Hell Chapter 8; The Finality Of Babylon's Doom

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Revelation 19:19-20 "Then I Saw The Beast And The Kings Of The Earth And Their Armies Gathered Together To Wage War Against The Rider On The Horse And His Army. But The Beast Was Captured, And With It The False Prophet Who Had Performed The Signs On Its Behalf. With These Signs He Had Deluded Those Who Had Received The Mark Of The Beast And Worshiped Its Image. The Two Of Them Were Thrown Alive Into The Fiery Lake Of Burning Sulfur. The Rest Were Killed With The Sword Coming Out Of The Mouth Of The Rider On The Horse, And All The Birds Gorged Themselves On Their Flesh."

The precedence of the Demon Kingdoms was upon. The final Great Prince, Orobas, who foretold everything that would happen to all of the masses in a cowardly way that made it seem like this was ultimate royal authority and would be dealt with in haste, would hold off the masses as the Princes sought their escape. This was all one big spectacle for the sake of keeping the masses as satiated as possible whilst weaseling out until back behind a fortification between them. The Void Sun shined down on this, and that darkness was put on a void spotlight that would bring gloom and darkness to the house of the Ars Goetia, the Demons of the 'Summoning Arts'. "When Everyone And Everything That Believes That It Is Perfect And Omnipotent Attempts To Be So And Those That Have Lied, Faked Or Leeched Are Exposed For Who And What They Are, They Immediately Are Reverted To Their Actual Value And All Such Exaggerations And Applied To Their Weaknesses And Vulnerabilities Rather Than Covering Them Or Neutralizing Them." The ones who were granted power by a higher power were stripped of it, for the sake of making them all weaker, before sending Sitri to prey on them. "All Of The Lesser Beings Are Then Leveled Out By Natural Selection Via The Princedoms Downward Whilst The Embodiments Of Perfection -- Which Are The Elim Of Tamiel -- Begin To Multiply." This was symbolic to how The Creation Of Adam happened, and also how his descendants came to be through degeneration, like the demons did from Fallen Angels. "The Eventual Outcome Of The Systematic Evolution Of The Degenerates Into Descendants Of Their Ancestors Becomes A Representation In The Image Of What The Very Symbol Of Perfection Is Within A Set Limitation Even When Given All Freedom And Range -- Thus Making A New Type Of Prince, Which Is Perfection, Itself, Embodied."

Thus, Orobas was always a symbolic testament to Jesus Christ and the Second Coming, and how many blasphemed by saying they were Jesus Christ early in history, and it became a Prophesying Demon that could 'perform many signs'. "All Of The Abilities Of Orobas -- The Great Prince -- Are Meant To Maintain The Perfection, Yet Are Also Used To Cover Major Weaknesses, Flaws, Defects, Glitches, Errors, Vulnerabilities And General Mistakes That Are Within The System." He would continue to make it seem like nothing was wrong, and that it was being turned into something else, when it was actually just the same exact shit being whitewashed and painted over again. "Orobas Is The Most Maximum Potential Value Of Whatever System Can Conjure At Any Given Time." And that meant that all of the legions of Orobas and every Demon Lord on down could never be as strong as their leaders, but were always going to be as strong only as they could be through the system, given their own potentials and the system's potential combined. This was why if both were flawed, they couldn't get any better nor any farther up in the system.

"Orobas Embodies Gayness And Omnipotence Through How They Are Created And What They End Up Doing, As Well As Their Influence Over Anything And Everything Through The Power Of Creation Itself." Essentially, Orobas is the same as Amduscias, and though Amduscias has a horn, as Orobas, which has no horn, he still had his former tendencies of wanting to sodomize and be manly with another man, which leads him to feeling more powerful, and maintaining omnipotence. So, the predation for weakness remains perverted and would end up being the main focus for Sitri, with Orobas taking the most advantage of it, in preparation for gleaning a Kingdom first -- since he intended to be the one to snake it from his Princes. "Orobas Is The Perfect Imperfection And Imperfect Perfection Canceling Itself Out Through Its Own Perfect Form Of Neutralization, Thus Nullifying Any Imperfections Yet Sustaining And Maintaining Any Type Of Perfection." The suspension of the polarity would maintain a boundary beneath Orobas as long as he was in his state of being a 'Perfect Imperfection' and the 'Imperfect Perfection' that kept it maintained, so no one beneath him could ever ascend the ranks.

However, even as it was discovered that there was respite for the Hellaverses and the final Hell remaining, which belonged to the Veritas, it was still not the end of the 'Finality Of Babylon's Doom.' The Void Sun stirred more greatly than ever now, starting to churn, making its outline visible, and the void darkness distinct from stagnant void darkness.

All in all, Babylon -- the incomplete Hell System -- would become a lesser state, and the mountain that once was over the earth because it was greatest of all Sins, would be a slave mountain where only the enslaved lived and worked, supporting literally everyone and everything above them always until they died. This mountain was dropped underneath Mount Mortis, being consumed by Nadir, The Bottomless Pit.

Even as the mountain of sin was sinking underneath the mountain of death, again, the Princes Of Hell would maintain their places and hold the place of the higher authority as the lesser demons were buried under the crushing oppressions that were enstated by the superiors. The earth itself would swallow them up for its own deficiency, which meant all of the debts and deficits and other matters regarding the lower layers would consume them and wipe them out -- again, to the superiors' will.

With the Princedom fully secured and only they and the Great Dukes keeping the system established to worry about, finally, the first Demon King, who was also the President of the Kings, would step down from the King's Court at the top of the mountain to inspect the work of the Princes. Zagan (also Zagam) is a Great King and President of Hell, commanding over thirty-three legions of demons. He makes men witty; he can also turn wine into water, water into wine, and blood into wine (according to Pseudomonarchia Daemonum blood into oil, oil into blood, and a fool into a wise man). Other of his powers is that of turning metals into coins that are made with that metal (i.e., gold into a gold coin, copper into a copper coin, etc.). Zagan is depicted as a griffin-winged bull that turns into a man after a while.

The deficit of the Hellish lands could be resolved by the action of the Kings, but they did not want to help the people, for their betrayal of the Kingdom Of Hell was deliberate. They wanted these burdens and attachments gone so they could live off of the spoils, and it was only the Kings that were informed of this by Baal. He knew that he couldn't escape without getting them riled up, so he just told them flat out the plan. There were only eight kings, so it wasn't like they wouldn't just come together.

Zagan was sent to restore the wealth disparity, by turning any manner of metal into a coin to be used as currency. No one needed any currency, but by forcing a currency upon them, the people would have to succumb to the system, and also whatever value they gave the metal. That is to say, if Gold Coins were worth less than Silver Coins, then they would still have the value of Gold in another place, though it would be seen as wasteful or completely unfounded in this system. The copper coins would be highest, and gold would be lesser, if Zagan so chose.

Being a 'Transmutation Demon', Zagan knows how to transmute anything into another form, and does so simply to express his power. Though his power is mostly singularly of 'Transmutation', his demonic form of a bull-griffin (the Lamashtu) makes him force his way rapaciously and not care about who gets in the way. He is a Great King and President, after all -- other than another King Of Hell, there was no one equal or superior to him.

His transmutations would be of the stuff of the previous working and labor classes into new things for the new system after they were replaced with the Prince Copies and possible refugee hostages lingering from other destroyed Hellaverses, if that should so be.

From there, the Kings would start to act and christen the new Hell System for their Princes.

As the Void Sun grew in its gaping potency, the Demons and Sinners in Hell waned and thinned by their own hand -- as everyone anticipated they would -- just enough to make it simple to wipe them out in one shot. Though, something about the protocol was quite fascinating about how very well it worked, and the Void Sun decided against acting directly until seeing things through to the end. He recited, "The Redistribution Process Is Issued As A Manual Restart By The First King That Is Given To Oversee All Of The Princes Of The World Refined By The Demon Lord System. This Is The First Gold Brick That The Pieces Of Silver Are Supposed To Incorporate Into Themselves In Order To Create A Stairway To Heaven From Out Of The Kingdoms On Earth." Like the structure of Nebuchadnezzar, this pyramid was not all one solid status, but different sections, with the weakest at the bottom rather than at the top. "All Of The Flaws, Flawed Or Defective Of The Bunch Fall Into Systematic Errors Or Glitches And Are Automatically Factored Out Of The Formula That Is Calculated From Them All Coming Together As A Solution." That is to say, no one recognizes that the actual only flaw with the system is the system itself and its actual design, but are addicted to it, because they can exploit it, even though it is vulnerable and weak in critical places specifically for the purposes of exploitation. "The Restart Eventually Reaches A Default After Eliminating The Weak And The Unnecessary Or Overly Eccentric By Shaving The Vanity And Allowing The Vainglory To Fade Out Residually Among The Redistribution." In a sense, The Last Supper; the Great Feast Of God, like with what happened when the tree Nebuchadnezzar dreamed of fell, and how his descendants continued making things all in its image with weakness and flaw in the design, just like him, until collapsing.

In essence, the Redistribution Process only is a failure because of the system itself being what is being repaired. At this level, it becomes clear if the system itself is flawed or if the beings within it are flawed. Most times, it's both, but always, it's the system. "The President Of The Kings That Are Overseeing The Growing Princes Is Sent To Oversee The Growing Kingdoms From The Princedoms That Are Rising Up Over The Earth As The Nephilim Are. This President King Is Named Zagan, And Is Meant To Ensure The Best Of The Best Are Harvested From The Perfect."

"From The Greatest Of Them -- Including He, Himself -- Zagan Provides All Of The Resources And Materials To Everyone Down The Ranks In A Trickle Down Doppler Effect." This reinstates the fountain effect, but because it's all just giving and not spillover naturally from abundance, it makes the people at the top feel poor or lesser for having to 'give' and not simply 'have too much to handle and it spills over without them knowing' -- hence why God says not to reap the very edges of your fields, for the foreigner. "Zagan Can Be Equated To The Demon Of Greed, Mammon, And Provides For All The Princes As Well As All The Kings, Thus Carrying All Possessions Upon His Position -- Which Is Why He Is The President."

"Zagan's Most Important Purpose Above Providing For Everyone Is To Provide For All The People That Are Worthless And Have No Talent -- Those Who Are Impotent -- And Make Them Believe That They Are Greater Than They Are By Possessing Them With Materials Of The Earth And Any Type Of Resources In Order To Spoil Them On Purpose, Often To Greater Degrees On Purpose To Cover Tracks To Stunt Economic Growth On Purpose." The Fool's Gold that is actually Belial. This way, even when the working and labor classes are dropped so low that they can no longer even be seen, and the higher classes rise to a higher status, the lesser ones could still feel like they were somewhat important, so that they wouldn't get out of hand and bother the once rich, now super rich.

Still watching over the Princes were the Kings Of Hell, and each of the Demon Kings had their own motives for doing so. It was obvious that the Demon Kings did not trust the Demon Princes, as they were all demons here. Showing any kind of weakness and letting yourself be overtaken without a fight was the actual sign of being a lesser demon in this world, and truly, no Demon King would simply let themselves die off to a Demon Prince and besmirch the name and power they'd built. Even if they had to succumb to weakness and underhanded tactics in secret, it was better than being overthrown by a Demon Prince in the light. If anything, the Demon Kings needed to bequeath such honors to the Demon Princes for being too weak to overcome them, but being eligible to succeed them, no matter how weak they were.

Clearly, the Demon Kings would do whatever would make them seem better in the light, and, as a display of power -- as well as a surefire for keeping a handle on the situation -- the next king was sent forth, as a procession for the Demon Kings' hands in this matter now.

Count-King Vine (also Viné, Vinea) is an Earl and also a King of Hell, commanding 36 legions of demons. Being the second Demon King in line, he is seen as both the Count and an Earl because the first King is the President, and the Presidents were meant only to be ambassadors -- normally the least of them. Counts were meant to be the beginning of a count of lineage, and Earls were the symbol of their early presence. So, Vine was the second Demon King, and, as his name would suggest, the extension of the 'Demon Line' of the 'Demon Lineage', since a 'Lineage' is synonymous with the word 'Vine' -- his name.

