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
The devill of Mascon, or, A true relation of the chiefe things which an unclean spirit did, and said at Mascon in Burgundy
François Perrault
1658
The discouerie of witchcraft, wherein the lewde dealing of witches and witchmongers is notablie detected, the knauerie of coniurors, the impietie of inchantors, the follie of soothsaiers, the impudent falsehood of cousenors, the infidelitie of atheists, the pestilent practices of Pythonists, the curiositie of figurecasters, the vanitie of dreamers, the beggerlie art of alcumystrie, the abhomination of idolatrie, the horrible art of poisoning, the vertue and power of naturall magike, and all the conueniances of legierdemaine and iuggling are deciphered: and many other things opened, which haue long lien hidden, howbeit verie necessarie to be knowne
Reginald Scot
1584
The divell of Mascon, or, A true relation of the chief things which an unclean spirit did and said at Mascon in Burgundy
François Perrault
1669
The divell of Mascon, or, A true relation of the chief things which an vnclean spirit did and said at Mascon in Burgundy
François Perrault
1679
The doctrine of the cherubim
George Smith
1850
The embattled Christian
Bryan G Zacharias
1995
The empire of evil, satanic agency and demonism
Joseph Augustus Seiss
1856
The fall of angels laid open
Thomas Davison
1684
The fall of the angels
Christoph Auffarth, Loren T Stuckenbruck, E.J. Brill
2004
The guardian angels, or, Friends in heaven
Sarah Gould
1859
The history and reality of apparitions
Daniel Defoe
1840
The history of the devil, both ancient and modern
Daniel Defoe
1809
The incentive to murder
Philip Nicholson
1813
The kingdom of Satan
Augustus Blauvelt
1868
The little book of Satanism
La Carmina, Lucien Greaves
2022
The mind possessed
William Sargant
1973
The ministry of angels
Theophilus Packard, Hampshire missionary society
1813
The ministry of angels realized. A letter to the Edwards Congregational Church, Boston
A. E. Newton
1855
The mystery of Israel's salvation, explained and applyed: or, A discourse concerning the general conversion of the Israelitish nation
Increase Mather
1669
The nature and circumstances of the Demoniacks in the gospels, stated and methodized, and considered in the several particulars
Thomas Barker
1783
The replie of Iohn Darrell, to the answer of Iohn Deacon, and Iohn Walker, concerning the doctrine of the possession and dispossession of demoniakes
John Darrel
1602
The second part of the Demoniacke vvorlde, or worlde possessed with diuels
Pierre Viret
1583
The second part of the boy of Bilson, or, A true and particular relation of the imposter Susanna Fowles
Robert Howson
1698
The spirituall verses and prose of James Hunt
James Hunt
1643