free ebooks ==> www.ebook777.com Adramelech 18 and in Assyria where he was worshipped, children were sacrificed to him by being burned alive upon his altars Considered to be an ARCHDEMON or devil, he is now said to be in the service of ASMODEUS When summoned, he appears as a mule or peacock Adramaleck holds many titles and positions in the hierarchy of Hell, such as Chancellor of Infernal Regions, Chancellor of the Grand Cross ORDER OF THE FLY, Commander of Hell, King of Fire, President of the Council, Prince of Fire, and the Superintendent of the Wardrobe Sources: Anthropological Society of Bombay, Journal of the Anthropological Society of Bombay, Vol 15, 91; Chambers, Book of Days, 722; Guiley, Encyclopedia of Demons and Demonology, 3; Waite, Literary World, 170 Adramelech Variations: Adar-malik, Adramalek, Adrameleck, Adramelek, Adrammelech (“magnificence of the King”), the King of Fire In Syria, Adramelech (“Wing King”) was a Samarian sun god worshipped by the Sepharvites Children were sacrificed to him Later his name was demonized in Judeo-Christian tradition He was placed in service under SAMMAEL, the angel of poison, and given a plethora of rank and titles such as Chancellor of Hell, Chancellor of the High Council, Evil Chief of Hod, Grand Chancellor of Hell, Grand Chancellor of the Infernal Empire, Minister of Beelzebub’s Order of the Fly, President of the High Council, President of the Senate of the Demons, Superintendent of the DEVIL’s Wardrobe, Supervisor of SATAN’s Wardrobe, and one of those who presides over the Devil’s general council Adramelech is now described as being one of the FALLEN ANGELS, formerly of the Order of Archangels; so technically, he is an ARCHDEMON who has dominion over the hierarchy known as SAMAEL He is also one of the ten evil sephiroths as well as the patron demon of hypocrisy In art he is shown as having a human head and torso, but the body of a mule or sometimes of a peacock His personal adversaries are the angels Uriel and Raphael (“healing one of God”), not to be confused with the demon URIEL Adramelech is the evil counterpart to one of the divine SEPHIROTHS, Hod He has many similarities to the demon ADRAMALECK Sources: Ashley, Complete Book of Devils and Demons, 57; Chambers, Book of Days, 722; Chamchian, History of Armenia, 34; Collin de Plancy, Dictionary of Witchcraft, 15; Hyatt, Book of Demons, 50, 73; Patrich, Sabaite Heritage in the Orthodox Church, 166 Adrastaeia Adrastaeia is an AERIAL DEVIL who has the ability to fashion for himself a solid body out of the air He flies through the air but keeps close to humans Easily summoned by sorcerers, Adrastaeia is susceptible to the same passions that drive mankind In addition to being able to take nearly any form he chooses, Adrastaeia causes natural disasters Source: Bhattacharji, Fatalism in Ancient India, Adriel Variations: Hadraniel According to both Enochian and Jewish lore, Adriel (“Flock of God”) is one of the Angels of Death, along with Azrael (“help of God”), Bebriel, and Hemeh He is also one of the twentyeight demonic rulers of the lunar mansions; he has dominion over Alchil (“Crown of Scorpio”) Adriel is also said to assist sailors and strengthen buildings (see ENOCHIAN RULERS OF THE LUNAR MANSIONS) Sources: Minchero, Voice from the Jordan, 66; Moura, Mansions of the Moon for the Green Witch, 44; Von Goethe, Goethe’s Letters to Zelter, 378; Webster, Encyclopedia of Angels, 5, 124 Adro In the demonology of the Lugbara people who live along the West Nile River in Uganda, Adro is an evil earth spirit who starts grass fires and causes sickness in adolescent girls He swims throughout the rivers of the world Sources: Beattie, Spirit Mediumship and Society in Africa, 225, 265; Ellwood, Words of the World’s Religions, 52 Aeglun In Apollonius of Tyana’s Nuctemeron (Night Illuminated by Day), Aeglun is said to be the demon or DJINN of lightning He is one of the seven demons of the eleventh hour Sources: Davidson, Dictionary of Angels, 7; Gettings, Dictionary of Demons, 23; Lévi, Transcendental Magic, 422 Aeriae Potestates The aeriae potestates (“Aerial Powers”) are from Enochian lore and of the sixth order of demons that fall under the dominion of MERIZIM Considered to be a type of AERIAL DEVIL, they have under their command the four Angels of the Apocalypse Aeriae potestates have the ability to cause storms at sea, and the thunder and lightning they create causes pestilence They are furious by nature and constantly raging in the air www.ebook777.com