.
Mammon (Aramaic- trans. "wealth", "riches" or "fullness"): (1) A name which appears in the
Bible, examples being in Matthew 6:24 "...You cannot serve God and mammon" and in Luke
16:13. Because of these references, "Mammon" is often taken to be the name of a God of greed or
of wealth, but no such deity existed in the ancient Middle East. (2) A demon and the leader of the
tempters and ensnarers in The Magus. (3) In Pseudo-Monarchia, Wierus lists Mammon as
Beelzebuth's ambassador to England. (4) One of the Infernal names listed in Anton LaVey's
Satanic Bible. (5) A demon of avarice listed by Binsfield (See Demon). (6) In the Dictionaire
Infernal: Hell's ambassador to England.
Mam'zelle Charlotte: Vodou. One of the Lwas.
Man Inan: Vodou. One of the Congo Lwas.
Mana: In Polynesian and Melanesian religion, Mana is the power and authority that comes from
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the ancestors and deities.
Manada: See Smnad.
Manah: Arabic. A Goddess of fertility, whose idol was destroyed on Mohammed's orders.
Manakel (var. of Menachiel (q.v.)): In La Kabbale Pratique: An angel who is the patron of
aquatic animals.
Mannanan Beg: Celtic. Manx name for Mannanan Mac Lir (q.v.).
Manannán Mac Lir (Var. Manannan Beg, Manawydan mab Llyr, Mac Y Leirr, Oirbsen. Trans.
“Manannan, Son of Lir”): Celtic. Son of the Irish God of the sea, Lir (q.v.). Manannan succeeded
his father as God of the sea.
Manas: A synonym for the human mind in Liber LXXI.
Manasse: See Manasseh.
Manasseh (var. Manasse. Hebrew- trans. "causing to forget"): (1) One of the twelve traditional
tribes of Israel, supposedly descended from Manasseh, Joseph's eldest son, mentioned in Genesis
41:51. (2) A tribe of the third of the four triplicities of the tribes of Israel listed in The Magus, the
other two in this triplicity being Benjamin and Ephraim. Appears elsewhere in The Magus as
Manasse. (3) In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: (a) A tribe of
Israel invoked in the consecration of the Lotus Wand. (b) A tribe of Israel associated with Gemini.
Manawydan mab Llyr (Trans. “Manawydan, Son of LLyr”. Cf. Manannan Mac Lir): Celtic. Son
of the Welsh God of the sea. Manawydan succeeded his father as God of the sea.
Mandal (Deriv. from Mandala (q.v.)): A name for a magick seal in the Necronomicon.
Mandala (var. Mandal): A complex magickal diagram, often of circular shape, which is used in
many Oriental religions as a focus for meditation.
Mandousin: A name used in a conjuration of Lucifer in the Grimorium Verum.
Maneij: In the Lemegeton: An angel of the 4th hour of the night who is a chief officer under the
angel Jefischa.
Manes: (1) Etruscan. The Manes ("good ones") were the souls of ones dead ancestors, who were
venerated as minor deities. The Romans later adopted the Manes in their mythology. (2) Vodou.
A term meaning "souls" or "souls of the ancestors".
Mång: The fourth of the 64 hexagrams or patterns of the Chinese divination
system called I Ching (see fig. 3). It represents progress, success, and recognition
of experience.
Mange (Creole- trans. "to eat"): Vodou. (a) A sacrifice. (b) A feast.
Mange Guinee: Vodou. The ritual feasting of the Lwas, involving the offering
of foods appropriate to the Lwa involved.
Mange Lwa (Creole- trans. “feeding the spirits”): Vodou. Ritual feeding of the Figure 3 Mång
lwa (q.v.) sacred to the ounfo on May 12.
Mange Marassah: Vodou. The Feast of the Marassah (q.v.)., twin Lwas (q.v.) honoured on 28
December.
Mange Mo: See Mange Morts.
Mange Morts (var. Mange Mo. Trans. “feeding the dead”): Vodou. The Feast for the Dead,
involving the ritual feeding of the family ancestors on April 30.
Mange Moun (Creole- trans. "to eat men"): Vodou. This is a term used to describe an illness or
accident sent by malevolent spirits who "eat men".
Mange Sec: Vodou. A term referring to ritual offerings that do not include a sacrifice.
Mange Tet Dlo (var. Mange Tet D’Leau. Trans. “feeding the springs”): Vodou. Ritual feeding of
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the springs or river sources on 25 February.
Mange Yamm: Vodou. Festival on 25 November which involves a feast of yams.
Mani: See Manicheaism.
Mania (Greek- trans. "rage"): (1) The wife of Mantus, the Etruscan God of the underworld (See
Novensiles). (2) One of the Infernal names listed in Anton LaVey's Satanic Bible.
Manicheaism: A dualistic religious movement founded in Persia in the 3rd century CE by Mani,
who was known as the "Apostle of Light" and the supreme "Illuminator".
Although often considered a Christian heresy by the Catholic Church, Manicheaism was
really a religion in its own right. Mani saw himself as a successor to a long line of prophets,
beginning with Adam and including Buddha, Zoroaster, and Jesus. He taught that these earlier
prophets, being local and teaching in one language, had limited effectiveness. Mani felt that his
message was universal.
Basically Manicheaism was a type of Gnosticism, teaching that salvation could be obtained
through special knowledge (gnosis). Manicheans taught that the human soul, which shares in the
nature of God, had fallen into an evil and painful world of matter and had to be saved through
means of the spirit or intelligence. The soul of the righteous person returns to Paradise, while the
soul of those involved in material pursuits is condemened to be reincarnated in various forms. Sex,
eating meat or drinking wine and owning material possessions were condemned.
Mani was arrested by the Persian king and executed sometime between 247 and 277 CE.
Manicheans refered to Mani's death as his "crucifixion" or as the "Passion of the Illuminator".
The Manicheans were vigorous missionaries and Manicheaism spread throughout the
Roman Empire long after Mani's death, on into Asia as far as China, where it was granted status as
a religion by the Chinese in 732 CE. This status was recinded in 843, but Manicheans were not
persecuted out of existance there and elsewhere until nearly the 14th century.
Though most of Mani's scriptures were lost, some have survived in Chinese Turkistan and
Egypt. Manicheaism influenced later Christian "heresies", such as the Cathari, Bogomils and
Paulicians, though there is no evidence of direct contact between them. Some authors claim that
Manichean and related doctrines worship the Christian mythological figure of "Lucifer" (which
means "light bearer"- See Lucifer), infering that this was the true meaning behind Mani's title of
"Illuminator".
Manichean: See Manicheaism.
Maniel: Syriac. An angel invoked in spellbinding charms.
Manin (var. Maninu): Enochian-trans. "mind".
Maniner: A name used to win the love and complaisance of women in the Black Pullet.
Manipura: A Chakra (q.v.) in Yoga and Tantra whose name means "gem city". Manipura is
located at the solar plexus.
Manman (var. Maman. Deriv. French “maman” (‘mother” or “mama”)): Vodou. (a) A title of the
Mam'bo (priestess). (b) The name of the first drum in the Rada, Pethro and Congo batteries of
drums (q.v.). The player of the Manman is called the Manmanier. The Manman is made of a
hollowed out section of tree trunk about a yard long and has a head of bull hide or goat skin. It is
played with one hand and a small wooden hammer.
Manman Bagaille-la: Vodou. The water by which the Houn'gan or Mam'bo attracts the Lwas.
Manman Brigitte: Vodou. A Lwa of the Yanvalou Rite.
Manman Diamant: Vodou. One of the Rada Lwas.
Manman Pemba: Vodou. (a) A Lwa of both the Pethro and Congo traditions. (b) A drum which
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represents a cannon.
Manmanier: Vodou. The first Houn'torguier (q.v.) or ritual drummer. His drum is called the
Manman (q.v.).
Mano (Spanish- trans. Hand): Santeria. In the Erindinlogun or Diloggun divination system, the
eighteen shells that are used are referred to as a "Mano". Only sixteen of the shells are actually
used.
Mano de Orunla: Santeria. A ceremony performed by at least five Babalawos (q.v.) to determine
which Orisha (q.v.) is a man's guardian or personal saint. The equivalent ceremony for a female is
called the Cofa de Orunla (q.v.).
Mansemat: A variation of the name Mastema (q.v.), used in the apocryphal Acts of Philip.
Mansions of the Moon: See Critical Degrees.
Mantan (Hebrew- trans. "a gift"): A spirit subordinate to Magot and Kore in The Book of the
Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage.
Manteca de Corojo: See Epo.
Mantiens (Greek "manteia" ("divination")): A spirit subordinate to the four sub princes Oriens,
Paimon, Ariton and Amaimon in The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage.
Mantle: Rosicrucianism. The robe of the Magus.
Mantra (Deriv. Sanskrit root- trans. "to think or reason". This is usually taken to mean verbalizing
such thought.): Any sound or combination of sounds could become a Mantra. This is a vital part of
the concept of Mantras: Once you know the real name of a thing you can create it by its sound.
This is the reasoning behind the ancient Hebrew prohibitions about speaking aloud the name of
their God, usually rendered in Hebrew as YHVH, also known as the Tetragrammaton (q.v.). It was
because of this prohibition that they used corruptions of the pronounciation such as "Yahweh",
which later became "Jehovah". There are similar myths all over the world concerning deities who
got in trouble because it was somehow revealed or because they swore by it and therefore couldn't
evade their oath.
Mantras come from the Tantric concept that every entity has a sound which creates it out of
the void: a "germ" sound (in the sense of germination). The Hindus call this germ sound "Nada"
and consider it to be the heart of creation.
Mantrikashakti (Hindu- trans. "magickal power" or "charm"): One of the six aspects of the
Goddess Shakti (q.v.).
Mantus: (1) In Estruscan religion: One of the 9 Novensiles (q.v.), the God of the Underworld.
His wife was the Goddess Mania. (2) One of the Infernal names listed in Anton LaVey's Satanic
Bible. LaVey calls Mantus the "Etruscan God of Hell".
Manu: In Assyro-Babylonian mythology: A spirit presiding over fate.
Manuel: In The Hierarchy of the Blessed Angels: An angel ruling the sign of Cancer.
Manunla: Santeria. The fifteenth of the Oddu or patterns of the Diloggun (q.v.), meaning "The
same way it moves you, it paralyzes you".
Manuscript A: A manuscript describing general orders, listed in Regardie's The Complete Golden
Dawn System of Magic.
Manuscript B: A manuscript describing The ritual of the Pentagram, listed in Regardie's The
Complete Golden Dawn System of Magic.
Manuscript C: A manuscript describing the ritual of the Hexagram, listed in Regardie's The
Complete Golden Dawn System of Magic.
Manuscript D: A manuscript describing the Lotus Wand, listed in Regardie's The Complete
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Golden Dawn System of Magic.
Manuscript E: A manuscript describing the Rose Cross, listed in Regardie's The Complete Golden
Dawn System of Magic.
Manuscript F: A manuscript describing the Sigils from the Rose, listed in Regardie's The
Complete Golden Dawn System of Magic.
Manuscript G: A manuscript describing the five ritual implements, listed in Regardie's The
Complete Golden Dawn System of Magic.
Manuscript H: A manuscript describing the Enochi Clavis or Tablets of Enoch, listed in
Regardie's The Complete Golden Dawn System of Magic.
Manuscript I: A manuscript describing the Adeptus Minor obligation, listed in Regardie's The
Complete Golden Dawn System of Magic.
Manuscript J: A manuscript describing the Consecration Ceremony, listed in Regardie's The
Complete Golden Dawn System of Magic.
Manuscript K: An historical manuscript listed in Regardie's The Complete Golden Dawn System of
Magic.
Manuscript L: A manuscript describing the Hermes Vision and Lineal Figures, listed in Regardie's
The Complete Golden Dawn System of Magic.
Manuscript M: A manuscript describing the Tarot, listed in Regardie's The Complete Golden
Dawn System of Magic.
Manuscript N: A manuscript describing Astronomic considerations of the Tarot, listed in
Regardie's The Complete Golden Dawn System of Magic.
Manuscript O: A manuscript describing Tarot Star Maps, listed in Regardie's The Complete
Golden Dawn System of Magic.
Manuscript Q: A manuscript describing Tabulated rules for Tarot, listed in Regardie's The
Complete Golden Dawn System of Magic.
Manuscript R: A manuscript describing Enochian Attributions, listed in Regardie's The Complete
Golden Dawn System of Magic.
Manuscript S: A manuscript describing Enochian Attributions, listed in Regardie's The Complete
Golden Dawn System of Magic.
Manuscript T: A manuscript describing the Enochian calls, listed in Regardie's The Complete
Golden Dawn System of Magic.
Manuscript U: A manuscript describing the Microcosm, listed in Regardie's The Complete Golden
Dawn System of Magic.
Manuscript V: A manuscript describing the Hodos Chamelionis (q.v.), listed in Regardie's The
Complete Golden Dawn System of Magic.
Manuscript X: A manuscript describing the Pyramid Gods, listed in Regardie's The Complete
Golden Dawn System of Magic.
Manuscript Y1: A manuscript describing Chess and Chaturanga (q.v.), listed in Regardie's The
Complete Golden Dawn System of Magic.
Manuscript Y2: A manuscript describing Chess formulae and rules, listed in Regardie's The
Complete Golden Dawn System of Magic.
Manuscript Z1: A manuscript describing the Neophyte Ritual, listed in Regardie's The Complete
Golden Dawn System of Magic.
Manuscript Z2: A manuscript describing Ceremonial Magic, listed in Regardie's The Complete
Golden Dawn System of Magic.
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Manuscript Z3: A manuscript describing the Neophyte Ritual, listed in Regardie's The Complete
Golden Dawn System of Magic.
Manvantara: A state of consciousness mentioned in Liber LXXI.
Maoffas (var. Maof-fasa): Enochian. Translated in Regardie's The Conplete Golden Dawn System
of Magic as meaning "not to be measured". Translated in Laycock's The Complete Enochian
Dictionary as meaning "measured" or "be measured".
Maou-Lihsah: Vodou. One of the Rada-Dahomey Lwas.
MAPM (var. Meapeme): Enochian- trans. "9639".
Maponos (Var. Maponus. Trans. “The Divine Son”): Celitc. His mother was Matrona (q.v.). The
Romans equated him with Apollo and he is cognate with the Welsh Mabon and the Irish Aonghus
Og.
Maponus: See Maponos.
Mapsama: (1) Enochian- trans. "tell them". (2) An Enochian angel who appeared to John Dee
and Edward Kelley.
Maqui: The eighth diurnal duke under Usiel in the Operation by the Regal Spirit Usiel.
Mara: (1) In Hindu and Buddhist mythology Mara is a major demon who tried and failed to defeat
the Bodhisattva Siddhartha. (2) A term used by Aleister Crowley to describe a magician. (3) An
entity referred to as the Great Ensnarer in Liber LXXI.
Marae: The twelfth nocturnal duke under Usiel in the Operation by the Regal Spirit Usiel.
Marag (Hebrew- trans. "to drive forward"): A spirit subordinate to Magot and Kore in The Book of
the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage.
Marak (Hebrew "MRQ" ("to cleanse, purge or refine")): A name that appears on the first line of a
gnomonic square used to make spirits found and purge metals and separate gold and silver in the
Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage. This square is reproduced below:
M
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Maranata: A name used in the conjuration of Monday in The Magus.
Maranton (Greek- trans. "quenched" or "extinguished"): A spirit subordinate to Ariton in The
Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage.
Marassa: See Marassah.
Marassah (var. Marassa, Marassah Bois, Marassah Bord-de Mer, Marassah Guinin): Vodou. The
Marassah are Lwas of the Rada nanchon, but are common to all Vodou rites. In different traditions
Massarah appears as twins, triplets or quadruplets. The Marassah are solar deities representing
birth and rebirth.
Marassah Bois (Creole- trans. "Twins of the Wood"): Vodou. An aspect of Marassah (q.v.).
Marassah Bord-de-Mer (Creole- trans. "Twins of the Seashore"): Vodou. An aspect of Marassah
(q.v.) found in the Congo tradition.
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Marassah Guinin (Creole- trans. "The African Twins"): Vodou. An aspect of Marassah found in
the Rada tradition.
Marax: See Morax.
Marb (var. Marebe, Marebi, Mariehe): Enochian- trans. "according to".
