Satanism
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Satanism is a group of religious, ideological, or philosophical beliefs based on Satan—particularly his worship or veneration. Because of the ties to the historical Abrahamic religious figure, Satanis
The Fallen Angel (1847) by Alexandre Cabanel
Devil mask from Portugal
Francisco de Goya's Witches' Sabbath (1789), which depicts the Devil flanked by Satanic witches. The witch-cult hypothesis states that such stories are based upon a real-life pagan cult that revered a horned god.
The torture used against accused witches, 1577. Estimates of the number of people executed for witchcraft in Europe vary between 40,000 and 60,000.
Satanic panic
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The Satanic panic is a moral panic consisting of over 12,000 unsubstantiated cases of Satanic ritual abuse, sometimes known as ritual abuse, starting in North America in the 1980s, spreading throughou
Blood libel accusations against Jews are considered historical precursors of the modern moral panic.
In Early Modern Europe people accused of being witches were stated to be working for Satan and burned at the stake.
Rosie Waterhouse lecturing about Satanic Panics during the European Skeptics Congress 2015