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This is the truth about demons and demonology - in more than 400
entries. The conflict between good and evil can be found in every
culture, mythical tradition, and religion throughout history. In
many cases, the source of evil has been personified as demons or
devils, and in many belief systems, both are considered to be real
entities operating outside the boundaries of the physical world to
torment people or lead them astray. In some traditions demons are
believed to be the direct opposite of angels, working against the
forces of good and challenging them. Real or not, demons are at the
heart of many fascinating beliefs and traditions, several of which
are widely held today. ""The Encyclopedia of Demons and
Demonology"" explores this dark aspect of folklore and religion and
the role that demons play in the modern world. This comprehensive
resource presents more than 400 entries and more than 80
black-and-white photographs documenting beliefs about demons and
demonology from ancient history to the present. The key topics
covered include: Demons in different cultural and religious
traditions; Demons in folklore and popular culture; Exorcism and
other means of confronting demons; Historical cases of possession
and demon activity; The history of demonology; Magic and
witchcraft; Possession and other demonic phenomena; Modern-day
demonologists and exorcists; Strange creatures and entities related
to demons; and, Types of demons.
Magic, witches, and demons have drawn interest and fear throughout
human history. In this comprehensive primary source reader, Martha
Rampton traces the history of our fascination with magic and
witchcraft from the first through to the seventeenth century. In
over 80 readings presented chronologically, Rampton demonstrates
how understandings of and reactions toward magic changed and
developed over time, and how these ideas were influenced by various
factors such as religion, science, and law. The wide-ranging texts
emphasize social history and include early Merovingian law codes,
the Picatrix, Lombard's Sentences, The Golden Legend, and A
Midsummer Night's Dream. By presenting a full spectrum of source
types including hagiography, law codes, literature, and handbooks,
this collection provides readers with a broad view of how magic was
understood through the medieval and early modern eras. Rampton's
introduction to the volume is a passionate appeal to students to
use tolerance, imagination, and empathy when travelling back in
time. The introductions to individual readings are deliberately
minimal, providing just enough context so that students can hear
medieval voices for themselves.
Not every lie sounds untrue. Some lies are repeated so often they seem
to be common sense. That's why lies about God are so dangerous. The
Gospel According to Satan examines eight lies the enemy wants us to
believe and provides eight lines of counterattack against them. The
lies include: God just wants you to be happy; you only live once you
need to live your truth; and just let go and let God. Jared C. Wilson
reveals why these lies appeal to us, shows how they harm us, and
provides ways to counteract them. We can renounce Satan's counterfeit
gospel, but first we must see it for what it is.
The popular Wiccapedia gets the ultimate companion journal! A Book
of Shadows is a journal that witches keep close at hand for jotting
down their spells--and this beautiful keepsake edition, by the
authors of Wiccapedia, is the perfect accompaniment to that popular
guide for modern witches. A concise first section features basic
information on essential tools for spells, key herbs and crystals,
moon phases and magick, and a wheel of yearly Wiccan holidays. Over
225 pages of journal pages follow, where you can record all the
details of your spellcraft such as the date, the phase of the moon,
the ingredients . . . and the results.
In this powerful book, the renowned exorcist of Rome tells of his
many experiences in his ministry as an exorcist doing battle with
Satan to relieve the great suffering of people in the grip of evil.
The importance of the ministry to "expel demons" is clearly seen in
the Gospels, from the actions of the Apostles, and from Church
history. Fr. Amorth allows the reader to witness the activities of
the exorcist, to experience what an exorcist sees and does. He also
reveals how little modern science, psychology, and medicine can do
to help those under Satan's influence, and that only the power of
Christ can release them from this kind of mental, spiritual or
physical suffering. An Exorcist Tells His Story has been a European
best-seller that has gone through numerous printings and editions.
No other book today so thoroughly and concisely discusses the topic
of exorcism.
In 1988 Ericka and Julie Ingram began making a series of accusations of sexual abuse against their father, Paul Ingram, who was a respected deputy sheriff in Olympia, Washington. At first the accusations were confined to molestations in their childhood, but they grew to include torture and rape as recently as the month before. At a time when reported incidents of "recovered memories" had become widespread, these accusations were not unusual. What captured national attention in this case is that, under questioning, Ingram appeared to remember participating in bizarre satanic rites involving his whole family and other members of the sheriff's department.
Remembering Satan is a lucid, measured, yet absolutely riveting inquest into a case that destroyed a family, engulfed a small town, and captivated an America obsessed by rumors of a satanic underground. As it follows the increasingly bizarre accusations and confessions, the claims and counterclaims of police, FBI investigators, and mental health professionals. Remembering Satan gives us what is at once a psychological detective story and a domestic tragedy about what happens when modern science is subsumed by our most archaic fears.
First Published in 1968. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor &
Francis, an informa company.
A deluxe, new edition of a classical esoteric text with
unparalleled color plates.
In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, entire communities,
particularly in central Europe were gripped by a fear of witches
and witchcraft, and pursued witches in order to bring them to
justice. Professor David Nash unlocks the sometimes opaque history
of the phenomenon of witchcraft in Britain, Europe and America. The
book explores the development of witchcraft and belief in witches,
the obsession with witches and witchcraft that spawned
witch-hunting, the hey-day and decline of witch-hunting, and the
fascinating 'afterlife' of witchcraft: covering not only the
survival of some beliefs into the nineteenth century but the
academic interest in witchcraft in the early twentieth century,
which culminated in the interest shown in the phenomenon by experts
serving the interests and ideology of Nazi Germany. Among the
themes that the author will examine are the geographical spread and
regional differences in witchcraft and witch-hunting across
Britain, Europe and America; the theories on the rise of
witch-hunting; and gender differences: why so many more women were
accused and convicted of witch-hunting than men.
