Satanism today : an encyclopedia of religion, folklore, and popular culture / James R. Lewis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lewis, James R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Satanism--Encyclopedias.

Satanism.

Genre:

Encyclopedias.

Physical Description:

xv, 371 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, [2001]

Summary:

This authoritative reference work presents a full image of the Prince of Darkness as he appears throughout traditional theology, mythology, art and literature, and popular culture.

Contents:

Abaddon 1

The Abbey of Thelema 1

Abraxas 2

Adramelechk 2

Advertising 2

Ahriman 4

All Dogs Go to Heaven 4

Amulet 4

Angel Heart 6

Angel of Death 7

Angel on My Shoulder 7

Anticult Movement, The 7

Apparition 9

Appolion 11

Apsaras 11

Aquinas, Thomas 12

Aquino, Michael A. 14

Archon 15

Ascendancy 16

Asmodeus 16

Astaroth 17

Asuras 17

Aurum Solis 17

Azazel 18

Backward Masking 19

Baphomet (Sigil of Baphomet) 20

Bardo Thodol (The Tibetan Book of the Dead) 21

Baudelaire, Charles 23

The "Beast" Computer Legend 23

Beast of the Yellow Night 24

Bedazzled 24

Beelzebub 24

Beliar 25

Beliel 25

Bells 25

Belphegor 26

The Beyond 26

Beyond the Door 26

Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey 26

Bishop Auckland Case 26

The Black Hole 27

Black Mass 27

Black Roses 29

Blake, William 29

Bless the Child 30

The Blood on Satan's Claw 30

Bogeyman 30

Book of Jubilees 31

Bosch, Hieronymus 31

The Brotherhood of Satan 33

Brotherhood of the Ram 33

The Brothers Karamazov 33

Buddhism 33

Builders of the Adytum 35

Candles 37

Cathars 38

Cattle Mutilations 39

Cerberus 42

Ceremony 42

Chaos Magic 42

Charleroi Case 44

Chick Publications 45

Childrearing, Satanic 47

China 48

Church of Satan 50

Church of Satanic Brotherhood 51

Church of Satanic Liberation 52

Church of the Morning Star 52

Circle 52

Collective Unconscious 53

The Craft 54

The Craze 54

Crime 54

Crowley, Aleister Edward 55

Curse of the Demon 56

Curses 56

Damn Yankees 61

Dante Alighieri 61

Dante's Inferno 62

Dark Angel: The Ascent 63

The Dark Secret of Harvest Home 63

Dee, John 63

Demiurge 64

Demons 64

Descent into the Underworld 68

"The Devil and Daniel Webster" 68

The Devil and Max Devlin 69

Devil's Advocate 69

The Devil's Bride 70

Devil's Daughter 70

Devil's Eye 70

The Devil's Hand 70

The Devil's Messenger 70

The Devil's Partner 70

The Devil's Rain 70

The Devil's Son-in-Law 70

Devil's Triangle 70

Diabolus in Musica 72

Dogma 73

Dragons 73

Dungeons and Dragons 74

Egypt 77

End of Days 80

Enoch 80

Enochian Magic 81

Ereshkigal 82

Evocation and Invocation 84

The Exorcist 85

Expressions 86

Fallen Angels 87

Familiars 88

Fantasia 88

Faust 88

Fear No Evil 89

Film 89

Fire (Hellfire) 90

First Church of Satan 91

Flight 91

Fraternitas Rosae Crucis 92

Fraternity of Light 93

Fraternity of the Hidden Light 93

Fraternity (Society) of the Inner Light 94

The Gate and Gate 2 95

Gnosticism 95

The Gnostic Order and Temple of Satanas 96

Goblins 97

God, The Devil And Bob 97

Goth Subculture 98

Grimoire 99

Gris-gris 100

Hades 101

Halloween 103

Harrowing of Hell 104

Harut and Marut 104

Heavy Metal Music 105

Hell and Heaven 108

Hellhole 110

Hellraiser 111

Hell's Angels 111

Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn 111

Hex 113

Highway to Hell 113

Hinduism 113

Humor 118

Iblis (Eblis) 121

Imp 121

