They are all the same thing, evil.
The names are the only difference, people call them different names due to cultural differences.
Hope this helps.
2006-09-22 03:09:25
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answered by eyes_of_iceblue 5
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Satan is a character in the bible. The main Christian devil.
I think devils are fallen angels. But I could be wrong on that one.
Demons are parts of the human psyche or subconscious, ones that we'd rather not deal with, but they're still in all of us.
The goetia is a book of sigils and descriptions of "demons" used in ceremonial magick to bring out, contain and control various parts of your psyche or subconscious. An evil spirit is just that. A spirit that is evil. I believe a spirit is the same as a soul, only without flesh.
2006-09-23 20:09:02
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answered by Anonymous
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Greek "Howling". As a general term, "goetia" refers to low magic (as opposed to Theurgy), involving the Evocation of evil spirits in an attempt to force them to fulfil ones material wishes. As a specific term, "The Goetia" is a part of "The Legemoton, or Lesser Key of Solomon" - a grimoire (which contains goetia) translated by Macgregor Mathers and edited by Aleister Crowley, which proved to be the catalyst for their falling out.
The Devil is the name given to a supernatural entity who, in most Western religions, is the central embodiment of evil. This entity is commonly referred to by a variety of other names, including Satan, Asmodai, Beelzebub, Lucifer and/or Mephistopheles. In classic demonology, however, each of these alternate names refers to a specific supernatural entity, and there is significant disagreement as to whether any of these specific entities is actually evil.
In folklore, mythology, and religion, a demon or demoness is a supernatural being that is generally described as a malevolent spirit, but is also depicted as a force that may be conjured and insecurely controlled. The "good" demon is largely a literary device
Ghosts are the supposed apparitions of the dead. A ghost is often thought to be the spirit or soul of a person who has remained on Earth after death. According to some sources, a ghost may be the personality of a person after their death, and not tied directly to the soul or spirit. Every culture in the world carries stories about ghosts, but they vary across time and place, with disagreements both as to what ghosts are and whether they exist in reality.
Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell
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Satan (ש×Ö¸×Ö¸× Standard Hebrew Satan, Latin Sátanas, Tiberian Hebrew ÅÄá¹Än; Aramaic ש×Ö´×Ö°× Ö¸× Åiá¹nâ: both words mean "Adversary; accuser") is an angel, demon, or minor god in many religions. Satan plays various roles in the Qur'an, the Hebrew Bible, the Apocrypha and the New Testament. ...
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A personification of the powers of evil. One of the names used by Paul for demonic forces at work in the world (2 Cor. 11: 14). From the Hebrew word for "adversary".
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The chief of the seven Hebrew tetracts. Reckoned the worst of all the human passions; a leader; the captain of the selfish passions; the real self; selfishness, per se. See pp. 193 and 194, God's Word, and p.89, v. 10.
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is the leader of the evil angels who rebelled against God.
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Satan is Error, the accuser of sin, who blinds the mind to the divine. He is not the same as the Devil, a satiric character. See also Hayley.
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In the Bible, the great adversary of God and the tempter of mankind
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{SEE: Definition/ Teitan}
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"Adversary", the devil, Lucifer, Bilial, Beelzebub, the Prince of darkness, the serpent.
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Another name for the devil.
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the title for the manager of Hell. Lucifer Beelzebub is the Satan referenced in the Christian Bible. Thranade mo "Demonik" Nika'thraga is the Satan of Neo-Hell
2006-09-22 10:26:48
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answered by Jax 3
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Devils, demons and evil spirits are real. Satan is a mythical character.
2006-09-22 09:22:19
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answered by Anonymous
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The Devil
is the name given to a supernatural entity, who, in most Western religions, is the central embodiment of evil. This entity is commonly referred to by a variety of other names, including Satan, Asmodai, Beelzebub, Lucifer and/or Mephistopheles. In classic demonology, however, each of these alternate names refers to a specific supernatural entity.
Satan frozen at the center of Cocytus, the ninth circle of Hell in Dante's Inferno.Some scholars believe that the notion of a central supernatural embodiment of evil, as well as the notion of angels, first arose in Western monotheism when Judaism came into contact with the Persian religion of Zoroastrianism. Much like classical monotheism, Zoroastrianism has one supreme God, and an evil spirit who chose to be evil, engaged in a cosmic struggle where both are more or less evenly matched, though from the beginning Ahura Mazda's triumph is foretold; making Zoroastrianism an ethical dualism. Ahura Mazda ("Wise Lord"), also later known as Ormazd in Middle Persian, is the God of light, or Truth, and Angra Mainyu ("Evil Spirit"), also later known as Ahriman in Middle Persian, is the primeval Spirit of darkness, or the Lie. In a final battle between the forces of good and evil, human souls will be judged in a fiery ordeal of molten metal where the good will pass through as if it were warm milk and those who chose evil will be purified and all will be reunited in the new perfected world. Accordingly, humans are urged to align themselves with Ormazd and his Yazatas ("angels") and to shun His adversary who is the ruler of darkness and his demons, so that they may facilitate the final renovation (FrashÅ-kereti).
