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⚚ SYNCRETICON
Waxing Gibbous in Aquarius hour of Saturn, 26 min Mars's day

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← The Seventy-Two Spirits

Shan

The seal of Shan
The seal, worn as a lamen before the spirit is called — the book is explicit that without it he will not do you homage.

What this is

The Forty-fourth Spirit is Shax, or Shaz (or Shass). He is a Great Marquis and appeareth in the Form of a Stock-Dove, speaking with a voice hoarse, but yet subtle. His Office is to take away the Sight, Hearing, or Understanding of any Man or Woman at the command of the Exorcist; and to steal money out of the houses of Kings, and to carry it again in 1,200 years. If commanded he will fetch Horses at the request of the Exorcist, or any other thing. But he must first be commanded into a Triangle, Ò, or else he will deceive him, and tell him many Lies. He can discover all things that are Hidden, and not kept by Wicked Spirits. He giveth good Familiars, sometimes. He governeth 30 Legions of Spirits, and his Seal is this, etc.

Correspondences

rank
Marquis
legions
30
number in the book
44

Where this comes from

  • The Lesser Key of Solomon, Goetia (Mathers and Crowley, 1904)