Tradition 11 of 35
Demonology, angelology, and possession
Demons, angels, spirit hierarchies, possession, exorcism, Satanism, and Goetic traditions.
Membership means relevance, not endorsement.
- Books
- 2,380
- Earliest
- 825 CE
- to 2026
- Read free
- 32%
- 767 with public full text
- With covers
- 50%
How books qualify
- Query + metadata match2,018
- Metadata match229
- Query match124
- Source classification (retained through merging)9
Every placement records its evidence — the controlled subject queries that found the book at its sources and the bibliographic metadata retained through merging. Each book page shows its own. How the rationale system works.
Key subjects
- Demonology728
- angels402
- Early works to 1800333
- Witchcraft260
- Exorcism231
- Demoniac possession219
- History202
- Fiction198
- Magic170
- Démonologie152
- Satanism137
- occultism133
- Devil123
- Dämonologie118
- Demonología104
- Social Sciences104
- Philosophy103
- Christianity97
- Art90
- Arts and Humanities81
- Juvenile fiction80
- Religion77
- Literature74
- public domain66
Top languages
- English1,309 · 55%
- French249 · 10%
- Latin244 · 10%
- German180 · 8%
- Spanish60 · 3%
Notable authors
All authors- Johann Weyer23 in this tradition25 books
- Jean Bodin16 in this tradition25 books
- Walter Scott15 in this tradition52 books
- Iamblichus12 in this tradition21 books
- Balthasar Bekker12 in this tradition17 books
- Doreen Virtue11 in this tradition24 books
- Reginald Scot11 in this tradition12 books
- Girolamo Menghi11 books
- John Darrel10 books
- Emanuel Swedenborg9 in this tradition84 books
- Jakob Sprenger9 in this tradition13 books
- Sébastien Michaelis9 in this tradition11 books
2,380 books
Era