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Astaroth illustration from the Dictionnaire Infernal (1818)
Astaroth's seal (according to The Lesser Key of Solomon)
Astaroth (also Ashtaroth, Astarot and Asteroth), in demonology, is the Great Duke of Hell in the first hierarchy with Beelzebub and Lucifer; he is part of the evil trinity. He is a male figure most likely named after the Mesopotamian goddess Ishtar.
Background[edit]
The name Astaroth was ultimately derived from that of 2nd millennium BCE Phoenician goddess Astarte,[1] an equivalent of the Babylonian Ishtar, and the earlier Sumerian Inanna. She is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible in the forms Ashtoreth (singular) and Ashtaroth (plural, in reference to multiple statues of her). This latter form was directly transliterated in the early Greek and Latin versions of the Bible, where it was less apparent that it had been a plural feminine in Hebrew.
The pseudepigraphal work Testament of Solomon, attributed to King Solomon of Israel, but thought to date to the early centuries CE, mentions 'Asteraoth' (in Greek) as an angel, who is opposed to the demon of power (cf. 1 Kings 11:4–5).
Appearances in literature[edit]![]()
The name 'Astaroth' as a male demon is first known from The Book of Abramelin, purportedly written in Hebrew c. 1458, and recurred in most occultgrimoires of the following centuries. Astaroth also features as an archdemon associated with the qliphoth (adverse forces) according to later Kabbalistic texts.
Dutch demonologist Johann Weyer also described Astaroth in his Pseudomonarchia Daemonum (1577) thus: 'Astaroth is a great and a strong duke, coming forth in the shape of a foul angel, sitting upon an infernal dragon, and carrying on his right hand a viper', who also claimed to rule 40 legions, and had to be approached by the conjurer with a magical ring on account of his stinking breath.[2] He is similarly referred to in the 17th-century work The Lesser Key of Solomon.
According to some demonologists of the 16th century, August is the month during which this demon's attacks against man are stronger. According to Sebastien Michaelis, he is a demon of the First Hierarchy, who seduces by means of laziness, self-doubt, and rationalized philosophies. His adversary is St. Bartholomew, who can protect against him for he has resisted Astaroth's temptations. To others, he teaches mathematical sciences and handicrafts, can make men invisible and lead them to hidden treasures, and answers every question formulated to him. He was also said to give to mortal beings the power over serpents.
According to Francis Barrett (c. 1801), Astaroth is the prince of accusers and inquisitors. In art, in the Dictionnaire Infernal (1818), Astaroth is depicted as a nude man with feathered wings, wearing a crown, holding a serpent in one hand, and riding a beast with dragon-like wings and a serpent-like tail.
A box bearing his name is present during the trial scene of John Fowles's The Magus.
Appearances in film[edit]
He is named in the 1976 Hammer horror film To the Devil a Daughter.
In the 1920 silent horror film The Golem: How He Came into the World, the Jewish Rabbi Loew and his assistant summon Astaroth to animate the Golem resulting in deadly and destructive results.
The Solomonic seal of Astaroth makes an appearance in Pyewacket.
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Repeat offenders and trolls will be banned.If there is a problem, please or comment to the mods. FAQs.Official Anthem.Related Subreddits. I don't know about Astaroth but Lilith can't help anyone about anything in my opinion. She is really insane, she literally hates all female humans and babies, she acts kind of like opposite of Artemis, since she was known to protect especially children and women, actually she seems like opposite of the Moon (not dark Moon or anything, more like anti-lunar entity, even in astrology some observe an invisible planet named after her that moves opposite to the Moon) Lilith is mentioned in several different mythologies;.According to Jewish mythology, she was the lover of Adam, but she was driven from the paradise.
So she found a demonic spirit and had babies from him. Then Gabriel (again, archangel of Moon) killed all her babies, after she tried to enter paradise again, she saw Adam's new wife, Eve, and she wanted to destroy her. So she transformed into snake and then that classical story happened.Lilith also promised to kill all babies of Eve (so pretty much whole humanity if this story is true) and seduced men to drink their blood, thus she became also linked with Succubi.Greeks have another version of her, Lamia. Lamia was mistress of Zeus, naturally Hera became mad at her, so she killed all her babies. As a result, she turned into a half snake half human (?) monster, again seduced men to drink their blood.Another version happens in shamanic turkish mythology. Before converting to a new religion, many Turks believed something called 'Alkarısı', which pretty much means 'Red wife' or 'red lady'.