Marbas: (1) The fifth spirit of the Lemegeton, described as a president
who appears as a mighty lion. Marbas has power over disease, can
change the shapes of things, reveals secrets, and gives knowledge of
things mechanical. He is said to rule over 36 legions of spirits. His sigil
is depicted in figure 4. (2) In the Grand Grimoire a subordinate under
Lucifuge Rocofale. In some translations his name is Barbas.
Marbuel: (1) In Agrippa's Three Books of Occult Philosophy: One of
the 7 Electors (q.v.), subordinate to the angel Gabriel. (2) In The
Testament of Solomon: One of the 7 Electors (q.v.), subordinate to the
angel Gabriel.
Figure 4 Sigil of
Marche Ensemble (Creole- trans. “to go together”): Vodou. A term Marbas
used to describe two Lwas who work usually together or who are usually
feasted at the same time.
Figure 5
Sigil of
Marching Hosts: One of the 10 varieties of devils listed by Alphonsus Marchosias
De Spina (See Devils).
Marchosias: (1) The thirty fifth spirit of the Lemegeton, described as a marquis that appears of a
wolf with the wings of a griffin, a serpent's tail and breathing fire. The Lemegeton describes him as
being strong in war. He is said to have formerly been a member of the angelic order of
Dominations (q.v.) and to command 30 legions of spirits. His sigil is depicted in figure 5. (2) In
the Dictionaire Infernal: A demon who was formerly a member of the Dominations (q.v.) who
appears as an ox or wolf with griffin wings and a serpent's tail.
Mardero: In Shah's The Secret Lore of Magic: A demon of disease defeated by the angel Sphener
(q.v.).
Marduk: (1) An Assyro-Babylonian god of the Spring Sun. He may originally have been a
vegetation God. (2) The Lord of Lords, God of the planet Jupiter, and the ruler of the sixth gate of
the Zonei in the Necronomicon. His metal is tin and whose colour is purple. He also appears in the
Necronomicon as Marduk Kurios. (3) One of the Infernal names listed in Anton LaVey's Satanic
Bible.
Marduk Kurios: See Marduk.
Mare: See Nightmare.
Marebe: See Marb.
Marebi: See Marb.
Mareso: A name used in a conjuration of Astaroth in the Grimorium Verum.
Marfiel: In the Lemegeton: An angel of the 4th hour of the day who is a chief officer under the
angel Vachmiel.
Marga (Sanskrit "pali magga" ("way" or "path")): (1) A term used in Indian religions generally and
Buddhism specifically for the "path" that the adherent is to follow. (2) A term for "path" used in
Liber LXXI.
Margash: In 3 Enoch: One of the names of Metatron (q.v.).
Margesiel: In 3 Enoch: One of the names of Metatron (q.v.).
Margiviel: In Hechaloth lore: An angel guarding the entrance to the 4th heaven.
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Marie Louise: Vodou. A famous Lwa of the War of Independence, belonging to both the Rada
and the Pethro traditions.
Mariehe: See Marb.
Mariel: Syriac. An angel invoked in spellbinding.
Marifiel: In the Lemegeton: An angel of the 8th hour of the night who is a chief officer under the
angel Narcoriel.
Marinette: Vodou. One of the Lwas of the Pethro nanchon. Marinette is a Lwa of agriculture.
Marinette Bois-Cheche (Creole- trans. "Marinette Dry Wood"): Vodou. An aspect of Erzulie
(q.v.) which is a Lwa of the Pethro nanchon. Marinette Bois-Cheche is a Lwa of jealousy,
vengeance, discord and ugliness.
Marinette Bras Cheche (Creole- trans. "Marinette Dry Arms"): Vodou. An aspect of Erzulie
(q.v.) which is one of the Lwas of the Pethro nanchon.
Marinette Congo (Creole- trans. “Marinette Congo”): Vodou. An aspect of the Lwa Erzulie (q.v.)
that is one of the Congo Lwas.
Marinette Lumin-di-fe (Creole- trans. "Marinette Light the Fire"): Vodou. An aspect of Erzulie
(q.v.) that is one of the Pethro Lwas.
Marinette Pieds-Cheches (Creole- trans. "Marinette Dry Feet"): Vodou. An aspect of Erzulie
(q.v.) that is a Lwa of the Pethro nanchon.
Marioc (var. Marioch, Mariuk, Mariokh, Pariukh): In Enoch II: One of two angels appointed as
guardian over the books written by Enoch, the other being Arioc.
Marioch: See Marioc.
Mariodam (var. MRIODOM): A name used in the Preliminary Invocation in the Goetia or Lesser
Key of Solomon.
Mariokh: See Marioc.
Mariuk: See Marioc.
Mark Master: (1) The fourth degree of the American or York Rite of Freemasonry. (2) The
fourth degree of Royal Arch Freemasonry.
Mark of the Beast, The: See Liber V vel Reguli.
Markila: A name used to give one power over animals in the Black Pullet.
Marmara: See Carmara.
Marmarao: In Shah's The Secret Lore of Magic: A spirit invoked to cure bladder trouble caused
by the demon Anoster.
Marmarath (var. Marmaraoth): In The Testament of Solomon: One of the 7 planetary angels, who
is able to defeat the jinn Klothod.
Marmaraoth: See Marmarath.
Marnes: One of the Genii of the twelfth hour, called a "genius of the discernment of spirits", found
in the Nuctemeron of Apollonius of Tyana in Levi's Transcendental Magic.
Marniel: Judaic. An angelic name inscribed on kameas to ward off evil.
Marnuel: In Bamberger's Fallen Angels: An angel mentioned in the writings of Rabbi Akiba.
Marnuthiel: In Bamberger's Fallen Angels: An angel mentioned in the writings of Rabbi Akiba.
Marnutus: A name used to discern the intentions of infernal spirits in the Black Pullet.
Maroch: In the Lemegeton: An angel of the 5th hour of the day who is a chief officer under the
angel Sazquiel.
Maron: A name used in conjuration in the Greater Key of Solomon.
Maroot: See Maroth.
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Maroth (var. Maroot, Marout. Hebrew- trans. "bitterness"): In The Hierarchy of the Blessed
Angels: An angel directed by Jehovah to govern and teach mankind.
Marou: In the Dictionaire Infernal: A demon, formerly of the order of Cherubim, who is said to
have possessed the body of Elizabeth Blanchard.
Marout: See Maroth.
Marre (var. Marrer. Creole- trans. "to tie or restrain"): Vodou. Actions taken to magickally
restrain something troublesome.
Marrer: See Marre.
Marron (Creole- trans. "wild" or "a runaway"): Vodou. A term for a wild person.
Figure 7 Talismanic Symbols of Mars and Bartzabel, taken from
Rubeus
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Symbol
Mars
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Figure 8 Talismanic Symbols of Mars and Bartzabel, taken from
Puer (1) One of the Novensiles (q.v.), the Etruscan God of War. (2) The Roman God of War,
Mars:
cognate with the Greek God Ares. The symbol of Mars is depicted in figure 6. (3) The talismanic
symbols of Mars and Bartzabel, taken from the Geomantic figure Rubeus (q.v.) are depicted in
figure 7. The talismanic symbols of Mars and Bartzabel, taken from the Geomantic figure Puer
(q.v.), are depicted in figure 8. (4) In Astrology: One of the seven planets of ancient Astrologers.
Mars is associated with the muscular and urogenital systems, gonads, adrenal glands, blood,
kidneys, aggression, action, weapons and tools. Positive Martian traits include decisiveness,
pioneering spirit, independence, forthright attitude, liveliness. Negative Martian traits include
aggressiveness, anger, brutality, foolhardiness, lack of forethought, selfishness, belligerence,
hastiness, discourtesy, and boisterousness. (5) A "star" called upon in the conjuration of Tuesday
in The Magus. (6) In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, a planet
which has presidency over the ritual sword. (7) In the Greater Key of Solomon there are seven
pentacles associated to Mars:
(a) First Pentacle of Mars: To invoke the spirits of Mars (see fig. 9).
(b) Second Pentacle of Mars: To cure and to prevent disease (see fig. 10).
(c) Third Pentacle of Mars: To create war, wrath, discord and hostility. To restrain
enemies. To control rebellious spirits (see fig. 11).
(d) Fourth Pentacle of Mars: To bring victory in war (see fig. 12).
(e) Fifth Pentacle of Mars: To make demons obey the magician (see fig. 13).
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(f) Sixth Pentacle of Mars: To protect the magician against attacks by armed assailants (see
fig.14).
(g) Seventh Pentacle of Mars: To create storms and hail (see fig. 15).
Figure 9 First Pentacle of Mars
Figure 10 Second Pentacle of Mars
Figure 12 Third Pentacle of Mars
Figure 11 Fourth Pentacle of Mars
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Figure 14 Fifth Pentacle of Mars
Figure 15 Seventh Pentacle of Mars
Figure 13 Sixth Pentacle of Mars
Mars Thincsus: See Thincsus.
Marsyas (Greek- trans. "battler"): (1) Greek. A
satyr who was a follower of Cybelle. (2) A satyr
mentioned in Liber VII: Liber Liberi vel Lapidis
Lazuli, Advmbratio Kabbalae Aegyptiorum Svb
Figvra VII.
Martha: Also known as the "Sister's Degree".
The fourth degree of the Order of the Eastern Star.
Marthim: See Bathin.
Martial Spirits: Spirits ruling the sphere of Mars in the Greater Key of Solomon.
Martinet: (1) The name of a 17th century French general, known to be a strict disciplinarian. (2)
A name listed by Wierus as Beelzebuth's ambassador to Switzerland.
Martinique: Vodou. (a) A nanchon of Lwas within the Rada (q.v.) rites of Vodou. (b) A dance
linked to the Juba.
Martinique Drum: See Djuba.
Martiro: A name used in a conjuration of Beelzebuth in the Grimorium Verum.
Martyrs (Greek "martyr" ("witness")): One of the twelve orders of blessed spirits listed in The
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Magus, the others being the Seraphim, Thrones, Archangels, Powers, Virtues, Principalities,
Angels, Confessors, Dominations, Innocents and Cherubim.
Marukka: A spirit that knows all secrets in the Necronomicon.
Marutukku: A spirit who is a master of the arts of protection in the Necronomicon.
Masango (var. Uenba): Palo Mayombe. A term for an evil spell.
Masaub (Hebrew- trans. "circuit"): A spirit subordinate to Magot and Kore in The Book of the
Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage.
Mascaron: Vodou. A secular mardi Gras Dance.
Mascarun: One of the Genii of the third hour, called a "genius of death", found in the Nuctemeron
of Apollonius of Tyana and in Levi's Transcendental Magic.
Maseriel: A spirit related to the direction west by south in the Lemegeton.
Masgabriel: (1) In the Heptameron: An angel of Sunday residing in the 4th ehaven and invoked
in the north. (2) One of the angels called in the north in conjurations on Sunday in The Magus.
Masgm: See Magm.
Mashaf Rash (var. Mashaf Res. Trans. “black writing”): One of the two chief religious texts of the
Yazidi (q.v.). The other text is the Kitab Al Jiwah.
Mashaf Res (var. of Mashaf Rash (q.v.). A book mentioned in Anton LaVey's The Satanic Rituals.
Mashgarzanna: A name used to invoke Agaku in the Necronomicon.
Mashinanna: A name used to invoke Zisi in the Necronomicon.
Mashit (var. Mashith. Hebrew- trans. "destroyer"): (1) Judaic. (a) An angel presiding over the
death of children. (b) An angel of punishment encountered by Moses in heaven. (2) In The
Zohar: One of three demons in gehinnon (hell) who punish those guilty of idolatry, murder and
incest.
Mashith: See Mashit.
Mashshadar: A name used to invoke Suhgurim in the Necronomicon.
Mashshagarannu: A name used to invoke Zahrim in the Necronomicon.
Mashshammashti: A name used to invoke Tuku in the Necronomicon.
Mashshananna: A name used to invoke Shazu in the Necronomicon.
Mashshanebbu: A name used to invoke Enbilulu in the Necronomicon.
Mashshanergal: A name used to invoke Suhrim in the Necronomicon.
Mashshayegurra: A name used to invoke Agilma in the Necronomicon.
Mashtishaddu: A name used to invoke Zahgurim in the Necronomicon.
Mashu: The mountains of Mashu are mentioned in the Necronomicon.
Masiel: In the Ars Paulina of the Lemegeton: An angel ruling the 7th degree of Leo.
Masim: In Hechaloth lore: An angelic guard of the gates of the east wind.
Maskelli: See Zarazaz.
Maskiel: In Hechaloth lore: An angel guarding the entrance to the 1st heaven.
Maskim: (1) In ancient geocentric philosophy there was an idea that the earth was at the center of
seven transparent spheres which held the planets, surrounded by heaven (See Empyrean Heaven).
There was a corresponding series of seven subteranean spheres, referred to in ancient AssyroBabylonian mythology as the "seven hells" to which the deities Dumuzi and Inanna journeyed (or
Tammuz and Ishtar). The gates to these subterranean realms were guarded by the Anunaki (q.v.) or
Maskim (q.v.). (2) Evil spirits which lurk outside of the boundaries of the world in the
Necronomicon.
Maskim Xul: A Sumerian word translated as "evil fiend", "ambusher" or "lier in wait" in the
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Necronomicon.
Masleh: (1) In Judaic mythology: An angel who brought about chaos and produced the four
elements. (2) The principal archangel in the Diabolicon. Later in the Diabolicon Masleh takes the
title "Messiah".
Masloth (var. Mazloth, Masleh. Hebrew MSLVTh ("the Starry Heavens"): (1) The second of the
ten houses or heavens of the qabalistic world of Assiah (q.v.), representing the Sphere of the
Zodiac. (2) In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: The equivalent of
the Sephira Chokmah (q.v.) in the material world, called the sphere of the Zodiac.
Masniel: In Agrippa's Three Books of Occult Philosophy: A governing angel of the zodiac.
Mason: Short form of the title Freemason (q.v.).
Masonic: Pertaining to Freemasonry (q.v.).
Maspaz (var. of Maz Paz (q.v.)): A name used on a love charm in Henri Gamache's Mystery of the
Long Lost 8th, 9th and 10th Books of Moses.
Maspiel: In Hechaloth lore: An angel guarding the entrance to the 2nd heaven.
Masquerade, The: See Traditions, The, and Vampire: The Masquerade.
Masqimchul: A name used in the exorcism of the crown of Anu in the Necronomicon.
Mass Massiah: In The Talmud: An angel invoked to cure cutaneous disorders.
Mass of the Holy Ghost: A ritual refered to in Liber DCL vel De Fons Aquae Vitae.
Massayel: A name used in the conjuration of Magoa in the Grimoire of Honorius.
Masshu: The three seals of Masshu are described in the Necronomicon.
Massissi: A Creole term, used in Vodou for homosexuals of either sex.
Mastema (var. Mansemat. Hebrew- trans. "hatred", "emnity" or "opposition"): (1) In The Book of
Jubilees and the Dead Sea Scrolls: An angel of adversity who is described as the father of all evil
and yet subordinate to Jehovah. Jehovah utilized several angels such as Mastema to do evil things
to mankind in order to tempt or test them. Thus Mastema was originally a "good" angel. Yet, in
later Judaic literature Mastema became a synonym for Satan. (2) One of the Infernal names listed
in Anton LaVey's Satanic Bible.
Master Ad Vitam: The twentieth degree of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of
Freemasonry.
Master Discreet: The fourth degree of the Antient and Primitive Rite of Freemasonry.
Master Mason: The third degree of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry.
Master of Saint Andrew, of Chardon, and of Scotland: See Prince of Libanus.
Master of the Veils: The guardian of the veils in Royal Arch Freemasonry.
Mastho: One of the Genii of the tenth hour, called a "genius of delusive appearances", found in the
Nuctemeron of Apollonius of Tyana.
Mastinim: In Bamberger's Fallen Angels: An order of accusing angels lead by Sammael.
Matabe: See Matb.
Matafiel: In Hechaloth lore: One of the 7 angelic guards of the 2nd heaven.
Matanbuchus (var. Mechembechus, Meterbuchus): In several apocryphal texts this is another
name for the demon Belial (q.v.).
Matanza: Santeria. The ritual slaying of animals by the Babalawo (q.v.) during the Asiento (q.v.).
Mataqiel (Hebrew- trans. "sweet"): In Hechaloth lore: One of the 7 angelic guards of the 1st
heaven.
Matarel (var. Matariel): In Rabbinic and pseudepigraphic lore: The angel of rain. (2) In 3 Enoch:
One of the angelic rulers of the world.
