Astaroth

The seal of Astaroth
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In orderNo. 29 of 72
RankDuke
Legions40
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As the 1904 edition has it
The Twenty -ninth Spirit is Astaroth. He is a Mighty, Strong Duke, and appeareth in the form of an hurtful Angel riding on an Infernal Beast like a Dragon, and carrying in his right hand a Viper. Thou must in no wise let him approach too near unto thee, lest he do thee damage by his Noisome Breath. Wherefore the Magician must hold the Magical Ring near his face, and that will defend him. He giv-eth true answers of things Past, Present, and to Come, and can discover all Secrets. He will declare wittingly how the Spirits fell, if desired, and the reason of his own fall. He can make men wonderfully knowing in all Liberal Sciences. He ruleth 40 Legions of Spirits. His Seal is this, which wear thou as a Lamen before thee, or else he will not appear nor yet obey thee, etc.
Where this comes from

Seal and description from the 1904 edition, which prints the Lemegeton manuscript tradition (British Library Sloane MS 3825 and related).

The Book of the Goetia of Solomon the King, ed. S. L. MacGregor Mathers, pub. Aleister Crowley, 1904. The text and the seals are in the public domain.

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