Red isn't her color though, her name was that because she was especially hated and feared color red since it was connected with goddess Umay (yes the one in my username).Umay had very similar qualities as Artemis and Hecate, being 'the mother of all', she had Artemis like bow and Hecate like horns. Alkarısı was believed to come especially when a women gives birth to a baby, she would abduct and eat the baby and kill the woman. So, shamans invoked Umay, put red things around the room and hanged symbols of Umay like bow and spear.
So she wouldn't come, even if she did she would be horrified with presence of Umay.Why would people invoke such spirit has many answers. To some, Lilith is a 'misunderstood' pagan goddess.
That is pretty much false and that myth came from wrong interpretation of Burney relief. Some scholars in past thought the woman on it was Lilith, so maybe she could be a goddess but then that story had been debunked revealing that figure as Ishtar.Another reason is with Turkic mythology.
There is a belief that if you see her, and manage to stick a single needle on her, she would be your personal slave and do whatever you want as long as you keep that needle on her (she couldn't remove it).Also some people invoke Lilith and her children for some specific curses. But nevertheless summoning Lilith is a pretty bad idea in my opinion. Also, I again repeat, Lilith is not a goddess nor a deity and she is pretty much opposite of feminism, in jewish mythology she is the biggest enemy of Eve, which is the source of all human females according to story; in Greek mythology she hates Hera, the queen of gods and protector of women; in Turkic mythology she especially hates human females and her biggest opponent is the 'Mother of All' and protector of women and children, Umay. Look, I again repeat myself, those are the historical documents and views of cultures that gave birth to Lilith story.
Like Lilith having 'three faces' is never mentioned until 18th century, which is much later than creation of her storyAnd if you think Jews demonized her, she was actually a misunderstood benevolent deity, don't use resources from Jews for equating her to other beings.I understand that it is hard for someone who has never done anything to understand that multiple names can refer to one and the same power and have different manifestations who, none of the less, are all corresponding and all a reflection of the higher principle this entity embodies. As I said, it truly is biblical missunderstanding, before the bible, this important point in 'demonology' (more akin to practical theurgy, then, or if you want, real magick.) was perfectly understood. One power, multiple manifestation, at all levels, nested within each other. I understand that it is hard for someone who has never done anything to understand that multiple names can refer to one and the same power and have different manifestations who, none of the less, are all corresponding and all a reflection of the higher principle this entity embodies.No, only way to equate Lilith to Kali is her so-called 17 names, and those names weren't found by a devil worshipper occultist, they are given by Prophet Elijah.
You are literally cherry picking there, Judeo-Christian sources are wrong with Lilith being evil but right with her 17 names.Before you jump and scream 'shamanic proof', 'shamans know better then you do', which I do not doubt, in some regards they do. I'll tell you this, shamans work with entities in a very different ways then the hermetic tradition does. Shamans commune with the entity, trusting it fully, most of the time, they did not only trigger channeling, but full on or part possession.Shamanic practices were/are not only possession, a lot of them worked with other techniques such as shamanic journeying, scrying etc. And Hermetic traditions are mostly Abrahamic and most hermetic texts, Lilith and Naamah are despicted as feminine embodiments of evil.I'm telling you to stop talking about entites you never worked with and somehow assuming you are an authority over the matter because you have 'historical' highly dogmatized 'proof'.Which side sounds more logical to you? Ancient texts that are repeated very distinct parts of world and some of them being highly sophisticated occult resources, and other part is someone claiming to be done a ritual and 'proving' all those resources are false.The excercises of the MPR, LBRP, circles and triangles of art are there to do just this, create a mini-universe within and without you, a universe where you are God.Those are creating tree of life around you, not turning you into a god. Kabbalistic cross is about Kether, Chokmah, Binah and Malkuth.
Pentagrams are created from four Cherubim of Ezekiel. Ain, Ain Soph and Ain Soph Aur, the parts beyond Kether are thought to be God and with none of those rituals you are symbolizing it, you are just calling upon it (Above me shines the six-rayed star).Triangles of Art also draws upon those sources but it's key is Michael.
With that triangle, you are calling upon Michael, 'the demon slayer angel', to force the demon inside of the triangle to obey you. And also this is why you can summon Michael without any sigil and just triangle of art.And objective of LBRP is not to create 'a mini universe where you are the god', it's about invoking Tree of Life (Not Qliphoth), four Archangels and Cherubim.You are trying to make some sort of a 'Satanic tradition' from Golden Dawn rituals and Jewish sources but dynamics of the rituals you use are so Judeo-Christian focused that it makes no sense. I understand that you are trying to be opposite of the 'Armchair occultist' but, practice without theory will not get you anywhere, just like you cannot do chemistry without knowing atomic properties.
