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Founder, Producer & Executive Arbiter of the annual Wicked Witch of the Year AwardMagistra_Yhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06628035337253581230noreply@blogger.comBlogger91125truetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7362848861942104602.post-62757533408593171162021-01-19T12:17:00.004-05:002021-01-19T12:30:20.057-05:00<p></p><h2 style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><i> 7th Annual Wicked Witch of the Year</i></span></h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Lizzie Hendrix</span></h1><span style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPqcdMBcEEQvlWyX2krnmRZSNkh4V5EJLyumKmNb7FQTJZeUSEzECZa_8cw1R7VNllCW5ydR4njVcYOpBueynjQO5r6Xhb71ZzS2hi0qBcwZs9r0z21RZDlDgK6usvhPgjt3SfLf80JT0/s832/lizwin1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9031157/Florida-grave-robbers-break-open-concrete-tombs-unseal-four-caskets-steal-human-remains.html"><span style="color: white;">"Ritual" Crime?</span></a><br /></span></p><p>Below is the letter I sent to the Lake County Sherriff's office regarding a local grave robbery.</p><p>It was way too long and I realized while writing it I was really trying to hash out my feelings regarding the influence of Q-Anon in re-branding and kick-starting the Satanic Panic.</p><p>If you see the media or law enforcement or those in education misrepresenting Satanism, please, contact Central Admin. The <a href="www.churchofsatan.com">Church of Satan</a> Priesthood and agents are authorized to clarify these issues.</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dear Lt. Herrell,</span></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-1b0b875a-7fff-74e9-c80b-e439467c4513"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My name is Ygraine Osborn-Mitchell and for almost 40 years I have worked as an advocate and expert on alternative and occult religions. I have guest lectured at several Florida police academies on the topics of ritual crime and religious civil rights. My qualifications are available should you request them, but suffice to say I was hired as an expert on the occult by both Governor Martinez in 1990, and Governor Chiles in 1993. My duty and goal, as a citizen and a member of the clergy of one of these alternative belief systems (</span><a href="http://www.churchofsatan.com" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">www.churchofsatan.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">), is to provide the public, and even more importantly those in positions of power, with facts. As you are no doubt aware, it wasn't so very long ago that misinformation, shameless exaggeration, and stereotypes encouraged the Satanic Panic and its accompanying bigotry resulted in damage to the lives of thousands of peaceful citizens.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As a human being, a Florida resident, and as a Satanic Witch, I am disgusted that anyone would trespass, vandalize the property of others, and with no regard to the families of the deceased, desecrate graves. You might not be aware that those acts are in direct contradiction to Satanic law. There is no ritual in Satanism that requires such barbarism, and the same is true for the vast majority of Neo-Pagan, Wiccan, and Occult religions practiced today. Unfortunately, that truth is nowhere near as exciting to the masses, and therefore is rejected by them, in lieu of lurid and bloody tales they have heard about from the pulpit or seen in the movies. This makes your job so very important in terms of protecting the citizenry who practice these faiths. Your position provides legitimacy and authority that most will accept without question.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I would like you to understand how problematic, and potentially dangerous, using the word "ritual" is in regards to crime. I read this quote in no less than six separate media sources, and can assume that tens of thousands have read it by now:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Detectives and crime scene investigators responded to the scene and began the investigation and found evidence that suggests that this incident is very likely tied to some form of ritualistic activity,” </span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Herrell said.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">There are two important issues to address. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The first is that the word </span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">ritual, </span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">when used in a criminal context, immediately (and wrongly) evokes Satanism and Witchcraft to the populace. I can promise you that most readers of that quote have subconsciously and in some cases consciously determined that Satanists (a term that sociologically, anthropologically, and in religious parlance applies </span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">only</span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> to those who practice the atheistic religion of Satanism as defined in </span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Satanic Bible</span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">) committed a serious and horrible crime in their neighborhood. That determination often leads to fear, which often leads to responses that put innocent people in danger. I wish I could say I only know this from study, but during the Satanic Panic I was assaulted in my home, my children were terrorized, my cat was killed by a neighbor, my business was vandalized constantly, including a car driving through a plate glass window and a man described as a "good Christian" ejaculated on my door. I closed my business when the Port St. Lucie police, who I had lectured and consulted for, informed me that a man had bought a sniper rifle at a local pawnshop and mentioned that he was going to send the witch straight to Hell. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To those who never hear otherwise, particularly from authority figures, only bad people perform rituals. They have no way of knowing that </span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Satanic Bible/</span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Satanism strictly prohibits the violation of laws, and demands that Satanists never harm animals or children and that unlike virtually every other religion the Church of Satan automatically terminates the memberships of those who violate the law & the rights of others. They don't know that our church has worked with law enforcement in prosecuting occultists who have violated the law and have consulted on crimes that seem to have occult overtones.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> None of that matters once the word ritual is used to describe a crime. The public automatically assumes the Satanists did it. This makes our lives so difficult that the vast majority of us keep our religion to ourselves, allowing the public to believe they don't actually know any Satanists, prolonging the negative assumptions, but protecting us, creating a Catch-22 of epic proportions.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This brings me to the second issue. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> In 1992 the FBI released a groundbreaking report on Satanic Ritual Abuse (SRA), written by and named for Kenneth Lanning. The report concluded there wasn't any. There wasn't a shred of evidence to support the crazy stories of breeders and sacrifice, and all those who made allegations were deemed to have done so for attention and getting in on the Satanic Panic industry that supported unethical therapists, pastors, publishers, and motivational speakers with millions of dollars. Most genuine crimes that had SRA features turned out to be committed by teens </span><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and the mentally ill, whose entire understanding of Satanism came from churches and movies.