The Black Mass is a parody of the Roman Catholic Mass, which is the major liturgy of Catholicism.
- The Black Mass is characterized by sexual conduct and sacrilegious language, as well as the invocation of Satan rather than God.
- Only those spiritually or emotionally involved in Roman Catholicism will find the Black Mass sacrilegious and profound.
- In order for the Black Mass to have any significance, one must have a Christian perspective or heritage.
- It's a kind of Christian heresy that has nothing to do with witchcraft. In contemporary Wicca, the Black Mass is never observed.
- Many outsiders may be surprised to learn how unimportant Christianity is to Wicca and witchcraft.
- There is no justification for a Black Mass, or any other kind of Mass, to be held.
- Participants at a Black Mass, on the other hand, may refer to themselves as "witches" since they believe witchcraft is Christian heresy, as defined by the witch-hunt period.
- Their concept, however, differs from that of "mainstream" witchcraft, Wicca, or Neo-Paganism.
- The Black Mass is not an old ritual, but it seems to have been conducted for the first time during the reign of Louis XIV of France (1643–1715).
- It may have arisen in reaction to witch-hunters' imaginations of defining witches as Christian heretics and torturing victims into confessing to these thoughts.
Literature has also served as a source of inspiration for Black Mass practitioners. The question of whether these literary portrayals are based on fact is hotly debated.
Justine, a 1791 book by the Marquis de Sade (June 2, 1740–December 2, 1814), which included a Black Mass conducted by an evil monk, and La Bas, an 1891 book by French novelist Joris-Karl Huysmans (February 5, 1848–March 12, 1907), are two especially notable influences.
The title properly translates to "Down There" or "Down Below," although it's most often referred to as "The Damned."
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