Focalor appears in the roster of spirits transmitted in the Ars Goetia tradition and is treated in modern goetic commentaries and compilations (e.g., the illustrated Goetia edition of DuQuette & Hyatt and online goetic encyclopedias). The tradition situates him among the seventy-two named intelligences cataloged in early modern and subsequently printed grimoires. Variant manuscript traditions and later commentators produce divergent details (notably in the number of legions he commands), but the consensus in the goetic corpus is that Focalor occupies a ducal office within that hierarchical taxonomy.
The supplied sources do not provide a consistent physical description of Focalor. Goetic transmission commonly varies in visual descriptions between manuscript traditions and later compilations; in the case of Focalor the available excerpts are silent on iconography or consistent iconographic traits, leaving no authoritative appearance attested in the provided material.
According to the cited goetic summaries, Focalor is ascribed power over wind and sea and is said to 'kill men, drown them, and sink warships.' He is described as a 'Great Duke' who commands legions of spirits (the number is reported variably as three legions in one account and as thirty legions in others). As with other entities in the Ars Goetia framework, his harmful natural operation is presented as subject to magical control: a conjurer who properly commands him can restrain him from harming people or things.
Weaknesses
- ritualcommand/evocation by a conjurer (Goetic binding)
Wards
- ritualConjuration and binding within the Ars Goetia framework (the sources note that if properly commanded by a magus he will not harm any man or thing)
Vepar
Vepar is a named spirit in the Western grimoire (Ars Goetia/Pseudomonarchia Daemonum) tradition presented as a ducal-ranked operative who governs waters and commands legions; sources attribute to her the power to roughen seas, guide armed ships, and cause putrefying sores that can kill. Descriptions in the supplied summaries emphasize her maritime domain and role within a ranked goetic hierarchy but do not provide detailed ritual protocols or a consistent corporeal iconography.
Djinn
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Marid
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Jann
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57 Mnemosyne
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Aamon
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Abrahel
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Abraxas
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Achamōth
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Adam Kadmon
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Aedesia
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Aeon (Gnosticism)
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Agaliarept
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Agares
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Agathos Daimon (Agathodaemon)
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Agrippa
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Community Record
- [1]List of demons in the Ars Goetia (Wikipedia). Wikipedia, 'List of demons in the Ars Goetia' (entry includes Focalor among the seventy-two spirits)wiki
- [2]Wikidata entry for Focalor. Wikidata item Q4491335 (Focalor)wiki
- [3]Focalor — Thelemapedia. Thelemapedia entry for Focalor (describes him as 'a powerful Great Duke', attributes over wind and sea, 'kills men, drowns them, and sinks warships', and notes he 'command[s] three legions' with variants)other
- [4]Aleister Crowley's Illustrated Goetia (DuQuette & Hyatt) — Table of Contents (archive). DuQuette & Hyatt, modern illustrated edition of the Goetia; Focalor appears among 'The Seventy-Two Spirits' in the table of contents (source indicates inclusion in that modern compilation and situates him within the broader ritual material though no Focalor-specific ritual text is quoted in the supplied excerpt).other
- [5]Delirium's Realm — Focalor. Online compendium entry referencing traditional attributions to Focalor (included in provided source list)other
- [6]Archive: Seal of Focalor (1993). Archive resource listed among supplied materials (seal image/resource associated with Focalor)other