Essays about: "Satanism"

Found 5 essays containing the word Satanism.

1. 1. Celebrations in Dark Guise : A Definitional Study of Contemporary Satanic Ritual

   University essay from Södertörns högskola/Religionsvetenskap

   Author : Ida Setfors; [2022]
   Keywords : Satanism; Ritual; Satanic ritual; Black mass; History of religions; Contemporary Satanism; Activism; Identity; Religious Community; Global Order of Satan;

   Abstract : This thesis aims to answer the question “what is contemporary Satanic ritual?” It explores the historical development of Satanic ritual from being a fictional nineteenth-century literary concept, to a means of giving voice to 21st century activism and identity. From its roots in Christian history when the Satanic Black Mass was once a polemic instrument for subduing the other, and its transformation into a meaningful practice with which the oft subdued raise their own voice. READ MORE

3. 2. The Satanic Panic of the Warrens – ”The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It” and the Satanic Cult Horror Film

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Filmvetenskap

   Author : Robert Wettersten; [2022]
   Keywords : Horror film; Satanism; Satanic Panic; The Conjuring; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : This thesis examines the Satanic cult in horror film – historically and in contemporary horror films. A quantitative analysis of horror films with themes of Satanism and Satanic cults is presented, in which three particular upswings in the themes are seen – one in the 1970s, one in the late 1980s and early 1990s, as well as one from the mid 2010s and onwards. READ MORE

4. 3. Satanic Battle for Social Change : A Discourse-Analytical Study of The Satanic Temple's Activism

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Author : Zhivka Koleva; [2020]
   Keywords : New Religious Movements; Satanism; The Satanic Temple; activism; non-violence; discourse analysis;

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5. 4. The Baphomet : A discourse analysis of the symbol in three contexts

   University essay from Religionshistoria

   Author : Carl Karlson-Weimann; [2013]
   Keywords : Baphomet; Western esotericism; Satanism; occulture; discourse theory; Éliphas Lévi; Anton Szandor LaVey; metal music; culture; religion;

   Abstract : This essay examines how the Baphomet symbol is understood in three different contexts. Firstly, the understanding of the Baphomet is analysed in the book Dogme et Rituel de la Haute Magie, written by the French 19th century occultist Éliphas Lévi. READ MORE

6. 5. Of chaos and internal fire : the quest for nothingness by lyrical manifestations of re-interpreted Gnostic thought

   University essay from Avdelningen för kultur-, religions- och utbildningsvetenskap

   Author : Robert Andersson; [2012]
   Keywords : Contemporary music; culture; extreme metal; Gnosticism; music lyrics; re-enchantment; Satanism; secularization; transgression.;

   Abstract : This essay researches the prevalence of Gnostic influences in contemporary music lyrics, more exclusively within the context of the extreme metal scene. A resurgence of such topics has also been evident in contemporary music; not surprisingly, as music in general is part of the foundations of culture, and in a wider aspect, of society at large. READ MORE