Devotional Practice
Invocation and evocation
Invocation and evocation are terms used for related but differently framed religious or magical actions. Their definitions vary between authors and practice systems.
Results for “biblical interpretation”
Devotional Practice
Ceremonial magic
Ceremonial magic uses formally organized ritual actions. Its historical systems combine preparation, symbols, instruments, and accounts of spiritual authority in different ways.
Theistic Satanism
Demonolatry
Demonolatry refers to devotion to demons or daemonic beings. Modern accounts vary in theology, authority, and their relationship with historical grimoires.
Demonology & Spirits
Valefor
A Goetic duke whose description combines a lion-like form with a warning about theft and familiar spirits.
Demonology & Spirits
Gusion
A Goetic duke associated with answers, reconciliation, and the obscure term Xenopilus.
Demonology & Spirits
Leraje
A Goetic marquis described as a green-clad archer associated with conflict and arrow wounds.
Demonology & Spirits
Bathin
A Goetic duke associated with herbs, precious stones, and sudden travel between countries.
Demonology & Spirits
Forneus
A Goetic marquis described as a sea monster, associated with language, reputation, and rhetoric.
Demonology & Spirits
Halphas
A Goetic earl associated with fortification and military supply, often confused with Malphas.
Demonology & Spirits
Vapula
A winged lion-shaped Goetic duke associated with crafts, philosophy, and learned subjects.
Theology & Cosmology
Thelema
The religious and philosophical tradition associated with Aleister Crowley and The Book of the Law.
Texts & Sources
Lesser Key of Solomon
The grimoire compilation known as the Lemegeton, including the Goetia and several angelic arts.
Texts & Sources
Book of Abramelin
A grimoire built around religious preparation, the guardian angel, and subsequent work with spirits and magical squares.
History
John Dee
An English scholar whose records of spirit conversations became a major source for later angelic magic.
Demonology & Spirits
Hekate
A Greek goddess with broad early powers and later associations with crossroads, spirits, and magic.
Demonology & Spirits
Lamashtu
A Mesopotamian harmful female power represented on amulets and plaques intended to repel her.
Demonology & Spirits
Astaroth
Astaroth appears in early modern spirit catalogues and later illustrated demonology. Source editions matter when comparing the figure’s rank, appearance, and supposed knowledge.
Demonology & Spirits
Bael
Bael is a ranked spirit in early modern magical catalogues. The Goetic figure should be distinguished from the wider use of the ancient title Baal.
Demonology & Spirits
Buer
Buer is a spirit associated in magical catalogues with learning and healing. The well-known radial illustration belongs to later printed demonology.
History
Solomon in magical literature
Solomon’s name supplies authority to several magical and religious works. Attribution to the king must be distinguished from the date and authorship of the surviving text.