Kimaris, also known by the alternate names Cimeies, Cimejes and Cimeries, is most widely known as the 66th
demon
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of the first part of the ''
Lemegeton'' (popularly known as the ''
Ars Goetia'').
Description
He is described in the ''Lemegeton'' as a godly warrior riding a black horse, and possesses the abilities of locating lost or hidden treasures, teaching trivium (
grammar,
logic and
rhetoric
Rhetoric () is the art of persuasion, which along with grammar and logic (or dialectic), is one of the three ancient arts of discourse. Rhetoric aims to study the techniques writers or speakers utilize to inform, persuade, or motivate parti ...
) and making a man into a warrior of his own likeness. He holds the rank of marquis, and is served by 20 legions. Much the same description is found in the earlier text of
Johann Weyer
Johann Weyer or Johannes Wier ( la, Ioannes Wierus or '; 1515 – 24 February 1588) was a Dutch physician, occultist and demonologist, disciple and follower of Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa.
He was among the first to publish against t ...
's catalog of
demons
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, ''
Pseudomonarchia Daemonum'' (published 1563). Earlier still is the ''
Munich Handbook of Necromancy'' (Clm 849) which lists an entity named Tuvries with much the same characteristics, except that he has 30 legions of servitors, and can cause a person to cross seas and rivers quickly.
Other mentions
Kimaris, as Cimeries, is also found on
Anton LaVey's list of infernal names, although it is not known why LaVey chose Kimaris as one of the comparatively few
Goetic
''The Lesser Key of Solomon'', also known as ''Lemegeton Clavicula Salomonis'' or simply ''Lemegeton'', is an anonymous grimoire on demonology. It was compiled in the mid-17th century, mostly from materials a couple of centuries older.''Lemegeto ...
daimons included.
Aleister Crowley, in ''777,'' gives Kimaris the
Hebrew spelling KYMAVR and attributes him to the four of disks and the third decan of Capricorn by night. KYMAVR may allude to "Khem-our" (black light), a form of
Horus
Horus or Heru, Hor, Har in Ancient Egyptian, is one of the most significant ancient Egyptian deities who served many functions, most notably as god of kingship and the sky. He was worshipped from at least the late prehistoric Egypt until the P ...
mentioned in
H. P. Blavatsky's ''Secret Doctrine''. In ''
Sepher Sephiroth'', he is listed as KYTzAVR, with a
gematria of 327, although KYMAVR=277.
In Harleian Ms. 6482, entitled "The Rosie Crucian Secrets",
Thomas Rudd
Thomas Rudd (1583?–1656) was an English military engineer and mathematician.
Life
The eldest son of Thomas Rudd of Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire, he was born in 1583 or 1584. He served during his earlier years as a military engineer in ...
lists Cimeries as the 26th spirit made use of by King
Solomon
Solomon (; , ),, ; ar, سُلَيْمَان, ', , ; el, Σολομών, ; la, Salomon also called Jedidiah (Hebrew language, Hebrew: , Modern Hebrew, Modern: , Tiberian Hebrew, Tiberian: ''Yăḏīḏăyāh'', "beloved of Yahweh, Yah"), ...
. He also attributes an angel Cimeriel to one of
Dee's Enochian Ensigns of Creation, the tablet of 24 mansions. The earliest mention of Chamariel is in Rossi's ''
Gnostic tractate''. It is probable that the earliest mention of Kimaris is also Coptic, found in the London oriental mss 6796 where the name "Akathama Chamaris" appears.
[Meyer and Smith.] In this text, the entity in question does not appear to be evil; rather, he is addressed as a godlike helping spirit.
Derivation of the name
Wade Baskin's ''Dictionary of
Satanism
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'' speculates that Cimeries is derived from
Cimmerians, a warlike people mentioned in the works of several classical authors as dwelling totally in darkness.
See also
*
The Lesser Key of Solomon
*
Chimera (mythology)
Sources
*S. L. MacGregor Mathers, A. Crowley, ''
The Goetia: The Lesser Key of Solomon the King'' (1904). 1995 reprint: .
Notes
{{Demons in Pseudomonarchia Daemonum
Goetic demons