Appendix · Seals of the grimoires
The Olympic Spirits of the Arbatel
Och
Olympic spirit of the Sun · Arbatel · 28 provinces
Och is the Olympic spirit of the Sun in the Arbatel of Magic (1575), governing 28 of the 196 Olympic provinces. The Arbatel's account is expansive: he is said to give six hundred years of healthy life, great wisdom and knowledge of medicine, to turn things into the purest gold and precious stones, and to give a familiar spirit. The text claims that whoever possesses his character will be honoured like a god by the kings of the world. According to the Arbatel's scheme of history, his government followed Phaleg's. The Commons file reproduces his character.
- Source
- Arbatel de magia veterum (Basel, 1575), Aphorism 16–17; English trans. Robert Turner, 1655
- The text
- Arbatel: Of the Magic of the Ancients
- Read more
- Agrippa's Three Books of Occult Philosophy: History and Ideas