This page is about the demon; for the album by Akercocke, see Choronzon (album).

Choronzon is a demonic entity. It is associated with the tenth Aethyr in the system of Enochian Magic devised by John Dee, and is the Dweller in the Abyss in the magickal system(s) developed by Aleister Crowley. Otherwise known as the Demon of Dispersion, it is a temporary personification of the raving and inconsistent forces that occupy the Abyss. Choronzon is given form in evocation only in order that it may be mastered.

Choronzon is deemed to be held in check by the power of the Goddess Babalon , inhabitant of Binah, the third Sephirah of the Tree of Life.

Choronzon appears in Neil Gaiman's Sandman, as a demon who has taken possession of Dream's mask. He duels with Dream in an odd verbal battle, where each names a form to counter each other's previous. In the end, Choronzon names Anti-Life, the destroyer of all things, but is defeated when Dream names hope.

External links

• The Vision and the Voice - The Cry of the Tenth Aethyr - Crowley's account of his encounter with Choronzon
• Benjamin Rowe - "The Illusion of the Abyss." An account of an alleged crossing of the Abyss by a contemporary magician.
• Choronzon on Thelemapedia