Amy (demon)

Amy (also Auns, Hanar, Hanni) is a demon described in demonological grimoires such as the Lesser Key of Solomon[note 1][1] (including Thomas Rudd's version[note 2]),[2] the Pseudomonarchia Daemonum,[note 3][3] and in the Munich Manual of Demonic Magic;[note 4][4][5][6] as well as Jacques Collin de Plancy Dictionnaire Infernal,[7]

Amy is described as a President, appearing initially as a flame before turning to a human form. He is claimed to teach astronomy and liberal arts, give familiars, incite positive reactions from rulers, and (according to all sources except the Munich Manual) reveal treasures. According to all sources, he rules over 36 legions of demons. According to Johann Weyer, he was of both the order of angels and potestates (powers), and holds the futile hope of returning to the seventh heaven after 12 centuries. According to Rudd, Amy is opposed by the Shem HaMephorash angel Ieialel.[8]

Notes
  1. As the fifty-eighth spirit.
  2. As Auns, again fifty-eighth.
  3. As the sixty-first spirit
  4. As Hanni.

References
  1. Lemegeton Clavicula Salomonis: The Lesser Key of Solomon, Detailing the Ceremonial Art of Commanding Spirits Both Good and Evil; ed. Joseph H. Peterson; Weiser Books, Maine; 2001. p.33-36
  2. The Goetia of Dr Rudd; Thomas Rudd, Ed. Stephen Skinner & David Rankine; 2007, Golden Hoard Press. p.160-169
  3. Pseudomonarchia Daemonum (Liber officiorum spirituum); Johann Weyer, ed. Joseph Peterson; 2000. Available online at Esoteric Archives. par 60-69
  4. Forbidden Rites: A Necromancer's Manual of the Fifteenth Century; Richard Kieckhefer; Pennsylvania State University Press, University Park, PA; 1997. P. 165-167 and 291-293
  5. Rudd, ed. Skinner & Rankine, p.34
  6. Introduction by Joseph Peterson to Pseudomonarchia Daemonum (Liber officiorum spirituum); Johann Weyer, ed. Joseph Peterson; 2000. Available online at Esoteric Archives
  7. Dictionnaire infernal: ou Répertoire universel des êtres, des personnages, Jacques Collin de Plancy, 1853, available on Google Books. p.30-39
  8. Rudd, ed. Skinner & Rankine, p.366-376


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