Theistic Satanism
Demonolatry
Demonolatry refers to devotion to demons or daemonic beings. Modern accounts vary in theology, authority, and their relationship with historical grimoires.
Results for “occult history”
Demonology & Spirits
Gusion
A Goetic duke associated with answers, reconciliation, and the obscure term Xenopilus.
Demonology & Spirits
Sitri
A Goetic prince portrayed with a leopard head and griffin wings, whose stated office concerns desire.
Demonology & Spirits
Phenex
A Goetic marquis in phoenix form, associated with poetry, learning, and a hope of heavenly restoration.
Demonology & Spirits
Vapula
A winged lion-shaped Goetic duke associated with crafts, philosophy, and learned subjects.
Demonology & Spirits
Zagan
A Goetic spirit with a winged bull form, associated with wit and transformations of liquids and metals.
Organizations & Traditions
Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis
A modern Rosicrucian organization, usually called AMORC, that teaches through lessons and local study groups.
Texts & Sources
Lesser Key of Solomon
The grimoire compilation known as the Lemegeton, including the Goetia and several angelic arts.
Texts & Sources
Ars Almadel
An angelic art in the Lemegeton, using a wax tablet, candles, and a hierarchy of heavenly altitudes.
Texts & Sources
Ars Notoria
A medieval art of prayer and contemplation intended to confer learning, memory, and eloquence.
Texts & Sources
Book of Abramelin
A grimoire built around religious preparation, the guardian angel, and subsequent work with spirits and magical squares.
Texts & Sources
Sworn Book of Honorius
The medieval Liber Juratus, a work of sacred magic concerned with divine vision, angels, and ritual authority.
Texts & Sources
Third Enoch
The Hebrew Enochic work associated with heavenly palaces and Enoch’s transformation into Metatron.
Texts & Sources
Gospel of Judas
An early Christian revelation dialogue preserved in Coptic, known from the manuscript called Codex Tchacos.
Demonology & Spirits
Lamashtu
A Mesopotamian harmful female power represented on amulets and plaques intended to repel her.
Devotional Practice
Talismans
Objects prepared or used for a particular effect through inscriptions, images, materials, and ritual meaning.
Devotional Practice
Initiation
Entry into a religious or esoteric path through ceremony, instruction, recognition, and lived development.
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
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.
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.