Christianity views Satan as an angel cast from heaven by God, for being prideful, deceitful, and the tempter: all strikingly similar to the story of Ahriman.
THE demon
In religion, folklore, and mythology a demon is a supernatural being that has generally been described as a malevolent spirit. A demon is frequently depicted as a force that may be conjured and insecurely controlled. The "good" demon in recent use is largely a literary device (e.g., Maxwell's demon). In common language, to "demonize" a person means to cast aspersions on them.
Most scholars acknowledge that Judeo-Christianity owes a great debt to Zoroastrianism in regards to the introduction of angelology and demonology, as well as Satan (Ahriman) as the ultimate agent of evil. As the Iranian Avestan and Vedic traditions as well as other branches of Indo-European mythologies show, the notion of 'demons' has existed for many centuries.
Ancient Egyptians also believed in demonic monsters that might devour living souls while they traveled towards the afterlife, although demons per se did not exist in Ancient Egyptian belief.
The Greek conception of a daemon (δαίμÏν daÃmon) appears in the works of Plato and many other ancient authors, but without the evil connotations which are apparent in the Septuagint translation of the Hebrew Bible and in the Greek originals of the New Testament. The medieval and neo-medieval conception of a "demon" in Western civilization (see the Medieval grimoire called the Ars Goetia) derives seamlessly from the ambient popular culture of Late (Roman) Antiquity: Greco-Roman concepts of daemons that passed into Christian culture are discussed in the entry daemon, though it should be duly noted that the term referred only to a spiritual force, not a malevolent supernatural being. The Hellenistic "daemon" eventually came to include many Semitic and Near Eastern gods as evaluated by Christianity.
The supposed existence of demons is an important concept in many modern religions and occultist traditions. In some present-day cultures, demons are still feared in popular superstition, largely due to their alleged power to possess living creatures.
In the contemporary Western occultist tradition (perhaps epitomized by the work of Aleister Crowley), a demon, such as Choronzon, the "Demon of the Abyss", is a useful metaphor for certain inner psychological processes, though some may also regard it as an objectively real phenomenon.
Goetia
Goetia refers to a practice which includes the Invocation or Evocation of demons, and largely derives from the 17th century grimoire Lemegeton Clavicula Salomonis, or The Lesser Key of Solomon
evil spirit equal deamon
Satan is the biggest one he is the first disobey the order of Allah (the god) and he is the big boss he control the younger devils and he is challenge wish of Allah for more information read the Qur'an
Satan (Standard Hebrew: שָ××Ö¸×, Satan Tiberian Hebrew ÅÄá¹Än; Koine Greek: ΣαÏανάÏ, Satanás; Aramaic: צ×× ×, Tzaá¹anâ; Arabic: Ø´ÙطاÙ, Shaiá¹aan) is a term with its origins in the Abrahamic faiths which is traditionally applied to an angel, demon, or minor god in many belief systems.
Satan plays various roles in the Tanakh, the Apocrypha and New Testament. In the Tanakh, Satan is an angel whom God uses to test man for various reasons usually dealing with his level of piety. In the Apocrypha and New Testament, the term Satan refers to a preternatural entity, an evil, rebellious demon who is the enemy of God and mankind, and the central embodiment of evil. Satan is also commonly known as the Devil, the "Prince of Darkness," Beelzebub, Belial, Lucifer, and Mephistopheles.
In the Talmud and some Kabbalist works, Satan is sometimes called Samael. In the fields of angelology and demonology these different names sometimes refer to a number of different angels and demons, and there is significant disagreement as to whether any of these entities are actually evil.
In Islam, IblÄ«s (Arabic إبÙÙس), is the primary devil. He is commonly referred to in the Qur'an as Shaitan. The Islamic view of Satan has both commonalities and differences with Christian and Jewish views
2006-09-22 09:29:46
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answered by File 2
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Satan is the boss, all the others are just gophers
2006-09-22 09:09:41
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answered by Anonymous
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There is no difference in any of them they are all EVIL. Just differant names...............................................................
2006-09-22 14:05:48
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answered by 8upcoaldigger69 3
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they all don't exist.
2006-09-22 09:12:02
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answered by Nabil 5
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