The 72 seals / Balam
Spirit 51 of 72
Balam
Answers truly; makes one witty and invisible.
- Rank
- King, ruling 40 legions
- Planet
- the Sun
- Seal made in
- gold
- Hours
- Kings may be called from 9 till 12 o'clock at noon, and from 3 till sunset (The Goetia)
On the station
Balam: The Three Heads
To receive true answers of things past, present, and to come, and to be made witty, by the office of Balam, who gives "True Answers of Things Past, Present, and to Come".
Balam in The Goetia (1904)
The Fifty-first Spirit is Balam or Balaam. He is a Terrible, Great, and Powerful King. He appeareth with three Heads: the first is like that of a Bull; the second is like that of a Man; the third is like that of a Ram. He hath the Tail of a Serpent, and Flaming Eyes. He rideth upon a furious Bear, and carrieth a Boshawk upon his Fist. He speaketh with a hoarse Voice, giving True Answers of Things Past, Present, and to Come. He maketh men to go Invisible, and also to be Witty. He governeth 40 Legions of Spirits. His Seal is this, etc.
From the public-domain text of The Goetia, ed. Mathers and Crowley (1904; 1916 reprint).
The 51st of the seventy-two. Run its operation on the Psychotron station.