The Satanic Mass
$20.00
The original 1954 edition, meticulously preserved. This edition moves beyond the sterile, mass-market reproductions often found today to bring you a premium Collector’s Facsimile. Every page maintains the historical pagination and aesthetic of the source text, paired with a bespoke cover design unique to this imprint.
This book presents what is claimed to be the first fully documented account of the secret rites commonly known as the Black Mass, exposing a tradition that for centuries stood in deliberate opposition to orthodox Christianity. Drawing together legal records, historical testimony, and contemporary sources, Rhodes traces the idea and ritual of Satan from its roots in primitive myth through the Manichaeans, Cathars, witch cults, and the persecution of the Knights Templar, following its transformation into a clandestine practice marked by inversion, parody, and deliberate blasphemy. Particular attention is given to notorious episodes such as the La Voisin affair and the Gibourg Mass, where satanic ritual intersected with court corruption and criminal intrigue. The work seeks not merely to recount legend, but to reveal the actual practices, beliefs, and personalities that sustained these rites, arguing that what appears grotesque or fantastic was repeatedly enacted in documented historical reality.
