My Great Endeavors : Demons

Introduction
Demons are very ancient. Most of them started off as deities. They are aggressive spirits that are close to human nature. Some demons are very popular. I will list a few. They have a history of over 2,500 years!!! They come from different nations. Demons are removed from a person's body by a shaman. There are 72 demons in the goetia. Demons play a big role in the Qliphoth.

Definition

The word demon comes from daimon. Daimons were messengers of Greek deities. They can be good or evil. When the bible was translated in Greek, deities of other tribes were called diamons, later demons. Most demons today are based on ancient non-Hebrew deities.

History
The first demons in history come from Zoroastrianism. They worked 4 Ahriman. He was the god of evil. Those demons were called devas. They represented negative emotions. Most demons today are based on Canaanite, Mesopotamian, and Kemetic deities. Now they are a big part of Christianity. Christians see them as agents of Satan. They believe they are war with angels. But the truth is they aren't and they exist independently of Satan. Most Christians believe demons are fallen angels. They are just remake of ancient spirits, more or less. They are amoral, not evil.

Demons in Shamanism
Sometimes when people have aliments, they have a demon in their body. Demons cause and/or attracted to aliments. There are 4 types of demons. I remember 2 of them: time capsule demons and drive by demons. Time capsule demons may stay with you over lifetimes. They want you to get rid of a certain problem. Drive by demons curse people went sent by a sorcerer. Shamans help remove demons from people's body. Sometimes the demons give advice to the shaman on how to help the person heal. They are like another type of angel.

Popular Demoted Deities
Belial: Has similarities to Sekhmet. He is a very powerful demon, that can help people rize politically.

Beelzebub: The name means Lord of Heaven. Now days people say it means lord of flies. Originally a god of Philistines.

Pazuzu: A mesopotamian demon god. Great protector and killer. He's my favorite demon!!!!!!!

Lamashtu: Demon goddess that killed babies. Later on people thought Lilith killed babies. They are mistaken. Pazuzu protected people from her. Anu is her father.

Paimon: Giver of knowledge. Has vast powers.

Asmodeus: Originally a deva of wrath. Now a demon of lust.

Baalam: He has great divination powers. He sees into the past, present, and future simultaneously.

Bael: It looks like a crab with 3 heads: cat, european man, and frog. He has the power to make you invisible (people will not notice you). It like you become a stranger, even to those who are very fimilar to you.

Vine: He looks like a lion and rides a black horse. He has great divination powers as well.

Zagan: He has the power of alchemy.

Beleth: He is great @ making people fall in love or lust.

Purson: He help you find hidden treasure. He's a lion that rides a bear.

Lucifuge Rofocale: He gives magicians control over other demons after they make a pact with them. He has the powers of Saturn!!!!!

Bune: He looks like a griffin with 3 heads. He helps people make $.

Leviathan: Original name is Lotan. It's a sea serpent in Canaanite mythology. A demon in Judaism.

Succubus/Incubus: A female or male demon that drain people life force by having sex.

Lilith: Originally a Sumerian air spirit. In Judaism she was the first wife of Adam. She had sex with him in the cowgirl position. Yahweh got upset and but her out of the garden. She plays a part in the Kabbalah/Qliphoth. She is very sexual and the counterpart of Shekinah.

Goetic Spirits
There are 72 of these spirits. Most of the demons I wrote about in the previous section are in the Goetia. These demons have many different abilities and they have legions (group of spirits). They can help or hurt a person in every way. Legend has it Solomon had a magic ring that gave him the ability to control these demons. They may or may not correspond to Shemhamphorash.

Qliphothic Demons
The Tree of Death is the opposite of the Tree of Life. The Qliphoth is the shadow of the Kabbalah. The qlippas of the Tree of Death have demons in them. Some of which are in the Goetia. Lilith and Samuel are a part of the Qliphoth. Samuel is the angel of destruction and death. So, sum people see him as evil.