SATANISM has assumed a variety of forms through human history. Allegations of organized worship of Satan can be traced to Europe during the Middle Ages. Fears of Satan worship surfaced during the fifteenth-century witch-hunts, and Christian manuals...

Satanism can refer to a number of belief systems depending on the user and contexts. Common misuse of the word generally refers to "the worship of Satan or the practice of ritual magic."[1] However, by the actual adherents, the suffix -ism is often used...

Neil Forsyth. The Satanic Epic. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2003. Milton studies have been waiting for this book. The established orthodoxies about Satan are long due for a good shake-up, and Neil Forsyth provides one. He is an expert on the devil, evidenced...

SATAN was a late developer. In the earliest books of the Bible little is heard of him and he is an obedient fellow. In Hebrew the satan is merely a servant of God who performs his service by obstructing human mischief. He acts...

The Castle in the Forest, by Norman Mailer. Random House, 477 pages, $27.95. Norman Mailer’s first novel in over 10 years has a couple of big surprises right off the bat. One is physical, the other spiritual. As to the first, the welterweight...

Iran arrested more than 200 music fans at an underground rock concert that one official called a "satanic" gathering and authorities accused the youths of breaking Islamic law.A witness said Sunday that police raided the concert as it was ending late Wednesday near the town...

Satan and his various manifestations have been worshiped and revered for thousands of years. However, many people are confused over what makes one a Satanist. Some people think that anyone who believes in any religion other than their own is worshipping...

It's about a girl who is Atheist and by her friends influence is changed to become a devil worshiopper.