Rank: Duke · Legions: 26 · Element: Water · Direction: South · Enn: An tasa shi Gremory on ca
Gremory, written also Gomory, Gamori, and Gemory, is the fifty-sixth spirit of the Ars Goetia, a strong and powerful Duke who governs twenty-six legions of spirits. She appears in the form of a beautiful woman, with a duchess's crown tied about her waist, riding upon a great camel — and the feminine form is worth marking at once, for she is one of only a very few among the seventy-two who come as a woman rather than a man or a beast. Her offices are three, and they gather around a single theme: she tells of all things past, present, and to come; she reveals treasures that are hidden, and where they lie and what they lie in; and she procures the love of women, both young and old. Set them together and one thing is common to all: each is the finding and the drawing-forth of what is hidden and precious. The buried treasure and the vessel that holds it; the hidden shape of time, what was and what is coming; and the latent, unspoken love waiting to be drawn out — all of these are precious things concealed, and Gremory is the sovereign who uncovers them. She who knows where the gold lies knows also where the love lies and where the future lies, and she is herself, crowned and beautiful, an image of the treasure she reveals. (The older grimoires, formulaic, call her office "his"; but she comes as a woman, and this Vault, like many who work with her, addresses her as she is.)
She is Gremory in many modern books, and Gomory, Gamori, or Gemory in others. She appears in Johann Weyer's Pseudomonarchia Daemonum of 1577, passed into the Ars Goetia as it was gathered into the Lemegeton in the seventeenth century, and was set into modern English by Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers and Aleister Crowley in their 1904 edition. The texts agree on her account: the beautiful woman with the duchess's crown at her waist, the great camel, the telling of things past and to come, the revealing of hidden treasures and where they lie, and the procuring of the love of women young and old — the strong Duke of twenty-six legions.
Gremory comes as a beautiful woman, crowned as a duchess, and this alone sets her apart, for the seventy-two run overwhelmingly to kings and warriors and monstrous beasts, and the spirits who appear as women can be counted on one hand. She is a figure of feminine sovereignty and feminine beauty — crowned, powerful, self-possessed, a duchess in her own right. The grimoire adds a curious and specific detail: her ducal crown is tied not upon her head but about her waist, worn like a girdle. It is one of the small strange particulars the old books are full of, and it may be read as one likes — the sovereignty worn close and low, the crown made an adornment of the body, the mark of rank bound like a treasure at the waist. And she rides a great camel, the beast of the long desert crossing that Uvall too bears, the patient traveller of far distances; the crowned beauty comes not on a warhorse but on the camel that crosses the trackless waste to the far and hidden place — fitting for one whose gift is the finding of what is buried and remote.
That Gremory appears as a woman, and that her love-office is specifically the love of women, has made her, for many who work with her, a spirit especially of and for the feminine. In a grimoire so dominated by male kings and warriors, she stands as a rare feminine sovereignty, and modern practitioners have embraced her accordingly — as a patroness of women, of feminine power and beauty, and of the love between women; she is much beloved in sapphic and queer currents of practice, and by all who seek a feminine spirit in a male-heavy tradition. This Vault honours that reading gladly, for it belongs to the Left-Hand Path's welcome of what the old orthodoxies pushed to the margins. Gremory is the crowned woman of the Goetia, and to those who find in her a mirror or a patroness of their own feminine or their own love, she is a treasure indeed.
Among her offices Gremory reveals treasures that are hidden — and, the grimoire specifies with unusual precision, where they lie and what they lie in, the very place and vessel of the buried thing. She is the finder of the concealed and precious: the treasure in the ground, the hidden hoard, the valuable thing lost or buried or kept out of sight. This Vault holds the office, as it holds all such, in both its literal and its inward sense. Literally, she is sought to find what is hidden and of worth. Inwardly and more deeply, the hidden treasure she reveals is the buried worth — the value in oneself or in one's life that lies unseen and unclaimed, the gift one has forgotten one holds, the precious thing covered over by the years. Gremory shows where it lies and what it lies in, so that it may be dug up and claimed. She is the spirit who says: the treasure is there, and here is where to find it.
