free ebooks ==> www.ebook777.com Bileth 81 door of your home the words “Mêltô, Ardu, Anaath.” Sources: Ashe, Qabalah, 52; Belanger, Dictionary of Demons, 71; Conybeare, Jewish Quarterly Review, Vol 11, 38 Bidda From the demonology of the Hausa people of West Africa comes the demon of stiffness, Bidda (“to search”) A specific magical dance is performed to determine the cause and the cure of the demonic attack Usually an animal sacrifice is required, typically a bird of a specific gender and color STOPHELES He has the rank of both count and earl and commands either twenty-six or sixty legions, sources vary (see COUNTS OF HELL and EARLS OF HELL) Appearing as a hideous demon, Bifrons is a nocturnal demon who is most powerful during the month of November This demon is known to move bodies from one grave to another and cause corpse candles to float above graves Bifrons, like many FALLEN ANGELS, is also a teacher; he teaches astrology, geometry, gemology, herbology, and numerous other arts and sciences He has dominion over the planet Jupiter Sources: Knappert, African Mythology, 106; Schön, Dictionary of the Hausa Language, 23; Tremearne, Ban of the Bori, 489 Sources: De Laurence, Lesser Key of Solomon, Goetia, 37; Godwin; Godwin’s Cabalistic Encyclopedia, 373; Icons, Demons, 141; McLean, Treatise of Angel Magic, 52; Scot, Discoverie of Witchcraft, 223 Bidiel Biga In the Theurgia Goetia, second book of the Lemegeton, Bidiel, an AERIAL DEVIL, is one of the eleven WANDERING PRINCES (see PRINCES OF HELL) He commands twenty primary dukes, two hundred inferior dukes, and numerous servants Most powerful during the first hour of the day, Bidiel appears in an attractive human form Like all the WANDERING PRINCES, he and his court are constantly on the move; they never stay in any given place for more than a year Sources: Guiley, Encyclopedia of Demons and Demonology, 28; Peterson, Lesser Key of Solomon, 106; Trithemius, Steganographia, 81 Bies, plural: Biesy Variations: Bes; plural: Bies; Bisytysia (“to go mad”); Bisy (Ukrainian and always plural) In Slavic mythology Bies (“Demon”) was originally an evil spirit Later he was associated with the DEVIL after the introduction of Christianity to the region Sources: Barford, Early Slavs, 192; Maberry, Cryptopedia, 232 Biffant Biffant is the povost for Dispater He commands only one legion and has the power of possession He and his legion possessed Denise de la Caille in Beauvais, France, in 1623 He was made to write out, using his claw as a pen, the verbal process of exorcisms Sources: De Claremont, Ancient’s Book of Magic, 122; Shepard, Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology, 168; Spence, Encyclopedia of Occultism, 68 Bifrons Variations: Bierous, Bifrous, Bifrovs A FALLEN ANGEL, Bifrons is the demon of death and is under the command of MEPHI- Variations: Beqa Biga (Amharic for “good person”) was originally the name of KASBEEL, one of the FALLEN ANGELS As soon as this angel was created, he turned away from God, so his name was changed to Kasbeel, which means “he who lies to God.” Sources: Davidson, Dictionary of Angles, 165; Webster, Encyclopedia of Angels, 107 Bihiri Sanniya In Sinhalese demonology Bihiri Sanniya is the demon of deafness and causes in humans illnesses that can render a person deaf Masks of him are made to look like a screaming face with a cobra emerging out of one eye and hands covering its ears The cobra is emerging from the eye because it is believed that since the snake has no ears it must “hear” with its eyes Bihiri Sanniya is susceptible to the DAHA-ATA SANNIYA Sources: Goonatilleka, Masks and Mask Systems of Sri Lanka, 30, 37; Scott, Formations of Ritual, 255; Wirz, Exorcism and the Art of Healing in Ceylon, 44 Bile Originally the Celtic god of Hell, Bile is named as the demon of courtesy in the Satanic bible Sources: Bailey, Spiritual Warfare, 94; Hopkins, History of Religions, 132; Susej, Demonic Bible, 77 Bileth Variations: BELETH, Bilet, BYLETH In Enochian lore Bileth is named as one of the seventy-two SPIRITS OF SOLOMON and is one of the four chief demons that were imprisoned by the king in his brass vessel through the magic of his signet ring However, it is from Johann Wierus’s Pseudomonarchia Daemonum (False Monarchy of Demons, 1583) that we learn much