The Kali Age--Satan sifting Simon--Satan as Angel of Light-- Epithets of Antichrist--The Cæsars--Nero--Sacraments imitated by Pagans--Satanic signs and wonders--Jerome on Antichrist-- Armillus--Al Dajjail--Luther on Mohammed--'Mawmet'--Satan 'God's ape'--Mediæval notions--Witches' Sabbath--An Infernal Trinity--Serpent of Sins--Antichrist Popes--Luther as Antichrist --Modern notions of Antichrist Chapter XXII. The Pride of Life. The curse of Iblis--Samaël as Democrat--His vindication by Christ and Paul--Asmodäus--History of the name--Aschmedai of the Jews--Book of Tobit--Doré's 'Triumph of Christianity'--Aucassin and Nicolette--Asmodeus in the convent--The Asmodeus of Le Sage--Mephistopheles--Blake's 'Marriage of Heaven and Hell'--The Devil and the artists--Sádi's Vision of Satan--Arts of the Devil--Suspicion of beauty--Earthly and heavenly mansions--Deacon versus Devil Chapter XXIII. The Curse on Knowledge. A Bishop on intellect--The Bible on learning--The Serpent and Seth--A Hebrew Renaissance--Spells--Shelley at Oxford-- Book-burning--Japanese ink-devil--Book of Cyprianus--Devil's Bible--Red Letters--Dread of Science--Roger Bacon--Luther's Devil--Lutherans and Science Chapter XXIV. Witchcraft. Minor gods--Saint and Satyr--Tutelaries--Spells--Early Christianity and the poor--Its doctrine as to pagan deities--Mediæval Devils--Devils on the stage--An Abbot's revelations--The fairer deities--Oriental dreams and spirits--Calls for Nemesis--Lilith and her children--Neoplatonicism--Astrology and Alchemy--Devil's College--Shem-hammphorásch--Apollonius of Tyana--Faustus--Black Art Schools--Compacts with the Devil--Blood covenant--Spirit-seances in old times--The Fairfax delusion--Origin of its devil--Witch, goat, and cat--Confessions of Witches--Witchcraft in New England--Witch trials--Salem demonology--Testing witches--Witch trials in Sweden--Witch Sabbath--Mythological elements--Carriers--Scotch Witches--The cauldron--Vervain--Rue--Invocation of Hecaté--Factors of Witch persecution--Three centuries of massacre--Würzburg horrors--Last victims--Modern Spiritualism Chapter XXV. Faust and Mephistopheles. Mephisto and Mephitis--The Raven Book--Papal sorcery--Magic seals--Mephistopheles as dog--George Sabellicus alias Faustus--The Faust myth--Marlowe's 'Faust'--Good and evil angels--'El Magico Prodigioso'--Cyprian and Justina--Klinger's 'Faust'--Satan's sermon--Goethe's Mephistopheles--His German characters--Moral scepticism--Devil's gifts--Helena--Redemption through Art--Defeat of Mephistopheles Chapter XXVI. The Wild Huntsman.