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Satanism / Joseph P. Laycock.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Laycock, Joseph, 1980- author.
- Series:
- Cambridge elements. Elements in new religious movements, 2635-232X.
- Cambridge elements. Elements in new religious movements, 2635-232X
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Satanism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (75 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2024.
- Summary:
- What is Satanism? The word has functioned as a powerful indictment of one's rivals, an expression of rebellion against authority, and sometimes to describe the deliberate worship of dark, supernatural forces. This Element provides a concise overview of Satanism from its origins in early modern Europe through the present. It covers such topics as legends of the black mass, hell-fire clubs, the Romantic Satanism of Lord Byron and Percy Shelley, and nineteenth-century occultists who expressed reverence for Satan. It describes modern Satanic religions including the Church of Satan, The Temple of Set, The Order of Nine Angles, The Satanic Temple, and others. It also addresses contemporary Satanic Panic from the 1980s through QAnon. This Element should prove useful to anyone seeking to learn more about this complicated and frequently misunderstood tradition.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Satanism
- Contents
- 1 What Is Satanism?
- Anton LaVey and the Invention of Satanism
- The Varieties of Satanic Experience
- 2 Imagining the Black Mass
- The Affair of the Poisons
- Lá-Bas
- The Taxil Hoax
- Additional Black Mass Legends
- 3 Satanic Sympathizers
- Romantic Satanism
- Hellfire Clubs
- Satan and Esotericism
- The First Satanic Church?
- 4 The Church of Satan
- From the Magic Circle to the Church of Satan
- LaVey's Satanism
- The Rise and Fall of Anton LaVey
- 5 The Temple of Set and Esoteric Satanism
- The Temple of Set
- Amoral Groups and the Order of Nine Angles
- Other Esoteric Groups
- 6 Satanic Panic
- Origins of the Satanic Panic
- Satanic Ritual Abuse
- The McMartin Preschool Trial
- The Murder of Mark Kilroy
- The West Memphis Three
- The End of the Satanic Panic?
- 7 Contemporary Developments in Satanism
- The Satanic Temple
- Public Satanism
- Bibliography.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 20 Dec 2023).
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9781009076531
- 1009076531
- 9781009076722
- 1009076728
- 9781009057349
- 1009057340
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