⛧ Goetic CanonBael (Baell)
Primary Source: Ars Goetia (SL MacGregor Mathers & Aleister Crowley ed., 1904), §1; Johann Weyer, Pseudomonarchia Daemonum (1577), §1
In Solomonic ceremonial magic, Bael is the first monarch of the Goetia, governing the eastern quarter of the infernal hierarchy. He manifests in varied forms—sometimes as a cat, a toad, a man, or all three simultaneously on arachnid legs—speaking with a hoarse voice. He instructs practitioners in the art of vanishing from mortal sight and commands sixty-six legions of spirits.
“Both Weyer and the Lemegeton list Baell as the first principal king ruling in the East. While grimoires associate him with the ancient Semitic deity Baal, the text reduces him to a therianthropic demon of stealth and concealment.”







