Casting Out Demons

Israel sacrificed to shedim, not to God, indicating idolatry. The shedim are spirit beings that Israel worshiped with sacrifice.

An ancient people of giant stature east of the Jordan, of whom King Og of Bashan was the last remnant.

A figure named once in the Hebrew Bible, in Isaiah 34:14. Scholars debate whether the word names a female night demon or a night bird or other wild creature.

Inanna, the ancient Sumerian "Queen of Heaven," was later syncretised as the Akkadian Ishtar, the Canaanite Astarte/Ashtart, and finally appeared in the Hebrew Bible as the deity Ashtoreth.

Shedim are spirit beings mentioned twice in the Hebrew Bible to whom Israel offered sacrifices, including child sacrifice; the biblical text treats them as demonic.

Goat-form spirit beings named in four passages of the Hebrew Bible. Israel was forbidden to sacrifice to them, and they are described as inhabiting wilderness and ruins.

A state between sleep and waking, marked by immobility and a sense of presence, examined alongside historical accounts of spiritual encounter.

Semjaza: the leader of the two hundred Watchers in 1 Enoch, who organized the oath on Mount Hermon.

A portal in the Bible refers to a gate, doorway, ladder, or opened heaven where angels and divine glory pass between heaven and earth, though the word itself never appears in Scripture.

Some Christian researchers say yes, and I am one of them. The Bible does not say UFOs are demons.

This post explains the biblical differences between the Hebrew terms se’irim and shedim, showing they are distinct spirit beings and how later tradition connects them.

Azazel is a name in Leviticus 16, tied to the Day of Atonement goat that was sent alive into the wilderness. Leviticus never calls him a fallen angel.

A look at 1 Enoch 19:2, where the wives of the fallen Watchers are said to become “sirens,” and why that word points to ancient bird-women, not modern mermaids.

Explore the shadowy “Hat Man” seen during sleep paralysis, the biblical case for demonic oppression, skeptic explanations, and practical steps for believers.

No one can show that. No federal agency has confirmed a demonic cause, and Paulides does not claim one.

The Bible speaks of demons, and it speaks of the fall of Lucifer and the co-rebellion of a third of the angels, but no verses actually link the two and define demons as fallen angels.

Two things. First, the specific ground that let the spirit in has to be named and renounced, not just felt or generally confessed.

Two ancient Jewish texts, 1 Enoch and Jubilees, explain that demons are the lingering spirits of the giant offspring of the Watchers, bound after the flood.

Diana Pasulka joins Joe Rogan to discuss whether UFOs could be demonic, the preternatural category, and the Watchers, while proposing AI as a modern explanation.

The se’irim are goat-form spirit beings named in Leviticus 17:7, 2 Chronicles 11:15, Isaiah 13:21, and Isaiah 34:14. Israel was forbidden to sacrifice to them.

Lilith appears by name once in the Bible, in Isaiah 34:14, in a poem about the ruin of Edom. Scholars disagree on what the word means.

A breakdown of the four Greek terms Paul uses in Ephesians 6:12, drawing on named Catholic and Protestant commentators, the medieval angelic hierarchy tradition, and the occult and imperial context of ancient Ephesus.

Hosea names it twice. In 4:12, the spirit of whoredoms causes God’s people to err and leads them away from Him.