Liber ab Clementia (Book of Humanity)^295
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6 drops Cedar oil
6 drops Juniper oil
1/2 cup base oilBaal—Male—Middle East
(Also known as Baal-Zebul)
Animal associations: Bull, Quail
Plant association: Frankincense
Sons: Aleion Baal
‘Master,’ ‘Lord,’ or similar translations—
Canaanite/Phoenician fertility and storm god.
The name ‘Baal’ is also a general term for god.
This has led to a great amount of confusion in
lore, most notably the Christian association
with Beelzebub, who is in league with their
Satan. In the Christian Bible, Baal is directly
referred to as Beelzebub, a deliberate slur and
attack on Baal-Zebul, one of the names of
Baal. Interestingly enough, his wife is often
listed as Ashera, who is also found sometimes
as the wife of Yahweh.Ba’alat—Female—Middle East/Mediterranean
(Also known as Baalat, Baalath)
Animal association: Snake (cobra)
‘The Lady’ or ‘Divine Lady’—Goddess of
the written language and knowledge. She is
the patron of authors and librarians. It is likely
that the modern Wiccan use of the term ‘The
Lady’ came from similar uses such as found
here. The roots of the story of Adam’s first
wife Lilith might be found here with Ba’alat.
There is a great deal of debate over the names
I have listed here as belonging to Ba’alat. If
they are linked as I believe they are, we see
the connection through the Canaanites who
called Lilith either ‘Baalath’ or maybe ‘Baalat,’
depending on how one wants to translate
wildly different alphabets, vowel use, and
spelling. Knowing Ba’alat is a goddess of
knowledge and the written language, we see
an interesting story unfold in the story of
Lilith’s transformation into the serpent who
convinced Adam’s second wife, Eve, into eat-
ing the forbidden fruit from what is sometimes
called the ‘Tree of Knowledge.’Ba’al Gad—Male/Female—Middle East
Animal association: Goat
‘Lord of Good Luck’—An amazingly com-
plex amount of lore exists for this relatively
simple deity of good luck. His name can be
translated easily from the Hebrew. Ba’al (Baal)
can be used as both a masculine noun or verb.
As the title of a deity, it is a noun which means
‘Lord’, ‘Master’, or other similar translations.
The word Gad is a feminine Hebrew noun
meaning ‘good luck’. Sounds simple right?
Well, the problem is with the repeated trans-
lation of the word Gad into the word God sim-
ply because it the two words look and sound
similar. Combine that with the word Ba’al (again
meaning Lord or Master) and sprinkle in a
major translation error in virtually every version
of the Christian Bible, which associated the
word Ba’al with the term ‘false’, and we see the
emergence of the translation of Ba’al Gad as
‘The False God.’ As a result, I have found fun-
damental Christians (who worship the Lord) to
be rather fond of claiming I worship Ba’al (which
means Lord), which is entirely too funny.Ba’al-Hammon—Male—Middle East/Medi-
terranean
Wife: Tanit
Animal association: Ram
‘Lord of the Incense Altar’ —Phoenician fer-
tility god with lesser associations to the Under-
world than to fertility. The Greeks associated
him with Cronos, the Romans with SaturnBabalu Aye—Male—African/Caribbean/South
America
In Santeria his name is Babalu Aye/
Chankpanna
In Africa his name is Obaluaye/Omolu/
Sonponno/Soponno
Saint and Catholic association: St. Lazarus
Holiday: Feast of Saint Lazarus on December 17
Plant associations: Angelica, Allspice, Acacia,
Almond, Anise, Asafoetida, Basil, Bay, Balm
of Gilead, Bergamot (orange), Copal, Clove,
Cumin, Cedar, Calamas, Carnation, Citron,
Cinnamon, Coriander, Clover (red), Cypress,z WB Chap 17.p65 295 7/11/2003, 6:04 PM