free ebooks ==> www.ebook777.com Daivers 109 Sources: Ford, Liber Hvhi, 94, 97; Rose, Giants, Monsters, and Dragons, 33; Turner, Dictionary of Ancient Deities, 85 Daimon Pneuma Daimon pneuma is a Greek phrase that translates to mean “demon spirits.” Source: Fahlbusch, Encyclopedia of Christianity, Vol 5, 126 Daimonian Hepta Daimonian hepta is a Greek phrase that translates to mean “seven demons.” Source: Reiling, Translator’s Handbook on the Gospel of Luke, 327, 507 Daimonion Variations: Daemonium, Daimon, Daimonizesthai, Demon-God, Demon of Demons, Transcendent Demon Mentioned in the Old Testament, a daimonion is a type of immortal, vampiric demon that possessed people Sometimes during the course of the possession, the afflicted would make utterances of prophecies Daimonion, as a name, translates to mean “a knowing one,” “something divine,” “to be subject to an appointed fate,” and “the divine spark within each of us.” People who were possessed by a demon were called demoniacs More often than not these individuals already had some other sort of malady, be it a physical deformity or a disease Sources: Balfour, Three Inquiries, 94, 340, 358; Benardete, Rhetoric of Morality and Philosophy, 127–9; Collin de Plancy, Dictionary of Witchcraft, 48; Russell, Prince of Darkness, 25, 45 Daimonion Akathartos Daimonion akathartos is a Greek phrase that translates to mean “unclean demon-god.” Sources: Reiling, Translator’s Handbook on the Gospel of Luke, 214; Van der Toorn, Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible, 882 Daimonion Poterion Daimonion poterion is a Greek phrase that translates to mean “chalice of the demon-gods.” Source: Smith, Comprehensive Dictionary of the Bible, 197 Daimonizomai Daimonizomai (“DEMONIAC”) is a Greek word for a person who is possessed by or under the power of a demon Sources: Boehm, It’s a Dark World, 162; Kraft, Defeating Dark Angels, 35 Daityas Variations: Kratu-dvishas (“enemies of sacrifices”) In Hindu mythology, the gigantic, demonic spirits that were born from the goddess Diti and Kasyapa are known as daityas Under the command of VRITRA, the dragon serpent, the daityas oppose sacrifice to the gods and will prevent it if they are able During Krita Yuga, the first age of the cosmos, these demons became so well armed and powerful that they were able to overpower and defeat the gods, and led by Vritra they scattered the gods across the cosmos The gods pleaded to Brahma, who advised them to seek a demon-slaying weapon from Rishi, a sage The gods did as they were advised and Rishi made a demon-slaying weapon he named Vajra from his own bones It was placed in the hands of INDRA, who then led the gods to a victorious return to the heavens with it In the course of the battle, Vritra was slain and the daityas who survived the battle were rounded up and banished by Indra to Patala, a realm deep beneath the ocean, where the serpent demons, NAGA, live In their confinement the daityas gather and plot out their revenge Sources: Lurker, Routledge Dictionary of Gods and Goddesses, 47; Hyatt, Book of Demons, 23; Singh, Encyclopaedia of Hinduism, 2498, 2519–20; Turner, Dictionary of Ancient Deities, 140 Daitya-Yuga Daitya-yuga is an AGE OF DEMONS, said to last 12,000 divine years Sources vary, but typically one year (365 days) equals one divine day; 365 divine days equal one divine year The Daitya-yuga will last 1,555,200,000 actual years Sources: Clough, Sinhalese English Dictionary, 259; Working Glossary for the Use of Students of Theosophical Literature, 12 Daivers Variations: Daivergoel, Divs (DIV) In Hindu mythology daivers are a species of demonic DJINN that have material and spiritual bodies as well as many human attributes, both good and evil The daivers are under the command of their king, Daivuntren (or INDIREN, sources vary), their queen, Inderannee, and their prince, Seedcra-Hudderen Daivers live in a world called Daiver Logum with those heroes and prophets who are not yet ready to dwell in the Shiva’s paradise They can also be found sitting in Daivuntren’s audience chamber among the many other attendants The mythology tells us that there are 330,000,000 daivers Sources: Kindersley, Specimens of Hindoo Literature,