Ik vier het arriveren van Bearing the Devil’s Mark in mijn brievenbus met een citaat van de achterflap:
“Satanism is a Philosophy based upon the reality of carnal existence and living one’s life to its fullest. It rightfully champions mankind as being above his self-created gods and, as such, being totally responsible for his successes and failures. Like the mythological Lucifer’s transformation into the autonomous Satan, man’s penchant for exploration, independence, and drive shouldn’t be caged but, rather, exercised and applauded.” - Magister Matt G. Paradise
Nog zo’n boek dat al een tijdje aan het borrelen was, en nu eindelijk uit de ketel mag: Magister Svengali’s “Essays in Satanism“.
Met een beetje vertraging, maar dat kan de kwaliteit alleen maar ten goede gekomen zijn. In dit jaar vol publicaties was dit een van de boeken waar ik het meeste naar uitkeek.
“Essays in Satanism” bevat oude en nieuwe essays, waaronder uitgebreid materiaal omtrent zelfverdediging en persoonlijke veiligheid, een lijst met essentiële horrorfilms (voor de fans van het genre), en meer. Het gedeelte waar ik zelf het meeste naar uitkijk, is zo’n 60 pagina’s: “Deep Satanism: An Introduction to Project Faust”.
En dit is slechts het eerste boek, er zit nog meer in die ketel…
Werd ook aangekondigd op de Church of Satan website, maar verdient het hier herhaald te worden. Ik kijk zeer uit naar deze documentaire, wetende wie eraan meewerkt en wat er zoal rond gebeurt en zal gebeuren… Updates worden gepost wanneer ze aangekondigd worden voor de buitenwereld, dit zal een documentaire worden om niet te missen!
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De tijd van de Saturnalia is weer hier, maar over het (tijdelijk) doorbreken van seksuele taboes schrijf ik in een later artikel wellicht meer. Nu eerst even de kerstman onder de loep.
Terwijl men overal reeds druk bezig is de nacht te verdrijven met meer en meer verlichting aan de huizen, en de heidense kerstbomen reeds geplaatst zijn, is het moment misschien gekomen om er op te wijzen hoe de kerstman verbonden is met de Duivel. Denk even terug aan een eerder schrijven op dit blog over Krampus, de demon die Sinterklaas traditioneel vergezeld, en lees dan ook even onderstaand schrijven (met dank aan Magister Nemo).
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There is not enough space in this book to adequately document the influence and inspiration of the medieval plays into the making of Santa, but let us examine Santa’s trademark “Ho! Ho! Ho!”. Most people have no idea where this came from, and more important whom it came from. . .
In The Drama Before Shakespeare - A Sketch, author Frank Ireson, describes the popular Miracle Play. Notice the description of the devil as “shaggy, hairy,” etc. (as Santa), and notice the devil’s trademark “exclamation on entering was ho, ho, ho!”:
Besides allegorical personages, there were two standing characters very prominent in Moral Plays—the Devil and Vice. The Devil was, no doubt, introduced from the Miracle Plays, where he had figured so amusingly; he was made as hideous as possible by his mask and dress, the latter being generally of a shaggy and hairy character, and he was duly provided with a tail: his ordinary exclamation on entering was, “Ho, ho, ho! what a felowe [sic] am I.”(Ireson, Frank. “The Drama Before Shakespeare - A Sketch.” 1920 )
Siefker also collaborates the devil’s trademark “ho, ho, ho.”
In these plays, the devil’s common entry line, known as the “devil’s bluster,” was “Ho! Ho! Hoh!”(Siefker, Phyllis. Santa Claus, Last of the Wild Men: The Origins and Evolution of Saint Nicholas. Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc., 1997, p. 69)
The devil’s trademark “ho, ho, ho” was carried over from the early medieval Miracle Plays to the popular old English play “Bomelio,” as the following lines from the play verify:
What, and a’ come? I conjure thee, foul spirit, down to hell! Ho, ho, ho! the devil, the devil! A-comes, a-comes, a-comes upon me,. . .
(Dodsley, Robert. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Vol. VI. The Project Gutenberg Ebook. <www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext06/7oep610.txt>)
Another extremely popular character dominating the medieval plays was Robin Goodfellow (Robin Hood was created from him). Robin Goodfellow was a caricature of the devil, dressed with horns, shaggy, furs, and cloven feet.
Author Gillian Mary Edwards in Hobgoblin and Sweet Puck, provides some interesting insight into Robin Goodfellow:
One of the most popular characters in English folklore of the last thousand years has been the faerie, goblin, devil or imp known by the name of Puck or Robin Goodfellow. The Welsh called him Pwca, which is pronounced the same as his Irish incarnation Phouka, Pooka or Puca. Parallel words exist in many ancient languages - puca in Old English, puki in Old Norse, puke in Swedish, puge in Danish, puks in Low German, pukis in Latvia and Lithuania – mostly with the original meaning of a demon, devil or evil and malignant spirit. . . (Edwards, Gillian Mary. Hobgoblin and Sweet Puck. London: Bles Publishers, 1974, p. 143)
In The History of a Hobgoblin, author Allen W. Wright, reveals “Robin itself was a medieval nickname for the devil” and “Robin’s trademark laugh is “Ho Ho Ho!”:
Robin Goodfellow appeared in more plays around 1600. And there were many 17th century broadside ballads about him. . . Robin’s trademark laugh is “Ho Ho Ho!” . . . Robin itself was a medieval nickname for the devil. (Wright, Allen W. “The History of a Hobgoblin.” <www.boldoutlaw.com/puckrobin/puckages.html>)
The original author is hidden today, but the devil’s trademark “Ho! Ho! Ho!” was common knowledge before the coming of Santa Claus.
