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Ophiel.

Ophiel is one of the Olympic governors named in the Arbatel, a work of early modern magic.

Mercury and fourteen provinces

Aphorism 16 assigns Ophiel fourteen visible provinces. Aphorism 17 associates this spirit with the affairs of Mercury and attributes a hundred thousand legions to its command.

The latter passage also claims that Ophiel gives familiar spirits and teaches all arts. Its account includes a claim concerning the transformation of quicksilver into the Philosopher’s Stone. The Arbatel presents these as powers of its Mercury-associated governor.

Source

Arbatel, aphorisms 16–17, Joseph H. Peterson’s digital edition.

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