Demonica Daimon

Daimon, a empathic demon aligned with neither the dark nor the light, lives in a remote part of New Zealand for the scenery as much as the lack of people. But the self-imposed solitude is often boring. While watching the moon one evening, Daimon senses someone's despair. Curious, he investigates -- not that the memory of the gorgeous man who'd moved in nearby recently has anything to do with his interest -- only to find out more about his new neighbours than he expected. Well, at least he isn't bored anymore.

The first full-length study of the main German contributors to the Gothic canon, to each of whom a chapter is devoted, The German Gothic Novel in Anglo-German Perspective is an original historical and comparative study that goes well beyond the necessary review of the evidence to include much new material, many new insights and pieces of analysis, and some fundamental changes of perspective. The book aims to put the record straight in bibliographical and literary historical terms, and to act as a reference guide to facilitate future research, so that anyone working on the German Gothic novel or on Anglo-German interactions in the field of Gothic, will find there references to all the relevant secondary literature. The German Gothic Novel in Anglo-German Perspective is addressed to Germanists, but also to teachers and students of English, American and comparative literature, for there is at present hardly a ‘hotter’ subject than Gothic. The book’s emphasis on the Gothic work of canonical writers should prompt even conservative German Departments to reconsider their attitude to Gothic. Being addressed to scholars and students of German, German quotations are given in German, but English translations are added for the convenience of English and American scholars and students of Gothic, who represent another important section of the books’ target audience.

Demons are Real is an inspirational book on the phenomenon of the demonic forces of darkness. Demons are Real and are neither a myth nor figment of our imagination. The word demons itself is not found in the bible. What is found in the Bible is reference to evil spirits or devils. Demons come from the Latin word daemon (meaning evil spirit) and the Greek word daimon (a divinity). Who are demons? Demons are disembodied spirits that cannot be seen with the natural eyes or with aid of microscope. Demons are fallen angels serving the devil and making assaults on mankind. Demons are real and their existence pervades the Bible from the Old Testament to the New Testament; these entities are rampant in the 21 century church era. We do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against rulers of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

Scott Graves has no use for the law or his own soul. Not when New YorkÕs fi nest hunt him every night. Not when corruption and violence has become the only way to survive.

The trap is set. The streets of NY are now a gauntlet for Demonic to run. But Scott Graves didnÕt sell his soul to be caught by cops. He has his own idea of justice that doesnÕt rely on the values of weak men.

From hell he came! Exorcist Daimon Hellstrom has a secret - by night, he is the Son of Satan! Golden trident in hand and pentagram on his chest, Daimon is out to confront his evil father - but will he make the scene in time to save Johnny Blaze, the flaming-skulled Ghost Rider? Experience the early exploits of Daimon Hellstrom, including his uncanny origin, demonic battles against Satan himself and even his first clash with his sister - the succubus called Satana! Plus, as Daimon finds a place for himself in Marvel's wildest non-team, the Defenders, he falls for Patsy Walker - the fittingly named Hellcat! But can romance blossom for a man with a soul as dark as Daimon's? COLLECTING: GHOST RIDER (1973) 1-2; MARVEL SPOTLIGHT (1971) 12-13, 24; SON OF SATAN (1976) 8; DEFENDERS (1972) 92, 120-121

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- PART I Demons in Christianity -- 1 Augustine and Aquinas on the Demonic -- 2 The Demonic Body: Demonic Ontology and the Domicile of the Demons in Apuleius and Augustine -- 3 Christian Demonology: A New Philosophical Perspective -- 4 Women as "the Devil's Gateway": A Feminist Critique of Christian Demonology -- PART II Non-Christian Conceptions of Demons -- 5 Socrates's Demonic Sign (Daimonion Sēmeion) -- 6 The Ecological Demon: Silent Running and Interstellar -- 7 Demons of Seduction in Early Jewish Literature -- 8 The Jinn and the Shayātīn -- 9 Māra: Devā and Demon -- PART III Demons and Epistemological Issues -- 10 Justified Belief in the Existence of Demons Is Impossible -- 11 Esoteric Spirituality, Devils, and Demons: Introducing the Gnostic Vision of Modernity -- 12 Re-Enchantment and Contemporary Demonology -- PART IV Demons in Moral and Social Philosophy -- 13 Whedon's Demons: The Immorality of Moral Clarity and the Ethics of Moral Complexity -- 14 Modern Representations of Evil: Kant, Arendt, and the Devil in Goethe's Faust and Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita -- 15 The Politics of Possession: Reading King James's Daemonologie through the Lens of Mimetic Realism -- Notes on Contributors -- Bibliography -- Index

In this ambitious book, Kirk Wetters traces the genealogy of the demonic in German literature from its imbrications in Goethe to its varying legacies in the work of essential authors, both canonical and less well known, such as Gundolf, Spengler, Benjamin, Lukács, and Doderer. Wetters focuses especially on the philological and metaphorological resonances of the demonic from its core formations through its appropriations in the tumultuous twentieth century. Propelled by equal parts theoretical and historical acumen, Wetters explores the ways in which the question of the demonic has been employed to multiple theoretical, literary, and historico-political ends. He thereby produces an intellectual history that will be consequential both to scholars of German literature and to comparatists.