Agares

Agares from Collin de Plancy «Dictionnaire Infernal», Paris, 1863.

Agares (also Agarat, Agaros, or Agarus) is a demon described in demonological grimoires such as the Livre des Esperitz (as Agarat), the Pseudomonarchia Daemonum, the Lesser Key of Solomon (or Lemegeton), and the Dictionnaire Infernal as a duke "under the powers of the east," an "old man, riding upon a crocodile, and carrieng a hawke on his fist," who teaches languages, stops and retrieves runaway persons, causes earthquakes, and grants noble titles. The Lemegeton and the Pseudomonarchia Daemonum state that he commands him 31 legions of demons, while the Livre des Esperitz (which describes him simply as an old man) gives him 36.[1][2][3][4][5] The Book of the Office of Spirits places him (as Agaros) under Oriens and describes him as an old man riding a cockatrice, sans hawk.[6] The Grimoire of Pope Honorius (which refers to him as Agarus) is more brief, omitting the crocodile and hawk, and omitting his functions beyond languages and titles.[7] The Grand Grimoire features him as a subordinate of Lucifuge Rofocale.[8] According to Rudd, Agares is opposed by the Shemhamphorasch angel Jelial.[9][10] Sloane MS 3824 mentions Agares, throughout invocations to summon spirits that guard treasure,[11] and in the "Experiment of Agares" meant to draw him into a crystal.[12]


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  1. ↑ Lemegeton Clavicula Salomonis: The Lesser Key of Solomon, Detailing the Ceremonial Art of Commanding Spirits Both Good and Evil; ed. Joseph H. Peterson; Weiser Books, Maine; 2001. p.7-10
  2. ↑ Pseudomonarchia Daemonum (Liber officiorum spirituum); Johann Weyer, ed. Joseph Peterson; 2000. "(2) Agares"
  3. ↑ "Les who's who démonologiques de la Renaissance et leurs ancêtres médiévaux" by Jean-Patrice Boudet, Médiévales 44, Spring 2003, (online link).
  4. ↑ The Goetia of Dr Rudd; Thomas Rudd, Ed. Stephen Skinner & David Rankine; 2007, Golden Hoard Press. p.33
  5. ↑ Dictionnaire infernal: ou Répertoire universel des êtres, des personnages, Jacques Collin de Plancy, 1853, available on Google Books. P.10-19
  6. ↑ A Book of the Office of Spirits; John Porter, Trans. Frederick Hockley, Ed. Colin D. Campbell; Teitan Press, 2011. p.20-29
  7. ↑ The Grimoire of Pope Honorius; anon, trans. Kineta Ch'ien, ed. James Banner; Trident Press, 1999. p.10-19
  8. ↑ The Book of Ceremonial Magic, part II, chapter III, section 1: "The Names and Offices of Evil Spirits"; Arthur Edward Waite; London, 1913; available online at The Internet Sacred Text Archive, (direct link to section)
  9. ↑ Rudd, ed. Skinner & Rankine p.408-412
  10. ↑ Rudd, ed. Skinner & Rankine, p.366-376
  11. ↑ Elias Ashmole, ed. David Rankine, The Book of Treasure Spirits, Avalonia books, 2009; pp.32-42, 46, 84, 87-90
  12. ↑ Ashmole, Rankine, p. 145-152