Add Part V — Demonology; restructure to 7 parts

Per author's choice, give the PGM/exorcism material (ai_answers.md
Block 2) its own Part, placed before the Battle Manual: theory of the
enemy -> tactics. Add Part V ch01 'The Mechanics of Authority' (one
worldview, name-as-power, adjuration/naming/binding, command-without-
ritual, the 'stronger man'), sourced to NT + PGM, with Christ-authority
and the author's own-methods line left [NEEDS YOUR INPUT].

Renumber empty folders only (battle 5->6, reference 6->7); no existing
content disturbed. Sync design doc, OUTLINE (+Reading Path), CLAUDE.md,
README, STYLE-GUIDE; fix forward refs (Battle now Part VI). All
internal cross-links verified resolving.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

CLAUDE.md

@@ -14,8 +14,9 @@ Full blueprint: **`docs/2026-05-31-family-codex-design.md`** — read it before
 
 ## Structure
 
-- 6 Parts, each a self-contained cross-linked module ("Codex with a Path"):
-  - I Doctrine · II Family Canon · III Testimony · IV Practice & Devotion · V Battle Manual · VI Reference
+- 7 Parts, each a self-contained cross-linked module ("Codex with a Path"):
+  - I Doctrine · II Family Canon · III Testimony · IV Practice & Devotion · V Demonology · VI Battle Manual · VII Reference
+  - *(Demonology added during drafting, before the Battle Manual: theory of the enemy → tactics.)*
 - Front matter holds the **Reading Path** (teaching sequence).
 - Mixed voice by Part — see `docs/STYLE-GUIDE.md`.
 
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ Full blueprint: **`docs/2026-05-31-family-codex-design.md`** — read it before
 - `docs/STYLE-GUIDE.md` — voices, capitalization, ritual/testimony formats, citations
 - `docs/GLOSSARY-MASTER.md` — every term + its canonical home
 - `input/` — author's raw material
-- `book/partN-*/` — finished chapters (`chNN-short-title.md`)
+- `book/partN-*/` — finished chapters (`chNN-short-title.md`); folders: part1-doctrine, part2-canon, part3-testimony, part4-practice, part5-demonology, part6-battle, part7-reference
 
 ## Drafting loop
 

README.md

@@ -12,8 +12,9 @@ It gathers a personal theology (Gnostic / Sethian teachings with New Testament t
 | II | **Family Canon** — who we are, why this book exists |
 | III | **Testimony** — the record of real encounters |
 | IV | **Practice & Devotion** — how we live the faith |
-| V | **The Spiritual Battle Manual** — how we protect and fight |
-| VI | **Reference** — glossary, names, lookup tables |
+| V | **Demonology** — the enemy, and how authority over it works |
+| VI | **The Spiritual Battle Manual** — how we protect and fight |
+| VII | **Reference** — glossary, names, lookup tables |
 
 ## Repository
 

book/part1-doctrine/ch01-the-basics-of-gnosticism.md

@@ -108,6 +108,6 @@ In the Christian Gnostic texts, that descending Revealer is identified with **Ch
 
 ---
 
-> *Cross-references: the comparative roots of this cosmology → [Part I, ch02 — The Roots](./ch02-the-roots.md); Legion and the demons → [Part III, ch01](../part3-testimony/ch01-a-life-among-them.md) and the Demonology section (forthcoming); how the church drifted from these early teachings → [Part II, ch02](../part2-canon/ch02-how-our-faith-evolved.md).*
+> *Cross-references: the comparative roots of this cosmology → [Part I, ch02 — The Roots](./ch02-the-roots.md); Legion and the demons → [Part III, ch01](../part3-testimony/ch01-a-life-among-them.md) and [Part V — Demonology](../part5-demonology/ch01-the-mechanics-of-authority.md); how the church drifted from these early teachings → [Part II, ch02](../part2-canon/ch02-how-our-faith-evolved.md).*
 >
 > **Open for the author:** every `[NEEDS YOUR INPUT]` above marks a place where *our* belief — especially the ties to Christ — extends or sharpens the documented Gnostic teaching. Nothing of our own theology has been invented here; this chapter lays the documented foundation only.

book/part2-canon/ch02-how-our-faith-evolved.md

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Over time, from all of this, our faith took its shape, and I came to see the tru
 
 The deeper I went, the more I saw what was missing. In Scripture, the actual dealing with these things is mentioned only a few times — and almost always only when Jesus Himself confronted them. There are plenty of books on spiritual warfare, on using the Bible to guide you or to combat what comes, but none of them speak to what I have learned over the course of my life. None of them tell you how to anoint with oil, or how to make your own holy oil, or how that works and why it works.
 
