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Satanic Verses. The Satanic Verses are words of "satanic suggestion" which the Islamic prophet Muhammad is alleged to have mistaken for divine revelation. [1] The first use of the expression in English is attributed to Sir William Muir in 1858. [2]
Hail Satan, sometimes Latinized as Ave Satanas or Ave Satana, is an exclamation used by some Satanists [1] to invoke the name of Satan in contexts ranging from sincere expression [2] to comedy or satire. [3] The Satanic Temple uses the phrase as a sincere expression of rational inquiry removed from supernaturalism and archaic tradition-based ...
The original meaning was similar to "the game is afoot", but its modern meaning, like that of the phrase "crossing the Rubicon", denotes passing the point of no return on a momentous decision and entering into a risky endeavor where the outcome is left to chance. alenda lux ubi orta libertas: Let light be nourished where liberty has arisen
Afflatus, revelation given (typically to a human or other mortal being) by a deity. Afterlife, a theoretical world inhabited by humans after death. Agalma, a votive statue made with the intent to please the gods. Agartha, a land at the center of the Earth. Age of Aquarius, an astrological age of massive change.
The Latin of Melech and LaVey is based on the Roman Catholic Latin Missal, reworded so as to give it a Satanic meaning (e.g. the Roman Mass starts "In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti, introibo ad altare Dei", while LaVey's version, printed in the Satanic Rituals, starts "In nomine magni dei nostri Satanas, introibo ad altare Domini ...
saltus in demonstrando. leap in explaining. a leap in logic, by which a necessary part of an equation is omitted. salus in arduis. a stronghold (or refuge) in difficulties. a Roman Silver Age maxim. Also the school motto of Wellingborough School . salus populi suprema lex esto. the welfare of the people is to be the highest law.
Film soundtrack, Choral. Length. 2:32. Label. Cinefantastique / Varèse Sarabande. Songwriter (s) Jerry Goldsmith. " Ave Satani " is the theme song to the 1976 film The Omen, which is composed by Jerry Goldsmith. [1] The Omen won the Academy Award for Best Original Score, [2] with Ave Satani nominated for Best Original Song.
Pape Satàn, pape Satàn aleppe. Plutus in Divina Commedia, in an engraving by Gustave Doré. " Pape Satàn, pape Satàn aleppe " is the opening line of Canto VII of Dante Alighieri 's Inferno. The line, consisting of three words, is famous for the uncertainty of its meaning, and there have been many attempts to interpret it.