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Satanic Feminism
Lucifer as the Liberator of Woman in Nineteenth-Century Culture
Per Faxneld examines how nineteenth-century writers, artists and esotericists reinterpreted Lucifer as a liberator of women. Drawing on literature, art, Theosophy and feminist writing, he shows how the figure of Satan was used to challenge patriarchal religious and social norms. It is an innovative scholarly study at the intersection of esotericism, gender and cultural history.











