c l i c k f o r f u l l v i e w
Inspired by a demon from the Goetia, or Lesser Key of Soloman, published by Aleister Crowley, 1904. Regardless of public assumption, my original sketch concept from June 2004 actually predates the release of Marilyn Manson's Lest We Forget 'Best Of' compilation by some three months. I would say "great minds think alike..." but do not want to compare myself to my hero.
INSPIRATION & REFERENTIAL IMAGERY :
"The Tenth Spirit is Buer, a Great President. He appeareth in Sagittary, and that is his shape when the Sun is there. He teaches Philosophy, both Moral and Natural, and the Logic Art, and also the Virtues of all Herbs and Plants. He healeth all distempers in man, and giveth good Familiars. He governeth 50 Legions of Spirits, and his Character of obedience is this, which thou must wear when thou callest him forth unto appearance."The Goetia, The Lesser Key of Solomon
The Goetia is also known as the Lesser Key of Solomon, a guide to the evocation of "demons" or lesser, incomplete, vice-obsessed angels, those who aid in the procuration of sex, money and earthly pleasures. The grimoire which originates from a circa 16th Century manuscript was originally begun exhumed by S. Liddell Macgregor Mathers, co-founder of the occult organization The Golden Dawn, and later published by Aleister Crowley.
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