Satanism and Demonology

Samael is said to have disguised himself as the serpent, tempted Eve, and then seduced her — the evil in him leading to the birth of Cain, the first murderer

The Lost World of the Kalahari

The Black Flame, and Boyd Rice’s music — all with Satanist themes.

This central entity, however, is regarded by some Satanists as a mere personification of their desire for power, or pleasure — or even as a personification of their ideology as a whole — rather than as a genuine being in his own right