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This realization led to the conclusion that certain criteria would need to be present at a crime scene for a crime to be considered Satanic/Occult/SRA.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">1. The scene must have evidence of occult symbology or religious paraphernalia. Often the symbols will be wrong because they came from Christian sources. The most obvious example of this is pentacles, pentagrams, and/or reversed crosses spray-painted at the scene. While these symbols certainly prove the perp believes he is doing a magical act, or desperately wants a mundane crime to be viewed as having magical significance, there is no ritual in Satanism, Wicca, or Any of the Neo-Pagan religions that demands a crime as a ritual component. Regardless, without some symbology, there is virtually nowhere to begin in seeking an occult connection.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2. There has to be a purpose for the crime within the framework of the alternative belief structure. This is particularly important in determining if the crime is a necessary component of a ritual with a specific result in mind, or, much more frequently, if creating a scene that LOOKS like it had ritual purpose is the point in and of itself, to cover up a crime that is mundane in nature. Alternative religions may be the minority but they still have all the features of traditional ones, including holy books and writings, and more importantly, they have rules. There are 8 books that make up the canon of Satanism. You will find pages of philosophy, history, and yes, rituals. You won't find a single one that requires a body part. Researching a crime and cross-referencing it to its relevance to a specific religion is required in order to claim a crime is ritualistically inspired.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">3. The perpetrator is found to be a member or practitioner of the religion that appears to have inspired the crime. It isn't sufficient that the perp once took out a book on demonology from the library or watched The Omen 48 times. In the internet age, there is no need for people with unusual belief systems to be alone, and human beings are social animals who gravitate towards others of a similar mindset. There are over 350 recognized religions in the USA, and if a crime is considered to be religiously motivated it is important to link the criminal to the religion that allegedly inspired the crime. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The media reports do not mention what specifically was at the crime scene that led you to call the crime ritualistic, but I have to assume, if the reports are accurate, that the missing head might have a shocking enough effect to lead those investigating to consider it. However, were I to seek a much more earthly motive, the fact that human skulls sell on ebay for thousands of dollars leaps to mind. </span><a href="https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2016/08/human-skulls-sale-legal-ebay-forensics-science/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Nat. Geo. Market for Skulls</span></a><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. Still, I realize there may be features of the crime scene I am unaware of. As listed above, perhaps there were symbols, ritual tools, or other evidence. There is no occult holiday on December 5th, and the moon phase (waning) had no ritual significance.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">While my vocation is to educate, my intentions are selfish. We easily see the connection between current events and our day to day lives, as the events of the day can change everything from the price of food to the potential for war. The social and political climate, while never great for people like me who walk a different path, has recently taken a decidedly more ominous turn. If those in authority can, through education, be aware that real people can be really hurt by something as seemingly inconsequential as the use of the word “ritual” I can help myself, my family, and those in mine and other alternative religions.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The previous Satanic Panic is now being reborn within the Q-Anon phenomena. Yesterday’s “breeder vans,” and “mobile crematoriums” are now pedophile pizzerias and Deep State power structures. Perhaps even more frightening is the amount of people who believe it, and that becomes a critical issue for impressionable teens, the emotionally handicapped and the mentally ill. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Those people are highly influenced by, and at the same time are awfully resentful of, authority figures in their lives. Few hold more sway than ministers and pastors who act as the surrogate of God on Earth, and stand in front and above while discussing their perception of alternative/occult religions. They don't tell their flock that the motto of Satanism is "Study, not worship," but instead paint Satanism as one long party, orgies and blasphemy, and freedom to do whatever one wants. If that wasn’t attractive enough, many have incorporated “Q-Theory” as well, and made us seem unbelievably powerful. The pastors, speakers, and pundits think they are scaring their followers about Hell. Instead, to those with various mental issues, they have painted an exciting, mysterious, and freeing portrait that seems to provide a life of power and excitement. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My church, the Church of Satan does not actively recruit members. We also do not accept minors for membership, and we turn away many who have accepted the traditional church and Q definitions, but we did not create the few monsters who perform horrible acts in the name of the devil.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As atheists who see Satan merely as a metaphor or archetype, Satanists do not perform sacrifices because there is no one to sacrifice to, but any church in America will tell you that we perform sacrifice. They will tell you we worship the biblical version of the devil (we don't worship anyone, and nothing in the Holy Bible interests us) and commit atrocities. In other words, when we actually (and mercifully rarely) see genuinely gruesome crime scenes with symbols and candles and the like it is inevitably the work of those we call Christian Heretics or are more commonly referred to as Devil Worshippers. They are not members of any recognized alternative religion, and they genuinely believe in the Holy Bible and its mythology. They are, however, impressed, excited, and attracted to the false version of satanism their ministers, their podcast and radio hosts and their families have told them about. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I realize I just went down a really long road to say that almost without exception what passes for ritual crime is committed by either mentally ill/emotionally compromised (heretical) Christian OR screwed up teens influenced by movies and boredom.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mentally ill people are unlikely to pay for the word "ritual" however. Rather, as the Q phenomena grows, those of us in non-traditional religions are again finding ourselves in the crosshairs. We’ve become a lightning rod for those who have become even more religious during this difficult time. There is more than a little chance we will face more than our usual quota of discrimination and bigotry when a compromised individual decides it might be a service to humanity, or even an act of faith to God, to remove someone who performs 'rituals.' </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This might seem paranoid to anyone who has never been on the receiving end of religious bigotry, but for those of us who suffered through the Satanic Panic, and I mean the word suffer both literally and figuratively, it is the natural, albeit terrifying, progression of human behavior fueled with fear, distrust, and the seeming agreement of the legal authorities.