La Carmina, Author of ‘The Little Book of Satanism,’ Talks ‘Satanic Panic,’ QAnon, Japanese Satanism, and More
For most of its existence, religious Satanism has been regarded as either unfit for polite…
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Black Satanist Candidate Faces LA Sheriff Shakedown
Steve Hill is a lot of things: A former marine, a former correctional officer, a…
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Turn On The News: The Times Has to Make a Choice: It Can’t Laugh at Satanic Claims and Take the Christian Right at Face Value
Allow me to play devil’s advocate for a moment, so to speak. Have you ever…
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WikiLeaks’ October Surprise: With “Spirit Dinners,” Conspiracy Goes Mainstream
Conspiracists have long believed that Hillary Clinton is a member of a Satanic cult.
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My Childhood Hobby Was Satanic, Or So They Told Me
The moral panic around Dungeons and Dragons and other role-playing games—and what it tells us about religion.
Read MoreThis Year in Satanism
2014 was the year of the Satanist. In December 2013, The Satanic Temple announced plans…
Read MoreIn OK, a “Christian” And a “Muslim” Decapitation Challenge “Religious” Violence Narrative
Murder often functions as a cultural Rorschach test: the narratives we tell about why people…
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Religion or Insanity? Two Upcoming Murder Trials Will Ask the (Burning) Question
…but does it have to be one or the other?
Read MoreBlack Masses Continue to Titillate Conservative Catholics
In May, conservative Catholics mobilized in response to an announcement of a Satanic black mass…
Read More‘Slender Man’ Murder Attempt Wasn’t Media or Madness
This Internet is abuzz with speculation about a bizarre attempted murder in which two 12-year-old…
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