The Christian Book of Revelation describes a bottomless pit of damnation which is presided over a destroying angel named Abaddon who seems to ensure that the pit does not swallow the universe.
Hollywood (USA) films such as "The Wolf of Wall Street" [2013] suggest that human beings create realms or arenas of extra-normal behavior based on profiteerism.
When we go to church, we may feel nervous about our sins and think that we may have to pay for our sins and that we can not afford to pay for our sins. We may feel that our spiritual confidence is spiraling downward, perhaps leading to some 'bottomless pit' as described in Revelation.
If we're fired from our jobs, perhaps we feel the stigma of lost opportunity and welfare. We may even feel 'branded' by society as inept or invalid and need to seek state charity.
Perhaps the bottomless pit described in Revelation is related to a yearning for control over fate.
Does this explain the popularity of angst-themed American comic book characters such as The Punisher (Marvel Comics) and Deadpool (Marvel Comics)? Comic books do, after all, speak to a pedestrian yearning (for justice, for adventure, etc.).
The television series Lucifer (Fox TV) is an adaptation of the comic book character Lucifer Morningstar (DC Comics), an allusion to the Christian Devil (Satan or Lucifer), and represents a new age interest in pedestrian occultism.
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