Sentence:  All that most maddens and torments; all that stirs up the lees of things; all truth with malice in it; all that cracks the sinews and cakes the brain; all the subtle <WSD>demonisms</WSD> of life and thought; all evil, to crazy Ahab, were visibly personified, and made practically assailable in Moby Dick. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  An act or event attributed to demons or devils; an evil act.