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What I am asking from you, now and in the future, is to accept that your office serves a religiously diverse population, many of whom choose to remain hidden for their own safety, while others are comfortable letting their "freak flag fly.” We are vulnerable through no fault of our own and need our law enforcement agencies to see us not as a fringe sub-culture upon whom blame is easily placed, but as citizens doing nothing more than what every other American does by exercising our 1st Amendment rights. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Regardless, I promise you this, unlike any other religious group, should it become clear that anyone in our ranks has committed this or any other crime, WE will turn them in and assist in their prosecution.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Respectfully, </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ygraine Osborn-Mitchell</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Magistra, </span><a href="http://www.churchofsatan.com" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Church of Satan</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Blog </span><a href="http://www.confessionsofawickedwitch.com" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Confessions of a Wicked Witch</span></a></p><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Host </span><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rfs-confessions-of-a-wicked-witch/id726232382" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="595" data-original-width="939" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9XN5uJA92xaZ0KOWwL7cmVZMpLktadBww6m0gRIpr1rxUcYgmHTnNFLDf_WnDpuWLWSUfIPnQFuC2ezYqQVDk5fU0xKZ108kBPvTgxR0_UHu3NZtdFZPvWEJJamEI32Qx6nsX8e6CwoI/s320/ae66611.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>Twenty years ago, having already spent several decades on the front lines of alternative religious advocacy, I was asked to do an interview for an upcoming episode of <span style="color: red;"><a href=" https://youtu.be/KtM0Nakql6A?t=1687">A & E's The Unexplained,</a> </span>representing <span style="color: red;"><a href="www.churchofsatan.com">The Church of Satan</a>. </span></p><p>It was the tail-end of the Satanic Panic (which, of course, we didn't know at the time,) and I was doing media frequently, from my third occult bookstore, Pandora's Box. I was still under the now disproven notion that education and information could solve all problems. National television was an opportunity, in my mind, to help make a safer future for my kids and the kids of other Satanists. I was scheduled to be interviewed in my shop, which was not unusual, and we even scheduled a ritual, replete with a nude altar, for the cameras. The interview became three days of a camera crew following me about, filming all kinds of mundane and magical things, and eventually, the aired episode was, unintentionally, much more about my Satanic life than about Satanism in general. That made me uncomfortable, but I knew I had done my best, and only hoped I didn't screw anything up for my Church.</p><p>Faithful readers, good friends and confidantes, and everyone who has ever disliked me know what happened shortly thereafter. Those wanting to catch up can read <span style="color: red;"><a href="https://www.confessionsofawickedwitch.com/2019/01/16-years-later.html">16 Years Later</a> </span>and see that not long after this episode was filmed my life hit the skids in a fucking major way that took a decade or so to recover from. Due to the prominent placement of my ex-husband, I had relegated this show to the shame file and avoided mentioning it or promoting it. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizwW9WTX7bU9JMFIjHVS-o476KyRAiIE4koq8gIYULJNUNBaU-yHlJNZTSPNdrkuDapDoPsNNXtKkHg6vnHpWeo5Zy8A5E1qAFsn6P_ocZ0i782g3CoqP1BTejvhi3kq92o9rAmb7kGxo/s841/ae6662.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="677" data-original-width="841" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizwW9WTX7bU9JMFIjHVS-o476KyRAiIE4koq8gIYULJNUNBaU-yHlJNZTSPNdrkuDapDoPsNNXtKkHg6vnHpWeo5Zy8A5E1qAFsn6P_ocZ0i782g3CoqP1BTejvhi3kq92o9rAmb7kGxo/s320/ae6662.png" width="320" /></a></div><br />I had no idea that there would be a return to those days. I didn't realize how quickly society could reverse itself, or how all the years of work many of us had done to demand nothing more than our First Amendment rights, could vanish in the blink of an eye, but here we are.<p></p><p>I am a Satanic Witch. With that definition, I expect to be the scapegoat. I expect weak people, dependent on imaginary beings, to blame me and mine for all sorts of wrongdoing. I expect those desperate for some race, creed, or gender to feel superior to, to use me & mine as their free pass to vent their bigotry. </p><p>What I didn't expect is my country to fall so far apart that the President and any number of legislators could feed me & mine to the ignorant masses, lie through their teeth about us, and put us in jeopardy, again. I never thought we'd be in the place where, 20 years ago, we were.</p><p>When I hear Christians talking about how under attack they are, I want to scream. It is such bullshit. The last few years have proven nothing as much as the power of Evangelical Christianity, to the detriment of everyone else. These people are of the mind that anyone else having equal rights means they have reduced ones. Their argument "_______________ (insert minority group here) don't want equal rights, they want MORE rights!" is a textbook worthy definition of "projection."</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRv_sSTQ5PehPgFihalcysXvphp4lYqIm5fcjfCXMlp-TzA-osWbqFEDiiXsiZpWmtpK7VO-TIJMt_nQmywi0ujjArlfrgCh4ayWfr1mKK42bx6nfJHOHv7zYSnFti4x3h_Uo3-0aESEY/s905/ae6667.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="653" data-original-width="905" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRv_sSTQ5PehPgFihalcysXvphp4lYqIm5fcjfCXMlp-TzA-osWbqFEDiiXsiZpWmtpK7VO-TIJMt_nQmywi0ujjArlfrgCh4ayWfr1mKK42bx6nfJHOHv7zYSnFti4x3h_Uo3-0aESEY/s320/ae6667.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>So, I wonder. Are we in danger again?</p><p>Will someone physically attack me, again, for the love of their God, like 20+ years ago?</p><p>Will my step & grandchildren be picked on and humiliated, like my kids were 20+ years ago?</p><p>Will the police come to my door and tell me there are credible death threats against my life, like 20 years ago?</p><p>Will those same police look at the art on my walls, the books on my shelves, and based on that alone attempt to take kids away from me, like 20+ years ago?</p><p>Will small-minded neighbors poison my pets, break my windows, or vandalize my car?</p><p>Will real criminals get away with crimes because the great unwashed would prefer to place blame on Satanists than accept that normal Christian folk commit the vast majority of offenses?</p><p>Will I spend every waking hour correcting popular books and movies portraying us in ways that degrade and defame us?</p><p>40 years of interviews.</p><p>40 years of clarifications, explanations, lectures & testimony.</p><p>40 years of writing, speaking and explaining.</p><p>If this Q crap, this leadership that panders to the most stupid, most backward in our society, continues, will any of it matter?</p><p>Will everything I have done for almost 40 years mean absolutely nothing at all, making mine a wasted life, that made no difference for anyone or anything I care about?</p><p>I don't know. I do know there isn't a snowball's chance in Hell of me going down that road without a fight. To quote Nick Fury:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz-ofn3nP1pr7JsojnP8d65yQcGc5AmnU5KU1UViH9lSgZQWUPtr1zxSkXr-miGzUC4kImAmD3nLk2Ec879YibhQEcr4knWz0RUMgo-v2-_xJfEctPSYXVzFq4TazMDths6bsOywVe2aU/s630/fury.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="90" data-original-width="630" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz-ofn3nP1pr7JsojnP8d65yQcGc5AmnU5KU1UViH9lSgZQWUPtr1zxSkXr-miGzUC4kImAmD3nLk2Ec879YibhQEcr4knWz0RUMgo-v2-_xJfEctPSYXVzFq4TazMDths6bsOywVe2aU/s320/fury.