Haagenti
Haagenti is the 48th of the 72 spirits catalogued in the Ars Goetia, the first section of the Lemegeton. He is described with the title of President according to the text.
Last reviewed: 2026-07-20
Historical fact
In Mathers' edition (1904), Haagenti is described as appearing in the form of a bull with griffin's wings, changing into human shape at the text operator's request. The manuscript attributes to him the ability to make men wise, teaching them various sciences, and narrates that he can turn wine into water and water into wine, as well as turn metals into gold — documentary descriptions of the traits narrated for the spirit, not indications of use.
Interpretation — Solomonic Tradition (Mathers/Crowley, 1904)
In Mathers' edition, published with commentary by Aleister Crowley, Haagenti holds the catalog's 48th position and is described as a President, commanding 33 legions of spirits according to the text. He is listed with the attributes of making men wise, teaching sciences, and transforming substances — wine into water, water into wine, and metals into gold — as narrated 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 Haagenti, 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 Haagenti 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), reinterpret the 72 spirits not as external entities to be commanded by invoking a higher divine authority — the Solomonic model — but as archetypal masks or psychological currents representing aspects of the practitioner's own consciousness, integrated in service of self-deification. In this reading, Haagenti's attributed capacity to turn wine into water, water into wine, and metals into gold is reinterpreted as a symbol of inner alchemical transmutation — the practitioner's own transformation over the course of their development — while his attribute of making men wise and teaching sciences represents the illumination and self-knowledge sought as part of that process.
This section presents one tradition's interpretation, not a verifiable fact.
Frequently asked questions
- What form does the text attribute to Haagenti?
- According to Mathers' edition, Haagenti appears in the form of a bull with griffin's wings, changing into human shape at the text operator's request.
- What powers does the text attribute to Haagenti?
- The manuscript describes Haagenti as able to make men wise, teach various sciences, turn wine into water and water into wine, and turn metals into gold — traits narrated in the text, not usage instructions.
- Is the Luciferian reading of Haagenti 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).