Greenbaum, Dorian Gieseler. The Daimon in Hellenistic astrology: origins and influence. Brill, 2015. Prominent infernal beings found in the World of Darkness include lilith, nalai ( vampire), niuli ( hobgoblin), gadalta ( ghost), satani ( Satan) and various other demons and evil spirits. [113] [114] Gnosticism [ edit ] Valery Rees From Gabriel to Lucifer: A Cultural History of Angels Bloomsbury Publishing, 04.12.2012 ISBN 978-0-857-72162-4 p. 81 Florentino Martinez Garcia, Magic in the Dead Sea Scrolls: The Metamorphosis of Magic: From Late Antiquity to the Early Modern Period, compilers Jan Bremmer and Jan R. Veenstra (Leuven: Peeters, 2003).

Gnosticism largely relies on Greek and Persian dualism, especially on Platonism. In accordance with Platonism, they regarded the idea as good while considering the material and conscious world to be inherently evil. [115] The demonized star-deities of late Persian religion became associated with a demon, thus identifying the seven observable planets with a demonic ruler. [116] These demons rule over the earth and the realm of planets, representing different desires and passions. [117] According to Origen, the Ophites depicted the world as surrounded by the demonic Leviathan. [118] In the Bahá'í Faith, demons are not regarded as independent evil spirits as they are in some faiths. Rather, evil spirits described in various faiths' traditions, such as Satan, fallen angels, demons and jinn, are metaphors for the base character traits a human being may acquire and manifest when he turns away from God and follows his lower nature. Belief in the existence of ghosts and earthbound spirits is rejected and considered to be the product of superstition. [134] Ceremonial magic [ edit ]It didn't really work. For a light frost we found that it did make the ice a bit slushy but still required scraping off. For a heavier frost it didn't really touch it. George R. S. Mead (1963). "140". Pistis Sophia. Jazzybee Verlag. ISBN 9783849687090. Archived from the original on 2021-04-27 . Retrieved 2021-11-02. The sources of demonic influence were thought to originate from the Watchers or Nephilim, who are first mentioned in Genesis 6 and are the focus of 1 Enoch Chapters 1–16, and also in Jubilees 10. The Nephilim were seen as the source of the sin and evil on Earth because they are referenced in Genesis 6:4 before the story of the Flood. [52] In Genesis 6:5, God sees evil in the hearts of men. Ethiopic Enoch refers to Genesis 6:4–5, and provides further description of the story connecting the Nephilim to the corruption of humans. According to the Book of Enoch, sin originates when angels descend from heaven and fornicate with women, birthing giants. The Book of Enoch shows that these fallen angels can lead humans to sin through direct interaction or through providing forbidden knowledge. Most scholars understand the text, that demons originate from the evil spirits of the deceased giants, cursed by God to wander the Earth. Dale Martin disagrees with this interpretation, arguing that the ghosts of the Nephilim are distinct. The evil spirits would make the people sacrifice to the demons, but they were not demons themselves. [53] The spirits are stated in Enoch to "corrupt, fall, be excited, and fall upon the earth, and cause sorrow". [54] [55] Nigosian, Solomon Alexander (1993). The Zoroastrian Faith: Tradition and Modern Research. McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. ISBN 978-0-7735-1144-6.

RichardWoodsOP.net". RichardWoodsOP.net. Archived from the original on 2013-12-28 . Retrieved 2014-03-12.The Algonquian people traditionally believe in a spirit called a wendigo. The spirit is believed to possess people who then become cannibals. In Athabaskan folklore, there is a belief in wechuge, a similar cannibal spirit. Reynolds, Gabriel Said, "Angels", in: Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE, Edited by: Kate Fleet, Gudrun Krämer, Denis Matringe, John Nawas, Everett Rowson. Consulted online on 17 August 2021. doi: 10.1163/1573-3912_ei3_COM_23204. First published online: 2009. First print edition: 9789004181304, 2009, 2009-3 David S. Margoliouth; The Devil's Delusion by Ibn al-Jawzi, 1935, Bd. 1, chapter: Account of the way wherein he deludes the Dualists. Occasionally an angel is called satan in the Babylon Talmud. But satans do not refer to demons as they remain at the service of God: "Stand not in the way of an ox when coming from the pasture, for Satan dances between his horns". [48]