Andras Comes Out Swinging
By James Donahue
When evoked, this spirit appeared in a battle stance and brandishing a sword. Andras, who looks more like an insect than the angelic appearing entity the old magicians described, does not seem to be a being I would want to meet on a battlefield or in a dark alley.
The mystics said Andras "appears as an angel with a raven head." The only thing slightly angelic about this demon is that he has wings. His head does not seem to look like that of a bird, but then to each their own. It was said he always rode a wolf and carried a sword in his right hand.
Well over a century ago, Collin de Plancy wrote that Andras rides a black wolf and has the head of an owl. As the sixty-third Spirit of the Goetia, he is ranked as a grand marquess who commands 30 legions of demons. He likes to escalate quarrels and discord where ever he appears.
If you don't believe that Andras is a mean spirit, read the following words, penned by S. L. MacGregor Mathers: "Andras sows discord and may slay the invoker and his fellows.
I suspect this is why there is so little known about Andras. There were few magicians who evoked him and lived to tell about it.
By James Donahue
When evoked, this spirit appeared in a battle stance and brandishing a sword. Andras, who looks more like an insect than the angelic appearing entity the old magicians described, does not seem to be a being I would want to meet on a battlefield or in a dark alley.
The mystics said Andras "appears as an angel with a raven head." The only thing slightly angelic about this demon is that he has wings. His head does not seem to look like that of a bird, but then to each their own. It was said he always rode a wolf and carried a sword in his right hand.
Well over a century ago, Collin de Plancy wrote that Andras rides a black wolf and has the head of an owl. As the sixty-third Spirit of the Goetia, he is ranked as a grand marquess who commands 30 legions of demons. He likes to escalate quarrels and discord where ever he appears.
If you don't believe that Andras is a mean spirit, read the following words, penned by S. L. MacGregor Mathers: "Andras sows discord and may slay the invoker and his fellows.
I suspect this is why there is so little known about Andras. There were few magicians who evoked him and lived to tell about it.