Satan
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| Rating | : | 4.32 (868 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1445605759 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-08-13 |
| Language | : | English |
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Sometimes grotesque, sometimes beautiful, sometimes threatening, sometimes seductively helpful, sometimes comical, Satan has played a variety of roles in human existence.Feared and frightening adversary of humankind during the Middle Ages, supposed master and friend of witches during the sixteenth century, and seducer of the devout during the seventeenth, he was gradually explained away as the nineteenth century started to lose its faith at home and export him in all his traditional aspects to the Empire. • Praise for the original edition: ‘P.G. Maxwell-Stuart is well established as a writer on magic, witchcraft and the occult, has an in-depth knowledge of these matters over a long chronological span… a learned and fascinating book… Devilish’ PROFESSOR JAMES SHARPE, TLS.• The
'P.G. Maxwell-Stuart is well established as a writer on magic, witchcraft and the occult, has an in-depth knowledge of these matters over a long chronological span - a learned and fascinating book - Devilish' PROFESSOR JAMES SHARPE, TLS.
Andrews. His other books include GHOSTS: A HISTORY OF PHANTOMS, GHOULS, & OTHER SPIRITS OF THE DEAD ('Scholarly and well-written - a wide ranging account' THES), WITCH HUNTERS ('The lurid tales of orgies and other debauchery told by these individuals still make for shocking reading today' THE DAILY MAIL; 'Based on massive erudition a learned, informative, at times very subtle book'