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Matariel: See Matarel.
Matasignais: The name of the moon in autumn in The Magus.
Matb (var. Matabe): Enochian- trans. "thousand".
Matba: A name that appears on the first line of a gnomonic square used to bring wealth in bronze
or copper coins in the Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage. This square is reproduced
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Mater Triumphans (Latin- trans. "triumphant mother"): A posture described in Liber V Vel
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Math: Celtic. A Welsh God of increasing wealth. Appears to be cognate with the Irish Mathu.
Mathey: Hebrew. The fifth of the seven heavens, ruled by the angel Sandalphon (q.v.).
Mathiel: (1) In The Heptameron: An angel of Tuesday residing in the 5th heaven and invoked in
the north. (2) One of the angels of the fifth heaven ruling in the north on Tuesday in The Magus.
(3) In the Ars Paulina of the Lemegeton: An angel ruling the 10th degree of Pisces.
Mathlai: (1) In The Heptameron: An angel of Wednesday residing in the 3rd heaven and invoked
in the east. (2) One of the angels of the second heaven ruling in the east on Wednesday in The
Magus.
Mathon: (1) Name for the seventeenth hour of the day found in the Greater Key of Solomon. (2)
In the Grand Grimoire: (a) A name for Jehovah used in the second prayer. (b) A name for
Jehovah used in the first conjuration of Lucifuge Rocofale. (c) A name used in a Grand
Appellation. 3) A name used in a Grand Appellation in the Red Dragon.
Mathu: Celtic. An Irish God who appears to be cognate with the Welsh God Math (q.v.).
Mathula (var. Mathvla): A governor of the aethyr or aire Zaa 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. Mathula has 7560 servants.
Mathvla: See Mathula.
Matiel: In the Ars Paulina of the Lemegeton: An angel ruling the 22nd degree of Leo.
Matmoniel: An angel invoked in the use of a "magic carpet" for interrogating spirits in the Greater
Key of Solomon.
Matniel: See Maktiel
Matorb (var. Mtorebe): Enochian- trans. “echoing”.
Matpatz (var. of Maz Paz (q.v.)): A name used in conjuration in the Greater Key of Solomon.
Matres Griselicae: See Griselicae.
Matrona: (1) Celtic. Trans. “The Divine Mother”. A Gaulish horse goddess of the Marne in
France. (2) In The Zohar: The Shekinah called the angel of the Lord.
Matronae Aufaniae: Celto-Gemanic. Triple mother Goddesses of the tribes of the Rhineland.
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Matronae Vacallinehae: Celto-Germanic. Triple mother Goddesses of the Pesch area of the
Rhineland. They are depicted with loaves of bread.
Matsmetsiyah: In 3 Enoch: One of the names of Metatron (q.v.).
Matuta: The Roman Goddess of the morning.
Matutine (var of Matutinus (q.v.), deriv. Roman Goddess of the morning, Matuta): In Astrology:
Stars or planets which rise before the Sun in the morning.
Matutinus (var. Matutine; Latin- trans. "belonging to the morning"): This name was derived from
the name of the Roman Goddess of the morning, Matuta. It was used as a title of the God Janus
(q.v.) in his aspect as the morning.
Matuyel: One of the angels called in the north in conjurations on Sunday in The Magus.
Matzpatz (var. of Maz Paz (q.v.)): In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden
Dawn: A name associated with the Palace of Love and the Palace of Severity, two of the Seven
Palaces of Holiness found in the Briatic world, in the Ritual of the Portal of the Vault of the Adepti.
Mau: (1) A lion mentioned in the cry of the aethyr Zax in Liber Aervm Vel Saecvli. (2) In the
magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: (a) A lion mentioned in the initiation
of the Theoricus grade.
Maut: A variation of the name of the Egyptian Goddess Ma'at (q.v.). (1) In Liber Aervm Vel
Saecvli: (a) A name used in the cry of the aethyr Zip. (b) A name used in the cry of the aethyr Lit.
In this cry Maut is refered to as "the vulture". This is a reference to her aspect as a mother, since
the Egyptian symbol of motherhood is the vulture. (2) A Goddess mentioned in the magickal
system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn.
Mavangou: Vodou. A nanchon of Lwas.
Mavet: See Malach ha-Mavet.
Maveth: See Malach ha-Mavet.
Mavkiel: Judaic. An angelic name inscribed on a kamea to ward off evil.
Mawu: Vodou. One of the words uttered by a celebrant as he crosses himself: "Linsah" at the
forehead (representing the east), "Mawu" at the breast (representing the west), "Vovo-Lin-V-Hwe"
at the left shoulder (representing the north) and "Hevio-Zo" at the right shoulder (representing the
south).
Mawu-Lihsan: Vodou. One of the Rada Lwas.
May: A name used in a conjuration of Acham in the Grimoire of Honorius.
May Day: Asatru. May 1, a Spring celebration featuring the Goddess Freya. Maypole dancing
and bonfires are important features of this day, as they are with the Wiccan festival of Beltaine.
May Eve: See Beltaine.
Maya (var. Mara; Sanskrit- trans. "illusion"): (1) Originally this term from Indian Vedanta
referred to magickal powers to create illusions. Later, in the Advaita Vendanta, it refered to the
concept of the world being illusion, that is to say, a product of each person's perception. This
concept is usually personified by a female deity: Maya is one of the names of the Goddess Shakti
(q.v.). From this word we get the Hindu term for a magician: Mayin. (2) A term for illusion used
in Liber LXXI.
Mayan (var. of Mayin (q.v.)): A term used by Aleister Crowley to describe a Great Magician seen
in his vision of the third aethyr.
Mayavic: Regions of maya (q.v.) mentioned in Liber LXXI .
Mayet: See Ma'at.
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Dawn. (a) A word which is depicted on the pyramid of the four elements. (b) A word used as a
password in the initiation of the Theoricus grade. (c) A word used as a symbol in the initiation of
the Practicus Grade. (d) A word used in the initiation of the Philosophus grade.
Mayin (var. Mayan): In Hindu beleifs one who controls the world of illusion, a magician (See
Maya).
Maymon (var. of Amaimon (q.v.)): (1) In the Heptameron: The king of the angels of air and ruler
of Saturday and the south wind. (2) The king of the angels of the air and Saturday in The Magus.
Mayombero: (1) A devotee of Palo Mayombe.
Maz: (1) The sixth of the thirty Aires of Dee's 48 Claves Angelicae. (2) The sixth aethyr or aire
listed in Liber Vel Chanokh. (3) In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden
Dawn: The sixth aethyr of the Fourty Eight Angelical Keys or Calls. (4) The sixth Aethyr of the
nineteenth part of The Word of Set.
Maziel: In the Ars Paulina of the Lemegeton: An angel ruling the 20th degree of Cancer.
Mazloth: See Masloth.
Mazon: Vodou. A dance of the Congo tradition of Haitian origin.
Maz-Paz (var. Matpatz, Matzpatz or Maspaz): One of the names of Jehovah in The Magus.
Mazzikin: An order of fallen angels listed in Bamberger's Fallen Angels.
Mboma Mama (var. Kalunga, Mama Umba, Mbumba, Mamba): Palo Mayombe. A Nkita (q.v.)
that is the equivalent of the Orisha Yemaya (q.v.) in Santeria.
Mbriel: (1) In The Sword of Moses: An angel who rules the winds. (2) A name used in a nostrum
to determine the cause of a malady in Henri Gamache's Mystery of the Long Lost 8th, 9th and 10th
Books of Moses.
Mbua: Palo Mayombe. An evil spirit used in a Bilongo (q.v.).
Mbumba: See Mboma Mama.
MDIO: In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: A name of a square
described in the section describing Enochian Squares.
Me: (1) Sumerian. The principle of cosmic law, similar to the Egyptian concept of Ma'at (q.v.).
(2) One of the Filiae Lucis (q.v.) of the Sigillum Dei Aemeth (q.v.), associated to the angel
Levanael. This angelic name was derived from the second Archangelic Square of John Dee. (3) In
the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: One of the Filiae Lucis of the
Sigillum Dei Aemeth. (4) One of the seven angels of the Filiae Bonitatis in Liber Vel Chanokh.
Meachuel: In The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses: One of the three angels of the Triune God
invoked in conjuring.
Meapeme: See MAPM.
Mearab: In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: (a) The name of the
cardinal point associated with the element of water. (b) A name used in the consecration of the
ritual cup.
Mebabel (var. of Mehahel (q.v.)): In La Kabbale Pratique: One of the 72 angels of the quinaries
of the zodiac.
Mebahel (var. Mebabel, Mehahel; Hebrew- trans. "guardian" or "preserver"): (1) One of the
seventy two angels forming part of the name of Jehovah, Schemhamphorae, in The Magus. (2)
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.
Mebahiah: One of the seventy two angels forming part of the name of Jehovah, Schemhamphorae,
in The Magus and in La Kabbale Pratique.
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Mebasim (Hebrew- trans. "those who stamp down violently"): A name that appears on the first
line of a gnomonic square used to cast spells on the liver in the Book of the Sacred Magic of
Abramelin the Mage. This square is reproduced below:
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Mebbesser: A spirit subordinate to Asmodee in The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the
Mage.
Mebhaer: A name that appears on the first line of a double acrostic square used to know true and
false friends in the Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage. This square is reproduced
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Mebrot: A name used in the grand conjuration of Lucifuge Rocofale in the Grand Grimoire.
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Mecasef: A name that appears on the first line of a gnomonic square used cause comedies, farces
and operas to appear in the Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage. This square is
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Mechembechus: See Matanbuchus.
Mechiel: In Qabalistic lore: One of the 72 angels of the zodiac.
Med: The sixteenth letter of the Enochian alphabet, equivalent to the letter "O" in the English
alphabet.
Medb (Var. Maeve. Trans. “she who intoxicates”): Celtic. (1) A Goddess of Irish sovereignity.
(2) A queen in the Ulster Cycle of Irish myth.
Medea: (1) In Greek mythology: A sorceress who assisted Jason in his quest for the Golden
Fleece. (2) A mythical entity mentioned in Liber CCC.
Mediat (Probably derived from the same Latin root as Mediatior (q.v.)): (1) In the Heptameron:
One of the angels ruling Wednesday and the planet Mercury. (2) The king of the angels of the air
ruling and Wednesday in The Magus. (3) In The Secret Grimoire of Turiel: One of the
intelligences of the planet Mercury.
Mediator (Latin "mediatus" ("divide in the middle")): One of the seventy two names of Jehovah
found in the Grimoire of Honorius.
Medicina Metallorum: In Alchemy a substance related to the Sephira Malkuth and Mercury
Philosophorum.
Medicus: One of the seventy two names of Jehovah found in the Grimoire of Honorius.
Mediloggun: Santeria. The sixteenth of the oddu or patterns of the Diloggun (q.v.), meaning "You
were born to be wise, if you only listened to advice".
Medio Asiento (Trans. “half of the Asiento”): Santeria. A ceremony conducted over a pregnant
woman's abdomen in Santeria when the portents indicate that the child will one day be a Santero or
Santera. It is an abbreviated version of the Asiento (q.v.), the initiation ceremony for the Santero or
Santera.
Medium (Latin "medium" ("middle")): A person who acts as an intermediary or channel for
communications between spirits of the dead and the living (See Spiritism).
Medium Coeli (var. Midheaven, Meridian, South Vertical, cusp of the Tenth House): Astrology.
The point on the Horoscope or Birth Chart at the moment of birth when the Ecliptic crosses the
subject's Meridian. In other words the point in the sky that is directly overhead at the moment of
birth. Its opposite is the Immum Coeli (q.v.).
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Mediunidades: The Espiritismo term for a medium.
Mediunidades Auditivas (var. Auditivas): Espiritismo. A medium who hears the spirits speak
into their ears.
Mediunidades Clarividentes (var. Clarividentes): Espiritismo. A medium who can see the future.
Mediunidades de Arrastre: Espiritismo. A medium who can perform exorcisms to banish evil
spirits.
Mediunidades de Communicacion: Espiritismo. A medium who becomes possessed by spirits.
Mediunidades de Transporte: Espiritismo. A medium who is able to project their conciousness
to other places, including the realm of spirits.
Mediunidades Videntes (var. Videntes): Espiritismo. A medium who can see the spirits.
Medorin: In The Zohar: An angel in the heavenly Paradise.
Medusa: (1) In Greek mythology: One of the three Gorgons, having snakes for hair. Anyone
looking upon her would be turned to stone. She was slain by the hero Perseus, who gave her head
to the Goddess Athena. The other two Gorgons were Euryale and Stheno. (2) One of the
guardians of the gates of Dis in Dante's Inferno. (3) A mythological figure mentioned in the cry of
the aethyr Arn in Liber Aervm Vel Saecvli.
Medussusiel: In the Lemegeton: An angel of the 6th hour of the day who is a chief officer under
the angel Samil.
Meeana (Deriv. by reversing Anaeem (q.v.)): A cacodemon commanding the cacodemons of
Water of Earth in the Book of Supplications and Invocations.
Meetatron: See Metatron.
Mefathiel: In Trachtenberg's Jewish Magic and Superstition: an angel who opens doors, favoured
by thieves.
Megalak (Hebrew- trans. "cutting off"): A spirit subordinate to Magot and Kore in The Book of the
Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage.
Megalesius (var. Megalezius; Greek- trans. "great"): (1) One of the six brothers of Rhodes turned
into demons by Poseidon (See Telchines). (2) One of the six devils who are authors of all
calamities listed in The Magus as "Telchines" or "Alastores". The others are Lycus, Ormenus,
Acteus, Nicon and Mimon (See Telchines).
Megalezius: See Megalesius.
Megalosin (Greek- trans. "in great things"): A spirit subordinate to Ariton in The Book of the
Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage.
Megera: (1) Greek. One of the three Furies (q.v.). (2) One of the three Furies of the Infernal
World mentioned in The Magus. The other two named in The Magus are Alecto and Ctesiphone.
Megiddon: A Seraph (q.v.) listed in Klopstock's The Messiah.
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Megilla (Hebrew "MGLH" ("to reveal" or "to disclose")): A name that appears on the first line of a
gnomonic square used to learn the secrets concealed in letters in the Book of the Sacred Magic of
Abramelin the Mage. This square is reproduced below:
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Megin: Asatru. A divine energy or life force which pervades everything (cf. Chi).
Mehahel (var. of Mebahel (q.v.)): In La Kabbale Pratique: One of the angels of the order of
Cherubim.
Mehaiah: In La Kabbale Pratique: One of the angels of the order of Principalities.
Mehalalel: In Syriac folklore: An angel invoked in spellbinding.
Mehekiel: In The Magus: One of the 72 angels forming part of the name of Shemhamphorae (q.v.)
Meher: In Mandaean lore: An angel or yazata presiding over light and justice.
Mehiel: In La Kabbale Pratique: An angel who is the patron of university professors, orators and
authors.
Mehriel: In Qabalistic lore: One of the archangels.
Meht-urt (var. Mehurt, Mehueret): Egyptian. The Celestial Cow, Goddess of the beginning, Lady
of Heaven and Mistress of Earth. She represents the part of the sky which the sun travels. Later
she became one of the judges of the deceased.
Mehueret: See Meht-urt.
Mehuman (Hebrew- trans. "true" or "faithful"): Judaic. One of the 7 angels of confusion.
Mehurt (var. of Meht-urt (q.v.)): A Goddess mentioned in the magickal system of the Hermetic
Order of the Golden Dawn.
Meil: One of the three angels ruling Wednesday in The Magus.
Meirmeiriron: In Qabalistic lore: A name for the fourth of the Sephiroth (q.v.).
Meithras (var. of Mithras (q.v.)): Used in an invocation by the priest in Crowley's version of the
Gnostic Mass.
Mejorana: Santeria. A type of plant used in Despojos (q.v.) to dispell evil influences.
Mekhapperyah: In 3 Enoch: One of the names of Metatron (q.v.).
Meklboc: A spirit subordinate to Magot and Kore in The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin
the Mage.
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Mekolah: A name that appears on the first line of a gnomonic square used cause music and
extravagant balls to appear in the Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage. This square is
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Mekon: In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: (a) The second of the
Seven Heavens of Assiah (q.v.). (b) A name mentioned in the initiation of the Practicus grade.
