The Encyclopedia Of Demons And Demonology

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edge and sensuality. After Faust dies, he is buried by angels
and DEMONs.
In act 5 of part 2, the heavenly angels confront Mephistopheles
and his devils to seize Faust’s soul and carry
it off. In the epilogue, male and female saints and blessed
children sing of God’s plan as the ranks of angels comment
on the ascent of Faust’s immortal essence. Gretchen
is heard among the chorus of penitent women, and Faust’s
soul is received by a Sophia-like “Woman Eternal.”
FURTHER READING:
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. The Autobiography of Johann
Wolfgang von Goethe. Vols. 1 & 2. Chicago: University of
Chicago Press, 1976.
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. Faust. Edited by Cyrus Hamlin,
translated by Walter Arendt. New York: Norton,
1976.
Gray, Ronald D. Goethe the Alchemist: A Study of Alchemical
Symbolism in Goethe’s Literary and Scientific Works. Mansfield
Centre, Conn.: Martino, 2002.
“Historia and Tale of Doctor Johannes Faustus.” Available
online. URL: http://lettersfromthedustbowl.com/Fbk1.
html. Downloaded March 7, 2008.
Lukacs, Georg. Goethe and His Age. New York: Grosset &
Dunlap, 1969.
Fischer, Doris
See DORIS FISCHER OBSESSION.
Flauros (Hauras, Haurus, Havres) FALLEN ANGEL and
the 64th of the 72 SPIRITS OF SOLOMON. Flauros reigns as
a duke with 36 LEGIONs of DEMONs under his command.
He appears first as a terrible leopard but, if commanded,
will change shape into a man with fiery eyes and a terrible
countenance. If invoked into the magician’s triangle,
he will give true answers to questions about the past,
present, and future; outside the triangle, he will lie.
Flauros will talk openly of divinity, the creation of the
world, and the fall of the ANGELs, including his own fall.
He will destroy and burn one’s enemies but will protect
those who invoke him from temptation, spirits, and
other dangers.
Focalor (Forcalor, Furcalor) FALLEN ANGEL and the
41st of the 72 SPIRITS OF SOLOMON. Prior to his fall,
Focalor was a member of the angelic order of thrones. In
HELL, he reigns as a duke with 31 LEGIONs of DEMONs. He
appears as a man with griffin wings. He has the power of
the wind and the sea and drowns men and sinks warships.
If commanded, he will not harm anyone. Prior to
his fall, he was in the order of thrones. After 1,000 years,
he hopes to return to the seventh heaven.
Foras (Forcas, Furcas, Fourcas) FALLEN ANGEL and
31st of the 72 SPIRITS OF SOLOMON. Forcas is a president
who commands 29 LEGIONs of DEMONs. He appears as a
strong man or as a chevalier. He teaches logic, ethics,
and the virtues of herbs and precious stones. He makes
people invisible, discovers hidden treasures and lost
objects, and imparts wit, wisdom, eloquence, and longevity.
Forneus FALLEN ANGEL and 30th of the 72 SPIRITS OF
SOLOMON. Forneus is a marquis of HELL, who appears as
a sea monster. He teaches rhetoric, art, and languages
and confers a good reputation. He causes people to be
loved by their enemies. Prior to his fall, Forneus was in
the order of thrones and partly in the order of ANGELs.
He governs 29 LEGIONs of DEMONs.
Fortea, Father José Antonio (1968– ) One of the
foremost demonologists and EXORCISTs of the Catholic
Church. Father José Antonio Fortea is also a calligrapher,
author, and parish priest.
Fortea was born in Barbastro, Spain, in 1968. His father
was an attorney, and Fortea expected to follow in his
footsteps. He studied theology at the University of Navarre
and received a degree of licentiate in history of the
church at the faculty of theology of Comillas. At Navarre,
he wrote a thesis, “Exorcism in the Present Age.” Not long
after that, the bishop there was given a case of POSSESSION
and consulted Fortea because of his expertise. Another
case arose within a year and a half.
Fortea turned his thesis into a book for the general
public, Interview with an Exorcist: An Insider’s Look at the
Devil, Demonic Possession and the Path to Deliverance. He
soon found himself to be the only exorcist in Spain. He
took training from the Vatican exorcist FATHER GABRIELE
AMORTH.
In 1998, he defended the thesis under the direction of
the secretary of the Commission for the Doctrine of the
Faith of the Spain Conference of Catholic Bishops.
His best-known case is “Marta,” a young woman who
went into a possessed trance and writhed like a snake
on the floor of a chapel near Madrid. The case is still
open. In 2005, journalists were able to witness one of her
EXORCISMs.
According to Fortea, many of the people who consult
him are suffering something related to spirits, such as
INFESTATION, but he estimates that fewer than 1 percent
are suffering from genuine possession. Phenomena he has
witnessed in possession cases include levitation, the ability
to speak in foreign languages unknown to the victim,
supernormal strength, and knowledge of things impossible
for the possessed to know.
FURTHER READING:
Fortea, Fr. José Antonio. Interview with an Exorcist: An Insider’s
Look at the Devil, Diabolic Possession, and the Path to
Deliverance. West Chester, Pa.: Ascension Press, 2006.
fox fairy
See HULI JING; KITSUNE.
Fureas (Furcas) FALLEN ANGEL and 50th of the 72 SPIR-
ITS OF SOLOMON. Fureas is a knight who commands 20