De occulta philosophia in its early form showed Agrippa's determination to transform magic into a useful science that would draw together all branches of magical learning, set those materials into a single philosophical framework, purge magic of the evil and demonic practices that had caused it to be regarded as a wicked science, and turn it into knowledge that would be beneficial to humanity.
He shared with viewers a "grab bag" of some of the broadcaster's more outlandish comments, including his suggestion that yoga and martial arts are "demonic" practices and that it's a woman's fault if her husband cheats.
First, special care is taken here to include both "purgatories" （i.e., the demonic thoughts, practices and consequences of extreme subjective delusion and suffering) on the one hand, and "Buddhas", (the enlightened thoughts, practices and consequences of the greatest wisdom and liberation) on the other hand.
Stories of wild behaviour and debauchery and occult practices and demonic manifestations have become part of the local lore over the years.
But what is most interesting is that Patrizi did not employ these texts in the way that fanatical Hermeticists like Bruno did, who saw therein a justification for the practice of spiritual and demonic magic and a basis for undermining the authority of the Christian church as a "triumphant beast", perverting the "true" religion of the ancient Egyptians.
His attention to the latter sources placed him in the middle of the growing debate on the authenticity and philosophical merit, if any, of the "ancient theology" and the practice of spiritual and demonic magic by such contemporary thinkers as the unfortunate Giordano Bruno.
He also noted that California was the only state that used small cages, known as secure program areas, or SPA's, to isolate prisoners from one another and from members of the staff during instruction or counseling, a practice one prison pastor called "demonic".
The Orthodox Greeks practice an unique exorcism against demonic influence known as " Evil Eye" or "Vaskania", a phenomenon deeply rooted in pre-Christian pagan tradition, but also widely present among other cultures.
A French-born priest, the Rev. Pierre Mathon, announced that he intended to celebrate a "Mass of repudiation" of religious practices that he described as "demonic" and accused the black clergy of deviating from the one true faith.
And the 10th, victorious day, is a triumph of this power of creative knowledge, practice and work of all kinds over the demonic darkness of ignorance and the slothful tendencies to avoid truth.