Melabah (Hebrew “MLABH” ("art or science")): A name that appears on the first line of a
gnomonic square used to learn the secrets of all arts in the Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin
the Mage. This square is reproduced below:
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Melabbed: A name that appears on the first line of a double acrostic square used to know the
secrets of war in the Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage. This square is reproduced
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Melachim (var. of Malachim (q.v.)): (1) A spirit invoked in a "Kabalistic Invocation of Solomon"
to evoke "spirits belonging to religions issued from Judaism" in Levi's Transcendental Magic. (2)
One of the 10 orders of Angels in the table of Rabbinical Significations of the Sephiroth in The
Royal Masonic Cyclopedia.
Melahel (var. Melohel): One of the seventy two angels forming part of the name of Jehovah,
Schemhamphorae, in The Magus.
Melakim (var. of Malachim (q.v.)): (1) An order of angels whose name is inscribed on the fifth
pentacle of Saturn in the Greater Key of Solomon. (2) In the magickal system of the Hermetic
Order of the Golden Dawn: An angelic host assigned to the Sephira Tiphareth (q.v.). This host is
also given the name Shinanim by the Golden Dawn.
Melammed: A name that appears on the first line of a double acrostic square used to obtain
information on all propostions and doubtful sciences in the Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin
the Mage. This square is reproduced below:
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Melamud (Hebrew "MLMD" ("to cause exertion")): A spirit subordinate to the four sub princes
Oriens, Paimon, Ariton and Amaimon in The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage.
Melanos: In the Lemegeton, a lesser officer under the angel Sarindiel.
Melany: A name used in the conjuration of inferior spirits in the Grimorium Verum.
Melchiael (var. Melchidael): A name inscribed on a parchment in a love spell in the Grand
Grimoire, the Grimorium Verum and the Grimoire of Honorius.
Melchiah (var. of Malkiyyah (q.v.)): In Ezra 10:31: One of the sons of Harim.
Melchidael (var. of Melchiael (q.v.)): (1) A spirit invoked in a love spell in the Grand Grimoire,
the Grimorium Verum and the Grimoire of Honorius. (2) In the magickal system of the Hermetic
Order of the Golden Dawn: An angel associated with Puer.
Melchisedec: See Melchizedek.
Melchizedek (var. Melchisedek; Hebrew- trans. "the God Zedek is my king". Zedek or Sydik is a
Phoenician God who is the father of the 7 elohim or angels of the divine presence): (1) Epiphanius
in his Adversus Heareses calls Melchizedek an angel of the order of Virtues. (2) Pseudo-Dionysius
lists Melchizedek as the heirarch most beloved of God. (3) Melchizedek is the fabled priest king
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of Salem, first mentioned in Genesis 14:18 in the Bible. He is also mentioned in Psalms 110:4 and
Hebrews chapters 5 thru 7. (4) In The Book of Mormon: The prince of peace. (5) In some occult
literature Melchizedek is identified with the Holy Ghost.
Melchom: Wierus lists this demon as Beelzebuth's paymaster.
Melchulael (var. of Machidiel (q.v.)): Qabalistic. One of the four angelic personifications of the
Sephira Malkuth (q.v.).
Melech (var. of Malachi (q.v.)): In The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses: An angel of the order
of Powers (q.v.) invoked in conjuration.
Melechim (var. of Malachim (q.v.)): Used in the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the
Golden Dawn.
Melek: See MLK.
Melek Taus (var. Melek-I-Taus, Malak Taus, Taus Melek, Taus-e Malak; Trans. “Peacock
Angel”): (1) The chief deity of the Yazidi (q.v.). (2) One of the Infernal names listed in Anton
LaVey's Satanic Bible and in The Satanic Rituals, the "Peacock King". LaVey calls Melek Taus a
"Yezidi devil".
Melek-I-Taus: See Melek Taus.
Melekh (var. of MLK (q.v.)): (1) In the Greater Key of Solomon: (a) A name used in conjuration.
(b) A name used in a spell to make oneself invisible. (2) A Divine name attributed to the Sephira
Tiphareth (q.v.) in the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn.
Melekim (var. of Malachim (q.v.)): An angelic choir or host assigned to the Sephira Tiphareth
(q.v.) in the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn.
Meleyal (var. Melejal; Hebrew- trans. "fullness of God"): In Enoch I: An angel of autumn.
Melha: In Blavatsky's The Secret Doctrine: An angel who is the chief of the order of Flames.
Melhaer: A spirit subordinate to the four sub princes Oriens, Paimon, Ariton and Amaimon in The
Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage.
Melioth: In the Gospel of Bartholomew: One of 9 angels that run througout heaven and earth.
Melkeial: See Machidiel.
Melkejal (var. of Machidiel (q.v.)): In Enoch I: An angel having dominion over "91 days, from
spring to summer".
Melkharadonin: In Gnosticism: One of 12 powers engendered by Iadalbaoth (q.v.).
Melki (var. Malki): In Mandaean mythology: Semidivinities who carry out the Will of the Great
Life, subordinate to the Creator.
Melkiel: Judaic. One of the angels of the four seasons.
Melkout: See Malkuth.
Melkoutael: In La Kabbale Pratique: The Sephira of Malkuth in the Briatic world (q.v.).
Melli (Trans. “twins”): Santeria. Used to describe a situation in reading the Opele (q.v.) in which
both sides show the same design.
Melna: A spirit subordinate to the four sub princes Oriens, Paimon, Ariton and Amaimon in The
Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage.
Melohel (Hebrew- trans. Turning away evil"): 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.
Melpomene: The muse (q.v.) of tragedy in Greek mythology.
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Melunac: A name that appears on the first line of a gnomonic square used to cause visions of
giants to appear in the Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage. This square is reproduced
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Mem: (1) The thirteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet (‫)ל‬, equivalent to the letter "M" in the
English alphabet. It means "water". The Sepher Yetzirah describes it as one of the thre Mother
Letters, the others being Aleph and Shin. It is assigned the numerical value of "40" in the Qaballah,
unless it is used as a final letter, which gives it the value "600". (2) A name used in conjuration in
the Greater Key of Solomon.
Membra: Qabalistic. (a) The divine name of Jehovah. (2) An intermediary (angel) of Jehovah.
Memento Sequor (Latin- trans. "Remember, I follow"): A phrase which appears in the cry of the
aethyr Lea in Liber Aervm Vel Saecvli.
Memeon: See Memion.
Memion (var. Memeon): A name used in the process consecrating the lustral bath (q.v.) with salt in
the Greater Key of Solomon.
Memoroth: The name of an Assyrian mentioned in The Grimoire of Armadel.
Memsiel: In the Lemegeton: An Angel of the 7th hour of the night who is a chief officer under the
angel Mendrion.
Memuet: A name invoked in a rite of necromancy in the Verus Jesuitarum Libellus.
Memuneh (Hebrew- trans. "appointed one"): Judaic. A deputy angel, a member of the Memunim
(Cf. Memunim).
Memunim (Plural of Menumeh (q.v.)): (1) Judaic. An order of deputy angels who are defenders
of their earthly charges in heaven (Cf. Memuneh). In Judaic ceremonial magick they were
considered to be demons, but Eleazor of Worms lists them as a class of angels. (2) In 3 Enoch: A
class of angels belonging to the Song-Uttering Choirs.
Menachiel (var. Menakel, Menaqel, Manakel): A spirit related to the direction south west by west
in the Lemegeton.
Menadel: (1) In La Kabbale Pratique: An angel of the order of Powers (q.v.). (2) In Runes The
Wisdom of the Kabbalah: One of the 72 angels of the zodiac. He is supposed to keep exiles
faithful to their native land.
Menafiel: In the Lemegeton: An angel of the 11th hour of the day who is an officer under the
angel Bariel.
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Menaqel: See Menachiel.
Menat (var. of Menqet (q.v.)): (1) A Goddess mentioned in the magickal system of the Hermetic
Order of the Golden Dawn.
Mendal: A style of divination where ink is poured into a child's hand and the child then sees
visions in it.
Mendial (Hebrew- trans. "honourable"): 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.
Mendrion: In the Lemegeton, an angel ruling the seventh hour of the night. His chief officers
include Ammiel, Choriel, Genaritzod, Pendroz, Memsiel and Ventariel. His lesser officers include
Zacharel, Razziel, Tarmitzod, Anapion, Framoch and Machmay.
Menerva (var. Menvra): One of the Novensiles (q.v.), the Etruscan Goddess of wisdom. Later
became the Roman Goddess Minerva (q.v.).
Menglad: Norse/Asatru. A mythological figure whose hall Lyfjaberg is in Jotunheim (q.v.).
Meniel: In The Magus: One of the angels forming the name of God Shemhamphorae (q.v.)
Menkl: One of the seventy two angels forming part of the name of Jehovah, Schemhamphorae, in
The Magus.
Menolik: A spirit subordinate to Paimon in The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage.
Menor: An angel invoked in the preparation of virgin earth and wax in the Greater Key of
Solomon.
Menorita: In the Lemegeton, a chief officer under the angel Zaazonash.
Menqel (Hebrew- trans. "Nourishing all"): 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.
Menqet (var. Menat): Egyptian. The Goddess of the Underworld, who fed the souls of the dead.
Mens edax rerum, cor umbra rerum; intelligentia via summa (Latin- trans. "The mind is the
consumer of things, the heart is the shadow of things". This is a corruption of a Roman saying:
"Tempus edax rerum" ("Time is the destroyer of things")): A phrase used in an invocation to Nia in
Liber Aervm Vel Saecvli.
Menstruum (Latin "menstruus" ("monthly"), which refers to the cycles of the moon): A term for
solvents or extraction media in Occidental Alchemy. Occidental alchemists beleived that the moon
had some influence on the preparation of solvents.
Menta: Santeria. A liquid used in Despojos (q.v.).
Menthu (var. of Mentu (q.v.)): A deity mentioned in "Comment on Liber VII in class E" in Liber
VII: Liber Liberi vel Lapidis Lazuli, Advmbratio Kabbalae Aegyptiorum Svb Figvra VII.
Mentinobol: A name used in a spell of invisibility in the Book of True Black Magic.
Mentor (Deriv. from the character Mentor, loyal advisor of Odysseus’s son Telemachus in the
Odyssey): (1) A wise and trusted counsellor or teacher. (2) In The Greater Key of Solomon: An
angel invoked in the exorcism of Wax. (3) Vampyre: A guide and teacher for a Fledgling (q.v.).
Mentu (var. Montu, Menthu, Mont): (1) The sacred bull God of the Egyptian city of Ani, capital of
Thebes. He is sometimes depicted as having a falcon's head. (2) A God mentioned in Liber Al Vel
Legis.
Menvra: See Menerva.
Meon: A name used in the conjuration of inferior spirits in the Grimorium Verum.
Meonides: Woodland spirits mentioned in The Magus.
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Meorod (var. Merroe): An angel invoked in the consecration of ritual blades in The Book of True
Black Magic.
Mephistopheles (var. Mephistophiel; Greek- trans. "he who shuns the light". Some scholars
suggest that it actually derives from the Hebrew "mephiz" ("destroyer") and "tophel" ("liar")): (1)
In early Judaic mythology Mephistopheles was one fo the 7 fallen angels who became princes of
hell, cognate with the Maskim (q.v.). (2) A character who was a spirit of evil in Goethe's Faust,
Marlowe's Dr. Faustus and Gounod's opera Faust. (3) One of the Infernal names listed in Anton
LaVey's Satanic Bible.
Mephistophiel (var. of Mephistopheles (q.v.)): (1) In Agrippa's Three Books of Occult Philosophy:
One of the 7 Electors (q.v.), subordinate to the angel Zadkiel. (2) In The Testament of Solomon:
One of the 7 Electors (q.v.), subordinate to the angel Zadkiel.
Merasin: See Meresin.
Merattron (var. of Metatron (q.v.)): In The Magus: (a) The ruler of the Seraphim and the
Hajothhakados. (b) One of the names of Jehovah. (c) One of the angels of the second heaven
ruling in the west on Wednesday.
Meray: A name used in the conjuration of Lucifer in the Grimoire of Honorius.
Mercabah (var. of Mercavah (q.v.)): In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden
Dawn: A name of Ezekiel's chariot used in the opening of the Zelator Grade.
Mercavah (var. Mercabah): The name of the vision of the Chariot in Ezekiel. (1) According to
Eliphas Levi, the rabbins divided the Qabalah into Bereshith (universal Genesis) and Mercavah (the
chariot of Ezekiel). (2) The name of Ezekiel's vision used in The Grimoire of Armadel.
Merciful Exempt Adept: An Officer in the initiation of the Adeptus Minor as written by Waite for
his Fellowship of Isis.
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Mercury: (1) Roman messenger of the Gods, a God of communication and travel and a patron of
merchants, cognate with the Greek God Hermes. (2) Its symbol is depicted in figure 16. The
talismanic symbols of Mercury and Tapthartharath, taken from the Geomantic figure Albus (q.v.)
are depicted in figure 17. The talismanic symbols of Mercury and Tapthartharath, taken from the
Geomantic figure Conjunctio (q.v.), are depicted in figure 18. (3) In Astrology: One of the
original planets used in Astrology. Mercury is associated with the intellect, the brain and nervous
system, the respiratory system, perception, the thyroid gland, and travel. Positive Mercurial Traits
include desire for knowledge, communication skills, good powers of reasoning, perceptiveness,
intelligence, versatility, and attention to detail. Negative Mercurial traits include inconsistency,
purposelessness, stagnation, tendency to be hypercritical, argumentative, sarcasm and cynicism. (3)
In Alchemy: One of the three principal substances, the other two being salt and sulphur. The
metal mercury, also known as quicksilver, is related to the planet Mercury and the Sephiroth Kether
(q.v.) and Malkuth (q.v.) in Occidental Ceremonial Magic. (4) A spirit invoked in a love spell in
the Grand Grimoire, the Grimorium Verum and the Grimoire of Honorius. (5) A deity invoked in
Liber CLXV. (6) In the Greater Key of Solomon there are 5 pentacles associated with Mercury:
(a) First Pentacle of Mercury: To invoke spirits (see fig.19).
(b) Second Pentacle of Mercury: To cause things contrary to nature to occur (see fig. 20).
(c) Third Pentacle of Mercury: To invoke the spirits of Mercury (see fig. 21).
(d) Fourth Pentacle of Mercury: To command the Allatori (q.v.) and to acquire knowledge
of hidden things (see fig. 22).
(e) Fifth Pentacle of Mercury: To command the spirits of Mercury and to open all doors
(see fig. 23).
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Figure 22 First Pentacle of Mercury
Mercury Philosoporum: In Alchemy: The
pure alchemical spirit of the metal Mercury.
Meresijn (var. of Meresin (q.v.)): In the
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Meresin (var. Meririm, Meresijn, Meris,
Metiris, Merihim): In Heywood's The Hierarchy of the Blessed Angels: A lord of thunder and
lightning in hell.
Meriarijm: In the Lemegeton: An angel of the night who is a chief officer under the angel
Sarquamich.
Meridies (Latin- trans. "south"): A term for south used in many old grimoires.
Meridional Devils: People living in the southern parts of Europe are sometimes refered to as being
meridional, that is southern or close to the equator. Thus this title could be translated roughly as
"Devils of the South". One of the three types of devils attributed to the scriptures in The Magus, the
others being diurnal and nocturnal.
Merifri: See Murifri.
Merihim: See Meresin.
Merinla: Santeria. The fourteenth of the Oddu or patterns of the Diloggun (q.v.), meaning "A
family that does not get along; envy surrounds you".
Meririm (var. of Meresin (q.v.)): The leader of the aerial powers in The Magus.
Meris: See Meresin.
Merkabah: (1) An alternative name for the Cherubim (q.v.). (2) In 3 Enoch: 6 classes of angels
closest to the throne of Glory, including the Galgalim, the Hayyoth, the Ophanim and the Seraphim.
Merkaboth (Hebrew- trans. "carriage"): Qabalistic. There are 7 Merkaboth corresponding to the 7
Heavens, personifications of the divine attributes.
Merkurios: A name for the planet Mercury in the Necronomicon.
Merloy: A name used in a conjuration of inferior spirits in the Grimorium Verum.
Mermaid (Deriv. Anglo Saxon "mere" (now an archaic term for a lake but formerly refered to a
sea) and "maegd" ("maid")): Mermaids were sea creatures with the head and trunk of a woman and
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the tail of a fish.
Mermeoth: In The Gospel of Bartholomew: One of the 9 angels that run together thoughout
heaven and earth.
