In Devil-worship in France, Waite attempts to discern what is genuine from what is fake in the evidence of 19th century Satanism.
His main motive to write this book, however, could very w.
Huysmans\' diabolical novel L -Bas (1891) inspired Waite to write this sceptical analysis.
To get the answers he spends a great deal of time investigating the French Masonic echelon, debunking a "conspiracy of falsehood" and determining what should be understood by Satanism and what not.
In Devil-worship in France, Waite attempts to discern what is genuine from what is fake in the evidence of 19th century Satanism