The Enlightenment saw science and rational thought replace the religious superstitions of the previous century, and demons became metaphors for the human struggle between good and evil.
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Satanic rituals and Hollywood elites: the myths behind satanism conspiracy theories.
Religious belief in the devil may have declined, but western demons are alive and well in popular culture and contemporary politics.
The Vatican is training priests to recognise and deal with the demonically possessed. This re-emergence of the Devil in popular Western culture is part of a new engagement with an enchanted world.
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