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 coffee table book of witchcraft and demonology
Paul Huson
1973
The demoniacs of the New Testament
1833
The detection of a popish cheat, or, A true account of the invention and discovery of the story of a boys conversing with the devil
1696
The history of witchcraft and dmeonology
Montague Summers
1956
The kingdom of darkness: or the history of dæmons, specters, witches, apparitions, possessions, disturbances, and other wonderful and supernatural delusions, mischievous feats, and malicious impostures of the Devil
R. B
1688
The medicalization of demonology
Esther Fischer-Homberger
1981
The mowing-devil, or Strange news out of Hartford-shire
1810
The seen and the unseen : shamanism, mediumship and possession in Borneo
Robert L. Winzeler
1993
Tibet's terrifying deities
Fokke Sierksma
1966Dutch
Understanding The Dark Side: Western Demonology, Satanic Panics And Alien Abduction
Christopher Partridge
2006
Witchcraft and demonology in Scott's fiction. With chapters on the supernatural in Scottish literature
Coleman Oscar Parsons
1964
Witchcraft and demonology in art and literature
Brian P. Levacκ
1992
Witches, demons, and fertility magic : analysis of their significance and mutual relations in West-European folk religion
Arne Runeberg
1947
Yakkun nattannawā: a Cingalese poem, descriptive of the Ceylon system of demonology; to which is appended, the practices of a capua or devil priest, as described by a Budhist [sic]: and Kōlan nattannawā: a Cingalese poem, descriptive of the characters assumed by natives of Ceylon in a masquerade
John Callaway
1829
Articles on witchcraft, magic and demonology
Brian P. Levack
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- og sameinar með töfrum loft og jörð
Eleonore Guðmundsson-Unger
1996Icelandic
Abrégé de démonologie
Jean Vaquié
1988French
Adiuratio immu[n]dorum spirituum humana corpora torquentiu[m] omnis sane superstitionis expers
1500Latin
Af því að hún er stelpa
Guðlaug Gísladóttir
1992Icelandic
Alberici Gentilis I.C. Professoris Regii, Ad Tit. C. De maleficis et Math. & ceter. similibus, Commentarius. Item argumenti eiusdem. Commentatio ad L.iii. C. de professorib. & medic
Alberico Gentile
1604Latin
Am ausgange des 19. jahrhunderts, eine Teufelaustreibung geschehen zu Wemding (regierungsbezkirk Schwaben-Neuburg) in Bayern, anno 1891
1892German
Ambassadorar almættisins
Fjölnir Ásbjörnsson
2000Icelandic
Anges et démons
Élisabeth de Solms, Louis Bouyer
1972French
Anges et démons
Julien Ries
1989French