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	Demonic possession - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Demonic possession is the belief in a form of spiritual possession; specifically, one or more demons are said to enter a living or dead human or animal body or an object with the intention of using it for a purpose, normally evil but sometimes instead as a punishment or test.
		It is said by several spiritual belief systems that a demonic possession can be "cured" by an exorcism that enables the exorcist to expel the demon or demons from the possessed subject or object.
		Shamanic cultures also believe in demon possession and shamans (witch doctors) perform exorcisms too; in these cultures often diseases are attributed to the presence of an evil spirit or demon in the body of the patient.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Demonic_possession (1428 words)

	Demon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In some cultures demons are still feared in popular superstition, largely due to their power to 'possess' humans, and they are an important concept in many modern religions and occultist traditions.
		The wilderness as the home of demons was regarded as the place whence such diseases as leprosy issued, and in cases of leprosy one of the birds set apart to be offered as an expiatory sacrifice was released, that it might carry the disease back to the desert (Leviticus xiv.
		Demons have permeated the culture of children's cartoons and anime; they are used in comic books as powerful adversaries in the horror, fantasy and superhero stories.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Demon (4154 words)

	Demon possession (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Demon possession is the act of one or more demons of entering a human or animal body, alive or dead, or an object, with the intention of using it for a purpose, normally evil, but also as a punishment.
		It is said that a demonic possession can be "cured" by an exorcism that enables the exorcist to expel the demon(s) from the possessed body or object.
		Since that moment on, demon possession became a plague among Christians; lots of exorcisms and executionss were performed on persons allegedly possessed; lots of "lunatics" or mentally ill people were accused of being demon-possessed and killed.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/demon_possession (1539 words)

	Knowledge King - Power of humans on demons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Christian demonology studies the power of humans on demons as another of its branches.
		The invocation of God or God's power, the name of Jesus and certain prayers can oblige demons to flee as soon as possible, meanwhile symbols of other beliefs do not have any effect on them.
		Demons were out of control until some charm was created to "control" them.
	www.knowledgeking.net /encyclopedia/p/po/power_of_humans_on_demons.html (435 words)

	Demons
		Demon are careful not to leave any physical proof, so their subjects simply seem to have been hearing voices and are considered insane.
		If the demon realizes that the person knows that she can eventually destroy it, it will become desperate and promise the sun, moon, and stars to make her stop (and probably have to deliver, since there is nothing stopping the person from trying to destroy it again).
		Bound demons are usually small and brutish, often appearing as overly large toads or other vermin, and serve either as familiars (for the length of the magician's life) or as guards set over places or treasures.
	www.angelfire.com /darkside/pathofevil/Demons.html (5089 words)

	Christian demonology Information - TextSheet.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Christian demonology is the study of the demons from a Christian point of view.
		Since early Christianity, demonology has been evolved from an almost simple belief in some demons to a complex study that has abandoned the original idea taken from Jewish demonology and Christian scriptures to become an imaginative subject.
		Christian demonology is mainly Catholic, but other Christian churches do not deny the existence of demons or their nature, although concepts can vary depending on the church.
	viridian.sferahost.com /encyclopedia/c/ch/christian_demonology.html (367 words)

	Demonology
		To the extent that it refers to theology elaborating the meaning of sacred texts, demonology is an orthodox branch of theology.
		The most extensive statement of western Christian demonology is the Malleus Maleficarum of Jacob Sprenger and Heinrich Kramer, which attempted to prove that the existence and power of witchcraft were an integral part of the Roman Catholic faith.
		Some branches of Buddhism affirm the existence of Hells peopled by demons who torment sinners and tempt mortals to sin, or who seek to thwart their enlightenment.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/d/de/demonology.html (407 words)

	Demon
		The term 'demon' is derived ultimately from the Sanskrit root div ('to shine'), through the Greek daimon ('divine power').
		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 (2207 words)

	POWER OF THE DEMONS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		All the evil allegedly caused by the power of the demons is by God's permission, "due to his infinite goodness" according to some books on the topic, like the Malleus Maleficarum and The Great Book of Saint Cyprian (a mediaeval grimoire previous to the Malleus Maleficarum).
		The demons have limited power on humans, as they can refuse temptation, but they can also persecute some persons, like Anthony the Great, who was persecuted for years with visions that induced him to sexual sins he could avoid.
		According to Christian demonology the power of the demons is not only limited to this, but they can also possess people, animals and things, and provoke several phenomena.
	www.websters-online-dictionary.org /definition/POWER+OF+THE+DEMONS (547 words)

	Wizards.COMmunity Boards - Power of Humans (OR can Drow be defeated)? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Assuming the humans are somehow capable of opening portals into/near drow cities and are threatening to overwhelm the drow with superior numbers, then as the high level drow clerics create several spectres and send them out to slay everyone in the city (human, drow or goblin slaves).
		In conclusion: humans unifying and attacking the drow in the Underdark is a futile endeavor.
		Even if the humans sent all their high level casaters, fighters etc up front its would be impossible to cover every exit from the underdark, leaving the rear of the army open to flanking forces, a single balor summoned into the supply train would lead to loss of recourses, lives and moral.
	boards1.wizards.com /archive/index.php/t-192021.html (19587 words)

