EPISODE · Jul 23, 2023 · 54 MIN
CHRISTIAN DEMONOLOGY with Dr Jonathon O'Donnell
from ANGELA'S SYMPOSIUM 📖 Academic Study on Witchcraft, Paganism, esotericism, magick and the Occult · host Dr Angela Puca
Dr Jonathon O'Donnell tackles Demons in Christianity, Pentecostal and Charismatic Christians: CONNECT & SUPPORT💖 - WEBSITE & NEWSLETTER 💌 https://drangelapuca.com/#newsletter - BECOME MY PATRON! 🎩 https://www.patreon.com/angelapuca - ONE-OFF DONATIONS 💰 https://paypal.me/angelasymposium - JOIN MEMBERSHIPS 👥 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPSbip_LX2AxbGeAQfLp-Ig/join - MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL https://www.youtube.com/@drangelapuca/featured - MY STORE 🛍 https://drangelapuca.com/store - MY MERCH 👕 https://drangelapuca.creator-spring.com/ - Video Trascripts https://www.innersymposium.study/ 💬 FOLLOW ME👣 - YouTube (@drangelapuca)🌟 - Instagram (drangelapuca) 📸 - TikTok (Angela's Symposium) 🎵 - Twitter (@angelapuca11) 🐦 - Facebook (Dr Angela Puca) 👥 00:00 Intro 01:50 Demonology in its early days and developments 03:47 Etymology of the word Demon 05:10 Demons fought in the wilderness and in the cities 07:45 When did the fascination and study of Demons start? 09:15 Demons and Witch Hunts 10:40 Demons seen as defeated (not a threat) after the conversion of the Roman empire 12:39 From the 12th and 13th Century Demons, ‘evil’ and demons grow in popularity 16:35 Witchcraft becomes a social threat 18:45 Witches as Demon worshippers 19:10 Core Elements of Demonology 19:22 Demons are not creators but co-opters of Divine Power 20:02 The Demonic Pact 20:48 The use of Sacraments and Black Mass 21:24 Natural Magic versus Witchcraft (as Demonic magic) 22:28 Witch Hunts in Europe 23:00 Modernity and the perception of Witchcraft 25:32 The Diabolic/Demonic Pact was modelled on Feudal oaths and systems of power 27:19 State Sovereignty, Political Philosophy and Witchcraft 29:20 Demonology fallen out of fashion through modernity? 32:43 The Rationalisation of Demons and the Devil 33:10 From Demons/Satan to de-personified Evil 34:19 Secularisation or Rationalisation of Demons? 34:56 Survival and Renaissance of Demonology in the Contemporary world 36:29 Conspiracy Theories and Demonology 37:34 Movies and Pop Culture popularised Demons 39:00 Two Contemporary Views of Demons 40:33 Contemporary Satanism 44:05 American Culture and the rise of Demonology (Pentecostal and Charismatic Churches) BECOME A PATRON! www.patreon.com/angelapuca ONE-OFF CONTRIBUTION paypal.me/angelasymposium FOLLOW ME: Facebook (Angela's Symposium), Instagram (angela_symposium), Twitter (@angelapuca11). JONATHON'S CONTACT DETAILS Website: www.drsjodonnell.com JONATHON'S PUBLICATIONS S. Jonathon O'Donnell, "Witchcraft, Statecraft, Mancraft: On the Demonological Foundations of Sovereignty." Political Theology. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/1462317X.2020.1759278 S. Jonathon O'Donnell, "The Body Politic(s) of the Jezebel Spirit." Religion and Gender 7(2). Available at: https://brill.com/view/journals/rag/7/2/article-p240_7.xml (Open Access!) BOOKS CITED Alain Bourreau, Satan the Heretic: The Birth of Demonology in the Medieval West. University of Chicago Press, 2006. David Brakke, Demons and the Making of the Monk: Spiritual Combat in Early Christianity. Harvard University Press, 2006. Dayne S. Kalleres, City of Demons: Violence, Ritual, and Christian Power in Late Antiquity. California University Press, 2015. Per Faxneld, Satanic Feminism: Lucifer as the Liberator of Women in the Nineteenth Century. Oxford University Press, 2017. Ruben van Luijk, Children of Lucifer: The Origins of Modern Religious Satanism. Oxford University Press, 2016. Music by Erose MusicBand. Check them out! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ml-Z6_sYl-E
