Episode 109 - La-Bas
Black Mass Appeal: Modern Satanism for the Masses
English - November 16, 2021 08:01 - 1 hour - 105 MB - ★★★★★ - 476 ratingsReligion & Spirituality Society & Culture lucifer satanism atheism blackmass churchofsatan philosophy popculture religion satan satanictemple Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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In 1891, French popular author JK Huysmans scandalized the public with his novel La-Bas, a sultry and sleazy story surveying sex, shame, and Satanism. What inspired him to delve into such outrageous material -- and why did so many people take him seriously?
SHOW LINKS Satanists convince Delaware County, Pennsylvania school district to alter dress code La-Bas, by Joris K. Huysmans JSTOR Daily: Satanism and Magic in the Age of the Moulin Rouge The New Yorker: What Houellebecq Learned from Huysmans The Paris Review: Divine Ordure Lure of the Sinister: The Unnatural History of Satanism, by Gareth Medway Children of Lucifer: The Origins of Modern Religious Satanism, by Ruben van Luijk Satanic Feminism: Lucifer as the Liberator of Woman in Nineteenth-Century Culture, by Per Faxneld
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