Paimon
Demon in the Ars Goetia
Paimon or Paymon is a spirit or demon in the Ars Goetia, and is also one of the 72 demons summoned by King Solomon. Paimon is named in various grimoires, notably in the Ars Goetia section of the The Lesser Key of Solomon. Other early grimoires and demonological texts that mention him include Johann Weyer's Pseudomonarchia Daemonum, Jacques Collin de Plancy's Dictionnaire Infernal, the Livre des Esperitz (as "Poymon"), the Clavis Inferni, the Liber Officiorum Spirituum, The Book of Abramelin, and certain French editions of The Grimoire of Pope Honorius (as Bayemon); as well as British Library, Sloane MS 3824.
Status and rank
The Goetia, Liber Officiorum Spirituum, and Weyer begin entries on King Paimon noting that he is quite obedient to Lucifer. Both the Pseudomonarchia Daemonum and the Liber Officiorum Spirituum note that he is more obedient to the will of Lucifer than any of the other kings.
King Paimon appears as the ninth spirit in the Ars Goetia, the 22nd spirit in the Pseudomonarchia Daemonum, and in the Dictionnaire Infernal. In the Liber Officiorum Spirituum, he is first listed as the sixth spirit and later as the third king.
The Goetia, Weyer, de Plancy, Liber Officiorum Spirituum, and Sloane MS 3824 rank Paimon as a king. Paimon is one of the nine demonic Kings in the Ars Goetia alongside Bael, Beleth, Purson, Asmoday, Vine, Balam, Zagan, and Belial. Additionally, in some early texts, Paimon is sometimes listed (but not in the Goetia or in the Pseudomonarchia), as one of the four Kings of the cardinal directions, commonly presented as Oriens (East), Amaymon (South), Egyn (or Ariton)(North), and with Paimon being the ruler of the West, but the rulers of the four cardinal directions are sometimes described differently.
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