Hail to all who share in celebrating the pivot points of Earth’s journey around our Sun! In the Northern Hemisphere, Fall’s arrival brings cooler evenings with the promise of bountiful harvests soon to be gathered. The impending touch of frost will ignite leaves to blaze with vivid colors. In the Southern Hemisphere denizens rejoice in the triumph of Spring’s warmth over frigid Winter. Nature shakes free from that season’s stasis, surging forth with renewed vigor.
Satanists luxuriate in vital, carnal existence, embracing the majestic seasonal cycles of our precious, fragile island in space. Our cognizance of our home world invokes a humbling respect, as we seek to gain an ever-deepening understanding of our beautiful and dreadful planet. May we all enjoy health, sanity, and satisfaction as we move into the new season!
In the Haunted Hudson Valley, as Halloween draws nearer, we reflect on this year’s losses of extraordinary comrades—and we fondly recall the enriching gifts bestown by our now our absent friends. Setting the mood for the impending spooky time of year, chill breezes impel falling leaves to swirl in mad dances through the lengthening nights. Soon, Samhain will sweep us up in its dark mysteries—and, as always, we Children of the Night can hardly wait!
—Magus Peter H. Gilmore