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- Dictionarydemonology/ˌdiːməˈnɒlədʒi/
noun
- 1. the study of demons or demonic belief.
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Demonology is the study of demons within religious belief and myth. Depending on context, it can refer to studies within theology , religious doctrine , or occultism . In many faiths, it concerns the study of a hierarchy of demons .
This chapter explores the nature and development of Greek daimonology, that diverse and structured combination of ideas and beliefs (involving ritual) which applies to a category of superhuman beings known as daimones. The distinctive characteristic of this category is its intermediate and intermediary function between humans and gods.
Literally, demonology is the science of demons and their actions. The word ‘daimon’ is Greek and simply means a supernatural being, or a lesser divinity. In classical ancient Greece ‘daimones’ were perceived as guardian spirits, or as either good or evil spirits who try to influence the human psyche.
- Wolfgang Behringer
- 2007
Feb 23, 2022 · A history of demonology is by necessity a history of the world. Pandemonium is largely an exegesis of these principles, though they in large part emerged through the actual writing of the book itself.
Dec 24, 2020 · Summary. Adapting certain features of Empedoclean daimonology, Plato formulated a more rigorous theory of daimonification through virtue. He daimonified the soldiers of his ideal republic for their courage, and daimonified rulers (“guardians”) for their wisdom.
- M. David Litwa
- 2021
Introduction to Daimonology. The basics of Daimonology. A new cultural and methodological approach, encapsulated in 100 powerful, original, and occasionally enigmatic aphorisms by its founder Carl William Brown, to the enhancement and diffusion of creative, communicative, and interpretive thinking. Character is destiny, that is, our life is ...
In this identification of the wide variety of traditional Greco-Roman religious content and conceptions with demons as opposed to the truly divine, Greek demonology shares a common theological point with the Greco-Jewish translators of the Hebrew Bible and later Christians.
