{"id":5581,"date":"2026-05-01T10:45:59","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T10:45:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/paimon\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T14:35:34","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T14:35:34","slug":"paimon","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/paimon\/","title":{"rendered":"Paimon"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"5581\" class=\"elementor elementor-5581 elementor-2258 elementor-bc-flex-widget\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10fdade e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"10fdade\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-herohlft0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"herohlft0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c3ceb64 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c3ceb64\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96ae5e1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"96ae5e1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Paimon, ninth King of the Goetia<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e45238a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e45238a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Paimon ranks<\/strong> among the most prominent spirit-kings of the Ars Goetia and is recorded in the <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Compilation manuscript of early modern ritual magic, five books (Goetia, Theurgia-Goetia, Ars Paulina, Ars Almadel, Ars Notoria); 17th c.\" tabindex=\"0\">Lemegeton<\/span>, the Lesser Key of Solomon, as the ninth <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"An incorporeal being to whom agency in the world is attributed.\" tabindex=\"0\">spirit<\/span>. With two hundred legions, his authority is among the greatest within the corpus.<\/p><p>The Goetia <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The passing on of knowledge and narratives across generations.\" tabindex=\"0\">tradition<\/span> emphasizes both his royal rank and his role as teacher of the arts, sciences, and hidden secrets. Historically, Paimon is not an organically developed <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A transmitted narrative about gods, origins, and the order of the world.\" tabindex=\"0\">myth<\/span>, but rather an entry in a systematic <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Practices that seek to intervene in the course of events through special actions or formulas.\" tabindex=\"0\">magical<\/span> handbook of the <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Epoch roughly from the 15th to the 18th century.\" tabindex=\"0\">early modern period<\/span>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-klsbdg01 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"klsbdg01\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-klshtm01 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"klshtm01\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/daemonen_christentum_paimon-683x1024.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5582\" alt=\"Paimon, demon of the Christian-occultist Goetia tradition\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/daemonen_christentum_paimon-683x1024.webp 683w, https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/daemonen_christentum_paimon-200x300.webp 200w, https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/daemonen_christentum_paimon-768x1152.webp 768w, https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/daemonen_christentum_paimon.webp 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32917199 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"32917199\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26e916cb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"26e916cb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-253a40d4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"253a40d4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1200c304 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1200c304\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Paimon<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11758e7f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"11758e7f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Paimon ranks among the most prominent spirit-kings of the Ars Goetia and is recorded in the Lemegeton, the Lesser Key of Solomon, as the ninth <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"An incorporeal being to whom agency in the world is attributed.\" tabindex=\"0\">spirit<\/span>. With two hundred legions, his authority is among the greatest within the corpus.<\/p><p>The Goetia tradition emphasizes both his royal rank and his role as teacher of the arts, sciences, and hidden secrets. Historically, Paimon is not an organically developed <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A transmitted narrative about gods, origins, and the order of the world.\" tabindex=\"0\">myth<\/span>, but rather an entry in a systematic magical handbook of the early modern period.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-159dcf9a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"159dcf9a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48cee66f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"48cee66f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Quick Overview: Paimon<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f50d82c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3f50d82c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Type:<\/strong> <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Spiritual being to whom harmful or ambivalent agency is attributed.\" tabindex=\"0\">Demon<\/span>, spirit-king of the Ars Goetia<br><strong>Origin:<\/strong> Early modern learned demonology, Western European ceremonial <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Practices that seek to intervene in the course of events through specific actions or formulas.\" tabindex=\"0\">magic<\/span><br><strong>Rank:<\/strong> Ninth <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"An incorporeal being to whom agency in the world is attributed.