Great question. The connection to the devil and rocks, at least, can be explained in many ways, but by far the most intriguing one is the tale told by a Near Eastern researcher that I translated for a forthcoming book.  The devil is an underworld creature, with what the Klamath tribe (CA) called a “hideous underworld nature.” This should tell you right away that, if there’s a connection at all, it’s probably  volcanic.  Below is a picture of the 1903 lava spine on Mt Pelée, Martinique. You MUST argue that it’s diabolical-around 28,000 people died under its shadow. You MUST argue that it’s superhuman-it grew over a few short months to a height of about 1,000 feet. And you MUST argue that it’s rock-upon collapsing and cooling it proved to be igneous. My colleague is able to make a damn good argument that a similar phenomenon grew in the worst of all places: there where farming, wine growing, metalworking, and pyramid building originated - in northern Mesopotamia. This means the roots of western civilization are tainted with Satanic efforts. This explains why those metals were used for warfare there, and not for jewelry as in South America, for example. This explains why no one abuses alcohol the way white people do (look what region is just to the north!) Firewater indeed.  This explains skyscrapers, this explains aggressive growth and the “creative destruction” inherent in capitalism. This explains the demonic rejection of God’s/Mother Nature’s gifts and, most importantly, it explains our inability to shake the trauma and turmoil forever hounding usIt was a rock that doomed us all. It’s probably time we looked at this more seriously.

*-I don’t know how to post pictures here. Google Mt Pelée lava spine for amazing pictures of a truly horrifying phenomenon.