Okay, I'll just stop it right here, you are truly on an other level of armchairism. You have no theory, only missunderstood memorized information.HAHAHAHAHHAHAHA, seriously? You seriously interpreted Lesser banishing ritual of Pentagram and Triangle of Art as things to make you 'the God' and you think I don't have any theory? Please restate your ideas, especially the ones about LBRP, Middle Pillar, Tree of Life, 'Qliphotic world' and Triangle of Art on any other occult community and see how they react. Anyways, I am also stopping there, for obvious reasons.
Oh also, a good advice for your future arguments; playing the 'new age' or 'armchair' card with no good reason nor any proof is a pretty weak statement, kind of arguments in elementary schools. Next time, actually do something to debunk other one's ideas instead of 'I have done a ritual' and actually know where the information you have comes from. Astaroth is firstly mentioned in Lesser Key of Solomon, and it is explicitly said that all spirits in that book are evil ones. Are you also going to equate a being that is mentioned in that book to a good being?
Also if you are going to say that he is in fact Astarte, Astarte was female and lunar deity while Astaroth is solar and male Also fyi 'qliphotic world' is just empty, soulless shells, both in history (even name itself means shell) and in practice (there is no direct invocation nor correspondences on Qliphoth). 'Astaroth is firstly mentioned in Lesser Key of Solomon, and it is explicitly said that all spirits in that book are evil ones. Are you also going to equate a being that is mentioned in that book to a good being?' It was written in a book! So it must be true! Look here, ive written my own book! In it, it is says that Great Spirits can assume whatever gender they wish, them being like godlike and such, yeah.
(not to mention most female deities were changed to men in that other book)Astaroth is Astarte is Ishtar is Inanna is Aset is Anat. May She spank me if I'm wrong!. Here's the Urban Dictionary definition of:A person who studies and discuses the arts of magic(k), treating themself as an authority on both the practical applications as well as the histories behind the techniques, with very little (usually none) actual experience in its use. This is a person who has probably read a great deal of literature written by members (or ex-members) of the Golden Dawn and/or a great deal of metaphysical theory (Chaos Magick being a common choice). Generally, these people come in one of two varieties, a: the overly accepting type, typified by the statement, 'Well, it should work.
In theory' and b: the overly pessemistic type, typified by the statement, 'You can't do THAT!' Generally, the second type is deemed more annoying, being that they tend to have a highly negative reaction to any concept, theory, or technique that they have not already read about in a book that has been published for more than ten years.
There are some, however, who find things the opposite, finding the rediculous ideas expounded by type a bordering on offensive. (a term generally used amongst Pagans, occultists, and other magic(k)-practicing people)a: 'Well, the theory is sound.' 'Yes, but if every 'sound theory' actually worked, I'd have a twelve-inch cock and would fly to work every day'b: 'Well, Roger says that it won't work'Well, Roger is an armchair magician, and, if we listened to him, we'd all be doing lesser banishing rituals of the pentagram every time we wipe our asses.' Summon: urbanbot, what is something?.
Lilith and Astaroth are entities who are extremely interested (as most so called 'demons' are) in the improvement and evolution of humans as a species. That is why we make pacts with or summon such entities and these practices work. Someone can tell you that they are 'evil' or 'negative' but they are simply judging these entities by hearsay. People have had both positive and negative personal experiences with these entities and if you treat them with respect and follow the conditions that were layed out between you and the spirit (if there were any conditions) then you should have nothing to worry about. These entities are friends to many and if you treat them with respect they will be happy to help you and be your friend.
I'd prefer dark mother Hecate. Pretty much one of the most powerful deities In Mythology, but that was not the question.Another version of Lilith goes that she and Adam were created in the same way but she would not be submissive to adam and thus she was banished from the garden. Then after another few failed attempts by god (due Adam being picky) he just took Adams rib and made Eve. Thus some see Lilith as being misunderstood and demonized by religion because she was a strong woman and refused to be dominated.
(perfect deity for feminism)Astaroth is often seen as the demonized form by the church of the Goddess Astarte. Astarte or Ashtoreth (by the Jews) is the Hellenized form of the Middle Eastern goddess Ishtar. Astarte was connected with fertility, sexuality, and war.
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