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtEEDVCQifo-mj7tXwSCXX2B1Ow87JCQrmk3SulS5TCS8i1_1hwAwPnJsWyRYXYaGEUNqMufDZl5Hqaad2dYS8fOZtxp4jU1A0oJQ0s_DcIcqFzKVrhjVIt6sdIuR9wLQwaUPFLrlR93w/s953/ae66612.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="674" data-original-width="953" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtEEDVCQifo-mj7tXwSCXX2B1Ow87JCQrmk3SulS5TCS8i1_1hwAwPnJsWyRYXYaGEUNqMufDZl5Hqaad2dYS8fOZtxp4jU1A0oJQ0s_DcIcqFzKVrhjVIt6sdIuR9wLQwaUPFLrlR93w/s320/ae66612.png" width="320" /></span></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Magistra_Yhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06628035337253581230noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7362848861942104602.post-11249239109300099952020-08-20T14:07:00.002-04:002020-08-20T18:04:16.535-04:00Deja-F%*king-Vu<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: xx-large;">Deja-Fucking-Vu</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><i>Wherein the Wicked Witch Confesses</i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><i>That She Really Could Do Without Satanic Panic Redux</i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><i>&</i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><i>Fuck you, Q-Anon</i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm_APmQUUDon1GSP6FDjf4P6veiKNCI_xT7-hc-VvHDYoBLIZN0ak-GCmwKkhJJnj0ZFw40NOsQ4XeLaoIhU956lzQjw7cEl6ce3kvhEUvo3XegmUKpIAlGCuNTexG5kLjP885eVJPS68/s874/ae66610.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="674" data-original-width="874" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm_APmQUUDon1GSP6FDjf4P6veiKNCI_xT7-hc-VvHDYoBLIZN0ak-GCmwKkhJJnj0ZFw40NOsQ4XeLaoIhU956lzQjw7cEl6ce3kvhEUvo3XegmUKpIAlGCuNTexG5kLjP885eVJPS68/s640/ae66610.png" width="640" /></a></div><i><br /></i></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">It is scary to see Q-Anon, by extension the President, and so many of our neighbors buying into a lie that sent thousands of us into hiding, many of us attacked, and some even legally persecuted, not that long ago. By us, I mean people like me, Satanists, who have spent 54+ years proving who we are, only to have the evidence ignored whenever the mainstream wants to blame the end result of their actions on others. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-ea1311ae-7fff-d8c0-fc77-a8a40fc16e3b" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">Pizzagate, celebrity pedophile rings, and human trafficking are now all being prefaced with the word “Satanic.” There is not a shred of any, let alone any credible, evidence of Satanic involvement, but the word triggers an almost Manchurian Candidate reaction that doesn’t require proof beyond the common need to feel superior by vilifying others.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">There is no evidence of Satanic Ritual Abuse because there is no SRA. Occasionally we may hear of a “devil-worshipper’ committing a heinous crime, but to worship a devil you have to believe in the whole Christian mythos, making devil worship a branch of heretical Christianity. Satanism is atheistic, using Satan as a metaphor only, and the idea of kneeling before some fairytale and begging for favors is anathema to us. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">People I know are allowing conspiracy theorists to divert the attention away from 170+k dead Americans, a crashed economy and the most important election in history. I see their posts, and I wonder if they know they are talking about me, wondering if they know how much it hurts or how scary it is to see the ugly head of the Satanic Panic rise up again, and wonder if I will make it through this time? People, some I’d even consider friends, are lying about my religion, claiming the worst possible crimes, with no regard that this is no different than racism, sexism, homophobia, or any other prejudice.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">If you are determined to have a reason to dislike Satanism, let me help you.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">SRA LIES & URBAN LEGENDS</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">These are NOT valid accusations against Satanists</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">Sacrifice: There is no god/devil/entity to make a sacrifice to. There is no deity to make demands. Sacrifice demands a recipient, and Satanists don’t have one. Additionally, Satanic dogma, unlike the Holy Bible, specifically forbids killing animals for anything other than food, or ever harming children.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">Sexual Abuse: Under no condition is there a ritual, ceremony, or requirement calling for non-consensual sex. As a religion that celebrates the carnal, there are few things as literally against our dogma than rape or any form of sexual abuse or harassment</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">Children: We do not allow children to join the Church or participate in rituals. No exceptions. We don’t believe in indoctrinating children and are uninterested in recruiting them. Our religious dogma forbids the harming of kids, and it serves no purpose. </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">Recruiting: We have a website one can visit for free, and the books that make up our religious canon are for sale. Beyond that, we do not actively seek members. They must come to us. We have no desire to be a major world religion and are comfortable being a minority religion that speaks deeply to some, and not at all, to most.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b id="docs-internal-guid-b62b64ca-7fff-96d7-ced1-2099d1701273" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">VALID REASONS FOR TRADITIONAL RELIGIONS</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">TO DISAPPROVE OF SATANISM</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><br /><br /></span></b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">We set an example the vast majority of churches cannot live up to:</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">We pay taxes.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">We do not violate the wall of church/state separation by preaching politics from the pulpit.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">If aware that a member or clergy person has violated a law we assist law enforcement and refuse to protect offenders.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">We demonstrate ethics and civility because we choose to, not because a book told us to, or because we fear Hell.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">We applaud people, not gods, for human accomplishments, and blame people, not devils, for the bad things they do. We find most people prefer to relinquish their personal responsibility and put it on beings we think of as fairytales.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">By not believing in Heaven or Hell, we expect no reward or punishment after death, but take complete responsibility for what we do in our one life.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">We don’t love everyone but love deeply those who have enriched our lives. By not loving all our neighbors, our love is valuable and has true meaning. Likewise, we do not repress our hatred for those who have done us wrong. As individualists, we do not judge on race or gender or sexual identity but by actions.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;">In sum, if you must find a reason, make it a true one. We don’t believe in God or Satan or faith or magic beans, and you do, fine. Please follow your own rules then, about not bearing false witness on your neighbor. These same lies destroyed countless lives a few decades back, and willing ignorance and prejudice can start it all over again.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: white; font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><br /><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p>Magistra_Yhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06628035337253581230noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7362848861942104602.post-23458568614850910802020-02-16T17:31:00.001-05:002020-02-16T17:34:40.730-05:00The 6th Annual Wicked Witch of the Year/Nominees & the Winner<h2 style="text-align: center;">