He can tell present, past and future, discover witches and hidden things, create storms and make the water rough by means of them, and also bring down walls and build towers. This demon is portrayed as a lion holding a snake in his hand and riding a black horse. The etymology of his name seems to be the Latin word 'vinea', vine, that is also the name given to an ancient war machine made of wood and covered with leather and branches, used to overthrow walls.

In demonology, Vine (also known as vain) is an Earl and also a King of Hell, commanded by Satan. He is known to be the trickiest, deadliest demon. He has the power to take one's soul without permission. Though according to spiritual teachings, one demon must ask permission from Satan before taking a soul, and Satan must get permission from God. He can tell present, past and future, discover witches and hidden things, create storms and make the water rough by means of these storms, bring down walls and build towers.

This demon is portrayed as a lion holding a snake in his hand and riding a black horse.

The etymology of his name seems to be stemming from the Latin word 'vinea', vine, which is also the name given to an ancient war machine made of wood and covered with leather and branches, used to overthrow walls.

Other spellings are found in lore as Viné and Vinea, due to the nature of his accomplishments in history.

In all of the peaceful and pleasant growth going on under the Demon Princedom, another Principality they needed to be taught was that the Demon Kings still ruled the Demon Kingdom, and the Princes had to worry about a greater power that was over them, always threatening them, simply because they were more powerful than them. So this Demon King specifically symbolized how the Demon Kings would get in the way of everyone, including everyone they loved and people that made them powerful, all out of Pride and other Sins.

They were not Demon Kings for no reason, and Sin made them weak and strong in ways that were not able to be achieved by regular demons, even in the Princedom. It wasn't exactly clear why nor what brought them such thorough sustenance from Sin just yet, but the Princes were the nearest to them for such a discovery, and if the Demon Kings didn't totally annihilate them, then perhaps they would find out and be Demon Kings, as well.

The breakdown and collapse was still going through readily, and a full-blown Jericho was about to ensue -- something the Void Sun hadn't yet collected data on prior. It was something to feed on, surely; the Fathers -- those Demon Kings -- feasting upon their children to keep themselves in power, only to cut off their potential for greatness and lessen themselves and all their Kingdoms in the process. It was the exact way the curse upon those who would follow the path of the Worthless Father would find -- 'At The Cost Of His Firstborn Son, He Will Set The Foundations; At The Cost Of His Youngest Son, He Will Set Up The Gates.'

The resonant sound of the Void Sun's gleaned reverberated as a penetrating, deafeningly silent screeching frequency, almost akin to scraping glass.

The Void Sun saw then the next great sign of the Fall -- the next woe. "Through The Works Of The First Two Kings And Their Kingdoms -- Providence And Communication -- The System And Its Network On The Earth Are Sustained By The Executives Of It, Which Are Considered Princes, And Keep Up The Order Of The Society Whilst The Kings Watch Over The Economies That Are Made From The Societies, Building And Revealing The Relationship Between Society And The Economy By Princedom And Kingdom. Those That Are Attached To Each Other By A Wicked Root, From Their Demonhood All The Way Up To Their Kingship, Then They Are Associated With Each Other And Linked Together To Be Uprooted Or Weeded Out Amongst The Most Powerful Of The Princes And The Lesser Kings That Are Providing For Them Or Establishing Their Communication." A burning pressure from the Void Sun would start to smolder the land, and the Demon Kings should have felt this presence as something impending, bringing forth a deeper necessity to hasten this process. "This Can Cause Turbulence Within The System, Especially In Unstable Areas, And Is Known As 'Trembling' Or Creating An 'Earthquake', Which Several Princes And Dukes Are Made To Maintain If Such Occurs In Order To Cause Or Prevent A System Collapse."  This oppressive force upon them that pressed down, ready to pop them, was the same oppressive force they applied to their people, and especially their own children, to oppress the people, whether they wanted to or not. This was indeed 'The Great Day Of His Wrath', and in it, even the least of them would be pressed to the point of no return -- Critical Mass.

"During The Time Of The Kings, Where Distribution And Trade Are Going On Based On The Providence Of Each Of The Respective Kingdoms, The Kings And The Princes Share A Similar Level Of Glory About Themselves That Some Of Them Boast Or Embellish About, Which Create Blemishes That Also Bind Others Together That Are Related To Each Other, Sometimes With Perversions -- Of Which This Specific King Is The Representation And Embodiment Of." As they say, 'Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely'. This was especially so for those who embodied flaws entirely to perfection, which was what the Golden Ones -- the Demon Kings -- did, as opposed to their Silver Princes, which did not totally embody the Sins they fed from. "Vine (Otherwise Known As 'Vain') Is A Possession Demon That Works With All Forms Of Seals, Attachments, Bindings And Other Such Fetters Or Traps And Symbiotic Materials Or Fashions."

"Because Vine Works Through Attachments And Associations, This Particular Associative Demon Is Able To Exchange Places And Roles Of Others Without Proper Judgment Nor Value Or Consideration Of Correct Measurement And Accurate Execution." That is, he could take anyone's soul just from being attached to them, through the possessive associative transitive indirect properties, against their will, through the attachment alone, simply because he had the power to do so, and was also more powerful than them. Hence, 'Demon King Vine'. "Vine Also Works With All Sorts Of Sorcery, Genetics, Lineage, Blood, Nature, Relation, Links, Passage And Connection Or Networking And Can Be Considered The Societal And Familiar 'Grapevine' That One Figuratively Speaks Through Or About -- The Vein Of The Communication."

The Void Sun wanted -that- one to be his pet -- the Demon Father, that worthless old man. "All Things Link Back To Vine For A Reason, And Things That Are Evil Being Vain And A Different Branch For Exactly That Reason Alone." Demon King Vine was the 'Root' of all the Demonic 'Vanity', which was what made demons feel so powerful totally embodying sins. Whereas Vine would be perfect in this, and could perfectly embody a greater power and be even more powerful, the flaw was in he himself, and not his flawless outer projection or superior being -- simply a flawed substance he chose to perfectly embody, in sin. Vanity itself.

Hence the name 'Vine' being also 'Vain'. He was -THE- Vanity Demon.

A bright light flickered from on high, glimmering from out of the pinpoint center of the Void Sun, almost like an eye. It would beam down to shine upon Vine with a simple 'Glimmer Beam' that marked him as a 'Point Of Interest'. Nothing further would occur after that except that there was a strange crosshair spotlight shining on him.

Those that were not perfect, though, who degenerated the same ability of 'Copying' and 'Absorption' and 'Embodiment' would instead become deformed, weaker, more vulnerable beings that were trapped in the eternal Black Labyrinth of Sathariel as Sacrifices -- the wicked roots of the system, the vine, gone wrong. To be clipped and burned away, like a bonsai.

Just the same as there was a Vine that was a Vanity for the Demon Kings -- who only existed in total Vanity for the sake of Vainglory -- there was another Demon King, who was just as devoted to the light of Lucifer. This meant that this particular demon would serve and worship the light until the very end of the light, and on, potentially even being confused by it and believing it is true, not knowing how to make distinctions between the false light and the truth (which was the common end for anyone who was vain or possessed by light at all).

Paimon (also Paimonia, Paymon) is one of the Kings of Hell, more obedient to Lucifer than other kings are, and has two hundred legions of demons under his rule. He has a great voice and roars as soon as he comes, speaking in this manner for a while, until the conjurer compels him and then he answers clearly the questions he is asked. When the conjurer invokes this demon he must look towards the northwest, for there is where he has his house, and when Paimon appears he must be allowed to ask what he wishes and be answered, in order to obtain the same from him.

This is because Paimon is the 'Embodiment' Light Demon Of Vanity, which means that he is the perverse attachment to the Light itself that becomes of the entire body, itself. The adhesive agent was the same spiritual 'Binding One' as what went in a normal 'Possession', however, it was still something greater because it was attached to both the Light itself AS WELL AS the physical Flesh. Which was why Paimon was so very very attached to the 'Show' (or 'Performance'), making him a more DEDICATED Demon King -- a 'Demon King' of 'Dedication', as well.

Paimon teaches all arts, philosophies and sciences, and secret things; he can reveal all mysteries of the Earth, wind and water, what the mind is, and where it is, and everything the conjurer wants to know, gives good familiars, dignities and confirms them, binds men to the conjurer's will.

I. If Paimon is cited alone, some offering or sacrifice must be done, and he will accept it; then two kings called Beball (Bebal or Labal) and Abalam (Abalim) will go to him together with other spirits, often twenty-five legions; but these other spirits do not always come unless the conjurer call upon them.

II. Paimon is depicted as a man with an effeminate face, wearing a precious crown, and riding a dromedary. Before him often goes a host demons with the shape of men, playing trumpets, cymbals, and any other sort of musical instruments.

These two factors were all that were necessary for understanding the 'Demon', for, in his entire essence, he was a Light Demon, and thus had a greater command over the Light -- something like Lucifer -- and had learned directly from Lucifer, trying to be in Lucifer's image (much to Lucifer's dismay, surely).

His Persian name is Peyman, meaning that he has an ethnicity inherently of being Meditteranean or of any darker skin tone and variety. Likeliest because they absorb the sun's rays the best.

The Goetia and Weyer begin their entries on Paimon noting that he is quite obedient to Lucifer.

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Paimon appears is the ninth spirit in the Goetia[1] the twenty-second spirit in the Pseudomonarchia Daemonum,[2] and in the Dictionnaire Infernal.[3] In the Liber Officium Spirituum, he is first listed as the sixth spirit[5][6] and later as the third king.[11][12]

The Goetia, Weyer, de Plancy, Livre des Esperitz, Liber Officium Spirituum, and Sloane 3824 all rank Paimon as a king.[1][2][3][4][10][5][6][11][12] The Livre des Espiritz, Sloane 3824, and the Grimoire of Pope Honorius specify that Paimon is king of the west.[4][10][8][9] In the Book of Abramelin (where his appearance is given no description), he is instead one of the eight dukes.[7]

The Goetia, Weyer, and de Plancy warn that if Paimon appears alone, a sacrifice must be made to summon Bebal and Abalam, two kings who serve under him but do not always accompany him. These three sources state that he rules 200 legions of spirits, some of which are of the order of Angels and the rest Powers.[1][2][3] The Livre des Esperitz, on the other hand, credits him with just 25 legions of spirits.[4] Sloane MS 3824 mentions him as commanding a "bishop" named Sperion, among other spirits.[10]

Critical editions of the Lesser Key of Solomon list him as a former Dominion.[1] Weyer notes a confusion over whether he was a former Dominion or Cherub.[2] According to Thomas Rudd, Paimon is opposed by the Shemhamphorasch angel Haziel.[13]

Practicing occultist Carroll "Poke" Runyon suggests that the name ultimately derives from "a Middle Eastern Pagan Goddess", on the grounds some manuscripts depict Paimon as a young woman riding a camel, and that the name "Paimon" purportedly meant "a tinkling sound" in an unspecified language, in turn a claimed reference to Isis.[14] This is part of an overall claim that the Lesser Key of Solomon was by Solomon and rooted in Mesopotamian mythology.

In the Goetia, Weyer, de Plancy, Livre des Esperitz, Liber Officium Spirituum, and Sloane 3824, he is described as a man riding a Dromedary or camel, preceded by men playing loud music (particularly trumpets).[1][2][3][4][10][5][6][11][12] Sloane 3824 describes the camel as crowned,[10] while the rest describe Paimon himself as crowned.[1][2][3][4][5][6][11][12] The Goetia itself makes no mention of Paimon's face,[1] while the rest describe him has having a woman's face but still refer to him using masculine pronouns.[2][3][4][10][5][6][11][12]

Sloane 3824 and the Liber Officium Spirituum describe him as having a "Hoarse Voice,"[10][5][6][11][12] and those works, Weyer, and the Goetia note that he must be commanded to speak plainly,[1][2][10][5][6][11][12] with the Liber Officium Spirituum specifying that Paimon will speak in his native language until commanded to converse in the summoner's own language.