\" tabindex=\"0\">spirit<\/span> of the Goetia, king with two hundred legions<br><strong>Sources:<\/strong> Pseudomonarchia Daemonum (1577), Lemegeton, Crowley edition (1904)<br><strong>Related:<\/strong> Goetia kings Bael, Beleth, Asmodai, Belial<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18613602 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"18613602\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-262b8a9f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"262b8a9f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Classification<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46dcb7d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"46dcb7d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61d3ab3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"61d3ab3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-117c166 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"117c166\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Period of the Texts<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73997a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"73997a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Paimon belongs to the learned demonology of the early modern period. The oldest confirmed source is the Pseudomonarchia Daemonum of 1577, a catalogue of <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A spiritual being to which harmful or ambivalent effect is attributed.\" tabindex=\"0\">demons<\/span> by the physician Johann Weyer.<\/p><p>The Ars Goetia, the first part of the Lemegeton, is attested in manuscripts of the 17th century and draws on older precursors. The figure thus has no <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Epoch of Greek and Roman culture, roughly 800 BC to 600 AD.\" tabindex=\"0\">ancient<\/span> or medieval folk-religious roots; it emerges as an entry in a book-magic tradition of the 16th and 17th centuries.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d47b156 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d47b156\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff38c2b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ff38c2b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Geographic Distribution<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e49fcc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4e49fcc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Paimon is anchored in the Western European ceremonial <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Practices that seek to intervene in the course of events through specific actions or formulas.\" tabindex=\"0\">magic<\/span> tradition rooted in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic demonology. The list tradition circulated initially in Latin and English manuscripts.<\/p><p>Through the occultist editions of Samuel Liddell MacGregor <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers (1854-1918); co-founder of the Golden Dawn, translator of the Goetia.\" tabindex=\"0\">Mathers<\/span> and <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"British magician (1875-1947); founder of the Thelemic tradition (Liber AL, 1904).\" tabindex=\"0\">Aleister Crowley<\/span> around 1900, the figure entered modern Western <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"An umbrella term for doctrines claiming hidden knowledge accessible only to initiates.\" tabindex=\"0\">esotericism<\/span>, and from there spread into popular culture, reaching a broad international reception.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db03c39 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"db03c39\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-229a87b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"229a87b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f471fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1f471fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Source Situation<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36b1201 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"36b1201\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The sources are consistently literary and well documented, but they do not describe an empirical entity. Weyer&#8217;s list of 1577, the Lemegeton manuscripts, and the critical editions by Joseph Peterson as well as Stephen Skinner and David Rankine form the core.<\/p><p>Anyone wishing to understand Paimon historically must begin with the history of early modern magical handbooks, not with a <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A transmitted narrative about gods, origins, and the order of the world.\" tabindex=\"0\">myth<\/span>. No continuous connection to a living <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The academic discipline that studies religions comparatively and without confessional commitment.\" tabindex=\"0\">religion<\/span> exists.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ae0637c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3ae0637c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31d07739 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"31d07739\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Name<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7642947 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b7642947\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a086266 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a086266\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The name Paimon appears relatively stable in the demonological lists of the early modern period, with variant forms such as Paymon and Paimonia. Within the list tradition it is firmly established. Its etymology remains unclear, and serious scholarship can only indicate possibilities here.<\/p><p>A widespread hypothesis connects the name with the Hebrew root p-&#8216;-m, relating to ringing, sounding, or making noise. This would accord well with the striking description by which Paimon is always accompanied by loud sound, trumpets, and cymbals.<\/p><p>Older <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Collective term for teachings that claim a hidden knowledge accessible only to initiates.\" tabindex=\"0\">esoteric<\/span> literature has occasionally attempted to link Paimon with deities from older pantheons, such as Canaanite or Mesopotamian figures, and in isolated cases with the ancient Egyptian Amun.