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…
Read MoreA Catholic’s Eulogy for the Harvard “Black Mass” Controversy
By now, many in the Boston area and beyond are familiar with the controversy surrounding the “reenactment”…
Read MoreBlack Mass Hysteria at Harvard: The Real Story
When the Satanic Temple offered to perform a historical re-enactment of a black mass through the Harvard…
Read MoreSatanic “Black Mass” at Harvard Excites Conservatives
The Satanic Temple, the group behind the proposed monument to Satan in Oklahoma, has announced that they will hold…
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