The demons of our world

Well...I am not big on reality but this is interesting. I am now writing about demons. With A little help from the catholic church and the internet we shall have our selves a interesting ten minuets.

First we start off with the King of demons, and prince of darkness, Lucifer. His name means Bearer of light. He is often seen in his fiend form, but he has two other forms.

The form of man and of serpent. Interesting indeed huh?

Astaroth-
According to some authors on demonology Demonology is the systematic study of demons. To the extent that it refers to theology elaborating the meaning of sacred texts, demonology is an orthodox branch of theology. The most extensive statement of western Christian demonology is the Malleus Maleficarum of Jacob Sprenger and Heinrich Kramer, which attempted to prove that the existence and power of witchcraft were an integral part of the Roman Catholic faith. In another sense, demonology refers to catalogues that attempt to name and set a hierarchy to evil spirits. In this sense, demonology is the mirror image of angelology, which attempts to compile the same information for good spirits.
..... Click the link for more information. , Astaroth is a king of Hell For alternative meanings see Hell (disambiguation).

Hell is, according to many religious beliefs about the afterlife, a place of torment, of great weeping and gnashing of teeth. The English word 'hell' comes from the Norse 'Hel', which originally referred to the goddess of the Norse underworld.

In most religions' conception of hell, evildoers will suffer eternally in hell after their death or they will pay for their bad deeds in hell before reincarnations. In monotheistic religions, hell is simply ruled by demons. In polytheistic religions, the politics of hell could be as complicated as human politics.
..... Click the link for more information. , being Lucifer This article is about Lucifer in reference to Christian theology; for other meanings, see Lucifer (disambiguation).

Lucifer is a Latin word derived from two words, lux (light; genitive lucis) and ferre (to bear, to bring), meaning light-bearer. Lucifer does not appear in Greek or Roman mythology; it is used by poets to represent the Morning Star at moments when "Venus" would intrude distracting imagery of the goddess. "Lucifer" is Jerome's direct translation in his
..... Click the link for more information. the Emperor and Satan Alternate meaning: Satan is also the name of a genus of catfish. See: Satan eurystomus.

Satan (שטן Standard Hebrew Satan, Tiberian Hebrew Śāṭān; Aramaic שטנא Śiṭnâ: both words mean "Adversary; accuser") is an angel, demon, or minor god in many religions. Satan plays various roles in the Hebrew Bible, the Apocrypha and the New Testament. In the Hebrew Bible Satan is presented as an angel (messenger) sent by God to test mankind; in the Apocrypha and New Testament Satan is portrayed as an evil rebellious demon who is the enemy of God and mankind.
..... Click the link for more information. a seducer of women; his main assistants are three demons A demon is a supernatural evil or malicious spirit, capable of possessing a human being. The Greek word daemon, δαίμονες or δαιμόνια was used in the Septuagint translation of the Hebrew Bible and in the Greek originals of the New Testament. The medieval and neo-medieval conception of "demon" has derived without a break from the ambient popular culture of Late Antiquity.
..... Click the link for more information. called Aamon In demonology Aamon is one of Astaroth's assistants. He knows past and future, giving that knowledge to those who had made a pact with Satan. According to some authors he has forty legions of demons under his command, having the title of prince. There is no agreement on how to depict him, being sometimes portrayed as an owl-headed man, and sometimes as a wolf-headed man with snake tail. Demonologists have associated his name with the Egyptian god Ammon or with the god Ba‘al Hammon of Carthage.
..... Click the link for more information. , Pruslas In demonology Pruslas is one of Astaroth's assistants. He also collaborates with Satan in seducing women.


..... Click the link for more information. and Barbatos In demonology Barbatos was a demon of little importance, one of Astaroth's assistants.

But according to most sources he is Earl and Duke of Hell. Barbatos rules thirty legions of demons and has four kings as his companions to command his legions. He gives the understanding of the voices of the animals, says past and future, conciliates friends and rulers, and he can led men to hidden treasures that have been hid by the enchantment of magicians.
..... Click the link for more information. . In art, in the Dictionnaire Infernal, Astaroth is depicted as a nude man with dragon-like wings, hands and feet, a second pair of feathered wings after the main, wearing a crown, holding a serpent in one hand, and riding a wolf or dog. According to Sebastian Michaelis he is a demon A demon is a supernatural evil or malicious spirit, capable of possessing a human being. The Greek word daemon, δαίμονες or δαιμόνια was used in the Septuagint translation of the Hebrew Bible and in the Greek originals of the New Testament. The medieval and neo-medieval conception of "demon" has derived without a break from the ambient popular culture of Late Antiquity.
..... Click the link for more information. of the First Hierarchy, who seduces by means of laziness and vanity, and his adversary is St. Bartholomew Bartholomew was one of the 12 Apostles of Jesus Christ. Bartholomew means son of Tolmai, see Bar (Aramaic). Tolmai is a Hebrew name, said to mean "abounding in furrows".