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There is something about your adult child having cancer that makes you feel like a total twat for using it as an excuse for failing to live up to your responsibilities. Using my kids for any purpose is pretty low, but this situation makes the truth of it seem like a lie, and leads to a further spiral into a vat of confusion and guilt. This is in no way helped by the fact that , knowing myself and knowing I am utterly capable of avoiding something for any number of non-altruistic reasons.</div>
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That said, it has been a solid two decades since I last took such a gut shot. I'm sure over that time I would have thought any number of other things were meaningful and devastating, but my kid being sick has put all that in perspective, in a pretty horrible way.</div>
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So, I begged patience from and forgiveness to my Wicked Witch of the Year nominees and of <a href="http://www.radiofreesatan.com/">Radio Free Satan</a> . Naturally, as I have come to depend, the citizenry of <a href="http://www.churchofsatan.com/">The Church of Satan</a> were kind, and understanding, supportive and inspiring.</div>
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That made it worse.</div>
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When you feel guilt, and people are so unfathomably kind, it only sharpens the comprehension of who you are letting down.</div>
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So I said to my husband that today is the day! I will make the decision, I will finish the bios, I will Hail some Satan, and do my fucking job. Dammit!</div>
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Here is a secret: Most (not all) years I know who is going to win before anyone is even nominated. It isn't rigged, or fixed, but I pay attention to the women in our organization in a way that borders on stalking. If a Satanic Witch does something that blows me the Hell away in June, I start the competition at that moment in my head, and pretty soon everything that comes afterwards if measured by that accomplishment. Sometimes it is topped by a different witch. Sometimes it isn't. Regardless it is always about the application of Satanic theory, as defined by our canon and the membership, in improving the lives of the women in our organization, and how their self-improvement has elevated the <a href="http://www.churchofsatan.com/">Church of Satan</a>.</div>
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This year was brutal. I had no ONE favorite because I had so MANY favorites. Added to that conundrum, and how I didn't see this shit coming I'll never know, but as the years go by and I have more interaction with these members, the closer I become to them, and the harder it is to select among them.</div>
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Now, on my very best day I have intellectual ADHD, there isn't a research rabbit hole I won't fall into, and, as stated, left to my own devices I'd live in my pajamas and blow off anything of note. It took me years to comprehend that them turning it off was not the signal to pay the electric bill, that the big stack of impressive (but impersonal, hence the ignoring of) mail on the counter might provide some forewarnings.</div>
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And yet, for all that, I have never had a real job where I wasn't organized, on time, on top of every little thing, and focussed. When I put my nose to the grindstone pity the fucker who gets in my way. The problem is getting my nose to the grindstone.</div>
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So, I started this morning with all the best intent in the world. I mean, I won't be curing my kid's cancer today, so what the Hell is my excuse, right?</div>
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I'm re-reading the bios, I remember what my council of previous winners have told me, I have cleared all potential winners with Central to guarantee their membership is in good standing, and.....I have juggled the same 3 names over and over and over, and I just can't. Maybe it is because I am feeling so much pain I can't bear the thought of hurting anyone's feelings, or maybe because I know so many of these women so well and love them, and that isn't a word I use lightly as a woman or as a Satanist. I mean LOVE. Knowing them genuinely makes my life better, and without them I'd lose a part of me, and really, is there a better definition of love?</div>
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So bear with me, while I demonstrate the one thing I did see coming when I determined this award was mine to give, and mine alone. I always felt that asking others to take the responsibility of this choice was a shit move. </div>
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<span style="color: #757575; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">Renee is a perennial nominee because she just continues to grow, adapt, and live in the real world without hiding or watering down her beliefs. In years past she has participated in local politics, and she and her husband continue to perform charitable and philanthropic acts in their community , both through their tattoo shop, and as caring individuals. This past year they held a private event for members over Halloween, and I am so sorry I missed it as the word on that ritual & gathering has been 'unforgettable.' Having a private goal, Renee took a mundane job, that she wasn't too fond of, in order to reduce debt and plan for the future. That is real Satanism! She looked at the long goal and sacrificed--not metaphor, but herself, to make her dreams come true. Equally Satanic was her decision to leave her job when the pain overtook the joy. </span></span><br />
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No one who attended Howl's Devil's Reign/TSB 50th Anniversary this year will ever forget meeting the delightfully wicked, incredibly talented, and wonderfully witty Zoe Frost. I have known her husband for decades, love him like a brother, and felt through online contact I knew who Zoe was. I didn't have a clue. Her formal addition to the ranks, coinciding with the birth of <a href="http://satanme/">https://www.satanme.com/</a> were merely an appetizer. This educated, talented, wife, mother and dual careerist made such a splash onstage at Howl that everyone was charmed and smitten.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Another multiple nominee, Josie has been in the organization for 18 years. Few people have lived more of a life of complete self-definition than Josie. By even the most liberal standards, Josie is radical, insofar as she refuses to filter her words and lifestyle to appease anyone's notions of anything. She is provocative, iconoclastic, funny and smart. It takes quite a bit to shock me into an 'Oh, No! She didn't!," but Josie hits that spot fairfly regularly, and the ensuing mental conversation I have with myself is always worth the effort. This year it was a pleasure seeing her bond with other members and establish <a href="http://www.bitchcraftboutique.com/">Bitchcraft Boutique</a>.</span></div>
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Lizzie is a first time nominee, but I KNOW it won't be the last. This young woman has accomplished more at 30 than most do in a lifetime. I had the great pleasure of meeting her recently and was blown away by her wonderfully whimsical attitude, and commitment to the organization and, more importantly, to her own standards of excellence. A great indicator of a magnificent Satanic witch is when you see their significant other beam with pride every time she speaks a word, or catches an eye.<br />