Mermo (Deriv. Coptic "Mer" ("across") and "Moou" ("water")): A spirit subordinate to the four
sub princes Oriens, Paimon, Ariton and Amaimon in The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin
the Mage.
Merod: An angel whose name is invoked in the consecration of iron needles or Burins in the
Greater Key of Solomon.
Merof: In The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses: An angel of the Seal.
Meros: Possibly a variation of the name Meroz (q.v.). In the Lemegeton: An angel of the 9th hour
of the day who is a lesser officer under the angel Vadriel.
Meroz (var. Meros): (1) A Biblical character who appears in Judges 5:23. (2) In the magickal
system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: A Biblical name mentioned in the initiation of
the Philosophus grade.
Merroe (var. of Meorod (q.v.)): An angel invoked in the consecration of ritual blades in the
Grimorium Verum.
Merrymoon: Asatru. The month of May.
Mer-sekert: See Mert.
Mersilde: A spirit with the power to transport one anywhere in the Grimorium Verum.
Mert (var. Mer-sekert; Egyptian- trans. "Lover of Silence"): Egyptian. An aspect of either the
Goddess Aset (Isis) or the Goddess Hathor as Goddess of the afterlife, depicted as a woman with a
disc and horns on her head.
Mertalia: A name used in the process of taking a lustral bath (q.v.) in the Greater Key of Solomon.
Mesarepim (var. Mesharethim): In 3 Enoch: an order of angels of the Song-Uttering Choirs.
Meserach: See Nisroc.
Meshabber: In Rabbinic lore: The angel in charge of the death of animals.
Meshach: A name used in a spell for favour and love in the Greater Key of Solomon.
Mesharethim: See Mesarepim.
Mesharim: The name of the angel that sent visions to Caro (1488-1575) the doyen of the Safed
community in Upper Galilee.
Meshulhiel: Judaic. A name for the 10th unholy Sephiroth or Qlippoth.
Meskhenet: Egyptian. A Goddess who is the personification of luck. Meskhenet is one of three
deities who surround the scales that weigh the heart of the deceased in Egyptian legend, the other
two being Shai and Renenet.
Mesriel: In the Lemegeton: An angel of the 10th hour of the day who is an officer under the angel
Oriel.
Messalina: A person mentioned in Liber VII: Liber Liberi vel Lapidis Lazuli, Advmbratio
Kabbalae Aegyptiorum Svb Figvra VII.
Messia (var. of Messiah (q.v.)): One of the names of Jehovah in The Magus.
Messiach: (1) In the Greater Key of Solomon: (a) A name of Jehovah used in a conjuration. (b)
A name used in the consecration of salt and water. (c) A name used the obtaining of blood from a
bat. (2) One of two names of "the whole star" given in Liber HHH the other being Nechesh.
Messiah (var. Messia, Messias; Hebrew "MShICh" ("annointed"), refering to a saviour of the
people): (1) Messiah first appears in the Bible in Daniel 9:25. There was a prophecy that this
mythical hero would come to save the Jews. (2) In Judaic mythology: A Cherub who was the
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guardian angel of Eden, armed with a flaming sword. Paul was speaking of this angel in Colossians
1:16 and Ephesians 1:21. (3) In Qabalistic lore: A Sephira in the Briatic world (q.v.). (4) A name
inscribed on the grand pentacle of Solomon in the Grimoire of Honorius. (5) A title given to the
archangel Masleh in the Diabolicon.
Messias (Greek/ Roman version of the Hebrew term Messiah (q.v.)): (1) In the Grimoire of
Honorius: (a) One of the seventy two names of Jehovah. (b) A name used in a conjuration of
Lucifer, in a conjuration of Acham and in a conjuration of Surgat. (2) A name inscribed in the
Circle of White Magic and used in the grand conjuration in the Grand Grimoire. (3) A name
invoked in a rite of necromancy in the Verus Jesuitarum Libellus. (4) In the magickal system of
the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: A sign "extended on the Sephirothic Cross" in the
initiation of the Adeptus Minor as written by Waite for his Fellowship of Isis.
Mesti: See Ameshet.
Mesukiel: Another name for the 3rd of the Sephira (q.v.).
Meta Meta: Santeria. One of the Toques (rhythyms) played on the Bataa (drums) for the Orisha
Chango at the Tambor (q.v.).
Metafel (Hebrew- trans. "to fasten"): A spirit subordinate to the four sub princes Oriens, Paimon,
Ariton and Amaimon in The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage.
Metahim: A name used to invoke the Devil in both the Red Dragon and the Grand Cabala.
Metalo (Greek "Metallon" ("metal, mineral or mining work")): A name that appears on the first
line of a gnomonic square used to cause spirits to make all metals the Book of the Sacred Magic of
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Metanla: Santeria. The thirteenth of the Oddu or patterns of the Diloggun (q.v.), meaning "Where
illness is born, blood is bad".
Metathiax: In The Testament of Solomon: One of the 36 Decani (q.v.).
Metatron (var. MTTRVN, Methraton, Meetatron, Metraton, Metrator and Merattron. There are
various theories as to the origin of this name. Eleazor of Worms suggested that it was derived from
the Latin "metator" ("guide" or "measurer"). Odeberg in his translation of 3 Enoch suggested that it
was a metonym for a Jewish phrase meaning "little YHVH". He is given many other names and
titles as well (listed throughout the text of this lexicon). 3 Enoch, chapter 48, lists more than 100
names for Metatron): (1) In Genesis 5:24 the patriarch Enoch (q.v.) is transported to heaven and
turned into the angel Metatron. Metatron is the dark angel who wrestled with Jacob in Genesis 32,
the watchman mentioned in Isaiah 21 and probably the angel referred to in Exodus 23:22. (2) In
The Talmud Metatron is a principal angel who is the link between the divine and mandkind, though
it avoids the identification of Enoch with this angel. (3) In 3 Enoch Metatron is the tallest and
greatest angel in heaven. (4) In the Greater Key of Solomon: (a) An angel, of the order of
Kerubim, called the Prince of the Angels, or the Vice Regent of Shaddai, the Prince of
Countenances, who is the right hand (masculine) guardian of the Ark of the Covenant (Sandalphon
being the left hand guardian). (b) An angel whose name is used in conjuration. (c) A name used
in a spell to make oneself invisible. (5) A name used in the consecration of ritual wands and
inscribed on the mirror of Solomon in the Grimorium Verum. (6) In the magickal system of the
Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: (a) The great archangel of the Sephira Kether (q.v.). (b) The
male Kerub of brightness who is the guardian of representing the white pillar Jachin (q.v.). (c) One
of the three archangels of Cholem Yesodoth. (d) An angel equated with Thoth or Hermes. (e) An
angel mentioned in the initiation of the Zelator and Theoricus Grades.
Metempsychosis: The transmigration of the soul into another body, animal or human, following
death.
Meteoromancy (Greek "meteoron" ("meteor") and "manteia" ("divination")): Divination by the
observation of meteors.
Meterbuchus: See Matanbuchus.
Metheqela: A Hebrew term meaning balance.
Methraton: See Methratton.
Methratton (var. of Metatron (q.v.)): An archangel and prince of countenances, whose name used
in conjuration in the Greater Key of Solomon.
Methe: (1) A name that is used in a spell of invisibility in the Greater Key of Solomon. (2) A
name used in a spell of invisibility in the True Book of Black Magic.
Methon: The name of the fifth hour of the night in The Magus.
Metiris: See Meresin.
Metisurah: A name that appears on the first line of a gnomonic square used cause a seige to
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Metonic Cycle: Named for the Athenian astronomer Meton. In Astrology: A cycle of 19 years at
the end of which the the New Moon appears on the same day as at the beginning of the cycle.
Another way of expressing this is to say that the conjuctions of the Sun and New Moons begin to
occure successively in the same places in the Zodiac as during the previous cycle. A series of four
Metonic cycles was known as a Callippic Cycle (76 years).
Metoposcopy (Greek "metopon" ("forehead") and "skopein" ("to view")): The art or trying to
judge the character of a person by studying their facial features.
Metosite: A name used in a conjuration of Beelzebuth in the Grimorium Verum.
Metraton (var. of Metatron (q.v.)): (1) A name used in a Grand Appellation in the Grand
Grimoire and the Red Dragon. (2) A variation of the name Metatron used in the magickal system
of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn.
Metrator (var. of Metatron (q.v.)): An angel whose name is invoked in the consecration of iron
needles or Burins in the Greater Key of Solomon.
Metrum: A person mentioned in The Grimoire of Armadel.
Metsorah (Hebrew- trans. "sores" or "ulcers"): A name that appears on the first line of a double
acrostic square used to heal old ulcers in the Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage.
This square is reproduced below:
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Mette N'amme (Creole- trans. "Placing the soul"): Vodou. A ritual for balancing the superior and
inferior souls of the newborn.
Metztli: (1) Aztec. Metztli is a Goddess of the night, the moon and agriculture. Also known as
Tecciztecatl. (2) One of the Infernal names listed in Anton LaVey's Satanic Bible.
Meus Calmiron: A name used in a conjuration of Astaroth in the Grimorium Verum.
Mevamayah (var. of Mevamiah (q.v.)): 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.
Mevamiah (var. Mevamayah; Hebrew- trans. "End of the universe"): One of the seventy two
angels forming part of the name of Jehovah, Schemhamphorae, in The Magus.
Mezla (Trans. “hidden influence”): A term used in the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of
the Golden Dawn.
Mfzrn (Deriv. by reversing Nrzfm (q.v.)): A cacodemon commanding the cacodemons of Fire of
Fire in the Book of Supplications and Invocations.
Mgm: A cacodemon related to the north and to Avabo in the Book of Supplications and
Invocations.
MH: See Mah.
Miahel: In Runes The Wisdom of the Kabbalah: One of the angels of the 72 Quinaries of the
zodiac.
Miam (var. Mian, Miame): Enochian- trans. "continuance" (Cf. Nuam).
Mian: (1) Enochian- trans. "3663". (2) A variation of the Enochian word Miam (q.v.).
Miao (var. Misao): An angel who is a senior of the south under Hiaom in the Book of
Supplications and Invocations. Miao is invoked to acquire secrets.
Mibahaiah (Hebrew- trans. Eternal"): 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.
Mibi: In The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses: A ministering angel.
Micael (var. of Michael (q.v.)): A name inscribed in a triangle used to invoke the aethyr Zax in
Liber Aervm Vel Saecvli.
Micaelazodo: See Micalz.
Micaelzodo: See Micalz.
Micah (var. Micha, Micheas; Hebrew- trans. "he who is like unto God"): A Biblical prophet of the
eighth century B.C.E. for which one of the books of the Old Testament is named.
Micalapape: See Micalp.
Micalazoda: See Micalz.
Micalazodo: See Micalz.
Micalp (var. Micalapape): Enochian- trans. "mightier".
Micalz (var. Micaoli, Micalzo, Micaolz, Micaelazodo, Micaelzodo, Micalazoda, Micalazodo,
Micaolazoda, Mikaelzodo): Enochian- trans. "power", "powerful" or "mighty".
Micalzo: See Micalz.
Micama: See Micma.
Micama! goho Pe-IAD!...: The opening of the third key or call in Liber Vel Chanokh. It is
Enochian and translates as: "Behold! saith your God!..."
Micaolazoda: See Micalz.
Micaoli: See Micalz.
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Micaoli bransg prgel...: The beginning of the Enochian text of the ninth key of John Dee's 48
Claves Angelicae. The full key reads as follows: "Micaoli bransg prgel napta ialpor ds brin efafafe
P vonpho olani od obza Sobca vpaah chis tatan od tranan balye alar lusda soboln od chisholq
Cnoquodi cial vnal aldon mom caosgo ta lasollor gnay limlal Amma chiis Sobca madrid zchis,
ooanoan chiisauiny drilpi caosgin od butmoni parm zumvi Cnila Daziz ethamz a-chidao odmire
ozol chis pidiai Collal Vlcinin a sobam vcim Bagle Iadbaltoh chirlan par niiso od ip ofafafe Bagle
acocasb icorsca unig blior." This translates as: "A mighty guard of fire with two edged swords
flaming which have vials 8 of wrath for two times and a half. Whose wings are of wormwood, and
of the marrow of salt, have setteled their feet in the west, and are measured with their Ministers
9996. These gather up the moss of the earth as the rich man doth his treasure. Cursed are they
whose iniquities they are in their eyes are millstones greater than the earth. And from their mouths
run seas of blood. Their heads are covered with diamond and upon their heads are marble sleeves.
Happy is he on whom they frown not. For why? The God of righteousness, rejoiceth in them.
Come away and not your vials. For the time is such as requireth comfort (sic)." Compare with
Crowley's "Micaoli beranusaji perejela napeta ialapore...", below. (2) The beginning of the ninth
part of The Word of Set, Michael Aquino's version of John Dee's 48 Claves Angelicae.
Micaoli beranusaji perejela napeta ialapore...: The opening words of the Ninth Key in Liber Vel
Chanokh. It is Enochian and translates as: "A mighty guard of Fire with two-edged swords
flaming..."
Micaolz: See Micalz.
Micha (var. of Micah (q.v.)): One of the twelve prophets listed in The Magus.
Michael (var. MIKAL, Mikael, Micael, Michiael and Michail; Arabic variants: Mika'il, Mikhail,
Mikkail; Hebrew "MIKAL" ("who is like God upon Earth", or "is like unto God"): (1) Michael
was originally a deity of the Chaldeans who was ultimately adopted into the Jewish, Christian and
Islamic systes as the greatest of all angels. Michael is one of the archangels listed in the First Book
of Enoch and in the Old Testament. Michael is the guardian of Israel and ruler of Machonon, the
4th of the seven heavens. He is the leader of the angelic order of Virtues (q.v.). (2) In the Greater
Key of Solomon: Michael rules several hours of each day of the week, according to the following
chart:
HOURS RULED BY MICHAEL ACCORDING TO THE GREATER KEY OF SOLOMON
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Figure 25 Sigil of Michael from the Armadel
(b) An angel related to: (i) The archangel Raphael. (ii) The Sun and Mercury. (iii) Gold and the
metal mercury. (iv) The colours yellow and purple and mixed colours. (v) Sunday and
Wednesday. (vi) The east. (c) An angel whose name is used in conjuration. (d) An angel invoked
in the preparation of a magic carpet. (e) An angel invoked in the consecration of ritual pens (made
from swallow or crow feathers). (3) Michael appears in the Theosophia Pneumatica as an angel
related to the spirits Machon and Och. (4) In the Lemegeton: (a) Michael is said to rule the
Astrological triplicity of fire. (b) A name inscribed on the ring of the exorcist. (c) A name
inscribed inside the triangle placed outside of the magickal circle. (5) In Transcendental Magic:
(a) One of the seven great archangels. (b) The angel of truth. (c) One of the "genii of fire". (d)
The King of the Sun and lightning. (e) The angel of light. (6) In The Magus: (a) One of the four
angels ruling the four corners of the world. (b) One of the seven angels which stand in the
presence of Jehovah, the others being Zaphiel, Camael, Zadkiel, Haniel, Raphael and Gabriel. (c)
The ruler of the Archangels and the Ben Elohim. (d) One of the names of Jehovah. (e) A name
inscribed on the back of a sacred pentacle. (f) A name meaning the strength of Jehovah. (g) The
ruler of Mercury or the Sun. (h) An angel ruling the east wind. (i) One of the seventy two angels
forming part of the name of Jehovah, Schemhamphorae. (j) One of the three angels associated to
Sunday and one of the three angels associated to Monday. (7) According to Trithemius: (a) An
angel ruling over the Sun and invoked in the making of a crystal for receiving visions. (b) An
angel ruling several hours of each day of the week, according to the following chart:
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5th, 12th, 19th
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2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd
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Thursday
3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th
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(8) The name of an angel used in the Lesser Ritual of the Pentagram in Liber O. (9) One of the
seven angels which stand in the presence of Jehovah, listed in the Scale of the Number Seven in
The Royal Masonic Cyclopedia. (10) In John Dee's Enochian system of magick: (a) The second
angel that appeared to Edward Kelley, giving instructions to John Dee to make a gold ring bearing a
seal. (b) One of seven angels whose names appear on the first Archangelic Square dictated to John
Dee through Kelley by the angel Uriel. (11) In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the
Golden Dawn: (a) The great archangel of Fire. (b) An archangel associated with the Sephira Hod.