Incubi and Succubi 122

Indo-Europeans 124

The Infernal Chapel 125

Ingram Ritual Abuse Case 125

Invitation to Hell 128

Islam 128

Jacob 131

Jinn 132

Johnson, Robert 132

Judaism and Hebrew Scriptures 135

Judgment of the Dead 139

Kerk van Satan 141

Kiss of Shame 141

Last Judgment 143

LaVey, Anton Szandor 144

Laws and Ritual Abuse 147

Left Behind 148

Left-Hand Path 148

Levi, Eliphas 148

Leviathan 149

Lilith 151

Limbo 151

Lisa and the Devil, a.k.a. The House of Exorcism 152

Little Nicky 152

Little Witches 152

Lost Souls 152

Love (Lust) Spells 153

Lucifer 153

Luciferian Children of Satan (Bambini di Satana Luciferiani) 154

Lucifers Den 155

Magic and Magical Groups 157

Malik 159

Mammon 159

Manichaeism 159

Manson, Charles 160

Mara 162

Mark of the Devil 162

Mastema 164

Matamoros Murders 164

Mather, Cotton 167

Mathers, Samuel Liddell 169

McMartin Ritual Abuse Case 170

Mephistopheles 173

Mesoamerica 173

Milton, John 175

Mind Control, Satanic 176

Moloch 178

Monastery of the Seven Rays 179

Mr. Bubbles Case 180

Near-Death Experiences 183

Neopagan Witchcraft 184

Nephilim 187

Nergal 187

Netherworld 188

Newcastle Ritual Abuse Case 188

Night Stalker 188

Nightmares 190

Nimrod 192

The Nine Satanic Statements 192

The Ninth Covenant 193

The Ninth Gate 194

The Omen, Damien: Omen 2, and The Final Conflict 195

The Order of Infernal Light 195

Order of Nine Angles 196

Order of the Black Ram 197

Ordo Lux Kethri 197

Ordo Templi Astarte 197

Ordo Templi Orientis 198

Ordo Templi Satanas 200

Our Lady of Endor Coven 200

Oxford Golden Dawn Occult Society 201

Pact with the Devil 203

Palo 205

Pembroke Ritual Abuse Case 206

Peretti, Frank E. 207

Peter Ellis Case 209

Possession and Exorcism 209

The Process 215

Procter and Gamble 216

Prometheus Society 218

The Prophecy and The Prophecy 2: Ashtown 218

Purgatory 218

The Pyx, a.k.a. The Hooker Cult Murders 220

Rabid Grannies 221

Raelian Movement 221

Rand, Ayn 223

Rivera, Geraldo 224

Robin Hood Hills Murders 226

Rochdale Ritual Abuse Case 228

Rosemary's Baby 229

Runes 230

Sabbat 231

Sacrifice 233

Salem Witchcraft 235

Salt 237

Salvation 237

Sammael 238

Satan 239

Satanic Reds 239

The Satanic Rites of Dracula 240

Satanic Ritual Abuse 240

Satan's Cheerleaders 245

Satan's Princess 245

The Screwtape Letters 245

Seance 245

Season of the Witch 246

Semyaza 247

Serpent's Lair 247

The Seventh Victim 247

Shaitans 247

Shakespeare 247

The Shawnee 249

Shemhazai and Azazel 251

Sheol 252

Shock 'Em Dead 252

Sorceress 252

Sorcery 252

South Park: The Movie 253

Spellbinder 253

Spells 253

Stay Tuned 253

Tales from the Hood 255

The Temple of Lylyth 256

Temple of Set 256

Thee Satanic Church 258

Thee Satanic Orthodox Church of Nethilum Rite 259

To the Devil, A Daughter 259

Torment of the Damned 259

Trick or Treat 261

Twilight Zone

The Movie 261

UFOs and Demons 263

Underworld 266

The United Kingdom, Ritual Abuse in 267

Virgil 271

Vodoun (also Voodoo; Vodun) 273

Walpurgisnacht 277

War in Heaven 277

Warlock; Warlock: The Armageddon; and Warlock 3: The End of Innocence 278

Watchers (Grigori) 278

Wheatley, Dennis 279

Wicca Letters 280

Witchboard 281

Witchcraft 281

Witchery 281

Witches of Eastwick 281

Wormwood 281

Zoroastrianism 283

Appendix II 1992 FBI Study of Satanic Ritual Abuse 299.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-346) and index.

ISBN:

1576072924

OCLC:

47844717