The prophet's dictionary guide to the supernatural

1284. Santeria—A word that means “the saint’s image.” This religion practiced originally in Cuba, worships ancient North and West African Yoruba deities redefined as Roman Catholic saints. See Voodoo, Witchcraft, Black Magic, and Black Arts. 1285. Sappho—The name of the ancient female poet whose writings and cultic practices sponsored and promulgated lesbianism, which is also called sapphism. While the women’s work was one of the very few of her day credited with ingenious poetic achievements, she wrote several homoerotic pieces that celebrated woman-to-woman sex acts. She confessed her inspiration for such writings, and her promotion of lesbianism among the young women who sought her for mentorship, came from her visits from and to the goddess Aphrodite. One of the remaining fragments her poems recount is her romantic rendezvous with the goddess whom she revered as her lover and patron deity. Sappho’s link to the goddess Aphrodite answers how and why the religion of the goddess movement conveniently trails the rise and popularization of lesbianism. Its acts as traced historically have always found their purpose of expression in the practice of fertility rites of ancient gods. 1286. Sarah—The wife of Abraham the patriarch, the mother of Isaac. She birthed her first and only son late in life by a miraculous act of God. Her name means, in addition to princess, “prevailing one.” By her name, Sarah typified the church of the Lord Jesus Christ in that He said “the gates of hell would not prevail against it” (Matthew 16:18). 1287. Sargon—Assyrian king and father of Sennacherib. His name means “prince of the sun.” 1288. Satan—The adversary, the abuser and accuser. The one who assaults, attacks, and deceives. See also Lucifer. 1289. Satyr—An ancient goat-like creature of mythological origin that symbolized male lust and the pleasure-seeking life. This image signified a lecherous person. It represents the spirits and agents of the old gods of Rome, Greece—the mythological gods Pan, Bacchus, Dionysus, and Silvanus. These spirits were worshipped as the forces of intoxication, lust, rape, and orgies. Incest and child molestation were also required by or performed for them. The satyrs were the molesters of the nymphs whose supposed purity was defiled by them. See Goat, Devil, and Demons. Daniel 8:5, 8, 21. 1290. Saul—A) Wished; desired. Israel’s first king, replaced by David for his