Goetic spirit
Dantalion
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Dantalion is a Goetic duke associated with arts and sciences, hidden counsel, thoughts, emotional influence, and many-faced imagery.
Dantalion is a Goetic duke of knowledge, hidden counsel, thought, and many faces.
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At a glance
- In the Goetia
- Spirit 71 of 72, a duke
- Source text
- The Lesser Key of Solomon (Ars Goetia)
- Found in
- Demons & Fallen Beings
- Related
- Demon, Fallen Angel, Spiritual Warfare, Discernment
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The story behind Dantalion
The Lesser Key describes Dantalion as a many-faced figure holding a book, knowing thoughts and teaching arts and sciences.
The spiritual meaning of Dantalion
Spiritually, Dantalion asks whether curiosity about another mind has become trespass.
Dantalion in practice: an example
Symbolically, Dantalion can represent the desire to know what others think instead of asking with courage.
Where readings of Dantalion go wrong
The usual misreading is to use Dantalion lore to justify obsession, surveillance, love manipulation, or thought-control fantasies.
Sources and editorial method
This entry summarizes the tradition in the Almanac's own words; where no source is listed, it is an editorial summary rather than a primary text, and symbolic readings are named as the tradition's, not as fact.
Recorded here as history and lore. No rite is taught on this page.
- Source
- The Great Almanac Dictionary
- Category
- Demons & Fallen Beings
- Last updated
- 2026-09-26
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Who is Dantalion?
Dantalion is a Goetic duke associated with arts and sciences, hidden counsel, thoughts, emotional influence, and many-faced imagery.
What number is Dantalion in the Goetia?
In the Ars Goetia, the first book of the Lesser Key of Solomon, Dantalion is spirit number 71 of 72, ranked as a duke. The Lesser Key describes Dantalion as a many-faced figure holding a book, knowing thoughts and teaching arts and sciences.
What does Dantalion mean spiritually?
Spiritually, Dantalion asks whether curiosity about another mind has become trespass.
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