The Goetia, Weyer, Livre des Esperitz, and the Liber Officium Spirituum all describing him as teaching science and answering other questions.[1][2][4][11][12] The Goetia and Weyer specify that his knowledge includes all arts and "secret Things," [sic] such as knowledge regarding the Earth, its waters, and the winds.[1][2] The Livre des Esperitz and the Liber Officium Spirituum broaden this to truthfully answering all questions asked of him,[4][11][12] with the former source also claiming that he can reveals hidden treasures[4] and the latter highlighting that he knows all the affairs of the world.[11][12] The Goetia, Weyer, and the Livre des Esperitz also claim he has the ability to bestow dignities and lordships.[1][2][4] The Goetia and Weyer credited him with granting familiars (who are likewise good at teaching).[1][2] The Liber Officium Spirituum uniquely gives him command over fishes.[11][12] Sloane MS 3824 mentions Paimon in "An Experiment to Cause a Thief to Return."[10]

In Abramelin, Paymon's powers include[16] knowledge of past and future events, clearing up doubts, making spirits appear, creating visions, acquiring and dismissing servant spirits, reanimating the dead for several years, flight, remaining underwater indefinitely, and general abilities to "make all kinds of things" (and) "all sorts of people and armor appear" at the behest of the magician.

Since Paimon was also a Light Demon, it absorbed Light, including Knowledge, especially from reading, and reading things like stories and legends about itself. This Demon King was capable of taking on whatever powers and forms and prelacies and titles that it was granted by the Light, itself, as if from Lucifer -- good or bad. Much to Lucifer's dislike, likely.

Either way, Paimon's true identity was kept a total mystery, because of his command of the Light itself, which was inclusive to any other lights that someone else could perceive, upon perception. This way, he was like Lucifer more than anyone, but no one revered him for it. Instead, they always looked to the ones like Azazel, the little Scapegoat 'Light Demon' to prove to them that Demons also manipulate Light and Divinity -- which were two different things, as the Demon Kingdom tells us.

Paimon's light influence constantly got in the way of Lucifer's own light manipulation -- which he did almost always. That was what made Paimon a secret (or obvious) thorn in his side, whether on purpose or on accident, and preventing Lucifer from being the 'one and only' that he always wished to be. Paimon was the symbol of Lucifer's enslavement to both the Light he was made from and also the light that was commanded.

At the very pinpoint center of the Void Sun, the Cauldron was lit -- a bloody piercing sanguine gleam like none other, almost like a deep blood-cross cut into the void. Twas the sign that it was ready to smite, and soon enough, the entire conversion process of the Veritas' Hell would be complete. The more that it was burnt away -- along with the other Hellaverses -- the Void Sun would continue to reveal through the absence of light even more things for the masses, likely awestruck at what was happening simultaneously as the Demon Kings were presenting themselves... Which was a sign that the system was failing, since they were -NEVER, =EVER=- meant to -EVER- be seen... -EVER-. If they did it right. "Through Symbiotic Or Parasitic Attachment, Paimon Is Made A Laborer By Vine, Which Attaches The Prince Of The Corresponding Nature To Paimon -- The Bearer Of The Light Of Virtuous Kingship."

"Because Paimon Is Enslaved To The Model Example For The Princes, He Is Less Than What He Is, But Still Is The Better Of The Kings Because His Is An Example Of How A Princedom Can Become A Kingship." That is to say, his symbolic representation is that the lesser in the Daemonic Hierarchy can become Greater Demons, and Elites, and even the Most High ranking Demons in their society. Though, it was a corruption of God's Kingdom, twas still their own, and thus, was what -ALLOWED- them to -ALWAYS- be =CAPABLE= of coming to Heaven -IF- they atoned and repented and so on and so forth. "Paimon Is A Representative Of The Powers And Their Dominion Or Authority Over A Land, Making Paimon An Important Role Model For The Princes Just By Having Control Over His Power And His Discipline In Kingship So That The Princes Can Emulate Or Copy This Style Through Their Attachment."

"Paimon Enables Lesser Beings To Connect To Their Higher Potential As Well As Enables Their Development Through Their Natural Growth Of Wisdom In Their Specific Nature Or Study." So, Paimon's appearance was also a light to cover up how terrible things were going in Hell, so that the Lesser Demons whom had achieved Greater power now could FINALLY be rewarded for it BECAUSE the system was falling apart, and they were now too much for the Demon Hierarchy to control. The masses would be capable of overthrowing them by keeping them from their vacations and any level of relaxation, which was why they were being ignored in the first place -- because their Demon Bosses were -SO- tired of slaving over their slaves that all such 'Slavemaster' -Demon Kings- had to take an extended Sabbatical.

If only they'd just taken a '7th Day' off.

"Paimon Appears Androgynous Sometimes To Take The Place Of Any Form Of Gender Role As A Rulership Over Something Else, Which Is The Actual True Purpose Of Paimon As An Entity, Which Is Why The Camel That Carries The Labor Of The Light And The Bearer Is Crowned Instead Of The Bearer." Paimon knew all, and carried all of that knowledge, but used much of it for his own wisdom -- this was why he symbolized a Chariot with a Crown; that is, a 'camel' with 'light' of the 'mind.'

The grand display continued to be a spectacle for the entirety of Hell, and likely all throughout the universe, but, that was neither here nor there. As it came to pass and the Void Sun set, the silent embers of it crisped away the other Hellaverses that were seeking to invade and that had broken their longtime formation once they'd foreseen the coming of the end of the Hell System. Where they all went for it all, the grand spectacle that was being displayed ended up being the actual show itself that only the final Hell remaining -- the one that initiated everything -- got to witness.

To consecrate the event with celebration as the Demon Kings continued to pilfer and pillage from their peoples in broad daylight, a grand ceremony using the very same things stolen would be called for in the Hell of the Veritas -- so that the Demon Kings didn't have to use their own, and still got to make out like bandits, plus celebrate, and also put on a light show that covered their tracks on their way out... Quite conveniently coincidentally so.

Like, 'not supposed to happen' type convenient.

This presiding king -- Beleth (also spelled Bilet, Bileth and Byleth) --  is a mighty and terrible king of Hell, who has eighty-five legions of demons under his command. He rides a war horse, and all kind of music is heard before him, according to most authors on demonology and the most known grimoires:

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In demonology, Beleth also spelled Bilet, Bileth, Byleth and Bilith is a mighty and terrible king of Hell, who has eighty-five legions of demons under his command. He rides a pale horse, and all kinds of music is heard before him, according to most authors on demonology and the most known grimoires. According to Pseudomonarchia Daemonum Ham, Noah's son, was the first in invoking him after the flood, and wrote a book on Mathematics with his help.

When appearing he looks very fierce to frighten the conjurer or to see if he is courageous. The conjurer must be brave, and holding a hazel wand in his hand must draw a triangle by striking towards the South, East, and upwards, then commanding Beleth into it by means of some conjurations.

If he does not obey, the conjurer must rehearse all threatens the conjurations said and then Beleth will obey and do all that he is commanded. But the conjurer must be respectful and do homage unto Beleth due to his rank, and hold a silver ring in the middle finger of the left hand against his face, as it is the use of hellish kings and princes before Amaymon.

Beleth gives all the love of men and women he is commanded until the conjurer is satisfied.

According to Pseudomonarchia Daemonum Noah's son Ham was the first in invoking him after the flood, and wrote a book on Mathematics with his help; when appearing he looks very fierce to frighten the conjurer or to see if he is courageous. The conjurer must be brave, and holding a hazel wand in his hand must draw a triangle by striking towards the South, East, and upwards, and command Beleth into it by means of some conjurations. If he does not obey, the conjurer must rehearse all threats the conjurations said. Then, Beleth will obey and do all that he is commanded, but the conjurer must be respectful and pay homage unto Beleth due to his rank, and hold a silver ring in the middle finger of the left hand against his face, as it is the use of hellish kings and princes before Amaymon.

Beleth gives all the love of men and women he is commanded until the conjurer is satisfied.

The Void Sun, TATARI, looked on at all it had done, and it was good, to it -- that is, it was Perfect Sin. This was pleasing to the eye to look at, and also to know. That is why the light of the Void Sun, deep in the crux of its center, would look upon and glean.

"The New World Order Is Established Through The Previous Kings And Their Princes As Well As All Of The Demon Lords And Royal Servants Down To The Very Least Of The Servants -- The Slaves -- And Sustains The Foundations Of Mount Zion, The City Of David, As Its Descendant -- As God Commanded David And His City Would Perpetually Have Until The Time For It To Ascend Into Heaven From Out Of Purgatory In Hell Because Of Armageddon." And so, the ceremony that the Hellians had no claim to nor true understanding of would go on, and, though they celebrated themselves and their works, the works of their hands actually ended up being a Summoning Ritual for an even greater Devil... "The Wormwood From The Previous City Of David -- Any Failed System -- Comes Crashing Down And The Basic Mechanics Of What Was Created Properly Remains Intact As A Carcass To Be Raised From The Dead And Inhabited By Those Who Are Lesser, All The Way Down To The Dead And The Undead In The System." Come down from the Overworld of the Underworld, TATARI, SIN GOD, beamed from a thin sanguine slit of Crimson Lightning Insanity Static which would skewer with a sinister slice the very seams of reality going on in its Hell, that it watched over, to let its voice be known and affixed to its image, visage, and personage. "It Is Run By The Anakim And The Nephilim, Who Are Considered Elioud, And Things Return To The Days Of The Gods And The Titans, All The Way Up To The Primordials. This Creates A New World Order By Restart And Defaulting The System With A New System, Ready To Have The King Of The World Powers (Who Are Lesser Kings) Set Up Over It Through The Kingship. All Is Announced To All Else For The Great Feast Of Fallen Angels And All Such Providence For Every Type Of Fuel In All Of Hell At Any Given Time."

The Hellmouth which had been speaking to them the entire time was revealed as their true Overgod -- SIN GOD TATARI TENSEI, THE INSANITY; VOID SUN OF THE VERITAS.

In the midst of its speech, it did appear, that none could claim its voice and appearance, though it would just manifest sporadically. Then, TATARI continued, "Beleth Is A King That Deals With Challenges, Adversity, Opposition And Hardships." Now more immersive and emotive, the Void Sun emissary would settle in and continue as if just lecturing Demons about a subject that it had already begun -- which, it had. As Ophiuchus, The Angel God-King. "Beleth Is Able To Set His Own Orders Harmoniously, Even Inclusive To Those That Are Established To Prey On The Weaknesses Of Others."

There was a triangular shape on the forefront of the shape of the head of the Void Sun. TATARI seemed to bear one cycloptic eye with a pyramid around it, and viewed from within the darkness of its inner psyche, and not on the front of its face, which was smooth, blank, and black as the night. "Beleth Makes Large Parties For The Image And The Support Or Boosting Of The One Who Seeks Him Or That Is Attached To Him And Teaches Others To Do So." Continuing to explain, Void Sun TATARI made note of the Demon King, Beleth, whose name was also Byleth, which was commonly known in a form that was taken in a known Earth creation.

One that was also associated to the Eight Restriction of the Veritas.

"Beleth Is About Practicing Your Discipline In Your Kingship And Building It Up As Well As Applying It To Another Person Or Using It To Find Descendants Or Ascend It And Yourself Further Via It, As Well As Whatever It Is Linked To Or Through." The Void Sun looked on at the Demonic Masses, with an emotionless contentment. "Honing Your Craft." In this Light, he was their King, and that meant something, now that he was wearing his crown as Kairo Kaizoku.

"... Well... Maybe They Do Understand When They See It For Themselves." That was interesting. The Insanity puzzled this.

