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The Brass VesselMila'sExotic Plants & CuriositiesA living collection by Luminary OdditiesThe Seventy-Two Spirits · 24
Teaching arts and sciences, especially rhetoric, and restoring lost dignities and honours. [1]
Goetia 1904
Scot’s Naberius, also named Cerberus, appears as a crow and speaks with a hoarse voice. The 1904 Goetia instead specifies a black crane moving about the circle. Nineteen legions and a particular gift for rhetoric occur in both accounts. [2][1]
There is a notable reversal in the social office. Scot’s printed account says that Naberius causes the loss of prelacies and dignities; the Goetia says that he restores lost dignities and honours. The contrast affects the purpose attributed to the spirit, while the emphasis on eloquence and the arts remains closely related. [2][1]
S. L. MacGregor Mathers, translated; Aleister Crowley, edited, The Book of the Goetia of Solomon the King (1904), first-edition facsimile supplied by Keep Silence. Shemhamphorash, numbered catalogue entry 24, Naberius; facsimile PDF page 15 (PDF index includes three preliminary plates)
Full passage · accessed 2026-10-10Reginald Scot, The Discoverie of Witchcraft (1584); Brinsley Nicholson’s reprint of the first edition (1886), Project Gutenberg transcription. Book XV, chapter II, Naberius; 1886 reprint page 316
Full passage · accessed 2026-10-10