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	Demonic literature
		A Grimoire of Shadows: Witchcraft, Paganism and Magick.
		Demonology and Devil Lore, Volume 1: Study of Demons.
		On Witchcraft: An Abridged Translation of Johann Weyer's De Praestigiis Daemonum Johann Weyer.
	shop.monstrous.com /demonic_literature.htm (700 words)

	Demons and witchcraft - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Perhaps one of the few points on which Christian demonologists agree is in the belief that witchcraft is a heresy, induced by demons, and that a belief in witchcraft is an essential part of the Christian faith.
		To Christian demonology demons are particularly pleased with the practice of witchcraft (including fl magic) because it involves many sins, including attendance at the Sabbaths.
		The Malleus Maleficarum intended by all possible means to prove that witchcraft was an essential belief in Christianity, induced by demons, and practised mostly by women.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Demons_and_witchcraft (418 words)

	Angels and Demons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The modern demon is thought to punish those who give in to its temptations by possessing the victim's body and using it against the victim and the loved ones of the victim.
		Demons in one form or another have been a constant fixture of folklore and myth in all cultures around the world since the dawn of history.
		If some demons are obviously free to propagate evil in the world, there are Scriptures which indicate that a portion of the evil angels are currently restrained in a type of spiritual prison.
	demons.monstrous.com /angels_and_demons.htm (2503 words)

	Demons
		Demons are fallen angels under the command of Satan, those who are still free after the Gen. 6 affair.
		Demons cannot enter the bodies of Christian believers because the Christian's body is the temple of the Holy Spirit.
		Satan and demons are often used by God in the administration of the sin unto death to reversionistic believers.
	www.realtime.net /~wdoud/topics/demons.html (1432 words)

	Witchcraft
		A sorcerer might call on the assistance of demons, but in so doing there is no automatic presumption that he or she thereby denies the supremacy of God.
		Witchcraft, sorcery and simple spell casting are as ancient as humankind: there is some evidence from cave markings that Paleolithic man indulged in it.
		In the Spanish and French territories cases of witchcraft were under the jurisdiction of church courts, and no one suffered death on this charge.
	www.evileyeweb.com /eew/witchcraft.htm (889 words)

	Witchcraft And Demons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		They say that wandering demons, joyful in the darkness of the night, are terrified by cock-crowing, and in their fear fade away.
		The demons, from personal choice, select by lot the spheres of treachery and deceits, crimes and perjury and other vices, in order to be the lords of darkness.
		For Demons are said to love blood; hence, whenever a necromantic act is performed, blood is mixed with water so that they may be exorcised more readily by the color of blood.
	www.witch-craft-primer.com /demons.html (1017 words)

	Christian Responses to Witchcraft and Sorcery
		Witchcraft (maleficium) was indeed common in pre-Christian Europe, and it was an ancient pagan custom for those who believed maleficium was being used against them or their kin to take personal retaliation.
		The sceptical attitude of the Enlightenment was conducive to the belief that the concept of witchcraft was a delusion (Williams 1959:300ff).
		Though his study does not deal with witchcraft directly (the only example on Naxos was the evil eye, which was witchcraft as opposed to sorcery in the anthropologists' sense of the terms), Stewart (1991:15) observes that the relationship of both to the Christian world view was very similar.
	www.geocities.com /athens/7734/witch1.htm (7142 words)

	DELIVERANCE - DEMONS CURSES WITCHCRAFT SPIRITUAL WARFARE PRAYER DELIVERANCE
		This event showed me just how many good, well meaning and devoted believers there are who do not understand the power of the Gospel of Jesus Christ to set the captives free.
		In our modern society thousands are coming into our churches from the occult, witchcraft, spiritualism and the New Age movement.
		Demons Curses Witchcraft - Spiritual Warfare Prayer - Deliverance Ministries
	www.jonasclark.com /deliverance.htm (623 words)

	Witchcraft in Medieval Scotland
		Supposedly, both men and women were to gather at "sabats" or meetings in secret places were they feasted with demons on the bodies of humans and in the privacy of their own homes were supposed to manufacture potent mixtures from parts of the human body.
		Mary was the wife of the Dauphin of France and inherited the throne of Scotland on the death of her mother (Mary of Guise).
		She brought many European ideas with her and her Witchcraft Act was based on the assumption that witchcraft equated with heresy, hence burning became the prescribed punishment for a traitor, a heretic or a witch -- but not for a murderer.
	members.aol.com /Skyelander/witch1.html?mtbrand=AOL_US (1231 words)

	Apologetics Press - Exorcism, Demons, Witchcraft, and Astrology
		Some say demons are the spirits of wicked dead men whom God permitted to leave the hadean realm to indwell some people in harmony with His divine purposes.
		Some say demons have never actually existed, and that the Bible account of demons is simply the superstitious, pre-scientific explanation of epilepsy and other physical or emotional disorders.
		Another significant difference between demon possession in the Bible and alleged demon possession today is that in the New Testament, demons were respectful of deity and acknowledged Jesus as the “holy one of God” (Mark 1:24; 3:11).
	www.apologeticspress.org /articles/2252 (1722 words)

