Devil-worship in France: or The Question of Lucifer

In Devil-Worship in France Waite attempts to discern what is genuine from what is fake in the evidence of 19th century Satanism. To get the answers he spends a great deal of time investigating the French Masonic echelon debunking a conspiracy of falsehood and determining what should be understood by Satanism and what not. Huysmans diabolical novel Là-Bas (1891) inspired Waite to write this sceptical analysis. His main motive to write this book however could very well have been its use as a lubricant for a Masonic career.Waite took a leading role in a counterattack after French rumour spreaders had accused Golden Dawn founders William Wynn Westcott and MacGregor Mathers of being chief Lucifer-worshippers. This was much appreciated by them. In the end Waites Devil-Worship in France debunked the whole accusation affair - and this a year before Gabriel Jogand Pages (Leo Taxil in the book) admitted the allegations were indeed a hoax.Arthur Edward Waite (1857 - 1942) was a scholarly mystic Freemason Rosicrucian and Golden Dawn member who wrote extensively on occult and esoteric matters mostly in academic style. A certain irony is glued to this book forever as it was Edward Arthur Waite who showed Aleister Crowley The Way when he advised the Beast 666 to read Eckhartshausens Cloud upon the Sanctuary about the mysterious hidden church inside the visible church when his foe in later days had just finished reading Waites Book of Black Magic and Pacts... about Waite in the Post Scriptum of Devil-worship in France. Preview on www.vamzzz.com Read more