{"product_id":"rhodes-h-t-f-the-satanic-mass-citadel-press-1955-first-edition-demonology","title":"Rhodes, H. T. F. \"The Satanic Mass\" [Citadel Press, 1955] First Edition, Demonology","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRHODES, H. T. F.\u003c\/strong\u003e. \u003cem\u003eThe Satanic Mass: A Sociological and Criminological Study\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNew York: Citadel Press, 1955. First American edition. 8.5\" x 5.75\", 232pp illustrated with 4 half-tone and 2 line illustrations. Original blue cloth, titled in black on spine, in dust jacket. Light rubbing to extremities; jacket with several small chips at the spine ends and edges, but bright and complete overall. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. Scarce.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA scholarly examination of the history and mythology surrounding the so-called Black Mass, tracing its evolution from medieval accusations of heresy through the notorious seventeenth-century \u003cem\u003eAffair of the Poisons\u003c\/em\u003e and the alleged rites associated with Catherine Deshayes (\"La Voisin\"), to nineteenth- and twentieth-century occult revivals. Rhodes, a criminologist and historian of crime, separates documented events from legend while drawing upon court records, ecclesiastical sources, and contemporary accounts to produce one of the earliest English-language studies devoted exclusively to the subject. Illustrated throughout with historical reproductions, the work remains an important reference in the literature of Western occultism, demonology, and the history of witchcraft.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Buzz Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53566935925015,"sku":null,"price":350.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0846\/0887\/6823\/files\/E5E2ACCF-C5DD-4BA5-8B38-308B0D8A8610.jpg?v=1782239042","url":"https:\/\/buzzbookstore.com\/de\/products\/rhodes-h-t-f-the-satanic-mass-citadel-press-1955-first-edition-demonology","provider":"Buzz Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}