Witch Autumn Sword—The Satanic Skeptic—explores the ramifications of Anton LaVey’s Satanic Statement number 4: “Satan represents kindness to those who deserve it instead of love wasted on ingrates!” in a new essay. Follow this link to read What To Do When Empathy is a Sin.
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Newly added to our downloads page is an annotated reading list concerning the years of The Satanic Panic by Autumn Sword, The Satanic Skeptic. Many of us lived through this harrowing time of urban legends which lead to Christian evangelists having captured time on many talk shows, with their sensationalist and nonsensical claims that there existed a conspiracy of “satanists” out to get your pets, your kids, and to dominate the world while making sloppy graffiti in various public spaces as well as desecrating graveyards in a willy nilly manner. Rampant false claims of ritual child abuse and sacrifice spread […]
On the latest episode of The Devil in the Details, Warlock Sword examines claims by a Father Chad Ripperger that 25% of the population is diabolically obsessed and that the power of Satan is growing ever stronger! What would need to be the case for his claims to be true, and why exactly does he believe this? Listen to find out! On Apple Podcasts
JD Sword, the Satanic Skeptic—of The Devil in the Details, will be discussing his latest Skeptical Inquirer article, “D.C. the Demon Cat of the Capitol,” this Saturday at NYC SkeptiCamp. You can register below, attendance is FREE! The conference starts at 9am, the link to the webinar version is on the site. Sword’s presentation will be 10:10 AM EST. https://www.skepticampnyc.org/Register.aspx
On this latest episode, the Satanic Skeptic examines a hoaxed (aren’t they all?) case of Satanic Ritual Abuse that went viral after video interviews of police and several children, along with a list of 175 alleged cultists, went online. The hoaxers fled the country, but the story didn’t stop there… Click here to listen.
“JD Sword, the Satanic Skeptic, examines claims that ‘As Oppression Increases, So Too Does Witchcraft’ and ‘Magic has always been, in lore and in life, a tool of the oppressed.’ What do the authors mean by “witchcraft”? Is there good reason to believe that witchcraft is rising?” The Skeptical Inquirer: The Devil in the Details – Witchcraft Rising
Wednesday 8/3 at 7:30 PM EST, JD Sword “the Satanic Skeptic” will be interviewed LIVE on Paranormal Brew! Follow this link to hear the discussion.
On this episode, the Satanic Skeptic investigates a Devil worshipping neo-Nazi group calling themselves the Order of Nine Angles and their ties to the Alt-Right. While a minority among the extremist fringe, the Order of Nine Angles has been linked to several attempted terrorist attacks and actual homicides. Just how dangerous are their adherents? Listen here!