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40 Facts about the Church of Satan

Tim Flight August 29, 2019 27 min

4. A number of demons with crazy names are important to the Church

The Torment of St Anthony by Michelangelo, Florence, c.1487-88. Wikimedia Commons

If you decide to have a browse of The Satanic Bible, here are a few demons who may be unfamiliar. Belial (‘without value’) is a Hebrew Old Testament word describing the wicked but was later adapted to be a name of a demon in Christianity. Leviathan is a sea monster mentioned in the Book of Job who came to be associated with Satan himself in Christian theology, and its name is written in Hebrew around the Sigil of Baphomet. The Bible also has Satan and Lucifer as separate entities, equating to the snake in Eden and the original Fallen Angel, respectively.

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Tim Flight

I am a freelance historical and literary writer based in West Yorkshire, UK. I read for a funded PhD in English at the University of Oxford (Magdalen College) and graduated in 2016. I am a former lecturer in Medieval English Literature at Royal Holloway, University of London. My publications include peer-reviewed articles in academic publications, and pieces in mainstream magazines such as History Today and Fortean Times. For more information, please see www.drflight.co.uk