Leraje

Leraye (also Leraje, Leriac, Loray, Oray, or Zoray) is a demon mentioned in demonological grimoires. He appears in the Lesser Key of Solomon, Johann Weyer's Pseudomonarchia Daemonum, and Jacques Collin de Plancy's Dictionnaire Infernal.

Description

Leraye is described as an archer who starts battles and putrefies arrow-wounds.[1][2][3][4]

The Lesser Key additionally notes that he wears green[1][2] while Weyer (and so De Plancy) attribute him with the power of driving away mobs.[3][4]

Legions and standing

Leraye is the fourteenth spirit in the Lesser Key of Solomon (in some versions as Leraje,[1] and in Rudd's variant as Leriac),[2] the thirteenth spirit in the Pseudomonarchia Daemonum (as Loray or Oray),[3][5] and appears as Oray in the Dictionnaire Infernal.[4]

In the Grand Grimoire, Leraye (as Loray[5] or Zoray) is listed as a subordinate of Sargatanas.[6] All other sources claim he rules 30 legions of spirits.[1][2][3][4]

According to Rudd, Leraje is opposed by the Shemhamphorasch angel Mehahel.[7]

References
  1. Peterson, Joseph H., ed. (2001). Lemegeton Clavicula Salomonis: The Lesser Key of Solomon, Detailing the Ceremonial Art of Commanding Spirits Both Good and Evil;. Maine: Weiser Books. p. 13. ISBN 1-57863-220-X.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. Rudd, Thomas (2007). Skinner, Stephen; Rankine, David (eds.). The Goetia of Dr Rudd. Golden Hoard Press. p. 116. ISBN 073872355X.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  3. Weyer, Johann (1563). Peterson, Joseph H. (ed.). Pseudomonarchia Daemonum (Liber officiorum spirituum). Twilit Grotto: Esoteric Archives (published 2000). par. 13.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  4. de Plancy, Jacques Collin (1853). Dictionnaire infernal (in French). Paris: Sagnier et Bray. p. 508.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  5. "L" in Index of Angel names, magical words, and names of God; Joseph Peterson, 1998, Esoteric Archives
  6. Waite, Arthur Edward (1913). "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 (published 2002). pp. 184–193.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  7. Rudd 2007, pp. 366-376.


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