The study of demonology in history discloses answers to otherwise inexplicable aspects of

man's, history. The torture and murder of children, obscene rites and mass killings of innocents

in worldwide wars, as well as other catastrophes, are phenomena which bear little or no relation

to mankind's day by day routine of tilling the soil, raising families, and maintaining the

standards of civilization. On the contrary, these types of calamities are direct assaults on the

normal existence of humanity. Furthermore, they are expressions of the rebellion against God, as

attacks on His People. Because of their extraordinary powers, demons have always attracted a certain number of

followers on earth. "Secret" organizations, which insist on concealing their rites and their

programs from all “outsiders" must do so in order to prevent exposure and the inevitable

punishment. While they were wandering in the desert, the Jewish tribes worshipped demons and

monsters. They revered their mythical monsters, Leviathan, Behemoth, aid Raheb, who well

may have been survivors of the tribe of giants, the Nephilim. They also made sacrifices to the demon of the desert, Azazel.

Their mythology developed a certain hierarchy of demons. A Demonarch, who presumably was

Satan, ruled over all demons on earth. He was also known as the Prince of Evil, Belial (the

Hebrew Be'aliah, meaning Yahweh is Baal). Next in the hierarchy of demons was Asmodeus,

King of the Demons, and his wife, Lilith, chief demoness of the Jews. Lilith is well known

today as the patron goddess of the lesbians. Her name survives in many current organizations,

such as the Daughters of Lilith. This choice of a patroness suggests that there may always) have

been a certain amount of demoniac impulses in homosexual practices. This motivation would fit

in with the basic rites of occultism, such as defiance of God, and the development of "unusual

lifestyles."