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modern religion

Satanism

Literary Satan, romantic Satanism, LaVeyan Satanism, theistic Satanism, modern groups, ethics, and ritual texts.

Western / Global19th-20th century CE onward3 readable texts6 indexed sources
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Paradise Lost

SatanismMystical / Esoteric

Milton's Paradise Lost for Satan, rebellion, fall, hell, angelic war, and later Satan/Lucifer reception comparison.

English· 1667 CE; public-domain English edition

Paradise Regained

SatanismMystical / Esoteric

Milton's sequel to Paradise Lost, centered on the temptation of Jesus and Satan's challenge in the wilderness.

English· 1671

The History of the Devil

SatanismMystical / Esoteric

Daniel Defoe's eighteenth-century prose treatment of Satan, devils, witchcraft, temptation, hell, and Christian demonological imagination. Useful for reception history beside biblical, Miltonic, Luciferian, Satanic, and occult materials.

English· 1726; Project Gutenberg e-text released 2010
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Biblical adversary passages

scripture/receptionHebrew Bible and New Testament
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public-domain Bible translations loaded

Includes Job's ha-satan role, Zechariah's accuser, Gospel temptation narratives, Revelation dragon imagery, and other public-domain biblical anchors.

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Second Temple adversary and Beliar traditions

apocalyptic / pseudepigraphal receptionSecond Temple and early Jewish-Christian receptionHebrew, Aramaic, Greek, and later preserved traditions
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public-domain 1 Enoch and Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs are indexed

Use for Watchers, demonic teaching, Beliar, angelic rebellion, judgment, and how later Satan concepts grow between the Hebrew Bible and later Christianity.

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Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, and Satan reception

literary reception17th century CE onward
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public-domain Milton texts loaded

Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained are not Satanist scripture; they are indexed because later Satan/Lucifer reception repeatedly reacts to Milton's portraits of Satan, temptation, rebellion, and defeat.

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Paradise Regained

Christian epic / Satan reception17th century CEEnglish
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Project Gutenberg public-domain Milton text loaded

Indexed for Satan as tempter, the wilderness temptation, messiah imagery, obedience, and later reception of Satan's defeat.

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Modern Satanist writings

modern religious texts20th century CE onward
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modern copyrighted sources; summarize/link only

Modern symbolic and theistic Satanism

modern religious movements20th century CE onward
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modern copyrighted and organizational sources; summarize/link only unless licensed

Public guide distinguishes literary Satan, symbolic Satanism, theistic Satanism, political/religious organizations, and popular panic claims.

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  • How do symbolic and theistic Satanism differ?
  • What comes from scripture, Second Temple literature, epic poetry, or modern philosophy?
  • Where does popular panic language distort the actual sources?