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Dr Jonathon O'Donnell tackles Demons in Christianity, Pentecostal and Charismatic Christians: CONNECT & SUPPORT💖 - WEBSITE & NEWSLETTER 💌 https://drangelapuca.com/#newsletter - BECOME MY PATRON! 🎩 https://www.patreon.com/angelapuca - ONE-OFF DONATIONS 💰 https://paypal.me/angelasymposium - JOIN MEMBERSHIPS 👥 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPSbip_LX2AxbGeAQfLp-Ig/join - MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL https://www.youtube.com/@drangelapuca/featured - MY STORE 🛍 https://drangelapuca.com/store - MY MERCH 👕 https://drangelapuca.creator-spring.com/ - Video Trascripts https://www.innersymposium.study/ 💬 FOLLOW ME👣 - YouTube (@drangelapuca)🌟 - Instagram (drangelapuca) 📸 - TikTok (Angela's Symposium) 🎵 - Twitter (@angelapuca11) 🐦 - Facebook (Dr Angela Puca) 👥 00:00 Intro 01:50 Demonology in its early days and developments 03:47 Etymology of the word Demon 05:10 Demons fought in the wilderness and in the cities 07:45 When did the fascination and study of Demons start? 09:15 Demons and Witch Hunts 10:40 Demons seen as defeated (not a threat) after the conversion of the Roman empire 12:39 From the 12th and 13th Century Demons, ‘evil’ and demons grow in popularity 16:35 Witchcraft becomes a social threat 18:45 Witches as Demon worshippers 19:10 Core Elements of Demonology 19:22 Demons are not creators but co-opters of Divine Power 20:02 The Demonic Pact 20:48 The use of Sacraments and Black Mass 21:24 Natural Magic versus Witchcraft (as Demonic magic) 22:28 Witch Hunts in Europe 23:00 Modernity and the perception of Witchcraft 25:32 The Diabolic/Demonic Pact was modelled on Feudal oaths and systems of power 27:19 State Sovereignty, Political Philosophy and Witchcraft 29:20 Demonology fallen out of fashion through modernity? 32:43 The Rationalisation of Demons and the Devil 33:10 From Demons/Satan to de-personified Evil 34:19 Secularisation or Rationalisation of Demons? 34:56 Survival and Renaissance of Demonology in the Contemporary world 36:29 Conspiracy Theories and Demonology 37:34 Movies and Pop Culture popularised Demons 39:00 Two Contemporary Views of Demons 40:33 Contemporary Satanism 44:05 American Culture and the rise of Demonology (Pentecostal and Charismatic Churches) BECOME A PATRON! www.patreon.com/angelapuca ONE-OFF CONTRIBUTION paypal.me/angelasymposium FOLLOW ME: Facebook (Angela's Symposium), Instagram (angela_symposium), Twitter (@angelapuca11). JONATHON'S CONTACT DETAILS Website: www.drsjodonnell.com JONATHON'S PUBLICATIONS S. Jonathon O'Donnell, "Witchcraft, Statecraft, Mancraft: On the Demonological Foundations of Sovereignty." Political Theology. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/1462317X.2020.1759278 S. Jonathon O'Donnell, "The Body Politic(s) of the Jezebel Spirit." Religion and Gender 7(2). Available at: https://brill.com/view/journals/rag/7/2/article-p240_7.xml (Open Access!) BOOKS CITED Alain Bourreau, Satan the Heretic: The Birth of Demonology in the Medieval West. University of Chicago Press, 2006. David Brakke, Demons and the Making of the Monk: Spiritual Combat in Early Christianity. Harvard University Press, 2006. Dayne S. Kalleres, City of Demons: Violence, Ritual, and Christian Power in Late Antiquity. California University Press, 2015. Per Faxneld, Satanic Feminism: Lucifer as the Liberator of Women in the Nineteenth Century. Oxford University Press, 2017. Ruben van Luijk, Children of Lucifer: The Origins of Modern Religious Satanism. Oxford University Press, 2016. Music by Erose MusicBand. Check them out! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ml-Z6_sYl-E
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