(c) An angel related to the Sun. (d) One of the 72 names of Jehovah or of the Angels of the Shem
Ha-Mephoresch (q.v.). (e) A angel invoked in the Lesser Ritual of the Pentagram. (f) An angel
invoked in the consecration of the ritual wand and the Rose Cross. (g) A name which appears on
the Seven Branched Candlestick (q.v.). (h) An angel mentioned in the initiations of the Zelator,
Practicus and Philosophus grades. (i) An angel invoked in the Solemn Ceremony of Opening the
Temple in the Light. (12) An archangel who is Lord of Force in the Diabolicon.
(13) One of the Spirits listed in the Grimoire of Armadel. Michael is first mentioned in a section
entitled "The Spirit of Elisha", in which he is described as a guide of the Prophet Elisha and as a
protector of kingdoms. He is to be invoked on Sunday in the evening. His sigil from this section,
depicted in fig. 24, is said to teach the formation of composites of spirit and man. He is later
mentioned in a section entitled "Concerning God in His Trine Personality", in which Michael is
described as a spirit who can teach mystical sciences and the mysteries of the Trinity. His sigil
from this section is depicted in fig. 25. His sigil from the Operation of Uriel Seraphim is depicted
in fig. 26.
Michail (var. of Michael (q.v.)): An archangel named in a seal to recover hidden treasure in Henri
Gamache's Mystery of the Long Lost 8th, 9th and 10th Books of Moses.
Michar: See Mikhar.
Micheu: Gnosticism. One of two powers commanding the springs of the waters of life, the other
being Mikhar (q.v.).
Michiael (var. of Michael (q.v.)): (1) A spirit invoked in a love spell in the Grand Grimoire, the
Grimorium Verum and the Grimoire of Honorius. (2) A angel ruling Sunday in The Magus.
Michnaas: Vodou. The third of the five degrees of the Lwa uniting the macrocosm and
microcosm.
Micma (var. Micama): Enochian- trans. "behold".
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Micma goho piad zir...: (1) The beginning of the Enochian text of the third key of John Dee's 48
Claves Anglicae. The full key reads as follows: "Micma goho Piad zir com-selh azien blab Os
Lon-doh Norz Chis onthil Gigipah Vnd-l chis ta-pu-im Q mos-pleh teloch Qui-i-n toltorg chis i chis
ge m ozien dst brgda od torzul ili Fol balzarg, od aala Thiln Os netaab dluga vomsarg lonsa cap-miali vors cal homil cocasb fafen izizop od mi i noag de gnetaab vaun na-na-e-el panpir Malpirgi
caosg Pild noan vnalah balt od vooan do o-i-ap MAD Goholor gohus amiran Micma Iehusoz ca-cacom od do-o-a-in noar mi-ca-olz a-ai-om Casarmg gohia ZACAR vniglag od Im-ua-mar pugo
plaph ananael Q a an." This translates as: "Behold, sayeth your God, I am a Circle on whose hands
stand 12 kingdoms. Six are the seats of living breath: the rest are as sharp sickles: or the horns of
death wherein the Creatures of the earth are to are not except mine own hand which sleep and shall
rise. In the first I made you stewards and placed you in seats 12 of government giving unto every
one of you power successively over 456 true ages of time to the intent that from the highest vessels
and the corners of your governments, you might work my power: pouring down the fires of life,
and increase, continually on the earth. Thus you are become the skirts of Justice and truth. In the
Name of the same your God lift up I say your selves. Behold his mercies flourish and (his) Name is
become mighty amongst us. In whom we say I Move, Descend and apply your selves unto us as
unto the partakers of the secret Wisdom of your creation (sic)". (2) The beginning of the third part
of The Word of Set, Michael Aquino's version of John Dee's 48 Claves Angelicae.
Microprosopus (var. Zau Anpin, ZOIR ANPIN, Zauir Anpin, Lesser Countenance): (1) A
grouping of the fourth to the ninth Sephiroth: Chesed, Geburah, Tiphareth, Netzach, Hod and
Yesod (q.v.). (2) In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: A name
mentioned in the initiation of the Practicus Grade.
Mictian: (1) Aztec. A God of the Dead. (2) One of the Infernal names listed in Anton LaVey's
Satanic Bible.
Mid Samonios: The extra thirteenth lunation of the Coligny Calendar (q.v.).
Midael: (1) An angel of the order of warriors mentioned in The Magus. (2) An angel invoked in
the consecration of ritual pens (made from swallow or crow feathers) in the Greater Key of
Solomon.
Middoth: In Rabbinic lore: Seven angels who are the personifications of the divine attributes.
They are: mercy, justice, wisdom, right, love, truth and peace.
Midgard: (1) Norse/Asatru. (a) Midgard was the "middle land" created by the descendents of the
giant Ymir between the land of ice, frost and eternal silence (Niflheim, q.v.) and the land of fire and
the midday sun (Muspellsheim, q.v.). It is one of the nine worlds of Yggdrasil (q.v.). This land
was surrounded by an ocean inhabited by a giant serpent, the serpent of Midgard, sometimes simply
known as Midgard. (b) The earth we inhabit. (2) One of the Infernal names listed in Anton
LaVey's Satanic Bible. (3) A name used in Das Tierdrama in LaVey's The Satanic Rituals.
Midheaven: See Medium Coeli.
Midhir: Celtic. Lord of the Sidhe (q.v.) of Bri Léith.
Midian (Hebrew- trans. "strife"): (1) A Biblical land refered to in Genesis 25:2 and in Exodus
2:15. (2) In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: A Biblical place
mentioned in the initiation of the Philosophus grade.
Midrash: In 3 Enoch: One of the names of Metatron (q.v.).
Midsummer: (1) The Summer Solstice, circa June 20. (2) Wicca. Sometimes confused with the
feast of Beltaine (q.v.). (3) Asatru. This was the traditional time for holding the AlThing in
ancient times.
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Midyear: Asatru. The month of June.
Miel: (1) In the Heptameron: The angel of Wednesday. (2) In Shah's The Secret Lore of Magic:
One of three angels of the planet Mercury.
Mielda de Chango (Trans. “Monkey feces”): Santeria. A type of powder used in destructive
spells.
Mights: A synonym for the order of Virtues (q.v.) used by Camfield in A Theological Discourse of
Angels.
Mighty Adeptus Major: In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: An
Officer in the initiation of the Adeptus Minor as written by Waite for his Fellowship of Isis.
Migiras (Hebrew- trans. "a place where plants grow"): A name that appears on the first line of a
gnomonic square used to cause visions of a fruit garden or orchard to appear in the Book of the
Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage. This square is reproduced below:
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Migmar: (1) A Hindu name for the planet Mars. (2) A name for Mars used in Liber LXXI.
Migon: In 3 Enoch: One of the names of Metatron (q.v.).
Mihael (var. Mihal; Hebrew- trans. "Sending Forth as a Father"): (1) In Abalistic lore: An angel
of conjugal fidelity and fertility. (2) One of the seventy two angels forming part of the name of
Jehovah, Schemhamphorae, in The Magus.
Miha'il: Islamic. An angel of the 2nd heaven.
Mihal (var. of Mihael (q.v.)): One of the 72 names of Jehovah or of the Angels of the Shem HaMephoresch (q.v.), found in the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn.
Mihr: (1) Persian. An angel ruling the 7th month (September). (2) In Koranic lore: One of two
angels, the other being Sorush, that judge souls crossing the al Sirat (a bridge to heaven finer than a
hair and sharper than a blade) on their way to heaven.
Miinoag (var. Miinoagi): Enochian- trans. "corners".
Miinoagi: See Miinoag.
Miitre Grand Bois: Vodou. The mythical celestial city that the initiate is symbolically taken to
across the Abyss or Poun'goueh (q.v.) in the Prise D'Asson ceremony (q.v.).
Mijcon: In The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses: An angel of the seal.
Mikael (var. of Michael (q.v.)): In La Kabbale Pratique: An angel influencing the decisions of
monarchs and able to discover conspiracies.
Mikaelzodo: See Micalz.
Mika'il: An Arabic form of the name Michael.
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MIKAL (Original Hebrew rendering of the name Michael (q.v.)): The name of the archangel of
fire used in the opening of the temple in the fifth degree in Liber Vel Chanokh.
Miketh: Enochian- trans. "wisdom".
Milchamah (Hebrew "MLChMD" ("war")): A name that appears on the first line of a gnomonic
square used to learn the military counsels of a captain in the Book of the Sacred Magic of
Abramelin the Mage. This square is reproduced below:
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Mikhail: See Michael.
Mikhar (var. Michar, Mikheus): Gnostic. One of two celestial powers ruling the srpings of the
waters of life, the other being Micheu (q.v.).
Mikheus: See Mikhar.
Mikiel: In Runes Wisdom of the Kabbalah: One of the 72 angels in charge of the zodiac.
Mikkail: See Michael.
Milcom: (1) In 1 Kings 11:33 and 2 Kings 23:13 Milcom is named as a God of the Ammonites.
Sometimes used as a variation of the name Moloch (See MLK). (2) One of the Infernal names
listed in Anton LaVey's Satanic Bible. LaVey calls Milcom "an Ammonite devil".
Miliom: A name derived from a Hebrew term meaning "destroyer of day". A spirit subordinate to
Ariton in The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage.
Milkiel (var. Melkeyal; Hebrew- trans. "my kingdom is God"): In The Zohar: An angel who rules
spring.
Milliel: (1) In the Heptameron: an angel of Wednesday residing in the 3rd heaven and invoked in
the south. (2) One of the angels of the second heaven ruling in the south on Wednesday in The
Magus.
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Milocan (var. Milo-Can): Vodou. A composite
Veve (q.v.) diagram for all of the Lwas (q.v.),
depicted in fig. 27.
Milon: A name that appears on the first line of a
double acrostic square used to know all things past
and future in the Book of the Sacred Magic of
Abramelin the Mage. This square appears as
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Mimba: A female day name (q.v.) for Saturday. The male equivalent is Quamin or Quame.
Mimir: Norse Asatru. A sea giant. He was a wise sage consulted by the Gods. His head now
guards Mimir’s Well (q.v.).
Mimir’s Well: Norse/Asatru. A well of wisdom under the roots of Yggdrasil (q.v.) in Asgard
(q.v.) which is guarded by the head of the sage Mimir (q.v.).
Mimon: (1) One of the six brothers of Rhodes turned into demons by Poseidon (See Telchines).
(2) One of the six devils who are authors of all calamities listed in The Magus as "Telchines" (q.v.)
or "Alastores". The others are Lycus, Ormenus, Acteus, Nicon and Megalesius or Megalezius.
Mimosa: A spirit subordinate to Magot and Kore in The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin
the Mage.
Mine: See An-mine.
Minerva: Roman. The Goddess who was the wife of Jupiter (who also was married to Juno).
Originally she was the Etruscan Goddess Menerva (q.v.). She was the patroness of industry,
commerce and education. Later she became a Goddess of war.
Minerval (Deriv. from Minerva (q.v.)): Third degree of Weishaupt's Illuminati (q.v.).
Minestra: Santeria. A circle of dishes of fruit or grain used for cleansing in the initiation (Aguan)
of the Orisha Babalu-Aye (q.v.).
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Ming Î: The thirty sixth of the 64 hexagrams or patterns of the Chinese
divination system called I Ching (See fig. 28). It represents the necessity to
recognize the difficulties of one's position.
Miniel: In The Magus: An angel invoked to induce love in reluctant maids.
Minkisi: See Nkisi.
Minor Arcana: See Arcana.
Minor Illuminate: Fourth degree of Weishaupt's Illuminati (q.v.).
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Minores: In Rosicrucianism: The fifth degree of initiation, represented by the
Ming Î
formula 5,5.
Minos: (1) Greek. Minos was the son of Zeus by Europa, and became the King of Crete. After he
died he became one of the three judges of the dead in Hades, along with Aeacus and
Rhadamanthus. (2) In The Magus, one of the three Judges of the Infernal World, the other two
named being Acacus and Rhadamantus. (3) The guardian of the second circle of hell in Dante's
Inferno.
Minosel: (1) A word used in the Grand and Supreme Appellation in Apono's Magickal Elements.
(2) A name used in an exorcism of the spirits of the air in The Magus.
Minoson: In the Grimorium Verum, a subordinate of Hael and Sergulath. Minoson has the power
to make one win all games.
Minotaur: (1) Greek. A monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man confined by king
Minos of Crete in a labyrinth built by Daedalus. The Minotaur was annually fed seven young men
and seven young women until he was killed by the hero Theseus. (2) The guardian of the seventh
circle of hell in Dante's Inferno.
Minu: The Minu of Enki is a device to be used against evil spirits in the Necronomicon, although
it is not described.
Minutum Mundum (Latin- trans. "Small Universe"): In the magickal system of the Hermetic
Order of the Golden Dawn: (a) An expression used in the initiation of the Adeptus Minor Grade.
(b) A Latin phrase used in the initiation of the Adeptus Minor as written by Waite for his
Fellowship of Isis.
Minutum Mundum sive Fundamental Coloris (Latin- trans. "The Small Universe or Foundation
of Colour"): In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: A phrase
mentioned in the initiation of the Adeptus Minor Grade.
Mir (var. Mire): Enochian. Translated in Regardie's The Complete Golden Dawn System of Magic
as meaning "a torrent". Translated in Laycock's The Complete Enochian Dictionary as meaning
"torment".
Mirael: Invoked in the consecration of ritual pens (made from swallow or crow feathers) in the
Greater Key of Solomon.
Mirc (var. Mireca, Mireka): Enochian- trans. "upon".
Mire: See Mir.
Mireca: See Mirc.
Mireka: See Mirc.
Miri: (1) One of the seventy two names of Jehovah given in The Royal Masonic Cyclopedia. (2)
An angel listed in La Kabbale Pratique.
Miriael: An angel of the Order of Warriors mentioned in The Magus.
Miriam (Hebrew- trans. "rebellion"): (1) In the Bible, the sister of Moses and Aaron, first
appearing in Exodus 15:20. (2) A Biblical character mentioned in Crowley's dissertation One Star
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in Sight.
Miririm (var. of Meresin (q.v.)): In Camfield's A Theological Discourse of Angels: One of the 4
angels of revelation.
Mirror of Solomon: In the Grimorium Verum: A mirror made from a steel plate in which one
may see whatever one desires.
Mirzind: A governor of the aethyr or aire Vti 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. Mirzind has 5632 servants.
Misao: See Miao.
Mischiros: One of the seventy two names of Jehovah found in the Grimoire of Honorius.
Misericordia Dei: The name of a magician mentioned in the cry of the aethyr Zon in Liber Aervm
Vel Saecvli.
Misran: One of the Genii of the twelfth hour, called a "genius of persecution", found in the
Nuctemeron of Apollonius of Tyana.
Misroch: A demon listed by Wierus as Beelzebuth's grand steward.
Missabu: In The Heptameron: An angel ministering to Arcan (q.v.).
Missal (Latin "missalis" ("pertaining to the Mass")): In Catholicism: A book containing all of the
rituals needed for Mass throughout the year. In recent times it has become a generic term for any
book of rituals.
Missaln: In Shah's The Secret Lore of Magic: An angel of the Moon serving on Monday.
Misterium Stile (Latin- trans. "the mystery of the dust" or "the mystery of the drop"): A most holy
mystery which is supposedly the gift of Jesus, mentioned in The Grimoire of Armadel.
Mitatron (var. of Metatron (q.v.)): (1) An angel invoked in the consecration of ritual blades and
inkhorns in The Book of True Black Magic. (2) In The Heptameron: An angel of Wednesday
residing in the 3rd heaven and invoked in the west.
Mithras (var. Meithras): A Persian God of Light and Purity, who later became a Sun God. He
originated in Hindu mythology as Mitra (q.v.) and was worshipped by the Zoroastrians (See
Zoroastrianism). Mithras was a very popular deity in the Roman Empire from the second to the
fifth centuries C.E.
Mitmon: In The Greater Key of Solomon: An angel invoked in goetic conjurations.
Miton: In 3 Enoch: One of the names of Metatron (q.v.).
Mitox (var. Mitoxt): In Zoroastrianism: A daeva of falsehoods who is a servant of Ahriman.
Mitra: A Hindu Sun God, son of the the Mother Goddess Aditi. He was later incorporated into
Persian and Roman Mythology as Mithras.
Mitraille (Creole- trans. "Grapeshot"): Vodo. One of the Lwas.
Mitraton (var. of Metatron (q.v.)): An angel invoked in the consecration of ritual blades in the
Grimorium Verum.