	EN World - Morrus' D&D / d20 News & Reviews Site - General - Go to Hell. Go Directly to Hell. Do Not Pass Go. Do Not ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		From DnD Demons (and when I say Demons, I'm including Devils and 'Loths and evetrything else that applies) who seem more conserned with their own kind than the sould of humanity, to the aforementioned Cenobites, to strange creatures that are Demon only in name, the variaties seem endless.
		However, this is less efficient in generating power, so the One God would prefer that mortals be as noble as possible so that in the afterlife their noble parts are larger and thus generate more power.
		This can lead to two separate types of cosmologies, one where demons are just elementally evil, and one where evil is their source of power and so they promote evil as a means to an end instead of as an end itself.
	www.enworld.org /showthread.php?t=126455&goto=newpost (4455 words)

	demons and symbols
		In general, the most important demons are said to have a signature or seal, which is personal and generally used by them to sign the acts of the diabolical pacts.
		It has to be noted that the diabolical pentagram does not derive from the Pythagorean one but from the Babylonian and Celtic.
		The Celts had a representation of a pentagram (without the surrounding circle) that was said was the footstep of a ghost or a witch with one leg of a goat instead of human; the belief in the "witch's foot" lasted for centuries in Christian folklore.
	www.fact-library.com /demons_and_symbols.html (413 words)

	Why Disguise Demons as Aliens? Angels & Antichrist & UFOs , Bible Prophecy End Time Prophecy
		The main focus of this deception will be to convince humans that the Bible was wrong -- that life evolved on other planets and that these "alien space brothers" perhaps were the ones who created humans...
		Since Satan is the most beautiful and powerful cherub, Prince of the Powers of the Air, intelligence behind UFO phenomena, the authority over all the aerial regions outward from earth...why is he so concerned with earth?
		The word rapha is a title given to some of the demonic spirits, the hybrid nephilim, that were chained during the flood of Noah.
	www.mt.net /~watcher/hate.html (2187 words)

	'from the Encyclopedia Mythica' Demons
		Other demons see the potential in humans, and would either recruit them as allies in the war against Heaven, or else wish to dissect them in order to learn the secret of their power, which is a reflection of God's power, since it was humans and not demons who were created in his image.
		Yet other demons wish to force the humans to revile themselves, admit that they are as evil and corrupt as the demons themselves, to prove that God doesn't really love them.
		Hunhau is the chief of demons and ruler of Mitnal.
	www.angelfire.com /realm/shades/demons/emdemons.htm (492 words)

	Something Blue - BuffyGuide.com
		Anya was originally human; D'Hoffryn turned her into a demon and gave her her powers.
		Anya says that D'Hoffryn made her a demon 1120 years ago, and in "Doppelgängland," she stated that she was 1120 years old.
		The demon with the really long horns seemed to be fighting just to keep his head up.
	www.buffyguide.com /episodes/somethingblue.shtml (1995 words)

	Evolution of Myths (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Ignoring our view of the ethics of such human husbandry, it would indeed have had much emotional appeal among men of that era to have a mythology that precluded having themselves 'controlled' as animals were.
		And in the powerful Knossos empire, a matriarchy, accounting and taxes were 'invented' and used as any patriachy would, to redistribute income from those that have income to the government, the priesthood, and in a 5000 years before today version of the trickle down effect, the desperately poor.
		Just about the time the snake went from being powerful, and in the main benevolent, to evil and not as powerful as some (usually male) god there was a major shift in the living practices in the area where this myth paradigm shift was happening.
	www.mythome.org /mythevol.html (1989 words)

	Demons - JOHN SHIRLEY - Mobipocket eBooks
		Hideous demons roam the streets in an orgy of terror, drawing pleasure from torturing humans as sadistically as possible.
		Yet the demons draw their strength from an all-too-familiar evil-a deadly malevolence supported by some of the greatest powers on earth, concealed beneath the trappings of status, success, and abused power.
		EXCLUSIVE TO THIS EDITION: The original novella Demons was published as an acclaimed, limited edition hardcover which Publishers Weekly called a "mini-masterpiece." Now the terror continues, as the sequel story, "Undercurrents," takes the reader on a macabre journey into the center of the conspiracy that may lay waste to the Earth.
	www.ebookmall.com /ebook/86434-ebook.htm (575 words)

	seal of the demons
		It is notable that many of these "signatures" include the sign of the cross, which according to Christian tradition is opposed to demons and scare them.
		These signs appeared mostly during the Renaissance, in a time in which demonology was a subject of study for many theologians, priests, alchemists, kabbalists and other scientists and pseudo-scientists.
		According to The Lesser Key of Solomon and the acts of some witch trials, there are demons that have more than one seal or signature.
	www.fact-library.com /seal_of_the_demons.html (228 words)

