Archetypal Plane: Darkness (or the Negative Material).
Description of Archetype: An elderly woman whose face is main-
ly hidden inside a black cowl. An old, bearded king, close to death,
riding a black dragon. A skeleton sprouting flowers from its empty <link=DLA,dragon riding>
eye sockets. A jet-black man with goat hooves and horns, covered
with shaggy fur from the waist down. A staring Basilisk. A sallow,
dark-skinned individual with rough skin and large veins, whose body
is stooped and crooked and covered with a mass of hair. A melan-
choly personality who is nonetheless crafty and murderous.
Planetary Powers: All death spells. All darkness spells. Works of
hatred, death, and disaster. All spells dealing with the undead,
particularly the creating of undead. <cf. The Death Master>
Color: Black.
Metal: Lead.
Stones: Hematite, Onyx, Black Pearls, Black Sapphires, Ob-
sidian, Black Jasper, Jet, Black Opals.
Plants: Dragon’s wort, Cumin, Black Hellebore Root, Benzoin,
Mandrake, Opium, Oak trees, Cypress trees, Mushrooms, and dead-
ly fungi such as Toadstool.
Animals: Toads, Bears, Moles, Camels, most Dragons, Scor-
pions, Ants, Rats, Bats, Quail, Lapwings, Eels, Lamprey, Basilisks.
Day: Saturday.
Numbers: 3, 15, 45.
Selected Deities: Saturn, the Titans Rhea & Cronus, Ninib,
Yama, Michtantecuhtli, Hel, Donn, Moirrighan, Hades, Hecate,
Kali, Set, Anubis.
Angel: Cassiel.
Angelic Order: The Aralim.
Devil: Guland (possibly also Satan).
Demonic Order: Type II Demons.
Spirits: Zaphiel, Machatan, Bachiel, Astel, Mael, Orael, Valnum,
Zoniel, Hubaril, Nabam, Aratron.
Tarot Trumps: The Devil, Judgment, The Stars.
Incense: Myrrh, Black Poppy, Sulphur, Henbane, Mandrake,
Assafoetida, Black Hellebore root, Scammony, Civit, Galbanum,
Musk,and indigo.
 
 

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