In the presence of the angels I will praise Thee… – Catholic World Report
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How to Summon & Sell your Soul to Satan and other Devils
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From a fallen angel to a bearded, red-hued man with horns (wearing his very own Nike Satan shoes, as reported in
The Guardian) the Prince of Darkness appearance has been reinvented many times. The satanic figure of today is the result of centuries of art, literature and theatre, all sculpting a personification of evil.
To find out what the devil really looks like, All About History magazine spoke with Marina Montesano, professor of Medieval History at the University of Messina in Italy, and Jan Machielsen, senior lecturer in Early Modern History at Cardiff University in the UK. Both of these scholars are experts in the history of Satan and the occult.
What these distinctions have in common in Abrahamic history is socio-political influence. Yahweh communed with chosen individuals in dreams and visions as their cultures built up power and influence, tried to hold onto it, and succumbed to their successors. The ‘seers’ of these messages acted as divine vessels to common people and kings, establishing laws, endorsing holy wars, maintaining social and political order, bearing omens of exile, persecution, worship of pagan deities like Baal, and disintegration of God’s covenant with His people.
The Neo-Sumerian Empire: 23rd – 21st Centuries BC
Mesopotamia is the birthplace of human advancement, stretching as far back as 10,000 BC. Traces of divination practices of this region correlate with the Akkadian Empire and the Neo-Sumerian Empire, or the Third Dynasty of Ur (‘Ur III’).