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#19 · Duke

Sallos

The 19th of the seventy-two, a duke. Causes love between man and woman (peaceable). In the language of this path, Sallos is a shadow pole — worked only with its angel, Leuviah.

The 1904 Goetia seal of Sallos
The seal of Sallos — from Mathers & Crowley, The Goetia (1904). Public domain.
RankDuke
Number19 of the 72
Legions30
DirectionWest (modern correspondence tables; varies by source)
Also calledSaleos · Zaleos · Saleos
Angel (light pole)Leuviah — Shem #19

What the grimoires say

In the 1904 Goetia, Sallos is a Duke governing 30 legions. Causes love between man and woman (peaceable).

A gallant soldier riding a crocodile, wearing a ducal crown, and behaving peaceably. A great and mighty Duke over 30 legions.

“The Nineteenth Spirit is called Sallos (or Saleos). He is a Great and Mighty Duke, and appeareth in the form of a gallant Soldier, riding on a Crocodile, with a Ducal Crown on his head, but peaceably. He causeth the Love of Women to Men, and of Men to Women; and governeth 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, Sallos's traditional office turns on love and mutual attraction between partners. 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 Leuviah; met together, behind protection, Sallos 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.

CorrespondenceValueWhere it comes from
Tarot2 of Swords (Libra 0-10 deg); Rudd system gives 2 of Cupsmodern / Golden Dawn decan; varies by system
Zodiac / decanLibra 1st decan (0-10 deg), day demon; Rudd system places him in Cancer 0-5 degmodern (Connolly / Golden Dawn); differs from Rudd
PlanetVenusmodern correspondence table (fits his love/attraction domain)
DayFridaymodern correspondence table
ElementEarthmodern Demonolatry (Goetic Impressions); Golden Dawn decan would give Water
MetalCoppermodern correspondence table
Candle colourGreenmodern correspondence table
IncenseSandalwoodmodern correspondence table
AnimalCrocodiletraditional / grimoire appearance
Date-windowSep 23-Oct 2 (Connolly) / Jun 22-26 (Runyon)modern demon-calendar; varies by source

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

“Serena Alora Sallos Aken" — MODERN”

Making a connection

Gathered from what practitioners report, put plainly — a starting point, not a rule:

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, Leuviah (Shem angel #19), 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 gentlest love lasts longest, because nothing had to break for it.”