Let Your Freak Flag Fly – Do You Hide Your Baphomet? We are Satanists – proud of who we are, prouder still to be our own gods. We highly value aesthetics as one of the ways we express our individuality. However, openly showing an affiliation with Satanism can be risky, depending on your environment. Social stigma, professional consequences, legal or government issues, or even personal safety can all result from being open about who you are. Do you “show your Baphomet,” or do you keep your religion to yourself? On this episode of The Neutral Wisdom Podcast, Satanist Robert Shirley […]
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The Command to Look was one of photographer William Mortensen’s most influential and sought-after books, and has been out of print for fifty years. Battered copies have been purchased by collectors for hundreds of dollars. Now reproduced here in full, this affordable volume includes an essential and deeply insightful essay by Michael Moynihan on how its aesthetic principles influenced the philosophy and magical thinking of the Church of Satan’s founder, Anton Szandor LaVey. Fifty-five images of Mortensen’s best work are reproduced along with text by this wittiest and most biting writer on photography of his time. You will want this in […]