Gemory (also Gremory, Gamori, Gaeneron, Gemon, Gemyem) is a demon listed in demonological grimoires.
Gemory (also Gremory, Gamori, Gaeneron, Gemon, Gemyem) is a demon listed in demonological grimoires.
Gemory is described in demonological works such as the Munich Manual of Demonic Magic [note 1] [1] [2] [3] the Liber Officiorum Spirituum [note 2] [4] [5] the Pseudomonarchia Daemonum , [note 3] [6] the Lesser Key of Solomon , [note 4] [7] the Dictionnaire Infernal , [note 3] [8] as appearing in the form of a beautiful woman (though as with all Goetic demons referred to using the masculine pronouns "he" and "his") wearing a duchess's crown and riding a camel, ascribed with the power of revealing hidden treasures and answering questions about the past, present, and future. [8] [1] [7] [4] [5] [6] The Munich Manual, Pseudomonarchia, Lesser Key, and Dictionnaire further give Gemory the power of procuring love from women [8] [1] [7] [6] (although the Liber Officiorum Spirituum describes her as "a companion of the love of women, and especially of maidens"), [4] [5] while the Pseudomonarchia and the Lesser Key note that the duchess's crown is (somehow) worn on Gemory's waist. [7] [6] Stephen Skinner and David Rankine, in their edition of The Goetia of Dr Rudd , suggest that this was a mistranslation of the Latin cingitur which should have been translated "encircling her head". [9]
Gemory is mentioned in a manuscript labelled Fasciculus Rerum Geomanticarum. [note 1] [10]
In the Pseudomonarchia, [note 5] Lesser Key, [note 6] and Dictionnaire, Gemory is ranked as a duke ruling 26 legions of spirits, [7] [6] [8] but (still a duke) ruling 27 in the Munich Manual of Demonic Magic [note 1] [1] [2] [3] and ruling 5 or 42 legions as either a duke, [4] prince, [5] or captain, [4] [5] in the Liber Officiorium Spirituum. [note 7] [4] [5]
According to Rudd, Gremory is opposed by the Shemhamphorasch angel Poiel. [9]
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