No traditional seal · works through the mirror
Floron is listed as a Mirror spirit.
| Rank | Mirror spirit |
|---|---|
| Alternate names | Floro |
| Sources | Cecco d'Ascoli, commentary on the Sphaera (†1327; Venice ed. 1499), Wellcome MS 110 (16th c.) |
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He has no body of his own: he is «constrained» in a polished steel mirror and answers from its depth. Whoever consults him sees a figure or hears a voice emerging in the metal.
He knows many secrets of nature and answers as an oracle to whoever questions him in the mirror. But his word deceives with a double edge: he promised King Manfred «you will conquer, you will not die» —and he died at Benevento—; and to a gold-seeker, a treasure «that will not fail you in your life» —he found four ounces… and his grave.
The FIRST documented appearance of the mirror-oracle (catoptromancy) in the West: Cecco d'Ascoli cites it around 1327, not as a recipe but as a Christian WARNING («beware of them… their intent is to deceive Christians»). The mirror- or crystal-vision method he hints at resurfaces two centuries later in notebooks like Wellcome MS 110, and is the same lineage as La Mesa's Azazel-mirror. We show it as documented HISTORICAL practice — neither goetic (not among the 72) nor a modern invention.
No. Floron is NOT one of the 72 spirits of the Ars Goetia: The FIRST documented appearance of the mirror-oracle (catoptromancy) in the West: Cecco d'Ascoli cites it around 1327, not as a recipe but as a Christian… We show it as mirror spirit, with its own sources.
He knows many secrets of nature and answers as an oracle to whoever questions him in the mirror. But his word deceives with a double edge: he promised King Manfred «you will conquer, you will not die» —and he died at Benevento—; and to a gold-seeker, a treasure «that will not fail you in your life» —he found four ounces… and his grave.
Cecco d'Ascoli, commentary on the Sphaera (†1327; Venice ed. 1499), Wellcome MS 110 (16th c.)
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