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Paimon

Paimon or Paymon is a spirit or demon in European mysticism. Paimon is named in various grimoires, notably in the Ars Goetia section of the The Lesser Key of Solomon. Other early grimoires and demonological texts that mention him include Johann Weyer's Pseudomonarchia Daemonum, Jacques Collin de Plancy's Dictionnaire Infernal, the Livre des Esperitz (as "Poymon"), the Clavis Inferni, the Liber Officiorum Spirituum, The Book of Abramelin, and certain French editions of The Grimoire of Pope Honorius (as Bayemon); as well as British Library, Sloane MS 3824.