Demonology?

Question

I enjoy demonology and the study of religions in general.

Can anyone recommend a site and/or book that deals with demonology?

Answer 1

http://www.occultopedia.com/d/demonology.htm
http://altreligion.about.com/od/demonology/

Blessings )O(

Answer 2

Fun stuff to learn about. My best reference material tends to be Wikipedia. I've also enjoyed books such as "Vampires: A Field Guide to the Creatures that Stalk the Night" by Bob Curran; or for a more Atheistic view, "The Satanic Bible" by Anton LaVey. Along the lines of Satanism I suggest "Satanism: A Guide to the Awesome Power of Satan" which is basicly a dictionary of devil-related terms by Wade Baskin. And if all else fails, the Bible itself has a selective quantity of demonology in it.
If you're inetrested in such endevors, there's a religion known as "Demonalotry" that if you were to read about it (not ncessarily practive it) you're likely to find out tons.

Answer 3

This is the most interesting site I found: http://www.djmcadam.com/demons.htm

Thanks for the question too. I turned up some interesting stuff this this:
Does God Ever Make Use of Demons?
Before answering "no," one might wish to refer to the Book of Tobias. In it, a virgin named Sara weds, only to have her husband slain by the demon Asmodeus on her wedding night. Sara, still a virgin, marries again, and the same thing happens. Actually, the same thing occurs a total of seven times. Then Tobias marries Sara - this would make him the young woman's eighth husband - Raphael banishes the demon Asmodeus, and Tobias and Sara presumably live happily ever after. Some readers have hypothesized that the demon may have had a personal attraction to Sara, but the Catholic Encyclopedia makes the interesting claim that "God allowed the demon to slay these men because they entered marriage with unholy motives," and that "the permission given by God to the demon in this history seems to have as a motive to chasten man's lust and sanctify marriage."

I will not make any comment regarding the demon's motivation, but would like to point out that the idea of God giving a demon permission to slay men in order to illustrate a lesson in morality strikes me as somewhat improbable.

Answer 4

Check out some stuff by Ed and Lorraine Warren. I don't know how easy it is to find now, but they always seemed to be the definitive source in the subject. There's one they have out, "Ghost Hunters" that was a great read.

Answer 5

"Monsters" a book by a ceremonial magician whose last name is Greer.
It discusses, from a magicians perspective, vampires, demons, angels, dragons, and many other monstrous beings.

Answer 6

I wouldn't bother

Answer 7

http://www.carm.org/testimonies/isaac.htm

Answer 8

go to amazon and type it in. I'm sure they have tons

Answer 9

You are into mythology. How about Harry Potter books.

Answer 10

da vinci