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Chapter: Lucifer and the Lesbians

Although text like "méphistophéla" and others seems to have made the conception of lesbianism as something satanic widespread, it's undoubtably Renée Vivien who carries this chapter.

Not only did she openly identify as lesbian, she also unapolygetically embrances the sinfull notion of it, reclaiming it through satanic inversion. Satanism thus becomes sexual liberation in her work.

It always strike me how fine the line between imprisonment and liberation is, on litterature with satanic themes. Take the poetress Renée Vivien for example, who used satanic symbolism, as a way of condemming christian patriarcy, and social norms (hetronormativity)
Still her satanic lesbianism, is accused as being internalized homofobia.

But is imprisontment vs. Liberation truly only a matter of POV?

So I just finished the chapter on "satanic women in decadent litterature". It honestly seems like decadence is a really fun to read genre, with over the top symbolism and drama. However, as most of the twxt in this, the relationship with satan and women seems to be ambivalient at best, walking in the line between feminism and misogony, satanism and christian demonization.

"According to Przybyszewski, the Christian religion [...] Preaces 'Be poor in spirit and Hubble, be obedient, follow the example don't think!'"

I love it when my readings match up, cause wasn't that what I just critiziced in my bible update?

Litterally my thoughts ecxactly on Christianity

This chapter I have just begun on decadence, is almost 100 pages long😦 I mean how long can it take to explain that decadence is, flamboyant art-snobs who believed their writhing was the highest form of sensual and spiritual art?

And of course they loved to use satan symbolically, what else causes a god scandal?

This is the closest I have to a bible, and it isn't religious text. It doesn't attempt to tell you how to live, or right and wrong, as it is a historical research. However through it, you understand the connection between feminism and demonization. How christianity has been used to repress women, and demonize masculine, gay or just free women. And then how satan, representing opposition, has been used as a liberator.

Done with chapter 5 on "Satan as the Emancipator of women in Gothic literature". Intresting is how vampires and werewolf women, are representative of the subversion of patriarcial ideals, as they are unmotherly, wild and free. Thus can be read feministic as liberating. However through the eyes of authors like Bram Stoker and Le Fanu, are intended as a warning, and sexist protrayl of feminist. So again ambivalent