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Devils, Demons, and Ghosts in the Hebrew Tradition

Baal Kadmon's largest study in this wave runs 243 pages through the supernatural ecology of Judaism. Part one lays the foundations: the vocabulary of demons and ghosts and the gods of foreign nations. Part two covers the foundational demonics, including demons and ghosts in the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Jewish Apocrypha, and rabbinic reception of that literature. Part three introduces the in crowd of hell, with individual chapters on Satan, Belial, Samael, Asmodeus, Azazel, Lilith, Agrat bat Mahlat, Naamah, Mastema, the Watchers, Aluka, Reshef, and Banim Shovavim. Part four turns to evil in the Kabbalah: existence before existence, the Klippot and the Sitra Achra, and demons hidden in the Torah codes. Part five covers ghosts, dybbuks, dybbuk boxes, and ibbur. Part six gives protective and working rituals, and two bonus chapters treat the Testament and Key of King Solomon. A substantial source-grounded reference for the Hebrew demonological tradition. First published in 2019.

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