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'''Barzabel''' (also '''Bartzabel''') is a nocturnal [[Mars|martian]] Planetary spirit corresponding to the constellation [[Aries]], the [[Geomancy|geomantic]] figures Puer and Rubeus, and is the Ruler over the [[angel]] [[Machidiel]]. When paired with [[Kedemel]], the pair corresponds to the geomantic figure Cauda Draconis.  

Barzabel is listed in the second of [[Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa|Agrippa]]'s ''[[Three Books of Occult Philosophy]]'' (1533) as a spirit of Mars under the [[angel]] [[Graphiel]]. ''MS Harley 6482'', published more recently as ''A Treatise of Angel Magic'', from an older document by [[Thomas Rudd]] (1583-1656) around 1699 also features the spirit. This was in turn copied by [[John Heydon]] in his book ''Theomagia'' (1663). In 1910, [[Aleister Crowley]] wrote the ''Bartzabel Working'', also referred to as ''Liber CCCXXV''. He also wrote ''Liber Gaias XCVI'' which drew heavily from ''Theomagia'', also featuring Barzabel as a martian spirit.