Bathin

The 18th of the seventy-two, a duke. Virtues of herbs and stones. In the language of this path, Bathin is a shadow pole — worked only with its angel, Caliel.

Rank	Duke
Number	18 of the 72
Legions	30
Direction	East (modern correspondence tables; varies by source)
Also called	Bathym · Bathin · Bathim · Mathim · Marthim
Angel (light pole)	Caliel — Shem #18

What the grimoires say

In the 1904 Goetia, Bathin is a Duke governing 30 legions. Virtues of herbs and stones; transports men swiftly between countries.

A strong man with a serpent's tail, seated on a pale-coloured horse. A mighty Duke over 30 legions.

“The Eighteenth Spirit is Bathin. He is a Mighty and Strong Duke, and appeareth like a strong man with the tail of a Serpent, sitting upon a Pale-Coloured Horse. He knoweth the Virtues of Herbs and Precious Stones, and can transport men suddenly from one Country to another. He ruleth over 30 Legions of Spirits. (Mathers/Crowley, Goetia, 1904 — public domain)”— Mathers & Crowley, The Goetia (1904), public domain

The shadow it carries

Stripped to the bone, Bathin's traditional office turns on knowledge of herbs and precious/healing stones — plant and mineral lore. 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 Caliel; met together, behind protection, Bathin 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	10 of Pentacles (Virgo 20-30 deg); Rudd system gives 10 of Swords	modern / Golden Dawn decan; varies by system
Zodiac / decan	Virgo 3rd decan (20-30 deg), day demon; Rudd system places him in Gemini 25-30 deg	modern (Connolly / Golden Dawn); differs from Rudd
Planet	Venus	modern correspondence table
Day	Friday	modern correspondence table
Element	Earth	modern Demonolatry (Goetic Impressions); Golden Dawn decan would give Air
Metal	Copper	modern correspondence table
Candle colour	Green	modern correspondence table
Incense	Sandalwood	modern correspondence table
Plant	Herbs generally (he is said to know the virtues of herbs)	traditional / grimoire theme
Animal	Serpent (tail) and pale horse	traditional / grimoire appearance
Date-window	Sep 12-22 (Connolly) / Jun 16-21 (Runyon)	modern demon-calendar; varies by source

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

“Dyen Pretore on ca Bathin" — MODERN”

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 green candle, a friday, 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 Bathin with sudden movement and astral travel (transporting men between countries), approached through the seal and enn with a focused intent to learn or to move quickly. 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, Caliel (Shem angel #18), 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. 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 far country is only a thought away — the trick is choosing which thought.”