Demons and Numbers

 Today's Question:  What is the deal with demons and numbers? 

Context is important.  There may be a couple different contexts for demons and numbers. 

Some people have ventured into numerology wrong.  They may have been making some false associations with numbers, in sin, trying to force their will over something.  

The number 72 is an interesting number. 

• The Talmudic Jews say there are 72 names of G-d.  
• There is a story about King Solomon trapping 72 demons in a vessel, and forcing them to serve him.  I believe this is from "The Lesser Key of Solomon."
• Muslims have believed when someone is martyred, they received 72 virgins in heaven.
• Given someone was to internet search "The Number 72 in the Bible," someone may discover some interesting things.
  

 There may be a Spiritual reality to the number 72, where God has a particular meaning and use for it.  There also may have been a Demonic Stronghold associated with the number 72 due to people venturing into numerology wrong, and/or false prophets.  

Someone like Joseph and Daniel interpreted dreams.  There has been a "Spiritualism" around the interpretation of dreams, where someone worked to control how people perceived dreams.  This may have been a Demonic Stronghold.  There is a reality to the interpretation of dreams.  Was someone of God's Holy Spirit, or into "Other Spiritualism?" 

Some Christian Churches have been Cessationalist, believing that the gift of the tongues, for example, ended with the Apostle's generation.  Satan was a liar and a thief.  Did certain Churches cede something?  There may have been a Demonic Stronghold around tongues, and due to the Stronghold, some possessed persons broke out in tongues.  

What is the deal with demons and numbers?  In one context, certain people were doing wrong in numerology. 

In another context, a demon may have been able to possess a certain amount of people at once.  The demon had a number.  Sully Erma, lead singer of Godsmack, he has been a Wiccan.  He sings the song "1000 Hp." I have reason to believe that would be "Faust." 

There is an interview from the 1980's with Anton LaVey's daughter, and another Satanist.  Anyone can join the Church of Satan for $100 they said.  They may not use you, nor like you, anyone can join.  They were looking for particular people of worth.  Freemasons, also, they recruit men of worth.  In the Satanic context, a demon may have had a number, and they were looking for particular people in positions of power and influence to possess with particular spirits.  

Demons and numbers is a theme that pops up in pop culture every so often, and has popped up in history.