23.11.2014 Views

For Lilian and the Indigos - Above Top Secret

For Lilian and the Indigos - Above Top Secret

For Lilian and the Indigos - Above Top Secret

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belphegor<br />

In demonology, Belphegor (or Beelphegor) is a demon who helps people to<br />

make discoveries. He seduces people by suggesting to <strong>the</strong>m ingenious inventions<br />

that will make <strong>the</strong>m rich. According to some 16th century demonologists, his<br />

power is stronger in April. Bishop <strong>and</strong> witch-hunter Peter Binsfeld believed that<br />

Belphegor tempts by means of laziness. [2]<br />

Belphegor originated as <strong>the</strong> Assyrian Baal-Peor, <strong>the</strong> Moabitish god to whom <strong>the</strong><br />

Israelites became attached in Shittim (Numbers 25:3), which was associated with<br />

licentiousness <strong>and</strong> orgies. It was worshipped in <strong>the</strong> form of a phallus.<br />

As a demon, he is described in Kabbalistic writings as <strong>the</strong> "disputer", an enemy of<br />

<strong>the</strong> sixth Sephiroth "beauty." When summoned, he can grant riches, <strong>the</strong> power of<br />

discovery <strong>and</strong> ingenious invention. His role as a demon was to sow discord<br />

among men <strong>and</strong> seduce <strong>the</strong>m to evil through <strong>the</strong> apportionment of wealth.<br />

Belphegor (Lord of <strong>the</strong> Opening) was pictured in two quite different fashions: as a<br />

beautiful naked woman <strong>and</strong> as a monstrous, bearded demon with an open mouth,<br />

horns, <strong>and</strong> sharply pointed nails. Belphegor also figures in Milton's Paradise Lost<br />

<strong>and</strong> in Victor Hugo's The Toilers of <strong>the</strong> Sea.<br />

According to legend, Belphegor was sent from Hell by Lucifer to find out if <strong>the</strong>re<br />

really was such a thing on earth as married happiness. Rumor of such had reached<br />

<strong>the</strong> demons but <strong>the</strong>y knew that people were not designed to live in harmony.<br />

Belphegor's experiences in <strong>the</strong> world soon convinced him that <strong>the</strong> rumor was<br />

groundless. The story is found in various works of early modern literature, hence<br />

<strong>the</strong> use of <strong>the</strong> name to apply to a misanthrope or a licentious person.<br />

Also, in Christian tradition, Belphegor is said to be <strong>the</strong> chief demon of <strong>the</strong> deadly<br />

sin Sloth, at least according to Peter Binsfield's Binsfield's Classification of<br />

Demons.

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!