Today, Christians celebrate the well-known myth of their savior risen from the dead while some pagans esteem the relatively obscure female deity, Ēostre. Some ask what might Satanists do while others honor the “dawn of the dead” Nazarene or a goddess of the dawn? We are free of holiday obligations, so we may ignore this date altogether. However, enjoying whatever one finds to be fun from festivities associated with this time of year would also be proper for we diabolists. While candy is often a part of this day, shunning those wax-like brown effigies of hares and eggs in favor […]
TO EACH HIS OWN
3628 posts
Harry O. Morris: Artist’s Portfolio An utterly exquisite compendium of the magical imagery of Harry O. Morris. This hardcover volume makes for a codex tenebrarum of Morris’ visionary surrealism, assembled in a handsomely wrought book. Aficionados of elegantly rendered surrealist vistas will treasure this comprehensive assembly of work by this major artist. Collected within are images wrought for our own publications GRUE, NARCOPOLIS, as well as THE BLACK FLAME, for which he crafted a haunting portrait of Anton Szandor LaVey. Morris will intrigue, disturb and beguile you with his powerful images. —Magus Peter H. Gilmore From the Amazon description: Harry O. […]
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has denied Matthew Beck, an entrepreneur who has already registered “Hookers for Jesus” and Redneck Jesus” his attempt to trademark the name “Porno Jesus” for a line of adult entertainment products. Attorney’s for the office said the name “consists of or comprises immoral or scandalous matter” and “includes matter which may disparage or bring into contempt or disrepute persons, institutions, beliefs or national symbols.” The appeals board was worried the mark links Jesus with pornography and could upset Christian Americans. Hmmm, wonder if the Trademark Office folks would have a problem with “Porno Satan”? […]
Infernal Ink Magazine, which is owned and published by Witch Hydra M. Star and Citizen Dave Lipscomb, is a quarterly magazine focused on publishing extremely dark and violent adult fiction and poetry. In addition to their fictional offerings, they offer non-fiction content in the form of articles, interviews, and art exploring a variety of topics in this same vein. Available in: Print / Kindle / PDF PDF copies are only available for sale the first month after release.
The Compleat Witch Illustrated Bibliography Project has a new address! Visit www.compleatwitch.com, featuring our latest post on H.T.F. Rhodes’ The Satanic Mass, and be sure to read Rev. Byrd’s book review. “An annotated and illustrated bibliography from Anton Szandor LaVey’s The Compleat Witch, or, What to Do When Virtue Fails.”
Bob (MovieBob) Chipman here deftly and exhaustively catalogs the numerous merits of GHOSTBUSTERS, even detailing the context of the 1980s surge of Christian fear of the occult leading to the rising tide of what many call “The Satanic Panic.” This video is 37 minutes in length and well worth your viewing if you are a fan of this film as well as intelligent, articulate film appreciation. Many Satanists (and secularists) I know have long enjoyed GHOSTBUSTERS for its abundant humor and theme of science overcoming superstition as well as for the Lovecraftian aspects included in its wide-ranging mockery of supernatural horror. If […]
As I discussed in my essay “Mask Slippage,” we’re seeing—with the signing of this “Religious Freedom” bill into law—the Christian agenda made clear: …their “faith-based” precepts can be imposed on others under the pretext of “religious freedom.” They mean their freedom to proselytize or otherwise enjoin others to conform to their beliefs. They are never content to be the only ones practicing their nonsensical ideologies… “Let this revealing behavior that has emerged since the SCOTUS decision be a clear warning to secular people that many religions are simply biding their time until the opportunities arise to recapture their dominance over those who […]