Hello all,
I Would like to make a sort of an introduction for this wonderful spirit and ancient deity as known as gaap and give you an idea of my works with him.
so The Basics goes as follows:
Common Goetic Sigil
Goap’s sigil found in The Book of Solomon’s Magick by Carroll Runyon
“Tap/Gaap is a high president and prince of hell, commanding 4 of the principal kings and 60 legions, and as powerful as Byleth. He also has an empire over thoseDemonsAmaymon commands. He appears in human form at noon, and is said to intensify the passions of love and hatred, and can transport men to different countries. Earlier necromancers invoked Tap by spells composed by King Solomon, but that is not true, as it was Noah’s son, Cham, who first began evoking evil spirits. The necromancers also offered him libations and holocausts. Tap was made to serve Byleth by composing a book of mathematics. If the exorcist knows of the art of Byleth, Gaap will not cooperate. Another book attributed to the prophets Eli and Elijah states that Gaap can be conjured by virtue of the saints’ names of God listed in the Key of Solomon.”
Key Points:
as powerful as beleth but does not want to be a king. Ham Summoned beleth to write a book about mathematics but beleth instead commanded Gaap to do the work for him.
he has control over water (emotions) and you will see after, his entire history is over commanding waters.
The necromancy spells: theres different opinions about this and some dispute that claim. but From reading Vk Jehannums blog, you can make the argument that it is indeed true.
Transport Man to other countries: this can be connected to the ancient Water/River god of the nile river who Rose The sun god Ra from the dephs of the river.
along with Beleth,Belial,Asmodeus these four are said to have have power over all the 72 goetia demons - according to solomon
it is said that Carroll Runyon sees Gaap and Coap as diffrent demons and spirits although historically both names are attributed to the same spirit. my speculation from reading his book is that he does make that dinstiction to signify the difference between the roles of the spirit so its more like:
Gaap - Goetic spirit.
Coap - The Elemental king who you do the traditional operations with
Demonic Origins
By similarity in name through variations, one can attribute him with the roman and Syrian sun god Elelogabalus since another name of this demon is elelogap who is under the demonic king ziminiar who rules over the element of water, this is an important piece of information to note since there is another deity in ancient Egyptian who is the god of the Nile River. The kemet god Hapy aslo known as Hap is said to rule over the nile River which symbolises the flow of celestial waters. This is somewhat contradicting since we first have a solar god and later a water god and demon. The connection is made to bear weight through the demonic name of elelogap which is a variention of gap that is himself derived from the kemet God Hap and between the Roman-syrian god Elelogabalus, so think the demon name (Elelogap- Gaap) as the top of the triangle that descends into other two points thus being hap and Elelogabalus.
The Knowledge of Gaap being a demonised form the Egyptian god Hap comes from Occultist Jake Stratton which the argument is found on his interpretation of the true Grimoire.
My Work With Him
Gaap tradionaly appears as a knight or a prince riding upon a monstrous demonic being, so he isn’t actually that demonic being that is portrayed in the demonic dictionaries but he is that tiny knight.
I personally saw gaap as more of a prince than a knight alone, another one of his manifestations is that of a dragon so dark that you would think that it was a silhouette but I saw characteristics such as shining spikes that would imply that it was no silhouette, the dragon appeared to have a long neck and had a king cobra position, the dragon had an open mouth that showed shiny white teeth and had shining yellow-white eyes.
Gaap introduced himself in this pathworking as a demon what strengthes the body of black light. In all of my evocations now I form a triangle with my hands and afterwards I see a shadow of black light left behind. The mastery of gaap is to control that spiritual body indepently of the physical body, I spoke with a friend about this and we said that this is basically like learning to walk again or learning how to ride the bicycle again and this could not be more right. Gaap teaches the magician How to control ones spiritual bodies without raising his arms and in general, Gaap is the master of doing miracles without raising your hand. Gaap teaches one how to expand his mind through all realms.
Gaap is also a necromantic Spirit that also works together with Beleth and Berith on that matter. There is magicians who claim that The relationship between Beleth and Gaap is that of hate but I find the claim to be otherwise.
Tap is a ruler of waters according to other traditional descriptions of the spirit which is very reminiscent with his probable past indtenty as the Kemet god Hap. The mental manifestation of that rulership is apparent as he has the mastery over human emotions, in so doing he can inspire love and lust to the said person.
Gaap can also help the magician to spiritualise himself and basically be a god 24/7, in fact one of the main purposes of this pathworking is do this. No magick circle or triangle needed. Gaap in my Abalehmn – sehun – Our’Uron attributions of the demonic houses of beleth, Gaap falls into the Abelehmn demonic house which is that of the demonic magicians. Gaap as Hap did help the dead souls of man be defied or atleast have some control in the afterlife, this is confirmed by the coffin texts.
As Elologap, you can make another argument that justifies and connects the solar and watery contradiction. Since Hap is the god of the nile river, he was thought to be an aspect or manifestation of nun which was the primeval waters. The Egyptian people believed that The Nile river encircled the earth in so doing the sun (Ra) rose out of those waters so you definitely make another argument to justify helogabalus as being gap. Geb, the god of earth is another contender for finding out the demonic origins ofn the demon gaap since the similarities of the name but in they have nothing in common in the aspect of their roles and powers.
Next Shall be My Invocation/Litany of Gaap.
verily.
Situation for me 
