Dæmonology: An Introduction With a Selection of Texts by Humberto Maggi (Hadean Press, 2015) Hardcover Edition

Humberto Maggi. Dæmonology: An Introduction With a Selection of Texts. West Yorkshire: Hadean Press, 2015. Hardcover edition. 375 pages.  Condition: New Description from the publisher:  In Dæmonology: An Introduction With a Selection of Texts, Humberto Maggi brings together numerous threads into one cohesive whole, addressing the diverse uses of the concept of the intermediary spirit in the history and practice of Magic, and its correlates in other cultures. This first volume in a collection devoted to the subject of the daimon/dæmon provides a comprehensive and detailed description of the intermediary spirits in the Western Tradition. Being a fundamental part of Magic, these spirits have important ramifications on the religions and philosophies from Late Antiquity through the present. Tracking the origins and developments of the concept of intermediary spirits under the terms “daimon/dæmon”, from Homer to Augustine and beyond, reveals a very rich fountain of knowledge with direct impo