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
Les supercheries de Satan dévoilées, ou, La confusion des incrédules
Feliks Wicherski
1867French
Libellus benedictionum et exorcismorum
Catholic Church
1712Latin
Libellus de angelo custode, R.P. Francisci Albertini Soc. Iesu theologi
Francesco Albertini
1614Latin
Liber de nymphis, sylphis, pygmaeis et salamandris et de caeteris spiritibus
Paracelsus
1960Latin
Liber exorcismorum, coniurationum, ac orationum ad implorandam divinam misericordiam, tempore procellarum, ventorum, fulgurum, grandinum, locustarum, bruchorum, & aliarum similium calamitatum
Gerónimo Luca Hernando
1685Latin
Lilith: Herrscherin der Nacht
Faruk Nasser
2025German
Loca infesta
Petrus Thyraeus
1599Latin
Loca infesta, hoc est, De infestis, ob molestantes daemoniorum et defunctorum hominum spiritus, locis, liber unus
Petrus Thyraeus
1599Latin
Los demonios y el mundo moderno
Merrill Frederick Unger
1974Spanish
Lucifer démasqué
Jules Doinel
1895French
Lucyfer rzuca wyzwanie Bogu
Derek Prince
1996Polish
Ludovici Lavateri, theologi eximii, De spectris, lemuribus, variisq[ue] praesagitionibus, tractatus vere aureus
Ludwig Lavater
1659Latin
Légendes des esprits et des démons
Jacques-Albin-Simon Collin de Plancy
1991French
Légendes des esprits et des démons qui circulent autour de nous
J.-A.-S Collin de Plancy
1864French
Légendes infernales
J.-A.-S Collin de Plancy
1862French
M. Henrico Kippingi Bustum Jorristicum, sive, Der toll-rasende Kohtsack
Heinrich Kipping
1668Latin
M. Philippo-Lvdwigi Elich, ex Marpurgo Hessorum, Daemonomagia, siue, Libellvs erōtēmatikos de daemonis cacurgia, cacomagorum et lamiarum energiâ
Philipp Ludwig Elich
1607Latin
Magiae omnifariae, vel potius, Vniversae natvrae theatrvm
Strozzi Cigogna
1607Latin
Magica de spectris et apparitionibus spiritū
Henning Grosse
1656Latin
Magica; seu, Mirabilium historiarum de spectris et apparitionibus spirituum
Henning Grosse
1597Latin
Magistri Hyeronimi Vicecomitis Lamiarum siue striarum opusculum ad illustrissimum Mediolani ducem Franciscum Sfortiam Vicecomitem Incipit feliciter
Girolamo Visconti, Leonhard Pachel, Sebastian Evans
1490Latin
Malleus maleficaru[m]
Heinrich Institoris
1492Latin
Malleus maleficarum, maleficas & earum haeresim
Heinrich Institoris, Jakob Sprenger, Christian Deetjen
1520Latin
Manuale exorcismorum
Maximilien de Eynatten
1648Latin