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Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Alternative belief systems > Occult studies > Satanism & demonology
The Book of the Law, the holy text that forms the basis of Thelema,
was transmitted to Crowley by the entity known as Aiwass in Cairo,
on three successive days during April 1904. Acting as a medium,
Crowley recorded the communications on hotel notepads and later
organized his automatic writing into a short, coherent document.
Aiwass/Crowley presents The Book of the Law as an expression of
three god-forms in three chapters: Nuit, Hadit, and Ra-Hoor-Khuit.
The devil is the most charismatic and important figure in the blues
tradition. He's not just the music's namesake (""the devil's
music""), but a shadowy presence who haunts an imagined Mississippi
crossroads where, it is claimed, Delta bluesman Robert Johnson
traded away his soul in exchange for extraordinary prowess on the
guitar. Yet, as scholar and musician Adam Gussow argues, there is
much more to the story of the devil and the blues than these
cliched understandings. In this groundbreaking study, Gussow takes
the full measure of the devil's presence. Working from original
transcriptions of more than 125 recordings released during the past
ninety years, Gussow explores the varied uses to which black
southern blues people have put this trouble-sowing, love-wrecking,
but also empowering figure. The book culminates with a bold
reinterpretation of Johnson's music and a provocative investigation
of the way in which the citizens of Clarksdale, Mississippi,
managed to rebrand a commercial hub as ""the crossroads"" in 1999,
claiming Johnson and the devil as their own.
In the beginning, darkness caused itself to explode, causing the
event science calls the big bang and Christianity refers to as
creation. Many have associated darkness with nothing, but author
Hyginus Mathurin describes darkness as the actual primitive state
of the Creator. "Evolution of Darkness" presents a revolutionary
perspective on the physical development of Darkness as it creates
its physical kingdom in the universe.
Mathurin is concerned with the nature of Darkness, not as the
dwelling place of the Creator, but as the actual Creator. He takes
a bold step to declare that the universe is the actual Evolution of
Darkness.
"Evolution of Darkness" is a declaration that the universe is
perfect and could not have existed any other way. Every act and
every thought is necessary for its effective operation.
DID THE DEVIL MAKE ME DO IT? The Purpose and Premise of this book.
The Purpose: The book was not written simply to offer proof of the
existence of the Devil, or to just characterize his behavior. It
was written to offer a deep and detailed study on his existence,
yes, but also on his origin, objectives and role in the affairs of
human beings. Further, it was written to lay out the evidence of
his involvement and offer biblical strategies to defeat his efforts
to destroy the human family. The Premise: if mankind is enlightened
enough to acknowledge the Devil's existence, recognize his actions
of evil toward them as individuals and mankind in general, defeat
him in their daily walk of experience by relying on God's Word and
the Holy Spirit, as did Jesus, they can and will live abundant,
peaceful and fulfilling lives. The Book explores question such as:
Is the Devil real or a myth? Who is the Devil? What are his
intentions toward Man? How can humans protect themselves from his
attacks? Does human nature play a part in mankind's involvement
with evil? What does human nature and evil have in common? Why
hasn't the Devil been destroyed? Why do the righteous suffer? How
to be blessed in the midst of the Devil? How to overcome both the
Devil and self?
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