demonologists

Evil spirit experts

Demonologists are people who study demons—their nature, hierarchy, and behavior.

The term applies both to medieval theologians who catalogued infernal beings and to modern paranormal investigators who claim expertise in demonic activity: The family called in demonologists after the exorcism failed.

The field blends religious tradition with occult speculation.

paranormal

ghost hunters

Seekers of apparitions

EVP · mediums · psychics · supernatural · entities · poltergeists · apparitions · manifestations · equipment · documentation

religious

exorcists

Those who banish demons

  • priestsOrdained religious leaders
  • clergyOrdained religious officials collectively
  • VaticanPapal city-state

spiritual warfare · holy water · ritual · possession · Catholic Church · bishops · seminary · prayers · sacraments · diocese

historical

grimoires

Books of magical instruction

Solomon · manuscripts · ecclesiastical · treatises · hierarchy · catalogues · King James · witch hunters · Salem · testimony

academic

researchers

Those who study systematically

anthropologists · historians · university · publications · fieldwork · documentation · case studies · archives · methodology · peer review

fictional

Constantine

Emperor who embraced Christianity

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Categories
Opposites
supernatural entity studied

demonologistshagiographers

Writers of saints' lives

relationship to demons

demonologistsexorcists

Those who banish demons

demonslayers · banishers · priests · ghost hunters · witch doctors

belief framework

demonologistsskeptics

Those who doubt claims

materialists · debunkers · rationalists · naturalists

Family

demonologist

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