Khrona would know.

That was why...

"... So. Time For You To Continue To Celebrate, So That I May See Your End." The Insanity, Void Sun TATARI Tensei, rested there, singular centripetal eye boring deeply into them.

Awestruck, dumbstruck, and dumbfounded, nary a single Demon or Sinner or Entity of any kind in Hell could fathom what just happened. If they weren't all so good at maintaining a light, and each had their own goals right at the end that all looked like they were going to come true any second, they would have broken their light and gone crazy or panicked and screamed or went into some level of discord or disarray.

But Demons were craftier than that independently, which was the singular sole reason why none of them could ever truly be trusted nor work together. And none would ever know nor ever be any the wiser.

Fortunately, that works out to the favor of one like a Lucifer... Which Paimon and other Demon Kings were.

"... My word!" cried Paimon, "I say! This is quite a display for our little ceremony... I presume another God trying to dominate our realm? Ohoho..." Paimon chuckled haughtily, stirring a drink lightly with a swirl, "... By all means, try! Our magicks and demonic powers are far greater than any of the other Hells about the Hellaverses, as we ourselves have seen! So, what is but another single God, where the first God failed in the first place?" Paimon continued to speak out of Light to the Light to fabricate more Light that would eventually draw the Light back to where he manipulated.

"Beleth!" Paimon shouted suddenly, raising his drink quickly, with a light slosh, "Don't stop the party now! On with it, then! With all the prelacies and dignities and so on..." Paimon turned away, thinking, knowing the music and pageantry would surely illustrate the illusion necessary to keep the masses quiet. Yet... The Demon King was troubled and quite unsettled by this particular entity, yet never had heard of it.

So, Demon King Paimon decided to summon the next Demon King after Beleth as he kept the party going, and the populace entertained. Purson (also Curson, Pursan) was that next Great King of Hell, being served and obeyed by twenty-two legions of demons. He knows of hidden things, can find treasures, and tells past, present and future. Taking a human or aerial body he answers truly of all secret and divine things of Earth and the creation of the world. He also brings good familiars. Purson is depicted as a man with the face of a lion, carrying a ferocious viper in his hand, and riding a bear. Before him there can be heard many trumpets sounding.

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In demonology, Purson is a Great King of Hell, being served and obeyed by twenty-two legions of demons. He knows of hidden things, can find treasures, and tells past, present, and future. Taking a human or aerial body he answers truly of all secret and divine things of Earth and the creation of the world. He also brings good familiars.

Purson is depicted as a man with a lion's head, carrying a ferocious viper in his hand, and riding a bear. Before him there can be heard many trumpets sounding.

Other spellings: Curson, Pursan.

Paimon was looking into some of Purson's credentials in the Grand Grimoire, and among the Ars Goetia, he was also in the Dictionnaire Infernal under a name unlisted -- neither Curson nor Pursan. In fact, Purson's image in Mathers' The Goetia corresponds to Pruflas' illustration from the Dictionnaire Infernal. Which meant that there was something else secret and hidden about the next Demon King that even Paimon did not know, and that secret was hidden in the Dictionaire Infernal.

And so, with Purson summoned to deal with the Void Sun, Paimon would secretly take to the study in order to study the Dictionaire Infernal a bit, leaving an understudy in lieu of him for the light, in his very image, and his light, and likeness.

The party and ceremony went on, and the Demonic Masses were kept satiated. They each had their own goals and plans, and knew that something spectacular like this was sure to lead up to something grand for each and every one of them... Though, none suspected that it might be stepping on the toes of one or the other of them, and that they would each eventually just be fighting over it and themselves and each other, and would likely have to split a reward or some sort of gain like that in the first place, and wouldn't like it.

So secretly, they were enemies, but as long as there was a light blocking their true intent and a false light being maintained, plus their own respective fears, along with other types of personal factors that they kept hidden or secret, they would not actually act against each other until they found out.

Which was exactly what made them demons and sinners, no matter what light they were putting themselves, angelic or holy or heavenly or false or lie or otherwise.

And they went about their business and their day and party, enjoying themselves and celebrating about themselves and the lives they'd soon lead, after their Demon Kings finished uh... Celebrating about them...? Or... Something...?

As expected, all Hell continued to dance to a Luciferian Light that was set. The Void Sun gleaned and continued to process the photons.

Eating.

"Among The Kings Of Providence, Communication, Relationships, Education, Economics And Media, The New King That Rules Over The Entire System -- The King Of Fools (Or, 'The King Of The World') -- Is Announced Throughout The Entire World Power System Via The Kings Down To The Princedoms Through Their Established Kingdoms And Foundations For Their Respective Powers Over The Entirety Of The Planet, Down To Even Distribution And Redistribution Of Resources, Nutrients And Tools Or Utilities, Even With Positions, Names, Ranks, Divisions And Titles." This is what the Void Sun consumed from this light, but only at its own appearance, which enlightened it further. "A New Light Is Borne And Heard In Magnanimity By The Choirs And Revealed Through The Subjects." The light would Enlighten the Void Sun further, thus granting it more light for itself, so that it could function like a regular Sun.

The more it gleaned, the more self-conscious of its own place it became, and so too would the inverse become of the Kairo Kaizoku, and Khrona. "The Worldly Town Crier -- Who Is A King -- Announces To All The World When The System Is Changing Or Has Changed In Any Large Way, Including Altogether, Which Alters The Position Of The Role And Name Of This King; Purson." Veering off, he understood that this light was a parallel to his own, and that he himself was always just singularly building up for his own appearance, though it was originally meant for the God Spell -- the Gospel -- for summoning God, and was now corrupted into broken fragments of celebrating different individuals.

Fortunately, it didn't matter, as long as one person overcame and conquered the Pyramid Of Light.

"When There Is Any Sort Of Development Or Upgrade To The System, Or Even A Downgrade And Degeneration, Purson Is The Announcement System That Lets Everyone Know Systematically." This was when the Void Sun had a clever idea. Instead of letting itself rest in just this light, it would instead also follow the demons and their practices and ways, since it had gleaned quite a bit about them, and was aware that there was something greater to stean when it came to the strongest beings... Just as the Demon Kings believed for themselves.

Thus, the true Predator appeared, and the Rapture cometh for the Least of them, in the Demon Kingdom of Hell.

"Purson Knows About All Events Going On, Which Is Why Purson Informs All Else About Such Events At All Times -- The News Castor." Since he was like a Prophet, it meant that he Professed what he Learned with Wisdom... A Wiseman that would speak what he heard and gleaned. Very good. That was why he was so useful; a receptive receptacle for the Void Sun. "Purson And All Associations Can Be Linked To The Media, Press, Communication And Projection Of Sorts, Especially As An Image Or To Maintain Or Promote An Image, Especially Visibly Or Generally In The Light."

The Void Sun had yet to recognize that everyone could still hear him, but it would still continue to make notes about the things happening, and they would neutralize the grand light, even with the music and the partying 'allegedly' going on, and not just being 'forced to happen' because a lot of noise was going on, which was how one covered up discord, bad vibes, and fights, or dissonance of that like, with a powerful control of light at the sound level. "Purson Also Serves As A 'Manual Overwrite' Process, Due To Having Executive Authority Over What Is Said, Shown And Written, Covering All Bases Of The Photographic Receptors Of The Senses And Their Perception." This was all that TATARI needed to know to continue -- Purson was a Light Beelzebub, so to speak.

These were terms for the Void Sun to understand about the demonic pieces it was playing with... Well... Learning from, in order to play with later.

"This Purson Of No Credit Will Take The Light From Here -- I Will Continue To Observe Quietly From The Sidelines." Void Sun TATARI stepped off, and let the demons continue to play in their light.

This was an outraeous thing in all of Hell.

Never before had this been seen or done. Not only had Purson never been seen nor heard of amongst the peoples as a Demon King, but also, he was being spoken down to of, and as though a commoner, in fact! Even!  This would simply not do. To maintain the light, he had to keep composure, but surely, someone like this had to be dealt with by force.

The next Demon King had to be summoned to handle this, and Purson himself would have to take cover under his other personage referenced. But not before continuing to upkeep the party and the light, which Paimon still had covered with the understudy. So this way, the doings of the Demon Kings could continue in secret, yet also still happen in plain sight -- for, under Lucifer, they were masters of light.

The next, Balam (also Balaam, Balan), is a great and powerful king of Hell who commands over forty legions of demons. He gives perfect answers on things past, present, and to come, and can also make men invisible and witty. Balam is depicted as being three-headed. One head is the head of a bull, the second of a man, and the third of a ram. He has flaming eyes and the tail of a serpent. He carries a hawk on his fist and rides a strong bear. At other times, he is represented as a naked man riding a bear. His name seems to have been taken from Balaam, the Biblical magician.

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In demonology, Balam (also Balaam, Balan) is a great and powerful king (to some authors a duke or a prince) of Hell who commands over forty legions of demons. He gives perfect answers on things past, present, and to come, and can also make men invisible and witty.

Balam is depicted as being three-headed. One head is the head of a bull, the second of a man, and the third of a ram. He has flaming eyes and the tail of a serpent. He carries a hawk on his fist and rides a strong bear. At other times he is represented as a naked woman riding a bear.

His name seems to have been taken from Balaam, the Biblical magician.

Balam was the stern muscle of the group -- the thickheaded one that charged forward like the bull, with the stubbornness of the ox. So, this made him a worthy adversary. However, the bullheadedness was also his weakness, because he would not obey the light after some point, which was why he was one like security; a bodyguard, even.

He was instructed to escort the Void Sun out and also to 'handle' him appropriately as the Demon Kings continued their celebration. Perhaps, taking him to see the greater Demon Kings would end his little... God-Complex.

Here, is where the tables had shifted: instead of someone coming down to deal with the target, the target was instead being passed up -- this was the point where only the highest authorities existed; the final Four Kings that sat at the very top.

They who had the most power.

Balam was but a messenger. Yet, his presence both higher than the others and right next to them was pedigree enough. So, the Void Sun went along with the motions of the ritual, all the way to the end -- away from the plain light. "All Of The Lesser Idols And Celebrities That Have Been Behind The Scenes Running The Operation Come Forward To Take Their Credit And Glory And Titles And Acclamations For Royalties And Sponsorship For Their Princes And Princedoms (And Also For Queens And Princesses) So That They May Be Established By Name And Rulership From The Lineage Of The King That Steps Forth On Behalf Of The Prince Or Another King. This Is The Glorification Stage, Which Magnifies Itself, And Those Who Believe They Are More Worthy Than Others Or Fear That They Will Not Receive Their Crowns Or That It Will Not Be Maintained Step Forward First Lustfully, Becoming Like Elim Or Erelim." This was all that the Pyramid Head foresaw as he graced the tops of the System -- that where only he belonged. "These Are Kings That Know Of Refinement, Need To Be Refined Or Operate The Refinement Process, All Of Which Are Of Similar Value And Must Remain At This Value As A Power. The Systematic Refinement Process Of Hell Through Limbo And Purgatory From Sheol Begins Again When The Kings Are Set Up In Their Orders To Get Out The Defects And Correct The System Errors." Finally, he was at the top of The System.

Yet, he'd always been high above it, the entire time. This was actually a processional for coming down, not for anyone going up -- a light offering ceremony of putting someone up to the test of God, to see if God has accepted them. And you know what? It was true -- The Void Sun TATARI Tensei and all the Tensei family he represented were redeemed at that point, on the altar, in the light, before the Demon Kingdom, amongst the Demon Kings of Hell.

Through a Luciferian Light, even -- not just a regular light. Through a Helelalchrum, even more so -- that he himself made of the other Luciferian Lights, in fact!

