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infernal hierarchy

Ranks of the Seventy-Two

The Goetia gives each of its seventy-two spirits a rank borrowed from feudal nobility. Several hold two ranks jointly, and exactly one — Furcas — is a Knight.

The Lesser Key of Solomon, Book I: Ars Goetia · 17th c.; ed. 1904

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Source base of members

  • 80+3
  • 50–791
  • <2577

81 of 88 nodes link to a profile; the rest are structural labels from the source text.

88 nodes — too many to chart legibly, shown as an outline

King9 of the seventy-two hold this rank, wholly or jointly.
Prince7 of the seventy-two hold this rank, wholly or jointly.
Duke23 of the seventy-two hold this rank, wholly or jointly.
Marquis15 of the seventy-two hold this rank, wholly or jointly.
Earl12 of the seventy-two hold this rank, wholly or jointly.
President14 of the seventy-two hold this rank, wholly or jointly.
Knight1 of the seventy-two hold this rank, wholly or jointly.

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