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Liber XXIII · Satanism

Liber XXIII

Satanism & the Left-Hand Path

The Devil in history, Satanist religion and the Left-Hand Path.

Satan has a long history: from the accusing 'adversary' of the Hebrew Bible to the fallen angel of Christian theology and the rebel hero of Milton and the Romantics. Organised religious Satanism is far younger, dating in its familiar form to Anton LaVey's Church of Satan in 1966. This section examines both, along with the Temple of Set, theistic Satanism, Luciferianism, the origins of the term 'Left-Hand Path', and the moral panics that have surrounded the subject, drawing on the growing academic study of Satanism.

Chapters

  1. Introduction3 articles
  2. I.Church of Satan3 articles
  3. II.The Devil in History4 articles
  4. III.Left-Hand Path3 articles
  5. IV.Satanic Panic4 articles
  6. V.Temple of Set3 articles
  7. VI.Theistic Satanism & Luciferianism4 articles

The primary texts

All 3

On the shelf

All 66 books
The Affair of the PoisonsAnne Somerset The Affair of the PoisonsAnne Somerset Cover of American Tabloid Media and the Satanic Panic, 1970–2000 American Tabloid Media and the Satanic Panic, 1970–2000Sarah A. Hughes Anton LaVey and the Church of SatanCarl Abrahamsson Anton LaVey and the Church of SatanCarl Abrahamsson Cover of The Bible of the Adversary The Bible of the AdversaryMichael W. Ford Cover of The Birth of Satan: Tracing the Devil's Biblical Roots The Birth of SatanT. J. Wray & Gregory Mobley Cover of Children of Lucifer: The Origins of Modern Religious Satanism Children of LuciferRuben van Luijk Cover of The Church of Satan The Church of SatanBlanche Barton Contemporary Religious SatanismJesper Aagaard Petersen Contemporary Religious SatanismJesper Aagaard Petersen Dark EnlightenmentKennet Granholm Dark EnlightenmentKennet Granholm Cover of Demons of the Flesh: The Complete Guide to Left Hand Path Sex Magic Demons of the FleshNikolas Schreck & Zeena Schreck Cover of The Devil in Early Modern England The Devil in Early Modern EnglandDarren Oldridge Cover of The Devil: A Mask Without a Face The DevilLuther Link Cover of The Devil: A New Biography The DevilPhilip C. Almond Cover of The Devil: A Very Short Introduction The DevilDarren Oldridge Cover of The Devil: Perceptions of Evil from Antiquity to Primitive Christianity The DevilJeffrey Burton Russell The Devil's AvengerBurton H. Wolfe The Devil's AvengerBurton H. Wolfe Cover of The Devil's Notebook The Devil's NotebookAnton Szandor LaVey Cover of The Devil's Party: Satanism in Modernity The Devil's PartyPer Faxneld & Jesper Aagaard Petersen Cover of The Encyclopedic Sourcebook of Satanism The Encyclopedic Sourcebook of SatanismJames R. Lewis & Jesper Aagaard Petersen Cover of In Pursuit of Satan: The Police and the Occult In Pursuit of SatanRobert D. Hicks Cover of The Invention of Satanism The Invention of SatanismAsbjørn Dyrendal, James R. Lewis & Jesper Aa. Petersen Jeopardy in the CourtroomStephen J. Ceci Jeopardy in the CourtroomStephen J. Ceci & Maggie Bruck Cover of Là-Bas (Down There) Là-Bas (Down There)Joris-Karl Huysmans Cover of Lords of the Left-Hand Path Lords of the Left-Hand PathStephen E. Flowers

Chronology

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