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Bifrons
According to demonologists, one of the three demons that held sway over the dead.
Jointly
with the evil
Bune, Bifrons is in charge of moving the bodies from one grave
to another, while hellish Murmur takes over the
souls.
Accordingly, Bifrons has 26 legions of Hell's
army under his command, and is responsible for lighting the strange corpse-lights above
the tombs of the dead, besides moving their bodies from crypt to crypt. He is a
demon of monstrous guise who often takes the form of a man well versed in astrology and planetary influences, excelling
as well
in geometry, herbology,
mineralogy and botany. He is the 46th spirit of the 72 Solomon
imprisoned in a brass vessel.
This is how Johann Weyer characterizes Bifrons in his 'Pseudomonarchia
Daemonum' (1583):
"Bifrons is seene in the similitude of a monster, when
he taketh the image of a man, he maketh one woonderfull cunning in
astrologie, absolutelie declaring the mansions of the planets, he dooth
the like in geometrie, and other admesurements, he perfectlie
understandeth the strength and vertue of hearbs, pretious stones, and
woods, he changeth dead bodies from place to place, he seemeth to light
candles upon the sepulchres of the dead, and hath under him six and
twentie legions."
In
S. L. MacGregor
Mathers' the 'Goetia'
(1904) Bifrons is also listed:
"The Forty-sixth Spirit is called Bifrons, or Bifrous,
or Bifrovs. He is an Earl, and appeareth in the Form of a Monster; but
after a while, at the Command of the Exorcist, he putteth on the shape
of a Man. His Office is to make one knowing in Astrology, Geometry, and
other Arts and Sciences. He teacheth the Virtues of Precious Stones and
Woods. He changeth Dead Bodies, and putteth them in another place; also
he lighteth seeming Candles upon the Graves of the Dead. He hath under
his Command 6 Legions of Spirits."
See
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Heptameron,
Demonology,
Demonomancy,
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The Tarot Store and
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Sources: (1) Masello, Robert,
Fallen Angels. . . and Spirits of the Dark,
The Berkley Publishing Group; (2) Weyer, Johann,
Pseudomonarchia
Daemonum,
Pegasus; (3)
Mathers, S. L. MacGregor, Goetia,
Weiser Books; (4) Spence, Lewis,
An Encyclopedia of
Occultism, Carol Publishing Group.
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