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'''[[Devil's Gate Dam]]''' is a flood control dam in the Arroyo Seco in northern Pasadena between La Cañada Flintridge and Altadena. The location is the narrowest spot on the Arroyo Seco's course below Millard Canyon. [[Occultist]]s [[Jack Parsons]] and [[Aleister Crowley]] believed the site of the dam was a portal to [[Hell]].
'''[[Oriens]]''' is a [[demon]] mentioned in many [[grimoire]]s dealing with [[ritual magic]]. He is most frequently named alongside [[Paimon]], [[Egyn]], and [[Amaymon]] as kings of the cardinal directions. He is the king of the east. He appears with a fair and feminine countenance wearing a crown upon his head. He rides upon an elephant with a large number of musical instruments. Sometimes, he appears in the shape of a horse (with multiple heads, variously stated as 100 or five), but once he has been constrained by an invocation, he will take a human shape.


Devil's Gate is so-named because of the natural rock feature at the site which resembles [[the Devil]]. A 1947 article in the ''Metropolitan Pasadena Star-News'' states that Devil's Gate was named in 1858 by Judge B.S. Eaton because of "its resemblance to a point of that name on Sweetwater Creek." Judge Eaton explained in a letter that he had seen the original point in 1850 when traveling along the old California trail with a team of oxen.
Many abilities are attributed to Oriens such as giving the [[magician]] wealth in the form of silver and gold, answering questions about the past, present, and future, giving [[divination|divinatory]] visions, the power to fly, providing [[familiar]]s. He also has powers of [[necromancy]] and is able to revive the dead.


Throughout the 1800s, residents of Los Angeles considered the satanic-looking outcropping at Devil's Gate to be a natural wonder and often brought out of town visitors to the site. Large public gatherings were held there and children slid down the rocks while their parents hosted picnics nearby. A steel truss bridge was eventually built across the arroyo to allow easier crossing. The first dam, a low dam designed to supply water for the Lake Vineyard Company, was completed in October 1877 by Mr. J. de Barth Shorb.
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Oriens is a demon mentioned in many grimoires dealing with ritual magic. He is most frequently named alongside Paimon, Egyn, and Amaymon as kings of the cardinal directions. He is the king of the east. He appears with a fair and feminine countenance wearing a crown upon his head. He rides upon an elephant with a large number of musical instruments. Sometimes, he appears in the shape of a horse (with multiple heads, variously stated as 100 or five), but once he has been constrained by an invocation, he will take a human shape.

Many abilities are attributed to Oriens such as giving the magician wealth in the form of silver and gold, answering questions about the past, present, and future, giving divinatory visions, the power to fly, providing familiars. He also has powers of necromancy and is able to revive the dead.

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