Origins of the Devil

After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal

History Hit

Myths, Folklore, Mystery, History, Ghosts, Society & Culture, Murder, Ufos, True Crime, Paranormal, Supernatural, Serial Killers

4.6 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 16 January 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

(1/2) How has the devil been depicted through history? What are his origins? And why should he be portrayed as beautiful?

In the first part of a two part mini-series on Lucifer himself, Anthony and Maddy talk with Professor Michelle Brock of Washington and Lee University, to find out how the devil has been present in peoples' lives; especially in the 17th century with the rise of witch trials.

This episode was edited by Tom Delargy. The producer was Freddy Chick. The senior producer was Charlotte Long.

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0:37.3	It was such a fall, such a pernicious height that he, the enemy of goodness, the father of lies, the prince of darkness,
0:38.9	the infernal serpent had fallen. Now the archfiend, who the almighty had hurled headlong, flaming
0:46.2	from the ethereal sky, with hideous ruin and combustion, lies in penal fire in this bottomless
0:53.3	perdition.
0:56.6	Welcome to hell, Satan.
1:00.8	Deep scars of lightning bolts mark his cheeks.
1:05.4	His eyes are cruel, the brows above them dauntless.
1:15.5	Lucifer rises, flames on each hand driving backwards in pointed spires, smoke roiling in billows from his vast darkness. In a voice that shakes the walls of hell, he summons the legions of
1:22.1	fallen cherubs who lie like a million leaves on a flaming sea, to come to him.
1:28.3	He promises revenge and tells them to be sure of one thing,
1:34.3	that though victory may be impossible,
1:37.3	to do aught good never will be our task,
1:40.3	but ever to do ill our soul delight.
1:44.5	With that the devil springs upward like a pyramid of fire into the wild expanse.
1:50.9	His wings beat as he fights through the dark abyss, laboring upwards with difficulty
1:56.0	towards a distant point of light, towards the frail orb. Toward this world we call home.
2:05.0	Full of mischievous revenge, a cursed and in a cursed hour he hurries to find us.
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