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[[File:Beelzebub-Sign.jpg|500px|thumb|The Sign and Signature of Beelzebub as found in [[The Grand Grimoire]]]] | [[File:Beelzebub-Sign.jpg|500px|thumb|The Sign and Signature of Beelzebub as found in [[The Grand Grimoire]]]] | ||
In the ''[[Testament of Solomon]]'', Beelzebul (not Beelzebub) appears as prince of the [[demon]]s and says he was formerly a leading heavenly [[angel]] who was associated with the star Hesperus (which is the normal Greek name for the planet [[Venus]] (Aphrodite, Αφροδíτη) as evening star). Seemingly, Beelzebul here is synonymous with [[Lucifer]]. Beelzebul claims to cause destruction through tyrants, to cause demons to be worshipped among men, to excite priests to lust, to cause jealousies in cities and murders, and to bring on war. The ''Testament of Solomon'' is an Old Testament pseudepigraphical work, purportedly written by [[King Solomon]], in which the author mostly describes particular demons whom he enslaved to help build Solomon's Temple, with substantial Christian interpolations. | In the ''[[Testament of Solomon]]'', Beelzebul (not Beelzebub) appears as prince of the [[demon]]s and says he was formerly a leading heavenly [[angel]] who was associated with the star Hesperus (which is the normal Greek name for the planet [[Venus]] (Aphrodite, Αφροδíτη) as evening star). Seemingly, Beelzebul here is synonymous with [[Lucifer]]. Beelzebul claims to cause destruction through tyrants, to cause demons to be worshipped among men, to excite priests to lust, to cause jealousies in cities and murders, and to bring on war. The ''Testament of Solomon'' is an Old Testament pseudepigraphical work, purportedly written by [[King Solomon]], in which the author mostly describes particular demons whom he enslaved to help build Solomon's Temple, with substantial Christian interpolations. | ||
==''Liber Officiorum Spirituum''== | |||
The [[grimoire]] ''[[Liber Officiorum Spirituum]]'' and also in Sloane MS 3824, Beelzebub is described as the Prince of Devils with the name "Beel." He is compared to the god Charon. He is said to have been from the Order of the [[Cherubim]] with 1,000,000 lesser [[demon]]s serving him. | |||
In appearance, he is very beautiful and will give gold and silver to the magician who calls upon him by the proper invocation performed toward the east. However, he will kill the conjurer and everyone present in his circle unless there is a strong smell of smoke from amber, aloes, wood, and mastic. | |||
==New Testament== | ==New Testament== | ||