The Devil's party : Satanism in modernity /
Petersen, Jesper Aagaardeditor
Faxneld, Pereditor
Here, 12 scholars present cutting-edge research from the emerging field of Satanism studies. The topics covered range from early literary Satanists like Blake and Shelley, to the Californian Church of Satan of the 1960s, to the radical developments within the Satanic milieu in recent decades.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Here, 12 scholars present cutting-edge research from the emerging field of Satanism studies. The topics covered range from early literary Satanists like Blake and Shelley, to the Californian Church of Satan of the 1960s, to the radical developments within the Satanic milieu in recent decades.
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on Dec. 14, 2012).
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"It is better to believe in the Devil': conceptions of Satanists and sympathies for the devil in early modern Sweden / Mikael Hèall -- Sex, science, and liberty: the resurrection of Satan in nineteenth-century (counter) culture / Ruben van Luijk -- Witches, anarchism, and evolutionism: Stanislaw Przybyszewski's fin-de-siécle Satanism and the demonic feminine / Per Faxneld -- Categorizing modern Satanism: an analysis of LaVey's early writings / Amina Olander Lap -- Sources, sects, and scripture: the book of Satan in the Satanic Bible / Eugene V. Gallagher -- Hidden persuaders and invisible wars: Anton LaVey and conspiracy culture / Asbj²rn Dyrendal -- Conversion to Satanism: constructing diabolical identities / James R. Lewis -- Carnival of Dr. LaVey: articulations of transgression in modern Satanism / Jesper Aagaard Petersen -- Making of Satanic collective identities in Poland: from mechanic to organic solidarity / Rafal Smoczynski -- Left-hand path and post-Satanism: the temple of set and the evolution of Satanism / Kennet Granholm -- Luciferian witchcraft: at the crossroads between Paganism and Satanism / Fredrik Gregorius -- Secret identities in the sinister tradition: political esotericism and the convergence of radical Islam, Satanism, and national socialism in the Order of Nine Angles / Jacob C. Senholt.
Satanism