	Witchcraft in Ghana
		Following Evans-Pritchard’s research into witchcraft among the Azande of Congo and his advancement of the misfortune or the explanation theory, the African phenomena of witchcraft have become prominent on the agenda of anthropologists.
		It is also propounded that demons may enter human being through emotional traumas like the death of a loved one or survival in car accident, in murder, or building explosion; those who watch such incidents on the television are also vulnerable to demon entry.
		For example, witches who claim deliverance may speak of the atrocities they supposedly committed, show signs of witchcraft possession and tell of how they were delivered, others may speak of the successes in their lives, which, for them, are answers to prayers, divine interventions or responses of deliverance.
	www.pctii.org /cyberj/cyberj10/onyinah.html (8557 words)

	Demonology - A Comprehensive Guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Another opinion was that demons were intermediaries between men and gods, and that demons had once been men.
		However, there is still uncertainty as to whether or not demons are considered to be distinct and separate from the Devil and his fallen angels.
		Demon possession - that is, a human who has become inhabited or "taken over" by a demon and who cannot, consequently, exercise his own will - is noted in the New Testament, specifically in Mark, Chapter 5, ver.
	www.djmcadam.com /demons.htm (1058 words)

	Demonology, the study of demons
		The study and classification of the hierarchy of demons, their powers and limitations, attributes, multiple names, and derivations.
		The hierarchy of demons was much discussed among theological experts in past centuries and many books were published on the subject.
		Hideous demons roam the streets in an orgy of terror, drawing pleasure from torturing humans as sadistically as possible.
	www.occultopedia.com /d/demonology.htm (2213 words)

	Demon
		They include those demons who were cast out of heaven together with Lucifer, as well as pagan deities branded as demons by the church.
		The possibility of sex with demons was denied before the twelfth century, but by the later Middle Ages belief in sexually voracious demons in alluring male or female form who preyed on sleeping men and women (see Incubus, Succubus) become widely accepted.
		It was held that demons could be expelled or kept at bay by the ritual of exorcism, or by the use of certain prayers, or a special charm, or by wearing an amulet or talisman.
	www.occultopedia.com /d/demon.htm (2281 words)

	Summer 2002 Classics Newsletter
		Because the ultimate focus of the class is on witchcraft proper, it traces the development of the educated and popular stereotype of the witch, the former of which culminates, for all intents and purposes, in the publication of the Malleus Maleficarum in 1487.
		If demons are operative in magic, and all witches employ magic, then they cannot do so without the authorization of the daemonum princeps himself, which in turn makes witches his vehicle for spreading corruption in the world.
		Witchcraft was a spiritual crime, but wherever it caused injury, it was charged also as a criminal offense (except in England where it remained a civil offense, which is why witches there were hanged).
	www.umich.edu /~classics/news/newsletter/summer2002/witchcraft.html (680 words)

	Overview of the Differences Between Satanism and Witchcraft
		Witchcraft: Abuse of the soul of victims to create enough "space" to hold witch spirits perceived to live from body to body.
		Claims, curses, part-spirits of deceased and live witches, and demons, are "sent" to other people through transfer of body fluids, saliva, tissue, feces, urine, breath, and more, in rituals involving extreme physical and sexual torture and human and animal sacrifice.
		Witchcraft: Attachment of male and female gods and demons to reinforce curses, claims, etc. and to fuel harassment by attached spirits, etc. Attempt to gain power and harm others supernaturally with sorcery, spells, hexes, charms, astral travel, coming together on "sacred ground" in a circle, etc.
	truthbeknown2000.tripod.com /Truthbeknown2000/id20.html (1030 words)

	Michael D. Bailey: Battling Demons
		Nevertheless, it was during the late Middle Ages that the full stereotype of demonic witchcraft developed in Europe, and this is the subject of Battling Demons.
		Today Nider's reputation rests squarely on his witchcraft writings, but in his own day he was better known as a leader of the reform movement within the Dominican order and as a writer of important tracts on numerous other aspects of late medieval religiosity, including heresy and lay piety.
		As the only English-language study to focus exclusively on the rise of witchcraft in the early fifteenth century, Battling Demons will be important to students and scholars of the history of magic and witchcraft and medieval religious history.
	www.psupress.org /books/titles/0-271-02225-6.html (444 words)

	Demon (WebBible Encyclopedia) - ChristianAnswers.Net
		Demons are spoken of as spiritual beings (Matt.
		The word demon(s) does not appear in the King James Bible, which uses the word "devils" instead.
		In the New Testament, both Jesus and his Apostles cast out demons through the power of the Holy Spirit.
	www.christiananswers.net /dictionary/demon.html (210 words)

	Salem Witchcraft: the Events and Causes of the Salem Witch Trials
		Thus, witchcraft was considered a sin because it denied God’s superiority, and a crime because the witch could call up the Devil in his/her shape to perform cruel acts against others.
		Therefore, in any case when witchcraft was suspected, it was important that it was investigated thoroughly and the tormentor(s) identified and judged.
		Since witchcraft was a capital offense, his property could be sequestered to the government if he was found guilty.
	www.salemwitchtrials.com /salemwitchcraft.html (4355 words)

