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Gremory

Duchess Gamori can be invoked for divination, to find hidden treasures, and to invoke the love of women. Demonic description: a Duke strong and powerful, and appeareth in the form of a beautiful woman, with a Duchess's crown tied about her waist, and riding on a great camel. His office is to tell of all things past, present, and to come and of treasures hid, and what they lie in and to procure the love of women both young and old. He governeth 26 legions of spirits

Enn: An tasa shi Gremory on ca

Color: Green Incense: Sandalwood Metal: Copper, Lead? Planet: Venus Element: Water, Earth? Candle Color: Orange Date: October 3-12

Area(s) of expertise: divination, finding treasures (personal experience, this includes unexpected revenue streams), inspiring love in women. (sourced from the description)

Associated colours: according to V. K. Jehannum Purple, Orange, Green, Pink, Brown Associated offerings: from other people online posting in a myriad of different forums: “red wine, honey, pink roses, green roses, sandalwood and dragons blood incense”, from V. K. Jehannum extra additions: “Copper, Mullein, Patchouli, Lavender”.

Gordon Winterfield:

The Powers of Gremori

To attract romantic affection from one who is already in a relationship. To make a named individual have carnal desires when next they look into your eyes. To obtain gifts, money or valuables, without seeking them.

The Evocation Keys of Gremori

Gremori is associated with pale pink light and the smell of fresh skin. There is a texture like warm, wet flesh and a sound like a gentle breeze in the trees.

Warnings: this spirit can be very direct and blunt (from others experience)

S.Connolly: To learn magick. Some say Gremory is akin to Delepitorae or Seshat, only less intense. I invoke Gremory to find a lost item and strangely it appeared in a place I had searched thoroughly three times.

Other names per Stellas Daemonum by David Crowhurst: Gamori, Gomory, Gemon, and Gemyem

Mirta’s notes: came as 3 light points forming a triangle, felt somewhat cold temperature wise and spoke in a sassy female voice. I introduced myself. We talked about possible good sources of income. Among other things I asked Gremory who is unfit to work with them and the answer was “impolite, ungrateful people or those that are new. I have no patience for a practitioner that fails to get my message”. That being said, exceptions exist. If you’re getting signs from Gremory and you’re new to spirit communication, consider yourself an exception. For who fit her well I’ve received this message – “those that can match my energy and keep up. But we all like that I suppose. The practitioners that are brave and know what they want. Or practitioners that need a little bit of encouragement, but don’t want to call upon much darker entities.”. She seems to favour encouraging women, so I’m not surprised that she specializes in love of that sort, however if you are female and it isn’t love that you seek, you can find empowerment here.

Astrological detail: Second Cancer Decan, moon in Scorpio.

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Asmodeus

Great King, strong, and powerful. He appeareth with three heads, whereof the first is like a bull, the second like a man, and the third like a ram, he hath also the tail of a serpent, and from his mouth issue flames of fire. His feet are webbed like those of a goose. He sitteth upon an infernal dragon, and beareth in his hand a lance with a banner. He is first and choicest under the power of Amaymon, he goeth before all other. When the exorcist hath a mind to call him, let it be abroad, and let him stand on his feet all the time of action, with his cap or headdress off, for if it be on, Amaymon will deceive him and call all his actions to be betrayed. But as soon as the exorcist seeth Asmoday in the shape aforesaid, he shall call him by his name, saying: “art thou Asmoday?” and he will not deny it, and by-and-by he will bow down unto the ground. He giveth the ring of virtues; he teacheth the arts of arithmetic, astronomy, geometry, and all handicrafts absolutely. He giveth true and full answers unto thy demands. He maketh one invincible. He showeth the place where treasures lie, and guardeth it. He, amongst the legions of Amaymon governeth 72 legions of spirits inferior

Enn: Ayer avage Aloren Asmoday aken

Color: Yellow (black, crimson, blue) Direction: East; South Incense: Frankincense (Dragon’s Blood, Cinnamon, Rose) Planet: Sun, Jupiter; Neptune Element: Air; Water; Fire Flowers: Roses, Sunflowers, Royal Carnelian D/N: Diurnal Metal: Gold; Copper turned Blue Date: January 30-February 8 Colors with correspond with him greens, silvers, golds and purple. Tarot: 6 of Swords; 8 of Pentacles/Disks

Affiliations: Mint (the plant), Saffron, Cinnamon, Orange, Dragon’s Blood, Grains of Paradise, Olive Oil, Wormwood, Sandalwood, Spikenard, Deerstongue, Agrimony

Reigns over Lust, sex, confrontation, gambling, wealth and finding ways to obtain it, revenge. Ancient Zoroastrian God. His aspect is aesma daeva. He is a powerful Infernal King who is often sought after for his incredible abilities of persuasion and baneful prowess. However, he can be difficult to work with, and will test even the most seasoned practioner. He is very high risk high reward. The animals that represent him are a ram, a bull, a rooster, and he additionally has a draconic form.

Gordon Winterfield:

The Powers of Asmodai

To make something valuable go unnoticed so that it will not be stolen. To develop your intuition regarding major decisions. To develop a personal ability to a previously unattainable level. This applies to mental, creative and physical skills, including crafts and technical work.

