Episode 109 - La-Bas

In 1891, French popular author JK Huysmans scandalized the public with his novel La-Bas, a sultry and sleazy story surveying sex, shame, and Satanism. What inspired him to delve into such outrageous material -- and why did so many people take him seriously?   SHOW LINKS Satanists convince Delaware County, Pennsylvania school district to alter dress code La-Bas, by Joris K. Huysmans JSTOR Daily: Satanism and Magic in the Age of the Moulin Rouge The New Yorker: What Houellebecq Learned from Huysmans The Paris Review: Divine Ordure Lure of the Sinister: The Unnatural History of Satanism, by Gareth Medway Children of Lucifer: The Origins of Modern Religious Satanism, by Ruben van Luijk Satanic Feminism: Lucifer as the Liberator of Woman in Nineteenth-Century Culture, by Per Faxneld   GET IN TOUCH WITH BLACK MASS APPEAL Facebook Twitter Instagram Patreon Tabitha Slander’s Instagram Discord server   SATANIC BAY AREA Website Facebook Twitter (as @SatanicSF) Instagram Sign up for Satanic Bay Area’s newsletter On TikTok as DailyBaphirmations Coffee Hour is the third TUESDAY of every month from 6 – 8 pm at Wicked Grounds in San Francisco!