He is generally supposed to have been the same person as Nathanael. In the Synoptic gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke, Philip and Bartholomew are always mentioned together, while Nathanael is never mentioned; in the gospel of John, on the other hand, Philip and Nathanael are similarly mentioned together, but nothing is said of Bartholomew.
..... Click the link for more information. , who can protect against him for he has resisted Astaroth's temptations. To others, he teaches mathematical sciences and handicrafts, can make men invisible and lead them to hidden treasures, and answers every question formulated to him.

According to Francis Barrett, Astaroth is the prince of accusers and inquisitors. According to some demonologists of the 16th century, August is the month during which this demon's attacks against humans are stronger. His name seems to come from the goddess ‘Ashtart ‘Ashtart (in ASCII spelling `Ashtart and often simplified to Ashtart), Hebrew or Phoenician עשתרת, Ugaritic ‘ttrt (Englished as ‘Attart or ‘Athtart), Akkadian Astartu (from dAs-tar-tú), Greek Άστάρτη (Englished as Astártê or Astarte) is a major northwest Semitic goddess cognate in name, origin and functions with the east Semitic goddess Ishtar.
..... Click the link for more information. /Astarte which was rendered in the Latin Vulgate translation of the Bible as Astharthe (singular) and Astharoth (plural), that last form rendered in the King James Version of the Bible

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..... Click the link for more information. of the Bible as Ashtaroth. It seems this plural form was taken either from the Latin or from some translation or other by those who did not know it was a plural form nor knew that it referred to a goddess, seeing it only as a name applied to some god other than God and therefore the name of a devil.


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..... Click the link for more information. legend In numismatics the legend is the lettering on a coin. See numismatics. Similarly "legend' is the title and dedication of a print or map, when they appear on the plate.


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..... Click the link for more information. , an incubus (plural incubi; from Latin Alternative meanings: See Latin (disambiguation)
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..... Click the link for more information. incubare, "to lie upon") is a demon A demon is a supernatural evil or malicious spirit, capable of possessing a human being. The Greek word daemon, δαίμονες or δαιμόνια was used in the Septuagint translation of the Hebrew Bible and in the Greek originals of the New Testament. The medieval and neo-medieval conception of "demon" has derived without a break from the ambient popular culture of Late Antiquity.
..... Click the link for more information. in male form supposed to lie upon sleepers, especially on women in order to have sexual intercourse Sexual intercourse (synonymously coitus or copulation) is the act of inserting the erect penis of the male into the vagina of the female. Sexual intercourse and masturbation are the two most common human sexual activities, with sexual intercourse being the primary step in sexual reproduction. Sometimes the term “sexual intercourse” may refer to any sexual activities; see human sexual behavior for discussion of this broader sense.
..... Click the link for more information. with them. A female version was called a succubus In medieval legend, a succubus (plural succubi; from Latin succubare, "to lie under") is a female demon which comes to men, especially monks, in their dreams to seduce them and have sexual intercourse with them, drawing energy from the men to sustain themselves, often until the point of exhaustion or death. This legend was an explanation for the phenomena of wet dreams and sleep paralysis. Lilith and the Lilin (Jewish), Lilitu (Sumerian) and Rusalka (Slavic) were succubi.
..... Click the link for more information. . There are several possible explanations for the incubus legends:

They form part of the well-attested Medieval preoccupation with sin This page is about sin in the context of religion. For other meanings, see Sin (disambiguation)
Sin is a religious term usually describing any lack of conformity to the will of God; especially, any willful disregard for the norms revealed by God is a sin. Colloquially, any thought, word, or act considered faulty, shameful, harmful to oneself or to others, or which alienates self from others and especially from God, can be called a sin. Through sin, guilt is incurred; and according to guilt, punishment is deserved. Compare Impiety and Crime.
..... Click the link for more information. , especially sexual sins of women.

Actual rapes For the domesticated crop plant called "rape", see rapeseed. For responding to rape as a medical emergency, see sexual assault. For the former administrative division of Sussex, see rape (district).


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Rape is a crime of engaging another person into sexual activity without consent of the person. It is is regarded by many as one of the most grievous crimes, surpassed only by murder. The dictionary definition of the word rape includes any serious and destructive assault against a person or people, but in contemporary English the term is overwhelmingly associated with sexual assault.
..... Click the link for more information. of sleeping women were attributed to demons by rapists in order to escape punishment.

