Demonology and Devil-Lore 2

Part IV The Devil Chapter I Diabolism Dragon and Devil distinguished - Dragons' wings - War in Heaven - and more Chapter II The Second Best Respect for the Devil - Primitive atheism - Idealisation - Birth of new gods - and more Chapter III Ahriman: The Divine Devil Mr. Irving's impersonation of Superstition - Revolution against pious privilege - Doctrine of 'merits' - Saintly immorality in India - and more Chapter IV Visw¡mitra: The Theocratic Devil Priestcraft and Pessimism - An Aryan Tetzel and his Luther - Brahman Frogs - and more Chapter V Elohim and Jehovah Deified power - Giants and Jehovah - Jehovah's manifesto - The various Elohim - and more Chapter VI The Consuming Fire The Shekinah - Jewish idols - Attributes of the fiery and cruel Elohim compared with those of the Devil - and more Chapter VII Paradise and the Serpent Herakles and Athena in a holy picture - Human significance of Eden - The legend in Genesis puzzling - and more Chapter VIII Eve The Fall of Man - Fall of gods - Giants - Praj¡pati and R¡hu - Woman and Star-serpent in Persia - and more Chapter IX Lilith Madonnas - Adam's first wife - Her flight and doom - Creation of devils - Lilith marries Sama«l - and more Chapter X War in Heaven The 'Other' - Tiamat, Bohu, 'the Deep' - Ra and Apophis - Hathors - and more Chapter XI War on Earth The Abode of Devils - Ketef - Disorder - Talmudic legends - and more Chapter XII Strife Hebrew god of War - Sama«l - The father's blessing and curse - Esau -and more Chapter XIII Barbaric Aristocracy Jacob, the 'Impostor' - The Barterer - Esau, the 'Warrior' - Barbarian Dukes - and more Chapter XIV Job and the Divider Hebrew Polytheism - Problem of Evil - Job's disbelief in a future life - and more Chapter XV Satan Public Prosecutors - Satan as Accuser - English Devil-worshipper - Conversion by Terror - Satan in the Old Testament - and more Chapter XVI Religious Despotism Pharaoh and Herod - Zoroaster's mother - Ahriman's emissaries - Kansa and Krishna - and more Chapter XVII The Prince of this World Temptations - Birth of Buddha - Mara - Temptation of power - Asceticism and Luxury - and more Chapter XVIII Trial of the Great A 'Morality' at Tours - The 'St. Anthony' of Spagnoletto - Bunyan's Pilgrim - and more Chapter XIX The Man of Sin Hindu myth - Gnostic theories - Ophite scheme of redemption - Rabbinical traditions of primitive man - and more Chapter XX The Holy Ghost A Hanover relic - Mr. Atkinson on the Dove - The Dove in the Old Testament - and more Chapter XXI Antichrist The Kali Age - Satan sifting Simon - Satan as Angel of Light - and more Chapter XXII The Pride of Life The curse of Iblis - Sama«l as Democrat - His vindication by Christ and Paul - Asmod¤us - and more Chapter XXIII The Curse on Knowledge A Bishop on intellect - The Bible on learning - The Serpent and Seth - and more Chapter XXIV Witchcraft Minor gods - Saint and Satyr - Tutelaries - Spells - Early Christianity and the poor -and more Chapter XXV Faust and Mephistopheles Mephisto and Mephitis - The Raven Book - Papal sorcery - Magic seals - and more Chapter XXVI The Wild Huntsman The Wild Hunt - Euphemisms - Schimmelreiter - Odinwald - Pied Piper - and more Chapter XXVII Le Bon Diable The Devil repainted - Satan a divine agent - St. Orain's heresy - Primitive universalism - and more Chapter XXVIII Animalism Celsus on Satan - Ferocities of inward nature - The Devil of Lust - Celibacy - and more Chapter XXIX Thoughts and Interpretations

Post Scriptum: biography Conway