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Fallen Angels . . . and Spirits of the Dark

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by Robert Masello


  Milton, John — (1608–1674) English poet, author of Paradise Lost

  Moloch — demon/deity, to whom children were sacrificed

  Mulciber — demon, architect of buildings in Pandaemonium

  Murmur — demon who takes charge of the soul

  Murrell, James (“Cunning”) — (1780–1860) English herbalist/seer

  navky — spirits of murdered or unbaptized children (Slavic)

  Nebiros — demon, field marshal in Hell

  nixies — green-haired, malevolent water spirits (German)

  Nybras — demon, in charge of pleasures in Hell

  Nysrock — demon, chef in Hell

  Oiellet — demon who tempts men, and monks in particular, to break their vow of poverty

  Olivier — a fallen archangel who encourages cruelty toward the poor

  osculum infame — the kiss of shame (witches kissed Satan’s backside at the sabbat)

  Pandaemonium — Satan’s capital city in Hell

  Paracelsus — (1493–1541) Swiss physician and alchemist

  Paymon — demon, in charge of public ceremonies in Hell

  pentacle — a five-pointed figure used as a symbol in magical rites

  Petronius — author, in the first century A.D., of the Satyricon

  Philosopher’s Stone — the secret material sought by alchemists to convert base metals to gold

  Philotanus — demon of sodomy and pederasty

  Phlegethon — a river of boiling blood in Hell

  Pliny — Greek naturalist, in first century A.D.

  poltergeist — a “racketing ghost” (in German) who creates a commotion

  Prelati, Francesco — Florentine priest, alchemist to Gilles de Rais

  Procel — demon who makes water freezing cold or scalding hot

  Psellus, Michaelis — (c. 1018–1080) Byzantine philosopher and statesman

  psychopomp — a person, or sometimes a bird, sent to convey a spirit to the next world

  Put Satanachia — commander-in-chief of Satan’s army

  Rais, Gilles de — (1404–1440) French lord and mass murderer

  Raum — demon count, and destroyer of cities

  relatio — the written record of a witch’s trial and confession

  sabbat — a gathering/feast of witches

  Sabnack — demon who causes mortal bodies to decay

  St. Elmo’s fire — a bright glow on a ship’s mast after a storm; a good omen to sailors

  salamanders — the Elemental spirits of fire

  Sargatanas — demon and brigadier major of Hell

  Satan — the supreme lord of Hell and its demons

  Scot, Reginald — (1538–1599) English author of Discoverie of Witchcraft (1584)

  scrying — the practice of crystal-gazing to achieve clairvoyance

  Seera — demon who makes time fly, or crawl

  sendings — murderous ghosts, made from human bone (Iceland)

  Seraphim — the highest order of the Heavenly Host

  Shax — demon who blinds and deafens his victims

  Simon Magus — sorcerer and founder of a gnostic sect in second century A.D.

  Sinistrari, Ludovico Maria — (1622–1701) theologian, author of De Daemonialitate

  Solomon — King of Israel in the tenth century B.C.

  speculum — the crystal ball, or mirror, used by witches for purposes of divining

  Spina, Alphonsus de — fifteenth-century Spanish theologian, author of Fortalicium Fidei (Fortress of Faith)

  Sprenger, Jakob — fifteenth-century Dominican, coauthor of Malleus Maleficarum

  Stoker, Bram — Irish author of Dracula (published in 1897)

  succubus — a female demon who preys on men sexually

  swimming the witch — a test in which a witch was ducked to see if she would sink or float

  Sylphs (sylvestres) — the Elemental spirits of air

  Sytry — demon who causes women to show themselves naked

  transvection — the witch’s ability to fly through the night air

  undines — the Elemental spirits of water

  Uphir — demon, physician in Hell to other demons

  utburd — the ghost of a dead infant (Norway)

  Valafar — demon who presides over robbers and brigands

  vampire — a dead person who revives by drinking human blood

  Verdelet — master of ceremonies in Hell

  Vine — demon who tears down great walls, makes storms at sea

  Voodoo — a polytheistic religion, practiced chiefly in the West Indies, mixing African cult worship with Catholic elements

  warlock — a male witch

  Watchers — an order of angels who lusted after, and corrupted, mortal women

  Weird Sisters — the three witches who appear in Macbeth

  werewolf — a human who has been transformed into a wolf

  Wesley, Rev. Samuel — (1662–1735) English clergyman, host to the Epworth Poltergeist

  West, William — English lawyer, author of Simboleography (1594)

  Weyer, Johan — (1515–1588) German physician, author De Praestigiis, which exposed the witchcraft delusion

  witch—a man or woman using magic or occult powers to achieve their ends

  witch ball — a speculum used by witches for divining

  Witch’s Ladder — a charm woven by witches to do harm to an enemy

  witch’s mark — the supernumerary nipple or other spot where a witch suckled her familiar

  Xaphan — demon who stoked the fires of Hell

  Zepar — demon who drove women to madness

  zombie — a corpse reanimated by a bokor, made to do his will

  Zosimus — a Greek philosopher and alchemist of the third or fourth century A.D.

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  ILLUSTRATION CREDITS

  19: L. Breton, in Collin de Plancy’s Dictionnarie infernal, Paris, 1863.

  24: From Gerard d’Euphrates’ Livre de l’histoire & ancienne cronique, printed by E. Groulleau, Paris, 1549.

  39: From Le grant kalendrier et compost des Bergiers, printed by Nicolas Le Rouge, Troyes, 1496.

  50: Designed by Hans Baldung Grein, from the Buch Cranatapfel, 1511.

  55: Gustave Doré.

  65: Designed by S. Tschechonin for the Russian periodical Satyricon, St. Petersberg, 1913.

  86: L. Breton.

  107: Gustave Doré.

  125: L. Breton.

  144: Salvator Rosa.

  161: From Olaus Magnus’ Historia de gentibus septentrionalibus, Rome, 1555.

  194: Gustave Doré.

  199: Gustave Doré.

  202: L. Breton.

  221: Gustave Doré.

  ABOUT THE AUTHOR

  An author and journalist living in Los Angeles, Robert Masello has written articles and essays for some of the most prominent national publications, including New York magazine, The Washington Post, New York Newsday, and The Los Angeles Times. Among his many books, published both here and abroad, are three novels of the occult — The Spirit Wood, Black Horizon, and Private Demons.

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  Copyright © 1994 by Robert Masello

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