I’ve always been fascinated by Fyodor Dostoevsky, but it’s not because I’ve read all his novels or even most of them. To be honest, I got stuck on Crime and Punishment when I was 19 and never quite finished it. But there’s something about him that draws me in – a quality that makes me …
Valac is one of the most unsettling figures in the Ars Goetia precisely because he does not look like what people expect a demon to be. He does not arrive crowned in fire or armored in menace. Instead, he appears as a small child with angelic wings, riding or accompanied by serpents. This contrast is …
