Facing the Uncomfortable

The Satanic Temple has the Seven Tenets, and The Church of Satan has the Eleven Satanic Rules of the Earth. Since Satanism is a religion which heavily encourages individuality, I have developed my own personal Satanic principles. Tying into my previous post, one of those principles is to face the uncomfortable. Facing the uncomfortable can […]

Burn Out

Welcome back, my darling demons, ghouls, wraiths, and shades. Those of you who have been following my blog have perhaps noticed that I’ve taken a bit of an unplanned hiatus, and for that, I apologize. I offer by way of explanation the very millenial yet very real (fuck you baby boomers) plague known as burn […]

Being Human

…Is a good show (UK version; I wasn’t a huge fan of the American version). It is not, however, a good excuse for the shitty things you do. Everyone’s had confrontations like these. Somebody well-meaning makes a mistake which causes some trouble for you or someone else. When you inform this person that their mistake […]

The Ethics of Sex Magick

A couple friends who share my interest in the occult and I have discussed this on occasion. It’s a bit of an uncomfortable topic for them. They have the opinion that performing sex magick is tantamount to mind control or rape, and, as responsible practitioners, is off-limits. I won’t lie, I’ve performed sex rituals. I’ve […]

Pride and the Act of Self-Love

They say that the worst of the deadly sins is pride. I say the most deadly sin is to not love yourself. As is the case with most people, I sometimes have trouble loving myself. I come from a Christian background, where the cultivated trait was humility, which is really just a nice word for […]