Fallen angels are heavenly beings portrayed as losing their place or proper condition through transgression. Enochic descent, Satan’s refusal to honor Adam, and the war in Revelation are distinct accounts that later interpretation can bring together.
The temptation of Jesus is an encounter with Satan in the wilderness narrated by Matthew, Mark, and Luke. Its differing forms connect hunger, divine sonship, scriptural argument, worldly rule, and worship.
In 1 Chronicles 21, Satan or an adversary incites David to count Israel. Comparison with 2 Samuel 24 raises questions about divine agency, translation, and the development of the adversary figure.
The serpent in Genesis 3 persuades the woman to eat from the tree of knowledge. The chapter does not name Satan. Later texts and interpretations connect the serpent with the Devil, adding to the history of the Eden story.
Faust is the scholar or magician at the center of a European legend about bargaining with the Devil. The 1587 Faust book, Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus, and Goethe’s Faust give the story different treatments of knowledge, desire, damnation, and human striving.
Modern Pagan religious witchcraft, its Gardnerian and Alexandrian traditions, ritual practice, and relationship to Satanism.
An introduction to contemporary Pagan traditions, including Wicca, Druidry, and Heathenry, and their different uses of older sources.
How witchcraft has meant an accusation, a magical practice, and a modern identity, with examples from museums and trial records.
The patented talking-board game, its pointer and commercial history, and research on ideomotor movement and implicit memory.
The public holiday of 31 October, including lanterns, visiting customs, disguise, and its Celtic and Christian histories.
A term for ritual inversion of Christian worship, with Huysmans's literary portrayal and a modern distinction from Satanic Mass.
Freedom of religion and belief in international human rights texts, including minority religions, nonbelief, and religious expression.
The different holiday calendars published by the Church of Satan and The Satanic Temple, with dates and organizational meanings.
A Goetic marquis with a wolf-like appearance, associated with knowledge and the making or resolution of disputes.
A Goetic duke depicted as a knight, associated with hidden matters, battles, and favor from powerful people.
A Goetic prince associated with astronomy, herbs, and precious stones, with changing bird imagery in later reception.
A three-headed Goetic king riding a bear, associated with answers, wit, and invisibility.
A Goetic president associated with animal voices, disputation, and answers given through burning ashes.
A modern approach to magic that treats techniques and belief systems as tools for practical experimentation.
A grimoire best known for its staged encounter and pact with Lucifuge Rofocale.