From antiquity to the late Middle Ages, witches and magicians were doing everything possible to purchase spirit helpers.Unlike shamans, largely dependent on their students' spirits and they, the magicians of Europe and the East generally tried to completely subjugate the otherworldly creatures, kept them in bondage.
Egyptian magicians tamed the era, as a rule, the demons the air.There was a lot of benefits: firstly, that spirit could quickly bring any item ordered (or man - especially a beautiful woman);Secondly, after his death, the owner of such a spirit could "an acquaintance" to stay in the air element, joining in the eternal gladness to his former servant.He did not need to bother going to the underworld, where he, by the way, waiting for the unknown, because the righteousness of the magicians did not differ.
With the advent of Christianity, far spread the idea of angels inhabiting the seven heavens, the magicians of various nations began to try to get these new creatures to his eternal servants.And it was thought that the angels are in the hierarchy is much higher than any natural spirits and demons.Therefore, Zaim angelic mentor, the wizard will automatically receive power over lower beings.
But the Angels win was even more difficult than usual spirits: this magician had to know the secret names of deities and higher ... to pretend that the order to help him come from them!The bulk of the spells and rituals it was, converted to the angels supposedly are accurate retelling of the divine order.
course order was accompanied by dire threats to disobey and quotations from various writings that were to prove the truth of the angel of the caster.And the magicians of antiquity and the early Middle Ages often "confused" and urged the various cults of the Egyptian god Osiris, along with Jesus and the Greek Zeus.
Spellcasters angels never dared to climb up to the third heaven (of the seven), preferring to take mates with the first and second.But it gave them enormous power, including - the power of the moon, which is believed to be the first heaven and is subject to the angels.
Often, especially in Asia, medieval witches "attached" personal demons to any amulet, turning them into "demons things," such as "genie lamp".
This demon could change the host, but only if the object passed to a new person with a certain ritual.Otherwise, after the death of the owner of such a demon turned into a violent spirit, and households sorcerer was very difficult to get rid of him.
interesting that in medieval Europe and Scandinavia felt like demons assistants do not tolerate "downtime" and if the wizard will not be able to for a long time the demons at least some, they must attack its owner.Hence the tale of ridiculous tasks hell, like a sieve, or to put the water to count the grains of sand in the desert.
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