Crossword clues for satanism
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Satanism \Sa"tan*ism\, n.
The evil and malicious disposition of Satan; a diabolical spirit. [R.]
Worship of satan.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1560s, "satanic disposition," from Satan + -ism. Applied 1820s-30s to the poetry of Byron, etc. Meaning "worship of Satan" dates from 1895, with reference to France, where it was said to be active at that time.
Wiktionary
n. (alternative case form of Satanism English)
Wikipedia
Satanism is a group of ideological and philosophical beliefs based on the character of Satan. Although the public practice of Satanism began with the founding of the Church of Satan in 1966, historical precedents exist: a group called the Ophite Cultus Satanas was founded in Ohio by Herbert Arthur Sloane in 1948. Satanist groups that appeared after the 1960s are widely diverse, but two major trends are theistic Satanism and atheistic Satanism. Theistic Satanists venerate Satan as a supernatural deity, viewing him not as omnipotent but rather as a patriarch. In contrast, atheistic Satanists regard Satan as merely a symbol of certain human traits.
There are signs that Satanistic beliefs have become more socially tolerated.
Contemporary Satanism is mainly an American phenomenon, the ideas spreading with the effects of globalization and the Internet. The Internet promotes awareness of other Satanists, and is also the main battleground for the definitions of Satanism today. Satanism started to reach Eastern Europe in the 1990s, in time with the fall of the Soviet Union, and most noticeably in Poland and Lithuania, predominantly Roman Catholic countries. It was estimated that there were 50,000 Satanists in 1990. There may now be as many as 100,000 Satanists in the world.
Satanism is a belief or social phenomenon that features the veneration or admiration of Satan or similar figure.
Satanism may also refer to:
- LaVeyan Satanism, the movement founded by Anton LaVey
- Theistic Satanism, the worship of Satan as a deity
- Our Lady of Endor Coven, a cult founded by Herbert Arthur Sloane
Satanist
- The Satanist (Wheatley novel), a 1960 spy horror novel by Dennis Wheatley
- The Satanist, a 1912 gothic novel by Mrs Hugh Fraser
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The Satanist (album), an album by the Polish extreme metal band Behemoth
- "The Satanist", the title track of the album
- "Satanist", a song by Swedish band The Crown from the album Crowned In Terror
Usage examples of "satanism".
Conrad of Marburg, bidding him proceed against the Luciferians, who were overtly given over to Satanism.
Damien Echols blows through the trailer parks and flatlands around this Delta town like a brisk winter wind, chilling listeners with tales of vampires, Satanism and ritual murder.
For many who learned of it, the leap from the murders to satanism was not much of a leap at all.
By the very next day, May 8, the sense that the murders might be linked to satanism was gaining strength within the department.
An occultist was someone who believed in the rituals and supernatural powers of various "occult sciences"--including, but not limited to, astrology, palmistry, black magic, white magic, demonolatry, and Satanism.
As a science fiction writer, your abnormal interest--as verified by library records--in Satanism, ESP and home-brewed beer can be considered morally questionable to the point of possibly being criminal in intent.
Sir Robert's interest in Satanism and the occult shortly before his death was only the final nail in the coffin.
The mailman's dance was spontaneous and celebratory and could very well have had something to do with witchcraft or satanism, but he had an intuitive feeling that the dance was related to something much worse, something much more primal and unfathomable, something he did not and perhaps could not understand.
I mean, just because the Masons choose to practice their rites in private, that's no reason to assume they're dabbling in Satanism.
Whatever the originsand I myself refuse to dignify these perversions by the name of religionas satanism exists today it is evil, pure and simple.