The feeling of smothering while sleeping is known to physicians. The modern term for this common disorder is sleep hypnosis or sleep paralysis Sleep paralysis is a term either used to describe the normal paralysis of the body that occurs during REM sleep, or a disorder where awareness is maintained when the body becomes paralysed when entering sleep (known as hypnogogic paralysis) or remains inappropriately paralysed when awakening (known as hypnopompic paralysis). To differentiate normal sleep paralysis and the disorder, the term for the sleep disorder is often referred to as awareness during sleep paralysis.
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Because of the weight given to sin in the Middle Ages, nocturnal arousal, orgasm or emission were explained away by the legends of creatures causing an otherwise guilt-producing and self-conscious behavior. Thus people could say they were not to blame for it; it was obviously outside of their control: they were a victim.
During the witchhunts A witch-hunt is a search for suspected witches; it is a type of moral panic. If a "witch" is found, then there might be a witchcraft trial. While actual witchhunts occasionally occur in the modern era, there is a general scientific belief that witchcraft is mythological, and thus is not a crime which can be committed.

The term is usually used more metaphorically to refer to a search for a perceived enemy, with the implication of the hysteria, prejudice and injustice that was often seen in the great early modern witchhunts.
..... Click the link for more information. , alleged intercourse with demons or with Satan Alternate meaning: Satan is also the name of a genus of catfish. See: Satan eurystomus.

Satan (שטן Standard Hebrew Satan, Tiberian Hebrew Śāṭān; Aramaic שטנא Śiṭnâ: both words mean "Adversary; accuser") is an angel, demon, or minor god in many religions. Satan plays various roles in the Hebrew Bible, the Apocrypha and the New Testament. In the Hebrew Bible Satan is presented as an angel (messenger) sent by God to test mankind; in the Apocrypha and New Testament Satan is portrayed as an evil rebellious demon who is the enemy of God and mankind.
..... Click the link for more information. was one of the purported sins for which women were killed.

See also: Pan

Pan (Greek Παν, genitive Πανος) is the Greek god who watches over shepherds and their flocks. He has the hindquarters, legs, and horns of a goat, in the same manner as a satyr, and is one of the deities within the archetype of the Horned God. His parentage is unclear; in some legends he is the son of Zeus and in some he is the son of Hermes. His mother is said to be a nymph. His nature and name (Pan means "All") is alluring, in many ways he seems to be identical to Protogonus/Phanes.
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..... Click the link for more information. , Witchhunt A witch-hunt is a search for suspected witches; it is a type of moral panic. If a "witch" is found, then there might be a witchcraft trial. While actual witchhunts occasionally occur in the modern era, there is a general scientific belief that witchcraft is mythological, and thus is not a crime which can be committed.

The term is usually used more metaphorically to refer to a search for a perceived enemy, with the implication of the hysteria, prejudice and injustice that was often seen in the great early modern witchhunts.
..... Click the link for more information. , Succubus In medieval legend, a succubus (plural succubi; from Latin succubare, "to lie under") is a female demon which comes to men, especially monks, in their dreams to seduce them and have sexual intercourse with them, drawing energy from the men to sustain themselves, often until the point of exhaustion or death. This legend was an explanation for the phenomena of wet dreams and sleep paralysis. Lilith and the Lilin (Jewish), Lilitu (Sumerian) and Rusalka (Slavic) were succubi.
..... Click the link for more information. , Sleep paralysis Sleep paralysis is a term either used to describe the normal paralysis of the body that occurs during REM sleep, or a disorder where awareness is maintained when the body becomes paralysed when entering sleep (known as hypnogogic paralysis) or remains inappropriately paralysed when awakening (known as hypnopompic paralysis). To differentiate normal sleep paralysis and the disorder, the term for the sleep disorder is often referred to as awareness during sleep paralysis.
..... Click the link for more information. , Diabolical pact According to Christian tradition on witchcraft the diabolical pact is a pact between a person and Satan or any other demon (or demons) in which the person offers (or sells) his/her soul in exchange for favours. Those favours can be youthfulness, knowledge, wealth, power, etc., but it was also believed that some persons made this type of pact just as a sign of recognising the Devil as their master, in exchange for nothing.
..... Click the link for more information. , Francesco Maria Guazzo Francesco Maria Guazzo, aka Guaccio, aka Guaccius (15??-16??) was an Italian priest in Milan. He wrote a book, the Compendium Maleficarum (Compendium of the Witches), in which he cited numerous experts on the subject, among them Nicholas Remy.

