Zagan

ZAGAN

The bull with griffin wings: the Goetic King and President who makes fools wise and changes one thing into another.

Who Zagan is to practitioners today

Zagan is the transformer of the Goetia: the spirit who turns wine into water, water into wine and a fool into a wise man.

He is listed in the Ars Goetia as the sixty-first spirit, a King and President, and he appears already in Johann Weyer’s Pseudomonarchia Daemonum (1577). He is described as a bull with the wings of a griffin, who takes human form after a time. He commands thirty-three legions.

The grimoire lists his powers plainly: he makes men witty, turns blood into wine and wine into blood, changes water into wine and wine into water, and transforms metals into coins.

Modern practitioners read these as a spirit of transformation in every sense. He is called on for turning poor circumstances into good ones, for learning, and for turning raw material into value.

Why people work with Zagan

Classic reasons

• Making fools wise and men witty
• Turning metals into coin
• Changing wine into water and water into wine, and blood into wine

Modern reasons

• Transformation of money, work and circumstances
• Learning and mental sharpness
• Turning raw material, a project or a talent into value
• Change and the end of stuck patterns
• Commerce and trade

Traditional, for reference

• King and President commanding 33 legions
• Ars Goetia number 61
• Appears as a bull with griffin’s wings, later as a man

Zagan at a glance

• Name: Zagan, also Zagam
• Rank: King and President
• Number: 61st spirit of the Ars Goetia
• Legions: 33
• Form: a bull with griffin’s wings, then a man
• Sources: Weyer, Pseudomonarchia Daemonum; the Lesser Key of Solomon

Correspondences

Used in Black Witch Coven (from our own practice and modern demonolatry):

• Planet: Jupiter for trade and abundance, with Mercury for learning
• Element: Earth
• Day: Thursday
• Colours: green, gold, deep red
• Incense: cedar, frankincense, dragon’s blood
• Symbols: the winged bull, wine, coin

Working with Zagan today

Relationship before requests

Zagan responds well to a clear before and after. Say what you have and what you want it to become.

Give him something to transform. A written plan, a small sum or a project all work.

Start with a small change you can see, such as a debt, a failing project or a habit.

Nothing is guaranteed. No practitioner controls a spirit of any level. What comes of a working is always the spirit’s to give, and this page describes what people report, not what will happen.

The altar

• A green or gold cloth
• A green or gold candle with his sigil
• A glass of wine and a glass of water
• A coin or small piece of metal
• Cedar or frankincense incense

Offerings

• Red wine and water
• Coins, small metal items or a donation made in his name
• Frankincense and dragon’s blood
• A drop or two of blood on a candle or on the sigil

Timing

Thursdays and Jupiter hours, and the waxing moon.

Signs of contact

• Warmth and weight, like a large animal in the room
• Dreams of bulls and wings
• The smell of wine or incense
• Money or opportunity changing form
• A clear idea for turning something into value

Prayers and invocations to Zagan

Opening invocation

Zagan, King and President, bull with the wings of a griffin, I call you by name.

You who change the fool into the wise and the water into wine, attend me.

I come with a plain request and an honest offering.

Prayer for transformation

Zagan, change what I have into what I need.

Turn lead into coin and poverty into plenty.

I will do my part.

Prayer for learning

Zagan, make me quick of mind and wise of tongue.

Turn my ignorance into understanding.

I will study what I am given.

Closing and release

Zagan, I thank you for your attention.

Go in peace to your own place. Return when I call.

Questions people actually ask

Is he a good choice for money?

Many practitioners say so. His grimoire description includes turning metals into coin.

What does the wine and water power mean?

In the grimoire it is a literal list of transformations. Practitioners read it as a power of changing the nature of things.

Is he safe for a beginner?

Practitioners generally put him in the middle range of difficulty.

What if nothing happens?

Give him something concrete to transform and a clear time frame.

Inside the Course

Some material on Zagan is not published on this website. Black Witch Coven has had hosting companies flag the site in the past, so the fuller rites are held for the course instead. This is not a sales pitch, it is the reality of running an old and popular site like this one.

Inside the course:

• The full Goetic rite for Zagan in the older grimoire style
• Transformation workings for money and trade
• Workings aimed at a named person or rival
• Pact and dedication rites with Zagan