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I call upon thee, theist majors and Lemmings who know the Scriptures well, what can you tell us about Bibicially accurate demons? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Exactly what it says on the (dramatic) title.

We always hear about Biblically accurate angels: the burning wheels with tons of eyes, the strange looking creatures that sound like they come from the anime "Evangelion", the cherubim with 4 faces, but I had a thought while watching The Exorcist: Believer (it was....not good for anyone wondering. At all. The disrespect Regan's mom had towards Merrin and Karras after they died saving her daughter was baffling to listen to, especially...but i digress) a couple of days ago, specifically, if that's how the demonically possessed are said to more or less act in the Judeo-Christian scriptures, or if they're they completely different to what we see in movies and games. I'm guessing it's more than likely the second one, right, but I'm curious about the details like the signs someone's possessed, the demon's endgoal, and what they look like, basically everything you can gimme to sate this curiosity or to send me on a rabbit hole, if you'd be so kind?

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[+] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I know about the Lesser Key and some "Alternative Source", i guess you can call em, texts describing Demons, but was more interested what the official canon had to say regarding demons/possessions. Based on the answers I've seen so far, it seems to be not as in depth as I thought, but what is there is very interesting IMO (i dig the animal shapes from the Torah that you brought up. From my very very limited recollection of my Catholic upbringing, they weren't given a definite shape, tho i could be very wrong...i was a bad Catholic and it's been years)

[–] Zippit 1 points 1 year ago

Okay, from my mom's testaments when I grew up:

The jinn are usually in human form, but with their feet backwards. They always try to tempt you to do something, like luring you outside in the middle of the night or turning a corner. Once you turn a corner, you're lost and live in their world.

So always look at their feet when someone calls out your name or asks you to follow them.