demonology

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A treatise on demons; a supposititious science which treats of demons and their manifestations.

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I'll just have them change the entry in the demonology textbook from 'almost extinct' to 'not extinct enough for Alec. He prefers his monsters really, really extinct.' Will that make you happy? Cassandra Clare

I'm an atheist, and so I have a philosophical problem with demonology and supporting the mythology of Satan, which involves God and heaven and hell and all that stuff. I'm not just a nonbeliever, I'm an antibeliever - I think it's a destructive philosophy. David Cronenberg

Oh, make me over I'm all I wanna be A walking study In demonology. Courtney Love

Many phenomena - wars, plagues, sudden audits - have been advanced as evidence for the hidden hand of Satan in the affairs of Man, but whenever students of demonology get together the M25 London orbital motorway is generally agreed to be among the top contenders for exhibit A. Neil Gaiman

The text is thus, to a community "deeply involved in the realm of demonology", Revue de Qumrân 1991 p133 an exorcism hymn. Source: Internet

WomenWise, 12, 5 Carlo Ginzburg, in one of his influential work, The Night Battles, discussed how Inquisitorial propaganda of demonology distorted popular folk beliefs. Source: Internet

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