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Before him often goes a host of demons with the shape of men, playing trumpets, cymbals, and any other sort of musical instrument. Paimon is depicted as a man with an effeminate face, wearing a precious crown, and riding a dromedary.If Paimon is cited alone, buffering or sacrifice must be done, and he will accept it, though the precise nature of the gift is unclear then two kings called Beball (Bebal or Labal) and Abalam (Abalim) will go to him together with other spirits, often twenty-five legions but these other spirits do not always come unless the conjurer calls upon them.He gives good familiars, dignities and confirms them, and binds men to the conjurer's will. Paimon teaches all arts, philosophies, and sciences, and secret things he can reveal all mysteries of the Earth, wind, and water, what the mind is, and where it is, and everything the conjurer wants to know.When a conjurer invokes this demon he must look towards the northwest, the direction of Paimon's house, and when Paimon appears he must be allowed to ask the conjurer what he wishes and be answered, in order to obtain the same from him. He has a great voice and roars as soon as he comes, speaking in this manner for a while until the conjurer compels him and then he answers clearly the questions he is asked. Paimon (also Paimonia, Paymon) is one of the Kings of Hell, more obedient to Lucifer than other kings are, and has two hundred legions of demons under his rule.Bael teaches the art of invisibility, and may be the equivalent of Baal or Baalzebub, one of the Seven princes of Hell.

He also speaks in a raucous, but well-formed voice, and commands 66 legions. He has three heads: a toad, a man, and a cat. According to Wierus, Bael is the first king of Hell with estates in the east. He is also the first demon listed in Wierus' Pseudomonarchia daemonum.

According to the Grand Grimoire, Baal (or Bael) is the head of the infernal powers.

The Seal of Belial according to the Ars Goetia. A woodcarving of Belial and some of his followers from Jacobus de Teramo's book Buche Belial (1473). Purson's image in Mathers' The Goetia corresponds to Pruflas' illustration from the Dictionnaire Infernal. Asmodeus as depicted in Collin de Plancy's Dictionnaire Infernal. Paimon as depicted in Collin de Plancy's Dictionnaire Infernal, 1863 edition. Main article: The Lesser Key of Solomon Kings Dictionnaire Infernal illustration of Bael.

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