Kimaris
Kimaris is the sixty-sixth of the 72 spirits catalogued in the Ars Goetia, the first section of the Lemegeton. He is described with the title of Marquis according to the text. In several editions and manuscripts his name also appears spelled Cimejes or Cimeies — one of many spelling variations common to the catalog's names.
Last reviewed: 2026-07-20
Historical fact
In Mathers' edition (1904), Kimaris is described as appearing in the form of a valiant warrior, riding upon a fine, strong black horse. The text associates him with rulership over all spirits in the parts of Africa — one of the catalog's few explicit geographic attributions. The manuscript also attributes to him the perfect teaching of grammar, logic, and rhetoric, along with the discovery of things lost or hidden, including treasures.
Interpretation — Solomonic Tradition (Mathers/Crowley, 1904)
In Mathers' edition, published with commentary by Aleister Crowley, Kimaris holds the catalog's sixty-sixth position and is described as a Marquis, commanding 20 legions of spirits according to the text. He is listed with attributes of rhetorical and linguistic knowledge — grammar, logic, and rhetoric — also associated with the discovery of hidden or lost things, as described 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, pairs each of the 72 spirits in the catalog — including Kimaris — with a corresponding angel drawn from the Kabbalistic Shem HaMephorash system (72 divine names), as a structural restraining/governing counterpart, an element absent from Mathers' edition. The consulted sources offer no reliable confirmation of which specific angel name Rudd assigned to Kimaris; the general pairing practice, however, is well documented in Joseph Peterson's research on the Rudd manuscripts.
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 powers obedient to a higher divine authority, but as psychological archetypes internal to the practitioner, to be consciously integrated. In this key, the image of Kimaris as a warrior mounted on a black horse is reinterpreted as the archetype of disciplined will advancing across one's own inner territory, and his geographic rulership over parts of Africa is read symbolically as sovereignty over as-yet-unexplored regions of the psyche. His teaching of grammar, logic, and rhetoric is interpreted as the conscious mastery of language as a tool of self-assertion, while his ability to discover lost or hidden things, including treasures, is read as a metaphor for reclaiming forgotten inner potentials and truths within the practitioner.
This section presents one tradition's interpretation, not a verifiable fact.
Frequently asked questions
- Are Kimaris and Cimejes the same spirit?
- Yes. Kimaris, Cimejes, and Cimeies 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.
- What geographic domain does the text attribute to Kimaris?
- According to Mathers' edition, Kimaris rules over all spirits in the parts of Africa — one of the few explicit geographic attributions among the catalog's 72 spirits.
- Is the Luciferian reading of Kimaris 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).