Belial appears in 2 systems: the same name is used for more than one thing. Both are shown below.
Angels & demons
Belial
Work with Belial for serious political/power magic only. Requires substantial offerings and strong protections. See the Deities section for sovereignty approach.
Correspondences
Offerings
- Offerings
- Substantial offerings requiredBlack candlesPolitical symbolsPower offerings
Symbols and forms
- Alternate Names
- BelhorBeliall
- Appearance
- Two beautiful angels sitting in chariot of fire, speaks with pleasant voice. Extremely deceptive.
Practice
- Properties
- Political powerHigh officeFavor procurementFamiliar granting
- Magical Uses
- Political magicGaining officeAcquiring favorPower work
- Invocation Warnings
EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. Must offer sacrifice before he will perform anything. Will deceive if offerings insufficient. Beautiful appearance masks dangerous nature. Requires strong authority. See the Deities section for fuller entry as demon prince.
- Invocation
King Belial, worthless one made sovereign, grant me favor and high office. I offer proper sacrifice.
- Traditional Uses
Gaining political power, acquiring high office, procuring favor from powerful people, acquiring powerful familiars.
- Modern Practice
Work with Belial for serious political/power magic only. Requires substantial offerings and strong protections. See the Deities section for sovereignty approach.
Nature and meaning
- Domain
- FavorsDignitiesSenatorshipsFriends
- Office
- Distributes senatorships and high offices. Causes favor of friends and foes. Gives excellent familiars.
Details
- Goetic Number
- 68
- Grimoire Source
- Ars goetia
- Keywords
- FavorsDignitiesPowerDeception
- Legions
- 80
- Seal
- Royal sigil suggesting authority
Deities
Belial is a Hebrew word meaning 'worthlessness' or 'wickedness' which becomes a name for the devil in the New Testament (2 Corinthians 6:15) and a demonic prince in the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Testaments; the entry's etymology is correct. The titles 'Lord of the Earth' and 'King of the Earth' are not its own: they are a modern reading out of 2 Corinthians 4:4, where the title belongs to 'the god of this world', and is given here as a later gloss. There is no ancient cult of Belial.
Correspondences
- Planetary Correspondence
- Saturn
Offerings
- Offerings
- Acts of self sufficiencyRefusing submission to authorityBuilding earthly powerBlack candlesEarthClaiming worthlessness as freedom
Sacred timing
- Sacred Timing
Symbols and forms
- Alternate Names
- BeliarWorthless OneLord of the Earth
- Gender Expression
- Masculine
- Titles
- The Worthless OneLord Without MasterKing of the EarthHe Who Needs No GodThe Proudly Independent
- Symbols
- CrownSerpentEarthInverted pentagram
Practice
- Invocation Approach
- ToneRecognition of radical independenceAddressLord BelialWorthless OneKing Without MasterRelationshipAlly in sovereignty without approvalWarningDemands absolute self relianceResonanceThose claiming power without divine sanction
- Modern Practice
Patron of radically independent, those building power without approval, sovereignty workers. Invoked for self-sufficiency work, refusing submission, earthly mastery, independence magic. Teaches that worthlessness is freedom, that you need no master, that power belongs to those who claim it.
Nature and meaning
- Domain
- IndependenceSelf sufficiencyEarthly powerWorthlessness as freedomSovereignty without divine approvalMaterial mastery
- Mythology Summary
Hebrew term meaning 'worthless' or 'without value'—later personified as demon of independence and earthly power. Represents sovereignty without divine approval, self-sufficiency as highest value. Left Hand Path figure teaching that you need no master, no god, no external validation. Worthlessness becomes freedom when you refuse to be measured by others' standards.
- Related Deities
- LuciferLilithSetPrometheus
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