Naberius

The 24th of the seventy-two, a marquis. Makes cunning in arts and rhetoric. In the language of this path, Naberius is a shadow pole — worked only with its angel, Haheuiah.

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

Rank	Marquis
Number	24 of the 72
Legions	19
Direction	East (modern attribution; classical Goetia does not fix a direction per spirit)
Also called	Cerberus · Cerbere · Naberus · Naberrus · Nebiros (sometimes conflated)
Angel (light pole)	Haheuiah — Shem #24

What the grimoires say

In the 1904 Goetia, Naberius is a Marquis governing 19 legions. Makes cunning in arts and rhetoric; restores lost dignities.

The 1904 Goetia describes him showing as a black crane (or crow) that flutters about the circle and speaks in a rough, hoarse voice. The 1863 Dictionnaire Infernal instead pictures him as a three-headed dog, tying him to the Cerberus tradition. A valiant Marquis commanding 19 legions.

“Naberius. He is a most valiant Marquis, and showeth in the form of a black crane, fluttering over the Circle, and when he speaketh it is with a hoarse voice. He maketh men cunning in all Arts, and especially in Rhetoric. He restoreth lost dignities and honours. He governeth 19 Legions of Spirits.”— Mathers & Crowley, The Goetia (1904), public domain

The shadow it carries

Stripped to the bone, Naberius's traditional office turns on eloquence and skill in rhetoric and public speaking. 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 Haheuiah; met together, behind protection, Naberius 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 Cups	Golden Dawn / Rudd decan system (Scorpio 3rd decan)
Zodiac / decan	Scorpio 20-30 degrees	Golden Dawn decan attribution of the 72 spirits
Planet	Moon	modern correspondence table (Joy of Satan / Tikaboo); varies
Day	Monday	modern (follows Moon attribution)
Element	Air (Golden Dawn) / Fire (Agrippa)	varies by source
Metal	Silver	modern (follows Moon)
Candle colour	Violet / purple	modern correspondence table
Incense	Jasmine	modern correspondence table
Plant	Ash	modern (V.K. Jehannum / practitioner attribution)
Animal	Crane / crow (and dog, via Cerberus form)	from grimoire appearance
Date-window	Nov 13 - Nov 22	modern Demonolatry calendar (Tikaboo/Connolly)

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

“Eyan tasa volocur Naberius”

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 violet candle, a monday, 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 Naberius with restoring lost honours, dignity and damaged reputation after disgrace, recovering confidence and social standing. 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, Haheuiah (Shem angel #24), 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.

“A name you lost can be earned back — but only by the thing you actually are.”