demons

Demons

I have always been fascinated by tales of demons,

Well, i like "A Haunting" and they had plenty of stories

where the haunter proved to be demonic.

I once had a copy of a book of magic called The Magus, 

when i was at college, long gone now.

It was a limited edition reprint produced via Thorson's publishing house,

Just down the road from my birthplace, near Northampton.

It is basically, I believe, a writer called Francis Barrett's  version 

published in 1801, of a work by Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa,(1486-1535)

 both of which, dare i say, are available for the curious, on the internet.

It was a common feature of occult works to produce lists of demons...

A sort of cartulary of all the different ranks and hierarchies of spirits,

Devils, fallen angels...

The Magus was "fun" because it included drawings of the faces of

Demons. The online version doesn't seem to go as far as to include this

little rogues' galleries of nasties.

A bit like " Pickman " in the Lovecraft story, i suppose,

 someone, some time, sat painting their portraits, 

whilst avoiding getting eaten?

Sadly in a fit of conscience or sudden burst of stable cleaning

I threw these books out, as well as my Eliphas Levi collection.

Ah well, easy come easy go......

Here are a couple of "Pickman's models"