Bune

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Bune is a demon listed in demonological grimoires such the Lesser Key of Solomon [note 1] [1] (including Thomas Rudd's version, as Bime) [2] Johann Weyer's Pseudomonarchia Daemonum , [note 2] [3] Jacques Collin de Plancy's Dictionnaire Infernal , [4] and the Livre des Esperitz. [note 3] [5]

All of these texts describe Bune as a duke who is able to move the dead, make one rich, and answer a variety of questions. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] The Livre des Esperitz claims that Bune rules 35 legions of spirits, [5] while the other texts only give him 30 legions to command. [1] [2] [3] [4] The other texts further describe Bune's appearance as a three headed dragon (with one head being human) and give him the additional powers of making devils gather around graves and making one wise and charismatic. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Practicing occultist Carroll "Poke" Runyon suggests that the name ultimately derives from Buto (a title for Isis), [6] as part of an overall claim that the Lesser Key of Solomon was by Solomon and rooted in Mesopotamian mythology. [7]

According to Rudd, Bune is opposed by the Shemhamphorasch angel Haaiah. [8]

Notes

  1. As the twenty-sixth spirit.
  2. As the twenty-third spirit.
  3. As the twenty-seventh spirit.

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