In the practice of Demonolotry, demons are generally considered to be what their name means: reaped in knowledge. These "demons" as we call them are just spirits on the darker side of things. Funny/interesting thing is, they tend to a) look very human, b) look kind (most) instead of hostile, and c) do not require you to really do anything. Demonolotry is kinda like sett'n out the cookies for Santa or do'n a daily prayer.

In demonolotry, as in other pantheons, there are demons (gods, goddesses, spirits) for everything. Some of the more well known ones would be from Soloman's Keys, but there are many others from different religions/regions. For example: Asmodeous (lust,love,relationships,anger,fury,jelousy), Belial (lies, stealing, falsehood, cheating, [dukante hierarchy- new begginings]), Flereous (baptism, action, love, solstice), Lucifer [not Satan; 2 diff. demons in demonolotry] (enlightenment, initiations), Mephisto (keeper of the book of death), Delepitore' (demoness of magick), ect. ect. As you can see, although many of the "demons" in demonolotry have the slight christian warpings and denunciations, it also includes positivce aspects. By the way, using Belial as an example, the negative traits (lies, stealing, falsehood) in both other people and in yourselves are controlled by the demon(s) that rule over them. This means that praying to Belial would not be to invite lies and deception into your life (unless, of coarse, that is what you prayed for/want); instead, praying to Belial can/could, if you are respectable in your communions with him, reduce the lies around you/from people around you or allow you to notice the liars around you or, from his stealing/theivery aspect, stop burglary/the stealing of yur possessions/your emotions (confidence) or anything else you can think of in his domain.

Now, most of you, including myself, would probably be a little freaked out about worshipping demons. The more I learned about demonolotry, however, showed me that you aren't truly "worshipping" them as you are thanking and respecting them. Just like how High Magicians give thanks and respect to the archangels they summon, or how Wiccans thank the elementals they call to their circle corners, or how Goetic summoners thank and dismiss the Lesser Demons they work with, so, too, do Demonolotors give thanks and respect to the Demons they call forth with prayer/ritual. In the Dukante Heirarchy, as well as a few other demonic heirarchies, the demons are listed for the element, month, time, ect. that they belong to.

Something very amusing about the Dukante Heirarchy (and demonolotry in itself) is that the demons are not treated as fearsome monsters that you are mak'n under-the-table deals with. They are treated as spiritual being with their own powers, personalities, and emotions. The thing that really broke down my "demons are evil" sympathy was the description of Asmodeus in the Dukante Heirarchy:

"Asmodeus - Demon of Lust: Ayer avage Aloren Asmodeus aken - twin to Amducious. Appears as an attractive and clean cut and articulate man. His eyes seduce all women mortal and otherwise. He will answer calls by Ouija boards if asked. He is very friendly. Be forewarned, he often turns conversation into some aspect of sexuality as it pleases him."
-Complete Book of Demonolatry by S. Connolly, pg.72

Another thing that, I'll just be honest, made me laugh was when it spoke about how Lucifer seems to have an average voice, but always seems "overly excited." I don't know about you, but I personnally find the image of a A.D.D.-esk Lucifer to be hilarious.

Anyways, I'm sure you now have plenty of comments to add after reading this long and probably drawn out post, so I'll let you get to it.