{"id":18741,"date":"2022-09-14T15:40:52","date_gmt":"2022-09-14T20:40:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/?p=18741"},"modified":"2022-09-14T16:26:18","modified_gmt":"2022-09-14T21:26:18","slug":"the-little-book-of-satanism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/?p=18741","title":{"rendered":"The Little Book of Satanism"},"content":{"rendered":"

$\"\"$ Not to sound too much like Jerry Seinfeld, but what\u2019s the deal with Satanism? Particularly, what\u2019s the deal with our culture\u2019s hang up about it? The answer seems obvious to most. Satan equals evil, so Satanism equals bad. It appears to be basic math, but it\u2019s not that straightforward when you look closer at the history of Satan and those who have chosen to ally themselves with the Devil. Fortunately, alternative culture journalist La Carmina has laid it all out for us in her book, \u201cThe Little Book of Satanism: A Guide to Satanic History, Culture, and Wisdom.\u201d<\/p>\n

It is no easy task to unweave the tapestry that creates what Satanism is today, but La Carmina does an excellent job untangling the web and laying out a timeline for us to follow. \u201cThe Little Book of Satanism\u201d begins in a time when there was no Satan, takes us to Satan\u2019s Judeo-Christian debut, discusses some name branding with Lucifer, explores how \u201cothers\u201d were by default tools of Satan in the Middle Ages, more branding courtesy of Dante and Faust, the witch hunts, the Hellfire Club, Satanic Panic, and public practitioners and organizations of today. It is an interesting journey, and once given context from the author\u2019s research, it seems inevitable that there would be Satanists today.<\/p>\n

La Carmina\u2019s work explains many of the common symbols and beliefs of the modern Satanist, and highlights individuals and organizations of the past and present. You\u2019ll find LaVey and the Church of Satan, the Process Church of the Final Judgment, Aleister Crowley, and The Satanic Temple. In fact, Temple co-founder Lucien Greaves provides an elegant foreward for \u201cThe Little Book of Satanism.\u201d<\/p>\n

In \u201cThe Little Book of Satanism,\u201d author La Carmina makes a compelling argument for modern Satanism and the role a modern take on Satan could play in your personal spiritual practices. If you\u2019re even slightly curious, I highly recommend getting yourself a copy of this book.<\/p>\n

You can learn more here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Get your own copy here.<\/a> (This is an affiliate link to my Bookshop, which supports independent bookstores throughout the United States. If you use this link to purchase the book, I will make a small commission at no additional cost to you.)<\/p>\n

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