The Demonic Hierarchies

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For the Goetic Hierarchy - please see the link in the above menu. These hierarchies are listed here, compiled from many sources, so that the Demonolator can view the various hierarchies people have come up with over the years. Many of them are simply modifications from previous hierarchies.

Disclaimer: The purposes listed for the various Demons in the hierarchies and Demon directory come from a Christian viewpoint. Demonolators do not necessarily agree on the attributes. The only way you can actually know a Demon’s true attributes is to work with that Demon. The lessons a Demon can teach, or an attribute it has, can vary depending on what the practitioner needs and what wisdom the Demon can impart.

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From Collin De Plancy's Dictionaire Infernale (1863)

Asmodeus - The Destroyer
Astaroth - Obtains friendship of great lords.
Behemoth - Demon of indulgence
Ronwe - Demon of lingual knowledge
Urobach - Of the lower order of demons
Andras - Grand Marquis of Hell, causes discord and quarrels
Beelzebub - Lord of the flies

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Francis Barrett's The Magus (1801)

Mammon - Prince of tempters
Asmodeus - Prince of vengeance
Satan - Prince of deluders
Belzebuth - Chief of false god
Pytho - Prince of the spirits of deceit
Belial - Prince of iniquity
Merihim - Prince of the spirits of pestilence
Abbadon - Prince of war
Astaroth - Prince of accusers and inquisitors

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From the Grimoire of Pope Honorius:

PRINCIPLE INFERNAL SPIRITS:
Lucifer - Emperor
Beelzebub - Prince
Astarot - Grand Duke
SUPERIOR SPIRITS:
Lucifage Rofocale - Prime Minister
Satanchia - Grand General
Agaliarept - Aussi General
Feurety - Lieutenant Commander
Sargantanas - Major
Nebiros - Field Marshall
SUBORDINATE SPIRITS:
Bael , Bathim, Agares, Pursan, Marbas, Abigar, Pruslas, Loray, Aamon, Valefar, Barbatos,
Forau, Buer, Ayperos, Gusoyn, Nuberus, Botis, Glasyabolis

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(A. E. Waite?) Johan Weyer's Hierarchy of Hell (1515-1588) Weyer, who studied under Cornelius Agrippa, is the very same 16th Century Demonologist John Weir (also spelt Wier at times) talked about in many freemasonry books. However, since the written record contains both Johan Weyer and John Weir and the hierarchy listings are slightly different, both have been included under separate entries. Please note: A recent discussion at the forum further suggests that this hierarchy is actually from A.E. Waite, who took liberties with Weyer's work, and the mistake of this hierarchy was repeated from Waite's work and placed in subsequent books as historical fact and attributed to Weyer. This particular hierarchy listing (in MD and here) was extracted from such books. I am told this hierarchy does not appear in Weyer's Pseudomonarchia Daemonum and that Weyer's hierarchy is simply a revamp of the Goetia (as many are). See John Weir's hierarchy below for the hierarchy (and I believe that's a partial) that does come from Weyer's work.:

Beelzebuth - Supreme Chieftan
Satan - Occupies second place as prince of darkness.
Eurynomous - Prince of death
Moloch - Prince of the land of tears
Pluto - Prince of fire
Baal - Commander of the armies of hell
Lucifer - Dispenses justice
Asmodeus - Gambling
Baalberith - Minister of pacts and treaties
Proserpine - Prince of demonic spirits
Astaroth - Prince and treasurer of hell
Nergal - Chief of secret police
Chamos, Melchom, Behamoth, Dagon, Adramalek

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Sebastien Michaelis's Histoire admirable de la Possession et conversion d'une penitente (1613)

FIRST HIERARCHY
Belzebuth - pride
Leviathan - faith
Asmodeus - luxury
Balberith - blasphemy and murder
Astaroth - vanity and sloth
Verrine - impatience
Gresil - impurity
Sonnillon - hate
SECOND HIERARCHY
Carreau - mercilessness
Carnivean - obscenity
Oeillet - riches and wealth
Rosier - love
Verrier - disobedience
THIRD HIERARCHY
Belial - arrogance
Olivier - cruelty and greed
Juvart - demonic possession

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(Johan Weyer) John Weir's Hierarchy (partial): John Weir(Wier) is the same 16th Century Demonologist as Johan Weyer, student of Agrippa. However, since the written record contains both Johan Weyer and John Weir, and the hierarchy listings are somewhat different, both have been included under separate entries. See Weyer above for more information about the possible misinformation of the above Weyer hierarchy.