<\/p><p>Such identifications are methodologically problematic. The Goetia tradition did demonstrably demote names of old deities to demonic status in some instances, a well-known pattern of monotheistic polemic.<\/p><p>Whether this applies to Paimon as well cannot be proven for lack of unambiguous evidence. The name is attested early, its origin is uncertain, and its concrete elaboration is a product of early modern book-magic.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-709a44a8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"709a44a8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f585873 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2f585873\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Description<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70621c12 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"70621c12\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4296eb49 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4296eb49\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Lemegeton text describes Paimon as a man with soft, almost feminine features, riding a dromedary and wearing a crown set with gemstones. Two spirit-companions walk before him, one blowing a trumpet and the other a shawm or hornpipe, depending on the manuscript.<\/p><p>The sound is loud and ceremonious. Paimon speaks with a powerful voice that the magician initially finds difficult to understand, and must therefore ask him to speak clearly.<\/p><p>This description is among the most detailed within the Goetia and differs from the terse <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Magical sign that graphically condenses a spirit or an intention; central in Goetia, the Spare tradition, and chaos magic.\" tabindex=\"0\">sigil<\/span> note of many other <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A bodiless being to which agency in the world is attributed.\" tabindex=\"0\">spirits<\/span>.<\/p><p>The Goetia assigns Paimon a broad sphere of influence: he teaches all arts and sciences, knows the secrets of the earth and the nature of the waters, can reveal hidden treasures, and gives reliable answers to philosophical and divine questions. He also bestows dignities and makes people compliant.<\/p><p>This breadth of competences distinguishes him from specialized spirits such as Andras, the 63rd <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"An incorporeal being to whom agency in the world is attributed.\" tabindex=\"0\">spirit<\/span>, whose function is the sowing of discord. His universal teaching competence made Paimon a preferred figure of <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The petitioning or conjuring address of a deity or power.\" tabindex=\"0\">invocation<\/span> for the acquisition of knowledge in the ceremonial <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Practices that seek to intervene in the course of events through specific actions or formulas.\" tabindex=\"0\">magic<\/span> of the Renaissance and early modern period.<\/p><p>The description follows the fixed schema of the Ars Goetia, in which each <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"An incorporeal being to whom agency in the world is attributed.\" tabindex=\"0\">spirit<\/span> is catalogued with rank, appearance, abilities, and number of legions.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44e71476 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"44e71476\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c1fc3f0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3c1fc3f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Profile: Paimon<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84f33b8e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"84f33b8e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-hqkdc67p elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"hqkdc67p\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The following points summarize the central data of the Goetia tradition regarding Paimon.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-pemmx7c5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"pemmx7c5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-pemmx7c1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"pemmx7c1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-qh9oavvu iwg-steckbrief-card e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"qh9oavvu\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-awzx8k2k elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"awzx8k2k\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Origin<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-x6rowhv0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"x6rowhv0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Paimon is a figure of early modern learned demonology. The oldest source is Johann Weyer&#8217;s Pseudomonarchia Daemonum of 1577. The Ars Goetia adopted Weyer&#8217;s material, reorganized it, and provided it with a more detailed <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"An ordered sequence of symbolic actions with religious or cultural meaning.\" tabindex=\"0\">ritual<\/span> framework. No <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The epoch of Greek and Roman culture, approximately 800 BCE to 600 CE.\" tabindex=\"0\">ancient<\/span> or folk-religious prehistory exists.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e3o4kxs iwg-steckbrief-card e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8e3o4kxs\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-08rkdgov elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"08rkdgov\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Rank and Function<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-uwjelx8s elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"uwjelx8s\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In the Ars Goetia, Paimon is listed as a king, in many lists at ninth position. Two hundred legions are subordinate to him, placing his authority among the greatest in the corpus. He is considered one of the most obedient spirits toward Lucifer. His function is the teaching of the arts and sciences.