daimon
Americannoun
plural
daimones, daimonsnoun
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A daimon was a guardian spirit that would help someone through life and guide them to the underworld.
From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022
The ancient Greek philosopher Socrates claimed his daimon told him to philosophize so he could awaken the Athenian people.
From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022
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.
From Time Magazine Archive
And I have watched with the same intense wonder the phenomena of the soul illuminated by the daimon of inner vision and the infinite manifestations of the power of spirit over matter.
From Mountain Meditations and some subjects of the day and the war by Lind-af-Hageby, L. (Lizzy)
He who energises according to the practical virtues is a worthy man; but he who energises according to the purifying virtues is an angelic man, or is also a good daimon.
From Esoteric Christianity, or The Lesser Mysteries by Besant, Annie Wood
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