Amon

The 7th of the seventy-two, a marquis. Tells past and future. In the language of this path, Amon is a shadow pole — worked only with its angel, Achaiah.

Amon as engraved by Louis Le Breton — Amon — Louis Le Breton engraving, de Plancy’s *Dictionnaire Infernal* (1863). Public domain.

Rank	Marquis
Number	7 of the 72
Legions	40
Direction	East — modern attribution derived from Amon's Air/Gemini decan association; the historical grimoires (Weyer, 1904 Goetia, de Plancy) assign him no direction.
Also called	Aamon · Ammon · Aamón · Nabam (occasional variant reading)
Angel (light pole)	Achaiah — Shem #7

What the grimoires say

In the 1904 Goetia, Amon is a Marquis governing 40 legions. Tells past and future; procures love; reconciles feuds.

Depicted as a fire-breathing wolf with a serpent's tail that, at the operator's command, takes a human form crowned with a raven's head (an owl's head in de Plancy's 1863 edition) and set with dog-like teeth.

“The Seventh Spirit is Amon. He is a Marquis great in power, and most stern. He appeareth like a Wolf with a Serpent's tail, vomiting out of his mouth flames of fire; but at the command of the Magician he putteth on the shape of a Man with Dog's teeth beset in a head like a Raven; or else like a Man with a Raven's head (simply). He telleth all things Past and to Come. He procureth feuds and reconcileth controversies between friends. He governeth 40 Legions of Spirits. His Seal is this which is to be worn as a Lamen, etc.”— Mathers & Crowley, The Goetia (1904), public domain

The shadow it carries

Stripped to the bone, Amon's traditional office turns on reconciliation — mending quarrels and restoring broken friendships (from the grimoire attribute of reconciling controversies between friends). Read plainly, that is a real human force; in the language of this path its raw, unowned form is a shadow pole. Its shadow is what that force does when it runs you from the dark; its gold is the same force — seen, owned, governed.

You never reach for it alone. Its light pole is the angel Achaiah; met together, behind protection, Amon becomes a disowned part of yourself approached while the light is already in the room.

Correspondences

A word of honesty first: almost none of the table below is from the old grimoires. The rank, legions, direction and office are traditional; the planet, day, colour, tarot, incense and the Enn are modern attributions (mostly 20th–21st-century Demonolatry and correspondence compilations), and the sources openly disagree. Use them as a working frame, not as law.

Correspondence	Value	Where it comes from
Tarot	Eight of Swords	Modern — Golden Dawn decan attribution (Gemini first decan = 8 of Swords).
Zodiac / decan	Gemini 0°–10° (first decan of Gemini), as day/diurnal spirit	Modern — Crowley/Golden Dawn assignment of the 72 spirits to the 36 decans; not in the historical grimoires.
Planet	Jupiter (decan ruler)	Modern — Chaldean decan-ruler of Gemini I; correspondence tables vary (some lists give Sun or Mars).
Day	Thursday	Modern — follows from the Jupiter attribution; not traditional.
Element	Air	Modern — via the Gemini (Air) decan attribution.
Metal	Tin	Modern — via the Jupiter planetary attribution.
Candle colour	Black (some traditions use dark red or blue)	Modern contemporary-practice — varies by practitioner; absent from the historical grimoires.
Incense	Frankincense (Jupiter-type resins such as cedar also used)	Modern contemporary-practice — varies by source; not grimoire-specified.
Plant	Oak / sage (Jupiter herbs)	Modern contemporary-practice — derived from planetary herbals; varies.
Animal	Wolf and raven (owl in de Plancy)	Historical — drawn directly from the grimoire descriptions of his forms.
Date-window	c. 21–31 May	Modern — corresponds to the Gemini first-decan date range under the decan attribution.

Its modern Enn — a chant from the Demonolatry current, not found in any grimoire:

“Avage Secore Amon Ninan”

Making a connection

Gathered from what practitioners report, put plainly — a starting point, not a rule:

Sit with the seal above as the first meeting-place: trace it, hold it in the mind’s eye, and let impressions arrive without grabbing at them.
Set a gentle frame. Keep it simple — a black candle, a thursday, a little incense, a moment of quiet. If you work the Demonolatry current, chant the Enn softly — more like settling than commanding.
Bring the real theme. Practitioners associate Amon with discord — conversely, the same passage credits him with procuring feuds, divination — knowledge of events past and to come. Name what you actually want, and ask — don’t demand.
Journal before and after, and treat everything as your own experience, not fixed doctrine.

Never alone — the angel first. This is a shadow pole, and the whole discipline of this path is that you never reach for one by itself. Call its angel, Achaiah (Shem angel #7), first; work behind protection, inside a cast circle; and witness, don't become. If you have not yet read it, start with The Goetic Spirits — Safely. This is advanced work and it is not a substitute for mental-health care.

Rank, legions, direction and office are from the public-domain grimoires (Weyer 1577; Mathers & Crowley, The Goetia, 1904). Images are public domain: the 1904 seal and Louis Le Breton’s Dictionnaire Infernal engraving (1863). The Enn and the planet/day/colour/tarot correspondences are modern attributions (Demonolatry and compilations), flagged as such; sources disagree, and no copyrighted description or artwork is reproduced. Angel pairing per the Rudd tradition. Take the technique, never the tribe.

“The old enemy and the old lover burn on one fire — it is only which way you turn.”