He described the eleven formulae or ceremonies previous to the vow to Satan, allegedly necessary to participate of the Sabbath; besides, Guazzo offered detailed descriptions of the sexual relationships between men and succubae, and women and incubi.
..... Click the link for more information. , Mara Mara is the name of a fabulous ogress who hags people when sleeping. People feel pressure on their chest, and some people report that they observed Mara laying on their chest sometimes choking their necks, and mostly accompanying with sleep paralysis.

See also: incubus, succubus, Mara experience, Lucid dreaming, Kama
..... Click the link for more information. , Witch trial witch-hunt.

The term witch trials generally refers to a period in European history from around 1450 to the mid-18th century, during which it was common for accusations of malicious, harmful, and Satanic witchcraft to be taken seriously, often resulting in the destroyed reputation, imprisonment, torture, and execution of the accused in Europe and to a lesser extent the European colonies.
..... Click the link for more information. , Classification of the demons

There were always attempts to classify demons in several categories. Christian demonology accepted that, providing several classifications of the demons.

There could be classifications based on the nature of the demon, the sin with which they tempt humans, the month in which their power was stronger, the saints that were their adversaries, etc. Here follow some examples, listed in chronological order:


..... Click the link for more information. , Spina's classification of demons Alfonso de Spina, in 1467, prepared a classification of demons based on several criteria:
Demons of fate
Goblins
Incubi and succubae
Wandering herds or armies of demons
Familiars
Drudes
Demons that are born from the union of a demon with a human being.
Liar and mischievous demons
Demons that attack the saints
Demons that try to induce old women to attend Sabbaths

..... Click the link for more information. , Nature and appearance of the demons Christian demonology is the study of the demons from a Christian point of view. It is primarily based on the Bible (Old Testament and mainly New Testament), the exegesis of these scriptures, the scriptures of some Christian philosophers and hermits, tradition, and legends incorporated from other beliefs.
First it has to be noted that, as well as theology, demonology is not a science, since it has not (and cannot) be proved by any scientific method and is based only in personal beliefs. Unlike in the case of theology, in demonology there was never agreement among authors.
..... Click the link for more information. , Sexual relationships between demons and humans This article deal with the concept of sexuality and human sexuality in Christian demonology.


The sexuality of demonsTo Sumerians, Babylonians, Assyrians, and Jews there were male and female demons (Jewish demons were mostly male, but Lilith was female). In Christian demonology and theology, although the belief in incubi and succubi is accepted, the matter of the sexuality of the demons is not so easy.
..... Click the link for more information. , Sexuality of the demons This article deal with the concept of sexuality and human sexuality in Christian demonology.

The sexuality of demonsTo Sumerians, Babylonians, Assyrians, and Jews there were male and female demons (Jewish demons were mostly male, but Lilith was female). In Christian demonology and theology, although the belief in incubi and succubi is accepted, the matter of the sexuality of the demons is not so easy.
..... Click the link for more information. , List of specific demons and types of demons The names of many demons have several spellings. If you do not find what you are looking for on this page try the search engine. If the demon is listed here under another name it will show you the title of the article which text matches. Just type the word on the box at the upper right corner of your screen and then click on the search button or press enter. If you find that the article title exists but is not listed here under any name, you can edit the page and add the link.
..... Click the link for more information. , List of sexology topics This is a list of topics related to sexology, and related topics such as sexual anatomy, reproductive biology, andrology, gynaecology and obstetrics.



A abortion -- abstinence movement -- acault -- acquaintance rape -- acrotomophilia -- act of union -- adolescence -- adultery -- agalmatophilia -- age disparity in sexual relationships -- age of consent -- agony aunt -- AIDS -- Albert Mol -- Alfred Kinsey -- algolagnia -- ambiguous genitalia -- amenorrhea -- amoebiasis -- anal beads -- anal contraction -- analingus -- anal intercourse -- anal sex --
..... Click the link for more information. , Lust in demons This article deal with the concept of sexuality and human sexuality in Christian demonology.