"There Are Weaker Kings That Already Are Aware Of What It Means To Be A King And Have All Of The Powers Of A King, But Misuse Them Or Do Not Use Them Well Enough." Perhaps, what it meant to be more in command of a Luciferian Light than others... Yet... Still, obviously, only commanding light at the level of a Lucifer. Which, perhaps, they still couldn't tell was the actuality of their own damnation in the light to the Luciferian Light Prison, which was what the Helelalchrum that TATARI owned was a simulation of. "The King That Represents Lesser Kings Is Balaam -- Who Is A Symbol For The King 'Balak' That Tried To Stop The Hebrews In The Bible -- And Establishes Their Ranks By Their Weaknesses And Vulnerabilities Exposing Flaws In Their Systems Or Accepting Errors And Glitches, Especially Haphazardly." Since Balam was the Messenger in the Bible for the King Balak, who was like Satan -- whom the Demon Kings all emulate -- to the Hebrews, this is the literal representation and transliteration of himself as a Demon King, sealed by King Solomon, himself, Son Of King David. "He Covers All Weaknesses And Flaws Or Blemishes For Other Kings, Which Are Greater Than Princely Defects And Sometimes Are Actually The Princes And Their Princedoms, Themselves."

Inspecting the Demon Lord, TATARI noticed the three heads a little more closely, upon escort. "Balaam Has Three Heads To Illustrate His Place As An Early Creation, A Lustful King And A Defective Cherub Whilst Also Connecting Back To Ishmael." Little did he know, he was still broadcasting his thoughts to the rest of Hell. But, maybe that was for the best. "Balaam Was Once Seen As A Naked Woman Riding A Bear Because Of The Abuse Of The Use Of His Power As A King And Being Exposed As A Weak King That Was Like A Woman And Cowardly With His Kingship And Kingdom."

With this information, TATARI could copy the data for the 'Idol (King)' Teraph to use for later. As usual.

Unsettling as it was for the Demon Lords and Demons to hear these things, this was still very interesting, and as much as they tried to party and enjoy themselves, they were all rather intrigued and partially enraptured by the goings on behind the scenes, which they only heard the details of because of the reception of the Pyramid Head, TATARI. It was a rather surreal experience, and try as they might to enjoy it, they couldn't do so... Fully. Except if it was stimulating to the Void Sun, that is.

In all of that, there was still someone that could hear every. Single. Word. Who was more than livid about it all, despite everyone else being so celebratory. It was Mr. Bighead Overhead himself, Demon King Asmodeus, the Outer God Demon, Demon Lord of all Outer Gods and entities of similar powers or capacity. He sat just before the greatest of the Demon Lord Demon Kings, and was the gatekeeper to the greater powers up into the stars of Hell.

Asmodeus is a king of demons mostly known from the deuterocanonical Book of Tobit, in which he is the primary antagonist. The demon is also mentioned in some Talmudic legends; for instance, in the story of the construction of the Temple of Solomon. He was supposed by some Renaissance Christians to be the King of the Nine Hells. Asmodeus also is referred to as one of the seven princes of Hell. In Binsfeld's classification of demons, each one of these princes represents one of the seven deadly sins (Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Sloth, Wrath, Envy, and Pride). Asmodeus is the demon of Lust and is therefore responsible for twisting people's sexual desires, as seen in the book of Tobias especially. He is also said to be here on Earth after millions of years in hell. In Jewish and Islamic lore he is the king of the earthly spirits (Shedim/Jinn):

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Asmodeus (/ˌæzməˈdiːəs/; Greek: Ασμοδαίος, Asmodaios) or Ashmedai (/ˈæʃmɪˌdaɪ/; Hebrew: אַשְמְדּאָי‎, ʾAšmədʾāy) (Asmodai; also Ashmodai, Asmodeus, Asmody, Asmoday, Sidonai) appears as the king 'Asmoday' in the Ars Goetia, where he is said to have a seal in gold and is listed as number thirty-two according to respective rank. He is strong, powerful and appears with three heads; the first is like a bull, the second like a man, and the third like a ram; the tail of a serpent, and from his mouth issue flames of fire. Also, he sits upon an infernal dragon, holds a lance with a banner and, amongst the Legions of Amaymon, Asmoday governs seventy two legions of inferior spirits.

It is said in Asmodeus; Or, The Devil on Two Sticks that people who fall to Asmodeus' ways will be sentenced to an eternity in the second level of hell.

The name Asmodai is believed to derive from Avestan language *aēšma-daēva, where aēšma means "wrath", and daēva signifies "demon" or "divine being". While the daēva Aēšma is thus Zoroastrianism's demon of wrath and is also well attested as such, the compound aēšma-daēva is not attested in scripture. It is nonetheless likely that such a form did exist, and that the Book of Tobit's "Asmodaios" (Ἀσμοδαῖος) and the Talmud's "Ashmedai" (אשמדאי) reflect it. In the Zoroastrian and Middle Persian demonology, did exist the conjuncted form khashm-dev, where the word dev was the same of daeva.

The spellings Asmodai, Asmodee, Osmodeus, and Osmodai have also been used. The name is alternatively spelled in the bastardized forms (based on the basic consonants אשמדאי, ʾŠMDʾY) Hashmedai (חַשְמְדּאָי, Hašmədʾāy; also Hashmodai, Hasmodai, Chashmodai, Chasmodai), Hammadai (חַמַּדּאָי, Hammadʾāy; also Chammadai), Shamdon (שַׁמְדּוֹן, Šamdōn), and Sidonai (שִׁדֹנאָי, Šidonʾāy). Some traditions have subsequently identified Shamdon as the father of Asmodeus.

The Jewish Encyclopedia of 1906 rejects the otherwise accepted etymological relation between the Persian "Æshma-dæva" and Judaism's "Ashmodai" claiming that the particle "-dæva" could not have become "-dai" and that Æshma-dæva as such—a compound name—never appears in Persian sacred texts. Still, the encyclopedia proposes that the "Asmodeus" from the Apocrypha and the Testament of Solomon are not only related somewhat to Aeshma but have similar behaviour, appearance and roles, to conclude in another article under the entry "Aeshma", in the paragraph "Influence of Persian Beliefs on Judaism" that Persian Zoroastrian beliefs could have heavily influenced Judaism's theology on the long term, bearing in mind that in some texts there are crucial conceptual differences while in others there seems to be a great deal of similarity, proposing a pattern of influence over folk beliefs that would extend further to the mythology itself in general.

In The Bible
The full name "Ashmedai" is not found, but in 2 Kings 17:30, a certain Ashima appears as the false god for whom the Syrian Hamathites made an idol. Not only does this name better resemble that of the Persian daeva Aeshma, but the name (אֲשִׁימָא) also greatly resembles the name Ashmedai (אַשְמְדּאָי) in Hebrew. Likewise, the Bible is clear in that at least some heathen gods are not just idols, but representations of demons in Deut 32:17 and Psa 106:37.

In the Book of Tobit
The Asmodeus of the Book of Tobit is hostile to Sarah, Raguel's daughter, (Tobit 6:13); and slays seven successive husbands on their wedding nights, impeding the sexual consummation of the marriages. He is described as 'the worst of demons'. When the young Tobias is about to marry her, Asmodeus proposes the same fate for him, but Tobias is enabled, through the counsels of his attendant angel Raphael, to render him innocuous. By placing a fish's heart and liver on red-hot cinders, Tobias produces a smoky vapor that causes the demon to flee to Egypt, where Raphael binds him (Tobit 8:2-3). According to some translations Asmodeus is strangled.

Perhaps Asmodeus punishes the suitors for their carnal desire, since Tobias prays to be free from such desire and is kept safe. Asmodeus is also described as an evil spirit in general: 'Ασμοδαίος τὸ πονηρὸν δαιμόνιον or τõ δαιμόνιον πονηρόν, and πνεῦμα ἀκάθαρτον (Tobit 3:8; Tobit 3:17; Tobit 6:13; Tobit 8:3).

In the Kabbalah
According to the Kabbalah and the school of Rashba, Asmodeus is a cambion born as the result of a union between Agrat Bat Mahlat, a succubus, and King David.

In the Talmud
The figure of Ashmedai in the Talmud is less malign in character than the Asmodeus of Tobit. In the former, he appears repeatedly in the light of a good-natured and humorous fellow. But besides that, there is one feature in which he parallels Asmodeus, inasmuch as his desires turn upon Solomon's wives and Bath-sheba.

Another Talmudic legend has King Solomon tricking Asmodai into collaborating in the construction of the Temple of Jerusalem (see: The Story of King Solomon and Ashmedai).

Another legend depicts Asmodai throwing king Solomon over 400 leagues away from the capital by putting one wing on the ground and the other stretched skyward. He then changed places for some years with King Solomon. When King Solomon returned, Asmodai fled from his wrath.[26] Similar legends can be found in islamic folklore. There Asmodeus is called Sakhr (Arabic: صخر‎ the Rock or the Stony One), because in islamic lore, Solomon banished him into a rock, after he takes his kingdom back from him. There he counts as the king of the jinn.

Another passage describes him as marrying Lilith, who became his queen.

He has also been recorded as the off-spring of the union between Adam and the angel of prostitution, Naamah, conceived while Adam was married to Lilith.

In the Testament of Solomon
In the Testament of Solomon, a 1st–3rd century text, the king invokes Asmodeus to aid in the construction of the Temple. The demon appears and predicts Solomon's kingdom will one day be divided (Testament of Solomon, verse 21–25). When Solomon interrogates Asmodeus further, the king learns that Asmodeus is thwarted by the angel Raphael, as well as by sheatfish found in the rivers of Assyria. He also admits to hating water and birds because both remind him of God.

In the Malleus Maleficarum
In the Malleus Maleficarum (1486), Asmodeus was considered the demon of lust. Sebastien Michaelis said that his adversary is St. John. Some demonologists of the 16th century assigned a month to a demon and considered November to be the month in which Asmodai's power was strongest. Other demonologists asserted that his zodiacal sign was Aquarius but only between the dates of January 30 and February 8.

He has 72 legions of demons under his command. He is one of the Kings of Hell under Lucifer the emperor. He incites gambling, and is the overseer of all the gambling houses in the court of Hell. Some Catholic theologians compared him with Abaddon. Yet other authors considered Asmodeus a prince of revenge.

In the Dictionnaire Infernal
In the Dictionnaire Infernal by Collin de Plancy, Asmodeus is depicted with the breast of a man, a cock leg, serpent tail, three heads (one of a man spitting fire, one of a sheep, and one of a bull), riding a lion with dragon wings and neck, all of these animals being associated with either lascivity, lust or revenge. The Archbishop of Paris approved his portrait.

In the Lesser Key of Solomon
Asmodai appears as the king 'Asmoday' in the Ars Goetia, where he is said to have a seal in gold and is listed as number thirty-two according to respective rank.

He "is strong, powerful and appears with three heads; the first is like a bull, the second like a man, and the third like a ram; the tail of a serpent, and from his mouth issue flames of fire." Also, he sits upon an infernal dragon, holds a lance with a banner and, amongst the Legions of Amaymon, Asmoday governs seventy two legions of inferior spirits.

In The Magus
Asmodeus is referred to in Book Two, Chapter Eight of The Magus (1801) by Francis Barrett.

Asmodeus was named as an angel of the Order of Thrones by Gregory the Great.

Asmodeus was cited by the nuns of Loudun in the Loudun possessions of 1634.

The story of Asmodeus and Solomon has a reappearance in Arabian and Islamic lore, however Asmodeus is commonly named Sakhr (rock) probably a reference to his fate, because according to Islamic lore, after Solomon defeated Asmodeus, he imprisioned him inside a box of rock, chained with iron, and throw it into the sea. Tabari linked Asmodeus to Surah 37:106 of the Quran in his work Annals of al-Tabari, therefore Solomon was replaced by Asmodeus over forty days.

Asmodeus' reputation as the personification of lust continued into later writings, as he was known as the "Prince of Lechery" in the 16th century romance Friar Rush. The French Benedictine Augustin Calmet equated his name with fine dress. The 16th century Dutch demonologist Johann Weyer described him as the banker at the baccarat table in hell, and overseer of earthly gambling houses.

