Daimones were the spirits active in the world around them. Most people also understood this invisible population to be worthy of fear. Daimones could and often did cause physical harm: illness, poverty, pregnancy complications, even death. In response, people of late antiquity employed amulets, magic bowls, and magical papyri to protect themselves and their families from the threat demons posed. The fear was not debilitating however. It was just a way of life. Fourth-century Christians and Jews,