I tend to get rid of the exoteric gloss when explaining some of these things.
Really, because of Judeism and Christianity... some of the demons are just bastardized names of various deities.
Ashtaroth - Astarte
Moloch - An Actual God who became demonized
Lilith - An actual Goddess who became demonized
Herasas (sp?) - Horus
They demonized certain deities in order to spread their beliefs. Thus I do believe some of them are forces/deities. I also believe some of them are groups of spirits. It is hard to characterize them because demonology has changed over time with history.
In my belief, a deity is a omnipresent force... and we just anthropormorphize them or ''personalize/personificate'' them in order to connect with them better. However, I think that all forces are both dark and light.
Luciferians believe that demons are spirits of light that have dived into the darkness.. thus becoming Whole and a God in their own right.
Currently I've worked with mammon, belial, lilith, nahema, samael, lucifer, satan.... right now in my magickal path I'm working primarily with Samael.
Those who Fall will find their Heaven
and will always be adored.
In Plaudo Atri Matris!
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