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 ==Nine degrees of diabolical spirits==
-English [[occultist]] [[Francis Barrett]], in his book ''[[The Magus]]'', gives numerous lists of demonic spirits and attempts to rank them all according to office or to their abilities. Barrett calls this the "Nine Orders of Devils."
+[[Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa]], in the final volume of his ''[[Three Books of Occult Philosophy]]'', lays out nine orders of demons as the theologians of his time thought of it.
+{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" "width:65%"; background:white; border:#4682B4 solid;"
+|-
+! Number
+! Degree
+! Ruler
+|-
+| 1
+| False Gods
+| [[Beelzebub]]
+|-
+| 2
+| Deceitful Spirits
+| [[Python]]
+|-
+| 3
+| Vessels of Iniquity
+| [[Belial]]
+|-
+| 4
+| Avengers of Crime
+| [[Asmoday|Asmodeus]]
+|-
+| 5
+| Tricksters
+| [[Satan]]
+|-
+| 6
+| Aerial Powers
+| [[Meririm]]
+|-
+| 7
+| Furies
+| [[Abaddon]]
+|-
+| 8
+| Accusers or Spies
+| [[Astaroth]]
+|-
+| 9
+| Assailants or Ambushers
+| [[Mammon]]
+|-
+|}
+English [[occultist]] [[Francis Barrett]], in his book ''[[The Magus]]'', expands upon and alters Agrippa's Nine Orders, giving numerous lists of demonic spirits and attempting to rank them all according to office or to their abilities.
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