daimon

noun

1. Synonym of demon, particularly as

   “Love, as we know it in the book, is a daimon which possesses and undoes each of its victims.”

2. (Greek)Synonym of demon, particularly as

   “All at once, my daimōn—that other Me over whom I button my waistcoat when I button it over my own person—put it into my head to look up the story of Madame Saqui.”

   “The object which first appears is adopted as the personal mystery, guardian spirit, or tutelary daimon of the entranced, and is never mentioned by him without first making a sacrifice.”

   “Marcus Aurelius is persuaded that God gives every man a special daimon as his guide – a belief which reappears in the Christian guardian angel.”

   “He will release his pent-up rage and fear no evil, for his genius is with him, and his daimon bids him violate all the taboos of the literary marketplace.”