The Fourth Book of Occult Philosophy

with affable speech, in human form, like an armed soldier, and of a translucent color. Their movement is like a silvery cloud. For a sign, they bring horror to the one invoking them. Their particular forms, however, are:

A King riding a bear.
A beautiful youth.
A woman holding a distaff original: colum; a tool used in spinning thread, often associated with the Fates or domestic labor..
A dog.
A she-bear.
A magpie.
A multi-colored garment.
A wand.
A staff.

Familiar forms of the Spirits of the Moon.

THEY WILL APPEAR for the most part with a large, ample, soft, and phlegmatic body In the "humoral" medical theory of the time, a phlegmatic body was considered cold and moist, which was physically linked to the influence of the Moon and the element of Water.: in color like a dark and gloomy cloud, with a swollen face, eyes red and full of water, a bald head, and boar-like teeth. Their movement is like a great storm at sea. For their sign, there will appear a great rain near the [magical] circle. Their particular forms, however...