Bael - King, lord of the East, and commands 66 legions
Forcas - President
Beur - President and commands 50 legions
Marchocias- Marquis and commands 30 legions
Behamoth - unkown

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Peter Binsfeld's Demons of the Seven Deadly Sins (1589)

Lucifer - pride
Mammon - avarice
Asmodeus - lechery
Satan - anger
Beelzebub - gluttony
Leviathan - envy
Belphegore - sloth

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Faust's Hierarchy of the Kingdoms:

Beelzebub - North
Lucifer - East
Belial - South
Astaroth - West
Phlegathon - Center

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Misc. Medieval Hierarchies

THE SEVEN PRINCES OF HELL
Baal-beryth - master of rituals and pacts
Dumah - commander of the demons of gehenna
Meririm - prince of air
Rahab - prince of oceans
Sariel - Prince of the moon
Mephistopholes - the destroyer
Lucifer Rofocale - prime minister and controls wealth

ARCH DEMONS OF HELL
Adramaleck - Prince of Fire
Carniveau - Demon of Possession
Python - Prince of lying spirits
Mammon - Prince of tempters, avarice, and greed
Rimmon - Prince of lightning and storms

ARCH SHE-DEMONS -- One of the Very Few All Female Demon Hierarchies.
Leviathan - The Chaos Dragon
Barbelo - Unknown
Proserpine - Destroyer
Astarte - Queen of spirits of the dead
Agrat-bat-mahlaht - One of Satan's wives and demoness of whores
Eisheth Zenunim - Same as above
Lilith - Satan's favorite wife
Naamah - demoness of seduction

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Richard Dukante's Hierarchy (1963)

     Satan - King
     Unsere - (f) Fertility and Sorcery
     Delepitore - (f) Demoness of Sorcery Enlightement
     Satanchia - Grand Genreal (War)
     Agaliarept - Assistant Grand General (War)
     Lucifage - High Command (Control)
     Flereous - Fire Elemental
     Lucifer - Air Elemental
     Leviathan - Water Elemental
     Belial - Earth Elemental
     Beelzebuth - Lord of insects
     Belphegore - Master of Armorment and Weaponry
     Mesphito - Keeper of the book of death
     Amducious - The destroyer
     Asmodeus - Demon of Lust
     Sonnielion - (f) Demoness of hate
     Abbadon - Advisor
     Ammon - demon of domination
     Mammon - Demon of Avarice
     Rosier - Demon of love
     Ashtaroth - (f) Preistess of friendship
     Eurynomous - Demon of Death
     Verrine - Demon of Health
     Verrier - (f) Demoness of plants and herbalism
     Ronwe - Demon of Knowledge
     Babeal - Keeper of Graves
 

Family 1 - Sorcery, Militant, Encompassing, Mother
Family 2 - Emotion
Family 3 - Advisory
Family 4 - Love and Friendship (also destuction of these emotions)
Family 5 - Death
Family 6 - Knowledge
Family 7 - Anger/Vengence
Family 8 - Seduction
Family 9 - Miscellaneous

Family 1

• Satan - King
• Unsere - (Female) Fertility and Sorcery
• Satanchia - Grand General (War)
• Agaliarept - Assistant Grand General (War)
• Lucifage - High Command (Control)
• Flereous - Fire Elemental
• Lucifer - Air Elemental
• Beelzebuth - Lord of insects. [Note - more recent translations of older texts say Beelzebuth was translated improperly and it should have been Lord of Lords.]
• Belphegore - Master of Weaponry- gain
• Mesphito - Keeper of the book of death
• Delepitoré- (Female) Demoness of magick.
• Belial - Earth Elemental

• Luithian - Advisor
• *Azlyn - (Female) Weaves the threads of things to come, future.
• Leviathan - Water Elemental
• Sonnelion - (Female) Demoness of hate
   
   

• Abbadon - Advisor
• Ammon - demon of domination
• Mammon - Demon of Avarice

• Rosier - Demon of love
• Astarte - (Female) Demoness of love
• Ashtaroth - (Female) Priestess of friendship
• Astarot - Matters concerning the heart
• Amducious - The destroyer
• Asmodeus - Demon of Lust

• Eurynomous - Demon of Death
• Balberith - Prince of dying
• Babeal - Keeper of Graves

• Verrine - Demon of Health
• Verrier - (Female) Demoness of herbal knowledge
• Ronwe - Demon of Knowledge

• Svengali - Demon of Vengeance
• Tezrian - (Female) Priestess of battle

• Asafoetida - (Female) Demoness of feminine attributes
• Rashoon - (Female) Priestess of seduction
• Taroon - (Female) Priestess of Desire

Consists of lesser hierarchy : The only enns I currently have of lesser hierarchs or hierarchy not appearing in the Dukante hierarchy are listed below. If you have more enns to add - please let me know.

Berith
Agares
Abigor
Lillith