This meticulously researched reference work features fascinating short articles on demonology and a wealth of woodcuts, etchings, and paintings depicting demons through the ages. Presented alphabetically from Aariel to Zynextyur, more than 1,500 demons are introduced, explored, and cross-referenced by theme and elemental or planetary correspondence. Occult scholar Michelle Belanger has compiled the most complete compendium of demonic names available anywhere, using both notorious and obscure sources from the Western grimoiric tradition. In medieval and Renaissance Europe, it was believed that speaking a demon's true name could summon it, compel it, and bind it. The Dictionary of Demons starts with a simple premise: names have power. It rapidly became one of the most widely recognized . Written by demonographer Collin de Plancy, this book was first published in Paris in 1818. Dictionnaire Infernal: A French work whose title translates as Infernal Dictionary.
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