The Dictionary of Demons: Expanded & Revised: Names of the Damned *(pdf)

With more than 200 additional entries, the revised and expanded second edition of one the world's most important books on demonology is now available in paperback. Ever since the publication of the original book more than ten years ago, author M. Belanger has been collecting material for this expanded edition. Filled with additional new articles, spirits, demons, appendices, and art, the bestselling Dictionary of Demons is now an even more comprehensive resource. You will discover an expanded introduction, extended articles, an update to the Decans of the Zodiac, additional entries, and dozens of new illustrations. The Dictionary of Demons: Revised and Expanded includes more than 1,700 demons as well as short articles on demonology and a wealth of illustrations, making it one of the most valuable reference works in the field. Previous editions: First Edition (Out of Print): 9780738723068 Second Edition Limited-Edition Hardcover: 9780738765365 Read more

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Why Must Read The Dictionary of Demons: Expanded & Revised: Names of the Damned?

Kayso, Michelle Belanger loves to toot her own horn about how boss she is at research. She even launched an online class recently on how to do research. Yet somehow in all her super expert level demonic research, she failed to learn that the Dukante hierarchy exists. I learned about Dukante by accident when I was looking up something else on plain old Google, so this is a pretty inexcusable fail. She also categorizes some lesser known angels as demons. For example, Anael is the angel of romantic love, but according to this book, she's a Solomonic demon. Which comes to my second gripe--that the source material is noted in most of the entries, and nearly all of them are Solomonic. I wouldn't have bought this book if I knew it would be the Goetia rehashed, and not actually a cross-cultural reference. The Anael entry throws the validity of the whole thing into question. Oh, and apparently the Egyptian god Amon is a Solomonic demon too. Amenadiel is not a made up angel name from a popular tv show where a fiction author whanged Amen + el together with some other syllables in the middle, but is also a Solomonic demon. Oh boyo, I can't even. The only thing I learned from this book is not to trust people who brag that freaking much about being good at research. It's best to learn about demons from someone who actually works with them, rather than a self proclaimed expert researcher who has no idea Dukante is a thing, and thinks Amon has something to do with Judaism. I recommend S. Connolly. Also, this author hates conservatives so violently that she kicks people off her discord/patreon for not being far enough left. If you even slightly question leftist ideology, she will go off on a slanderous three hour rampage directly attacking you, including accusations that you were at the capitol on January 6. If her target doesn't leave the discord on their own after being bullied for hours on end, she deletes them, then continues blowing up our phones with gossip and hate towards that person. I am so disgusted with this behavior that I was going to return the book anyways, even if it wasn't the most godawful atrocious demon book that exists, because I don't want to financially support someone who acts like that. Update: it's the next day, and Michelle is still going off on the person she booted for being center or conservative or just not far enough left, gossiping about them, and trash talking them, for what's probably going to be another hours long tirade. I have low expectations for famous people to be kind behind the scenes, but YIKES. Now I know why this book is so bad, Michelle spends more time hating people on the internet than doing research. Furthermore, real demons won't voluntarily work with someone that emotionally stunted, so it's no surprise that she doesn't know a single thing about them.

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