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  2. Satanic Verses - Wikipedia

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    When there had come from God the words which abrogated what Satan had cast on to the tongue of His prophet, Quraysh said, 'Muhammad has gone back on what he said about the status of our gods relative to God, changed it and brought something else', for the two phrases which Satan had cast on to the tongue of the Prophet had found a place in the ...

  3. Enochian - Wikipedia

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    Enochian (/ ɪ ˈ n oʊ k i ə n / ə-NOH-kee-ən) is an occult constructed language [3] —said by its originators to have been received from angels—recorded in the private journals of John Dee and his colleague Edward Kelley in late 16th-century England. [4]

  4. Speaking in tongues - Wikipedia

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    Others point out that Paul quotes Isaiah to show that "when God speaks to people in language they cannot understand, it is quite evidently a sign of God's judgment"; so if unbelievers are baffled by a church service they cannot understand because tongues are spoken without being interpreted, that is a "sign of God's attitude", "a sign of ...

  5. Satan - Wikipedia

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    The rabbis usually interpreted the word satan lacking the article ha-as it is used in the Tanakh as referring strictly to human adversaries. [56] Nonetheless, the word satan has occasionally been metaphorically applied to evil influences, [57] such as the Jewish exegesis of the yetzer hara ("evil inclination") mentioned in Genesis 6:5.

  6. Spirit possession - Wikipedia

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    Subjection, in which a person voluntarily submits to Satan or demons. In the Roman Ritual, true demonic or Satanic possession has been characterized since the Middle Ages, by the following four typical characteristics: [16] [17] Manifestation of superhuman strength. Speaking in tongues or languages that the victim cannot know.

  7. Zohar - Wikipedia

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    The Zohar (Hebrew: זֹהַר ‎, Zōhar, lit."Splendor" or "Radiance" [a]) is a foundational work of Kabbalistic literature. [1] It is a group of books including commentary on the mystical aspects of the Torah and scriptural interpretations as well as material on mysticism, mythical cosmogony, and mystical psychology.

  8. Pentecostalism - Wikipedia

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    (When the majority of missionaries, to their disappointment, learned that tongues speech was unintelligible on the mission field, Pentecostal leaders were forced to modify their understanding of tongues.) [55] Thus, as the experience of speaking in tongues spread, a sense of the immediacy of Christ's return took hold, and that energy would be ...

  9. Shaitan - Wikipedia

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    The Arabic term šayṭān originated from the triliteral root š-ṭ-n ("distant, astray") and is cognate to Satan. It has a theological connotation designating a creature distant from the divine mercy. [8] The term is attested in Geʽez. In the Book of Enoch, "angels of punishment prepare the instruments for the säyəṭanə". [9]