Gremory
Gremory is the fifty-sixth of the 72 spirits catalogued in the Ars Goetia, the first section of the Lemegeton. He is described with the title of Duke according to the text. In several editions and manuscripts his name also appears spelled Gomory.
Last reviewed: 2026-07-20
Historical fact
In Mathers' edition (1904), Gremory/Gomory is one of the few spirits in the catalog described in explicitly feminine form: the text describes him appearing in the shape of a beautiful woman, with a duchess's crown tied about her waist, riding upon a great camel. This characterization is notable among the 72 spirits, most of whom are described in masculine, animal, or hybrid form.
Interpretation — Solomonic Tradition (Mathers/Crowley, 1904)
In Mathers' edition, published with commentary by Aleister Crowley, Gremory holds the catalog's fifty-sixth position and is described as a Duke, commanding 26 legions of spirits according to the text. He is listed with the attributes of telling of things past, present, and to come, of indicating the location of hidden treasures, and of dealing with affections between people — textual descriptions of office attributed to the spirit in the manuscript.
Interpretation — Dr. Rudd's Tradition (manuscript, c. 1650)
The manuscript attributed to Thomas Rudd, predating Mathers' edition by roughly two and a half centuries, documents a related but distinct version of the catalog — in it, each of the 72 spirits, including Gremory, is paired with a corresponding angel drawn from the Kabbalistic Shem HaMephorash system (72 divine names), a restraining/governing structural element absent from Mathers' edition. No reliable record of the specific angel name Rudd's manuscript assigns to Gremory was found among the sources consulted for this entry; the general pairing practice is documented by researchers such as Joseph Peterson.
Interpretation — Luciferian Tradition (modern interpretation)
Modern Luciferian authors, chiefly Michael W. Ford (in works such as The Luciferian Goetia), read the Ars Goetia's 72 spirits not as external entities subordinate to a divine hierarchy but as archetypal currents within the practitioner's own psyche, to be recognized and integrated in service of self-deification. In this reading, Gremory's explicitly feminine form — a crowned woman riding a camel — is reinterpreted as the archetype of the inner feminine principle, associated with desire and attraction, which the practitioner is invited to recognize within themselves. Her office of indicating hidden treasures is read as a metaphor for accessing unacknowledged internal resources, while her mastery over affections between people is reframed as a symbolic study of the dynamics of desire and attachment, not as usage instruction.
This section presents one tradition's interpretation, not a verifiable fact.
Frequently asked questions
- Are Gremory and Gomory the same spirit?
- Yes. Gremory and Gomory are variant spellings of the same name, found in different manuscripts and printed editions of the Ars Goetia — a spelling variation common to several of the catalog's 72 spirits.
- Why is the form attributed to Gremory considered unusual in the catalog?
- Because Mathers' edition explicitly describes him in feminine form — as a beautiful woman wearing a duchess's crown, riding a camel — a gender characterization uncommon among the 72 spirits, most of whom are described in masculine, animal, or hybrid form.
- Is the Luciferian reading of Gremory as old as the Mathers and Rudd traditions?
- No. It's a modern interpretation, developed mainly from the 2000s onward by Luciferian authors such as Michael W. Ford, who reframe the Ars Goetia's spirits as psychological archetypes for self-development — a contemporary symbolic reading, not a historical manuscript like Mathers' or Rudd's.
Sources
- S. L. MacGregor Mathers (trans.), Aleister Crowley (ed.). The Goetia: The Lesser Key of Solomon the King (1904).
- Joseph H. Peterson (ed.). The Lesser Key of Solomon (2001).
- Thomas Rudd (manuscript), ed. Adam McLean. Dr. Rudd's Treatise on Angel Magic (c. 1650 (2007 ed.)).
- Michael W. Ford. The Luciferian Goetia (2007).