Editing Paimon (section)

==Status and rank==
The ''Goetia'', ''Liber Officiorum Spirituum'', and Weyer begin entries on King Paimon noting that he is quite obedient to [[Lucifer]].{{sfn|Peterson|2001|pages=10-14}}{{sfn|Weyer|1563|loc=par. 20-29}} {{sfn|Porter|2011|page=10}}

King Paimon appears as the ninth spirit in the ''Ars Goetia'',{{sfn|Peterson|2001|pages=10-14}} the 22nd spirit in the ''Pseudomonarchia Daemonum'',{{sfn|Weyer|1563|loc=par. 20-29}} and in the ''Dictionnaire Infernal''.{{sfn|de Plancy|1853|pages=380-389}} In the ''Liber Officiorum Spirituum'', he is first listed as the sixth spirit{{sfn|Porter|2011|pages=10-19}}{{sfn|Porter|Weston|2015|pages=191-207}} and later as the third king.{{sfn|Porter|2011|pages=30-39}}{{sfn|Porter|Weston|2015|pages=208-215}}

The ''Goetia'', Weyer, de Plancy, ''Liber Officiorum Spirituum'', and Sloane MS 3824 rank Paimon as a king.{{sfn|Peterson|2001|pages=10-14}}{{sfn|Weyer|1563|loc=par. 20-29}}{{sfn|de Plancy|1853|pages=380-389}}{{sfn|Ashmole|2009|pages=55, 59, 60, 162-172}}{{sfn|Porter|2011|pages=10-19}}{{sfn|Porter|Weston|2015|pages=191-207}}{{sfn|Porter|2011|pages=30-39}}{{sfn|Porter|Weston|2015|pages=208-215}} {{Excessive citations inline|date=May 2025}} While the ''Livre des Esperitz'' does not explicitly rank Paimon as a king, it does, however, identify him to be one of the four principal cardinal direction spirits where he rules the west, as well as that the one compelling him should face towards the west. {{sfn|Boudet|2003|loc=par. 2, 25, 28, 24, 38}} Sloane MS 3824 and the ''Grimoire of Pope Honorius'' specify that King Paimon is king of the west.{{sfn|Ashmole|2009|pages=55, 59, 60, 162-172}}{{sfn|Banner|1999|pages=80-89}}{{sfn|Peterson|2007|page=Peterson, p.10, footnote 3}} In the ''Book of Abramelin'' (where his appearance is given no description), he is instead one of the eight dukes. It is said that he has no power over the lord above and would be demolished in any battle.{{sfn|von Worms|2006|page=119}}