Art a Fact: Bael the Lion

Art a Fact
Bael in Lion
Summer 2015


This is a nice picture of the Goetia Bael.

Some say he isn't a demon but was added because he looked like a lion, others say Bael was added because Old Testament stories say the ancient figures in history, such as King Darius and King David, had to fight, and somtimes kill, their ego which is portrayed as a lion, or first ego.

In the Goetia, Bael is listed first in the Lemegaton (Lesser Keys [Ars] of Solomon); thus, adding to the ego assumption of the lion and bravery.

Whatever the story, it is a fact that the bible story of Jesus as Christ, details what DID (physiology) explain about Bael...the warnings, temptations, the satan like character that's seen, and the word "Salvation" that is being offered. It is most likely that early Greek drama portrayed the lion as the male ego and the two (Bael and Christ) collided through the centuries leaving the bible stories in the book and the Goetia characters on stage.