Different from ectoplasm in that it is materialization formed by the mind, rather than spirit forces.
A juvenile demon or child of a devil.
A phrase, verse, song or other magic formula, used to bewitch a person, summon demons or invoke curses.
A male demon that visits women at night for purposes of copulation.
Essentially, this is the ancient Egyptian term meaning 'soul', although ain a more corporeal aspect.
In the Hopi religion, a usually kindly and benevolent supernatural agent, ancestor or element of nature. Usually revealed in a dream or divined by a shaman. Dolls are made to represent these spirits.
From the Sanskrit, meaning 'Serpent Power'. This is the fiery snake said to sleep coiled up at the base of the human spine.
A grimoire from the seventeenth century. Mostly concerned with the who's who in the world of demons.
(Light Bearer) The name of Satan, before he fell from heaven. Also used as another designation for the planet Venus, or the Sun God.
Originally; a Zoroastrian priest. Now used to denote a magician, a person who seeks to control nature by spells or incantations; a conjuror.
A symbol of the cosmos, usually circular, with a God symbol or name at the center. It is inscribed on charms or used in rituals.
(Mandragore, Mandragora) A plant, MANDRAGORA OFFICINARUM, related to the potato. The root is tuber, and often grows in the shape of a human body. When the plant is drawn from the ground it emits a horrendous human-like shriek.
The God-of-Gods in Assyrian mythology, who split Tiamat, mother of the Gods, into two parts. Thus creating Heaven and Earth.