Tradition 11 of 33
Demonology, angelology, and possession
Demons, angels, spirit hierarchies, possession, exorcism, Satanism, and Goetic traditions.
Membership means relevance, not endorsement.
- Books
- 2,321
- Earliest
- 825 CE
- to 2026
- Read free
- 31%
- 709 with public full text
- With covers
- 50%
How books qualify
- Query + metadata match1,967
- Metadata match222
- Query match124
- Source classification (retained through merging)8
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
- Demonology709
- angels386
- Early works to 1800312
- Witchcraft244
- Exorcism228
- Demoniac possession213
- History193
- Fiction192
- Magic161
- Démonologie152
- Satanism130
- occultism125
- Devil118
- Dämonologie118
- Demonología104
- Social Sciences104
- Philosophy103
- Art90
- christianity90
- Arts and Humanities81
- Juvenile fiction80
- Religion75
- Literature74
- public domain66
Top languages
- English1,305 · 56%
- French243 · 10%
- Latin243 · 10%
- German177 · 8%
- Spanish60 · 3%
Notable authors
All authors- Johann Weyer22 in this tradition24 books
- Jean Bodin16 in this tradition25 books
- Walter Scott15 in this tradition42 books
- Iamblichus12 in this tradition17 books
- Doreen Virtue11 in this tradition24 books
- Balthasar Bekker11 in this tradition14 books
- Girolamo Menghi11 books
- Reginald Scot10 in this tradition11 books
- John Darrel10 books
- Emanuel Swedenborg9 in this tradition66 books
- Jakob Sprenger9 in this tradition13 books
- Sébastien Michaelis9 in this tradition11 books
2,321 books
DK Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guide
Catherine Gerber
1857
Das ärgerliche Leben und schreckliche Ende des vielberüchtigten Erz-Schwarzkünstlers Johannis Fausti
Georg Rudolf Widmann
1834German
De exorcismis et supplicationibus quibusdam
Catholic Church
2004Latin
Demonomania de gli stregoni
Jean Bodin, Ercole Cato
1587Italian
Die Besessenheit
David Leistle
1886German
Esbae
Linda Haldeman
1981
Flagellvm daemonvm, exorcismos terribiles potentissimos, et efficaces
Girolamo Menghi
1599Latin
Formulae Merowingici et Karolini aevi
Karl Zeumer
1882Latin
L'ange d'Astarté
Philippe Berger
1879French
Les Yézidiz
Joachim Menant
1892French
Philo's Lehre Von Den Göttlichen Mittelwesen
Friedrich Keferstein
1846German
Spiritismo, satanismo, demonologia
Moreno Fiori
2009Italian
A Narrative of the extraordinary case of George Lukins of Yatton, Somersetshire, who was posessed of evil spirits
W. R. Wild
1792
A Narrative of the extraordinary case of George Lukins, of Yatton, Somersetshire
W. R. W
1792
A brief apologie prouing the possession of William Sommers. Written by Iohn Dorrell, a faithful Minister of the Gospell: but published without his knowledge, with a dedicatorie epistle disclosing some disordered procedings against the saide Iohn Dorrell
John Darrel
1599
A celebration of demons
Bruce Kapferer
1983
A detection of that sinnful, shamful, lying, and ridiculous discours, of Samuel Harshnet. entituled: A discouerie of the fravvdulent practises of Iohn Darrell
John Darrel
1600
A dictionary of angels
Gustav Davidson
1969
A discouery of the fraudulent practises of Iohn Darrel Bacheler of Artes
Samuel Harsnett
1599
A discourse of Angels: their Nature and Office, or Ministry
Richard Saunders
1701
A discourse, on the supposed existence of an evil spirit, called the devil
N. T. Heineken
1825
A farther enquiry into the case of the Gospel demoniacks
William Worthington
1779
A field guide to demons, fairies, fallen angels, and other subversive spirits
Carol K. Mack
1998
A further enquiry into the meaning of demoniacks in the New Testament
Arthur Ashley Sykes
1737