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-jm2n74ec iwg-steckbrief-card e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"jm2n74ec\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8vufse4c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8vufse4c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Appearance<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-mwb9u015 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"mwb9u015\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Paimon appears as a crowned man with a feminine-seeming face, riding a dromedary. A noisy <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A solemn religious procession.\" tabindex=\"0\">procession<\/span> with trumpets and further instruments precedes him. His voice is powerful and initially difficult to understand. This vivid coherence of imagery sets him apart from many other Goetia spirits.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-pemmx7c2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"pemmx7c2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37ss2yr6 iwg-steckbrief-card e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"37ss2yr6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3v0wp3wx elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3v0wp3wx\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ritual Invocation<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-w3247g2m elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"w3247g2m\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In the older ceremonial tradition, Paimon is summoned with invocations from the west, governed by the directional watchers of a goetic <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A verbal ritual intended to invoke or bind a power.\" tabindex=\"0\">conjuration<\/span>. As a king-<span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"An incorporeal being to whom agency in the world is attributed.\" tabindex=\"0\">spirit<\/span>, he requires particularly careful preparation. iWell Guard follows the religious-studies approach of description and does not provide invocation instructions, but documents the historical correspondences.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0qpjal9w iwg-steckbrief-card e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0qpjal9w\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ndoih0o elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6ndoih0o\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Sigil and Symbols<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6684tyh9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6684tyh9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Paimon sigil of the Goetia displays a characteristic composition of lines, crosses, and a central circle. Astrological correspondences assign Paimon to the western directions; the associated element is water. Aleister Crowley&#8217;s 1904 edition made the sigil widely accessible.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3lfi7x32 iwg-steckbrief-card e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3lfi7x32\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0kg99ga1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0kg99ga1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Related Spirits<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-n0fum6kp elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"n0fum6kp\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Paimon belongs to the group of goetic king-spirits, alongside Bael, Beleth, Purson, Asmodai, Vine, Balam, Belial, and Zagan. The sources name additional spirits as standing under his command. The king <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A recurring thematic element in art or narrative.\" tabindex=\"0\">motif<\/span> signals high dignity and a wide sphere of influence.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7533bc7a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7533bc7a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2447d18d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2447d18d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Reception and Historical Influence<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d5d0260c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d5d0260c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-341be2ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"341be2ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The immediate precursor of the Ars Goetia is Weyer&#8217;s Pseudomonarchia Daemonum of 1577. There Paimon already appears with his essential features: as a great and obedient king who rides an animal, is accompanied by music, teaches sciences, and subdues people.<\/p><p>Weyer was not an advocate of <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Practices that seek to intervene in the course of events through specific actions or formulas.\" tabindex=\"0\">magic<\/span>, but a sharp critic of the witch trials. He published the list to expose <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A pejorative term for ideas regarded as unfounded in religious terms.\" tabindex=\"0\">superstition<\/span> to ridicule. That this critical appendix became the primary source of an entire subsequent magical tradition is one of the ironies of <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The passing on of knowledge and narratives across generations.\" tabindex=\"0\">transmission<\/span> history.<\/p><p>In the 19th and 20th centuries, the Goetia experienced a revival. Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers published an English edition in the late 19th century, which Aleister Crowley brought out in 1904 with his own preface.<\/p><p>Through these editions, later supplemented by Joseph Peterson, Stephen Skinner, and David Rankine, Paimon was fed into modern Western <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"An umbrella term for doctrines claiming hidden knowledge accessible only to initiates.\" tabindex=\"0\">esotericism<\/span>, where he continues to rank as one of the Goetia kings.<\/p><p>Broad public recognition came to the name only through popular culture, in particular through Ari Aster&#8217;s horror film Hereditary (2018), in which Paimon appears as the central demonic figure.<\/p><p>The film&#8217;s depiction draws on elements of the Lemegeton description but is a free, dramatically motivated invention. For a rigorous assessment, three layers should be kept distinct: the early modern list tradition, the occultist revival around 1900, and the popular-cultural loading of the present day.