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A Post-Metaphysical Grimoire (1/4)

Why You Are Probably Working for the Devil A Post-Metaphysical Grimoire (1/4) Octopusyarn Dec 18, 2025 482 53 109 Share The Devil has been in decline since the Enlightenment. Rationalist critique dismissed him as naive superstition, an inverse Santa bullying the foolish into compliance with outdated traditions. What survived was literary: the sexy anti-hero of Paradise Lost, an ironic metaphor for human corruption. At best, the Devil became psychological, that inner voice tempting you to eat the extra cookie. “The Devil’s finest ruse is to persuade you that he doesn’t exist.” - Baudelaire But

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