Bael

"There is more to my boon than you realize it child. It is not only destruction that it can bring. Always remember: Creation and destruction aren't enemies of each other, they are companion and equals in every way. They are like life and death, light and darkness, yin and yang, man and woman. A primordial duality far more ancient than any of us. Especially more than a babe like you."

- Bael.

Bael is ranked as the first demonic spirit of the Ars Goetia and principal king of Hell, ruling over the East, along with being the head of the infernal powers.

Overview
Bael is the first of the 72 Spirits of King Solomon and governs 66 to 250 legions of Demonic Spirits. He is a Fallen Angel turned Demon and is described as a hoarsely-voiced king with the power to make men invisible. Many minor deities of ancient Syria and Persia carried the name Baal, which means "the lord." According to some authors, Bael is a Duke of Hell, with 66 legions of demons under his command.

Bael is believed to be the original King of Hell, ruling Hell before being dethroned by the Devil. He is able to make his conjurer invisible. According to the Grand Grimoire, he is a direct subordinate of Lucifuge. According to Wierus, Bael is the first king of Hell with estates in the East.

In the Livre des Esperitz, Bael is described as a king ruled by Oriens, still possessing the power of invisibility, as well as the power to garner the favor of others, but ruling over only six legions of demons. Sloane MS 3824 mentions Bael, in "Of the Demon Rulers," as a king ruled by Oriens, attributed with teaching science, granting invisibility, and controlling 250 legions of spirits. Bael appears in later editions of the Grimoire of Pope Honorius, under Astaroth, as a prince whose powers include (again) invisibility and popularity.

Appearance
While his Semitic predecessor was depicted as a man or a bull, the demon Bael said to appear in the forms of a man, cat, toad, or combinations thereof with the appearance of a king or soldier or with the heads of the three creatures onto a set of spider legs. He is triple-headed, with a cat's head and a toad's head on each side of his human head.

Powers and Abilities
He is attributed with teaching science, granting invisibility, and controlling 250 legions of spirits. According to Francis Barrett, he has the power to make those who invoke him invisible, and to some other demonologists his power is stronger in October. According to some sources, he can make people wise, speaks with a hoarse voice, and carries ashes in his pocket along with necromancy.

History
Bael was amongst the order of high angels that joined the ranks of Lucifer during the War in Heaven only to be cast out alongside his fallen cohorts into the abyss which was then formed into and established as Hell.

Myths and Legends
"A king of Hell, ruling over 66 demon legions. He is one of the 72 demons of the Goetia and presides over all kinds of knowledge. It's said he is able to satisfy all sexual desires. He appears with a spider's body and the heads of a cat, human, and toad. Though there are times at which he appears as a mix of these species. He is an especially powerful king in the Goetia, and 'leads the eastern army."

- The Demonic Compendium.

During the English Puritan period, Bael was either compared to Satan or considered his main assistant. According to Francis Barrett, he has the power to make those who invoke him invisible, and to some other demonologists his power is stronger in October. According to some sources, he can make people wise, speaks with a hoarse voice, and carries ashes in his pocket along with necromancy. Bael has connection with the Canaanite god Baal Hadad. He was an agricultural and fertility deity of Canaan.

Sloane MS 3824 mentions Bael, in "Of the Demon Rulers," as a king ruled by Oriens, attributed with teaching science, granting invisibility, and controlling 250 legions of spirits. According to the le Grand Grimoire, Bael is the head of the infernal powers. He is also the first demon listed in Wierus' Pseudomonarchia daemonum.

Known Case
TV Foundation International
 * File:
 * Victim: ██████████████████
 * Cause of Death: ????
 * Age: 18
 * Recovered Evidences: A diary previously belonged to the victim, A portrait of the demon kept inside a black book (possibly Grimoire)
 * We are in the scene of the crime, everything don't appear to be too unnatural. The victim before dying seem to have masturbated frequently.
 * The diary recorded the following:
 * 14/5/2017: ██████████ tried to pick a fight with me again, the little shit kept on talking shit about me to make girls think bad about me. Today I just talked about this really cute girl, that bastard came up, saying that I'm a pervert who cheated on numerous girls before, resulted in that girl calling me a sicko and left. Fuck you ██████████! You lil' piece of shit!
 * 16/7/2017: I'm a big fan of Creepypasta, Horror, Mythical History so I often surfing for stories online, reading about summoning rituals, blah blah blah, and then I found a video talking about summoning the Ars Goetia and make them obey. Got really interested so I decide to try it. If the ritual work, I'll finally be successful and get what I want. 😈
 * 17/7/2017: I did it. The ritual worked. I succeed on my first try. I summon Bael, He's so funny, He granted me Wisdom and Invisibility in exchange for me obeying Him and today I got to do everything I've ever wanted. I even got revenge on that shitty teacher of mine. Now with my new infernal wisdom, perhaps I should try and conquer the world???? Hahahahahahahahahahahahahah, but it kinda hard to see now that I'm invisible.
 * 18/7/2017: FUCK! THAT BASTARD TRICKED ME!!! When I asked about how to become visible again, It said I will be invisible and serve him by "being forever formless on this realm of physicality". I'm trying to find someone who could help me and find a team specialized in dealing with the supernatural. I called them and they said they will help me.

