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Andras
Alternatively named
Andra-inanyas.
In demonology,
an unpleasant
demon
whose only directive was to hunt and kill men, aided by his henchman
Flauros.
According to the
Goetia,
Andras was a Grand Marquis of Hell,
appearing with a winged angels body and the head of an owl or raven,
riding
upon a strong
black wolf and wielding a sharp and bright sword. He was also responsible
for sowing discord, and commanded 30 infernal legions. He is the 63th of
the 72 spirits of Solomon.
Andras was considered
to be a highly dangerous demon, who could kill the conjuring magician
and his assistants if precautions were not taken. A misstep outside the
magical protective circle could mean instant death for the conjuretors,
and Andras was always trying to lure them out.
Andras was also
believed to be very skilled in using people's own anger against them,
being able of infecting humans with uncontrollable dooming rage. For this
reason he was allegedly summoned quite often by military leaders, to use his abilities to
incite wars that last for decades, redefining peoples and continents. In addition, due to the
subtle nature of his work, Andras was supposedly extremely difficult to detect.
The German demonologist Johann Wier,
in his 'Pseudomonarchia
Daemonum', says of Andras:
"Andras is a great marquesse, and is seene in an angels shape with a head
like a blacke night raven, riding upon a blacke and a verie strong woolfe,
flourishing with a sharpe sword in his hand, he can kill the maister, the
servant, and all assistants, he is author of discords, and ruleth thirtie
legions."
Another demonologist,
Collin de Plancy, also mentions Andras in his writings:
"Grand Marquis of Hell. He appears to have the body of an angel and the head
of a wood owl, and to be riding a black wolf and carrying in his hand a
pointed saber. He teaches those whom he favors to kill their enemies,
masters and servants. He stirs up trouble and dissension. He commands thirty
legions."
Other sources declare that Andras was the one who played on high with the storms, the
warrior-god whose smile is the lightning, who, in order to give freshness to the
meadows, hurls down the waters which crush the ripening wheat, and seems, to the
agriculturist, a cruel magician.
See
Heptameron,
Demonology,
Demonomancy,
Grimoires,
Casting Black Magic Spells,
Commanding Spirits,
The Tarot Store and
Divination & Scrying Tools and
Supplies.
Sources: (1) Masello, Robert,
Fallen Angels. . . and Spirits of the Dark,
The Berkley Publishing Group; (2) de Plancy, Colin, Dictionnaire Infernal,
Editions; (3) Wier, Johann, Pseudomonarchia
Daemonum; (4)
Michelet, Jules and Calfa, Vincenzo, Bible of Humanity,
Kessinger Publishing; (5) Mathers, S. Liddell
MacGregor,
The Goetia, The Key of Solomon the
King, The Book Tree.
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