Follows Durtal, a shy, censorious man, who is writing a biography of Gilles de Rais. Bored by the vulgarity of everyday life, he seeks spiritual solace by immersing himself in another age. But when he meets the exquisitely evil Madame Chantelouve, he is drawn into the twilight world of black magic and erotic devilry in fin-de-siecle Paris.

A group of old friends discover that one of them has been lured into a coven of Satanists. They determine to rescue him. The head of the coven proves to be no charlatan but an Adept of the Dark Arts, able to infiltrate dreams and conjure up fearsome entities. De Richleau fights back with his own knowledge of occultism and ancient lore.

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Presents 22 Infernal Texts from the Order of Nine Angles, the Werewolf Order, and the Esoteric Order of Dagon. This work covers diverse topics ranging from Satanism, Blasphemy & The Black Mass to Lovecraft & the Dark Gods ; from Are You a Werewolf? to The Rite of the Dark Star . It is also includes invocations.

Contains descriptions of practices, which might be considered as horrid or shocking to most in the Western world. This book intended for those interested in Sex Magick, Chaos Magick, Thelema, and the Golden Dawn.