The Seventy-Two Spirits · 11

Gusion

Questions, quarrels and honours fall within Gusion’s office. This strong duke explains past, present and future, reconciles friendships and grants dignities. Forty legions are under his command. [1]

Goetia 1904

Spirit profile

Rank: Duke [1]
Attributed Office: Knowing past, present and future, resolving questions, reconciling friendships, and giving honour and dignity. [1]
Legion Count: 40 legions. [1]
Description of the Entity: The text calls the appearance a Xenopilus without defining that term. [1]

A dark, shrouded form occupies a recessed arched doorway; its face and anatomy are obscured. — **Artistic interpretation** Gusion.

Four flared uprights end in four hanging rings beneath a double bar, with long curled outer supports. — **Source reproduction** Gusion's printed character, figure 12. Goetia, 1904.

Answers, friendships and honours

Gusion tells of past, present and future and shows the meaning and resolution of the questions put to him. His other gifts concern relationships and standing: he reconciles friendships and gives honour and dignity. The Goetia describes him as a great, strong duke with forty legions. [1]

Gusoin and Xenophilus

Scot names the duke Gusoin and calls his appearance Xenophilus. The 1904 edition prints Gusion and Xenopilus. Neither account identifies a familiar creature behind the term. [1][2]

Sources and editions

The Book of the Goetia of Solomon the King — entry 11: Gusion
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, entry 11; printed p. 15, PDF p. 12
The Discoverie of Witchcraft · Gusoin
Reginald Scot, The Discoverie of Witchcraft (1584); Brinsley Nicholson’s reprint of the first edition (1886), Project Gutenberg transcription. Book XV, chapter II, Gusoin; 1886 reprint page 315

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