Southern Demonology
Southern Demonology is a podcast that explores angelology, demonology, ghosts, spirits, and monsters from antiquity to the modern day through an academic lens.
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Episodes
168 episodes
The Witching Hour Never Existed, so Why are we Afraid of 3:00 A.M.?
Why are so many people afraid of 3:00 a.m.?Modern paranormal culture often calls it the witching hour or the devil’s hour, sometimes claiming that three in the morning represents an inversion of the traditional hour of Christ’s death. Th...
Never Say its Name: The Dangerous Name in Magic and Demonology
What happens when you say a demon's name?Modern horror often treats supernatural names as invitations, as though speaking the wrong one aloud might attract the very thing you are trying to avoid. Ancient magical and exorcistic traditions...
What the Hell is an Angel?
What exactly is an angel?Today, we tend to think of angels as a distinct class of spiritual beings, complete with wings, names, ranks, and an elaborate heavenly hierarchy. Yet the Hebrew word mal'akh and the Greek angelos originally mean...
The Kingdom that Cannot Create: from Ahriman to the Preternatural
For thousands of years, the demonic has refused to remain the same.Ancient Zoroastrianism envisioned a cosmic struggle in which Ahriman and the daēvas invaded and corrupted the good creation. Centuries later, Second Temple Jewish writers...
Satan: When the Adversary Became the Devil
What if Satan was not always the Devil?In the final installment of Southern Demonology’s four-part exploration of the development of supernatural evil, JJ turns to the figure who would eventually overshadow nearly every other adversary i...
Belial: When Wickedness Acquires a Kingdom
What happens when supernatural evil acquires more than a leader? What happens when wickedness acquires a kingdom?In the third installment of Southern Demonology’s four-part exploration of the development of supernatural evil during the S...
Mastema: When Hostility Gets a Name
What happens when supernatural hostility stops being just a force and becomes a prince?In the second episode of Southern Demonology’s four-part arc on the development of evil in Second Temple Judaism, JJ turns to Mastema, one of the most...
What the Hell is a Demon?
What exactly is a demon?It sounds like a simple question, especially for a podcast called Southern Demonology. But the further back we travel into the ancient world, the harder that question becomes to answer.In this epis...
Azazel wasn't Always a Demon
Azazel is one of the most recognizable names in demonology. Yet the earliest text to mention him never clearly tells us that he is a demon at all.In this episode of Southern Demonology, we trace Azazel from the strange r...
It Smiled at Her: Amanda's Story
In this deeply unsettling episode of Southern Demonology, JJ is joined by Amanda to discuss a lifetime of traumatic and deeply disturbing experiences that appear to move far beyond ordinary paranormal activity. What begins with...
Doug Bradley Pt 2
In Part 2 of this special conversation, Doug Bradley moves beyond horror cinema and into the deeper waters of the paranormal. The discussion turns toward haunted houses, family ghost stories, religious belief, folk practice, Ou...
Doug Bradley
In Part 1 of this special two-part conversation, The Wandering Road Podcast and Southern Demonology Podcast sit down with horror legend Doug Bradley for a wide-ranging discussion that goes far ...
Nephilim: The Unholy Union of Spirit and Flesh
The Nephilim are often remembered as giants, but 1 Enoch presents them as something far more terrifying. In this episode, JJ explores the Nephilim as the product of a rebellion that begins when the Watchers bind themselves in a...
The Hidden History of Archangels
Where did the idea of archangels actually come from, and why do so many traditions speak of seven of them? In this episode, JJ traces the development of the archangels from the Hebrew Bible through Seco...
Lilith: Wind, Night, and Wasting
Lilith is one of the oldest, most controversial, and most misunderstood names in all of demonology. In this first episode of the named demons series, JJ examines Lilith through the lens of language, history, and reception rather than modern myt...
Free Will in a Haunted Universe
In this crossover-style conversation with Chris from The Wandering Road, JJ dives into one of theology’s oldest and most stubborn questions: do human beings truly have free will, or are we simply moving through a script already...
Demonic Sigils: Myth, Magic, or the Greatest Hoax Ever Told?
In this episode, JJ is joined by Chris and Dean from the Wandering Road for a conversation centered around the world of demonic sigils. Together, they explore where these symbols actually originated, how they became tied to demons and occult pr...
The Dark, the Desk, and the Shadow Man
In this episode of Southern Demonology, JJ takes a brief pause from the ongoing demonology series for a conversation with Tommy from the Let’s Get Freaky podcast.Tommy shares the personal encounters that...
Demonic Sigils
Demonic sigils are everywhere: in grimoires, in horror shows, and plastered across thumbnails any time someone says the word “infernal.” In this episode of southern demonology, we slow everything down and ask harder questions: what are these si...
Demonology 204
In this episode of the Demonology classroom series, JJ is joined again by Chris and Dean from The Wandering Road for a deep dive into one of the most uncomfortable and misunderstood questions in religion and the paranormal: wha...
Before we Name Demons
Before we begin a full series on named demons, we need to ask a more basic question: what are these names, really? Are they ancient and original, or are they titles, translations, corruptions, polemics, and borrowed labels that...
Demonology 203
In this new entry in the Demonology classroom series, JJ is joined by Chris and Dean from The Wandering Road for a wide-ranging discussion on one of the most important and misunderstood questions in all of demonology: w...
The Grammar of the Unseen
In this special episode of Southern Demonology, JJ reads the full Introduction to The Grammar of the Unseen: A Demonology Rooted in Text and Tradition. If you’ve followed the Demonology series, this is the moment where...