The sexuality of demonsTo Sumerians, Babylonians, Assyrians, and Jews there were male and female demons (Jewish demons were mostly male, but Lilith was female). In Christian demonology and theology, although the belief in incubi and succubi is accepted, the matter of the sexuality of the demons is not so easy.
..... Click the link for more information. , Incarnation of the demons The incarnation of the demons has been a problem to Christian demonology and theology since early times. A very early form of incarnation of demons was the idea of demon possession, trying to explain that a demon entered the body of a person with some purpose or simply to punish that one for some allegedly committed sin. But this soon acquired bigger proportions, trying to explain how demons could seduce people to have sexual relationships with them or induce them to commit other sins. To Christian scholars demons had to manifest themselves in a visible and if possible tangible form.
..... Click the link for more information. Demonology Demonology is the systematic study of demons. To the extent that it refers to theology elaborating the meaning of sacred texts, demonology is an orthodox branch of theology. The most extensive statement of western Christian demonology is the Malleus Maleficarum of Jacob Sprenger and Heinrich Kramer, which attempted to prove that the existence and power of witchcraft were an integral part of the Roman Catholic faith. In another sense, demonology refers to catalogues that attempt to name and set a hierarchy to evil spirits. In this sense, demonology is the mirror image of angelology, which attempts to compile the same information for good spirits.
In demonology Demonology is the systematic study of demons. To the extent that it refers to theology elaborating the meaning of sacred texts, demonology is an orthodox branch of theology. The most extensive statement of western Christian demonology is the Malleus Maleficarum of Jacob Sprenger and Heinrich Kramer, which attempted to prove that the existence and power of witchcraft were an integral part of the Roman Catholic faith. In another sense, demonology refers to catalogues that attempt to name and set a hierarchy to evil spirits. In this sense, demonology is the mirror image of angelology, which attempts to compile the same information for good spirits.
..... Click the link for more information. Orobas is a powerful Great Prince of Hell For alternative meanings see Hell (disambiguation).

Hell is, according to many religious beliefs about the afterlife, a place of torment, of great weeping and gnashing of teeth. The English word 'hell' comes from the Norse 'Hel', which originally referred to the goddess of the Norse underworld.

In most religions' conception of hell, evildoers will suffer eternally in hell after their death or they will pay for their bad deeds in hell before reincarnations. In monotheistic religions, hell is simply ruled by demons. In polytheistic religions, the politics of hell could be as complicated as human politics.
..... Click the link for more information. , having twenty legions

See also Legion software and Legion forummer.

The Roman legion (from the Latin legio, meaning levy) was the basic military unit of ancient Rome. It consisted of about 5,000 to 6,000 (later 8000) infantry soldiers and several hundred cavalrymen. Legions were named and numbered; about 50 have been identified, although there were never that many in existence at any one time. Usually there were 28 Legions plus their Auxiliaries, with more raised as needed or as able.
..... Click the link for more information. of demons A demon is a supernatural evil or malicious spirit, capable of possessing a human being. The Greek word daemon, δαίμονες or δαιμόνια was used in the Septuagint translation of the Hebrew Bible and in the Greek originals of the New Testament. The medieval and neo-medieval conception of "demon" has derived without a break from the ambient popular culture of Late Antiquity.
..... Click the link for more information. under his power. He gives true answers of things past, present and to come, divinity, and the creation of the world; he also confers dignities and prelacies, and the favour of friends and foes. Orobas is faithful to the conjurer A conjurer (or conjuror) is a person that performs rituals or acts of conjuration. This term applies to:

Witches, warlocks.
Magicians, wizards.
Necromancers.
Exorcists (see Exorcism).
Illusionists (see Illusionism).
Cunning folk
In the first case it is traditionally believed that witches and warlocks act as conjurers to summon demons or evil spirits to cause harm to people or things, or to obtain favours from them. This tradition is stronger in Christianity, because some peoples (especially Shamanic societies) do not consider witchcraft as an evil practice but as good or evil depending on the situation.
..... Click the link for more information. , does not permit that any spirit The term spirit has several different uses in different fields.


Religion and spiritualityIn the fields of religion and spirituality, the term spirit may mean:
The soul of an individual person
A spiritual being, such as a ghost
The Holy Spirit (also known as the Holy Ghost)
An ultimate, unified, nondual awareness combinining or transcending all individual souls or individual units of consciousness; the term spirit has been used in this sense by at least Anthroposophy, Aurobindo, A Course In Miracles, Hegel, and Ken Wilber. In this use, the term is conceptually identical to Plotinus's "One" and Friedrich Schelling's "Absolute." Similar to Greek pneuma.

..... Click the link for more information. tempts him, and never deceives anyone.
He is depicted as a horse that changes into a man under the conjurer's request.

His name seems to come from Latin 'orobias', a type of incense Incense is a preparation of aromatic plant matter, often with the addition of essential oils extracted from plant or animal sources, intended to release fragrant smoke for religious, therapeutic or simply aesthetic purposes as it smolders.

Powdered or granulated incense is thrown onto hot coals or into a censer or thurible. Incense is also available in a more convenient stick, cone or wedge form; one lights the incense on fire, and then extinguishes the flame so that the incense continues to glow and smoke.
Well I will update this as more comes to my knowledge