Azazel — The Stolen Fire of the Gods | E. And. Coetting and others

The book is the most complete collection of works by modern magicians dedicated to Him. To Azazel. To the Infernal Blacksmith who descended to earth in order to give the fruits of knowledge. Most of the book is occupied by the most recent work of Coetting, which has not been presented in Russian before.

From the book:

The concept of a black magician denotes ethnicity. No single individual in the history of mankind has suffered so much from hatred and social demonization as a black magician — this is an indisputable truth.

In every century, on every continent, starting with the colonization of South and North America, Asia from Europe and further south to Africa, anyone who held views contrary to religious orthodoxy began to be assigned the cliche "black" and the direction "left".

Whether it was a devil, a demon, a deva, a genie, a witch, and so on, this reactionary, persecuting tradition of demonization operated everywhere, differing only in regional characteristics.

From the backwoods of the villagers of the Congo and the nomads of the Persian desert, to the forest ascetics of India and the pagans of Ireland — point your finger at any point on the world map — traditions have historically developed everywhere in which the so-called black magicians were isolated and punished.