Demonology & Spirits
Shax
A Goetic marquis in bird form, associated with concealment, royal money, and unreliable answers.
Results for “human rights”
Demonology & Spirits
Bifrons
A Goetic earl associated with learned subjects, burial places, and lights at graves.
Demonology & Spirits
Vual
A Goetic duke first appearing as a dromedary, associated with affection, friendship, and knowledge.
Demonology & Spirits
Valac
A Goetic president described as a winged boy on a two-headed dragon, associated with treasure and serpents.
History
Éliphas Lévi
A nineteenth-century French occult author associated with ceremonial symbolism and the influential image of Baphomet.
Demonology & Spirits
Demonology
Demonology is the study, classification, and interpretation of demons and related spirits. In Western religious history it has included theological arguments about the nature and powers of demons, lists of named spirits, explanations of possession and temptation, magical techniques for summoning or constraining spirits, and folklore about dangerous supernatural beings. Modern theistic Satanists and…
Culture & Ethics
Ethics in theistic Satanism
Ethics in theistic Satanism concerns the moral principles, responsibilities, virtues, prohibitions, and methods of judgement developed by Satanists who regard Satan or related beings as real rather than purely symbolic. There is no universal Satanic ethical code. Theistic Satanism is decentralized, and its practitioners may draw on personal conscience, religious devotion, philosophical individualism,…
Texts & Sources
Book of Enoch
1 Enoch brings together accounts of heavenly beings, judgment, celestial order, and righteousness. It is a composite work rather than a single continuous biography of Enoch.
Demonology & Spirits
Semjaza
Semjaza is a leading figure in the Enochic account of the Watchers’ oath and descent. His role differs from the teaching and punishment associated with Azazel.
Demonology & Spirits
Vassago
A Goetic prince associated with finding lost things and knowledge of past and future events.
Demonology & Spirits
Gusion
A Goetic duke associated with answers, reconciliation, and the obscure term Xenopilus.
Demonology & Spirits
Zepar
A Goetic duke depicted as a red-clad soldier whose entry concerns attraction and fertility.
Demonology & Spirits
Purson
A Goetic king riding a bear, with offices concerning hidden knowledge, treasure, and cosmology.
Demonology & Spirits
Bune
A Goetic duke associated with wealth, eloquence, and the places of the dead.
Demonology & Spirits
Focalor
A Goetic duke with griffin wings, associated with winds, the sea, and shipwreck.
Demonology & Spirits
Vepar
A Goetic duke portrayed as a mermaid, associated with ships, storms, and afflicted wounds.
Demonology & Spirits
Vapula
A winged lion-shaped Goetic duke associated with crafts, philosophy, and learned subjects.
Organizations & Traditions
Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis
A modern Rosicrucian organization, usually called AMORC, that teaches through lessons and local study groups.
Organizations & Traditions
Global Order of Satan
A nontheistic Satanic organization whose public principles emphasize self-determination, compassion, and responsibility.
Texts & Sources
Second Enoch
The Slavonic Enochic work also known as the Book of the Secrets of Enoch, describing ascent, creation, and instruction.