-This is why I set most of the off-the-shelf material aside and built my own. What I have created is battle-tested, proven, and guaranteed to work when we use it. *(These methods are set out in Part V — the Battle Manual, and Part IV — Practice & Devotion.)*
+This is why I set most of the off-the-shelf material aside and built my own. What I have created is battle-tested, proven, and guaranteed to work when we use it. *(These methods are set out in Part VI — the Battle Manual, and Part IV — Practice & Devotion.)*
 
 ## Why It Is Written This Way
 
@@ -50,4 +50,4 @@ I have done my best to document all of it in a way future readers can easily und
 
 ---
 
-> *Cross-references: the demonic experiences referenced here → [Part III, ch01](../part3-testimony/ch01-a-life-among-them.md); Gnosticism, the Sethians, and the Sumerians → Part I (Doctrine, forthcoming); the author's own methods, holy oil, and anointing → Part V (Battle Manual) and Part IV (Practice & Devotion), forthcoming.*
+> *Cross-references: the demonic experiences referenced here → [Part III, ch01](../part3-testimony/ch01-a-life-among-them.md); Gnosticism, the Sethians, and the Sumerians → Part I (Doctrine, forthcoming); the author's own methods, holy oil, and anointing → Part VI (Battle Manual) and Part IV (Practice & Devotion), forthcoming; the theory of the enemy and authority → Part V (Demonology).*

