A few years of influence have sufficed; and now satanism, Occultism and other absurdities are flourishing; not to mention that, according to some accounts, the Cities of the Plains are reconciled with new Rome.
"The Three Cities Trilogy: Paris, Vol. 2"
Emile Zola
As, in art, he was a man of extremes, he always went from one excess to the other, and after having dived into the satanism of the Middle Ages, in his account of "Marshal de Rais," he saw nothing so interesting to investigate as the life of a saint.
"En Route"
J.-K. (Joris-Karl) Huysmans
In this especial territory of satanism, the church rises, delicate and little, closely enveloped in the rags of taverns and hovels, and seen far off, raises above the roofs its light spire, like a netting needle, its point below, and lifting its eye into the light and air, through which can be seen a minute bell surmounting a sort of anvil.
"En Route"
J.-K. (Joris-Karl) Huysmans