Gremory procures the love of women, young and old — all women, across every age — and this Vault holds it, as it holds every love-office in the book, to a single firm ethic: love is drawn, never compelled. A love forced upon a person against their will is not love but a cage, worthless and harmful to both. What Gremory rightly gives is the drawing-forth of love that might genuinely grow: the uncovering of the latent affection, the opening of the way, the removal of what holds two apart when the feeling could be real — love treated, like her treasure, as a precious hidden thing to be found and drawn out, not seized. Given her own feminine form, her love-office has a particular resonance for the love between women and for women seeking love, and modern practice has long read it so; but it is worked, in the end, for the honest drawing of real affection by anyone who comes to her rightly. Come to Gremory to become more able to be loved and to draw a true love toward you; never to bind a particular person against their choosing.
Gremory tells, besides, of all things past, present, and to come — the full office of divination — and in her it belongs with the rest, for time too has its hidden things. The past that shaped a matter, the true present hidden beneath appearances, the future still concealed in what is coming: these are treasures of knowledge buried in time, and Gremory, the revealer of the hidden, uncovers them as she uncovers the gold in the ground. Her sight of the times is of a piece with her whole nature — the bringing to light of what is concealed.
Draw her offices together and Gremory stands revealed as the sovereign of the hidden treasure in every sense. The gold buried in the earth, the love buried in a heart, the truth buried in time — all are precious things concealed, and all are hers to find and to draw forth. She knows where the treasure lies, and the love, and the future, and she brings each up into the light for the one who seeks it rightly. And she is herself the image of what she gives: crowned, beautiful, precious, the treasure and the finder of treasure in one. This is the unity beneath her three gifts, and the key to working with her — to come seeking what is hidden and of worth, whether it be gold, or knowledge, or love.
Gremory is placed in the element of Water and the quarter of the South — Water for the depth of feeling in her love-office and for the sea-born nature of her planet. For the planetary correspondence this Vault reads her, unmistakably, under Venus, and of all the Venusian spirits in the book she is the most purely and directly so. Venus is the planet of beauty and of love, of the feminine, of desire and attraction — and Gremory is the beautiful woman who procures love, Venus made a spirit and set before you. Venus rules, too, the precious and lovely things, the gems and treasures of worth that Gremory reveals. Where Uvall wore Venus as the reconciler, Astaroth as the fallen evening-star goddess, and Camio as the harmony of the living world, Gremory wears Venus at its centre and its plainest: beauty, love, the feminine, and the precious, gathered in one crowned and lovely form. Venus, sea-born from the foam, is at home in her watery element. Set her metal as copper, her day as Friday, and her colours the rose-gold of her beauty and the pearl of her hidden treasure. These correspondences are read as symbolic rather than handed down as documented tradition; the grimoires give only her element, her form, and her offices, and the Venusian reading follows plainly from the beauty, the love, and the precious things at the heart of them.
In the old demonology Gremory is a well-regarded and much-noticed spirit, marked especially by her beautiful feminine form — a rarity that drew comment from the beginning — and by her useful offices of treasure-finding, divination, and love. Weyer and the Ars Goetia give the same account: the crowned woman on the great camel, the hidden treasures and where they lie, the love of women, the telling of things to come. Later commentators have noted the curiosity of the crown worn at the waist and the significance of one of the few feminine figures in a male-dominated book. She is a Duke held in genuine regard, and worked with warmth.
Carried into the modern revival through the 1904 Mathers and Crowley edition, Gremory is worked today chiefly for love, for the finding of what is hidden and of worth, and for divination — and, notably, as one of the most beloved feminine spirits of the whole tradition. Modern practitioners cherish her as a patroness of women and of feminine power and love, embrace her warmly in sapphic and queer practice, read her treasure-finding as the uncovering of buried worth outward and inward, and hold her love-work to the consent-minded ethic this Vault shares. She remains a beautiful, warm, and much-loved Duke, sought for the precious things she brings to light.
Gremory is beautiful, warm, and revealing — the crowned woman on the great camel, the sovereign of the hidden treasure in gold and love and time alike. She uncovers what is buried and precious and draws it into the light: the hoard in the ground, the love in the heart, the truth in what is coming. She is a rare feminine power in a male-heavy book, a patroness to those who seek the feminine or the love of women, and an image, in herself, of the treasure she reveals. Met with warmth and respect, and with a genuine wish to find what is truly of worth — to draw love rather than seize it, and to claim the treasure honestly — she is among the loveliest and most beloved of all the spirits of the Goetia, the crowned finder of precious and hidden things.
