(Demon) Baal AKA Bael The Lord
12-17-2009, 07:30 AM
(This post was last modified: 12-17-2009, 07:42 AM by Friday The 13th.)
Aka : Bael, the Lord
Shape : appears sometimes like a cat, a toad, or a man, and sometimes as a three headed beast with spider legs
Rank : the first monarch of hell commanding general of infernal armies; King ruling in the East; rules over 66 Legions
Origin : Caanan but was worshipped by multitudes of different peoples, including the Semites and Israelites. Originally a good God but later evolved into a terrible deity to whom were sacrified children into flames. He has degenerated into merging with other gods (Moloch, ..).
Magic : One of the 72 spirits of Salomon. Bring invisibility and cunning
Baal is sometimes seen as a demon in Christianity. This is a potential source of confusion.
Until archaeological digs at Ras Shamra and Ebla uncovered texts explaining the Syrian pantheon, the demon Ba‘al Zebûb was frequently confused with various Semitic spirits and deities named Baal, whereas in some Christian writings, it might refer to a high-ranking devil or to Satan himself.
In the ancient world of the Persian Empire, as monotheistic strains of thought were gaining steam, from the Indian Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea, worship of deities represented by idols was being rejected in favor of Judaism. In the Levant the idols were called "ba'als", each of which represented a local spirit-deity or "demon". Worship of all such spirits was rejected as immoral, and many were in fact considered malevolent and dangerous.
Early demonologists, unaware of Hadad or that "Ba'al" in the Bible referred to any number of local spirits, came to regard the term as referring to but one personage. Baal (usually spelt "Bael" in this context; there is a possibility that the two figures are not connected) was ranked as the first and principal king in Hell, ruling over the East. According to some authors Baal is a duke, with 66 legions of demons under his command.
During the English Puritan period, Baal was either compared to Satan or considered his main lieutenant. According to Francis Barrett, he has the power to make those who invoke him invisible.
While the Semitic high god Ba'al Hadad was depicted as a human, a ram, or a bull, the demon Bael was in grimoire tradition said to appear in the forms of a man, cat, toad, or combinations thereof.
Shape : appears sometimes like a cat, a toad, or a man, and sometimes as a three headed beast with spider legs
Rank : the first monarch of hell commanding general of infernal armies; King ruling in the East; rules over 66 Legions
Origin : Caanan but was worshipped by multitudes of different peoples, including the Semites and Israelites. Originally a good God but later evolved into a terrible deity to whom were sacrified children into flames. He has degenerated into merging with other gods (Moloch, ..).
Magic : One of the 72 spirits of Salomon. Bring invisibility and cunning
Baal is sometimes seen as a demon in Christianity. This is a potential source of confusion.
Until archaeological digs at Ras Shamra and Ebla uncovered texts explaining the Syrian pantheon, the demon Ba‘al Zebûb was frequently confused with various Semitic spirits and deities named Baal, whereas in some Christian writings, it might refer to a high-ranking devil or to Satan himself.
In the ancient world of the Persian Empire, as monotheistic strains of thought were gaining steam, from the Indian Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea, worship of deities represented by idols was being rejected in favor of Judaism. In the Levant the idols were called "ba'als", each of which represented a local spirit-deity or "demon". Worship of all such spirits was rejected as immoral, and many were in fact considered malevolent and dangerous.
Early demonologists, unaware of Hadad or that "Ba'al" in the Bible referred to any number of local spirits, came to regard the term as referring to but one personage. Baal (usually spelt "Bael" in this context; there is a possibility that the two figures are not connected) was ranked as the first and principal king in Hell, ruling over the East. According to some authors Baal is a duke, with 66 legions of demons under his command.
During the English Puritan period, Baal was either compared to Satan or considered his main lieutenant. According to Francis Barrett, he has the power to make those who invoke him invisible.
While the Semitic high god Ba'al Hadad was depicted as a human, a ram, or a bull, the demon Bael was in grimoire tradition said to appear in the forms of a man, cat, toad, or combinations thereof.
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