Crazy In Love: The Story of a Gay Demon

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Lewis, James R., Oliver, Evelyn Dorothy, Sisung Kelle S. (Editor) (1996), Angels A to Z, Entry: Incubi and Succubi, pp. 218, 219, Visible Ink Press, ISBN 0-7876-0652-9

The terrible thing about being a gay man is that it is dependent on expression. If you're straight and have never had sex, you're a virgin. If you're gay and have never had sex, you're confused. How can you know you're gay unless you've tried it? In the wake of my nightmare - and all the subsequent nightmares and daymares that have come with it - I wanted nothing to do with sex. But what is a gay man who doesn't have sex? I wasn't even sure what I became. Rise up, thou father of us! for we will cause a conflict in the world, the distress and injury from which will become those of Ohrmazd and the archangels Titus clutched the basket. "We mate for life, so yeah... we don't really do this kind of thing. I mean most werewolves don't even have a formal wedding like we did. It's just my alpha says yes, yours said yes, so yeah, let's mate," he laughed hesitantly. Initially, I assumed that Justin was American,” Ross tells us. “What I didn’t realise is that this still happens, that this is still very prevalent now.” Ross highlights just why stories like Justin’s are so important, and Justin himself could not have said it better, “Representation matters.”Demons were explained as non-existent. Visions of demons and ghosts were explained as the products of one's own mind. By labelling local deities and demons as superstition, local religious ideas were banished, supporting the promotion of nationwide gods and religions. [142] Because of that, demons became increasingly associated with delusions. Wilkinson Duran states that people who believe in demons are often marginalized in the USA. [143] The notion of possession was at odds with Western philosophy, such as the American Dream and capitalism, which implies the belief that everyone is responsible for their own fate and not at the mercy of external forces. [144] Interpretation [ edit ] Manichaeism". New Advent Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on 12 March 2007 . Retrieved 4 October 2013. Florentino Martinez Garcia, Magic in the Dead Sea Scrolls: The Metamorphosis of Magic: From Late Antiquity to the Early Modern Period, compilers Jan Bremmer and Jan R. Veenstra (Leuven: Peeters, 2003). Jeffrey Burton Russell (1987). Satan: The Early Christian Tradition. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801494130. p. 132.

In Western occultism and Renaissance magic, which grew out of an amalgamation of Greco-Roman magic, Jewish Aggadah and Christian demonology, [9] a demon is believed to be a spiritual entity that may be conjured and controlled.

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a b Martin, Dale Basil. "When Did Angels Become Demons?" Journal of Biblical Literature, vol. 129, no. 4, 2010, pp. 657–677. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/25765960. Accessed 16 May 2021. p. 670 Aggadic tales from the Persian tradition describe the shedim, the mazziḳim ("harmers"), and the ruḥin ("spirits"). There were also lilin ("night spirits"), ṭelane ("shade", or "evening spirits"), ṭiharire ("midday spirits"), and ẓafrire ("morning spirits"), as well as the "demons that bring famine" and "such as cause storm and earthquake". [49] [30] According to some aggadic stories, demons were under the dominion of a king or chief, usually Asmodai. [50] Kabbalah [ edit ] In medieval Europe, union with an incubus was supposed by some to result in the birth of witches, demons, and deformed human offspring. Legendary magician Merlin was said to have been fathered by an incubus. Walter Stephens writes in his book Demon Lovers that some traditions hold that repeated sexual activity with an incubus or succubus may result in the deterioration of health, an impaired mental state, or even death. [2] Etymological, ancient, and religious descriptions [ edit ] After he performed this ritual, he also told me that he laughed in a voice that wasn't his own. Then he said that his wishes came true. In the Bahá'í Faith, demons are not regarded as independent evil spirits as they are in some faiths. Rather, evil spirits described in various faiths' traditions, such as Satan, fallen angels, demons and jinn, are metaphors for the base character traits a human being may acquire and manifest when he turns away from God and follows his lower nature. Belief in the existence of ghosts and earthbound spirits is rejected and considered to be the product of superstition. [137] Ceremonial magic [ edit ]

Martin, Dale Basil. When Did Angels Become Demons? Journal of Biblical Literature, vol. 129, no. 4, 2010, pp. 657–677. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/25765960. Accessed 26 June 2021. The Bundahishn offers an overview about the creation of demons. The text explains that Ahura Mazda and Ahriman existed before the material world, one in light and the other in the abyss of darkness. When Ahriman assaulted Ahura Mazda, Ahura Mazda created a world as a battle place and Ahriman could be defeated. The first beings created by Ahura Mazda were the six Amesha Spenta, whereupon Ahriman counters by creating six daevas. The demons are not tempted but directly created by the principle of evil. According to the Bundahishn, the demons revive Ahriman, whereby calling him their father: [68]

“I was made to undergo praying in tongues, exorcisms, having demons cast out of me, and being anointed with holy oil”

Gnosticism largely relies on Greek and Persian dualism, especially on Platonism. In accordance with Platonism, they regarded the idea as good while considering the material and conscious world to be inherently evil. [117] The demonized star-deities of late Persian religion became associated with a demon, thus identifying the seven observable planets with a demonic ruler. [118] These demons rule over the earth and the realm of planets, representing different desires and passions. [119] According to Origen, the Ophites depicted the world as surrounded by the demonic Leviathan. [120]