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Satansplain #120 – 1970 Church of Satan article from McCall’s magazine

No, Anton LaVey did not refer to Satanism as a “new conservative movement” in a 1970 issue of McCall’s magazine, as some liars claim. But we’ll take a full look at that long lost article anyway, showcasing one of many journalist’s entertaining reports from the early years of the Church of Satan.

McCall’s article (subscribers only): https://satansplain.locals.com/post/8015531/mccalls-1970-article-san-franciscos-church-of-satan

00:00 – Intro
00:57 – Where is episode 119?
02:03 – Questions about Judith Rascoe’s “San Francisco’s Church of Satan”, 1970 McCall’s article
04:18 – Politics redux
10:47 – About that article
14:45 – Does anyone know? Apparently not.
17:19 – What to expect
25:58 – McCall’s Article
29:12 – Anton LaVey
34:29 – The Satanic Bible
38:31 – Would you like to see the rest of the house?
41:50 – Satanic ritual
48:53 – After ritual

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Satansplain #095 – Ritual-aided accomplishments and insane messages

Hear a Satanic anecdote on ritual-aided success, the importance of long-term indulgence, and cautions against self-limiting actions people often opt for. Also, dissecting a series of messages from a “Satanic organization” founder who had attempted to satansplain Enochian to Satansplain.

00:00 – Intro
01:36 – Satanic Anecdote
03:23 – Distraction, prayer, rationalization; vs. Satanic ritual
07:18 – On Satanic Ritual
09:29 – Into Devi’s messages
12:03 – Devi’s first message
15:13 – Atlantean?
20:37 – Devi’s second message
27:31 – Third message
29:34 – Third message – dramatic U-turn
34:02 – Bill’s rebuttal
43:38 – And the stupidity of the deception
50:25 – And more
51:59 – “Unsettling”?
53:18 – No, Satan doesn’t have to be masculine
56:22 – No, Satan isn’t pre-vedic and the east did not solely create religion

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Satansplain #062 – No, QAnon is not a new Satanic Panic (yet?)

Addressing the misconceptions that the QAnon conspiracy theory is the “Satanic Panic 2.0” (it’s not; let’s keep that way), or that “the Satanic Panic never ended” (it did; let’s keep it that way). Also, the difference between personalization and hypocritical self-deceit in the ritual chamber.

00:00 – Intro
01:22 – What was The Satanic Panic?
03:12 – Side note: the curious anti-Semitic origins of these accusations
05:05 – Satanic Panic: it wasn’t just the holy-rollers
10:17 – “Everything is Satanic!”; Dungeons & Dragons; Bob Larson
13:03 – “Michelle Remembers” and false memory syndrome
15:41 – Why the term “LaVeyan Satanism” doesn’t help
17:19 – When the Satanic Panic ended (yes, it did end)
19:19 – What the hell is this “QAnon” thing?
23:04 – Why QAnon is not “Satanic Panic 2.0”
26:32 – Are you sure the “panic” is on the far-RIGHT?
28:37 – Possibilty of a new Satanic Panic and how NOT to fight it
37:45 – Satanecdote
42:38 – Email: “Praying to God” as a Satanic ritual?!?
49:04 – Self-deceit: what it is and isn’t