daimon
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The ancient Greek philosopher Socrates claimed his daimon told him to philosophize so he could awaken the Athenian people.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 2022
A daimon was a guardian spirit that would help someone through life and guide them to the underworld.
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One is the Lesser Zadkiel, an assistant to the Recording Angel; the other is a daimon called Maimas, who steered Francis Cornish through his existence.
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Because others have already worked upon my daimon.
From Christianity As Mystical Fact And The Mysteries of Antiquity by Collison, Harry
It will be left to the daimon, the angel within each individual, to decide how far the latter may be initiated.
From Christianity As Mystical Fact And The Mysteries of Antiquity by Collison, Harry
These new chords, the new musical daimons that he had summoned from the abyss of sounds, were used to build clear symphonies, vast, sunlit buildings, like the Italian cupola'd basilicas.
From Jean-Christophe Journey's End by Cannan, Gilbert
Therefore initiates went back to beings of a higher nature than daimons or gods, and this was characteristic of the essence of the wisdom of the Mysteries.
From Christianity As Mystical Fact And The Mysteries of Antiquity by Collison, Harry
Plutarch says that the Mysteries gave deep understanding of the true nature of the daimons.
From Christianity As Mystical Fact And The Mysteries of Antiquity by Collison, Harry
According to von Schroeder there was, among the Aryan peoples generally, a tendency to regard the dead as assuming the character of daimons of fertility.
From From Ritual to Romance by Weston, Jessie Laidlay
Indeed we see that the daimons, i.e., spiritual beings, and the gods themselves, needed explaining.
From Christianity As Mystical Fact And The Mysteries of Antiquity by Collison, Harry
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