Sylphs

A class of beings who are associated with the Air element, described in European alchemical and occult works from around the time of the Renaissance. [Elementals, Wikipedia] According to Paracelsus, sylphs "are rougher, coarser, taller, and stronger than humans. The elementals are said to be able to move through their own elements as human beings move through air. Because of this, sylphs are the closest to humans in his conception because they move through air like we do, while in fire they burn, in water they drown, and in earth, they get stuck." [Sylph, Wikipedia]

According to Éliphas Lévi, the sovereign of the sylphs is Paralda. [Lévi, Transcendental Magic, Its Doctrine and Ritual, Internet Archive, retrieved 08/04/2025]

The Hell On Earth narrator read that "sylphs are of the air, their kingdom is the East, and their influence bilious. Under the sign of the Eagle, they are controlled by the holy pentacles, as is their sovereign, Paralda." [RB Hell (online text)]

Axenos the Elder used the Star of Sechmet to command the sylphs. [RB Sorcerer (online text)]

See also: Air elementals; elementals.

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