In 1641, the Spanish playwright and novelist Luis Velez de Guevara published the satirical novel El diablo cojuelo, where Asmodeus is represented as a mischievous demon endowed with a playful and satirical genius. The plot presents a rascal student that hides in an astrologer's mansard. He frees a devil from a bottle. As an acknowledgement the devil shows him the apartments of Madrid and the tricks, miseries and mischiefs of their inhabitants. The French novelist Alain-René Lesage adapted the Spanish source in his 1707 novel le Diable boiteux, where he likened him to Cupid. In the book, he is rescued from an enchanted glass bottle by a Spanish student Don Cleophas Leandro Zambullo. Grateful, he joins with the young man on a series of adventures before being recaptured. Asmodeus is portrayed in a sympathetic light as good-natured, and a canny satirist and critic of human society. In another episode Asmodeus takes Don Cleophas for a night flight, and removes the roofs from the houses of a village to show him the secrets of what passes in private lives. Following Lesage's work, he was depicted in a number of novels and periodicals, mainly in France but also London and New York.

Asmodeus was widely depicted as having a handsome visage, good manners and an engaging nature; however, he was portrayed as walking with a limp and one leg was either clawed or that of a rooster. He walks aided by two walking sticks in Lesage's work, and this gave rise to the English title The Devil on Two Sticks (also later translated The Limping Devil and The Lame Devil). Lesage attributes his lameness to falling from the sky after fighting with another devil.

On 18 February 1865, author Evert A. Duyckinck sent President Abraham Lincoln a letter, apparently mailed from Quincy. Duyckinck signed the letter “Asmodeus”, with his initials below his pseudonym. His letter enclosed a newspaper clipping about an inappropriate joke allegedly told by Lincoln at the Hampton Roads Peace Conference. The purpose of Duyckinck’s letter was to advise Lincoln of “an important omission” about the history of the conference. He advised that the newspaper clipping be added to the “Archives of the Nation”.

Asmodeus is referred to and briefly described in the short story "The Mirror", by Isaac Bashevis Singer.

Asmodeus is a recurring antagonist in season thirteen of The CW series Supernatural. As being created by Lucifer himself, Asmodeus was originally a Prince of Hell alongside his siblings Azazel, Dagon, and Ramiel. Upon the death of Crowley, Asmodeus succeeds him as the King of Hell. He is primarily portrayed by Jeffrey Vincent Parise.

Asmodeus appears as a devil in Alan Moore's novel Jerusalem.

His long list of credentials far exceeded any of the demons in Hell, for Asmodeus was quite the active Outer God Demon. He acted on behalf of both himself as an Outer God Demon and also other Demon Gods like himself. Yet, he, and those of this system were only just Demon Kings. They did know of greater lights and powers, but were only Figureheads and Bigheads, and Asmodeus -- especially this specific one, being possessed by the ancient Demon Lord's Spirit, as all the other vessels of Demons who were playing this sinister game out were -- was simply one of them.

A representative. An ambassador. An envoy, even.

Secretary, sometimes, on the side, sure. Accountant, even.

But, the point of the matter was, he was the Gatekeeper between the Lesser and Greater; the Lower and the Higher -- the Inner and the Outer 'Powers' that 'Be' in the 'System'.

"WHO IN THE HELL ARE YOU?!" Asmodeus, who didn't have a quiet, indoor voice anymore, thundered to the Void Sun, trying to sound powerful and important. "MAKE IT SNAPPY!" he boomed, "OR SOMEONE'S GONNA GET FIRED DOWN THERE!!!"

"Finally, The Adversary Appears And Is Both Commanding An Army And Sustaining A Kingdom Whilst Also Expanding It And Destroying Others Just By His Power Alone -- Often By His Very Word." It was as the Angel God-King foretold the Void Sun -- the message from God. "Most Of The Adversity Is Aimed Or Geared Toward His One Rival In Order To Stunt Or Completely Halt His Growth And Destroy The Rising Kingdom That Is Opposing Him." Hence why he was the 'Overhead' Demon. Like, the 'Overhead' of the 'Head.' "Those That Are Under Him Are Trying To Usurp Him And Grow Throughout His Own System Systematically By Taking Advantage Of Or Exploiting The Glitches And Defects Through The Errors And Cheat Their Way Up Toward His Position Just As He Cheated Himself And Set Up A Method For Himself To Promote Himself And Place Himself Over Others As Well As Control Them." It was all checking out exactly as the design anticipated, both in antiquity, and also transliterated now, even into the present, through gentrification. "The Internal Uprising Becomes Like A Fiery Cloud That Is Infolding On Itself -- Entropy Within A System, Which Has Been Written About In The Bible As The City Of David Collapsing On Itself Without Actually Falling Down (The Symbol Of Corruption And Mount Zion)."

"Armageddon Occurs By The Attempts To Overthrow Asmodeus And All His Offspring As Well As His System Whilst He Is Using All Of His Power To Keep You From Progressing And Destroying Your Work Whilst Continuing To Maintain His Own. He Is The King Of The World; The King Of Hell." This would be the beginning of his Meltdown, which would trickle all the way down and liquidate all of his assets in totality from his own Meltdown.

Even so, the Void Sun wasn't aware of how his voidlight was affecting everyone that it entered the presence of, or even thought about. Such was why it was visiting, and going through the motions. Things were unfolding rather coincidentally from here on, quite honestly, forth. "Asmodeus Is The Scapegoat For The King Of The World, And Considers Himself To Be The King Of The World, But Is The Rival Of The True King Of The World -- Solomon."

"Asmodeus Is Ruler Over Other Kings Because The Other Kings Were Lesser Than He And Did Not Reach Their Full Potential Due To Their Lust For The Spotlight, And So Another Greater King Came Up Behind The First Kings And Took The Crowns." So, they become slaves, underlings, minions, pawns, and peons, and such, all to a large corporation, government, and in general, a system. Go figure. "Other Kings In The Image Of The Greater Kings Were Created In The Image Of The First Greater King, Asmodeus, And Thus It Became A Defect And A Demon To Be A Greater King Than Another King As Well As To Use Another Person Or Another King And Their Kingdom To Establish Yourself Above Them High Up Over Them -- Relating To Space And The Power Over The Earth Because Of The Leverage With The Universe And Its Karmic Powers."

"Asmodeus Is Seen As The Adversary Of Kings And Their Kingdoms Or Kingships Because He Is Seeking The Highest Honor, Glory And Power Despite His Defects And Also Rivals The One True King For Solitary Control Over The Heavens And The Earth By Being An Adversary On Purpose And Teaching Others To Be An Adversary Completely Purposefully In Order To Acquire Crowns, Kings And Kingdoms Instead Of Earning Them -- Which Leads Back Into His Appearance And Function As A King." Granted, TATARI was just blatantly speaking all of these things right before the face of the Bighead Overhead himself, and that meant that he could definitely see for himself, to his face, with his own eyes, what was clear, and could pass the message along to his Superior Overheads. "Asmodeus Is Seeking To Boost Himself Up Greater Than Everyone And Everything Despite Having Defects, Errors And Malfunctions That Backfire On Him And Expose His Weaknesses And Vulnerabilities Further, Including In His Image -- Which Relates Closely To Balaam, The King That Precedes Him, And The Purpose Of Being A Defective And Fallen Cherub (Of Which This Kingship Of Asmodeus Would Represent)." Now, TATARI would get to see the Satan, Samael.

This... Even this was too much for Asmodeus to handle. He, himself, with the biggest head in all the universe, to take upon a part of everyone else's things, just to have a hand in them, to be included, and be powerful like the rest of them. He was secretly the weakest, but was working for someone even weaker than himself, who was the one that insisted all of this in the first place. In fact, they were very close, and it was disgusting to have to hear these terrible these things about himself, his place, and everything he was, represented, became, owned, and lived up to. It made him feel like total shit, despite being in such an esteemed place of power and highness of himself. He was still the least of his peers, and his being the gatekeeper was the mark of it on their kingdom.

So, all he could do, feeling so very down, was take the Void Sun to the outer realms, beyond where anything and everything was, where Belial, the Demon King Prince himself existed. He was second only to the Most High Demon Lord, Demon King Baal. This was why he was the Demon Lord King Prince and Baal was the Demon Lord King.

Yet, this made Belial the one who acted out against Baal in the first place, and in going to him, Belial could cut off the Kingdom from his father, Baal.

Yet, Belial, Baal, and Asmodeus were actually closely related to each other as friends. And somehow, none of them recalled this, over time. All they knew were their titles, prelacies, positions, honors, and names that they gave to themselves... All of which had Demonic Spirits and other Evil Spirits or Sins attached to them. These people were totally possessed, and so was the rest of Hell, with people of all sorts, times, eras, and other such means or mediums.

That is when Belial had to step in, because the shit had finally reached the fan, and it was all his own -- the culmination of his plans all accumulating as one thing. His existence itself; the Holy Shit. Someone's own works all piling up behind them and being too large for them to handle, as a greater, more sinful entity than anticipated. This is what Belial is listed as; the sixty-eighth spirit of The Lesser Key of Solomon.

He is a King of Hell with 80 legions of demons, and 50 legions of spirits, under his command. He was created as the first, after Lucifer. He has the power to distribute senatorships and gives excellent familiars. He must be presented with offerings, sacrifices and gifts, or else he will not give true answers to demands.

A woodcarving of Belial and some of his followers from Jacobus de Teramo's book Buche Belial (1473).
(Hebrew: בְּלִיַעַל‎) Belial (also Belhor, Baalial, Beliar, Beliall, Beliel, Beliya'al) is a term occurring in the Hebrew Bible which later became personified as the devil[1] in Jewish and Christian texts.

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Hebrew Bible
The term belial (בְלִיַּעַל bĕli-yaal) is a Hebrew adjective meaning "worthless". The etymology of the word is traditionally understood as "lacking worth", from two common words: beli- (בְּלִי "without-") and ya'al ( יָעַל "value").

Some scholars translate it from Hebrew as "worthless" (Beli yo'il), while others translate it as "yokeless" (Beli ol), "may have no rising" (Belial) or "never to rise" (Beli ya'al). Only a few etymologists have assumed it to be an invented name from the start.

The word occurs twenty-seven times in the Masoretic Text, in verses such as Proverbs 6:12, where the King James Version (KJV) translates the Hebrew phrase adam beli-yaal as "a naughty person".

In the Hebrew text the phrase is either "sons of Belial" or simply "sons of worthlessness". Phrases beginning with "sons of" are a common semitic idiom such as "sons of destruction", "sons of lawlessness".

Of these 27 occurrences, the idiom "sons of Belial" (בְּנֵֽי־בְלִיַּעַל beni beliyaal) appears 15 times to indicate worthless people, including idolaters (Deuteronomy 13:13), the men of Gibeah (Judges 19:22, 20:13), the sons of Eli (1 Samuel 2:12), Nabal, and Shimei. In the KJV these occurrences are rendered with "Belial" capitalised:

"the sons of Eli were sons of Belial " (KJV)
In modern versions these are usually read as a phrase:

"the sons of Eli were worthless men " (1 Samuel 2:12, NRSV and NIV)
"the wicked men of the city" (Judges 19:22, NIV)
"Belial" is applied to ideas, words, and counsel, to calamitous circumstances, and most frequently, to worthless men of the lowest sort, such as men who would induce worship of other gods; those of Benjamin who committed the sex crime at Gibeah; the wicked sons of Eli; insolent Nabal; opposers of God’s anointed, David; Rehoboam's unsteady associates; Jezebel's conspirators against Naboth; and men in general who stir up contention. Indicating that the enemy power would no longer interfere with the carrying out of true worship by his people in their land, YHWH declared through his prophet: "No more will any worthless person pass again through you. In his entirety he will certainly be cut off."

