BIFRONS

§ Introduction

Bifrons is traditionally listed as the 46th spirit of the Ars Goetia and given the rank of Earl. His entry is an uncanny blend of "schoolhouse" and "graveyard": he teaches technical knowledge (especially the mathematical arts), yet his mythic footprint stays close to tombs, burial sites, and strange lights that imitate candles among the dead.

§ Grimoire Profile

Rank: Earl
Legions: commonly given as 6
Attributed office: astrology, geometry, arts/sciences; knowledge of stones/woods; funerary and grave-related marvels

§ Appearance (Traditional Description)

He is described as appearing first as a monster, and later shifting into human form when addressed—an image that reads like "raw fear refined into instruction."

§ Powers and Attributions

Public-domain descriptions connect Bifrons with:

• Teaching astrology and geometry
• Explaining the "virtues" (properties) of precious stones and woods
• Eerie cemetery motifs: moving bodies, or creating seeming grave-candles (a literary marvel theme)

§ Practical Use (Historical / Educational)

Bifrons is a great case study in early modern thinking: the same mind that mapped stars also obsessed over death rituals and memorial order.

In modern symbolic reading (non-ritual), Bifrons fits topics like: the history of astronomy/geometry as "occult sciences," folklore about grave-lights and cemetery legends, how societies domesticate fear through knowledge.

§ Pop Culture Footprints

Bifrons appears sporadically in demon-name lists and horror-flavored lore, usually emphasizing cemetery imagery and "forbidden sciences."

§ Short Sources

• Johann Weyer — Pseudomonarchia Daemonum (1577)
• Reginald Scot — The Discoverie of Witchcraft (1584)
• Lemegeton — Ars Goetia (17th-century manuscript tradition; pre-1900 transmission)