One of the most enigmatic figures in history, Nostradamus -
apothecary, astrologer and soothsayer - is a continual source of
fascination. Indeed, his predictions are so much the stock-in-trade
of the wildest merchants of imminent Doom that one could be
forgiven for ignoring the fact that Michel de Nostredame,
1503-1566, was a figure firmly rooted in the society of the French
Renaissance. In this bold new account of the life and work of
Nostradamus, Denis Crouzet shows that any attempt to interpret his
Prophecies at face value is misguided. Nostradamus was not trying
to predict the future. He saw himself, rather, as prophesying ,
i.e. bringing the Word of God to humankind. In a century marked by
the extreme violence of the Wars of Religion, Nostradamus profound
Christian faith placed him among the evangelicals of his
generation. Rejecting the confessional tensions tearing Europe
apart, he sought to coax his readers towards an interiorised piety,
based on the essential presence of Christ. Like Rabelais, for whom
laughter was a therapy to help one cope with the misery of the
times, Nostradamus saw himself as a physician of the soul as much
as of the body. His unveiling of the menacing and horrendous events
which await us in the future was a way of frightening his readers
into the realisation that inner hatred was truly the greatest peril
of all, to which the sole remedy was to live in the love and peace
of Christ. This inspired interpretation penetrates the imaginative
world of Nostradamus, a man whose life is as mysterious as his
writings. It shows him in a completely new dimension, securing for
him a significant place among the major thinkers of the
Renaissance.
The late seventeenth and eighteenth centuries are known as the Age
of Enlightenment, a time of science and reason. But in this
illuminating book, Paul Monod reveals the surprising extent to
which Newton, Boyle, Locke, and other giants of rational thought
and empiricism also embraced the spiritual, the magical, and the
occult. Although public acceptance of occult and magical practices
waxed and waned during this period they survived underground,
experiencing a considerable revival in the mid-eighteenth century
with the rise of new anti-establishment religious denominations.
The occult spilled over into politics with the radicalism of the
French Revolution and into literature in early Romanticism. Even
when official disapproval was at its strongest, the evidence points
to a growing audience for occult publications as well as to
subversive popular enthusiasm. Ultimately, finds Monod, the occult
was not discarded in favour of reason but was incorporated into new
forms of learning. In that sense, the occult is part of the modern
world, not simply a relic of an unenlightened past, and is still
with us today.
Introducing the first official Harry Potter knitting book - a
deluxe guide to creating over 25 authentic Harry Potter knits based
on the iconic films. Channel the magic of the Harry Potter films
from the screen to your needles with the ultimate knitter's guide
to the Wizarding World. Featuring over 25 magical knits, the book
includes patterns for clothing, home projects and keepsakes pulled
straight from the movies - and even includes a few iconic costume
pieces as seen on-screen. With yarn suggestions based on the true
colours used in the films, projects ranging from simple patterns
like the Hogwarts house scarves to more complex projects like Mrs
Weasley's Christmas jumper, knit your own wizarding world.
Projects: Crafty Creatures: patterns for Hedwig; Cornish Pixie;
Fluffy the Three-Headed Dog. Wizarding Wardrobe: patterns for Mrs
Weasley's Home-Knit Christmas jumpers; and Hogwarts' house scarves.
Inspired Apparel: clothes and accessories inspired by characters,
artefacts and themes from the films such as a Expecto Patronum!
mittens and Quidditch socks. Delightful Decor: dress your home with
Harry Potter decorative accessories such as Hogwarts House mug
cosies and Seven Horcruxes tea towels. A true fan must-have, this
book also includes fun facts, original costume sketches, film
stills, and other behind-the-scenes treasures. Harry Potter
Knitting Magic is sure to have fans everywhere summoning needles,
conjuring yarn, and practicing their best knitting wizardry.
What do the occult sciences, seances with the souls of the dead,
and appeals to saintly powers have to do with rationality? Since
the late nineteenth century, modernizing intellectuals, religious
leaders, and statesmen in Iran have attempted to curtail many such
practices as "superstitious," instead encouraging the development
of rational religious sensibilities and dispositions. However, far
from diminishing the diverse methods through which Iranians engage
with the immaterial realm, these rationalizing processes have
multiplied the possibilities for metaphysical experimentation. The
Iranian Metaphysicals examines these experiments and their
transformations over the past century. Drawing on years of
ethnographic and archival research, Alireza Doostdar shows that
metaphysical experimentation lies at the center of some of the most
influential intellectual and religious movements in modern Iran.
These forms of exploration have not only produced a plurality of
rational orientations toward metaphysical phenomena but have also
fundamentally shaped what is understood as orthodox Shi'i Islam,
including the forms of Islamic rationality at the heart of projects
for building and sustaining an Islamic Republic. Delving into
frequently neglected aspects of Iranian spirituality, politics, and
intellectual inquiry, The Iranian Metaphysicals challenges widely
held assumptions about Islam, rationality, and the relationship
between science and religion.
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