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New Worlds January / February / March 2012 Issue Issue

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Term: satan

DEFINITIONS

Satan: Hebrew for �accuser.� In Jewish tradition, you do not find the word by itself; rather it has the letter for the sound �ha� (meaning the article �the�) before it, clearly indicating that the name represents a position rather than a particular entity. �The Satan� could not do anything by itself, and is more like what would today be called a �devil�s advocate.�

In Christian theology, Satan became a specific entity, the representation of and cause of all that was bad, and the foe of God. Thus Christian theology became more dualistic in having a God of good (Jesus) and a God of evil (Satan) fighting over humans. This is closer to the concepts found in Gnosticism and Zoroastrianism.

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Magic Provides an Alternative Viewpoint

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Witchcraft and Voodoo

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Existentialism and Magick

"There is more to the affinity between magic and existentialism than the celebration of a common hero (Satan). The very picture of self-discovery which is painted for us in books on Hermetic Philosophy and the Cabalah can also be found in the ...

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Black Mass

Introduction: The so-called "Black Mass" (possibly, at least initially, a literary invention) was to be performed by an ordained priest—Catholic, Anglican, or Episcopal—(in later descriptions he was supposed to a de-frocked priest). It ...

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The Work of the Medsen Fey - the Leaf Doctors of Haiti

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Witchcraft: What is it?

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Halloween Hoaxes

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Building Empathy in These Tough Times

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