	YaHooka Forums - Single God? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		When you look at the realm of gods through a Buddhist philosophy, you see that gods are full of pride and ignorance because of our power.
		It is clear from context, though, that the Hebrew faith was monotheistic by the time the books of Moses were compiled into their current form -- despite occaisional references to old gods such as Moloch.
		Tibetan Buddhism has inherited some of the terminology of Hinduism and preserves much of the animism of the Bon religion but is non-theistic.
	www.yahooka.com /forum/printthread.php?t=52909 (2030 words)

	Book on Mormon Religion
		Eliphas Levi, one of the most influential magicians of the 1800s, wrote in his massive volume on transcendental magic: "the pentagram signifies the domination of the mind over the elements, and the demons of air, the spirits of fire, the phantoms of water and ghosts of earth are enchained by this sign".
		Unfortunately, the powers that be that have taken over the Mormon Church, are promoting the pentagram as a religious symbol, which was not in the original Mormon religion as taught by Joseph Smith.
		Verse 4 states that the power to appoint the leader of the church will not be taken from the church, whether or not those leaders are faithful to their calling.
	www.cryfromthedust.net /book_on_mormon_religion.htm (15913 words)

	Webster's Online Dictionary - The Rosetta Edition
		POWER AND FUNCTION OF THE AUTHORITIES ADMINISTERING THE BANKRUPTCY
		POWER CONFERRED UPON THE SPOUSE IN THE INTEREST OF THE HOUSEHOLD
		POWER OF SEEING OR BEING SEEN : IS
	www.icongrouponline.com /dictionary/indexPO83.html (36 words)

	..// Cursed Arrows: An Inu-Yasha Shrine
		It gives demons and humans more power if the possess it, and the first demon who tries to take it in the show was a centipede thing.
		However, she took the job of protecting the Shikon Jewel which has the power to make a good person evil if they use it.
		Well, Kikyo probably would have never become evil; she could handle the power of the Shikon Jewel, and didn't use it.
	www.freewebs.com /ikcursed/story.htm (443 words)

	Book Listings from Upper Access Books
		Mirror Mirror is the fascinating story of the mirror's invention, refinement, and use in an astonishing range of human activities—from the bloodthirsty smoking gods of the Aztecs to the fantastic mirrored rooms wealthy Romans created for their orgies, to the mirror's key role in gathering light from the far reaches of the universe.
		It's one of those big, powerful stories that you can't put down, and people who read it love to debate with each other about what it all means.
		This book shows how, in a great many cases, doses of medication can be decreased or eliminated in favor of a regular schedule of exercise, with vast improvements in the quality of life for the children and their families.
	www.upperaccess.com /books.htm (7074 words)

	Season Noir: The Fundamental Things, by Anna S.
		And an ex-vengeance demon, who at least had a strong work ethic and a heart for fidelity.
		She trembled all over, power threatening to surge and blow her sky-high; what had been a familiar sweetness before was now beginning to make her feel sick.
		Filled with their power, her eyes snapped open flly and she spoke with flat, level force at the man she held: "Let your plots be played unwitting, the means destroyed in your forgetting; I take the gold and leave the grind, guised as needful in your mind.
	www.drizzle.com /~eliade/season_noir_five.html (14998 words)

	power of humans on demons - OneLook Dictionary Search (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
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	Misdirections Magic Shop -- Illusions
		And humans, being envious, wished that they too could float free, soar like a bird or stand calmly on nothing.
		The theatrical effect of a human flying is a scenic wonder.
		The power jigsaw is started up and you run it right thru the frame and out the other side.
	www.misdirections.com /illusion.html (6079 words)

	Maya Libre
		From the vantagepoint of Hell, God is "the Enemy", and the demons' goal is to fluster "the patient", spoil his heart, derail his piety and sour his soul, making it more palatable for Satan in the end.
		Humans are always putting up claims to ownership which sound equally funny in Heaven and in Hell.
		Later, I saw on their website the Petition for Poultry, a petition in favor of more humane treatment and greater welfare for poultry -- an excellent cause, headed by the American Humane Society, a reasonable organization which protects animal welfare and secures humane animal treatment.
	www.mayalibre.com (9675 words)

	Further Study
		In this essay, the methods and goals of demons, as they relate to interactions with humans, are exposed.
		by Peter Kreeft, Ph.D., Professor of Philosophy at Boston College speaking at Calvin College.
		This article contributed by Antonio Badilla was taken from the 'New Oxford Review.' It concerns the syncretistic mentality that is widespread in the Church today–a mentality that puts witches, Buddhists, American Indians, and Catholicism on an equal level.
	www.oswc.org /FurtherStudy.asp (1277 words)

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