Mitspad: In 3 Enoch: One of the names of Metatron (q.v.).
Mitzrael (var. of Mizrael (q.v.)): (1) In La Kabbale Pratique: (a) An angel who iinduces
obedience in subordinates. (b) One of the 72 names of Jehovah that are part of the name Shem-HaMephoresh (q.v.). (2) One of the 72 names of Jehovah or of the Angels of the Shem HaMephoresch (q.v.), found in the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn.
Mitzraim: (1) Hebrew name for Egypt. (2) In Fallen Angels: The guardian angel of Egypt.
Mivon: In 3 Enoch: One of the names of Metatron (q.v.)
Miz: A cacodemon related to the south and to Zipll in the Book of Supplications and Invocations.
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Mizabu: In The Secret Grimoire of Turiel: A spirit of the 4 quarters of the Universal Mansions,
invoked on Monday.
Mizan: Arabic. An angel invoked in conjuring.
Mizgitari: One of the Genii of the seventh hour, called a "genius of eagles", found in the
Nuctemeron of Apollonius of Tyana.
Mizkun: One of the Genii of the first hour, called a "genius of amulets", found in the Nuctemeron
of Apollonius of Tyana.
Mizrach: In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: (a) The name of the
cardinal point associated with the element of air. (b) A name used in the consecration of the ritual
dagger. (c) A name used in the Evocation of the Angel Chassan to Visible Appearance.
Mizrael (var. Mitzrael; Hebrew- trans. "Raising up the Oppressed"): One of the seventy two
angels forming part of the name of Jehovah, Schemhamphorae, in The Magus.
Mizumah: Persian. An angel who attends the servants of God.
Mjolnir (var. Thor’s Hammer): Asatru. A symbol of Thor (q.v., see fig. ). Mjolnir was said to
have been forged by the Dwarves for Thor as a renumeration for a crime committed by Loki (q.v.).
It was beleived that lightning was the sparks created when Thor struck his anvil or evil-doers with
Figure
28 It was also beleived that Thor used Mjolnir to break up the ice in spring. Decorated
this
hammer.
Mjolnir
replicas
of Mjolnir are often worn as amulets.
In Norse Mythology Thor was the son of Odin. Thor was the God of the sky and thunder.
Thursday is named after him. It was believed that lightning was the sparks created when Thor
struck his anvil with his hammer Mjolnir. It was also believed that Thor used Mjolnir to break
up the ice in spring. Decorated replicas of this hammer were often worn as amulets, and many
followers of Germanic Neo-Pagan spirituality wear it as a symbol of their faith. Crowley
mentions Mjolnir in the cry of the aethyr Arn in Liber Aervm Vel Saecvli.
In Asatru, a Hammer Working is usually performed to sanctify sacred space. A hammer
representing Mjolnir is held aloft and swung, shaken or waved at each of the cardinal quarters
above and below. As the Gothi turns in a circle he announces that he is making the stead holy for
kin and gods and wights, and announces that any who wish to break frith or cause harm, man or
wight, should fear Mjolnir’s wrath (at this point striking the ground with the hammer). If a
hammer is not available, a fist may be held aloft to represent it.
MLK (var. Malik, Malec, Melek, Malech, Malek, Molech, Moloch, Milcom or Mulach; Hebrewtrans. "king"): (1) A term used as a derogatory title for gods the ancient Hebrews considered
heathen. It was specifically used in reference to the God Baal-Hammon of Carthage, a fertility God
whose consort was the moon Goddess Tanit. (2) A name used in making the invoking pentagram
of earth at the opening of the temple in the fourth degree in Liber Vel Chanokh.
MLKUTh: See Malkuth.
Mma: A cacodemon related to the west and to Bbema in the Book of Supplications and
Invocations.
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Mnad (var. Zmnad): Enochian- trans. "another".
Mnesinous: Gnosticism. One of the celestial powers who draws the elect to heaven.
Mnizourin: In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: A stone
mentioned in the initiation of the Practicus Grade.
Moab (Hebrew- trans. "progeny of the father"): (1) An ancient kingdom east and south of the
Dead Sea, first mentioned in the Bible in Genesis 36:35. (2) In the magickal system of the
Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: A Biblical place mentioned in the initiation of the
Philosophus grade.
Moakibat (var. Moakkibat): Islamic. One of the recording angels.
Moakkibat: See Moakibat.
Moanu: See Ooaona.
Moc: A cacodemon related to the east and to Aiaoai in the Book of Supplications and Invocations.
Moccus (Gaulish- trans. “pig”, “hog”): Celtic. A hunting/boar God of the Limonges tribe in the
Langres area. He was associated with Mercury by the Romans.
Mochael: One of the seventy two angels forming part of the name of Jehovah, Schemhamphorae,
in The Magus.
Mochiel: In the Ars Paulina of the Lemegeton: (a) An angel ruling the 1st degree of Leo. (b) An
angel ruling the 4th degree of Leo.
Modah (Hebrew- trans. "adorned as for a bridal"): A name that appears on the first line of a
gnomonic square used to become beloved by a relation in the Book of the Sacred Magic of
Abramelin the Mage. This square is reproduced below:
M
O
D
A
H
O
K
O
R
A
D
A
H
Moddu Cue: Santeria. A term meaning "thank you".
Modes: See Quadruplicities.
Modiel: In Hechaloth lore: One of the angelic guards of the gates of the east wind.
Modiniel: In Qabalistic lore: One of the spirits of the planet Mars.
Modorio (var. MUDORIO): A name used in the Preliminary Invocation in the Goetia or Lesser
Key of Solomon.
Modron (Trans. “mother”): Celtic. The mother of the deity Mabon (q.v.), who is mentioned in the
story of Culhwch and Olwen.
Moerae (var. The Fates): Greek. The three Goddesses of destiny, daughters of Zeus and Themis.
The first was Clotho, spinner of the thread of life. The second was Lachesis, who represented
chance, determining how long the thread should be. The third was Atropos, who cut the thread.
Their servants were the Keres, whom they sent to carry out their judgements.
Moganga: This term shares a common root with the African terms N'gan, N'ganga (q.v.), and
Houn'gan (q.v.). A Moganga is a fetish maker of the Oubangui tribe of Africa.
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Mogons (Var. Mogunos, Mountus, Mogtus, Mogounus. Trans. “great one”): Celtic. A title given
to Celtic Gods in northern Britain, Upper Germany and eastern Gaul.
Mogounus: See Mogons.
Mogtus: See Mogons.
Mogunos: See Mogons.
Moksha (Sanskrit- trans. "release", "ligeration", "escape" or "freedom"): (1) The supreme goal of
life in the philosophies of India: The final transcedance of mortal existance. (2) A term referring
to the liberation following Nirvikalpa-Samadhi in Liber LXXI (See Samadhi).
Molap: Enochian- trans. "man" or "men".
Molech: See MLK.
Moliel: In the Ars Paulina of the Lemegeton: An angel ruling the 5th degree of Cancer.
Molin (Hebrew- trans. "abiding in a place"): A spirit subordinate to the four sub princes Oriens,
Paimon, Ariton and Amaimon in The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage.
Moloc (var. of MLK (q.v.)): In Paradise Lost: One of the fallen angels.
Moloch (var. of MLK (q.v.)): (1) A name which appears in the Bible in Acts 7:43, Leviticus
18:21, Leviticus 20:2-4, Jeremiah 32:35, 2 Kings 23:10. Solomon builds a temple to Moloch in 1
Kings 11:7. The Bible describes Moloch as a god of the ancient Phoenicians and Ammonites to
whom children were sacrificed by burning. (2) According to Wierus, "Prince of the Land of Tears,
Grand Cross of the Order of the Fly". (3) According to Eliphas Levi, Moloch was one of the two
chiefs of the Thamiel. (4) Described as the prince of the land of tears in Alexis De Terreneuve de
Thym's autobiography Farfadets, ou tous le demons ne sont pas l'autre monde. (5) One of the
Infernal names listed in Anton LaVey's Satanic Bible.
Molpand: (1) 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. Molpand has 3472 servants.
Molui: See Molvi.
Molvi (var. Molui): Enochian- trans. "surge".
Molybdomancy (Greek "molybdos" ("lead") and "manteia" ("divination")): Divination by pouring
molten lead into water and observing the shapes that it takes.
Mom: Enochian- trans. "moss".
Momao: Enochian- trans. "the crowns".
Momar (var. Momare): Enochian- trans. "be crowned".
Momerton: A name used in the process consecrating the lustral bath (q.v.) with salt in the Greater
Key of Solomon.
Mommona: A name used in a nostrum to heal a man from enchantment or affliction by a spirit in
Henri Gamache's Mystery of the Long Lost 8th, 9th and 10th Books of Moses.
Monachiel: An angel whose name is inscribed on the third pentacle of Venus in the Greater Key
of Solomon.
Monadel: One of the seventy two angels forming part of the name of Jehovah, Schemhamphorae,
in The Magus.
Monarchas: In the Lemegeton, a chief under the angel Anael.
Monas: A combination of the symbols of the planet Mercury and the constellation Aries in certain
proportions, described in Dee's Monas Heiroglyphica.
Monasaci: See Monasci.
Monasci (var. Monasaci): Enochian- trans. "the Great Name".
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Monasiel: In the Lemegeton, a lieutenant under the angel Samael.
Moniel: In the Lemegeton, a chief officer under the angel Abasdarhon.
Monker (var. Munker, Munkir, Munkar): (1) Arabic. One of two black, blue eyed angels, residing
in Adhab-Algab (purgatory), whose task it is to examine the souls of the dead to determine whether
they are worthy to enter heaven. (2) In the Dictionaire Infernal: One of three angels who
interogate the dead in order to discover what god they worshipped when alive, the other two being
Nekir and Munkir. In fact in Arabic mythology Monker and Munkir are the same angel.
Monoceros De Astris (var. Monokeros de Astris; Latin- trans. "Unicorn of the Stars"): A name
given by the Rosicrucians to the degree of Practici.
Monokeros de Astris (var. of Monoceros de Astris (q.v.)): In the magickal system of the Hermetic
Order of the Golden Dawn: A title conferred upon the initiate in the initiation of the Practicus
grade.
Monons (var. Mononusa): Enochian- trans. "heart".
Mononusa: See Monons.
Mons Abiegnus: (1) A Latin form of the name of the mystical mountain of the Rosicrucians (See
Abiegnus). (2) In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: A place
mentioned used in the initiation of the Adeptus Minor as written by Waite for his Fellowship of
Isis.
Monsieur Entretoute: Vodou. An aspect of the Lwa Guede (q.v.).
Mont: See Mentu
Monter (Creole- trans. "to mount"): Vodou. A term used to describe the action of a Lwa entering
a celebrant to possess them.
Montu: See Mentu.
Mooab: Enochian- trans. "it repenteth me".
Figure 31 Talismanic Symbols of the Moon
and Chasmodai, taken from Via
Figure 32 Talismanic Symbols of the Moon and Chasmodai, taken
from Populus
Figure
30
Symbol of the
Moon
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Moon (var. Luna): (1) In Geomancy: The talismanic symbols of the Moon and Chasmodai, taken
from the Geomantic figure Populus (q.v.) are depicted in fig. 32. The talismanic symbols of the
Moon and Chasmodai, taken from the Geomantic figure Via (q.v.), are depicted in fig. 31. (2) In
astrology: An Astronomical body used in Astrological calculations. Its symbol is depicted in fig.
30. the Moon is associated with birth, the digestive system, stomach and breasts, sympathetic
nervous system, body fluids, emotions, motherhood, habits, memory and ancestry. Positive Lunar
traits include passivity, patience, tenacity, imagination, sensitivity, maternal nature, and good
memory. Negative Lunar traits include moodiness, changeability, unreliability, gullibility, weak
reasoning, narrow mindedness and vindictiveness. (2) In the Greater Key of Solomon there are six
pentacles associated with the Moon:
(a) First Pentacle of the Moon: To invoke the spirits of the Moon and to open all doors
(see fig. 33).
(b) Second Pentacle of the Moon: To protect the magician against all dangers and perils
involving water (see fig. 34).
(c) Third Pentacle of the Moon: To protect against attacks by night while journeying and
against any dangers while journeying on water (see fig. 35).
(d) Fourth Pentacle of the Moon: To protect against evil and injury and to obtain
knowledge of herbs and stones (see fig. 36).
(e) Fifth Pentacle of the Moon: To receive answers while sleeping, to destroy enemies, to
protect against phantoms of the night and to summon souls from Hades (see fig. 37).
(f) Sixth Pentacle of the Moon: To cause heavy rains (see fig. 38).
Figure 29 First Pentacle of the Moon
Figure 28 Second Pentacle of the Moon
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Figure 30 Third Pentacle of the Moon
Figure 31 Fourth Pentacle of the Moon
Figure 34 The
Moon
Figure 33 Sixth Pentacle of the Moon
Figure 32 Fifth Pentacle of the Moon
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Moon, The: In Tarot, the eighteenth card of the Major Arcana (q.v.), depicted in fig. 39.
Depending upon its position in the reading, it may represent: hidden enemies, danger, calumny,
darkness, terror, deception, occult forces, error.
Moon Breath: See Ida.
Moon Nerve: See Ida.
Mo-ooth (var. of Ma'at (q.v.)): A Goddess mentioned in the magickal system of the Hermetic
Order of the Golden Dawn. Regardie equates her with Aima Elohim (q.v.).
Moot (Bef. 900 Middle English “mot(e)” (“meeting”, “assembly”), Old English “gemōt”, deriv.
Old Norse “mōt”, Danish “gemoet”): (1) A meeting or assembly. (2) Odinist: A meeting or
gathering. (3) Vampyre. A formal term for a member of the caste of Warriors (q.v.).
Mop: A cacodemon related to the north and to Gaolo in the Book of Supplications and Invocations.
Mor (var. Emor): (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 fourth degree
in Liber Vel Chanokh. (3) In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: A
name of Jehovah associated with Taurus, the Tribe of Ephraim, the archangel Asmodel and the
Governing Angel Ziracah.
Mor Dial Hctga: The Holy name ruling the element of Earth in John Dee's Enochian system of
magic.
Mora: (1) One of the seventy two names of Jehovah given in The Royal Masonic Cyclopedia. (2)
Santeria. A plant, Salanum Nigrum, sacred to the Orishas Oggun (q.v.) and Yemaya (q.v.). Mora
is used to cure throat infections and skin troubles.
Morael (var. of Moriel (q.v.)): An angel of awe and fear who rules the month of Elul (AugustSeptember) in Waite's The Book of Black Magic and of Pacts.
Morail (var. of Moriel (q.v.)): A spirit with the power to make things invisible in the Grimorium
Verum.
Morax (var. Marax, Forfax, Foraii): The twenty first spirit of the
Lemegeton, described as a great earl and president, who appears as a bull
with a human head. Morax teaches astronomy, herbology and science.
He is said to rule over 30 legions of spirits. His sigil is depicted in fig.
40.
Mord Wraiths: See Black Walkers.
Mordad (var. Murdad): Persian. (a) The angel of July and of the 7th
day of the month. (b) The angel of death who separates the body from
the soul.
Figure 40 Sigil of
Morax
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Moreh (Hebrew- trans. "archer"): A name that appears on the first line of a gnomonic square used
to discover the theft of worked silver in the Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage. This
square is reproduced below:
M
O
R
E
H
R
O
S
O
R
E
I
O
H
Morel: A spirit subordinate to the four sub princes Oriens, Paimon Ariton and Amaimon in The
Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage.
Morena: A Russian Goddess mentioned in "Homage to Tchort" in LaVey's The Satanic Rituals.
Moreorgran (var. Morvorgran): An Enochian angel that appeared to John Dee and Edward
Kelley.
Moriel (var. Morael, Morail): In the Lemegeton, a chief officer under the angel Gamiel.
Morilen: A spirit subordinate to the four sub princes Oriens, Paimon, Ariton and Amaimon in The
Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage.
Morsitagus (Trans. “masses of sea water”): Celtic. A healer God of the Alesia area in Burgundy
associated to the Goddess Damona. The Romans equated him with Apollo.
Mormo (Archaic English- trans. "a false terror" or a "bugbear"): One of the Infernal names listed
in Anton LaVey's Satanic Bible. LaVey calls Mormo the King of the Ghouls and a consort of
Hecate.
