{"product_id":"devil-worship-paige-miles-9798247137078","title":"Devil Worship: The Hidden History of Forbidden Ritual, Accusation, and Power","description":"\u003cb\u003eDEVIL WORSHIP: The Hidden History of Forbidden Ritual, Accusation, and Power\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUncover the truth behind centuries of fear, persecution, and forbidden knowledge.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor over four hundred years, accusations of devil worship destroyed lives, burned books, and shaped the boundaries of acceptable belief across Europe and beyond. But what was devil worship actually accused of including? What rituals appeared in grimoires and confessions? Why did authorities respond with such violence? And how did a category invented to control populations become one of history's most powerful weapons?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book reveals the complete architecture of devil worship as both practice and accusation. From the demonic pact and the Black Mass to the witches' sabbath and the machinery of spirit summoning, each chapter examines a different dimension of the diabolic complex that terrified Christian Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eInside these pages: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe construction of diabolism as a legal and theological category\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe mechanics of the Devil's contract and why it threatened all authority\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInverted liturgy and the logic of the Black Mass\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe sabbath mythology and what confessions actually reveal\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGrimoires, seals, and the forbidden technologies of summoning\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe goetic tradition of commanding demons through ritual\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlood, sex, and the scapegoat machinery that made persecution possible\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEveryday magic transformed into evidence of cosmic conspiracy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe inquisition as ritual theater producing scripted reality\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCensorship, book burnings, and the fear of portable power\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eModern Satanism and the gap between accusation and practice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy devil worship remains the perfect enemy for any authority\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on trial records, demonological treatises, grimoire traditions, and historical scholarship, this book maps the terrain where accusation, practice, and myth converged. It shows what was genuinely practiced in occult traditions, what was merely alleged under torture, and why the distinction matters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is not a manual for practice. This is a documented history of what was forbidden, why it was forbidden, and what that reveals about power itself.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor readers interested in witch trial history, occult traditions, religious persecution, grimoire studies, the history of magic, or understanding how societies manufacture enemies to justify control, \u003ci\u003eDevil Worship\u003c\/i\u003e provides the comprehensive examination that sensational accounts cannot offer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe rituals. The accusations. The machinery of persecution. The truth behind the terror.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paige Miles\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798247137078\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/05\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.38lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.25d","brand":"Paige Miles","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48460345508095,"sku":"9798247137078","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8eae233a-d218-4d3a-aa41-0fe43858a237.jpg?v=1777414138","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/devil-worship-paige-miles-9798247137078","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}