Black Mass, The
Although the Black Mass is erroneously associated with witches and witchcraft it does play a distinct part in witchcraft history.
Black Mass
The blasphemous parody of the Christian rite and defilement of holy substances alleged to occur during the witches' Sabbat.
History of the Black Mass in Pictures
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The "Messe Noir," or Black Mass, has been almost a trade-mark of Satanism for centuries.
As the black mass of the calcination was reacted with other substances and heated, it took on a white crust or dusty layer which sometimes puffed up and flew in a cloud in the flask, as heat exploded bubbles of gas out of the black substance below.
However it now seems that there might have been actual Satanic practices going on, centering around the infamous "Black Mass", in which lapsed Catholics poured hatred on their former faith.
The less interesting grimoires (in my opinion) are based on later Christian cosmology, and use Christian names and rituals to dominate demons. The Black Mass demonstrates the final triumph of Christian orthodoxy in that it is entirely Christian in ...
 See also: Mass, Ritual, Christ, Magic, Satan
  
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