Leraje
Lerajie (also Leraie, Leraikha, Leraye, Loray, Oray) is a mighty Great Marquis of Hell who has thirty-three legions of Demons under his power. He is said to cause great battles and disputes, and makes gangrene wounds caused by arrows. He can make a lover come to him, and also send them away. He is depicted as a gallant and handsome archer clad in green, carrying a bow and quiver, in the folklore of the Bible. But his true appearance is around 5 feet tall, with shoulder length black hair and bangs. With a long shimmering red wingspan. Leraje (also Leraye, Leriac, Loray, Oray, or Zoray) is a demon mentioned in demonological grimoires. He appears in the Lesser Key of Solomon, Johann Weyer's Pseudomonarchia Daemonum, and Jacques Collin de Plancy's Dictionnaire Infernal.
Description
[edit]Leraye is described as an archer who starts battles and putrefies arrow-wounds.[1][2][3][4]
The Lesser Key additionally notes that he wears green[1][2] while Weyer (and so De Plancy) attribute him with the power of driving away mobs.[3][4]
Legions and standing
[edit]Leraye is the fourteenth spirit in the Lesser Key of Solomon (in some versions as Leraje,[1] and in Rudd's variant as Leriac),[2] the thirteenth spirit in the Pseudomonarchia Daemonum (as Loray or Oray),[3][5] and appears as Oray in the Dictionnaire Infernal.[4]
In the Grand Grimoire, Leraye (as Loray[5] or Zoray) is listed as a subordinate of Sargatanas.[6] All other sources claim he rules 30 legions of spirits.[1][2][3][4]
According to Rudd, Leraje is opposed by the Shemhamphorasch angel Mehahel.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Peterson, Joseph H., ed. (May 2001). Lemegeton Clavicula Salomonis: The Lesser Key of Solomon, Detailing the Ceremonial Art of Commanding Spirits Both Good and Evil;. Maine: Weiser Books (published 2001). p. 13. ISBN 1-57863-220-X.
- ^ a b c d Rudd, Thomas (2010). Skinner, Stephen; Rankine, David (eds.). The Goetia of Dr Rudd. Golden Hoard Press (published 2007). p. 116. ISBN 978-0738723556.
- ^ a b c d Weyer, Johann (1563). Peterson, Joseph H. (ed.). Pseudomonarchia Daemonum (Liber officiorum spirituum). Twilit Grotto: Esoteric Archives (published 2000). par. 13.
- ^ a b c d de Plancy, Jacques Collin (1853). Dictionnaire infernal (in French). Paris: Sagnier et Bray. p. 508.
- ^ a b "L" in Index of Angel names, magical words, and names of God; Joseph Peterson, 1998, Esoteric Archives
- ^ Waite, Arthur Edward (1913). "Part II, Chapter III: 'Concerning the Descending Hierarchy,' Section 1: 'The Names and Offices of Evil Spirits'". The Book of Ceremonial Magic. Internet Sacred Text Archive (published 2002). pp. 184–193.
- ^ Rudd, Thomas (2007). Skinner, Stephen; Rankine, David (eds.). The Goetia of Dr Rudd. Golden Hoard Press. pp. 366–376.
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