6/30 2015

SAMIGINA, or GAMIGM

The Fourth Spirit is Samigina, a Great Marquis.

He appeareth in the form of a little Horse or Ass,

and then into Human shape doth he change himself

at the request of the Master.

He speaketh with a hoarse voice.

He ruleth over 30 Legions of Inferiors.

He teaches all Liberal Sciences,

and giveth account of Dead Souls

that died in sin.

Tell here of Chuck

in the gas station bathroom

of Tim at his table

of George, at the intersection

of the drunks, the pillhead funerals

of the carcrash and heroin

those who dies in sin.

Your unfinished bottles,

your water beds and pickups

your floor in the center of the party

Here is a horse,

to find you in the secret house

to call you back into the day,

you dust-eaters, you toilers

to call you to the edge of the fire

and bid you sing.

Sing.

Here is hell and the mountain

here each finds his bed,

these wrecks, drifting into the deep

the sunken town, it's church-bell ringing

in the lake

here is a house forever on fire,

a chapel of disbelief,

a river of crime

an orchestra of bones

of the other place,

say nothing.

that bright silence

that swallows children

without apology.






According to Wierus, he summons into the presence of the exorcist the souls of drowned men and of those detained in Purgatory, called magically Cartagra--that is, the affliction of souls. They assume an aërial body, are visible to sight and reply to questions. Another version says that Gamygyn tarries with the exorcist till he has accomplished his desires.