Daemones

In later times, too, the daemones were regarded as beings intermediate between the gods and mankind, forming, as it were, the retinue of the gods, representing their powers in activity, and intrusted with the fulfilment of their various functions.

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But the Greek daemones had been tutelary: Socrates’ had been a good spirit, careful to admonish him in accordance with the dictates of wisdom and virtue.

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Similarly, the daemones that served or hindered the theurgist were derived from both philosophic doctrine and magical lore.

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In that early medieval Europe sustained a powerful belief in angels, it is true to say that the old good daemones were to some extent rescued in this form.

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