demonic pact
Soul-selling agreement
A demonic pact is an agreement in which a person trades something valuable—typically their soul—to a demon or the devil in exchange for worldly benefits like power, knowledge, or pleasure.
The concept appears across folklore, literature, and religious tradition, with Faust as the archetypal figure: He made a demonic pact for unlimited knowledge.
The phrase often appears figuratively for any bargain with severe hidden costs: Signing with that label felt like a demonic pact.
- devilEvil supernatural entity
- deal with the devilUnholy exchange for advantage
- soulInnermost animating essence
- contractEnforceable written agreement
- bargainFavorable purchase price
hellfire · Faustian · summoning · binding · blood · blood oath · sacrifice · crossroads · infernal · unholy · sigil · ritual · temptation · damnation · eternal damnation · eternal · forbidden · darkness
- witchcraftwitch, spell, spellwork, witches, spells
- Demonsdevils, devil, fiends, Lucifer, fiend
- supernatural statesenchanted, bewitched, hexed, cursed, possessed
- witch huntswitch trials, witch hunt, witch hunts, Salem witch trials, Salem trials
- dark occultblack magic, devil worship, witchcraft, satanic ritual, sorcery
- dark magicblack magic, dark magic, sorcery, witchcraft, dark arts
demonic pactdivine blessing
Sacred favor from deity
sacred vow · blessing · sacrament · consecration · divine grace
demonic pactfree gift
Complimentary bonus item
redemption · absolution · forgiveness · liberation · spiritual freedom
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