LIII - Kimaris

53 - Kimaris aka Cimeies, Cimeries - Appears in Book of Incantations, The Discoverie of Witchcraft, Pseudomonarchia Daemonum, and The Lesser Key of Solomon

FROM PSEUDOMONARCHIA / DISCOVERIE

Cimeries is a great marquesse and a strong, ruling in the parts of Aphrica [Africa]; he teacheth perfectlie grammar, logicke, and rhetorike, he discovereth treasures and things hidden, he bringeth to passe, that a man shall seeme with expedition to be turned into a soldier, he rideth upon a great blacke horsse, and ruleth twentie legions.

FROM THE LESSER KEY

CIMEJES, or CIMEIES, or KIMARIS. – The Sixtysixth Spirit is Cimejes, or Cimeies, or Kimaris. He is a Marquis, Mighty, Great, Strong and Powerful, appearing like a Valiant Warrior riding upon a goodly Black Horse. He ruleth over all Spirits in the parts of Africa. His Office is to teach perfectly Grammar, Logic, Rhetoric, and to discover things Lost or Hidden, and Treasures. He governeth 20 Legions of Infernals; and his Seal is this, etc.

FROM THE DICTIONARY INFERNAL

Cimeries, great and powerful demon, marquis of the infernal empire. He commands to the African lands. He teaches grammar, logic and rhetoric ; he uncovers treasures and reveals hidden things ; he makes man light when he runs and gives to the bourgeois the dashing bearing of military men. The marquis Cimeries, Captain of 20 legions, is always sitting atop a great black palfrey.

Original Text: Cimeriès, grand et puissant démon, marquis de l’empire infernal. Il commande aux parties africaines. Il enseigne la grammaire, la logique et la rhétorique ; il découvre les trésors et révèle les choses cachées ; il rend l’homme léger à la course, et donne aux bourgeois la tournure fringante des militaires. Le marquis Cimeriès, capitaine de vingt légions, est toujours à cheval sur un grand palefroi noir.

Appearance: A valiant warrior riding a black horse

Subrace: Unknown

Abilities: Rhetoric, logic, languages, retrieval, treasure

Legions: 20

Rank: Marquis

Notes: Quite a bit for this one.

Firstly, there is a demon cited in the Liber incantationum, exorcismorum et fascinationum variarum named Tuvries, who has a nearly identical description, with the addition that he can cross large bodies of water quickly.

From wikipedia:

“Kimaris, as Cimeries, is also found on Anton LaVey's list of infernal names. Aleister Crowley, in 777, gives Kimaris the Hebrew spelling KYMAVR and attributes him to the four of disks and the third decan of Capricorn by night. KYMAVR may allude to "Khem-our" (black light), a form of Horus mentioned in Blavatsky's Secret Doctrine. In Sepher Sephiroth, he is listed as KYTzAVR, with a gematria of 327, although KYMAVR=277.

In Harleian Ms. 6482, entitled "The Rosie Crucian Secrets", Thomas Rudd lists Cimeries as the 26th spirit made use of by King Solomon. He also attributes an angel Cimeriel to one of Dee's Enochian Ensigns of Creation, the tablet of 24 mansions. The earliest mention of Chamariel is in Rossi's Gnostic tractate. It is probable that the earliest mention of Kimaris is also Coptic, found in the London oriental mss 6796 where the name "Akathama Chamaris" appears. In this text, the entity in question does not appear to be evil; rather, he is addressed as a godlike helping spirit.”

I am not going to treat these as official citations, but I feel they are worth discussion. LaVey messing about with Hebrew should be discarded in its entirety. Additionally, the Blavatsky citation seems tenuous at best. Rudds work is generally more academic, but the Enochian conception of angels and demons is different enough that I would consider them separate from what I wish to explore here. On the topic of the earliest mention of the name Kimaris being Coptic, the name “Akathama Chamaris” appears to be untranslatable at the time. I do not have access to either the original nor a translated copy of London Or 6796 and scholarly work on the coptic papyri is scant to say the least, but given how Coptic manuscripts oten feature slight variations of common names, I have some suspicions as to the origins.

The name is strikingly similar to the Cimmerians, a nomadic indo-european people mentioned in 8th century Assyrian records who were likely displaced and forced to leave their homeland by the rising Scythian empire.

Additionally, A people named Kimmerioi is described in Homer's Odyssey, as living beyond the Oceanus, in a land of fog and darkness, at the edge of the world and the entrance of Hades where they dwell in eternal darkness. Evocative.

Given the origins of the names of many demons can be found in slight variations of “pagan” peoples and deities, I believe it is safe to say that the name Kimaris is derived from either the Cimmerian people or one of their deities.

Given the demons association with physical speed and eloquent persuasion, I would speculate they act in some form of espionage.

Brand of the Dark - The user becomes nearly invisible in low light, and is able to move extremely quick when unobserved.