Seals of the Olympian spirits
First mentioned during the Renaissance and written of in post-Renaissance books of ceremonial and ritual magic, the Olympian Spirits (or Olympic spirits, Olympick spirits) are a collection of seven (or sometimes fourteen) individual spirits (see below). Each of the Olympians rules a set number of provinces. They are said to live in the firmament and in the stars of the firmament from where they administer fatal charms and tell people their destinies (see Falling Stars). Each of the Olympian spirits is rivaled by one of the traditional seven archangels.
In this magic system, the universe is divided into 196 provinces (a number which in numerology adds up to 7: 1+9+6=16; 1+6=7) with each of the seven Olympian spirits ruling a set number of provinces. Aratron rules the most provinces (49), while each succeeding Olympian rules seven fewer than the former, down to Phul who rules seven provinces. Each Olympian spirit is also associated with one of the seven luminaries which figure in ancient and medieval Western magic.
The seven Olympian spirits[]
- Aratron (or Arathron), "the alchemist who commanded seventeen million six hundred and forty thousand spirits". He rules 49 provinces. His planet is Saturn.
- Bethor, "who commanded twenty-nine thousand legions of spirits". He rules 42 provinces. His planet is Jupiter.
- Phaleg (or Phalec, Pharos), "the War-Lord". His planet is Mars. He rules 35 provinces.
- Och, "the alchemist, physician, and magician". He rules 28 provinces. His "planet" is the Sun.
- Hagith, "transmuter of metals, and commander of four thousand legions of spirits". He rules 21 provinces. His planet is Venus.
- Ophiel, "who commanded one hundred thousand legions of spirits". He rules 14 provinces. His planet is Mercury.
- Phul, "lord of the powers of the moon and supreme lord of the waters". He rules 7 provinces. His "planet" is the Moon.