Devotional Practice
Scrying
A divinatory or visionary practice involving a reflective surface, crystal, or other focus for reported images and messages.
Results for “modern Satanism”
Demonology & Spirits
Samael
Samael appears in Jewish interpretive literature in roles that vary between texts. His relationship with Satan, the serpent, and other figures should be described source by source.
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.
Texts & Sources
Reading religious primary sources
Primary sources provide direct evidence for a text, community, or historical setting. Reading them well requires context, precise citations, and comparison with other evidence.
Texts & Sources
Temptation of Jesus
The temptation of Jesus is an encounter with Satan in the wilderness narrated by Matthew, Mark, and Luke. Its differing forms connect hunger, divine sonship, scriptural argument, worldly rule, and worship.
History
Salem witch trials
The Massachusetts prosecutions of 1692-1693, the spread of accusations, spectral evidence, and the surviving court archive.
Demonology & Spirits
Naberius
A Goetic marquis associated with rhetoric and the restoration of lost honors.
Demonology & Spirits
Barbatos
A Goetic duke connected with the speech of animals, enchanted treasure, and reconciliation.
Demonology & Spirits
Beleth
A Goetic king riding a pale horse, associated with desire and an elaborate ceremonial reception.
Demonology & Spirits
Eligos
A Goetic duke depicted as a knight, associated with hidden matters, battles, and favor from powerful people.
Demonology & Spirits
Ipos
A Goetic spirit with an angelic body, lion head, goose foot, and hare tail, associated with knowledge and boldness.
Demonology & Spirits
Aim
A Goetic duke with three heads, a serpent mount, and a firebrand, associated with fire and private questions.
Demonology & Spirits
Gaap
A Goetic spirit associated with learning, altered perception, familiars, and rapid travel.
Demonology & Spirits
Stolas
A Goetic prince associated with astronomy, herbs, and precious stones, with changing bird imagery in later reception.
Demonology & Spirits
Bifrons
A Goetic earl associated with learned subjects, burial places, and lights at graves.
Demonology & Spirits
Orobas
A Goetic prince portrayed as a horse and then a human, noted for the fidelity attributed to him.
Demonology & Spirits
Valac
A Goetic president described as a winged boy on a two-headed dragon, associated with treasure and serpents.
Demonology & Spirits
Andras
A Goetic marquis portrayed with a bird's head on a wolf, associated with discord and a warning of danger.
Demonology & Spirits
Haures
A Goetic duke, also called Flauros, associated with fiery destruction and answers about divine matters.