free ebooks ==> www.ebook777.com Ardat-Lili 47 Archdemon Ardad In Judeo-Christian and occult demonology, an archdemon is a leader of one of the demonic hosts On occasion they are described as being a FALLEN ANGEL Historically, the description of what an archdemon is and the names of those that exist have varied greatly throughout history; some examples of archdemons are Adam Belial, ASHTAROTH, ASMODEUS, and Lucifuge In numerous demonology sources, Ardad is said to be a demon who leads travelers astray It is suspected by many sources that this demon may be one of the many guises of LILITH Sources: Hall, Secret Teachings of all Ages, 354; Harper, Biblical World, Vol 41, 125–6; Meyer, Ancient Christian Magic, 108 Archdemons, Ten According to the Kabala, there are ten named archdemons and each of them commands an order of demons: ABBADON, ADRAMELECH, AGARES, ASHTAROTH, ASMODEUS, BAAL, Beelzebul (BEELZEBUB), BELIAL, LUCIFER, and MOLOCH Sources: Hall, Secret Teachings of all Age, 354; Hyatt, Book of Demons, 73; Oliphant, Scientific Religion, 226 Archiel Archiel is a chief under the service of the demon Tephros (see TEPHRAS) Source: Trithemius, Steganographia, 88 Arcisant In the Theurgia Goetia, the second book of the Lemegeton, Arcisant is a chief duke and one of the sixteen SERVITORS OF ASYRIEL (see ASYRIEL) He is diurnal, good-natured, and willing to obey his summoners He has command of twenty servitors Source: Peterson, Lesser Key of Solomon, 73–4, 77 Arcisat In Theurgia Goetia, the second book of the Lemegeton, Arcisat is ranked as a chief duke and listed as one of the sixteen SERVITORS OF ASYRIEL (see ASYRIEL) Arcisat is a diurnal demon, naturally good-natured, and willing to obey his summoners; he has command of twenty servitors Sources: Belanger, Dictionary of Demons, 37; Guiley, Encyclopedia of Demons and Demonology, 20; Peterson, Lesser Key of Solomon, 73 Arcon The Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage lists Arcon (“a ruler”) as a demonic spirit and one of the forty-nine SERVITORS OF BEELZEBUB (see BEELZEBUB) Sources: Belanger, Dictionary of Demons, 37; Mathers, Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage, 121; Von Worms, Book of Abramelin, 257 Sources: Ashley, Complete Book of Devils and Demons, 77; Poinsot, Complete Book of the Occult and Fortune Telling, 377; Trachtenberg, Jewish Magic and Superstition, 319 Ardat-Lile Variations: ARDAT-LILI, Ardat Lilỵ, Irdu, Lili From ancient Babylonian, Hebrew, and Sumerian lore comes a species of vampiric demons known as ardat-lile; the name literally translates to mean “young females of marrying age now evil wanton spirits.” It was common in the ancient Sumerian language that an individual word was used to convey a wide array of related concepts Interestingly, there is no singular form of the word in its original language’s translation This type of demon was never human but rather was always an infernal, immortal demon Looking like a young female, when they could they would marry a man in order to wreak havoc in his life They are known for their ravenous sexual appetite and for the delight that they take in doing harm to mankind Ardat-lile are also responsible for causing nocturnal emissions, stealing the semen, and using it to give birth to demonic children (see SUCCUBUS) The ardat-lile are an early precursor to the demon LILITH, combined with a female storm demon Sources: Gettings, Dictionary of Demons, 37; Hyatt, Book of Demons, 35; Pick, Dreams and History, 42 Ardat-Lili Variations: Ardat, Ardat Lilỵ, Ardat Lile, LILITH Originally a type of storm demon from Babylonian and Mesopotamian demonology, the ardat-lili evolved into a type of female nocturnal demon Later, the book of Isaiah 34:14 changes the name to LILITH The ardat-lili are said to be known to swarm together in great numbers, and at night they would visit men while they slept in order to have sexual intercourse, conceive, and bear ghostly children A telltale sign of their visitation is evidence of having experienced a nocturnal emission The male equivalent of this type of demon is called lilu Sources: Hyatt, Book of Demons, 51; Jastrow, Religion of Babylonia and Assyria, 260; Pick, Dreams and History, 42; Rogers, Religion of Babylonia and Assyria, 147