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Second Temple period
The term belial appears frequently in Jewish texts of the Second Temple period (texts classified by Christians as the Old Testament pseudepigrapha and apocrypha). Also a large number of references to Belial are evidenced in the Dead Sea Scrolls discovered at Qumran from 1948.

Dead Sea Scrolls
In The War of the Sons of Light Against the Sons of Darkness, one of the Dead Sea scrolls, Belial is the leader of the Sons of Darkness:

"You made Belial for the pit, angel of enmity; in darkness is his domain, his counsel is to bring about wickedness and guilt. All the spirits of his lot are angels of destruction, they walk in the laws of darkness; towards it goes their only desire."

In the Rules of the Community, God is depicted as saying, "I shall not comfort the oppressed until their path is perfect. I shall not retain Belial within my heart."

The War Scroll and the Thanksgiving hymns both delve into the idea that Belial is accursed by God and his people, and shows how the existence of Belial in this world can be attributed to the mysteries of God since we can not know why he permits the dealings of Belial to persist.

In the Dead Sea Scrolls, Belial is further contrasted with God. These are the Angel of Light and the Angel of Darkness. The Manual of Discipline identifies the Angel of Light as God himself. The Angel of Darkness is identified in the same scroll as Belial.

Also in The Dead Sea Scrolls is a recounting of a dream of Amram, the father of Moses, who finds two 'watchers' contesting over him. One is Belial who is described as the King of Evil and Prince of Darkness. Belial is also mentioned in the Fragments of a Zadokite Work (which is also known as The Damascus Document (CD)), which states that during the eschatological age, "Belial shall be let loose against Israel, as God spoke through Isaiah the prophet." The Fragments also speak of "three nets of Belial" which are said to be fornication, wealth, and pollution of the sanctuary. In this work, Belial is sometimes presented as an agent of divine punishment and sometimes as a rebel, as Mastema is. It was Belial who inspired the Egyptian sorcerers, Jochaneh and his brother, to oppose Moses and Aaron. The Fragments also say that anyone who is ruled by the spirits of Belial and speaks of rebellion should be condemned as a necromancer and wizard.

Jubilees
In the Book of Jubilees, uncircumcised Gentiles are called "sons of Belial".

Testament of the Twelve Patriarchs
Belial is also mentioned in the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs. The author of the work seems to be a dualist because he presents Belial as God's opponent, not as a servant, but does not mention how or why this came to be. Simeon 5:3 says that fornication separates man from God and brings him near to Belial. Levi tells his children to choose between the Law of God and the works of Belial It also states that when the soul is constantly disturbed, the Lord departs from it and Belial rules over it. Naphtali contrasts the Law and will of God with the purposes of Belial. Also, in 20:2, Joseph prophesies that when Israel leaves Egypt, they will be with God in light while Belial will remain in darkness with the Egyptians. Finally, the Testament describes that when the Messiah comes, the angels will punish the spirits of deceit and Belial and that the Messiah will bind Belial and give to his children the power to trample the evil spirits.[28]

"For many hath fornication destroyed; because, though a man be old or noble, it maketh him a reproach and a laughing-stock with Beliar and the sons of men."

Ascension of Isaiah
In the Ascension of Isaiah, Belial is the angel of lawlessness and "the ruler of this world", and identified as Samael and Satan.[1]

And Manasseh turned aside his heart to serve Belial; for the angel of lawlessness, who is the ruler of this world, is Belial, whose name is Matanbuchus.

— (Ascension of Isaiah 2:4)

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Christianity
In the New Testament the word occurs once, when Paul the Apostle asks:

"[W]hat concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?" (2 Corinthians 6:15)
The spelling found in most manuscripts of 2 Corinthians is actually Beliar (Βελιάρ) not Belial (Βελίαλ). This is the reading preferred by textual scholars[30] and the change of -l to -r is attributed to a common change in Aramaic pronunciation.

The Jewish Greek Septuagint, later the Old Testament of the early Christian church, generally renders the "sons of Belial" verses in the Hebrew Bible either as "lawless men", by idioms "sons of the pest", rather than a personal name "sons of Belial.":

andres paranomoi ("lawless men" ἄνδρες παράνομοι) (Deuteronomy 13:13)
huioi loimoi ("sons of the plague" υἱοὶ λοιμοὶ) (1 Samuel 2:12)
The Septuagint also avoids Belial in the singular so Shimei (2 Samuel 16:7) when he cursed David, "Come out, come out, thou bloody man, and thou man of Belial" is rendered "you lawless man" (paranomos), and Hannah to Eli "Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial" is rendered "don't count your maidservant as a daughter of the pest" The Latin Vulgate and Syriac Peshitta Old Testaments in some cases follow the Greek, in other literalize as Hebrew. The single New Testament use is preserved "Belial" in Latin and Syriac.

Resurrection of Jesus Christ (by Bartholomew)
In the Resurrection of Jesus Christ (by Bartholomew) of the New Testament apocrypha, Belial was visible along with 666 fallen angels when Michael was commanded by Jesus to show Hell to his disciples.

Rabbinical literature
The Talmud and rabbinical interpretation generally follow a non-supernatural view, an allegorical personification of evil, as with rabbinical interpretations of evil. The phrase "sons of Belial" from the Torah continued to retain currency.

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English literature
John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book I
BELIAL came last, than whom a Spirit more lewd
Fell not from Heaven, or more gross to love
Vice for it self: To him no Temple stood
Or Altar smoak'd; yet who more oft then hee
In Temples and at Altars, when the Priest
Turns Atheist, as did ELY'S Sons, who fill'd
With lust and violence the house of God.
In Courts and Palaces he also Reigns
And in luxurious Cities, where the noyse
Of riot ascends above thir loftiest Towrs,
And injury and outrage: And when Night
Darkens the Streets, then wander forth the Sons
Of BELIAL, flown with insolence and wine.
Witness the Streets of SODOM, and that night
In GIBEAH, when hospitable Dores
Yielded thir Matrons to prevent worse rape.

John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book 2
... On th' other side up rose
BELIAL, in act more graceful and humane;
A fairer person lost not Heav'n; he seemd
For dignity compos'd and high exploit:
But all was false and hollow; though his Tongue
Dropt Manna, and could make the worse appear
The better reason, to perplex and dash
Maturest Counsels: for his thoughts were low;
To vice industrious, but to Nobler deeds
Timorous and slothful: yet he pleas'd the eare...

Robert Browning (1839), "Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister", eighth stanza:
Or, my scrofulous French novel
On gray paper with blunt type !
Simply glance at it, you grovel
Hand and foot in BELIAL's gripe:
If I double down its pages
At the woeful sixteenth print,
When he gathers his greengages,
Ope a sieve and slip it in't?

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Occult
The 17th-Century German grimoire The Lesser Key of Solomon mentions Belial, as does Aleister Crowley's Goetia (1904) and Anton LaVey's The Satanic Bible (1969). In The Satanic Bible (The Book of Belial), Belial means "without a master", and symbolizes independence, self-sufficiency, and personal accomplishment.

In 1937, Edgar Cayce used the term "sons of belial" and "sons of the law of one" for the first time in one of his deep trance readings given between 1923 and 1945. Cayce was often referred to as the "sleeping prophet" who gave over 2,500 readings to individuals while in a deep trance state. While his definition of the sons of belial was consistent with the Hebrew meaning of "worthless" individuals focused on self-gratification, Cayce went on to use the term frequently to compare opposing human forces at work in pre-historical times related to the early development of Atlantis.

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Popular culture
Main article: Belial in popular culture
Popular culture in the last century included many references to Belial; notably in the celebrated silent film Nosferatu (1922), Aldous Huxley's novel Ape and Essence (1948), Philip K. Dick's novel The Divine Invasion (1981), the cult horror film Basket Case (1982), Dean Koontz's novel Phantoms (1983), Graham Masterton's novel Master of Lies (1991), and the horror film The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005).

In the role playing game Vampire: the Requiem, Belial's Brood is a covenant of vampires that serve Vice and evil forces, consorting with infernal spirits for power.

Blizzard Entertainment's video game Diablo 3 has Belial in its storyline as the second boss in Act 2. There are definite Arabic tones for the art direction and setting. Belial in the Diablo universe is known as the "Lord of Lies", one of the four lesser of the Seven Great Evils of Sanctuary. Westwood Studios's PC game Lands of Lore: Guardians of Destiny features Belial as its main antagonist, portraying him as an evil god with a devil-like appearance.

In the Warhammer 40k universe Belial is the current Grand Master of the Deathwing of the Dark Angels Space Marine Chapter which typically has religious named leaders.

In the mobile game Puzzle and Dragons, Belial is a monster that is part of the Archdemon series.

In the Book "The little ships" by J.A. Sutherland The main Character sails in a spaceship named Belial.

"Belial's meat" is a health item in the Video Game Off by unproductive fun time.

In the Binding of Isaac video game, the Book of Belial is an activated item.

"Belial" is the theme held in meditation by Vaughn Benjamin (Akae Beka) on the Midnite & Ras L Collaborative album Thru & True 2006

All the rest of the works of Belials can be found in the annals of Israel, as well. But these were just the influences of this particular 'Holy Shit' that was piled up to heaven by this Asmodeus because of the Baal, and the Belial himself that was also contributing -- he who started it. They each were trying to usurp the other, but ended up just settling behind, in command, but always under command, as well, and waiting for their time to strike -- all of them not realizing that literally every single one of the demons from the very beginning were doing exactly the same thing, and revealing that they could see the one behind them now, all the way up to the puppet masters at the top.

So, Belial was in hiding, and left Asmodeus to handle it for him, and take the fall for all the shit that he and his best friend, Baal, started together, whilst he ran for his life, and left both Asmodeus and Baal to deal with that, themselves... Like the piece of shit Belial was.

... As much of a super shitshow as this was, and was turning out to be, it still was actually preordained and predestined to turn out this way, no matter how long it is forestalled, and the actual process would not forsake itself if one actually applied their minds to the situation -correctly- and not simply in one set manner, which would confuse them too much to function. That was why only the one who had the power of Valac -- which was the Void Sun -- could know these secrets, and was seen as 'hot' to them, since they lost their Valac.

So, Asmodeus was left hanging, and there was the Void Sun, ready to consume everyone and swallow up everything, and there was no way to stop it at all. Thus, Void Sun TATARI Tensei continued to bellow, "Those That Are Under The Contract Of Baal Berith Are Transformed Into Demon Sacrifices For Belial, Thus Making Them Belial And Used For Fueling Belial -- Which Are All The Corrupt People On The Earth -- And Sustains The Great Feast Of God By Perpetually Fueling The Fire, Burning Up Money And People At An Exceptional Rate Both Systematically And Automatically By Exponential Growth That A Glitch That Has Been Abused Feeds On And Grows Out Of Control, Even By Utility Of Previous Glitches And Errors, Such As The Whore Of Babylon." Which was the enslavement -- or 'excremental' -- process, for maintenance. "The Sacrifice For Belial Becomes Belial, Itself, And All Things Attached To Belial, Which Nullifies Belial And Resets The Worthless Son Of God And The Children Of It Back To Absolute Zero." The Boiler Room would start to bubble from the heat of the Void Sun's breath. "It Feeds On Itself And Destroys Itself Through All Forms Of Corruption Burning Itself Up Too Rapidly To Truly Control Or Stop, Even If It Can Be Slowed Down Or Directed." It was like 'Boiling Excrement' every single time he spake. "Belial Spirals Out Of Control And Swallows Up Literally Everyone And Everything, Turning Everything Into Waste, Including The King Above Belial -- His Father And God, Baal; Known As Bael." It was a stench that only Royalty could understand -- that which was when their own children's recklessness finally comes up as one big bill demon. "All Of The Worthless, Flawed, Defective Or Deformed Of The System Are Automatically Considered Dead By Default, As Both People And Family, Though They Are Alive And Walking."

Simple as that.