	DISCUSSION ON WITCHCRAFT, WICCA NEO-PAGANISM AND AFRICAN TRADITIONS
		By assuming that witchcraft and paganism were formerly the same phenomenon, they (Wiccans) are mixing two utterly different archaic concepts and placing them- selves in a certain amount of difficulty.
		Whatever the "witchcraft" that was being suppressed in the Great Witch Hunt was, it was not a pagan religion.5 The early Christians disapproved of both pagan religions and witchcraft, but they did not generally confuse them.
		The scepti- cal attitude of the Enlightenment was conducive to the belief that the concept of witchcraft was a delusion (Wil- liams 1959:300ff).
	www.ucalgary.ca /~nurelweb/papers/hayes/witch.html (7060 words)

	sehepunkte - Rezensionsjournal für die Geschichtswissenschaften - 5 (2005), Nr. 12
		While the introduction attempts to link the essays into a coherent argument concerning magic, witchcraft and the role of visual culture in communication by outlining some of the broader issues addressed by these studies, the articles themselves fail to give the impression of a coherent book on the visual culture of magic and witchcraft.
		While the role of the visual in communication and in the articulation of cultural constructs is convincingly demonstrated, the broader social issues addressed are not easily sustainable on the basis of the evidence used.
		They convincingly demonstrate that for early modern people magic and witchcraft were no mere flights of fancy, but yet another mirror through which to look at their society.
	www.sehepunkte.de /2005/12/7759.html (1267 words)

	Witchcraft
		Modern witchcraft isn’t a survival but a contemporary invention based on the books of a strange Oxford scholar, Margaret Murray, or more recently on Gerald Gardner’s ‘Witchcraft Today’ published in 1954 after the repeal of the witchcraft law in 1951.
		Witchcraft is a matter of celebrating the powers in nature, joining in with them and perhaps using them to produce supernatural effects.
		Witchcraft doesn’t lurk around every corner, but it is on the increase, especially among young people, fuelled by its acceptance and portrayal in popular teenage culture.
	www.kernowyouth.co.uk /html/witchcraft.htm (1873 words)

	The Origin of the Witch
		Before moving on to the next element of the concept of witchcraft, it is interesting to note the shift in focus here, from the usually upper class, academic, male magician to the usually poor, unsophisticated, female witch (Purkiss, 45).
		Sexual deviance and copulation with demons were common attributes of this concept, as were infanticide and cannibalism.
		The accepted beliefs in witchcraft were challenged by some, but no one dared deny the central theme that held the entire movement together: the belief that the Devil was real and had malicious influence over mankind.
	www.braided-web.net /origins.html (1795 words)

	Demons
		The word "Demon" comes from the Greek word "daimon" which means "intelligent." According to passages in the Christian Scriptures (New Testament), Satan is has a personal army of demons to assist him in attacking humans and accomplishing evil tasks.
		By the 1st century CE in Palestine, many mental disorders were believed to be caused by indwelling demons.
		They consider Bible passages about demons to be of little value - much like the verses that condoned and regulated human slavery, required the execution of non-virgin brides, and other practices considered immoral by today's religious and secular standards.
	www.religioustolerance.org /chr_demo.htm (399 words)

	Unknown Rhythm - Witchcraft and Voodoo
		Their accusers were a few young girls who had been listening to tales of voodoo and claimed to be possessed by the devil.
		The families of the dead were eventually paid an indemnity to try and compensate them for their loses and suffering.
		A general belief in witchcraft did not begin to wane until after 1632.
	www.horrorseek.com /home/gothic/darkflower/witchcraftandvoodoo.html (724 words)

	Sword of Truth Ministries - Spiritual Warfare Prayers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Upon and into all of satan's children partaking of and planning thses wicked and evil practices I lose, in the name of Jesus, spirits of Confusion, Forgetfulness, Destruction; also spirits of Salvation, Adoption as Children of God [Romans 8:15] and Deliverance.
		I ask you, Father, to put a special covering of warrior angels over each ceremony, coven, witch and warlock, so that no curse or demon can emerge or be sent.
		In the name of Jesus, I return to the senders all curses and demons that they already have or will attempt to send.
	www.ourchurch.com /view?pageID=76139 (732 words)

	Witchcraft And Demons - sffworld.com
		Maybe I'm stapping away from the orginal intent of this topic but reading these posts these thoughts come to me that,this is the year of 2005 and one still speaks the words of Witchcraft And Demons in one breath.
		A nice book on witchcraft and demons is ''The History of Demonology and Witchcraft''*(well duh!) by Montague Summers(somewhat famous researcher).
		And just in case, I understand that Traditional Witchcraft is not pantheistic but polytheistic, but polytheism still associates gods with forces of nature in one way or another.
	www.sffworld.com /forums/showthread.php?p=250591 (854 words)

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