In demonology, Halphas (listed in Skinner & Rankine's edition as Malthas,12 and in the Crowley/Mathers edition as Halphas, Malthus, or Malphas)1 is the thirty-eighth demon in the Ars Goetia in the Lesser Key of Solomon12 (forty-third in Johann Weyer's Pseudomonarchia Daemonum),3 ranked as an earl.
Most manuscripts describe Halphas as a hoarse-voiced stock dove12 (though Weyer and Collin de Plancy's Dictionnaire Infernal describe him as a stork),34 who supplies weapons and ammunition1234 for towers12 (Weyer and de Plancy have "towns" or "villes" instead),34 sends men to war, and commands 26 legions of spirits.1234
According to Skinner & Rankine, Halphas is opposed by the Shemhamphorasch angel Haamiah.5
References
References
- Peterson 2001, p. 24.
- Skinner & Rankine 2010, p. 140.
- Weyer 1563, par. 42.
- de Plancy 1853, pp. 252.
- Skinner & Rankine 2010, pp. 366–376.
Sources
Sources
- Peterson, Joseph H., ed. (May 2001). Lemegeton Clavicula Salomonis: The Lesser Key of Solomon, Detailing the Ceremonial Art of Commanding Spirits Both Good and Evil;. Maine: Weiser Books (published 2001). ISBN 1-57863-220-X.
- de Plancy, Jacques Collin (1853). Dictionnaire infernal (in French). Paris: Sagnier et Bray.
- Skinner, Stephen; Rankine, David (2010). The Goetia of Dr Rudd : the angels & demons of Liber malorum spirituum seu Goetia Lemegeton clavicula Salomonis : with a study of the techniques of evocation in the context of the angel magic tradition of the seventeenth century. Singapore: Golden Hoard, distributed by Llewellyn Worldwide. ISBN 978-0-9547639-2-3. OCLC 665072905.
- Weyer, Johann (1563). Peterson, Joseph H. (ed.). Pseudomonarchia Daemonum (Liber officiorum spirituum). Twilit Grotto: Esoteric Archives (published 2000).
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