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Who is Demon Amy
Amy: President of Infernal Knowledge and Keeper of Flame in the Ars Goetia
By Rhyan Hyroc, Leading Scholar of the Lemegeton and Ceremonial Demonology
Identity and Rank in the Ars Goetia
Amy is the fifty-eighth spirit named in the Ars Goetia, the first book of the Lemegeton Clavicula Salomonis, commonly known as The Lesser Key of Solomon. He holds the distinguished title of President and governs thirty-six legions of spirits. Among the seventy-two spirits of the Goetia, Amy occupies a peculiar position: he is not primarily known for external influence or dominion, but for the illumination of internal mysteries.
The designation of President—less common in the Goetia than King, Duke, or Marquis—suggests an intellectual, executive function. Presidents in the hierarchy are often educators, custodians of spiritual processes, and masters of hidden infrastructure. Amy embodies these traits with particular intensity. He is revered for his ability to impart knowledge in the liberal sciences, reveal concealed treasures, and endow practitioners with the favor of spirits and angels alike.
Amy’s name appears consistently across the core Goetic manuscripts, including Sloane 3825 and Harley MS 6483. He is also referenced in Johann Weyer’s Pseudomonarchia Daemonum, further affirming his presence in the early European grimoires of demonic cataloguing.
Original Description from the Ars Goetia
The traditional English translation of Amy’s entry reads:
“The Fifty-eighth Spirit is Amy. He is a Great President, and appeareth at first in the form of a Flaming Fire; but after a while he putteth on the shape of a Man. His office is to teach the liberal sciences, and to give good Familiars. He ruleth 36 Legions of Spirits, and is partly of the Order of Angels, and partly of the Order of Powers. He hath the hopes of returning to the Seventh Throne after 1,200 years. He governeth 36 Legions of Spirits.”
This passage captures Amy’s dual nature: fiery and disciplined, demonic and angelic, temporal and eschatological. His identity is layered, rooted not only in infernal duty but in a distant aspiration to return to divine origin.
Modern Translation and Interpretation
Amy, the fifty-eighth spirit, is a President of significant intellectual and metaphysical authority. He first appears as a flame—an ethereal and volatile manifestation—before gradually taking the shape of a man. This transformation symbolizes his role as a bridge between raw elemental essence and structured wisdom. He embodies flame made form, knowledge pulled from chaos into coherence.
His core functions include teaching the liberal sciences—disciplines that, in medieval and Renaissance thought, comprised the Trivium (grammar, rhetoric, logic) and Quadrivium (arithmetic, geometry, music, astronomy). These were seen not as mundane skills but as keys to unlocking cosmic structure. Amy’s mastery of them positions him as a spirit of high educational potency.
He also provides “good familiars,” spirits who serve the magician loyally and constructively. Unlike many Goetic demons who offer brute-force servants or warlike minions, Amy’s familiars are reputed to be intelligent, discreet, and attuned to higher spiritual principles. Furthermore, Amy is said to be “partly of the Order of Angels and partly of the Order of Powers,” implying a divine origin and fractured celestial memory.
Of all the spirits in the Goetia, Amy is one of the few whose entry includes a timeline: a hope of returning to the “Seventh Throne” after 1,200 years. This reference evokes a cosmic fall and a slow cycle of redemption—a profoundly rare feature in Solomonic demonology.
Appearance and Manifestation
The Flaming Fire
Amy’s first form is not humanoid but flame. This is not symbolic but literal in magical record: a living, conscious fire that moves with intent. Some practitioners report seeing a sudden flare, a candle blaze intensifying, or a dancing flame hovering unnaturally. In dreamwork, Amy may appear as a wall of fire that speaks, or as a fire with eyes and voice.
Fire, in ceremonial traditions, represents purification, transformation, and the will of spirit. Amy’s association with fire reinforces his link to elemental force—not for destruction, but for enlightenment.
The Human Scholar
When Amy assumes a human shape, he is described as austere, dignified, and luminous. Some seers describe him in priestly or academic robes, often with radiant features or a faint halo of heat around the body. He may carry scrolls, speak in archaic syntax, or refer to obscure cosmological structures.
As a spirit who governs both learning and flame, his human form is a personification of the enlightened mind—a fusion of sacred fire and structured knowledge.
Historical Context and Comparative Analysis
The Role of Presidents in Goetic Hierarchy
In the Ars Goetia, the title of President is rare and reserved for spirits of executive clarity. Where Kings command through presence and Dukes through domain, Presidents structure, manage, and execute functions that hold systems together. Amy, in this role, functions less as a lord and more as an architect of energy, a transmitter of precise knowledge rather than force.
Other Presidents in the Goetia, such as Marbas and Buer, also demonstrate teaching or healing capacities. Amy joins them as part of an elite class of daemon tutors—entities who govern information, insight, and transmission across spiritual realms.
