{"product_id":"the-serpent-of-genesis-the-temple-of-satan-hardcover","title":"The Serpent of Genesis: The Temple of Satan - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eStanislas de Guaita\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eD. Bernardo\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe works of \u003cem\u003eStanislas de Guaita\u003c\/em\u003e (1861-1897) are not grimoires of witchcraft, contrary to what their titles may evoke, but, in the author's own words, \u003cem\u003eEssais de sciences maudits\u003c\/em\u003e (Essays on the Cursed Sciences), meaning that he had the ambition to take a quasi-scientific look at the subjects in question.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStanislas de Guaita become one of the leading figures of the reborn occultism of the late XIX century in France. He was a true scholar and an important precursor of modern occultism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book, the first volume of the \u003cstrong\u003eSerpent of Genesis\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cem\u003eThe Temple of Satan\u003c\/em\u003e, deals with black magic and the use of astral forces.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe next volume of the series, \u003cem\u003eThe Key to Black Magic\u003c\/em\u003e offers an overview of witchcraft through the ages and the continents most often referred to by symbolists and occultists of the time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGuaita died before finishing the third volume, \u003cem\u003eThe Problem of Evil\u003c\/em\u003e, although it was published posthumously, many years after his death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eTemple of Satan\u003c\/em\u003e includes a Bibliographical Catalogue and an Alphabetical Index. The topics covered in its seven chapters are: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. THE DEVIL: In the intellectual world it is called Error; in the moral world it is called Selfishness; in the physical world it is incarnated in all forms of Ugliness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. THE SORCERER: The ambition of a despotism without control, based on the monopoly of knowledge forbidden to the common man. The Sabbath.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. WORKS OF WITCHCRAFT: Spells, Charms, Incantations and Evocations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. HUMAN JUSTICE: Persecution of sorcerers. The Inquisition The case of the Knights Templar, the Military Order than became a Secret Society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5. THE SORCERER'S ARSENAL: Interesting and unique list of material resources, astral forces, spirits, etc., used by the sorcerers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6. MODERN AVATARS OF THE SORCERER: History of some modern sorcerers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7. FLOWERS FROM THE ABYSS: Poetry and the attraction of evil. Ego and Non-Ego. Psychic pollution. Apollo, Hecate, Eros, Atropos.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 296\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 28, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48192399769770,"sku":"9781989586303","price":64.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0703\/1475\/4218\/files\/dDRkVjE0cCtrNkJzdHVvaW5pSytEdz09.webp?v=1775780893","url":"https:\/\/wiccancenter.com\/ja\/products\/the-serpent-of-genesis-the-temple-of-satan-hardcover","provider":"Wiccan Center","version":"1.0","type":"link"}