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Can’t allow free speech in school because students might say something Satanic
www.orlandosentinel.com - The unintended consequence of using free speech to shoehorn prayer in school is that enables a moment of free speech to the students, and that just will not do for authorities or squares. After all ... giving kids a chance ... read more ›
In Portland, Ghost shouts, “HAIL STAGEMANSHIP \m/!”
www.wweek.com - Here's an article about a recent appearance by the band Ghost in Portland, OR and the interesting cultural phenomena of "stage satanism" or, in this article, "faux-satanism" "Faux-Satanism isn't a new concept in metal. As far back as Black Sabbath, bands ... read more ›
Freedom of religion is guaranteed unless you aren’t free
www.seacoastonline.com - Recent article "Convicted York killer sues to practice Satanism in prison" by Deborah Mcdermott, picked up by Boston Herald and AP, talks about a convict's attempts to practice Satanism with others while in prison and highlights the ... read more ›
Witch-hunter Rimer gets to meet the real Satan now
www.religiondispatches.org - Recent news has the nets a-twitter about the death of an infamous witch-hunter: "Rimer became interested in this field in the late 1980s at the height of the Satanic Panic phenomenon. Banking on his credentials as a police officer, Rimer held ... read more ›
Atheists, Individualists and Gnostics, Oh My!
www.montrealgazette.com - "The battle for Christmas and the creep of the 'spiritual'" by Paul Allen is an article about the "War on Christmas" that gives me a bit of hope that there might actually be a war on, just, obviously, not ... read more ›
If Halloween is subtle, you’re doing it wrong
www.timesofmalta.com - "A note distributed to households by this parish warns parents that Halloween, celebrated on October 31, exposes people to 'sadism, sexual violence, satanism, torture, mutilation and strange killing'" The apparent take away here is that normal killing is okay, but not ... read more ›
Reviewer sounds bitter and maybe needs some love
www.express.co.uk - "It is the belief of Tobias Churton that a perverse 'hatred of bourgeois attitudes' is what motivated Aleister Crowley until the very end of his days. I'm not so sure. Crowley liked his creature comforts and his zany posturing would fit ... read more ›
Baphomet and barristers boldly busting bawdy barriers
www.examiner.com - "For the first time in recorded history, art show judges have given a First Place award to a ceramic which portrays a mythical, naked, hermaphrodite giving birth to Siamese twins. The judges were lawyers presenting the California State Bar’s “Bench ... read more ›
West Memphis Three are free
www.google.com - "Three men convicted of the murders of three Cub Scouts are enjoying their freedom, nearly two decades after they were sent to prison in a controversial case which led to suspicions the children were killed in a Satanic ritual." read more ›
For the Masonic Maker in you
boingboing.net - "Jac Zagoory sells pewter staple removers in the form of various animals. And also a Masonic-themed multitool." read more ›
Odinism-friendly counterjihadist initiatic Templar terrorism
heterodoxology.com - "... perhaps, a superficial response to a superficial use of the esoteric. May this esthetic and thematic overlap signify something else, something which has perhaps less to do with Breivik's own conscious motivations, but is still linked to deeper structures ... read more ›
Satan, get thee in ma belly!
allrecipes.com - Not quite what I thought of when I heard "Satan Sandwich" but ... this will do for now: "A sugar-coated red devil food cake moon-pie with a chocolate cayenne marshmallow filling." read more ›
Na na na na na Supergods!
www.msnbc.msn.com - This interviewer, Dylan Ratigan, is actually speaking some pretty radical ideas, and this on MSNBC; with Grant Morrison about his new book Supergods: What Masked Vigilantes, Miraculous Mutants, and a Sun God from Smallville Can Teach Us About Being ... read more ›
Christian crusade of correlation or causation?
www.washingtonpost.com - I've said before, "Crazy people are crazy. Period. For these people it's crazy turtles all the way down, and they’re all out of turtles." But, I thought this article to be an interesting take on recent events, with points ... read more ›
Five to one, baby
www.freemasoninformation.com - Five reasons not to be a Freemason: Political Influence, Economic Influence, Social Influence, Charity, Curiosity. Can you guess what the one reason to be one is? Perhaps this is a good list for anyone thinking about joining any fraternal order. read more ›
Thoughts on the Thelemic year and Tarot Trumps
edred.net - "People who use the Thelemic system use a calendar based on the major Arcana, the Tarot trumps. The cycles of 22 are named by the card of the cycle and then by the card of the year. Thu sly the ... read more ›
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is hard on the tail of Aleister Crowley
io9.com - Back to the ersatz bogeyman characterization of Aleister Crowley recently seen on the silver screen as the "inspiration" for Lord Blackwood in Sherlock Holmes, I guess. But, hopefully a bit more nuanced and interesting from the persone responsible for Promethea! "League ... read more ›
Crowley is the glue that makes this pastor go gay for Satan
www.holybibleprophecy.org - Here's a bit of dialog which is an interesting example of the kind of weak thinking which results in and from the Crowley Corollary. In this example, the person tries to link homosexuality to satanism by linking Crowley and satanism. ... read more ›
93 days in jail for growing vegetables
www.myfoxdetroit.com - "'I could sell out and save my own self and just not have them bother me anymore, but then there's no telling what they're going to harass the next person about,' Bass told us." read more ›
Five Reasons Aleister Crowley Remains Relevant
invocatio.wordpress.com - "Aleister Crowley comes up in this blog quite frequently. It’s not because I’m a Thelemite or a die-hard Crowley follower, rather Crowley is at the center of—and has shaped—a magical epoch that both represents early modern occultism and today’s magical ... read more ›
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