Thought 2. The great Greek scholar Kenneth Wuest identifies the forces of evil as follows: ⇒ The principalities (arche): “the first ones, preeminent ones, leaders.” ⇒ The powers (exousias): “the authorities,’ the demons of Satan in the lower atmosphere who constitute his kingdom in the air.” ⇒ The rulers of the darkness of this world (kosmokrator): Satan and his demons. ⇒ The spiritual wickedness in high places (pneumatika tes ponerias): Satan and all his demonic forces. (Ephesians and Colossians,