Daimon of the Dead
Medea was a powerful witch in Greek Mythology who was the niece of the great witch Circe and a priestess of Hekate. Herodotus called Medea the Great Goddess of the Aryan tribes of Parthia. Her magick, according to Pliny, controlled the sun, moon and stars.
The "Argonautica" was written by Apollonius of Rhodes in the early 3rd century B.C.. In this epic, Medea fell in love with Jason, the leader of the Argonauts, helped him win the Golden Fleece and protected him and his band of heroes until their return to Greece. It is interesting to note that without the repeated magickal intercession of Medea, Jason and the Argonauts could not have succeeded in their quest.
So how did Medea practice her magick?
One instructive episode has the Argonauts prevented from landing on Crete by a huge bronze monster called Talos. Only Medea was able to defeat him through her magick which involved, calling on the Daemons of Death and the swift Hounds of Hell, and then focusing this power through song, prayer and incredible will power. [The Hounds of Hell normally accompany Hekate.]
In ancient times, everyone was thought to have special powers at the moment of death, and the souls who died before their time or had a violent death were especially suitable for use in magick. In Horace's "Epodes," a boy about to be sacrificed by a group of witches curses them and says he will return as a daemon of revenge to haunt them until death. In Virgil's "Aenid," Dido kills herself to become a daemon of revenge upon Aeneas, the lover who deserted her.
It is evident that the Daimon of the Dead is a powerful force that can be harnessed to overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles. Examples of the use of the Daimon of the Dead by the Graeco-Egyptian magickians include love spells by both sorcerers and sorceresses, and obtaining vengeance for one who has been wrongfully accused.
