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6 published articles link to Satanic symbolism.

Devotional Practice

Black Mass

A term for ritual inversion of Christian worship, with Huysmans's literary portrayal and a modern distinction from Satanic Mass.

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Culture & Ethics

Faust

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.

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Culture & Ethics

Halloween

The public holiday of 31 October, including lanterns, visiting customs, disguise, and its Celtic and Christian histories.

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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.

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Texts & Sources

The Satanic Rituals

Anton LaVey’s collection of ceremonial material, published as a companion to The Satanic Bible.

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Demonology & Spirits

Valac

A Goetic president described as a winged boy on a two-headed dragon, associated with treasure and serpents.

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