No Goetic seal · a figure outside the Lemegeton
Lilith is listed as a Night demon.
| Rank | Night demon |
|---|---|
| Alternate names | Lilit · Lilîtu |
| Sources | Isaías 34:14, Alfabeto de Ben Sirá (s. VIII–X), Zóhar, Cuencos de encantamiento babilonios |
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In Babylonian art, a winged woman with the talons of a bird of prey; in later Jewish tradition, a beautiful woman with very long hair who attacks by night.
She does NOT belong to the Ars Goetia or the Lemegeton. She is a figure composited over millennia: the Mesopotamian night-demon (lilîtu), the «lilit» that appears once in Isaiah 34:14 (a creature of the night among the ruins) and, above all, the tale in the Alphabet of Ben Sira where she is Adam's first wife, made from the same earth, who refuses to submit and leaves Eden.
Lilith is NOT a summonable Goetic demon. The famous «Adam's first wife» idea comes from the Alphabet of Ben Sira, a medieval satirical text, NOT from the Bible; Isaiah's «lilit» is merely a nocturnal desert creature. The Kabbalistic Zohar raises her to queen of demons. Her dark-goddess image is largely a modern reconstruction.
In modern magic and feminism, Lilith has been reclaimed as a symbol of female autonomy and a «dark goddess». Contemporary practitioners work with her as a patron of independence, sexuality and the shadow; they build altars, modern sigils and chants. None of this comes from the ancient sources: it is recent devotion and personal gnosis.
Personal gnosis (UPG): how contemporary practitioners say they experience it. This is subjective experience, not a historical source or doctrine; it does not come from the ancient grimoires and may not be real.
No. Lilith is NOT one of the 72 spirits of the Ars Goetia: Lilith is NOT a summonable Goetic demon. The famous «Adam's first wife» idea comes from the Alphabet of Ben Sira, a medieval satirical text, NOT… We show it as night demon, with its own sources.
She does NOT belong to the Ars Goetia or the Lemegeton. She is a figure composited over millennia: the Mesopotamian night-demon (lilîtu), the «lilit» that appears once in Isaiah 34:14 (a creature of the night among the ruins) and, above all, the tale in the Alphabet of Ben Sira where she is Adam's first wife, made from the same earth, who refuses to submit and leaves Eden.
Isaías 34:14, Alfabeto de Ben Sirá (s. VIII–X), Zóhar, Cuencos de encantamiento babilonios
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