The Evocation Keys of Asmodai

Asmodai is associated with feelings of sexual desire and the colors of black and crimson. There is a bestial smell, the sound of grunted breaths, and a texture like wet skin. There is a taste like the sexual fluids of either sex.

S.Connolly: He is keeper of the ring of virtues and can give said ring. He can lead the magician to treasure, make him invincible, and will give true answers to demands. He also teaches mathematics, astronomy and crafts.

Some believe Asmoday is one of three heads (the others being Amaymon and Amduscius) in the Asmodai image in Collin de Plancy’s Dictionnaire Infernal. Some believe Asmoday is equal to Asmodeus, a Daemon of lust and passion. Asmoday can be worked with to make the magician physically stronger and mentally sharp.

Portions of Stellas Daemonum, the Order of Deamons by David Crowhurst:

The first and choicest King under Amaymon is Asmoday, who is also called Sydonay, Aēšma, Asmodeus, and Ashmedai. He takes the form of a strong, powerful, three-headed king riding an infer￾nal dragon and bearing a lance and flag in his hands. The first of his heads is like that of a bull, the second is like that of a man, and the third is like that of a ram. He belches forth fire, has the tail of a serpent, and has feet that are webbed like those of a goose. He answers all demands truly, gives a ring of Great Virtue, reveals secrets and the location of hidden treasures, teaches astronomy, arithmetic, music, the mechanical arts, and geometry, and can cause one to become invisible. He also has the ability to produce food, especially in vast amounts for banquets, can cause the transmutation of metals and the shape of people and animals, can cause of all kinds of discords, and can drive the hearts of women and men to wrath, desire, and lust.

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Although the Jewish legends surrounding Asmoday largely rely on Persian sources, one mystery that may be solved by Apocryphal Hebrew teachings is that which surrounds one of his Zoroastrian epithets, Pesō Tanū, which means “having his body forfeited.” In the Testament of Solomon, Asmodeus explains his origins to Solomon by stating he was “born of an angel’s seed by a daughter of man,” while in the Haggadah concerning Noah, he states that he came from a union between the fallen angel Sham￾don and a woman named Naamah. Such explanations place his origins as one of the human-angel hybrids, the Nefilim, encountered in the Book of Enoch, which suggests that Aēšma’s “bodily forfeit” is that suffered by the Nefilim, who were stripped of their corporeal raiments and condemned to roam the Earth in bodiless forms until the Day of Judgement following their defeat by the heavenly archangels.

Alternatively, this “bodily forfeit” may refer to Asmoday’s mythological fate in Egypt following his banishment there, which, according to Collin de Plancy’s Dictionnaire Infernal, involved him establishing a temple at Ryanneh in the Egyptian desert, where he was still allegedly worshipped but would eventually cut himself into pieces and disappear. The source of Collin de Plancy’s information about the location of this temple was the propagandist colonial newspaper Courrier de l’Égypte, but modern European knowledge of it appears to originate in the account of the seventeenth-century French explorer Paul Lucas, who, via the works of the Benedictine monk Antoine Augustin Calmet,10 is cited in Voltaire’s entry for Asmodeus in his Dictionnaire Philosophique, which states:

Not only did Asmodeus flee, but Gabriel went and chained him in Upper Egypt, where he still is. He dwells in a grotto near the city of Saata or Taata. Paul Lucas saw and spoke to him. They cut this serpent in pieces, and the pieces immediately joined again.

Also significant to the character of Asmoday is his potential connection to Eshmun, the tutelary deity of the Phoenician city of Sidon. Eshmun. Temple Of Eshmun: A Phoenician Site You Must Visit In South Lebanon

This link is apparent in the alias “Sydonay” given to him in the Pseudomonarchia Daemonum, while the name Eshmun bears a potential phonological connection to the Avestan and Middle Persian names Aēšma and Xēšm, which take the form “Eshm” in English translations of the Bundahišn. Like other healing gods, Eshmun is considered to be a form of Aesclepius, who, like Asmoday, bears a serpent about his person and has power over the dead. Sidon was famed as a center of the worship of Ashtoreth, to whom Eshmun—also known as Ba’al Sidon—acted as a consort, which may account for Asmoday’s appearance in close proximity to Astaroth in the ranks of the spirits under Amaymon in the Book of Offices. Another factor for consideration is the geographical and moral proximity of the cities of Tyre and Sidon to Sodom and Gomorrah, all of which were biblical bywords for pagan populations that rejoiced in the concupiscence that Asmoday is historically fond of inspiring. An overview of the relationship between Ashtoreth and Eshmun appears in this work’s entry for Astaroth, but a point worth noting in advance is the connection between the eight days the festival of Sheikh Heredy’s birthday is celebrated for and the significance of the number eight to both Ashtoreth and Eshmun.

Correlations between the decans of Pisces and the person of Asmoday:

Head of a Man - Saturn - Journeys, changing one’s place, anxiety, seeking substance and nourishment

Head of a Bull - Jupiter - Desire, high and great matters

Head of a Ram - Mars - Rest, swiftness, delight, fornication, surrounding oneself with women