Gaap

The 33rd of the seventy-two, a president and prince. Teaches the sciences. In the language of this path, Gaap is a shadow pole — worked only with its angel, Yehuiah.

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

Rank	President & Prince
Number	33 of the 72
Legions	66
Direction	East
Also called	Goap · Tap · Coap · Gääp
Angel (light pole)	Yehuiah — Shem #33

What the grimoires say

In the 1904 Goetia, Gaap is a President & Prince governing 66 legions. Teaches the sciences; causes love or hate; transports men swiftly.

A Great President and Mighty Prince who manifests in human form, appearing (per the grimoire) when the sun is in the southern zodiac signs, typically led before the operator by four powerful kings.

“The Thirty-third Spirit is Gäap. He is a Great President and a Mighty Prince. He appeareth when the Sun is in some of the Southern Signs, in a Human Shape. He maketh Men Insensible or Ignorant; also Knowing in Philosophy and the Liberal Sciences. He can cause Love or Hatred, and teach to consecrate those things that belong to the dominion of AMAYMON. He can carry and re-carry Men very speedily from one Kingdom to another. He ruleth over 66 Legions of Spirits. (Mathers/Crowley, Goetia, 1904 — public domain)”— Mathers & Crowley, The Goetia (1904), public domain

The shadow it carries

Stripped to the bone, Gaap's traditional office turns on astral travel and swift movement between states of mind or 'kingdoms'. 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 Yehuiah; met together, behind protection, Gaap 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	7 of Swords	Golden Dawn decan system / Crowley 777 (Aquarius decan 3 = Moon in Aquarius)
Zodiac/decan	Aquarius 20-30 degrees (3rd decan)	Golden Dawn decan mapping
Planet	Mercury / Jupiter (dual, per his President+Prince rank)	modern correspondence (rank-based)
Day	Wednesday / Thursday	modern correspondence (follows Mercury/Jupiter)
Element	Air	modern Demonolatry tables
Metal	Mercury / Tin	modern correspondence (follows planet)
Candle colour	Orange / blue	modern correspondence tables
Incense	Storax / cedar	modern correspondence tables
Plant	No fixed traditional attribution	varies by source
Animal	None fixed (human-form spirit)	grimoire (no animal form)
Date-window	Feb 9-18	Golden Dawn decan calendar (Aquarius decan 3)

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

“Deyan Anay Tasa Gaap" — MODERN Demonolatry enn”

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 orange candle, a wednesday, 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 Gaap with philosophy and the liberal sciences; deepening or lifting ignorance, shifting emotional currents — kindling love or dissolving attachment. 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, Yehuiah (Shem angel #33), 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.

“One wind carries you toward a thing or away — set your sail on purpose.”