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The Cloven Hoof Returns!
Magistra Blanche Barton is excited to announce the release of a new issue of The Cloven Hoof. It is time for those with a Satanic perspective to step forward. This bulletin will give you the strength and wisdom to exercise your magical Will in these challenging historical moments. How are Satanists uniquely equipped to thrive now? You’ll find out in the upcoming issues of The Cloven Hoof.
Issue #132 will be released on August 15th. If you are already a subscriber, your issue will be winging its way to you soon. If you are on the Church of Satan mailing lists but have moved within the last few years, contact Magistra Barton and give her your new address. If you want an issue of the new Cloven Hoof, send $7 ($10 overseas) to The Cloven Hoof, P.O. Box 210666, Chula Vista, CA, 91921.
No commentsUAVH H.L. Mencken, Scopes Trial – Complete
All parts of Kevin Slaughter’s series of reports on the Scopes Trial in Dayton Tennesee in 1925 have been posted! The trial was the first in the US to be broadcast on the radio. Those recordings no longer exist, but Slaughter will be releasing a podcast every day that Mencken published an article in the Baltimore Sun. Relive the trial in real time through the words of one of America’s greatest and most prolific writers.
June 29th – Homo Neanderthalensis
July 9th – Sickening Doubts About Publicity
July 10th – Impossibility of Obtaining Fair Jury
July 11th – Trial as Religious Orgy
July 13th – Souls Need Reconversion Nightly
July 14th – Darrow’s Eloquent Appeal
July 15th – Law and Freedom
July 16th – Fair Trial Beyond Ken
July 17th – Malone the Victor
July 18th – Genesis Triumphant
July 20th – Tennessee in the Frying Pan
July 27th – Bryan
Sept. 14th – Aftermath
UA Variety Hour: Sickening Doubts About Publicity
Part 2 of Kevin Slaughter’s ongoing series of reports on the Scopes Trial in Dayton Tennesee in 1925, exactly 85 years ago! The trial was the first in the US to be broadcast on the radio. Those recordings no longer exist, but Slaughter will be releasing a podcast every day that Mencken published an article in the Baltimore Sun. Relive the trial in real time through the words of one of America’s greatest and most prolific writers.
June 29th – Homo Neanderthalensis
July 9th – Sickening Doubts About Publicity
July 10th – Impossibility of Obtaining Fair Jury
July 11th – Trial as Religious Orgy
July 13th – Souls Need Reconversion Nightly
July 14th – Darrow’s Eloquent Appeal
July 15th – Law and Freedom
July 16th – Fair Trial Beyond Ken
July 17th – Malone the Victor
July 18th – Genesis Triumphant
July 20th – Tennessee in the Frying Pan
July 27th – Bryan
Sept. 14th* – Aftermath
*Will be released by July 30th.
No commentsUA Variety Hour: Homo Neanderthalensis
from the official website:
Welcome to the first installation of an ongoing series of reports on the Scopes Trial in Dayton Tennessee in 1925, exactly 85 years ago! The trial was the first in the US to be broadcast on the radio. Those recordings no longer exist, but we will be releasing a podcast every day that Mencken published an article in the Baltimore Sun. Relive the trial in real time through the words of one of America’s greatest and most prolific writers.
June 29th – Homo Neanderthalensis
July 9th – Sickening Doubts About Publicity
July 10th – Impossibility of Obtaining Fair Jury
July 11th – Trial as Religious Orgy
July 13th – Souls Need Reconversion Nightly
July 14th – Darrow’s Eloquent Appeal
July 15th – Law and Freedom
July 16th – Fair Trial Beyond Ken
July 17th – Malone the Victor
July 18th – Genesis Triumphant
July 20th – Tennessee in the Frying Pan
July 27th – Bryan
Sept. 14th* – Aftermath
*Will be released by July 30th.
Right from the start, it looks to be a very promising series of shows, so tune in through the site or subscribe through iTunes.
No commentsExcerpt from Bearing The Devil’s Mark
from “Absolutes Can Corrupt Absolutely”
Copyright © 2003 by Matt G. Paradise. All Rights Reserved
Death and taxes aside, there are very few absolutes in the world. In fact, that last statement might just be one of those few. Some of us learn this following our childhood, when the blinders are ripped away and previously assumed absolutes prove themselves to be mere inventions of man to keep the gears of civilization moving. From a social engineering standpoint, some are rather useful and serve to keep otherwise unstable and weak-minded people in check.
Other so-called absolutes, however, are largely useless and only work to keep many of the not-so-unstable people needlessly in lockstep with mindless conformity and away from certain types of confrontation — in effect, reinforcing a childlike state, with the Powers That Be serving in the capacity of stern father. Life may be easier this way, but to the Satanist, it is little more than a position for slaves.
Much of the confusion has a profoundly causal link to others — past or present — who hastily force-apply a label to something that may not require it, or to malign a concept or condition for the sole purpose of convincing others that one has the positive solution to that condition, all to gain a certain status. Same game that many of the God religions play: in order to seem “good,” they invent an “evil” in order to provide contrast to and, thus, bolster the semblance of this “good.” Those who stray from this artificial duality (and especially succeed in persuading others to do likewise) are said to be a “corrupting” influence…
…Probably the most revealing aspect of all of these supposed absolutes, and in stark contrast to the mindsets that the adherents to them all seem to have in common, is that much of the remainder of the animal kingdom really doesn’t share this form of self-deception. Neither does the Satanist… and rightfully so, since we acknowledge and uphold our animal nature while most people try so desperately to shed theirs and deny it. To parallel, non-human animals consistently live in reality: they recognize pain and pleasure and know the difference, danger is always real and not merely a concept, and relations with others (either of the inter-species type or not) are based upon experience and not memorized social dictates. The world isn’t black and white for either us or the non-human animals because the latter can’t afford to entertain such nonsense and we as Satanists possess the ability to see through the so-called absolutes intellectually, know through our greater access to our instincts that said examples are a sham, and with both instinct and intellect in balance, we act or react productively…
Want to read the rest of the essay? Pick up a copy of Bearing The Devil’s Mark today!
No commentsHappy Walpurgisnacht!
And now, a few words from the good Doktor…
“Christ has failed in all his engagements as both savior and deity. If his doctrines were that easily misinterpreted, if his logic was that specious, let’s throw it out. It has no place. It is worthless to a civilized society if it is subject to gross misinterpretation.”
“The popular mind has never displayed an overabundance of objectivity. The popular mind accepts most data with little or no question, unless it happens to hurt. Then it is rejected.”
“I believe in the glorification of the ego. That is a good separation process. A pumped-up, overinflated ego will display a fool’s flaws quickly and put him out of the running, while the worthy will rise to meet the added responsibilities that will accompany their exaltation.”
“I don’t find popular pursuits distasteful per se, only the hysteria which accompanies them. Yet I also realize that without that very popularity, less unification of the herd would transpire, leading to chaos and loss of control. That is why I recognize a need for popular pursuits and would do nothing to discourage them. Just count me out.”
Today marks the 44th Anniversary of the Church of Satan. And tonight, on this Walpurgisnacht, we raise a toast to our organization and to Anton Szandor LaVey for his strength and foresight in founding a religion based on the carnality and rational self-interest that many claim yet few embrace.
Hail Dr. LaVey! Hail the Church of Satan!
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