book/part5-demonology/ch01-the-mechanics-of-authority.md

@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+# Part V · Chapter 01 — The Mechanics of Authority
+
+*Before you learn how to fight these things, you must understand how the fight actually works — why a name binds, why a command compels, why authority is the whole currency of the battle. This chapter sets down the theory. The next part of the book sets down the practice.*
+
+> **Why I trust this.** The same combat mechanics show up in two completely independent records: the **New Testament** accounts of Jesus casting out spirits, and the **Greek Magical Papyri (PGM)** — a body of working spells from Roman-era Egypt, written by people who were not Christians and had no reason to flatter the Gospels. When the sacred text and the magicians' own handbooks describe the *same* techniques working on the *same* kind of beings, that is independent corroboration. They are both describing one real spiritual operating system.
+
+---
+
+## 1. One Worldview: A Cosmos of Spirits and Compulsion
+
+Jesus' exorcisms and the PGM spells operate inside the **same ancient Mediterranean worldview**: that the world is full of spirits, that those spirits can possess and afflict, and that a being with sufficient authority can **compel** them. Scholars routinely read the PGM alongside the Gospels precisely because they share this frame. The disagreement between them is not *whether* spirits can be commanded — both take that for granted — but *by what authority* and *by what method*.
+
+---
+
+## 2. The Name of Jesus as a Power-Word
+
+The most striking overlap is that the magicians themselves **invoke Jesus** in their spells — proof that his reputation as an exorcist was absorbed into working practice almost immediately.
+
+- **PGM IV.3007–3086** (copied c. 3rd–4th century, but reflecting earlier tradition) commands spirits with the formula: *"I conjure you by the god of the Hebrews, **Jesus**…"* To these practitioners, the name of Jesus was a *voces magicae* — a name of power — ranked alongside the great Egyptian and Hebrew divine names, and held to be effective for binding demons.
+- **The Sons of Sceva** (**Acts 19:13–16**): Jewish exorcists try the same technique — *"I adjure you by the Jesus whom Paul preaches"* — using his name as a borrowed formula. Notably, in the text it **fails for them**, and the spirit overpowers them.
+
+> **The lesson already forming here:** the name carries power, but the name used as a mere *formula*, by someone with no real relationship to its source, is not the same as the name wielded from genuine authority. Hold that distinction; it is the seam between magic and what we do.
+
+*[NEEDS YOUR INPUT: how you understand the difference between borrowing the name as a formula and wielding it from true authority — this is central to our practice.]*
+
+---
+
+## 3. Shared Methods: Adjuration, Naming, Binding
+
+The *mechanics* of Jesus' exorcisms share specific, technical features with the PGM.
+
+- **"I adjure you" — *horkizō se*.** In **Mark 5:7** the demon cries, *"I adjure you (horkizō se) by God, do not torment me."* That exact phrase is the **standard technical term** for binding a spirit throughout the PGM. It is oath-language — a legally binding compulsion the spirit is forced to obey.
+- **Asking the name.** Jesus asks the demon, *"What is your name?"* (**Mark 5:9; Luke 8:30**) — and is answered, *"Legion, for we are many."* Forcing a spirit to **reveal its true name** is a standard technique in the PGM and the later Solomonic literature: to know the name is to hold power over the thing. *(This is the same **Legion** encountered in our own Testimony — see [Part III, ch01 §3](../part3-testimony/ch01-a-life-among-them.md).)*
+- **Binding.** Across both bodies of text, the goal of naming and adjuration is the same: to **bind** the spirit — to take command of it so that it must obey, depart, or be silent.
+
+---
+
+## 4. The Great Difference: Command Without Ritual
+
+Here the two records **diverge**, and the divergence is the most important thing in this chapter.
+
+- The **PGM** builds power *up*: long incantations, strings of barbarous names, herbs, rings, materials, elaborate procedure. The magician is **borrowing** authority and must assemble enough of it to force the spirit.
+- **Jesus** commands with **simple, direct authority**: *"Be silent, and come out of him!"* (**Mark 1:25**). No apparatus. No accumulation. The authority is **his own**, not borrowed — and the spirits' reaction is immediate: they recognize it, and they fear torment.
+
+The reaction is identical in both records; the **source** of the authority is not. This is the model we follow: not the magician laboriously borrowing power, but the believer commanding from real, possessed authority.
+
+*[NEEDS YOUR INPUT: where your own methods sit on this line — what you keep of ritual/materials (e.g. holy oil, anointing) and why it is an aid to authority rather than a substitute for it.]*
+
+---
+
+## 5. The "Stronger Man" — Authority Is the Whole Game
+
+Both records rest on one structural belief: the spiritual world is a **hierarchy**, and **a spirit can only be cast out by a power greater than itself.**
+
+- In the **PGM**, the magician invokes high gods (Helios, Iaō) to overpower the lower demons.
+- In the **Gospels**, Jesus calls himself the **"stronger man"** who overpowers the "strong man" (Satan) and plunders his house — that is, frees the captive (**Luke 11:21–22**).
+
+This is why authority is the currency of every exorcism. You do not negotiate with these things, and you do not match them in kind. You confront them with a **greater** authority, under which they have no standing. Everything in the Battle Manual that follows is, at bottom, the disciplined application of this one principle.
+
+---
+
+## 6. What This Founds
+
+From this chapter, carry three things forward into the practice:
+
+1. **Names matter** — knowing a thing's name is part of taking authority over it.
+2. **Adjuration and binding are real techniques** — the language of command is not decoration; it is the mechanism.
+3. **Authority must be genuinely held, not borrowed** — the Sons of Sceva failed; Jesus did not. The difference is the whole difference.
+
+---
+
+> *Cross-references: Legion and the lived encounters → [Part III, ch01](../part3-testimony/ch01-a-life-among-them.md); the cosmic hierarchy these powers occupy → [Part I, ch01 — The Basics of Gnosticism](../part1-doctrine/ch01-the-basics-of-gnosticism.md); the practical rituals built on this theory → Part VI (The Spiritual Battle Manual, forthcoming). Source for this chapter's research: `input/ai_answers.md` (Block 2).*

docs/2026-05-31-family-codex-design.md

@@ -40,8 +40,11 @@ Modular by design so it can split into two volumes later (*Book of Belief* + *Bo
 | II | **Family Canon** — origin of our faith, lineage, why this book exists | Warm + reverent |
 | III | **Testimony** — the author's demonic encounters, as record + lesson | Plain, first-person |
 | IV | **Practice & Devotion** — daily/weekly rites, prayers, calendar | Warm teaching |
-| V | **The Spiritual Battle Manual** — discernment, protection, battle plans, rituals, step-by-step | Field manual |
-| VI | **Reference** — glossary, entities/names, quick-lookup tables | Terse reference |
+| V | **Demonology** — the enemy and the mechanics of authority (naming, binding, the "stronger man"); theory of spiritual combat | Plain / evidence-based |
+| VI | **The Spiritual Battle Manual** — discernment, protection, battle plans, rituals, step-by-step | Field manual |
+| VII | **Reference** — glossary, entities/names, quick-lookup tables | Terse reference |
+
+*Demonology (Part V) was added during drafting, placed before the Battle Manual so the theory of the enemy precedes the tactics. The two form the "warfare" block at the book's end.*
 
 **Default ordering logic:** foundation (Doctrine) → who we are (Canon) → why it's real (Testimony) → how we live it (Practice) → how we fight (Battle) → lookup (Reference).
 
