TheBook of the Office of Spirits places him (as Agaros) second under Oriens and describes him as an old man riding acockatrice, without the hawk.[6]The Grimoire of Pope Honorius (which refers to him as Agarus) is more brief, omitting the crocodile and hawk, and omitting his functions beyond languages and titles.[7] TheGrand Grimoire features him as a subordinate ofLucifuge Rofocale.[8] According toThomas Rudd, Agares is opposed by theShemhamphorasch angel Jelial.[9][10] Sloane MS 3824 mentions Agares throughout in invocations to summon spirits that guard treasure,[11] and in the "Experiment of Agares," meant to draw him into a crystal.[12]
Agares possesses a young nun named Sister Adelina Marinescu (played by Ada Lupa) in the 2017 film,The Crucifixion, directed byXavier Gens. The film is inspired by the 2005Tanacu exorcism of Sister Maricica Irina Cornici in Romania.
^abPseudomonarchia Daemonum (Liber officiorum spirituum); Johann Weyer, ed. Joseph Peterson; 2000."(2) Agares"
^Lemegeton Clavicula Salomonis: The Lesser Key of Solomon, Detailing the Ceremonial Art of Commanding Spirits Both Good and Evil; ed. Joseph H. Peterson; Weiser Books, Maine; 2001. pp. 7–10
^"Les who's who démonologiques de la Renaissance et leurs ancêtres médiévaux" by Jean-Patrice Boudet,Médiévales 44, Spring 2003,(online link).
^The Goetia of Dr Rudd; Thomas Rudd, Ed. Stephen Skinner & David Rankine; 2007, Golden Hoard Press. p. 33
^Dictionnaire infernal: ou Répertoire universel des êtres, des personnages, Jacques Collin de Plancy, 1853,available on Google Books. pp. 10–19
^A Book of the Office of Spirits; John Porter, Trans. Frederick Hockley, Ed. Colin D. Campbell; Teitan Press, 2011. pp. 20–29
^The Grimoire of Pope Honorius; Anon, trans. Kineta Ch'ien, ed.James Banner; Trident Press, 1999. pp. 10–19