This is the victim's final words before we could arrive to save him: █████████████████████████████████████████

We advise you to never try this for the consequences might be too unpredictable-  TV Foundation International 
 * Bael: The First Demon of Solomon.
 * Category: Extremely Dangerous

Divine Equivalent
The greatest Baal was the son of El, the High God of Canaan. He was the lord of life and ruled the death-rebirth cycle. He engaged in a battle with Mot (death) and was slain and sent to the underworld. The crops withered, until Baal’s sister, Anath, the maiden goddess of love, found his body and gave it proper burial. The Canaanites worshipped Baal by sacrificing children by burning.

The term "Baal" is used in various ways in the Old Testament, with the usual meaning of master, or owner. It came to sometimes mean the local pagan god of a particular people, and at the same time all of the idols of the land. The name is drawn from the Canaanite deity Baal mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as the primary god of the Phoenicians.

Baal was primarily a sun-god was for a long time almost a dogma among scholars, and is still often repeated. This doctrine is connected with theories of the origin of religion which are now almost universally abandoned. The worship of the heavenly bodies is not the beginning of religion. Moreover, there was not, as this theory assumes, one god Baal, worshipped under different forms and names by the Semitic peoples, but a multitude of local Baals, each the inhabitant of his own place, the protector and benefactor of those who worshipped him there. Even in the astro-theology of the Babylonians the star of Bel was not the sun: it was the planet Jupiter.

In the ancient world of the Persian Empire, the idols were called "ba`als", each of which represented a local spirit-deity or "demon". Until archaeological digs at Ras Shamra and Ebla uncovered texts explaining the Syrian pantheon, the demon Ba‘al Zebûb was frequently confused with those various Semitic spirits and deities. Early demonologists, unaware of Hadad or that "Ba`al" in the Bible referred to any number of local spirits, came to regard the term as referring to but one personage. The idea of Baal as one specific demon was created when Christianity regarded ancient pagan gods as demons and demonology divided the demonic population of the Underworld in several hierarchies.

Quotes

 * "The slaying of a king is like the slaying of a god. Now, I must put an end to your blood streaked soul." - Bael.


 * "Incredible how thee found I, mortal!" - Bael.


 * "Yes, I have fallen. I fell to the sunless and cinder-choked land below and was stripped of my boons of agriculture, but I gained more in exchange. I could, say, teach you an alternative to a thermonuclear weapon that doesn't bathe the blast site with radiation or teach you the true solution to reversing the warming of the air of the mortal world. But I require a gift in return. Choose what you desire wisely, mortal." - Bael.


 * "Don't be mistaken. Me and the other demons? We don't love him. We respect him. We respect him for his power, for his authority, for his influence. If he ever loses his power or authority or influence, don't be surprised when news arrived of his headless corpse." - Gremory.


 * "They have built also the high places of Baal, to burn their sons with fire for burnt offerings unto Baal, which I commanded not, nor spake it, neither came it into my mind: Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that this place shall no more be called Tophet, nor The valley of the son of Hinnom, but The valley of slaughter." - Jeremiah 19:5-6.

Trivia

 * According to Rudd, Bael is opposed by the angel Vehuiah.
 * According to the Zohar, Bael is equal in rank to the archangel Raphael.
 * In the Dictionnaire Infernal, the deity Baal is also listed in an earlier and separate entry, though de Plancy does connect the two.

Image Sources

 * (01 bael.jpg) Bael from IzFact
 * (Bael.png) Bael by ???
 * (01-Bael seal.png) Bael's seal from the Lesser Key of Solomon
 * (Bael Demonology.jpg) Dictionnaire Infernal illustration of Bael by Louis Le Breton
 * (Bael Occult.jpg) Bael from Occult World
 * (Bael Goetia illustration witnesstheabsurd tumblr psacdurb1B1r0xqnho1 1280.jpg) Bael by F Bridge
 * (Bael the Demon alvin-tan-1.jpg) Bael the Demon by Alvin Tan
 * (Michael-sugianto-baal.jpg) King Bael, the Hidden Demon by Michael Sugianto
 * (Bael kometani.jpg) Bael by kometani
 * (AlterEgo artwork03 bael.jpg) AlterEgo artwork03_bael by kometani
 * (BaelSMT.jpg) Bael from Shin Megami Tensei
 * (377.jpg) Bael from Shin Megami Tensei II