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In the writings of Valentinus, the second-century Gnostic, Beelzebub was called “lord of chaos.” The Jewish cabala refers to him as chief of the nine evil hierarchies of the underworld. In books on magic and demonology from the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries, he ranks among the five most powerful demons. In John Milton’s ''Paradise Lost'' Satan calls him a “fallen Cherub” and he is depicted as one of the chief lords of Hell, next to Satan in power and crime. | In the writings of Valentinus, the second-century Gnostic, Beelzebub was called “lord of chaos.” The Jewish cabala refers to him as chief of the nine evil hierarchies of the underworld. In books on magic and demonology from the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries, he ranks among the five most powerful demons. In John Milton’s ''Paradise Lost'', Satan calls him a “fallen Cherub” and he is depicted as one of the chief lords of Hell, next to Satan in power and crime. | ||
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