consider also the audio book version, he reads it. He basically retells what is known from things like the prose edda but gives it his own flair. His mythological knowledge and knowledge of magick is rooted in something, similar to other British writers of his era.
you think satan compromised all religions after, why not before?
I am confused the Israelites did not kill all as God commanded and as a result they were satanic because they did not kill all the babies?