Bathin

This is an image of the Bathin seal.
The Bathin seal.

Bathin (also Bathym, Mathim, or Marthim) is a demon described in demonological grimoires.

Variations

He is ranked as a duke in the Lesser Key of Solomon (as the eighteenth spirit) and Johann Weyer's Pseudomonarchia Daemonum (as the tenth spirit), where he is described as a serpent-tailed and muscular man riding a pale horse, who knows the properties of plants and stones, transports people across countries, and rules 30 legions of demons. He also appears in the Livre des Esperitz, as "Machin," without the horse but ruling 37 legions of demons. The German edition of The Grimoire of Pope Honorius describes Bathin (again by the name Machin) as teaching about and providing foreign plants and rocks. In the Grand Grimoire, he (as Bathsin or Bathim) is listed as a subordinate of Fleurety. According to Rudd, Bathin is opposed by the Shemhamphorasch angel Caliel.

References

  1. ↑ Peterson, Joseph H., ed. (May 2001). Lemegeton Clavicula Salomonis: The Lesser Key of Solomon, Detailing the Ceremonial Art of Commanding Spirits Both Good and Evil;. Maine: Weiser Books. p. 15. ISBN 1-57863-220-X. {{cite book}}: More than one of |publication-date= and |date= specified (help)
  2. ↑ Weyer, Johann (2000). Peterson, Joseph H. (ed.). Pseudomonarchia Daemonum (Liber officiorum spirituum). Twilit Grotto: Esoteric Archives. par. 10. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |year= / |publication-date= mismatch (help)CS1 maint: publisher location (link)
  3. ↑ Boudet, Jean-Patrice (2003). "Les who's who démonologiques de la Renaissance et leurs ancêtres médiévaux". Médiévales. Langues, Textes, Histoire. Médiévales (in French) (44). Revues.org. par. 25, 28, 49. doi:10.4000/medievales.1019.
  4. ↑ Banner, James, ed. (1999). The Grimoire of Pope Honorius. Translated by Ch'ien, Kineta (first ed.). Seattle, Washington: Trident Books. p. 15. ISBN 1879000091.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  5. ↑ Rankine, David; Barron, Paul Harry, eds. (August 2013). The Complete Grimoire of Pope Honorius (First ed.). London: Avalonia Books. p. 221. ISBN 978-1-905297-65-8. {{cite book}}: More than one of |publication-date= and |date= specified (help)
  6. ↑ Waite, Arthur Edward (2002). "Part II, Chapter III: 'Concerning the Descending Hierarchy,' Section 1: 'The Names and Offices of Evil Spirits'". The Book of Ceremonial Magic. Internet Sacred Text Archive. pp. 184–193. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |year= / |publication-date= mismatch (help)
  7. ↑ Rudd, Thomas (2007). Skinner, Stephen; Rankine, David (eds.). The Goetia of Dr Rudd. Golden Hoard Press. pp. 366–376. ISBN 978-0738723556. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |year= / |publication-date= mismatch (help)