Berith

Culture: Western grimoire tradition (Ars Goetia)   Traditional rank: Duke

Berith is described in the Ars Goetia as appearing as a soldier in red clothing on a red horse, traditionally associated in the old text with false claims about transmuting metal into gold, a detail scholars note reflects the catalog's broader entanglement with (and skepticism toward) alchemical fraud claims common in the period.

Associations

Historical demonological catalogs, the history of alchemical fraud and skepticism.

Ways people engage with this material (modern)

• Read the original entry in scholarly translation
• Research the genuine history of alchemy as a serious, if eventually superseded, scientific tradition
• Note the old text's own explicit warning about false claims, an interesting internal skepticism
• Approach the material as historical and literary study

Approach any deity with respect and do your own research. Practices vary widely between traditions, and modern devotional practice often goes beyond what survives in ancient sources.