Halphas

Halphas

Halphas

Demon

Not to be confused with Malphas.

In demonology, Halphas (listed in Skinner & Rankine's edition as Malthas,[1][2] and in the Crowley/Mathers edition as Halphas, Malthus, or Malphas)[1] is the thirty-eighth demon in the Ars Goetia in the Lesser Key of Solomon[1][2] (forty-third in Johann Weyer's Pseudomonarchia Daemonum),[3] ranked as an earl.

Most manuscripts describe Halphas as a hoarse-voiced stock dove[1][2] (though Weyer and Collin de Plancy's Dictionnaire Infernal describe him as a stork),[3][4] who supplies weapons and ammunition[1][2][3][4] for towers[1][2] (Weyer and de Plancy have "towns" or "villes" instead),[3][4] sends men to war, and commands 26 legions of spirits.[1][2][3][4]

According to Skinner & Rankine, Halphas is opposed by the Shemhamphorasch angel Haamiah.[5]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Peterson 2001, p. 24.
  2. [2]
    Skinner & Rankine 2010, p. 140.
  3. [3]
    Weyer 1563, par. 42.
  4. [4]
    de Plancy 1853, pp. 252.
  5. [5]
    Skinner & Rankine 2010, pp. 366–376.

Sources

  • 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). ISBN 1-57863-220-X.
  • de Plancy, Jacques Collin (1853). Dictionnaire infernal (in French). Paris: Sagnier et Bray.
  • Skinner, Stephen; Rankine, David (2010). The Goetia of Dr Rudd : the angels & demons of Liber malorum spirituum seu Goetia Lemegeton clavicula Salomonis : with a study of the techniques of evocation in the context of the angel magic tradition of the seventeenth century. Singapore: Golden Hoard, distributed by Llewellyn Worldwide. ISBN 978-0-9547639-2-3. OCLC 665072905.
  • Weyer, Johann (1563). Peterson, Joseph H. (ed.). Pseudomonarchia Daemonum (Liber officiorum spirituum). Twilit Grotto: Esoteric Archives (published 2000).


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