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(The Hebrew Satan, derived from the Egyptian Set, is actually the twin of Christ, as in some
traditions Set is the twin of Horus.) At first, these tendencies existed in private, but, as the
texts that turned up in the next century prove, they were widespread among the higher and
more learned levels of the Church.
In addition to formal Satanism, the aftermath of the Black Death threw up another dark
archetype, the vampire. Folklore of various cultures contained demonic beings who lived on
blood, such as the Lamia of ancient Greece, but the undead human who drinks blood to
maintain his immortality, controls the weather, and rules all rodents and other "children of
the night" is a product of the post-Black Death mentality. The vampire and the Satanist
represent the depth of psychic damage brought on by the Black Death. They are the new
denizens of a post-apocalyptic reality. Six hundred years later, at the edge of the second
millennium, Satanists are rock stars, with plenty of sympathy and taste, and vampire
fashion is all the rage among teen-agers.
The Black Death was the end of the world. The ancient world and its medieval continuation
came to a conclusion in the mid-14th century. The world went on, and the survivors tried to
ignore the disaster, but in truth, everything was different. Many important secrets were lost
and strange new forces surfaced to take charge. We are still living in the shadow of that
apocalypse, and the forces it threw up are now in control of all our lives.
© 1999 Vincent Bridges ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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