Legend had it that the place used to be a village once, but the villagers took to Satanic practices, so God smote them with his fist and the tarn was created in place of the village.

It is a common belief that desecration of the host is part of Satanic practice, especially the Black Mass.

He is, however, involved in Satanic practices (something inculcated in him as an orphan), a fact which he must keep secret from all his associates, including his supervisor Sir Christopher Wren.

But it is much less widely known that Hitler took part in Satanic practices and that he was venerated as God incarnate.

Modern Satanism and Satanic practices are usually described today as originating with Anton LaVey and the Church of Satan (founded in 1966).

During that period, there were rumours among the population that Coyotepe was used as a sanctuary for Satanic practices for there was no proper security.

Chapter one, "Let the Games Begin", opens with quotes from proponents and opponents of Satanism with illustrative examples of contemporary Satanic practice.

As his embitterment boils, Dracula begins to delve heavily into Satanic practice.

Even so, Syed Shahid Ali of Pakistan, an I.O.C. member, said today that the "Satanic" practices of bidding cities had created the climate of excessive favors.

Robertson stated that the country had cursed itself after the events at Bois-Caiman because he claimed they had engaged in Satanic practices in the ceremony preceding the Haitian Revolution.