Satanism

A Reader
Erscheinungsjahr 2023
ISBN: 978-0-19-991353-4
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 360 Seiten, Format (B × H): 235 mm x 156 mm, Gewicht: 635 g

Satanism is a current of thought that generates intense feelings. It remains understudied by academics. This selection of key source texts from the period 1841 to 2017 attempts to remedy that gap. Ranging from the esoteric to the anti-clerical, countercultural, and political, the texts span a wide variety of genres, from poetry and polemical religious tracts to ritual instructions and internet FAQ's. All are provided with comprehensive introductions, written by specialists in the field, that offer readers both critical historical context and expert scholarly interpretation.

Chronologically structured, the book can be read as a succinct historical overview of the development of Satanism, with the immediacy that only primary sources can provide. It is ideal for both classroom and research use, as well as a fascinating read for anyone with an interest in the occult, the transgressive, secularization, and the fringes of the religious landscape.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Faxneld, Per

Nilsson, Johan

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Religionssoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Alternative Glaubensformen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- 1: Introduction

- Per Faxneld and Johan Nilsson

- 2: Eliphas Lévi, La Bible de la liberté (1841)

- Julian Strube

- 3: Jules Michelet, La Sorciére (1862)

- Ruben van Luijk

- 4: Albert Pike, Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry (1871)

- Fredrik Gregorius

- 5: Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (The Theosophical Society), excerpts from The Secret Doctrine (1888)

- Per Faxneld

- 6: Léo Taxil, excerpt from Le Palladium régénéré et libre (1895)

- Ruben van Luijk

- 7: Stanislaw Przybyzewski, excerpt from Die Synagoge des Satan (1897)

- Per Faxneld

- 8: Ben Kadosh (aka Carl William Hansen), Den ny morgens gry (1906)

- Johan Nilsson

- 9: Maria de Naglowska, excerpts from La Lumière du sexe (1932) and "Satanisme masculin, Satanisme féminin" (1933)

- Hans Thomas Hakl and Michele Olzi

- 10: Aleister Crowley, "Hymn to Lucifer" (undated) and excerpt from The Book of Thoth (1944)

- Johan Nilsson

- 11: Kenneth Grant (Typhonian Order), excerpt from "Vinum Sabbati" (1961)

- Johan Nilsson

- 12: The Process Church of the Final Judgement, excerpts from "The Gods on War" (1967) and "The Gods and Their People" (1970)

- Fredrik Gregorius

- 13: Anton LaVey (Church of Satan), excerpt from interview in John Fritscher's Popular Witchcraft: Straight from the Witch's Mouth (1972)

- Cimminnee Holt

- 14: Michael Aquino (Temple of Set), The Book of Coming Forth By Night (1975)

- Cimminne Holt

- 15: The Order of the Nine Angles, excerpts from The Black Book of Satan (1984)

- Fredrik Gregorius

- 16: Øystein "Euronymous" Aarseth (Den Sorte Sirkel / Black Metal Satanism), interview for Close-up Magazine (1992)

- Per Faxneld

- 17: The Satanic Reds, "FAQ for Satanic Reds — Social Realist Organization" (c. 2001)

- Johan Nilsson

- 18: Thomas Karlsson (Dragon Rouge), excerpt from Kabbala, kliffot och den goetiska magin (2004)

- Fredrik Gregorius

- 19: Michael W. Ford (The Order of Phosphorus, etc), excerpt from The Bible of the Adversary (2007)

- Olivia Cejvan

- 20: Lucien Greaves (The Satanic Temple), "Church of Satan vs. Satanic Temple" (2017)

- Fredrik Gregorius and Manon Hedenborg White

Über Autor(innen)

Per Faxneld is an historian of religions at Södertörn University, Sweden, where he is conducting a project on spiritual dimensions of Japanese martial arts. He is the author of the award-winning Satanic Feminism: Lucifer as the Liberator of Woman in Nineteenth-Century Culture and several other books.

Johan Nilsson is an historian of religions at Lund university, Sweden, where he is currently working on a research project about the reception of Buddhism in Swedish Theosophy. He is the author of As a Fire Beneath the Ashes: The Quest for Chinese Wisdom within Occultism, 1850-1949.