When I see someone working in medicine who is also religiously inclined to believe in Heaven, my cynical brain wonders what, therefore, is the motivation to keep people alive? Lizzie obviously cares deeply or she would not be where she is, and it looks like it is just the beginning. This past ye<span style="background-color: white;">ar, alone: </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"Hey there, everybody, my name is Lauren, I'm a Satanist and I have been nominated for the Wicked Witch of the Year Award! Some of you may know me from my blog ImASatanistAnd.com, but that's not all I am known for in my area. Here at home, I am a Theatrical Lighting Designer and Stage Manager, gardener, cat owner, and poet. Speaking of, a few readers may recognize my name from Infernal Ink Magazine, where I had a poem published!"</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I went back four years and discovered that in nominations alone, no one has more than Cimminnee Holt. The reason she has yet to win? Because she herself keeps placing the bar higher for her own accomplishments. Few people I know have a greater comprehension of magical and religious traditions than Cimminnee. She is the epitome of an academic who has followed her bliss straight into poverty, and this year she decided maybe she deserved a little bit better. Naturally she is questioning her choices, as I have yet to know a ph.D candidate who hasn't, but instead of wandering blindly through a fairly substantial existential crisis, she went to doctors, the gym, mental health professionals, to ensure she was at a level to make those decisions, wisely. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I was reading Delilah's information, and as I tried to re-write I realized I was doing this gifted writer a disservice. I noted a complete understanding of self, aware and wise, and the kind of full life that accepts both tragedy and joy with equal amounts of passion. Delilah lost loved ones this year, busted butt to homeschool and then graduate her child, ran a business, and is returning to an earlier love, writing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">We're the friggin' <a href="http://www.churchofsatan.com/">Church of Satan</a> . Of course we have porn stars!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Obviousness aside, our Ophelia has had a really rough time over the last year. Instead of writing all about her let me say, just this, CONGRATULATIONS on your engagement!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #444950;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">So I am going through Karen's list of accomplishments and am completely dumbstruck when I read that her herbal shop has EXCEEDED its goals. When do you see that? Met goals, maybe. Exceeded them is unique, especially when she spent the year in a 9 month herbalist program, working towards joining the Herbalists Guild, getting certified in Reiki, and being a crazy cat lady. She also co-hosted an event that drew members from all over the country. She wrote that she wasn't a "typical" witch, due to a love of Martha Stewart, gardening, weaving, etc... I know she'll come to see that none of us are. That is the nature of Satanic witchery--each of us is completely unique.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">The answer came to me when I realized who I turn to, who I respect enough to tell my worst secrets, safe in the knowledge there will be a lack of judgment and a surplus of support AND I knew that she played the same role for hundreds, if not thousands of others. She isn't just loved, she is needed. Hell, her nickname is even 'Mama Satan!"</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">I have known this woman for over 25 years. I have felt her love & her wrath, and they were both deserved. Even those older than her want to be her when/if they grow up.</span></span></span></div>
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This One Is Mine</h2>
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There is a myth that Satanists are capable of only hate.<br />
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It is a myth based on the Abrahamic sanctimony and arrogance that insists only an imaginary being can bestow the ability to love.<br />
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Nature via evolution, bestowed the ability to love. Were it not so no one would endure the complete pain in the ass children are. We are genetically programmed to love our offspring, and I would venture a guess that we Satanists, because we refuse to suppress hate and all other emotions, are even more deeply loving than most. Our love isn't for everyone because we were told it should be. Our love is discriminating, and as result, true.<br />
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I love all my children. I have 5. They are all adult, the youngest due to turn 25 next month. I have 3 grandchildren and a stepson who I love, as well. It is completely fair to say I'd run into a burning building, take a bullet, or cream the living shit out of anyone, who posed a danger to them.<br />
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There are many days, I am unashamed to admit, where I do not necessarily like them. They are human beings who I raised to think and speak for themselves which leads to the often awkward situation where we disagree, or they do something I find unacceptable. It never changes the love part. Even more importantly I have found that I would like my kids even if they weren't my kids, most of the time, which is a damn site more than I can say about 90% of my acquaintances.<br />
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When my first child, Shannon, was born, I was extremely young, and she was the first infant I had ever held. I knew damn close to nothing. There was no internet, doctors were still mostly of the mind women were to be placated and dismissed, and the magic of instinct would take over, which, it turns out, was mostly true. I knew immediately how to hold her, what her cries meant, and that if I didn't get some fucking sleep I would probably jump off a cliff.<br />
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Luckily I was married to the oldest of four siblings, one born when he was fourteen, and he had the logistics pretty well in hand. My daughter and my then husband (and current oldest, dear friend,) did something it took much more time for me to do. They bonded, like from the moment she was born. Today the phrase "daddy's girl" has some unpleasant connotations, but in 1982 I watched, in a micro-second, an infant and her father fall in love. It was beautiful, and it turned out I was a bit resentful. Over her childhood their bond just grew stronger, as well as mine with her, but theirs was noticeably deeper, and the petty part of me was jealous.<br />
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Almost 4 years later I gave birth to my second daughter. Whether it was the morphine wearing off, or just a moment of unguarded honesty, when Chelsea was handed to me, I looked her father in the eye and the first words out of my mouth were "This one is mine." And she was, and she has been, since that day. I do not love Chelsea more than her siblings. Like each of them, I just love her differently, but if I were to pick the one trait I most love about Chelsea it would be her unflagging courage.<br />
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Everyone says that a person facing cancer is brave, because they are. The fact that they don't choose to give up and off themselves is proof enough, because the uncertainty alone would send a weak person directly to the razor blades. Chelsea, however, has spent a lifetime being brave.<br />
