Re: Elementals, Spirits, and Daemons, oh my!

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From: KYER, JEFFREY <jeff.kyer_at_...>
Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 09:24:06 -0400

Andrew Dawson wrote:
>
> At 09:37 AM 05/30/2000 -0400, KYER, JEFFREY wrote:
> >Nymphs have always been spirits-of-the-place (genus loci)
>
> Yes, but sylphs were spirits too and they seem to have been recast as
> spirits, elementals, and daemons. Also, genius loci sound a lot like
> daemons to me.
>
> Thanks,
> Andy
>

Very much nope. Its latin for 'spirit of the place' -- a spirit that embodies the nature of a location. Its the latin term for nymph but encompasses a lot of other things like lares and pentaes.

Syphs are elemental spirits/entities. The terminology has been moved to be exlusively sorcerous.

Jeff