The grimoires give Gremory a single, striking form: a beautiful woman, crowned as a duchess -- but with the ducal crown tied about her waist rather than upon her head, worn like a girdle, one of the curious and specific details the old books delight in -- riding upon a great camel, the patient beast of the long desert crossing. She is one of the very few of the seventy-two to appear as a woman, a figure of feminine sovereignty and beauty, crowned and self-possessed. Those who work with her describe a warm, beautiful, gracious, and notably approachable presence, feminine and dignified, often felt with an air of the precious and the adorned -- the sense of a crowned lady rather than a fierce king or a monstrous beast. It is among the gentlest and most welcoming manifestations in the book, and many remark on the beauty and the warmth of her coming.
Enn: An tasa shi Gremory on ca
Working with Gremory is working with the crowned woman of the Goetia -- the beautiful, warm, feminine Duke who is the sovereign of the hidden treasure in gold and love and time alike. She uncovers what is buried and precious and draws it into the light, and she does it with a grace and warmth that make her among the most welcoming of all the spirits. This Vault comes to her to find what is truly of worth -- hidden treasure outward or inward, true love drawn and not seized, the concealed truth of time -- with warmth, respect, and an honest seeking. What follows is a guide built around that seeking.
Come to Gremory with warmth and respect, as to a gracious and beautiful sovereign, for she is among the most approachable of the spirits and answers warmth in kind. Cleanse yourself and the space, and set her seal at the centre of the working. Where the correspondences are followed, the Venusian suits her: rose-gold and pearl, the metal copper, the hours of Venus and of Friday, and the offering of something beautiful or precious -- a flower, a gem, a lovely thing -- suits her nature. Then open the way by reciting her Enn -- An tasa shi Gremory on ca -- steadily, and let a warm, beautiful, gracious presence gather, the crowned lady on her great camel.
For her gift of treasure, come to Gremory with what you seek to find -- and know that treasure has more than one meaning to her. Literally, ask her to reveal what is hidden and of worth, and where it lies. Inwardly and more deeply, ask her to uncover the buried treasure of your own life: the worth in yourself you have not seen or claimed, the gift you had forgotten you hold, the precious thing covered over by the years. Ask her to show you where it lies and what it lies in -- what covers it, what holds it -- so that you may dig it up and claim it. This inward treasure-finding is among her most valuable gifts, for the richest hoard is often the one buried in oneself.
For her love-office, hold firmly to the ethic that governs all love-work in this Vault: draw, never compel. Come to Gremory to draw forth a love that might genuinely grow -- to uncover a latent affection, to open the way between yourself and another, to become more able to love and be loved -- treating love as she treats treasure, a precious hidden thing to be found and drawn out, never seized. Given her feminine form, she is especially resonant for the love between women and for women seeking love, and may be called upon warmly in that spirit; but she works the honest drawing of real affection for any who come rightly. Never ask her to bind a particular person against their will, for that is a cage and not a love, and it is beneath the grace of the spirit and the seeker both.
To ask Gremory's divination, bring a real question of past, present, or future, and ask her to bring the hidden truth of it to light -- for time too holds its buried treasures, and she uncovers them as she uncovers the gold. Take what she shows as counsel to be weighed and understood, and let it join the rest of her revealing: the bringing to light of what was concealed.
Practitioners describe Gremory's presence as warm, beautiful, and gracious, notably gentle and welcoming, often with an air of the precious and the adorned. When she has heard, her help tends to arrive as an uncovering -- a hidden thing coming to light, a buried worth suddenly seen, a latent love beginning to stir and open, a concealed truth becoming plain. Look for the bringing-to-light of something precious that was hidden. Keep a written record of what she reveals, for her gifts are treasures worth marking and returning to.
Work with Gremory in the spirit of her own grace. Draw love, never compel it; seek the treasure honestly, whether of gold or of the self, and claim it rightly. Meet her with the warmth and respect due a gracious sovereign, and do not mistake her gentleness for weakness -- she is a strong and powerful Duke. Honour, especially, her feminine sovereignty and what she means to those who find in her a patroness of the feminine or of their own love. She is the crowned finder of hidden and precious things, among the loveliest and most beloved of all the spirits of the Goetia, and to the seeker who comes with warmth and an honest wish to find what is truly of worth, she brings the precious thing, wherever it lies, up into the light.