Angelic Orders and the Seventh Throne
Amy’s connection to both the Order of Angels and the Order of Powers places him in a dual tradition. The Order of Angels is the lowest of the celestial spheres in Dionysian hierarchy, concerned with human affairs. The Powers, by contrast, govern cosmic equilibrium and spiritual law enforcement. To be partly of both is to belong to opposing currents: one close to humanity, the other aligned with divine administration.
The “Seventh Throne” referenced in Amy’s description has no direct explanation in canonical angelology but is likely a poetic reference to the Seraphic realm or a symbolic position near divine unity. That Amy still “hopes” to return there suggests he is not fully resigned to his infernal status—a theological anomaly within Goetia.
Symbolism and Functions
Liberal Sciences as Magical Keys
Amy’s instruction in the liberal sciences is not merely academic. In magical terms, these sciences govern the pattern of both the cosmos and the psyche. Geometry reveals sacred proportion, music the harmony of energies, rhetoric the power of language to shape reality. Amy offers mastery of these forms not as curriculum, but as power.
This makes him particularly suited for ceremonialists, philosophers, scientists, and artists seeking higher structure in their work. He clarifies abstract ideas, aligns cognition, and inspires formulation—whether mathematical, poetic, or esoteric.
The Role of Familiars
Amy’s familiars are described as “good,” a rare adjective in the Goetia. These spirits are loyal, intelligent, and aligned with positive outcomes. They may serve in guiding, researching, protecting, or translating spiritual information. Practitioners who invoke Amy for this purpose often report subtle but profound changes in their magical sensitivity, including sudden access to dreams, messages, or inner guidance.
Fire as Transmission
Amy’s nature as flame is not for destruction, but for illumination. His fire clears confusion, sharpens thought, and can even burn through the residual energies of spiritual deception. He is thus invoked in rituals of clarity, truth-seeking, and illumination. His fire reveals, rather than consumes.
Role in Ceremonial Magic
Preparing to Work with Amy
To summon Amy is to invite not just a spirit, but an intellectual current. His seal should be drawn cleanly, with symmetrical precision, and worn or displayed near flame. Gold, yellow, and white are ideal ritual colors, and offerings of incense aligned with solar or Mercurial forces are appropriate. The magician should be calm, centered, and willing to receive subtle messages over time.
Amy is best approached in study-focused workings, divinations involving long-term insight, or rites of initiation into intellectual arts. His presence is often less dramatic than other spirits but profoundly transformative. His lessons unfold slowly, deeply, and permanently.
Ritual Applications
- Gaining mastery over sacred geometry, rhetoric, or other liberal arts
- Clarifying confusion in magical theory or philosophy
- Receiving guidance for books, lectures, or spiritual projects
- Establishing protective, intelligent familiars for subtle work
- Awakening dormant talents related to thought, logic, or artistic design
Amy is also used in rites of purification—not of the body, but of thought. His flame can reveal distortions, false beliefs, or flawed logic that hinder magical development.
Signs of Presence
Amy’s presence is subtle but distinct. Practitioners may feel a rising heat around the head or chest, hear whisper-like thoughts that carry new clarity, or experience immediate alignment of chaotic ideas into a unified framework. In dreams, he may speak in riddles or mathematical symbols. He does not shout—he teaches.
Observations and Closing Analysis
Amy is a spirit of intellect, structure, and sacred fire. His presence evokes not chaos but coherence. He belongs to that rare class of infernal beings whose orientation is upward—not in rebellion, but in remembrance. His hope of return to the Seventh Throne is not a threat, but a longing that mirrors the magician’s own spiritual ascent.
He does not tempt with power, but offers it through discipline. He teaches that the fire of knowledge is both gift and burden. His familiars are bridges to other realms. His sciences are lenses through which reality becomes navigable. His lessons are slow, exacting, and irrevocable.
For those prepared to receive clarity without spectacle, transformation without force, and wisdom without deception, Amy stands ready—not as a judge, but as a guide.
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References
- The Lesser Key of Solomon – Ars Goetia
This foundational grimoire of Solomonic demonology presents the classical description of Amy, including his seal, attributes, and hierarchy within the Goetic system.
https://www.sacred-texts.com/grim/lks/index.htm - The Goetia of Dr Rudd by Stephen Skinner & David Rankine
An essential academic edition comparing original manuscripts of the Goetia, with in-depth analysis of Amy’s celestial affiliations and ritual applications.
https://www.innertraditions.com/books/the-goetia-of-dr-rudd - Pseudomonarchia Daemonum by Johann Weyer
A 16th-century demonic catalog that includes Amy under a variant name, offering insight into his early demonological context and functions.
https://www.esotericarchives.com/solomon/weyer.htm - The Dictionary of Demons: Expanded & Revised by Michelle Belanger
A modern reference detailing the etymology, symbolism, and spiritual significance of Amy among other infernal spirits in Western occultism.
https://www.llewellyn.com/product.php?ean=9780738768588 - Daemonolatry Goetia by S. Connolly
A contemporary practitioner’s manual that offers devotional and practical insights for working with Amy, especially for those seeking knowledge, clarity, and inner flame.
https://www.amazon.com/Daemonolatry-Goetia-S-Connolly/dp/1936922942
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