#40 · Earl

Raum

The 40th of the seventy-two, an earl. Steals treasure. In the language of this path, Raum is a shadow pole — worked only with its angel, Ieiazel.

What the grimoires say

In the 1904 Goetia, Raum is an Earl governing 30 legions. Steals treasure; destroys cities and dignities; tells time; procures love.

A Great Earl who first appears as a crow and, on command, takes human form. He is said to steal treasure from the houses of kings and carry it where directed, to tear down cities and the dignities/status of men, to tell of past, present and future, and to reconcile enemies into friends. The Goetia notes he was formerly of the angelic Order of Thrones. No confirmed public-domain figure engraving exists.

“The Fortieth Spirit is Raum. He is a Great Earl; and appeareth at first in the Form of a Crow, but after the Command of the Exorcist he putteth on Human Shape. His office is to steal Treasures out of King's Houses, and to carry it whither he is commanded, and to destroy Cities and Dignities of Men, and to tell all things, Past, and What Is, and what Will Be; and to cause Love between Friends and Foes. He was of the Order of Thrones. He governeth 30 Legions of Spirits.”— Mathers & Crowley, The Goetia (1904), public domain

The shadow it carries

Stripped to the bone, Raum's traditional office turns on tearing down what must fall: dismantling reputations, obstacles or oppressive structures. 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 Ieiazel; met together, behind protection, Raum 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.

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

“Furca na alle laris Raum”

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 or green 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 Raum with recovery and 'theft': reclaiming what was taken, or moving resources covertly, divination across past, present and future. 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.

“What is taken by force is only borrowed against a heavier debt.”