Bethor
Governs the 42 provinces of Jupiter and administers Jupiter's affairs, answering quickly when called: he raises the bearer of his character to illustrious position and to great treasure, reconciles the spirits of the air to man so that they answer truly.
Source: Arbatel de Magia Veterum (Basel, 1575), aphorisms on the seven Olympick spirits; English in Robert Turner's translation (1655), where the text was printed with the spurious Fourth Book of Occult Philosophy and so is often catalogued under Agrippa, though it is not Agrippa's. Disputed: the seven-hundred-year term, and the province and legion totals, are given inconsistently between editions and in Waite's paraphrase, and the pairing of Bethor with Jupiter's spirit Hismael or with the archangel Zadkiel is a modern accretion, not text of the Arbatel. Element is Jupiter's element in this corpus, not an Arbatel doctrine.
Correspondences
- Planet
- Jupiter
- Element
- Fire
- Chakra
- Third Eye Chakra
- Color
- Purple
Sacred timing
- Day
- Thursday
- Hour
- Jupiter
Practice
- Magical Uses
- ProsperityHonoursPromotionTreasure findingTrue answersAir spirit workLongevityMedicine
Nature and meaning
- Office
Governs the 42 provinces of Jupiter and administers Jupiter's affairs, answering quickly when called: he raises the bearer of his character to illustrious position and to great treasure, reconciles the spirits of the air to man so that they answer truly, carry precious stones and compose medicines of remarkable effect, gives familiars of the firmament, and prolongs life to seven hundred years.
Details
- Order
- 2
- Metal
- Tin
- Stone
- Sapphire
- Herb
- Cedar
- Sigil
His character: an abstract glyph rather than a figure, printed in the Arbatel and assigned to tin, the metal of Jupiter. The 1575 woodcut is the reference form; hand-drawn copies show the strokes differently.
- Keywords
- JupiterWealthHonoursAir spiritsMedicineLongevityTinTreasure
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