Hopi Wisdom Teachings, LLC in Lexington, Kentucky is not a legitimate indigenous organization. The leader of Hopi Wisdom Teachings, Jeremie Leckron (AKA Grandmother Medicine Song) is lying about her indigenous heritage and authority to share the teachings of indigenous Americans. In what is becoming a side hustle of this blog (not really a hustle, I […]
Happy Boxing Day! How do I sum up what I learned by reading this text? I guess I’m conflicted. The second half of the Satanic Bible definitely surprised me. It ended up being a decent ritual handbook. The first half reminded me of that-one-guy from high school that was always-mad-at-something and definitely had good ideas […]
Day 5: The Book of Leviathan MERRY CHRISTMAS! Okay, well, where do I begin with this? The Book of Leviathan continues the theme of ritual but then takes a sharp turn to the occult. That’s not a surprise. Satanism is occult? Oh no! Though this represents the largest portion of the book by page count, […]
Day 4: The Book of Belial We’re getting into what I would call “Applied Satanism” in the Book of Belial. I’ve been pretty hard on this book so far — and to be clear, I still find it to be an adolescent screed — but this section is pretty useful if you want to be […]
Days 2 & 3: The Book of Lucifer I think it is worth remarking how easily I put this book down and walked away from it. In this COVID world with political turmoil, I didn’t really want to read the rantings of Anton LaVey. Were they hard to read? No. The writing is not difficult. […]
Day 1: Introductions, Satanic Statements, Book of Satan Reading the Satanic Bible in your therapists waiting room will get you some weird looks. Just sayin. So here I am reading this infernal text and, well, it’s off to a weird start. I expected this book to have a lot of ego in it. I didn’t […]
I’ve wanted to read the Satanic Bible for a loooooong time. What better time to read it than the early days of Advent as the Christmas season unfolds?! I like the juxtaposition. Just in case, I made some images of Anton LaVey in a jolly good festive mood. I lent a copy of the Satanic […]
The Mormon scriptures were a fascinating body of texts to experience. I think they merit a deeper sociological and anthropological study from a non-believer perspective. Sure, there’s been some studies, but they often lean toward disproving the religious claims. I don’t care about that as much (though the lack of evidence for LDS claims is […]
Day 15 Let’s just get this out of the way: If you want read the Joseph Smith translation of Matthew, his history, or even the Articles of Faith for the Latter-day Saints, go for it. I read them, but I’m not commenting on them too much. Why? Because the Books of Moses and Abraham could […]
Days 12, 13, 14: Doctrines & Covenants 1-138 Vacation, a sick dog, losing a dog, and grief will delay any project or spiritual practice. It’s funny, it’s during those times that we really need our practices. I still read the LDS scriptures amidst a month of difficulty as we lost our dog to a brain […]