Morning Star: (1) A reference to Lucifer, derived from Isaiah 14:12: "How art thou fallen from
heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken
the nations!" The original word translated as "Lucifer" in the Bible was "Helel" in the Hebrew
texts, indicating that it was, in fact, a reference to the King of Babylon, who was compared to the
morning star3 (See Lucifer). (2) In Astrology: The name sometimes given to the planet Venus as
the morning star. (3) A name used in the performance of a Black Mass in LaVey's The Satanic
Rituals.
Moroni: The Mormon angel of God, who is the son of Mormon, the leader of the Nephites.
Moroni supposedly deliverd the gold plats bearing the new revelations to Joseph Smith, the founder
of the Mormons.
Morrigan: See Morrigan.
Morrighan (Var. Morrigan, Morrigu. Trans. “great queen”): Celtic. The Irish Goddess of war,
death, and sex. She is often viewed as a combination of the triune Goddesses Badb, Nemain and
Macha. Her favourite shape is the raven.
Morrigu: See Morrighan.
Mortar of Oxala: Candomble. A festival sacred to the Orixa Oxala (q.v.).
Morvorgran: See Moreorgran.
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Moschel (Hebrew "MVSh" ("to move oneself about")): A spirit subordinate to the four sub princes
Oriens, Paimon Ariton and Amaimon in The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage.
Moses, Lost Books of: The Book of Moses is mentioned in the Bible in 2 Chronicles 25:4, 2
Chronicles 35:12, Ezra 6:18, Nehemiah 13:1 and Mark 12:26. It was a book of the law written
by Moses and presented to his people, including the Ten Commandments, and forms a well
known part of the Judeo-Christian mythology. As was done in the case of several other
published philosophers or religious leaders, Henri Gamache later translated a spurious text
claiming to be the long lost 8th, 9th and 10th books of Moses, which is still in print.4 There is
also a 6th and 7th Lost Book of Moses in print which is as fraudulent as the other one. These are
the “lost books” being referred to here.
Mosheh: A Hebrew term used by Aleister Crowley to represent man as a God-concealing form.
Mosiel: In the Lemegeton, a chief officer under the angel Osgaebial.
Mos-pelehe: See Mospleh.
Mospleh (var. Mos-pelehe): Enochian- trans. "horn" or "horns".
Mosquito Drum: See Tambour Maringuin.
Most Approved Keys of Solomon the Hebrew Rabbin: An alternate title of the Grimorium Verum.
Most Excellent Master: (1) The sixth degree of the York or American rite of Freemasonry. (2)
The sixth degree of Royal Arch Freemasonry.
Mot: A cacodemon related to the east and to Iaola in the Book of Supplications and Invocations.
Mother: Vampyre. Title given to a female Fangsmith (q.v.).
Mothiel: In the Ars Paulina of the Lemegeton: An angel ruling the 13th degree of Leo.
Moti: One of the seventy two names of Jehovah given in The Royal Masonic Cyclopedia.
Motiel: In the Ars Paulina of the Lemegeton: An angel ruling the 2nd degree of Cancer.
Motziel: In the Ars Paulina of the Lemegeton: An angel ruling the 10th degree of Leo.
Mouche Pierre: Vodou. One of the Lwas.
Moundongue: (1) A West African tribe. (2) Vodou. A Lwa that belongs to the Pethro Rites and
shares some of the characteristics of the Lwa Legba Ati-n Bon (q.v.). (3) The title of a dance.
Mount Abiegnus: See Abiegnus.
Mount Ebal (Ebal = Hebrew- trans. "stony"): (1) A Biblical place mentioned first in Deuteronomy
11:29. (2) In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: A Biblical place
mentioned in the Ritual of the Portal of the Vault of the Adepti.
Mount of Firs: A synonym for Mount Abiegnus (See Abiegnus). In the magickal system of the
Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: A place mentioned used in the initiation of the Adeptus
Minor as written by Waite for his Fellowship of Isis.
Mount Paran (Paran = Hebrew- trans. "cavernous"): (1) A mountain mentioned in Deuteronomy
33:2. (2) In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: A Biblical place
mentioned in the initiation of the Philosophus grade.
Mountain of Abiegnus: See Abiegnus.
Mountus: See Mogons.
Mousien: In the Lemegeton, a chief officer under the angel Gamiel.
Moussondi: Vodou. A Lwa of the Congo Crabigne Rite.
Moviel: In the Ars Paulina of the Lemegeton: An angel ruling the 29th degree of Cancer.
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GAMACHE, Henri. (1983). Mystery of the Long Lost 8th, 9th and 10th Books of Moses, Original Publications,
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Moyubbar (Deriv. Yoruban "Mo ("I") Juba ("pay homage"). The Yorubans call it Ijuba ("to pay
homage")): Santeria. A prayer or invocation (Suyeres) to the spirits of the dead (Eggun) used
before rituals or divination in Santeria. The most common Moyubbar is as follows:
MOYUBBAR
TRANSLATION
Olojo oni, mo juba
Owner of this day I pay homage
Ila oorun, mo juba
To the East I pay homage
Iwo oorun, mo juba
To the West I pay homage
Ariwa, mo juba
To the North I pay homage
Guusu, mo juba
To the South I pay homage
Akoda, mo juba
To the First Created I pay homage
Aseda, mo juba
to man's Creator I pay homage
Ile, mo juba
To the Earth I pay homage
Esu, Odara, mo juba
To Esu, the trickster, I pay homage
[name of ancestor], mo juba
To my ancestors [names] I pay homage
Bi ekolo ba juba ile, ile a lanu
If the worm pays homage to the earth, the earth
will heed it
Omode ki ijuba, ki iba pa a
Because small children never pay homage,
they are often destroyed.
Moz: Enochian- trans. "joy".
Mozm: A name used in the grand conjuration of the Grand Grimoire.
Mozod: Enochian- trans. "joy of God" (Cf. Moz).
Mpambu: Palo Mayombe. A term meaning the four cardinal points of the compass or the crossing
of four ways. This is the place where the Masango (q.v.) is sent to the victim.
Mpangui: Palo Mayombe. An initiate.
Mph: (1) One of the names of Jehovah according to the Book of Supplications and Invocations.
(2) In Liber Vel Chanokh. (a) One of the Three Holy Names of Jehovah found in the Four Great
Watch Towers. (b) A secret name of Jehovah used in the opening of the temple of the third degree.
(3) In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: A name of Jehovah
associated with: (a) Scorpio. (b) The Tribe of Dan. (c) The archangel Barachiel. (d) The
Governing Angel Cadaamp.
Mph Arsl Gaiol: The Holy name ruling the element of Water in John Dee's Enochian system of
magic.
Mpolo Banso: Palo Mayombe. A term for ashes.
Mpunga Mama (var. Wanga Choya, Wengue): Palo Mayombe. A Nkita (q.v.) that is the
equivalent of the Orisha Oshun (q.v.) in Santeria.
Mpungo: See Nkisi.
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Mqttro: In The Sword of Moses: A ministering angel who is one of the Nomina Barbara.
Mradu (Elorathian (q.v.)): Vampyre. A term for the caste of Warriors (q.v.).
Mrgioial: In The Sword of Moses: (a) One of the Nomina Barbara. (b) One of the four angels
appointed to the Sword by jehovha that communicated the divine name to Moses.
MRIODOM (var. of Mariodam): A name used in the invocation of Water in Liber Samekh.
Mrx: An Enochian cacodemon who is the counterpart of the angel Rxnl (q.v.).
Msal (var. Msmal): An angel who is a senior of the south under Spmnir, related to the element of
air in the Book of Supplications and Invocations. Msal is invoked to acquire knowledge of living
creatures.
MShICh: See Messiah.
MSLVTh: See Masloth.
Msmal: See Msal.
Mtdi (var. Mtndi): (1) An angel who is a senior of the west under Atdim in the Book of
Supplications and Invocations. Mtdi is invoked to move things to other places. (2) A name used
to invoke the Kerubim in Liber Vel Chanokh.
Mtndi: See Mtdi.
Mtniel: Judaic. An angel with dominion over wild beasts.
Mto: A cacodemon related to the west and to Ocbaa in the Book of Supplications and Invocations.
Mtorebe: See Matorb.
MTTRVN: See Metatron.
Mu: The twelfth letter of the Greek alphabet (μ).
Mu pa telai...: The beginning of the first verse of a song which appears in the cry of the aethyr Arn
in Liber Aervm Vel Saecvli and in Liber Stellae Rubeae. The full first verse of this song is: Mu pa
telai, Tu wa melai, A, a, a, Tu fu tulu! Tu fu tulu, Pa, Sa, Ga. Which translates as: “Silence! the
moon ceaseth (her motion), that also was sweet. In the air, in the air, in the air! Who Will shall
attain! Who Will shall attain, By the Moon, and by Myself, and by the Angel of the Lord!”
Muck Olla: A legendary boar of enormous size who was said to have been slain by one of the
Geraldines in County Cork in Ireland. At Ballycotton in County Cork a Samhain (q.v.) procession
was led by a man called the Lair Bhan, who was dressed in a white sheet and who carried or wore a
mask like a mare's skull. Instead of saying "Trick or Treat" as children nowadays do in North
America, they would demand gifts in the name of Muck Olla.
No one can say precisely how old this custom is, but the boar (or pig) was a sacred animal
to the Celts, providing meat for the feasts of the Otherworld or Summerland. A sow was the
symbol of the Goddess Cerridwen. A mare was the symbol of the Goddess Epona or Rhiannon.
In Wales, people used to light bonfires on hill tops at Samhain. They would roast potatoes
and apples to eat, dance and sing, and when the fire burned down, leap over it. As the flames
burned down the celebrants would suddenly dash off down the hill, crying: "May the tailless Black
Sow take the hindmost!" This was a reference to the "hwch ddu gwta", the tailless Black Sow that
was a symbol of Cerridwen in her crone aspect.
I have seen several references to Muck Olla as the "Celtic God of the Dead" or as a "Sun
God" in recent texts. As you can see Muck Olla is a name clearly related to several Celtic
Goddesses, not any God.
MUDORIO (var. of Modorio): A name used in the invocation of Fire in Liber Samekh.
Mufgar: In Hechaloth lore: An angelic guard serving inthe 1st heaven.
Muffiel: In Hechaloth lore: An angel guarding the entrance to the 7th heaven.
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Mugiens: A name used in the conjuration of Lucifer in the Grimoire of Honorius.
Muin: (1) An Irish Gaelic word for vine. (2) The tenth letter of the Celtic Ogham alphabet. (3)
The tenth month of the Tree Calendar (q.v.), September 2/September 29.
Mukel: In the Ars Paulina of the Lemegeton: An angel ruling the 19th degree of Leo.
Mulach (Corruption of Hebrew MLK (q.v.)): A spirit subordinate to the four sub princes Oriens,
Paimon, Ariton and Amaimon in The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage.
Muladhara (Sanskrit- trans. "the root base"): The root Chakra (q.v.) in Yoga and Tantra, located at
the pelvic plexus between the anus and urethra.
Mulaprakriti: A Hindu term meaning "world stuff", the material of the universe.
Mulciber: In Paradise Lost: An angel who built towers in heaven.
Mulier: One of the four N.O.X. signs mentioned in The Star Sapphire.
Mulla Xul: A Sumerian word translated as "evil devil" in the Necronomicon.
Mullin: A demon listed by Wierus as the first gentleman of Beelzebuth's bedchamber.
Mullo: Celtic. A God or horses and mules revered in Northern and Northwestern Gaul. He was a
healer.
Mumiah: In La Kabbale Pratique: An angel who is the patron of physics and medicine.
Mummu: A spirit possessing knowledge of the structure of the universe in the Necronomicon.
Mumol: In The Grand Grimoire: An angel invoked in the consecration of pen and ink.
Mundane (1425-75 C.E., Late Middle English “mondeyne”, Middle French “mondain”, deriv.
Latin “mundanus” (“mund(us)” (“world”) and “-anus” or “-ane” (“late”))): (1) The non spiritual
earth. (2) Vampyre. A term for people outside of the Vampyre culture, often abbreviated as
“Danes”.
Mundane Parallel: See Antiscia.
Mundele: Palo Mayombe. A term meaning "white person".
Munkar: See Monker.
Munker: See Monker.
Munkir (var. of Monker (q.v.)): In the Dictionaire Infernal: One of three angels who interogate
the dead in order to discover what god they worshipped when alive, the other two being Nekir and
Monker. In fact in Arabic mythology Monker and Munkir are the same angel (See Monker).
Muoboii: An name used in the process consecrating the lustral bath (q.v.) with salt in the Greater
Key of Solomon.
Mupiel (Hebrew- trans. "out of the mouth of God"): In Mosaic incantations: An angel invoked to
improve memory.
Muriel (var. Murriel; Deriv. Greek "myrrh"): (1) In A Theological Discourse of Angels: An agnel
ruling the order of Dominations. (2) In the Greater Key of Solomon: (a) An angel associated with
the South. (b) An angel invoked in the preparation of a magic carpet. (3) An angel ruling the
astrological sign Cancer in The Magus. (4) In the magickal system of the Hermetic Order of the
Golden Dawn: (a) An angel invoked in the consecration of the Lotus Wand. (b) An angel of the
symbolic tribe of Issachar. (c) An angel associated to Populus and Via. (d) An archangel under
Hctga.
Murifri (var. Merifri): (1) An Enochian angel who appeared to John Dee and
Edward Kelley on 2 June 1583. (2) An angel mentioned in Regardie's The
Complete Golden Dawn System of Magic.
Figure 41 Sigil
of Murmur
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Murmur (var.Murmus, Murmux; Deriv. Latin "murmur", which has the same meaning as the
modern English word murmur): The fifty fourth spirit of the Lemegeton, described as a duke and
earl who appears as a soldier riding on a griffin. Murmur teaches philosophy, and is a master of
necromancy. He is described as being partly of the Order of Thrones (q.v.) and partly of the Order
of Angels (q.v.). He commands 30 legions of spirits. His sigil is depicted in fig. 41.
Murmus: See Murmur.
Murmux: See Murmur.
Murriel (var. of Muriel (q.v.)): In the Lemegeton, a chief officer under the angel Veguaniel.
Musalia: An name used in the process of taking a lustral bath in the Greater Key of Solomon.
Musanios: In Gnosticism: A lower ranking Aeon who rules the world of the invisible.
Muse: (1) In Greek mythology the Muses were the nine daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne. They
were also known as the Pierides (after the area around mount Pieros, which was supposedly their
home), the Aonides (after the name of this region, Aonia), the Castalides (after the mythical spring
on Mount Parnassus that was sacred to them), or the Heliconides (after a mountain in southern
Greece that was their home). They presided over the arts. They were: Clio, the muse of history;
Thalia, the muse of comedy and idyllic poetry; Melpomene, the muse of tragedy; Terpsichore, the
muse of music and dancing; Erato, muse of erotic poetry; Euterpe, the Muse of music and lyric
poetry; Calliope, the muse of epic poetry and rhetoric; Urania, the muse of astronomy; and
Polyhymnia (Polymnia), the muse of sacred hymns and harmony. (2) Woodland spirits mentioned
in The Magus.
Musil: An name used in the process of taking a lustral bath in the Greater Key of Solomon.
Muspellsheim: Asatru. The Southern land of fire guarded by the giant Surt, mentioned in the
Voluspa (q.v.). It is one of the nine worlds of Yggrdrasil (q.v.).
Musisin: A spirit with powers over great lords in the Grimorium Verum.
Mut: See Ma'at.
Mutable Signs: In Astrology: Signs of the Zodiac are grouped into three groups of four
(quadruplicities): Cardinal, Fixed and Mutable. The four mutable signs of the Zodiac are Gemini,
Pisces, Sagittarius and Virgo.
Mutual Reception: In Astrology: When two planets occupy each other's signs or signs of
Exaltation.
Mutuol: In The Grand Grimoire: An angel invoked in the consecration of pen and ink.
Muzaloth: In Enoch II: The eighth of the ten heavens.
Mvx: A cacodemon related to the south and to Cbalpt in the Book of Supplications and
Invocations.
Myne: See Hamingja.
Myomancy (Greek "mys" ("mouse") and "manteia" ("divination")): Divination by observing the
movements of mice.
Mysteres: Vodou. An alternate term for Lwa (q.v.).
Mysteries of the Sevenfold Kingdoms: See Heptarchia Mystica.
Mysterium: A term used to describe the Rosicrucian mysteries in The Grimoire of Armadel.
Mzpopiasaiel: In The Sword of Moses: The leader of the angels of wrath.