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Agrippa's classification of demons[edit]
In De occulta philosophia (1509-1510), Cornelius Agrippa proposed several classifications for demons, based on numeric scales, like his whole Cosmology.[8] Francis Barrett, in his book The magus (1801), adopted this classification of demons [9][10].
Scale of Unity
One prince of rebellion, of angels, and darkness:
Scale of binary
Two chief of the devils:
Two things which Christ threatens to the damned:
Scale of ternary
Three furies:
Three infernal judges:
Scale of quaternary
Four Princes of devils in the elements:
Four Princes of spirits, upon the four angles of the world
Despite listed separately, Agrippa mentions that these groups are identical, making the first as the Hebrew equivalent of the names of the latter.[11] The same four demons appear in the Semiphoras and Schemhamforas.[12][13]
Scale of Six
Six authors of all calamities:
- Acteus
- Megalesius
- Ormenus
- Lycus
- Nicon
- Mimon
Scale of novenary
Nine princes ruling over nine orders of devils (with biblical references):[14]
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