@@ -69,8 +72,8 @@ Mixed by section (see table above and `STYLE-GUIDE.md`). Four registers: scriptu
 input/      raw dumps — notes, memory transcripts, research links (messy OK, one file per topic)
 docs/       this design doc, STYLE-GUIDE.md, OUTLINE.md, GLOSSARY-MASTER.md
 book/       finished chapters, numbered markdown
-  part1-doctrine/  part2-canon/  part3-testimony/
-  part4-practice/  part5-battle/  part6-reference/
+  part1-doctrine/  part2-canon/  part3-testimony/  part4-practice/
+  part5-demonology/  part6-battle/  part7-reference/
 CLAUDE.md   working context for resuming sessions
 README.md   project overview
 ```

docs/OUTLINE.md

@@ -10,9 +10,10 @@ Proposed sequence for teaching a child/descendant from zero. Reorder freely.
 2. Part II — Family Canon (who we are, why this exists).
 3. Part I — Doctrine (what we believe).
 4. Part IV — Practice & Devotion (how we live it).
-5. Part V — Battle Manual (how we protect + fight).
-6. Part III — Testimony (why it's real — read once mature).
-7. Part VI — Reference (lifelong lookup).
+5. Part V — Demonology (the enemy, and how authority works).
+6. Part VI — Battle Manual (how we protect + fight).
+7. Part III — Testimony (why it's real — read once mature).
+8. Part VII — Reference (lifelong lookup).
 
 `[NEEDS YOUR INPUT: confirm or adjust this order]`
 
@@ -44,15 +45,19 @@ Proposed sequence for teaching a child/descendant from zero. Reorder freely.
 - ch03 — Prayers & rites
 - ch04 — The calendar `[NEEDS YOUR INPUT: dates/feasts]`
 
-## Part V — The Spiritual Battle Manual *(field manual)*
+## Part V — Demonology *(plain / evidence-based)*
+- **ch01 — The Mechanics of Authority** *(DRAFTED — pending review)* — how the fight works: one ancient worldview, the name of Jesus as power-word (PGM IV.3007; Sons of Sceva, Acts 19), adjuration (*horkizō se*), asking the name (Legion), command-without-ritual, the "stronger man." Source: `input/ai_answers.md` (Block 2). Christ-authority + the author's own-methods line left `[NEEDS YOUR INPUT]`.
+- ch02+ — taxonomy of the enemy, doorways/gateways, signs & discernment theory (TBD)
+
+## Part VI — The Spiritual Battle Manual *(field manual)*
 - ch01 — Discernment: recognizing the enemy
 - ch02 — Protection & wards (baseline defense)
 - ch03 — Battle plans (step-by-step engagement)
-- ch04 — Rituals of cleansing / banishing
+- ch04 — Rituals of cleansing / banishing; holy oil & anointing (author's own methods)
 - ch05 — Aftercare & recovery
 - (more TBD)
 
-## Part VI — Reference *(terse)*
+## Part VII — Reference *(terse)*
 - Glossary (from GLOSSARY-MASTER.md)
 - Entities & names index
 - Quick-lookup tables (wards, signs, correspondences)

docs/STYLE-GUIDE.md

@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
 | **Scriptural** | Part I Doctrine | Elevated, reverent, timeless. Meant to be quoted. Short, weighty sentences. |
 | **Warm-teaching** | Part II Canon, Part IV Practice | Direct address, patient, explains as it goes. Author guiding family. |
 | **Plain-testimony** | Part III Testimony | First-person, honest, unadorned. Record of real events. |
-| **Field-manual** | Part V Battle | Precise, numbered, imperative. Materials, steps, warnings. No ornament. |
+| **Plain / evidence-based** | Part V Demonology | Clear, sourced, logical. Cites texts; states inferences as inferences. |
+| **Field-manual** | Part VI Battle | Precise, numbered, imperative. Materials, steps, warnings. No ornament. |
 
 ## Protected Spellings — DO NOT "correct"
 
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ These are intentional. Never autocorrect, never flag as typos.
 - Hostile entities / demons: `[NEEDS YOUR INPUT: capitalize? name conventions?]`
 - "the faith," "the family" — lowercase unless titling.
 
-## Ritual Format (Part V)
+## Ritual Format (Part VI — Battle Manual)
 
 Every ritual uses this template: