The 72 seals / Barbatos
Spirit 8 of 72
Barbatos
Understands animals; finds hidden treasure.
- Rank
- Duke, ruling 30 legions
- Planet
- Venus
- Seal made in
- copper
- Hours
- Dukes may be called from sunrise till noonday in clear weather (The Goetia)
On the station
Barbatos: The Voices of Creatures
To understand the voices of birds and beasts, by the office of Barbatos, who "giveth understanding of the singing of Birds, and of the Voices of other creatures".
Barbatos in The Goetia (1904)
The Eighth Spirit is Barbatos. He is a Great Duke, and appeareth when the Sun is in Sagittary,with four noble Kings and their companies of great troops. He giveth understanding of the singing of Birds, and of the Voices of other creatures, such as the barking of Dogs. He breaketh the Hidden Treasures open that have been laid by the Enchantments of Magicians. He is of the Order of Virtues, of which some part he retaineth still; and he knoweth all things Past, and to come, and conciliateth Friends and those that be in Power. He ruleth over 30 Legions of Spirits. His Seal of Obedience is this, the which wear before thee as aforesaid.
From the public-domain text of The Goetia, ed. Mathers and Crowley (1904; 1916 reprint).
The 8th of the seventy-two. Run its operation on the Psychotron station.