Church of Satan Non-Fiction Reading List
Explore the Church of Satan's official non-fiction reading list featuring essential books on Satanism, philosophy, and occult studies. Discover recommended titles for deeper insights into Satanic principles and practices.
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Man and His Symbols
by Carl G. Jung
Man and His Symbols owes its existence to one of Jung's own dreams. The great psychologist dreamed that his work was understood by a wide …
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A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago
by Ben Hecht
In 1921, Ben Hecht wrote a column for the Chicago Daily News that his editor called “journalism extraordinary; journalism that invaded the realm of literature.” …
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The Function of the Orgasm
by Wilhelm Reich
This book describes Reich's medical and scientific work onthe living organism from his first efforts at the Medical School of the University of Vienna in …
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Character Analysis
by Wilhelm Reich
TABLE OF CONTENTS: PART 1: Technique. 1 Some Problems of Psychoanalytic Technique. 2 The Economic Viewpoint in the Theory of Analytic Therapy. 3 On the …
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Madness and Civilization
by Michel Foucault
Michel Foucault examines the archeology of madness in the West from 1500 to 1800 - from the late Middle Ages, when insanity was still considered …
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Twilight of the Idols
by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
Nietzsche intended Twilight of the Idols to serve as a short introduction to the whole of his philosophy, and to be the most synoptic of …
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Beyond Good and Evil
by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
If ever there was a thinker who swam against the social and ethical tide of his day, it was Nietzsche. Nineteenth-century Europe was for him …
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The Anti-Christ
by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
This is Nietzsche's last book and a fitting capstone to his career. It's succinct, biting, and encapsulates the criticisms of Christianity found in his other …
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Class
by Paul Fussell
This book describes the living-room artifacts, clothing styles, and intellectual proclivities of American classes from top to bottom.
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The Vanishing Hitchhiker: American Urban Legends and Their Meanings
by Jan Harold Brunvand
Presents a collection of examples of major American urban legends, one of the most common forms of contemporary American folklore, and explains their popular appeal.
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Freaks
by Daniel P. Mannix
Meet the strangest people who ever lived! Read all about: · the notorious love affairs of midgets · the strange sex lives of Siamese twins …
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Memoirs of a Sword Swallower
by Daniel Pratt Mannix
Biography. Popular Culture. America's leading fire-eater recounts his life as a carny. Includes 58 photos from Mannix's private archive. A sympathetic and funny account of …
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The Devil's Dictionary
by Ambrose Bierce
The caustic aphorisms collected in "The Devil's Dictionary" helped earn Ambrose Bierce the epithets Bitter Bierce, the Devil's Lexicographer, and the Wickedest Man in San …
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The American Language
by Henry Louis Mencken
A modified, one-volume edition of Mencken's classic analysis of American English
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The Body Electric
by Robert Becker
The Body Electric tells the fascinating story of our bioelectric selves. Robert O. Becker, a pioneer in the filed of regeneration and its relationship to …
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The Prince
by Niccolò Machiavelli
The book has been variously described as the first to analyse the role of the political elite; as the one which established the independence of …
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An Essay on the Principle of Population
by Thomas Robert Malthus
As the world's population continues to grow at a frighteningly rapid rate, Malthus's classic warning against overpopulation gains increasing importance. An Essay on the Principle …
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Crowds and Power
by Elias Canetti
Crowds and Power is a revolutionary work in which Elias Canetti finds a new way of looking at human history and psychology. Breathtaking in its …
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Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television
by Jerry Mander
A total departure from previous writing about television, this book is the first ever to advocate that the medium is not reformable. Its problems are …
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The Interpretation of Dreams
by Sigmund Freud
The classic study of dream analysis that marked the beginning of psychoanalysis.
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Jokes and Their Relation to the Unconscious
by Sigmund Freud
Observations of the Viennese psychoanalyst on curious plays on words that occur in dreams, and the unconscious sources of pleasure in jokes, wit, and humor.
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The Human Zoo
by Desmond Morris
How does city life change the way we act? What accounts for the increasing prevalence of violence and anxiety in our world? In this new …
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Man Meets Dog
by Konrad Lorenz
In this wonderful book, the famous scientist and best-selling author, Konrad Lorenz, 'the man who talked with animals', enlightens and entertains us with his illustrated …