"This is a scholarly and provocative study of Satanism yesterday
and today."--"Nove Religio"
"Medway's book is a breath of fresh air in this field of murk,
delusion and deception."
-- "Fortean Times"
"The first truly authoritative book on the subject"
"--New York Press, Nov. 14-20, 2001"
"This is an excellent study of an emotional and difficult
subject and it is required reading for the open-minded. Highly
recommended."
-- "The Cauldron"
Rumors of Devil-worship, or Satanism, have circulated for
centuries. Tales of Black Masses, demonic possession, mysterious
nighttime ceremonies, and human sacrifices have captured the
popular consciousness, prompting the Christian Church to move
aggressively to root out Satanism and its practioners through often
extraordinarily brutal means of detection and interrogation.
Until recently the stuff of myths and stories, allegations of
occult worship have of late taken the form of police investigations
concerning ritual child abuse, teens involved in Satanic cults, and
serial killings. Unsubstantiated rumors have found their way into
the popular and serious press and have been reported as fact, often
with little or no verification. Obsessive anti-Satanists find
evidence of Satanic lyrics in rock music from Led Zeppelin's
"Stairway to Heaven" to Live Aid's "We are the World," while the
numbers "666" are found in barcodes in supermarkets.
The Lure of the Sinister draws on a remarkable range of sources,
from newspapers and pulp literature to early modern works on
demonology to explore the entire history of Satanism from the
origins of the Devil in pre-Christian theology through the
Inquisition to the life and times of AleisterCrowley, "the
"wickedest man in the world." The book also investigates modern
charges of Satanism, the psychology of the people who make the
allegations, and the legal and religious contexts in which they
arise, showing how rumors of Devil-worship come to take on a life
of their own. Lively and wittily written, The Lure of the Sinister
reveals a strange tapestry of dark and fearful beliefs which have
haunted our imagination for centuries.
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