Demonic Possession
This page collects every published verse, encyclopedia entry, research article, book, blog post, and timeline event on CKQBooks tagged "Demonic Possession", along with closely related material from the wider Demons and Evil Spirits topic group.
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- Is There a Costa Rican Analog to the Sumatran Vampire Tradition?
Yes. Costa Rica’s Bribri and Cabécar peoples of the Talamanca region preserve traditions that closely parallel the Sumatran material, though the resemblance is not exact and Costa Rica sits in Central America rather than South America.
- What Is the Sumatran Vampire Legend Kurt Koch Wrote About?
The Sumatran vampire legend that Kurt Koch describes in Occult ABC comes from a 1970s news report about a South Sumatran woman whose five husbands reportedly died of severe anemia. A traditional spiritual practitioner blamed an entity named Nagasjatingarong, described as a vampire that wanted the woman for itself.
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Encyclopedia
- Lilith
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.
- Vampires
The Bible never uses the word “vampire.” It never describes an undead creature that drinks blood. It does contain two things people connect to the legend. The first is the Alukah of Proverbs 30:15, Alukah is a Hebrew word meaning “leech” that appears once in Proverbs 30:15 and is sometimes linked by scholars to a blood‑drinking demon, while Rephaim are giants and dead spirits associated with Sheol.
- Sleep Paralysis
A state between sleep and waking, marked by immobility and a sense of presence, examined alongside historical accounts of spiritual encounter.
- Shedim
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.
- Se’irim
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.
Books
Blog
- Are UFOs and Demons the Same Thing?
Some Christian researchers say yes, and I am one of them. The Bible does not say UFOs are demons.
- Are the Se’irim and the Shedim the Same Thing in Ancient Israel?
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.
- Did the Wives of the Fallen Watchers Become the Sirens of Greek Mythology?
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.
- Are Demons Behind the Missing 411 Disappearances?
No one can show that. No federal agency has confirmed a demonic cause, and Paulides does not claim one.
- What Is Required After Deliverance?
Two things. First, the specific ground that let the spirit in has to be named and renounced, not just felt or generally confessed.
- Are Demons the Spirits of Dead Giants?
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.
- Are UFOs Demons? What Diana Pasulka Told Joe Rogan
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.
- Who Are the Se’irim in the Bible?
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.
- Who Is Azazel in the Bible?
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.
- Who Is Lilith in the Bible?
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.
- What Do Principalities and Powers Mean in Ephesians 6:12?
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.
- What Is the Spirit of Whoredoms in the Bible?
Hosea names it twice. In 4:12, the spirit of whoredoms causes God’s people to err and leads them away from Him.