#14 · Marquis
Leraje
The 14th of the seventy-two, a marquis. Causes battles and contests. In the language of this path, Leraje is a shadow pole — worked only with its angel, Mebahel.
| Rank | Marquis |
| Number | 14 of the 72 |
| Legions | 30 |
| Direction | South |
| Also called | Leraie · Loray · Oray · Leraikha |
| Angel (light pole) | Mebahel — Shem #14 |
What the grimoires say
In the 1904 Goetia, Leraje is a Marquis governing 30 legions. Causes battles and contests; makes arrow-wounds putrefy.
The 1904 Goetia shows him as a gallant archer clad in green, carrying a bow and quiver. A Great Marquis, connected in the text to the sign Sagittarius.
“The Fourteenth Spirit is called Leraje (or Leraie). He is a Marquis Great in Power, showing himself in the likeness of an Archer clad in Green, and carrying a Bow and Quiver. He causeth all great Battles and Contests; and maketh wounds to putrefy that are made with Arrows by Archers. This belongeth unto Sagittary. He governeth 30 Legions of Spirits.”— Mathers & Crowley, The Goetia (1904), public domain
The shadow it carries
Stripped to the bone, Leraje's traditional office turns on victory in conflict, competition and contests. 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 Mebahel; met together, behind protection, Leraje 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 | Six of Wands | Golden Dawn decan system (modern) |
| Zodiac / Decan | Leo 10-20 degrees | Golden Dawn decan system (modern) |
| Planet | Jupiter / Mars (sources differ) | varies by source (modern) |
| Element | Fire (Golden Dawn); Earth per Agrippa | varies by source |
| Metal | Silver / iron (sources differ) | varies by source (modern) |
| Candle colour | Purple | modern Demonolatry |
| Incense | Jasmine | modern Demonolatry |
| Date-window | August 2 - 11 | modern Demonolatry (Connolly) |
Its modern Enn — a chant from the Demonolatry current, not found in any grimoire:
“Caymen vefa Leraje”
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 purple candle, 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 Leraje with courage, decisiveness and cutting through obstacles, martial focus and sporting / competitive drive. Name what you actually want, and ask — don’t demand.
- Journal before and after, and treat everything as your own experience, not fixed doctrine.
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.
“Every arrow you loose in anger looks for a way back to you.”