Izenzakalo zomlando ziyashintsha, kodwa isisekelo somuntu sihlala sinye. Abanye babo balungele ukuya konke ngenxa yenkazimulo, ingcebo noma ezinye izinzuzo ezibalulekile.
Abanye baze banquma ukuwela emgwaqeni oyingozi bese behamba noDeveli. Umlando ngamunye wabo uyajabulisa futhi ufundisa bonke.
Theophilus of Adan
Umpristi, njengoba kwakungekho omunye umuntu okufanele awazi, ukuthi uSathane unesithakazelo kumpahla eyodwa kuphela - umphefumulo ongafi. Iqiniso lokuthi inkolo ibheka ukuthengiswa komphefumulo njengenye yezono ezimbi kunazo zonke azizange zimvimbe. Isizathu somsebenzi wokushona kwaba nomona. Theophilus wakhethwa esikhundleni sokuba umbhishobhi, kodwa wenqaba ukuwela emithwalweni yakhe.
Umlandeli wakhe wayesaba ukuthi umbhishobhi waphinde waphinde wayesebenza, futhi waqala ukucindezela uTheophilus. Ngemva kwesikhashana umpristi wadabuka ngempela ngokuthi ushiye umsebenzi wakhe. Washesha wathola umJuda-warlock, owahlela ukuba ahlangane nemimoya emibi. UDeveli wayefuna ukulahla uJesu noMariya ngokubuyisela esikhundleni sombhishobhi. Theophil wavuma kalula, kodwa kamuva waphenduka ngalokhu. Waphenduka ezonweni zakhe emncintiswaneni futhi washisa isivumelwano, wasiqeda.
I-Urbain Grandier
Isibonelo sikaTheophilus we-Adan saphefumulela omunye umpristi wamaKatolika ukuba asayine isivumelwano esiyingozi. U-Urben Grandier uhola lonke uhlu lwamademoni, phakathi kwawo kwakuyi: Lucifer, Astaroth, uLeviyathani noBelzebule. Lo mbhalo uthi uzinikela umphefumulo wakhe ngokubuyisela "uthando lwabesifazane, izimbali zobuntombi, isihe samakhosi, ukuhlonipha, injabulo namandla." Ukuhaha ngaphambi kokukhulekela u-Urben kwakubanjwe umyalo kaKhadidi Richelieu futhi washiswa esaphila.
UJohann Georg Faust
UFaust wayengudokotela kanye ne-warlock, owayehlala ekupheleni kwekhulu le-XV. Waphumelela eyunivesithi, kodwa umsebenzi wothisha washeshe wamkhathala - futhi wakhetha ukuphila okuzulazulayo. Ehamba edolobheni edolobheni, uJohn wabamukela abantu ezindaweni ezidolobheni ngamasu futhi wahlela uhlelo lokuvukela uNkulunkulu. Akazange akhathazeke ukusho ukuthi uzokwazi ukuphinda aphinde aphinde enze zonke izimangaliso zikaJesu futhi abuyise abacabanga kakhulu - uPlato no-Aristotle. Izinkulumo ezinjalo zalahla ilungelo lokungena emazweni athile aseYurophu: iziphathimandla zathi "indlela eya e-sodomite enkulu ne-necromancer, uDokotela Faust wayala."
Eqinisweni, uFaust wayengumsosayensi omkhulu, ukuthi ngokushesha abantu bazokwazi. Ukuze agweme amahloni, udokotela wenza isivumelwano noDeveli, owambulela izimfihlo zokuba khona. Kwadingeka afe emva kokufinyelela eziqongweni zokuthandwa. Futhi lapha ukungavumelani kuqala ekupheleleni kwakhe: eminye imithombo ithi umphefumulo wakhe waqhekezwa yizidemoni, kuyilapho abanye beqiniseka ukuthi izingelosi ezinesihawu zakwazi ukukhipha uFaust ekubanjweni kwamademoni.
St. Wolfgang
Ekhulwini leshumi, uSt. Wolfgang wayefuna ukwakha isonto edolobheni laseBavaria eRegensburg. Njengombhishobhi, akakwazanga ukuheha abazuzayo abazakhelayo ekwakheni ngakho-ke wazama ukucela usizo kuSathane. Wavuma, kodwa wafakazela isimo: isidalwa sokuqala, esiwela umnyango wesakhiwo esiqediwe, siyokwenziwa sibe yilapho esingcolile. UWolfgang wayenethuba lokubona ngokushesha ukuthi yini leyo nkontileka noDeveli ayifanele.
