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across of the Zu bird was a small picture from a cylinder seal impression and it was hard
to make out the details. In considering the use of genuine occult fragments in the
Simonomicon I was reminded of the use of Pazuzu in The Exorcist and came across
some excellent representations of this demon on the web. Only then did I start to
wonder whether there was some connection between Pazuzu and the Zu bird.
In the “Invocation” in Cities of the Red Night, Burroughs described Pazuzu: “Lord of
Fevers and Plagues, Dark Angel of the Four Winds with rotting genitals from which
he howls through sharpened teeth over stricken cities…” This inaccurate vision is a
direct lift from the Simonomicon.
Stephen Sennitt wrote an essay on Pazuzu entitled “The Demon of the South-West
Wind” (on the web at: http://www.phhine.ndirect.co.uk/archives/sp_pazuzu.htm).
Sennitt’s error of attributing Pazuzu to the south-west wind as opposed to the southeast
wind also appears to have been derived from the Simonomicon.
JOEL BIROCO
Back on Lilith
Hi Joel—I’m back working on the Lilith issue, as I’ve said. Spent most of yesterday on
it, in fact, reading and scanning through Cory’s A Chaldean Account of Genesis, and other
texts, in search of possible clues (cognates of lilith do indeed appear in the “Maqlû”
text, by the way). My preliminary feeling at the moment is that she represents a “barren”
female who practices magick. She seems to almost stand in relation to Babalon as does
Nephthys to Isis. And from whatever angle I approach her, she appears to be intimately
bound-up with the Fall. I find it telling that I experience no little difficulty with the
whole concept: shouldn’t have been such a “good boy” most of my life. A little more
time in the “mire” of this world and a little less spent contemplating the Ineffable might
have helped immensely. It’s never too late, though.
Half-asleep, and more than a little strung-out, I started back into Lilith, without
looking at the link you sent. Ended-up ferreting out many of the same quotes that were
already available to you. But following a footnote in one of the translations I had, yielded
some “new” material, and a slightly different take on the matter.
The new moon seems to have got me going again. Spent the whole day on the Lilith
thing, and I append my Lilith pseudo-essay to this email. I think my analysis and
conclusions stink, personally, but I quoted at length from my sources and they themselves
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