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GaiusOctavian
post Feb 22 2006, 06:49 AM
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(Grand Grimoire stands alone in the literature of demonology with its central figure, Lucifuge Rofocale. The name 'Rofocale' appears to be an anagram for 'Focalor' of the Lemegeton, according to Elizabeth Butler in her Ritual Magic (1949) who goes on to tell us that "by introducing the name of Lucifuge the author has done a service to demonology for which it should be grateful.")

-Ok..So the word is re-arranged..So what? Excuse me if I'm over-complicating things, it's been a long night, but, what is this trying to say? Same entity, different name? Or, just making an observation? I'm not too familiar with the grand grim, since the pdf is unreadable (To me, anyway. Horrible eyesight), and I wont be getting my copy for another month or two, so excuse me in advanced if it's "Obvious by reading the two grimoires".

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post Jul 26 2009, 06:40 PM
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QUOTE(SangueDiNapoli @ Feb 22 2006, 07:49 AM) *

Lucifuge Rofocale. The name 'Rofocale' appears to be an anagram for 'Focalor' of the Lemegeton


Yes, take the Name Rofocale, drop the e and rearrange for the Name Focalor. I recall, but I cannot recall from where, that the e is silent, so instead of row-fo-cah-lay the Name would be pronounced row-fow-cowl. Not that it means anything, but it could explain why dropping the e is okay - it has no sound. But I'll be damned if I can remember where I heard that. The final letter having no sound strikes a chord too (no pun intended), but again I don't know why.

But, drop all the vowels and you get RFCL.

Reverse that and you get LCFR. Add some vowels and you get LuCiFeR.

Light Bringer = Flies the Light?

Just random neurons firing... I need to try this with some other Names and see if anything else turns up. Feels like there's something there, but I'm not getting it this evening.

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