Emadolobheni akhe ayezungeze izindonga, futhi ongcwele lapho ephuma esontweni wayezoba yisisulu sezithembiso zakhe. Usindiswe uWolfgang emthandazweni oyingozi: isikhalazo sokusizwa kwakuyisimpisi, futhi uSathane wayengeke aphule isivumelwano esinqunywe egazini.
Jonathan Multton
Omunye wabahlanganyeli empini yeNyakatho neNingizimu eNingizimu Afrika, uGeneral Jonathan Multon, wanquma ukuzicebisa ngokuzonda uDeveli. UJonathan wenza umkhosi odingekayo futhi wanikela ngomphefumulo wakhe ngokushintshanisa igolide. Kanye ngenyanga uSathane waqala ukugcwalisa izikhumba ezijwayelekile ngemali yegolide kuze kube yilapho enqatshelwe. I-savvy yezempi yabangela uMulton ngobuqili, okuyinto idemoni ayengayiqondi ngaso leso sikhathi: jikelele wabamba izinyawo zezinyawo zakhe wabeka ngaphezu kwengxenyana engaphansi. Eminyakeni embalwa kamuva, uDeveli waqonda ubuqili bomuntu wezempi futhi wayenakekela indlu yakhe ngokufutheka.
I-Niccolo Paganini
Imisebenzi ye-violinist ehlakaniphile namanje ayikwazi ukuphindaphindiwe iningi labaculi. Waqala ukuqamba umculo eneminyaka engu-5: njalo ngonyaka ithalenta lomfana lakhula futhi lashaya labo abazungezile njalo. Omunye wemisebenzi yakhe edumile kunazo zonke kwakuyi-"Dance of Witches", ngenxa yezenzo ze-virtuoso uPaganini, ngokusho kwamahemuhemu, asayine inkontileka engekho emthethweni. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, ukubonakala kukaNicholas kuye kwaba njengoDeveli.
Ukubonakala kwe-violinist kwachazwa imbongi uHeinrich Heine:
"Izinwele ezimnyama zawela phezu kwamahlombe akhe anezigqoko ezibomvu futhi, njengefreyimu emnyama, zizungezile ubuso bakhe obufile, ubuso obufile, lapho ubuciko nokuhlupheka kwashiya uphawu lwazo olungapheli."
Ngisho nangemva kokufa, isonto alizange lixolele ubungane bukaPaganini noSathane. UMbhishobhi waseNigeria wenqaba ukuyihlabelela ngaphambi komngcwabo.
Napoleon Bonaparte
Ngonyaka wokubamba iqhaza, uNapoleon wavakashela eGibithe, lapho ahlaselwa khona nesithombe sikaNkulunkulu wezinto ezimbi kanye nokuphila ngemva kokuhlelwa. Wathatha lesi sithombe naye - futhi wakwazi ukufinyelela ezindaweni eziphakeme emkhankasweni wezempi. NgoSathane, waphetha isivumelwano, ekholelwa emlandweni waseGibhithe lasendulo ukuthi umnikazi wesithombe esithile se-Set uzothola amandla anjalo njengoba ethanda. UBonaparte wenza iningi laseYurophu lithembele eFrance, kodwa lahluleka eRussia ngosuku lapho lesi sithombe sagubha lapho bewela uMfula iSeine eParis. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, wayesezobhekana nenye inhlekelele.
URobert Johnson
Omunye wabadala babababa-blues wayengowokuqala e-"Club 27" - uhlu lwabantu abanethalente abafa eneminyaka engu-27. Amakhono akhe omculo okwamanje abangela imibuzo phakathi kwabaculi bomculo. Lapho eneminyaka engu-19 ubudala, uRobert wayejabule ukufunda ukudlala isiginci. Insimbi ayizange ihlukane naye - futhi uJohnson wanyamalala unyaka ngaphandle kokubona abangane, umndeni namalungu eqembu lakhe. Ebonakala ngonyaka kamuva, wabonisa ukuphathwa kwangempela kwegitala, wonke umuntu ayemhawukela, owayekade emhleka ngaye. Inkazimulo yamgwinya yena noRobert bazinikela ezithombeni ezilula ezinjengoba utshwala nabesifazane besimo esihle.
Njengoba esedakiwe, watshela izifebe ukuthi kukhona imilingo emingcele ongenza ngayo isivumelwano noDeveli. Isizathu esithile sokudabuka kwakuyisikhathi esifushane esinikezwe inkazimulo kaRobert. Ngemuva kokurekhoda izingoma ezingu-30 nokwenza okuningi, uJohnson wafa ngaphansi kwezimo ezingamanga. Ithuna lakhe alitholakali.