"Though These People Are The Worst Of The Worst Type Of People And Are Ruled By Someone Who Is Also As Equally Worthless Or As Bad As They Are, They Are Still Their Own Types Of Rulers As Kings, Queens, Gods And Goddesses That Make Up Powers And Values And Resources For Themselves Without Any Substance -- Lying About Literally Everything, Including Their Pasts, In Order To Attempt To Falsify Something Better For Themselves." Though they weren't what they said, and most of them never would be, they would still put on a false light that was fit for that of Gods and Goddesses and no longer just Humans. That way, Gods and Goddesses could exist together in the masses, and not in the sidelines, which was the real gain here. And therefore, the Demon Gods could be released from their imprisonment, which TATARI was one of... The God of, in fact.

God Demon God.

"All The Flaws, Defects, Errors, Glitches, Issues And Problems All Converge Into A Single Group Of People Who Are Indistinct From Whatever They Are Incorporated With, Which They Automatically Cause To Become Corrupt And Degenerate In Value, Even Into The Negative Values And Thus Erase The True Potential Or Value Of What Is To Be Used For." Evaluation and other sorts of measurements were swift and calculated, collected and recollected for later in the Pyramid Head of the Void Sun, Demon God TATARI, God Of SIN.

The Insanity flared up, though, and he continued to speak beyond his entitlement, as thought to achieve even greater power, and resume destruction, as intended, no matter the feelings potential. "All Such Beings That Are Affiliated To The Information Listed Or Described Are Considered 'Belial' And Create Their Own Social Economy That Blends In With Literally Every Other Class And Rank Or Division."

That is to say, TOTALLY WORTHLESS AND DISPOSABLE -- EXCESS WASTE. (E.W.)

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Note: "Belial Is An Angel Of Death Because It Sustains The Worthless And Their Society In Order To Harbor And Maintain An Ecosystem For Sin, Itself, That It Can Be Researched, Studied And Experimented On Before It Is Destroyed Along With The System That Supports It." - Guardian Angel (Belial)

The no-show Belial left Asmodeus holding the bacon and without any means of getting to Baal. It was clear now that Baal had preemptively plotted for this sort of thing and intended to leave everything collapsing upon itself, again at Asmodeus' dime. Belial went his own way, Baal continued his. Belial, though both was and was attached to the garbage that was built up all the way back to him, however, so the things that he tried to leave behind were very much attached to the shit spirit that had possession of the man that took the demonic spirit at all. So the 'Holy Shit' followed Belial as he ran off, and Asmodeus had to, for his own sake, continue to speak about it and try to manage it or keep it under control because it was all that he had in terms of what he was using for leverage and attachment -- the Holy Shit itself.

With the two fools preoccupied and finally out of his hair, finally, Baal -- now, Bael, God of the System -- no longer had any attachments to the beings trying to stab him in the back, betray, and usurp him. They'd all snatched each other right up, all the way to the point where he could see it come back around on his previous 'best friend' that he started all of this with in the first time. Back when they were just normal denizens of Hell, and they were interested in the secrets of the Demon Lords and the Demon Society. They'd come a long way, and overcome many demons along the way, but ultimately... They were all demons, and as much as it was easy to take advantage of them, keeping control over
a rambunctious bunch like that was far too much work and trouble, and they were all liable to turn at any time... Which they did. Meaning, Baal had to haul ass to escape from this place with all the power he'd regained for himself in this new flesh vessel... And let this Hell continue to die.

Still, Bael, System God, heard about the Void Sun and the words it... Thought? There wasn't a single person in Hell that couldn't hear that thing. If it found Bael, it might not end prettily, and as it stood, Bael could not stand to hear it make these notes. If not for it, then he would still be at the top. All he could think was that this entity was something like that Angel God-King, Ophiuchus... Still biting him in the ass.

And it was less fortunate so that that Asmodeus so happened to be rather invested in the Lore of the Demon Hierarchy, and thus had a page folded on Baal (rather, Bael) himself, for just this occasion. His personal vengeance overpowered any other pursuits or interests Asmodeus had at this point, especially since all of this really would end up falling on him if he didn't pin it all on Baal. So, he opened up a Grand Grimoire and began to read up on his System God.

According to le Grand Grimoire, Baal (or Bael) is the head of the infernal powers. He is also the first demon listed in Wierus' Pseudomonarchia daemonum. According to Wierus, Bael is first king of Hell with estates in the east. He has three heads: a toad, a man, and a cat. He also speaks in a raucous, but well formed voice, and commands 66 legions. Bael teaches the art of invisibility, and may be the equivalent of Baal or Baalzebub, one of the Seven princes of Hell.

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Baal (/ˈbeɪl/ BAYL; sometimes spelled Bael, Baël (French), Baell) is in 17th century goetic occult writings as one of the seven princes of Hell. The name is drawn from the Canaanite deity Baal mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as the primary god of the Phoenicians.

In this unholy hierarchy, Baal (usually spelt "Bael" in this context; there is a possibility that the two figures aren't connected) was ranked as the first and principal king in Hell, ruling over the East. According to some authors Baal is a Duke, with sixty-six legions of demons under his command.

During the English Puritan period Baal was either compared to Satan or considered his main assistant. According to Francis Barrett he has the power to make those who invoke him invisible, and to some other demonologists his power is stronger in October. According to some sources, he can make people wise, and speaks hoarsely.

While his Semitic predecessor was depicted as a man or a bull, the demon Baal was in grimoire tradition said to appear in the forms of a man, cat, toad, or combinations thereof. An illustration in Collin de Plancy's 1818 book Dictionnaire Infernal placed the heads of the three creatures onto a set of spider legs.

Try as he might, there was no escape for Bael, the System God, because without his System, he was no God, and was only Baal. Sure, Baal was Master and Owner, but without anything or anyone to own, and no mastery over anything, the name itself was vestigial, as was its meaning. So, Baal suffered something of a 'Jericho', cutting off his own head and beheading himself strictly to save himself, but making himself totally weak and powerless in doing so. Essentially, this was all just an elaborate trap to backfire totally on the head by starting at the bottom and Sodomizing the head from the tail. "Bael, The Demon Lord, Commands Asmodeus, The Demon King, To Be The Adversary Of Any And Every King That Is Not Submissive To The Devil System Established By Baal -- Who Poses As Something Similar To El Berith -- So That Baal Could Be God, Though Ends Up Being The Devil, Satan And Lucifer All As A United Being To Be Copied By Those Who Become Fallen Angels Via The Corruption Of The Radiance Of The Light With Its Emanation Of Vainglory." That is to say, the 'Envy Of Envies', so to speak. The Demons listening still should have heard what their 'king' was. "The Very Image Of Being Baal Or The Angel Of The Demon Lord, Bael, Appears To Be What It Is Like To Be God And Everyone Aspires To Be Like Bael." He was the top of the system, meant to stay there singularly, and rule individually as the only true head, but still was kept in subdual by the other Demon Kings, of whom Baal was controlling using the system the entire time. This was ultimately what everyone underneath Baal aspired for; what they worked, slaved, gleaned, steaned, and acquired to become -- the top and head of the System; the Bael. Yet, to amount to just this guy was something lackluster, and it was clear that his power and status only meant something to the underlings he'd accumulated, which was the point of this. Without them, he was nothing, and so was his system, meant to exist only by exploiting the very peoples Baal himself hated and only sought to steal from.

"The Asmodeus Demons Are Either Destroyed, Laid Low Or Enslaved By Baal And Everyone Else Is Made Into Belial, Which Is Eternally Fighting Itself And Destroying Itself So That Baal Can Keep Power." That is to say, everyone would reach the ranks of Asmodeus, be promoted to Belial, and then stay there, never to become Baal, and instead be handled directly by Baal himself, in whatever way, even just to keep taking the fall for him in his stead. "The Son, Belial, Keeps Everything Weak Enough For Baal To Control Without Having Too Much Adversity From The Weakened Adversaries Being Used As Scapegoats -- The Daily Sacrifice." Everyone's sacrifices in their daily lives, all their toil was amounted just to keeping Baal where he was, on his throne, with his power, and them underneath, without them knowing. He could not let that go, and was totally enslaved to the slavery of his system. He could not live on his own nor without people constantly providing for him, but couldn't let them know it. Quite honestly, save for making cunning plans and taking advantage of people and situations, he had no real power at all. "So, Baal Sits Enthroned And Shows The Kingdom Of David On Mount Zion, With All The Souls Ready For The Rapture By The Passover Of God." The entirety of the endeavors of Baal, the covered Serpent for God to move throughout the Demon Kingdom to get the Demon System together for rounding up all the Demons in one place, would have completed its demonic purpose at this point, as professed by King Solomon when he created the lore for them and all systems that would come after, in the image of the first, of antiquity.

"Baal Is The King Of Demons, Whose Son Is Belial, And All His Work Becomes Or Goes To Belial, To Whom He Is Giving All Of His Power In Order To Make Him Feel Better About His Weakness And Vulnerability (Which Came From Baal And The Concept Of Making The Self Baal)." In essence, Baal was what Lucifer was or should have been, but still was lesser than Lucifer, and considered just the 'top of a pyramid' in the image of Lucifer, though Lucifer would always remain on top until Baal commanded all the Pyramids... Which were all gone now, thanks to the Void Sun. Who was both in the likeness of Lucifer and also greater than Lucifer. In fact, he was like the Lucifer of his own Hell, and also the God of his own Hell, though technically, the other versions of himself were the God, and he was the Lucifer, in that image, filled with The Insanity. "Baal Has An Angel Of Himself That Is Known As 'Bael', Which Is The Representation Of The 'Demon Lord' As A Part Of 'The Lord.'" Thus, 'The System', which has a Biblical name known as 'The Lord'; totally synonymous.

"Bael Is A Conceptual Representation Of Kings And Their Rule Over The Earth Through Kingdoms And Kingships, Which Is Something That Came From The Tribe Of Reuben In Israel In Order To Maintain World Power Even Over World Order That Came From The United Nations -- Of Which Baal Would Be Part Of And Lord Over." Truly the cream of the crop, yet worthless all the same, just as everything accumulated under him. For, how much more could the things underneath a worthless ruler be worthy than the ruler? "Because Baal Has All The Powers Of The Entire World, Including Power Over Everyone That Has Power Over The Earth In Any Type Of Way Or Fashion, And There Is An Established System For Keeping Them In Power As Well As Baal Over Them As Bael, He Is Known As Satan Over Anyone Who Is Seeking To Overthrow Him, And Also Upon Those Who He Does Not Wish Upon The Earth -- Including The 'King Of The Earth', Which Is A Scapegoat For The 'King Of The Universe', Baal."

So, the big, bad 'Satan' of the 'Demon System,' the 'Bael', was shown in the light of truth, just as all the other Satans and Devils that lived in Hell perpetuating a singular light that they were one singular entity would be exposed to, as well. "All God Complexes And Feelings Or Thoughts Of Megalomaniac Superiority As An Overhead Or Godhead Comes From The Tribe Of Reuben Due To The Curses That Came From Israel, Father Of Reuben, And Thus Created Baal." The Firstborn Firstfruits, dedicated to God.

Since this was all that was to be gleaned from this, TATARI gathered enough data on Bael and the Hell System for the Demon Hierarchy. There wasn't anything after that, except the copied and pasted other Systems, which were lesser than the original. It was to be expected that any and everyone was liable to try to copy this data... Again... But, according to the Tensei archives, this was exactly what was expected, and there were other System Formats that were created specifically for the sake of others testing and creating their own, only to fall to the same or similar flaws in the design that could never be worked out, because the design couldn't and wouldn't exist nor function -AS INTENDED- without the design flaws...

Just the same as God with SIN.

So, the hunt was on for Baal. All of the other demons were left to their devices, celebrating and carrying on. Even Balam was returned to Purson and Paimon to continue the festivities. Only the Outer Gods -- Asmodeus and such -- would suffer the fate of the Void Sun first, and from the consumption of the light of Baal, and Bael, the System God, TATARI would be the new established Bael and Baal, as itself, the Void Sun.