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The early English settlers of North America, especially the Puritans of New England, believed that Satan "visibly and palpably" reigned in the New World. [164] John Winthrop claimed that the Devil made rebellious Puritan women give birth to stillborn monsters with claws, sharp horns, and "on each foot three claws, like a young fowl". [165] Cotton Mather wrote that devils swarmed around Puritan settlements "like the frogs of Egypt". [166] The Puritans believed that the Native Americans were worshippers of Satan [167] and described them as "children of the Devil". [164] Some settlers claimed to have seen Satan himself appear in the flesh at native ceremonies. [166] During the First Great Awakening, the " new light" preachers portrayed their "old light" critics as ministers of Satan. [168] By the time of the Second Great Awakening, Satan's primary role in American evangelicalism was as the opponent of the evangelical movement itself, who spent most of his time trying to hinder the ministries of evangelical preachers, [169] a role he has largely retained among present-day American fundamentalists. [170]

Frankfurter, D (2006). Evil Incarnate: Rumors of Demonic Conspiracy and Ritual Abuse in History. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-11350-5. Satan appears in several stories from The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, [257] including " The Summoner's Prologue", in which a friar arrives in Hell and sees no other friars, [258] but is told there are millions. [258] Then Satan lifts his tail to reveal that all of the friars live inside his anus. [258] Chaucer's description of Satan's appearance is clearly based on Dante's. [258] The legend of Faust, recorded in the 1589 chapbook The History of the Damnable Life and the Deserved Death of Doctor John Faustus, [259] concerns a pact allegedly made by the German scholar Johann Georg Faust with a demon named Mephistopheles agreeing to sell his soul to Satan in exchange for twenty-four years of earthly pleasure. [259] This chapbook became the source for Christopher Marlowe's The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus. [260]Holt, Cimminnee; Petersen, Jesper Aagaard (2016) [2008]. "Modern Religious Satanism: A Negotiation of Tensions". In Lewis, James R.; Tøllefsen, Inga (eds.). The Oxford Handbook of New Religious Movements, Volume 2 (2nded.). New York City: Oxford University Press. pp.441–452. doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190466176.013.33. ISBN 978-0-19-046617-6 . Retrieved 1 December 2020.

During the Early Modern Period, Christians gradually began to regard Satan as increasingly powerful [155] and the fear of Satan's power became a dominant aspect of the worldview of Christians across Europe. [146] [148] During the Protestant Reformation, Martin Luther taught that, rather than trying to argue with Satan, Christians should avoid temptation altogether by seeking out pleasant company; [158] Luther especially recommended music as a safeguard against temptation, since the Devil "cannot endure gaiety". [158] John Calvin repeated a maxim from Saint Augustine that "Man is like a horse, with either God or the devil as rider." [159] Post-LaVeyan Satanists, like the adherents of The Satanic Temple, argue that the human animal has a natural altruistic and communal tendency, and frame Satan as a figure of struggle against injustice and activism. They also believe in bodily autonomy, that personal beliefs should conform to science and inspire nobility, and that people should atone for their mistakes. [238] Allegations of worship A depiction of Santa MuerteA magical diagram, composed of two circles, a pentagram, and three heptagons, and is labeled with the name of God and his angels. In the 19th century, Éliphas Lévi published his French books of the occult, and in 1855 produced his well-known drawing of the Baphomet which continues to be used by some Satanists today. That Baphomet drawing is the basis of the sigil of Baphomet, which was first adopted by the non-theistic Satanist group called the Church of Satan. [76] Given the immense draw of the classic battle between good and evil, it’s likely that the Devil’s influence is here to stay, and he will continue to influence religion, literature and pop culture worldwide. Sources van Luijk, Ruben (2016). Children of Lucifer: The Origins of Modern Religious Satanism. Oxford Studies in Western Esotericism. New York City: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-027512-9 . Retrieved 28 May 2020. Moynihan, Michael; Søderlind, Didrik (2003) [1998]. Lords of Chaos: The Bloody Rise of the Satanic Metal Underground (Revised and expandeded.). Port Townsend, Washington: Feral House. ISBN 0-922915-94-6.

Although the Book of Genesis does not mention him, Christians often identify the serpent in the Garden of Eden as Satan. In the Synoptic Gospels, Satan tempts Jesus in the desert and is identified as the cause of illness and temptation. In the Book of Revelation, Satan appears as a Great Red Dragon, who is defeated by Michael the Archangel and cast down from Heaven. He is later bound for one thousand years, but is briefly set free before being ultimately defeated and cast into the Lake of Fire. LaVeyan Satanists embrace the original etymological meaning of the word "Satan" ( Hebrew: שָּׂטָן satan, meaning "adversary"). According to Peter H. Gilmore, "The Church of Satan has chosen Satan as its primary symbol because in Hebrew it means adversary, opposer, one to accuse or question. We see ourselves as being these Satans; the adversaries, opposers and accusers of all spiritual belief systems that would try to hamper enjoyment of our life as a human being." [237] A large percentage of theistic Satanists worship Satan conceived as the Devil in the Christian religion. [2] [3] [4] In Christianity, the Devil, also known as Satan or Lucifer, is the personification of evil and author of sin, who rebelled against God in an attempt to become equal to God himself. [a] He is depicted as a fallen angel, who was expelled from Heaven at the beginning of time, before God created the material world, and is in constant opposition to God. [88] [89]Psalm 109:6b "and let Satan stand at his right hand" (KJV) [14] or "let an accuser stand at his right hand." ( ESV, etc.) Mormonism developed its own views on Satan. According to the Book of Moses, the Devil offered to be the redeemer of mankind for the sake of his own glory. Conversely, Jesus offered to be the redeemer of mankind so that his father's will would be done. After his offer was rejected, Satan became rebellious and was subsequently cast out of heaven. [175] In the Book of Moses, Cain is said to have "loved Satan more than God" [176] and conspired with Satan to kill Abel. It was through this pact that Cain became a Master Mahan. [177] The Book of Moses also says that Moses was tempted by Satan before calling upon the name of the " Only Begotten", which caused Satan to depart. Douglas Davies asserts that this text "reflects" the temptation of Jesus in the Bible. [178] The earliest verifiable theistic Satanist group was a small group called the Ophite Cultus Satanas, which was created in Ohio in 1948. The Ophite Cultus Satanas was inspired by the ancient Ophite sect of Gnosticism, and the Horned God of Wicca. The group was dependent upon its founder and leader, and therefore dissolved after his death in 1975. In the Quran, Satan is apparently an angel, [186] but, in 18:50, he is described as "from the jinns". [186] This, combined with the fact that he describes himself as having been made from fire, posed a major problem for Muslims exegetes of the Quran, [186] who disagree on whether Satan is a fallen angel or the leader of a group of evil jinn. [196] According to a hadith from Ibn Abbas, Iblis was actually an angel whom God created out of fire. Ibn Abbas asserts that the word jinn could be applied to earthly jinn, but also to "fiery angels" like Satan. [197]