> the fact that the names of the spirits given by the last book differ from those given in the preceding books may be explained by the following passage in the magic-book arbatel: "olympicorum spirituum nomina ab aliis alia traduntur, sed tantum illa sunt efficacia, quae unicuique traduntur per revelatorem spiritum visibilem vel invisibilem." > it will be noticed, however, that in the list of names of the praxis cabulae nigrae mephistophiel takes the place of ophiel in the lists of arbatel and the wagnerbook, and that both names stand for mercury. it is, therefore, in the astrological demonology, which we find fully developed as early as jamblichus, that we must look for the origin of the name mephistopheles, and there is no question in my mind that the etymological explanation must start with the form ophiel, contained in mephist-ophiel, the forms in -les and -lus being of later origin > the word ophiel is evidently composed of the greek , serpent, and the hebrew ending -el, which frequently appears not only in old hebrew names of demons, but also in the demon-names that were manufactured after the hebrew pattern, owing to the influence of the cabala, by writers of magic-books during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. from the long list of such names i quote for the sake of illustration the following: kyriel (), kyniel (), leoniel (leo), cancriel (cancer), tauriel (taurus), ariel (aries)
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