§ Introduction
Belial is the Sixty-eighth Spirit of the Ars Goetia and one of its most politically flavored figures: offices, titles, favor, and influence dominate his description.
§ Grimoire Profile
Rank: Mighty King
Legions: 50
Attributed office: Distributing rank, favor, senatorships
§ Appearance (Traditional Description)
The text describes a striking tableau: two beautiful angels seated in a chariot of fire, with a "comely voice." That contrast—angelic beauty + infernal kingship—is part of Belial's rhetorical power in demonology.
§ Powers and Attributions
- Distributing "presentations" and "senatorships" (status, appointments, advancement)
- Producing favor with friends and foes
- Providing "excellent familiars," while also being flagged as requiring offerings in the source text's worldview
§ Historical and Practical Context
Belial is a textbook emblem of the temptation of shortcut power: the fantasy that rank can be purchased, that charisma can be engineered, that institutions can be hacked by occult influence.
§ Short Sources
- Lemegeton Clavicula Salomonis (Ars Goetia), 17th-century manuscript tradition
- The Lesser Key of Solomon (classified Goetia list), public-domain edition
Quick Reference
Number:
68th Spirit
Rank:
Mighty King
Legions:
50
Appearance:
Two angels in chariot of fire
Powers:
Rank, favor, senatorships, influence