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with mortal women, or by and disobedience. They dwell in
deprived of the highest reward which is the presence of God and
Light, but they appear on the earth, in the world of humans, and they can
be by a magician who acts on behalf of God. As their angelic
faces were deformed by the of sins which they committed against
they became abhorrent and repulsive creatures, hateful and
malevolent to humans - the creations of God. They live in an
infernal kingdom, into hierarchies depending on their power and
u.a" u",,,, the most over many legions inferior
' rhe medieval demonic hierarchies embraced a wide variety of from
world's and Roman, Semitic and
Middle Eastern and minor entities. Ancient deities, such as the
Semitic goddess of Astarte became the abhorrent demon Astaroth.
Ancient Ba' al was a prototype for two powerful demons of infernal
hierarchy: the lewd and demon of Belial, and the
Lord of Flies. Even Phoenix, mythical sacred bird of fire from Egyptian
and Phoenician mythologies is mentioned in the infernal of the
Goetia as one of demons. These are just a few
ancient spirits were demonized by the new doctrine.
new some of them were and satyr-like crE�at!UrE�S
resembled the desert Jinn from the Arabic or became demons
of the wilderness. Spirits of nature, ancient domestic entities - they
all found their in the newly founded demonic structure.
Solomonic
The Goetia is one of the books reputedly to the King
Solomon. Solomon was a figure, ruler of Israel in the 10th
BeE. He was the reputed builder of the First Temple in
which was accomplished by the aid of the demons subdued for this
purpose. He rings, and spells
which he could command demons to do any task for him, and finally he
was to have left him secret books of magic. The life of
Solomon was the theme of many tales and in such renowned
works as the Bible, the Qu'ran, One Thousand and One Nights, and an
enormous collection of scriptures, as well as in the
Qabalistic and Talmudic literature. His glory, his relationship with