Ce este demonologia? O altfel de viziune asupra științei demonologice
What is demnology? A different view on demonological science

Summary/Abstract: The article proposes a phenomenological vision on the history of demonology and the demonic imaginary starting with the shamanic model. Three qualities of the shaman are important in the birth of demonology: sense perception, knowledge and self-control. With the passage of shamanic practices to religious practices, these qualities will not be lost. On the contrary, they will survive in the religious cults of polytheism, contituting the three classes of demonological practice: sensorial, gnostic and exorcistic. My research is focused on this perspective. The image I have tried to reshape on the birth of polytheistic demonology is closely related to the pre-monotheistic demonic imaginary, whose "palette" of deities and demons is infinitely larger than anything in as far as the history of religions has managed to recover.

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