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The Satanic Bible is composed of four books: The Book of Satan, The Book of Lucifer, The Book of Belial, and The Book of Leviathan. The Book of Satan challenges the Ten Commandments and the Golden Rule, and promotes Epicureanism. [9] The Book of Lucifer holds most of the philosophy in The Satanic Bible, with twelve chapters discussing topics ...
The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil is a 2007 book which includes professor Philip Zimbardo's first detailed, written account of the events surrounding the 1971 Stanford prison experiment (SPE) – a prison simulation study which had to be discontinued after only six days due to several distressing outcomes and mental breaks of the participants.
Regarding the portrayal of Satan, Arnold Stein said that "C. S. Lewis, in reducing Satan's argument to its illogical nonsense, seems to overlook the possibility that Satan may be conscious of what he is saying." [8] Helen Gardner saw Lewis's analysis of the character of Satan as displaying Lewis's own harsh view of human nature:
Satan in Paradise Lost, as illustrated by Gustave Doré Lucifer and Prometheus is a work of psychological literary criticism written by R.J. Zwi Werblowsky and published in 1952. In it, Werblowsky argues that the Satan [ note 1 ] of John Milton 's Paradise Lost became a disproportionately appealing character because of attributes he shares with ...
Memnoch the Devil (1995) is a vampire novel by American writer Anne Rice, the fifth in her Vampire Chronicles series, following The Tale of the Body Thief.In this story, Lestat is approached by the Devil and offered a job at his side.
The Satanic Verses controversy, also known as the Rushdie Affair, was a controversy sparked by the 1988 publication of Salman Rushdie's novel The Satanic Verses.It centered on the novel's references to the Satanic Verses (apocryphal verses of the Quran), and came to include a larger debate about censorship and religious violence.
Satan is the main character in Normal Bob Smith's satirical Satan's Salvation. In the manga series Blue Exorcist by Kazue Kato, the main character, Rin Okumura, is Satan's son and emits blue flames, a sign of Satan. His twin, Yukio, is also a son of Satan, but does not bear the flames. Lucifer appears in the Saint Seiya anime and manga series.
Genesis B is a strikingly original and dramatic retelling of the Fall of the Angels and the Fall of Man.. Genesis B depicts the fall of Lucifer from heaven, at which point he is renamed "Satan" and assumes authority as the ruler of Hell.