Lilith, Gender and Demonology - Stephanie Spoto
Fri 03 Dec
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On Friday 3 December, we are delighted to be joined by Stephanie Spoto, PhD, for a presentation of her latest book "Lilith, Gender and Demonology" (Atramentous Publishing).


Time & Location
03 Dec 2021, 17:30
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About the event
This free online event will take place via Zoom at 17.30 (GMT). Please register by using the following link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_C9dFatEIQDmktaQN2XVEbA "Stephanie Spoto’s study of Lilith examines the feminine demonic. She succinctly demonstrates that the demonisation of the female is embedded in how we perceive and apprehend demonic icons such as Lilith. This is a study that goes back to the early modern period populated by such great ‘men’ as John Dee, Milton, and Shakespeare. For each applied and negotiated their understanding of threat by projecting their current fears onto and into aspects of such entities as Hecate and Lilith. While topics surrounding the destabilisation of societal equilibrium have always been present, Spoto shows that during the 16th and 17th century a projected impression of presences concerned with engaging with the demonic were being studied and practised. Fears over heresy, uncertainty, loss, treason, even sexual appetite threatened the continued aggrandisement of a…