Marx and Satan

by Richard Wurmbrand

Book Overview

The late Reverend Richard Wurmbrand spent 14 years as a prisoner of the Communist government in Romania , where he was persecuted for his faith in Jesus Christ. His experience led him to spend further... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0891073795
• ISBN13: 9780891073796
• Release Date: January 1986
• Publisher: Living Sacrifice Book Co.
• Length: 143 Pages
• Weight: 0.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.2" x 7.9"

Customer Reviews

Important expose of the diabolical spirit behind Marxism and its offshoots

Richard Wurmbrand was a Romanian pastor of the underground church who spent decades in prison and was horrifically tortured for his faith. He sounded the alarm to the West, often upsetting the appeasers who preferred détente to determination when confronted by the evils of communism, socialism, and other variations of Marxism. He also attacked the lukewarm, often morally self-righteous Western Church that judged the actions of the underground church from the distant comfort of their religious ivory towers with no personal experience of living for Christ in a hostile political or cultural environment. Thus, Wurmbrand was often criticized by those who took offense at his candor, frankness, and blunt assessments of lukewarm Christianity. In Marx and Satan, Wurmbrand covers familiar ground for those of us who have studied Marxism (and the other -isms) from a Biblical worldview. He accurately sums up the crux of the matter (pun intended) in describing the deceitfulness of Marxism that effectively hides the evil of the Fallen-Angel-disguised-as-Angel-of-Light system preached by the false Apostles of Communism, Socialism, Fascism, Progressivism, and the "Social Justice" brand of liberal churchianity. Ignore the dismissive one and two star reviews written by atheists, skeptics, occultists, socialists, Marxists, Communists, and their fellow travelers who hate any criticism of their golden calf -- especially criticism coming from a Christian source. This is an important and well-written book [For the record, I spent decades working in National Security, Intelligence, Church Ministry, and in studying the Bible and political theory. I have travelled all over the world and worked with the persecuted church in many nations. The dismissiveness of the ignorant is their bliss. But the Truth will set you free... from Marxism and Satanism]. Wurmbrand confronted communism head-on and suffered the persecution of the righteous, true believer. His warnings should be read by anyone who is concerned about the radical progressive movement, globalism, socialism, the influence of secularism on Western Civilization, occultism, and Satanism. Highly Recommended.

Evidence can't be ignored

The denials aren't shocking. These critics never discuss the evidence but merely resort to sophomoric personal attacks against the author. It's sad that they choose ignorance over objective examination of evidence. How can you deny things that Marx wrote himself!? Oh of course the author mad is all up! Does your brain work at all? "This sad book deosn't have any literary qualities whatsoever. This is pure Anti-semetic drivel full of ultra christian rhetoric from the extreme right. Marx was a philosopher and an idealist, this book doesnt examine him in anyway whatseoever it just descends into religious rants."

Was Karl Marx a Satanist?

I wish to avenge myself against the One who rules above . . . - Karl Marx. _Marx & Satan_, published in 1986 by Living Sacrifice Book Company, written by Rev. Richard Wurmbrand is a fascinating look into the secret life of Karl Marx and the communist revolutionaries he helped inspire showing their Satanic influence. Richard Wurmbrand (1909 - 2001) was a Romanian Evangelical Christian minister who was brutally captured and tortured by communists. As such he had first-hand experience with the atrocities of the communist menace and devoted much of his life to researching the evils of communism. He founded Jesus to the Communist World (renamed Voice of the Martyrs) and was active in helping Christians who suffered at the hands of communists and Marxists. This book is unique in that it makes direct allegations concerning the person of Karl Marx. As is apparent to all those who have studied Marx, he is not only a hater of religion and Christ but also a hater of humanity itself and a promoter of destruction. Marxists have claimed that Marx was in fact an atheist and denied the existence of God. However, this book seems to indicate that Marx was actually a Satanist and involved in Satanic rituals and that communism itself constitutes a "Satanic cult". It should be noted however that the distinction between atheism and Satanism becomes blurry because of the hatred of atheists for Christ and because of the fact that many public atheists are actually private Satanists. Wurmbrand begins his book by explaining how Marxist ideas have even infiltrated Christianity. Indeed, it is maintained by some that Marx sought to aid the exploited masses and that thus his teachings may be understood as fundamentally Christian. Many Christians and even clergy have also embraced Marxism and preached his teachings as a continuation of the teachings of Christ. However, Wurmbrand quickly shows that this is a Satanic conceit, that Marx had no intention of aiding the poor and oppressed but only sought destruction, and that in fact Marx very likely worshipped the Dark Lord, the very enemy of Christ himself. Wurmbrand notes that the Jew Marx began as a Christian believer as a young man. However, he quickly turned to hatred of God in his writings, although his life had largely been comfortable up until that point. Wurmbrand notes Marx's relationship to Bakunin as well as the role of the Satanist Church (in its diabolical attempts to imitate the Catholic mass through the black mass) in the life of Marx. Wurmbrand shows how Marx composed a drama entitled _Oulanem_ which had Satanic undertones and may have participated in the black mass. Wurmbrand also compares Marx to another diabolical individual hellbent on destruction, the Marquis de Sade, and notes the role of Marx's hatred for books (including his own books which he called "swinish books"). Wurmbrand then turns his attention to Satan in Marx's family, noting Marx's desire to "chase God from heaven" and the

Fascinating, gripping account!

If you have ever been curious about Karl Marx's background then by all means read this indisputably original book!

An important contribution to our understanding of Marx.

Was Karl Marx an active Satanist? This seemingly phantastic suggestion gets strong circumstantial evidence in Richard Wurmbrand's study. He reaches his conclusion by considering several facts. The young Karl Marx was a believing Christian, as his earliest writings demonstrate, but at an early stage his love for Christ, for some unknown reason, turned into hate, and his thinking is radically changed. In his youth Marx wrote poetry, and in his poems he starts revealing horrific thoughts. Filled with venom, they tell us about self-idolizing and dreams of destruction and usurpation of God. He writes about his vision to wander victorious through the ruins of the world, and through the streangth of his words feel equal with the creator. On the other hand, however, he knows that he will fail: "I know it full well, my soul - once true to God - is chosen for hell". In one poem he confesses that he has bought a sword from the prince of darkness. This is significant, as the introduction rite to the Satanist order involves buying a sword from Satan, paying with one's soul. Other poems, too, contain allusions to Satanic rites, for instance one named Oulanem (a distortion of Immanuel). Marx' housekeeper told that her master was a pious man. He used to kneel on his bedroom and pray with black candles burning. Karl Marx' correspondence with his family members contain some strange details. He calls his son "dear devil" and is himself titled "highpriest" - an office that does not exist in any other religion than Satanism (except ancient Judaism, a religion that he rejected emphatically). His doughter has also told that he used to tell scaring fairy tales to his children, about people who sold their souls to the devil. Marx' appearance is also worth considering. Though having a beard was not uncommon in his age, it was by no means common to let it grow shaggy as he did. In the Satanist order of Joanna Woolcott, however, this was the praxis. Wurmbrand offers more arguments and their cumulative effect is, in my opinion, convincing. This side of Karl Marx has of course been suppressed, not least beacause those who are interested in him usually do not want to believe it. It is interesting to notice that when the Communist party of India decided to make a rebuttal of the book, all they came up to was a plead to judge Marxism on its own value and not to care about the religious views of its architect. (Of related interest is Gary North: Marx' Religion of Revolution).