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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
Agrippa describes Meririm as being "a boiling demon", and a "raging demon in the south" | Agrippa describes Meririm as being "a boiling demon", and a "raging demon in the south." | ||
==In the Bible== | |||
He also connects the demon to the "prince of the power of the air" mentioned by the Apostle Paul in the [[Bible|New Testament]]'s ''Ephesians 2:2'', although the specific name is not used. | |||
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"Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience." | |||
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Meririm may also be one of the "Meridian Demons" spoken of in Psalm 91:6 as "the pestilence that walks in darkness [and] the destruction that wastes at noonday." This would support its later [[occult]] correspondence to the [[Sun]] as well as the belief that diseases were a product of "bad air." | |||
==Occult beliefs== | |||
According to [[Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa]], Meririm rules over the [[demon]]s who are Aerial Powers. The [[crystal|mineral]] which corresponds to him is chrysolite, and it is [[astrology|astrologically]] aligned to the [[Sun]]. | |||
[[Category:Demons]] | [[Category:Demons]] | ||