Though the demonism of the Middle Ages seems to have disappeared, there is abundant evidence that in many forms of modern thought - especially the so-called "prosperity" psychology, "willpower-building" metaphysics, and systems of "high-pressure" salesmanship

The visible universe has an invisible counterpart, the higher planes of which are peopled by good

and beautiful spirits; the lower planes, dark and foreboding, are the habitation of evil spirits and demons

under the leadership of the Fallen Angel and his ten Princes.

The little red demon of

Napoleon Bonaparte and the infamous oracular heads of de Medici are examples of the disastrous results

of permitting elemental beings to dictate the course of human procedure. While the learned and godlike

dæmon of Socrates seems to have been an exception, this really proves that the intellectual and moral

status of the magician has much to do with the type of elemental he is capable of invoking. But even the

dæmon of Socrates deserted the philosopher when the sentence of death was passed.