kakodaimon

plural kakodaimons

1. alternativeAlternative form of cacodemon.

   […] these kakodaimons seem to guard the very entrance into heaven; […]

   1907, The Church Standard, volumes 94–95, page 120, column 2

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   For meanwhile the Church had decided that all the classic influences, Eudaimons or Good Spirits as well as Kakodaimons or Bad Spirits were devils.

   1900 February, J. M. Campbell, “Notes on the Spirit Basis of Belief and Custom. […] Witchcraft and Magic.”, in Richard Carnac Temple, editor, The Indian Antiquary, a Journal of Oriental Research […], volume XXIX, Bombay: […] [T]he Education Society’s Press, Byculla. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., page 55

   Because he was the friend of an archangel, the kakodaimons of the Brown Kingdom hated him; […]

   1901, Frederick Baron Corvo [pseudonym; Frederick Rolfe], “About a Vegetable Purgatory”, in In His Own Image, London; New York, N.Y.: John Lane: The Bodley Head, page 330

   Yet, thou dark man, I shall not see thee more, / King of these kakodaimons—but a king!

   1920, William Rose Benét, “Legend of Michelotto”, in Moons of Grandeur: A Book of Poems, New York, N.Y.: George H. Doran Company, page 27

   In the Egyptian, Grecian, and, above all, the Roman theogonies it is not always easily discernible whether the ‘spirits’ to which men appeal for help or success in their enterprises are good or evil, and Iamblichus and Porphyry exhibit a diverting confusion between angels and demons, good and evil spirits, eudaimons and kakodaimons.

   1931, Grillot de Givry, translated by J. Courtenay Locke, “The World of Shadows as Rival of the World of Light”, in Witchcraft, Magic & Alchemy, London; Bombay; Sydney: George G. Harrap & Company Limited, booK I (Sorcerers), page 22

   By making an offering to a kakodaimon, you obligate it to you and thus can direct it in healthier and more beneficial ways.

   2015, Patrick Dunn, The Practical Art of Divine Magic: Contemporary & Ancient Techniques of Theurgy, Llewellyn Worldwide, →ISBN