Eudaimones: Servient Spirits in Yetzirah

The εὐδαίμονες (“good spirits”) are the lowest non-corporeal entities in the Ogdoadic hierarchy of Yetziratic or Astral beings. These spirits are this the closest to the realm of matter, and while that often makes them the most useful for the magician who would produce physical effects, it also makes them the most chaotic and difficult to control as they are the farthest realm of spirits from the Divine Unity.

The Intelligences and Spirits represent in different modes the essential characters of their spheres. Thus [Aschia] is lofty, silent and remote, and [Abethes] is keenly perceptive in matters of material prosperity; [Zathanat] and [Demoros] perceive directly the needs of a moral situation, but [Zathanat] with royal mien emphasises the philosophic or religious interpretation, while [Demoros] genially assists the social aspect. Of the Intelligence and the Spirit of Mars, [Zostheme] is stern and just, [Nazirias] fiery and enthusiastic. Similarly [Baltha] radiates the effulgent light and spiritual generosity of the Sun-sphere; [Sobias], its joy and warmth. [Anaitos] is the high and inspiring Lady of Beauty; [Izethos], the translator of beauty to its more earthly connotations. [Astaphia] is the Intelligence of prophecy and of the interpretation of oracles; [Psarchias], the Spirit of all communication. Finally, [Kamaira], the Queen upon the Waters, shining with the serene radiance of the Moon above the sea, is the controlling Intelligence of the Sphere of Change, of birth, of renewal; [Ierochos] dwells within that Sphere of change, and is the veritable Spirit of that fluctuation.

The Sword and the Serpent, Denning & Phillips, p. 96

AS -3- Contingent Scale by Sarkos
3. ΑΒΗΘΗΣ
4. ΔΕΜΩΡΟΣ
5. ΝΑZΙΡΙΑΣ
6. ΣΟΒΙΑΣ
7. ΙZΗΘΟΣ
8. ΨΑΡΧΙΑΣ
9. ΙΗΡΟΧΟΣ
10. ΜΕZΑΘΙΟΝ

11. ΦΑΛΔΑΡΟΣ
12. ΨΑΡΧΙΑΣ
13. ΙΗΡΟΧΟΣ
14. ΙZΗΘΟΣ
15. ZΑΡΚΥΝΩ
16. ΝΕΤΑΦΙΟΣ
17. ΤΑΜΑΣΘΗΣ
18. ΦΑΡZΩΝΙΟΣ
19. ΡΕΦΑΝΙΑΣ
20. ΙΣΑZΩΝ
21. ΔΕΜΩΡΟΣ
22. ZΟΙΘΗΝΗΣ
23. ΛΑΒΕΝΘΙΟΣ
24. ΑΡΙΦΑΝΙΣ
25. ΚΑΜΑΘΩΡΟΣ
26. ΘΑΛΟΝΦΗΣ
27. ΝΑZΙΡΙΑΣ
28. ΡΑΒΑΣΘΗΣ
29. ΣΕΜΙΡΙΑΣ
30. ΣΟΒΙΑΣ
31. ΑΓΑZΥΦΙΑ
32. ZΥΘΩΡΟΝ

 


3. ΑΒΗΘΗΣ = 228.  Spirit of Saturn.

228 = 12 = 3 (Binah/Sophia/Saturn)
228 = ἔργον “work”
228 = νάρθηξ “a wand, the reed in which Prometheus brought down fire; the Thyrsus-stalk; a casket for unguents”
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4. ΔΕΜΩΡΟΣ = 1219. Spirit of Jupiter.

1219 = 13 = 4
1219 = Ποσειδῶν “Poseidon”
1219 = ἡσυχία “quiet, silence, rest”
1219 = ἰχθύς “fish”; notariqon for Ίησοῦς Χριστός, Θεοῦ Υἱός, Σωτήρ “Jesus Christ, Son of God, Savior”

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5. ΝΑZΙΡΙΑΣ = 379. Spirit of Mars.

379 = λίθινος “made of stone”
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6. ΣΟΒΙΑΣ = 483. Spirit of Sol.

483 = 15 = 6
483 = ὀργίλος “angry, prone to anger”
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7. ΙZΗΘΟΣ.
Spirit of Venus.

= 304 = 7
logaV “one who is chosen”*
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8. ΨΑΡΧΙΑΣ.
Spirit of Mercury.

= 1612
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9. ΙΗΡΟΧΟΣ.
Spirit of Luna.

= 1058
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10. ΜΕZΑΘΙΟΝ.
Spirit of Tellus.

= 192 = Mariam “Mary”
anqrakia “charcoal fire”
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11. ΦΑΛΔΑΡΟΣ.
Spirit of Air.

= 906 = eraw “to love, desire”
tefra “ashes of the funeral pyre”
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15. ZΑΡΚΥΝΩ.
Spirit of Ares.

= 1378 = ‘h osfuV “the loins”
udrarguroV “quicksilver, mercury”
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16. ΝΕΤΑΦΙΟΣ.
Spirit of Taurus.

= 1136 = semnwma “majesty”
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17. ΤΑΜΑΣΘΗΣ.
Spirit of Gemini.

= 759 = FanhV “Phanes”, the Orphic creator god
‘oi difqoggoi “the diphthongs”
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18. ΦΑΡZΩΝΙΟΣ.
Spirit of Cancer.

= 1738
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19. ΡΕΦΑΝΙΑΣ.
Spirit of Leo.

= 867 = apecqanomai “to hate”
egceiridion “a dagger”
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20. ΙΣΑZΩΝ.
Intelligence of Virgo.

= 1068 = apoblepw “look steadily, stare”
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22. ZΟΙΘΗΝΗΣ.
Spirit of Libra.

= 362 = ‘h balanoV “the acorn”
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23. ΛΑΒΕΝΘΙΟΣ.
Spirit of Water.

= 377 = ‘h kamhloV “the camel”
kataqema “anathema”*
‘rabdoV “wand”
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24. ΑΡΙΦΑΝΙΣ.
Spirit of Scorpio.

= 872 = aggellw “to announce, report”
arafoV “seamless”
‘h wdin “the birth pains”
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25. ΚΑΜΑΘΩΡΟΣ.
Spirit of Saggitarius.

= 1241 = kamptw “to kneel, bend, bow”
to acoV “the sorrow”
to caoV “the Chaos”*
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26. ΘΑΛΟΝΦΗΣ.
Spirit of Capricorn.

= 868 = didwmi “to give”
spermologoV “a babbler, a crow, a gossip, a plagiarist”
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28. ΡΑΒΑΣΘΗΣ.
Spirit of Aquarius.

= 521 = ‘h kathgoria “the accusation”
lamproV “shining, brilliant”
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29. ΣΕΜΙΡΙΑΣ.
Spirit of Pisces.

= 566 = falle a misspelling of fallh from the Gnostic Mass
‘h koimhsiV “the sleep,” also “the death”
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31. ΑΓΑZΥΦΙΑ.
Spirit of Fire.

= 923 = egeirw “to rise, raise, resurrect”
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32. ZΥΘΩΡΟΝ.
Spirit of Earth.

= 1436 = perimassw “to purify by magic”
proskunhthV “worshipper”
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