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Reveries in the witch house is a short story written by H.P. Lovecraft, an American writer known for his works in the horror fiction genre. This story was first published in 1932 in a publication called Weird Tales. It tells the story of an academic named Walter Gilman, who moves into a boarding house in Arkham, Massachusetts, while attending Miskatonic University. However, the house he chooses to live in has a dark reputation, as it was once the home of a witch named Keziah Mason.

"A zesty, opinionated assessment of how non-Christians should actually behave. With curiosity and openness, Wexler performs the action that he advocates: that is, making heard a 'cacophony' of voices in public life so that different viewpoints get brought to the fore."

In this fine book, Jay Wexler urges humanists, atheists, Satanists, and members of minority religious traditions to take advantage of a fascinating new phenomenon the opening of public space to a variety of beliefs and institutions. With curiosity and openness, Wexler performs the action that he advocates that is, making heard a cacophony of voices in public life so that different viewpoints get brought to the fore.

However, the house he chooses to live in has a dark reputation, as it was once the home of a witch named Keziah Mason. Gilman soon discovers that the house is plagued by strange phenomena. He experiences vivid nightmares and is haunted by disturbing visions while he sleeps.

Satanism 101: The 'faith' behind the headlines

From efforts to install a monument at the Oklahoma Capitol to a controversial "black mass" at Harvard University, Satanists are all over the news.

But are they, along with Wiccans and pagans, all together in one non-Abrahamic lump?

Not at all, say experts on paganism and the major Satanist groups' websites.

"Paganism is an umbrella term for a wide variety of traditions outside the Abrahamic faiths. Wicca is the largest but there are countless others, from Druid to Heathen to people who are creating their own faiths even as we speak," said Laura Wildman-Hanlon, a Wiccan priestess and editor of Celebrating the Pagan Soul.

"Satanism is a different path," she said. "Most pagan faiths are polytheistic and probably just as diverse as all the forms of Catholic and Protestants who worship from the same book but approach it differently."

The headliner Satanists of the moment are followers of the New York Satanic Temple. This is the group behind the controversial "black mass" -- a mocking version of a Catholic Mass minus a consecrated host for the Eucharist -- held across the street from Harvard Yard on Monday evening.

According to The Harvard Crimson newspaper, the event originally planned for a campus site had only 50 people attending while hundreds went to a genuinely Catholic holy hour at a nearby church in protest.

In the Judeo-Christian tradition, Satan takes on a number of forms as the embodiment of evil -- as a snake who tempts Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, as the devil who tempts Jesus with promises of worldly power and as a dragon who is consigned to a "lake of fire and brimstone" of eternal damnation. Within Islam, Satan (or the devil) rejects God and fights alongside an army of mischievous spirits known as "jinn."

The Satanic Temple, which calls itself "an organized religion," has a track record of provocative public events, including:

• Attempting to install a monument on the Oklahoma Statehouse grounds, an effort currently held up in the state bureaucracy.
• Conducting same-sex wedding ceremonies at the Mississippi cemetery, where Westboro Baptist Church founder Fred Phelps' mother is buried.
• Raising funds online to adopt a New York State highway. That campaign stalled at a fraction of the $15,000 target.

The leader and frequent spokesman of the group, Lucien Greaves, could not be reached for comment Tuesday but makes frequent appearance at atheist and humanist groups to explain the goals of the Satanic Temple.

The group's website lists tenets that include:

• Encouraging benevolence and empathy, practical common and justice.
• Relying on the individual will, rational thought and the "best scientific understanding of the world."
• Respecting the freedom of others.

However, there are multiple visions of Satanism, including one that takes a very different stance. Anton LaVey founded a Church of Satan in 1966 that stresses Satanism as a reaction to Catholicism, including rebelling against the church and satirizing its beliefs.

In LaVey's view, Satanism is a philosophy, not a religion. Satanists don't worship a devil with horns and a pitchfork. Indeed, they don't worship anyone. They are atheists in an indifferent universe. However, Satan is seen as a "symbol of pride, liberty and individualism."

According to the Church of Satan, each person is a god and there's no room for others, including "Satan, Lucifer, Cthulhu or whatever other name one might select or take from history or fiction."

The church's rituals are described as "self-transformational psychodrama" designed to "purge oneself of unwanted emotional baggage."

That's not exactly paganism, in the view of Julie Fennell, assistant professor of sociology at Gallaudet University.

"As a pagan and a sociologist who has studied modern neo-paganism, I would say a pagan is anyone who self-identifies as a witch, who self-identifies as a Wiccan or anyone who follows a primarily Earth-based religion that holds the Earth is sacred and God has both a feminine and masculine quality.

"Wiccans have a very clear understanding that the universe cares what you do. Good or bad, it has consequences. They don't think it is an indifferent universe," Fennell said. "Satanists believe you are only answerable to yourself."

According to the Church of Satan, each person is a god and there's no room for others, including "Satan, Lucifer, Cthulhu or whatever other name one might select or take from history or fiction."

The dreams often involve him wandering through otherworldly dimensions and encountering terrifying entities. As the story progresses, it becomes clear that the witch's influence is still present in the house. The building itself seems to warp and shift its structure, and an eerie presence looms over everything. As Gilman delves deeper into the mysteries of the witch house, he uncovers a hidden truth about Keziah Mason and her occult practices. He learns that she had made contact with other dimensions and made pacts with strange entities for forbidden knowledge and power. As he unravels these secrets, Gilman becomes more entwined in the dark forces at work in the house, leading him to question his own sanity. Lovecraft's story combines themes of cosmic horror, forbidden knowledge, and the supernatural to create a chilling and unsettling tale. The concept of reveries, or daydreams, plays a significant role in the story. Gilman's dreams and visions become increasingly vivid and disorienting, blurring the line between the real and the surreal. The witch house acts as a gateway to other dimensions, and Gilman's experiences within it blur the boundaries between dreams and reality. Overall, Reveries in the witch house is a haunting story that explores the boundaries between dreams and reality, as well as the consequences of seeking forbidden knowledge. Lovecraft's vivid descriptions and atmospheric writing style create an atmosphere of unease and dread, making it a classic in the horror genre..

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