Monday, June 16, 2014

The Devil in Vaudeville:
Showbiz as Satanic Magic

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About a week ago, I visited Spoonbill and Sugartown Booksellers in Brooklyn. Perusing my favorite shelves, I espied a title of preciously r...
Thursday, November 7, 2013

A Prayer for Atheists & Devil Worshipers

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As Magus Peter H. Gilmore explains in  The Satanic Scriptures , Satanism's current watchword is: Justice. As it turns out, it goes bot...
Saturday, February 2, 2013

Empathy from the Devil

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Satanists are generally expected to be misanthropes. However, we are rarely given credit for being tolerant and understanding. Anton LaVey n...
Thursday, June 7, 2012

Ray Bradbury, the Demon Muser (1920-2012)

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On Wednesday, the sixth of June, the incomparable Ray Bradbury died at the age of 91. Something Wicked This Way Comes , his haunting novel...
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Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Mardi Gras:
a Triumph
of Indulgence
Over Abstinence

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On Mardi Gras, wild revelers chug wine with Dionysus. Then, for the next dull forty days, they bore themselves for Jesus. -Warlock M. M....
Thursday, March 31, 2011

Nose Bubbles
and
Rado Echoes

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In observance of April Fool’s Day, I am sharing photographs of rare novelties from my collection. These are particularly interesting because...
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Sunday, February 27, 2011

Say Your Prayers:
A Satanic Parody of
The 23rd Psalm

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From the first grade until the eighth, I attended a series of private schools run by Christians. Two were Catholic, and one was Seventh-Day ...
Thursday, November 25, 2010

Why the Devil Loves
Pee-Wee Herman

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[A note to non-Satanists: Before reading this, please understand that Pee-Wee and his creator are not preaching Satanism. This is a highly p...
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Wednesday, September 22, 2010

An Eye for Carnage:

Anton Szandor LaVey
on the Horror Films of
Herschell Gordon Lewis

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A few years ago, I acquired an old catalog. Someone I knew was probably discarding it; I forget. But I kept this white elephant because it ...
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