Beelzebub: Difference between revisions
m (Added some links) |
mNo edit summary |
||
| Line 5: | Line 5: | ||
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. | ||
[[Sanat Kumara]] reveals that Beelzebub was one of the angels who fell under the influence of Lucifer: | [[Sanat Kumara]] reveals that Beelzebub was one of the angels who fell under the influence of [[Lucifer]]: | ||
: In the Great Rebellion against the Lord God Almighty and the hosts of his heavenly hierarchy, | : In the Great Rebellion against the Lord God Almighty and the hosts of his heavenly hierarchy, Lucifer seduced no small number of angelic bands led by his cohorts. Their names are mentioned in the [[Book of Enoch]], and in other books of the Apocrypha, and in the codified scriptures of East and West. More notable are the names Satan, Beelzebub, Belial, Baal, etc.<ref>{{OSS}}, ch. 45.</ref> | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||