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Although she was a normal sized baby, Chelsea was always tiny for her age. Once when taking a car pool trip, 12 year old Chelsea was asked if she needed a car seat? She was not amused. She is barely 5 feet tall, and as a kid who looked like she was in third grade when she was in junior high, she was an easy target. Add to that her mother was the locally famous witch, and she had more than her fair share of bullying. Let me assure you, that little girl can scrap. Any number of suspensions will support this contention.<br />
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Equally brave was choosing to avoid religion in a household where that was bread & butter. She didn't disdain or demonstrate contempt, but held onto her own experiences and conclusions. Briefly she claimed to be Catholic, cause let's face it, if you were my kid and wanted to rebel you'd be a Catholic Republican. That was mercifully brief, but I never challenged her on it. If you teach them to think you can't bitch about the results.<br />
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But the real hallmark, the day I realized my kid was better than me, smarter than me, BRAVER than me, was the day I watched her, just 15 years old, stand in a courtroom, in front of a house packed by her opposition, and told the truth about her abuser. He laughed at her. His family sneered and made threatening faces and gestures. She held her head high. She sent him away for 10 years.<br />
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I have gotten a bit of flack from the #me,too! movement because I am against non-disclosure agreements and private settlements. I KNOW how hard it is to tell. I know how much can be at stake--Hell, we all thought we were going to be killed by this monster, so I understand the fear. I also know the only way to stop an abuser is to lock his ass up. I don't know how many young girls Chelsea's bravery saved that day, but I do know exactly how many were abused due to Chelsea's strength for the following 8.5 years: ZERO.<br />
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'that little girl should be wearing a cape.<br />
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That young woman has since worked like a dog in the hospitality industry. She has already gotten an associates degree, and is working, full time, on a degree in International Relations, where she is currently, and frequently, on the Dean's List. She is a devoted mother to Ava. She has an amazing and kind boyfriend. She is sarcastic, funny, razor sharp, contemplative, and stunningly beautiful.<br />
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Then, out of nowhere, she gets a rare form of lymphoma, that might kill her. If it doesn't kill her, and it won't goddammit, it will leave her in huge amounts of debt and the need to start from scratch. Now me? I give no shits about debt and starting over is essentially my way of life, but Chelsea? She has done everything right. She has followed the path of responsibility and adulted even when the rest of us put that annoying shit on hold. She may be mine, but by any quantitative measure she is better than I'll ever be. If possible I love her even more for not being me, while still being mine.<br />
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So when I hear some fucker try to tell me that without God I can't know love, I am inclined to demonstrate just a little hate. This latest assault on Chelsea has only proven to me that there is no God, at least not one who is just or kind. If there was I'd be sick. If there was I'd be able to bargain and beg, please, please, take me. I'm cool. I can call it a day. The only thing I would ever pray for is the ability to go before any of my kids. Sadly, he isn't there or doesn't care. I have instead relied on love. Real love. The love shown by action, deed, and word from my family, friends, and most of all the "loveless" members of <a href="http://www.churchofsatan.com/">the Church of Satan.</a><br />
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To think that my love is less because it isn't given the seal of approval by, if actions speak louder than words, some sadistic puppeteer, is more than just insulting. It is grotesque. To think that the people in the <a href="http://www.churchofsatan.com/">Church of Satan</a> who have overwhelmingly shown support for my daughter, not even a member, through this battle with cancer, and years ago when she stood up and protected a decades worth of potential victims, ti think we don't respond to love and kindness, to loyalty and decency, is a myth worth shattering.<br />
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I hate what is happening. I hate the bureaucracy, the judgmental nature of humanity, and I hate every cruel fucker who had the resources to beat cancer without resorting to begging for help. I have a whole heapin' helpin' of hate, and my hate is real.<br />
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And yet I know, it won't be my hate that wins this. It may prop me up, or give me bursts of strength, and I welcome that fire, but this particular battle will be won by those who loved science enough to become doctors and researchers, those who through nature and nurture love my kid, and the love of the most unfailing support system I have known in my life, the members of <a href="http://www.churchofsatan.com/">my Church.</a><br />
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Pity the next righteous twat who tries to tell me we don't love. I may never be able to prove to them the depth of my love, but I can sure as shit confirm their worst fears about the impact of my hate.<br />
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Magistra_Yhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06628035337253581230noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7362848861942104602.post-57377026016833654052019-11-30T19:10:00.000-05:002019-11-30T19:10:16.015-05:00<h2 style="text-align: center;">
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3. I am gearing up for the 6th Annual Wicked Witch of the Year Award, and will begin accepting nominations. I remind all that nominees must be a member in good standing in <a href="http://www.churchofsatan.com/">the Church of Satan.</a> The nominee should have some demonstrable accomplishment, which she credits some part of, to her applying Satanic philosophy in the real world, during this year. I remind you of the highly accomplished Satanic Witches we've awarded over the previous 5 years:</div>
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Ruth Waytz<br />
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Troj Bruegel<br />
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& Heather Height, our Reigning Wicked Witch of the Year</div>
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Usual Disclaimer Type Stuff: While I usually write about things from my perspective as a Satanic Witch, and that being who I am it could hardly be filtered anyway, like much of the country, politics are on my mind. I must then repeat, <a href="http://www.churchofsatan.com/">The Church of Satan</a> does not, ever, take a position on political policies, parties, candidates, or legislative issues. They are the only church I am aware of, and I'd be happy to be proven wrong, that upholds the Jeffersonian ideal of true separation of church and state. Therefore our members are utterly free to pursue, or not, whatever position they feel best represents their needs and principles. Now, one would think that sort of open-minded, generous view would be seen as the opposite of the cult like preaching of politics from the pulpit that seems the norm on Sunday, these days. </div>
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It is hard, what the Church does. I know because I keep writing "we," and as pretentious as I can be, I didn't mean it in the imperial sense. I know when I am speaking I have to be clear I am speaking for myself, not the organization.</div>
