Sigil of Amy
At a glance
- Entry
- 58 of 72
- Rank
- President
- Legions
- 36 in the text
- Also written
- Avnas
Description in the text
Amy is said to teach astrology and the liberal sciences. The entry also credits him with providing familiars and disclosing treasure guarded by spirits.
Read entry 58 on page 41 of the 1916 edition
Appearance
A flame that later takes human form.
Topics attributed to this entry
- Astrology
- Liberal sciences
- Treasure
Reading this entry
Amy, also Avnas, appears as a flame before becoming human. The president teaches astrology and the liberal sciences, provides familiars, and discloses treasure said to be guarded by spirits. That last condition is narrower than a promise to locate every lost object. The fire-to-human change is stated without a special time, command, or secondary animal feature.
The entry names 36 legions and a seal. Several Goetia figures teach astronomy or astrology, but Amy’s initial flame and the guarded-treasure clause set this passage apart. The historical text does not identify a particular treasure or present verifiable observations. Its claim to make someone extraordinarily knowledgeable belongs to the same catalogue of attributed offices as the promise of familiars.
Read entry 58 on page 41 of the 1916 edition or compare the 1904 transcription.
A closer reading of entry 58
What the numbered text says
Amy’s initial appearance is a flaming fire rather than an animal, followed by a human shape. The source’s phrasing about making someone “Wonderful Knowing” carries its own editorial marker, which the note says is exactly how the text reads. Astrology is named beside the liberal sciences, not treated as a synonym for them. Treasure appears only as treasure kept by spirits, and familiars are a separate attributed gift. These limits distinguish Amy from a general promise to find any object or teach every kind of knowledge.
Footnote 27 in the 1916 transcription says “Wonderful Knowing” is the wording of the text, rather than an editor’s paraphrase.
About the printed seal
Amy’s number 58 is found on the fourth frontispiece. The image labels a printed sign, while the flames and human transition come from prose. Because the text gives no explanation of the seal’s geometry, it is better to present the numbered crop and its edition than to call any stroke a flame.
Compare another entry
Compare entry 59: Orias. Orias also concerns celestial learning, but specifies stars, planetary mansions, and their virtues before moving to dignity and favor. Amy speaks of astrology and the liberal sciences alongside familiars and guarded treasure. The adjacent entries do not describe one shared curriculum.