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(historical thriller with Philip Coppens)<\/span><\/p>\nThe Pope of Satan<\/span><\/i> follows the decadent writer Joris-Karl Huysmans, who in the fictional narrative also works for the French secret service. He infiltrates the satanic milieu of Paris and tracks down a dark figure\u2014the alleged \u201cPope of Satan\u201d\u2014who turns out to be a respectable chaplain in Bruges.<\/span><\/p>\nThe story unfolds amid occult intrigues, historical mysteries (the War of the Magi, Nostradamus, Jack the Ripper), and hidden truths about Jesus and Mary Magdalene, with Bruges and Orval as key locations. 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