The Taxonomy of Spirits in Parapsychology, Magic, and the Occult

From Daemons to Demons: The Taxonomy of Spirits In Magic, Parapsychology, and the Occult

What are spirits, really? From the daemons of ancient Greece to the djinn of Islamic lore, from the angels and demons of Judeo-Christian grimoires to the ghosts, shadow people, and poltergeists reported in parapsychology, humanity has always described hidden hierarchies of beings that move between worlds.

In this episode of Discovrse, Abammon the Great and Dr. Anna Stone trace the taxonomy of spirits that shaped magic, mysticism, and the occult—from Mesopotamian evil spirits and protective exorcisms, to the personal daemon of Iamblichus, the Holy Guardian Angel (HGA) of ceremonial magic, and the ambiguous Enochian angels of John Dee. We then bridge into modern parapsychology, looking at how ghosts, apparitions, astral entities, shadow people, and poltergeists fit into the same hidden system of classification.

📌 Topics Covered:

Spiritual hierarchies in ceremonial magic & Judeo-Christian grimoires

The ambivalent daemons of Hellenism & Neoplatonism

The Personal Daemon / Holy Guardian Angel across traditions

Djinn in Islamic cosmology and Solomonic magic

Enochian angels and their controversial role in occult practice

Mesopotamian roots of demonology

Ghosts, poltergeists, astral/shadow people in parapsychology

Spiritual Hierarchies, Daemons, Demons, Angels, Djinn, Ghosts, Poltergeists, Shadow People, Astral Entities, Spirit Taxonomy, Occult, Parapsychology, Esotericism, Magic, Mysticism, John Dee, Enochian, Iamblichus, Holy Guardian Angel, Mesopotamia, Exorcism, Demonology

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