History
Witchcraft
How witchcraft has meant an accusation, a magical practice, and a modern identity, with examples from museums and trial records.
Results for “The Devil”
Culture & Ethics
Satanism and heavy metal
How Black Sabbath and Venom used dark or Satanic imagery, and why a song, stage character, and religious affiliation are different evidence.
Demonology & Spirits
Set
An ancient Egyptian deity associated with conflict and disorder, also reinterpreted in modern Setian religion.
Demonology & Spirits
Vine
A Goetic spirit with royal and comital rank, associated with hidden things, walls, and stormy waters.
Theology & Cosmology
Religious Satanism
Religions that give Satan a central symbolic or divine role, with substantial differences in belief and practice.
History
Romantic Satanism
Romantic Satanism concerns literary and political readings that give Satan a positive role in opposition to tyranny or conventional authority. It should be distinguished from membership in a religious organization.
Theology & Cosmology
Wicca
Modern Pagan religious witchcraft, its Gardnerian and Alexandrian traditions, ritual practice, and relationship to Satanism.
Devotional Practice
Folk magic
Protective charms, witch bottles, and everyday materials in local magical traditions, with documented British museum examples.
Theology & Cosmology
Spiritualism
A religious movement centered on mediumship and continued personal identity after death, with church teachings and spirit photography.
Devotional Practice
Black Mass
A term for ritual inversion of Christian worship, with Huysmans's literary portrayal and a modern distinction from Satanic Mass.
Culture & Ethics
Religious freedom
Freedom of religion and belief in international human rights texts, including minority religions, nonbelief, and religious expression.
Demonology & Spirits
Glasya-Labolas
A Goetic spirit combining learned offices with a violent reputation and a winged dog form.
Demonology & Spirits
Beleth
A Goetic king riding a pale horse, associated with desire and an elaborate ceremonial reception.
Demonology & Spirits
Eligos
A Goetic duke depicted as a knight, associated with hidden matters, battles, and favor from powerful people.
Demonology & Spirits
Sallos
A Goetic duke, also called Saleos, described as a peaceful soldier riding a crocodile.
Demonology & Spirits
Ipos
A Goetic spirit with an angelic body, lion head, goose foot, and hare tail, associated with knowledge and boldness.
Demonology & Spirits
Aim
A Goetic duke with three heads, a serpent mount, and a firebrand, associated with fire and private questions.
Demonology & Spirits
Ronove
A Goetic spirit associated with rhetoric, languages, servants, and social favor.
Demonology & Spirits
Gaap
A Goetic spirit associated with learning, altered perception, familiars, and rapid travel.
Demonology & Spirits
Furfur
A Goetic earl depicted as a hart with a fiery tail, associated with storms and constrained answers.