THE HIDDEN WORDS OF DEMON

A History of Demonic Names, Hierarchies, and Rites Across Four Thousand Years

von D. Salazar Thompson

240 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

What happens when a name becomes more than a name?THE HIDDEN WORDS OF DEMON traces the history of demonic names, hierarchies, symbols, and rites across roughly four thousand years, following the ideas that shaped demonology from the ancient world to the modern imagination.Beginning with Mesopotamian and Egyptian traditions, the book moves through the Hebrew Bible, Second Temple literature, early Christianity, Islamic traditions, Zoroastrianism, European folklore, and the medieval and early modern grimoire tradition. Along the way, it examines figures and traditions associated with names such as Satan, Lucifer, Azazel, Belial, Lilith, Asmodeus, Beelzebub, Pazuzu, Astaroth, Iblis, and others.At the heart of the book is the idea of the hidden word: why cultures gave supernatural beings names, ranks, seals, sigils, secret meanings, and protective formulas. Individual entries examine etymology, origin and lineage, descriptions, reputed domains, historical names and sigils, folklore, and primary sources.Inside you will find: the development of demonology, major demonic hierarchies, comparative traditions, grimoire catalogues, demon names and classifications, sigils and sacred alphabets, historical invocation and banishing traditions, protective folklore, wards, apotropaic objects, and the place of demonology in modern culture.What this book is not: it is not presented as a modern spellbook or practical instruction manual. Historical ritual language appears as documentary material, with documented history and folklore deliberately distinguished.For readers interested in demonology, occult history, comparative religion, grimoires, mythology, folklore, ancient religious traditions, and the history of magical thought, this is a reference designed to be read from beginning to end or consulted name by name.

• Reihe: Independently published
• ISBN: 9798175906920
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 20.09.2026
• Größe: 279 x 216 mm
• Verlag: Independently published