Author Tony Renterghem, concludes his extensive research into the origin of Santa with the following statement:
I can only conclude that the original ancestor of our modern Santa Claus is none other than the mythological Dark Helper-a faint memory of Herne/Pan, the ancient shamanic nature spirit of the Olde Religion. (Renterghem, Tony van. When Santa Was a Shaman. St. Paul: Llewellyn Publications, 1995, p. 93)
Note: Herne or Pan is the horned god. It is common knowledge that Pan and Herne are popular names for Satan. The Satanic Bible lists Pan as one of the Infernal Names of Satan. (LaVey, Anton Szandor. The Satanic Bible. New York: Avon Books, Inc., 1969 p. 144)
After researching scores of books and material on the origin of Santa Claus, by far, the best book on this subject is Santa Claus, Last of the Wild Men: The Origins and Evolution of Saint Nicholas, authored by the late University of Kansas associate, Phyllis Siefker. This is no child’s book, but a scholarly exploration into the origin of Santa Claus. It is published by the prestigious McFarland Publishers, a leading publisher of reference and academic books. This book carries no Christian bias, but is simply a secular, non Christian scholastic study. With that in mind, the following analysis by Siefkler is even more alarming:
The fact is that Santa and Satan are alter egos, brothers; they have the same origin. . . On the surface, the two figures are polar opposites, but underneath they share the same parent, and both retain many of the old symbols associated with their “father” . . . From these two paths, he arrived at both the warmth of our fireplace and in the flames of hell. (Siefker, Phyllis. Santa Claus, Last of the Wild Men: The Origins and Evolution of Saint Nicholas. Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc., 1997, p. 6)
Dit is een blog entry om duidelijk te maken dat het geen grap is dat de Church of Satan geen criminele activiteit tolereert, en informatie over misdadigers, of potentiële misdadigers overdraagt aan de politie.
Een jongeman van 18, die naar Hogepriester Peter Gilmore mailde dat hij zijn grootouders wilde doden “in naam van onze onheilige heer Satan”, werd gearresteerd nadat Magus Gilmore de e-mail in kwestie overmaakte aan de FBI.
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Bron: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,316967,00.html
Teen Held After E-Mailing Satanic Group Threat to Kill Grandparents
Saturday, December 15, 2007
CORTLAND, Ohio — A teenager was arrested after a leader of the Church of Satan turned over to the FBI an e-mail the high school student had written to the sect in which he threatened to kill his grandparents, authorities said.
Andrew Culver, 18, told police the e-mail detailing his intention to kill his grandparents and steal their money and car was a joke, said Bazetta Township police Chief Charles Sayers.
According to police, Culver wrote he had access to an arsenal of weapons and wanted to “kill in the name of our unholy lord Satan.”
Culver sent the message Wednesday to Peter Gilmore, the high priest of the New York City-based Church of Satan, Sayers said. Gilmore alerted the FBI, which notified local police. Culver was taken out of class Thursday and questioned by police, Sayers said.
“To send an e-mail making specific threats, to sign your name, that to me is not a joke,” Sayers said.
Messages seeking comment were left at the home where Culver lives with his grandparents and with the Trumbull County Juvenile Detention Center, where Culver is being held.
Charges will be discussed at a scheduled hearing on Monday, Sayers said.
Gilmore said his church discards most of the hundreds of e-mails it receives daily. But Culver’s message stood out, he said.
“I thought it could be a joke, but with recent events in Colorado and Nebraska, I thought it was better to play it safe,” he said, referring to mass shootings in an Omaha mall, a missionary school near Denver and a Colorado Springs church that killed a total of 13 people, including the gunmen.
Gilmore said members of his group are atheists who believe Satan is a symbol of freedom, not evil. “To the Satanist, he is his own God,” reads a statement on the group’s Web site from Gilmore.
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Bron: http://www.wkbn.com/news/local/12515741.html
Student Arrested
by Peggy Sinkovich
Was Andrew Culver’s email to The Church of Satan truly a threat? Or a call for help, or a prank? That’s exactly what Cortland and Bazetta police are trying to determine tonight. .
The one paragraph email, police say Culver sent from his home computer on December 12th states he wants out of the “Christian world” and needs to kill. He also went on to say he will kill his grandparents and wants the church to employee him as an unholy warrior.
The email immediately caught the attention of Peter Gilmore of the Church of Satan. Gilmore says his church is a religion of anti-Christian atheists who do not actually believe in God, Satan, or an afterlife and do not condone violence.
Gilmore says the recent acts of violence among teens has been increasing and he didn’t want more to take place so as soon as he read the email he turned it over to the FBI.
The FBI then contacted the local police.
Cortland Police Chief Gary Mink and Bazetta Chief Chuck Sayers say they became concerned due to last week’s church shootings in Colorado and the words Culver used in the computer message.
Police said other concerns were the fact that Culver, enrolled early in the Army and has already completed basic training. Culver also put in his email that his grandfather is a retired police officer and that he has access to guns.
Andrew’s grandfather says his grandson has lived with him for two years and he doesn’t believe the boy is a threat. He thinks the email was just a hoax.
Police say when they arrested Culver, he told them the email was a joke but would not answer any other questions.
Culver turned 18 today.
“…God is a very Jungian construct. He was created by small men to serve their needs…”
-Anton LaVey, “Satan Speaks”