Pazuzu
The king demon of the wind in
Assyrian
and
Mespotamian
culture, Pazuzu is depicted as having the body of a man, the head of a lion or dog, talons of an eagle, two pairs of
wings, a scorpion's tail and a serpentine penis. Pazuzu is most often shown with his right hand up and left hand down
and was characterized in the
Grimoire of Solomon
as possessing both
positive and negative traits. Failure to appease Pazuzu results in famine and locust swarms. The demon's snake-like
coiled phallus is seen by many biblical scholars as relating to the
Exile from Paradise. In simplest terms, Pazuzu is
necessary
evil - the spirit of evil charged with driving
other more destructive forces
1
away.
<img alt="A carved stone idol of Pazuzu in his signature pose" class="wikiImg" src="/static/images/wiki/pazuzu-img.jpg"/>
1 Ex:. sex memories/nostaglia, communism, narcotics, the appearance of reality as a concrete, dimensional, and discrete system of physical objects as resulting from a literal interpretation of our fitness-tuned perceptual system. Thus, the following can be considered manifestations of Pazuzu: the CIA/ FBI/ Cointelpro, cannabis, and non- apocryphal Church Father'd Christian Theology.