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a584676 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5a584676\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d0757bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6d0757bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Paimon: Parallels in Other Cultures<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60563f68 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"60563f68\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a93fdd6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5a93fdd6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Paimon&#8217;s teaching function finds typological parallels in several cultures. In the Mesopotamian tradition, Nabu, the scribe god, teaches comparable content. In the Greek tradition, Hermes is the patron of language, messengers, and learning.<\/p><p>In the Hindu context, Brihaspati occupies a comparable position. Such comparisons are formulated cautiously in comparative <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The academic discipline that studies religions comparatively and without confessional commitment.\" tabindex=\"0\">religious studies<\/span> since Jonathan Z. Smith and Wouter J. Hanegraaff: they indicate structural similarities without positing historical filiation.<\/p><p>In terms of reception history, Paimon is shaped above all by the topos of demonic teaching. In the Jewish apocalypticism of the Book of Enoch, the fallen watcher-<span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"In the Abrahamic religions, a heavenly messenger being of God.\" tabindex=\"0\">angels<\/span> bring forbidden knowledge to humanity, from metallurgy to astrology.<\/p><p>In the Christian Middle Ages, this merges with the Promethean tradition into a fixed topos by which worldly knowledge is considered potentially demonic. The historically influential aspect of this figure lies not in a real entity, but in the <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"The academic study of God and the doctrines of a religion.\" tabindex=\"0\">theological<\/span> stigmatization of secular learning.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36dd7469 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"36dd7469\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13760ab4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"13760ab4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Further Links<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28c87796 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"28c87796\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d6538df elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5d6538df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/demons\/\">Demons<\/a>: overview of demons<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/goetia\/\">Goetia<\/a>: the tradition of the Ars Goetia<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/christianity\/\">Christianity<\/a>: cultural context<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/lucifer\/\">Lucifer<\/a>: Paimon is considered particularly obedient toward him<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/en\/asmodai\/\">Asmodai<\/a>: another king-<span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"An incorporeal being to whom agency in the world is attributed.\" tabindex=\"0\">spirit<\/span> of the Goetia<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-grl4kl40 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"grl4kl40\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bzsbfrmh elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bzsbfrmh\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Selected Bibliography<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c13224a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2c13224a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0eymh9ub elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0eymh9ub\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Joseph H. Peterson (ed.): The Lesser Key of Solomon, Weiser 2001.<\/li><li>Johann Weyer: Pseudomonarchia Daemonum, in: De praestigiis daemonum, Basel 1577.<\/li><li>Stephen Skinner, David Rankine: The Goetia of Dr. Rudd, Llewellyn 2007.<\/li><li><span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"British historian (b. 1969); principal works Grimoires (2009) and Paranormal (2009).\" tabindex=\"0\">Owen Davies<\/span>: Grimoires. 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Two hundred legions are subordinate to him, placing his authority among the greatest in the corpus. The Goetia tradition emphasizes his royal rank and his role as teacher of the arts, sciences, and hidden secrets. Historically, Paimon is not an organically developed <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A transmitted narrative about gods, origins, and the order of the world.\" tabindex=\"0\">myth<\/span>, but rather an entry in a systematic magical handbook of the early modern period.<\/p><\/details><details class=\"iwg-faq-item\">  <summary><strong>What is the origin of the name Paimon?<\/strong><\/summary>  <p>The name appears relatively stable in the demonological lists of the early modern period, with variant forms such as Paymon and Paimonia. Its etymology remains unclear; serious scholarship can only indicate possibilities here. A widespread hypothesis connects the name with the Hebrew root p-&#x27;-m, relating to ringing, sounding, or making noise, which would suit the description of a spirit always accompanied by loud sound. Older attempts to identify Paimon with deities from other pantheons are regarded as methodologically problematic and cannot be proven for lack of unambiguous evidence.<\/p><\/details><details class=\"iwg-faq-item\">  <summary><strong>How is Paimon described in the sources?<\/strong><\/summary>  <p>The Lemegeton text depicts Paimon as a man with soft, almost feminine features, riding a dromedary and wearing a crown set with gemstones. Two spirit-companions walk before him, one blowing a trumpet and the other a shawm or hornpipe. Paimon speaks with a powerful voice that the magician initially finds difficult to understand. 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