For the Assyrians and Jews, at least, demons were *everywhere*: “If the eye could see them no one could endure them. They surround one on all sides. They are more numerous than humans, each person has a thousand on his left and ten thousand on his right."

It is a small step from a being of smokeless fire, a djinn, to a burning bush.

I love that separate definition of how many are on my left and right. Like, if I turn suddenly, 11 thousand demons have to do a sudden realignment.

Irving Finkel has a lovely book, “The First Ghosts-Most Ancient of Legacies”. I highly recommend it!

Oof. This sounds like an intense way to live your life.

If we go by the Greeks definition of demons they literally mean spirits. There are good and bad spirits that influence human emotions.