Gemory

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Gremory by Louis Le Breton, 1863 Ill dict infernal p0323-307 gomory demon.jpg
Gremory by Louis Le Breton, 1863

Gemory (also Gremory, Gamori, Gaeneron, Gemon, Gemyem) is a demon listed in demonological grimoires.

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Description

Gremory 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 Gremory 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 Gremory'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]

Gremory is mentioned in a manuscript labelled Fasciculus Rerum Geomanticarum. [note 1] [10]

Legions and standing

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Gremory's seal in the Ars Goetia

In the Pseudomonarchia, [note 5] Lesser Key, [note 6] and Dictionnaire, Gremory 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]

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 As Gaeneron.
  2. ↑ As Gemon or Gemyem.
  3. 1 2 As Gomory.
  4. ↑ Some versions listing him as Gremory or Gamori.
  5. ↑ As the 50th spirit.
  6. ↑ As the 56th spirit.
  7. ↑ As the 41st and 75th spirits.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Kieckhefer, Richard (1998). Forbidden Rites: A Necromancer's Manual of the Fifteenth Century. University Park, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania State University Press (published 1997). pp. 166, 292. ISBN   0-271-01750-3.
  2. 1 2 Rudd, Thomas (2010). Skinner, Stephen; Rankine, David (eds.). The Goetia of Dr Rudd. Golden Hoard Press (published 2007). p. 34. ISBN   978-0738723556.
  3. 1 2 Weyer, Johann (1563). Peterson, Joseph H. (ed.). Pseudomonarchia Daemonum (Liber officiorum spirituum). Twilit Grotto: Esoteric Archives (published 2000). Introduction by Peterson.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Porter, John (2011). Campbell, Colin D. (ed.). A Book of the Office of Spirits. Translated by Hockley, Frederick. Teitan Press. pp. 18, 24. ISBN   978-0933429253.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Porter, John; Weston, John (2015). Harms, Daniel; Clark, James R.; Peterson, Joseph H. (eds.). The Book of Oberon: A Sourcebook for Elizabethan Magic (first ed.). Llewellyn Publications. pp. 201, 206. ISBN   978-0-7387-4334-9.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 Weyer, Johann (1563). Peterson, Joseph H. (ed.). Pseudomonarchia Daemonum (Liber officiorum spirituum). Twilit Grotto: Esoteric Archives (published 2000). par. 51.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 Peterson, Joseph H., ed. (May 2001). Lemegeton Clavicula Salomonis: The Lesser Key of Solomon, Detailing the Ceremonial Art of Commanding Spirits Both Good and Evil;. Maine: Weiser Books (published 2001). p. 32. ISBN   1-57863-220-X.
  8. 1 2 3 4 de Plancy, Jacques Collin (1853). Dictionnaire infernal (in French). Paris: Sagnier et Bray. p. 367.
  9. 1 2 Rudd, Thomas (2010). Skinner, Stephen; Rankine, David (eds.). The Goetia of Dr Rudd. Golden Hoard Press (published 2007). pp. 158, 374. ISBN   978-0738723556.
  10. ↑ Boudet, Jean-Patrice (2003). "Les who's who démonologiques de la Renaissance et leurs ancêtres médiévaux". Médiévales (in French) (44). Revues.org. par. 25.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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