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So that was on my mind after a particularly hurtful twitter battle with someone who attacked the Church from a political position, as well as all the usual bullshit. </div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1d2129; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I envy those who don't feel the need to shoot off their mouths. I am jealous of those who can happily go about their lives with little or no regard for shit that, let's face it, we can't control. They have a peace I will never know, and I don't hold that against them, but that isn't who I am. Like all of us I am a product of my environment.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1d2129; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I have spent a lifetime out of the mainstream. My grandparents were unique, my parents were brilliantly weird, and so it goes. It might strike my friend funny to know that as a kid, trying desperately to fit in, I used to beg to my parents “can’t we be normal?” When we moved upstate from NYC our lack of normalcy became so obvious it was jarring. Picture a hippie version of the Addams Family moving onto an entire block of Archie Bunkers. It wasn’t pretty.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1d2129; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Watching those neighbors, flag wavers, all shiny and clean, doing the Sunday church thing, raising perfect cheerleaders and football stars, I felt I wasn’t one of them--and trust me, whenever I tried, they made sure I knew they thought the same. I learned about the cruelty of the majority in the most benign, bucolic, surroundings. I learned about pack mentality, not on National Geographic, but in suburban backyards. Then, as now, I found my place as the scapegoat, designated to be blamed for whatever plagued the social group. It should surprise no one that from grade school I learned that hypocrisy enraged me above all things.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1d2129; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I watched my father get punched in the face for having the nerve to have a peace symbol bumper sticker on his car, by a church deacon. I watched my mother cry when she ran the local brownie group, spent hours creating and gifting the most amazing crafts, and, one moment, the girls were engaged and delighted--and the next the parents dismissed her for being “too young” which, we were later told, by the only black people in 30 miles, was code for “show business Jews, from the city!" I had been taught that we were all Americans and nothing else mattered, but that wasn’t what I saw from suburban patriots. The had a very minimalist, but straight forward, postcard view of what an American was. We were a blot on their image, skewing the demographic, and we were resented for it.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1d2129; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I was lonely but I wasn't unhappy. We were the weirdos who went to museums and plays. We read books. We read and watched the news. We travelled throughout the states for months every summer. We studied history by touching it. I don't know how old I was when I realized I loved my country, but I tied it to my family, and to what we represent.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1d2129; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My father, from Dubuque, Iowa, has a degree in history, my mother, a true native New Yorker, had a Masters in Fine Arts, before retiring to the Rocky Mountains. My grandfather was born and raised in the Midwest gaining engineering and literature degrees, before moving east, and my grandmother immigrated from Warsaw, Poland, with her 8 brothers and sisters, and became the first Jew to enroll in the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. What I am saying is my family IS America. We embody its principles and its history. If we connect in no other way to our fellow man, we are connected by that. It is the link that ties us to humanity, and it matters. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1d2129; white-space: pre-wrap;">I see the right to redress grievances as a moral obligation, in return for my children’s rights and freedoms. This is my America, and I react to those I see as damaging it like anyone would if someone was stealing the car out of their driveway. It pisses me off. Instinct screams “No, asshole! You can’t have it!”</span></span></div>
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Now, here is where the world has gone clusterfuck in a major way. You would think that groups like <a href="https://www.atheists.org/">American Atheists</a> or any allegedly secular organization would say "Fuck you! Separation means separation, no matter what religion it is, and there should be NO religious monuments, of any stripe on public grounds, and no "elective" religious classes sponsored by public schools, etc...." That would make sense. Secular means, I thought, secular. <b>Separation doesn't mean everyone gets to do it--it means it doesn't get done.</b></div>
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Try again. The American Atheists have had T/S speakers at their annual convention previously, and again this year. <a href="https://www.cflfreethought.org/">Central Florida Freethought Communit</a>y is actually selling tickets for a dinner with T/S founder, Doug, and promoting the fluff film his organization is in. Want to know why this is okay? Want to know why, or why they <i>claim</i> this is ok? From the horse's mouth:</div>
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<span style="color: #444950; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Forgive me for thinking I could find like-minded SECULARISTS in a secular group. Forgive me for having spent 4 decades advocating for ALL alternative religious rights, and choosing, instead, to spend the balance of my life working toward a secular government. <i>This</i> fucker hasn't heard of me. Ouch. It is almost Trumpian to deny expertise and experience in lieu of the bright and shiny media whoredom Doug has embraced with such success. This 'community' (that word should have given me a clue...mea culpa) is free to ignore over 1000 news articles (back when they actually read the news on paper, and online) over 300 local and national televised news interviews, over 2000 students, lectures at 27 colleges and universities, and my being an expert in...shit, I can't count how many court cases and police investigations. Maybe I should be more like Doug and build a religious monument to get national attention and have some cache' in this dick's eyes--except, NO. Principles still matter. I may be the most wicked of witches, but I am fucking Pollyanna Purebred when it comes to my obsessive dedication to the Bill of Rights.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444950; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">I get Captain Dipshit being concerned that my bias is influencing my position. Hell, <i>I</i> WAS CONCERNED MY BIAS WOULD INFLUENCE MY POSITION, but I employed a little thing we call logic. I asked myself the following:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">In the final analysis I find I am actually hurt. I offered years of experience, proven accomplishments in the realms of religious freedom, advocacy, and education, and instead these 'secularists' are impressed by the celebrity factor of a guy who is doing precisely what they claim to be against. Back in the day we called that 'selling out.'</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">So, if unwanted in that particular group, and that group claims to be something they aren't, I kind of feel obligated to demonstrate the principles they have forgotten. Hell, after years of turning down all but small podcasts, I might discover I miss the spotlight. I might find that this sort of unAmerican embrace of religious bullshit is just the sort of thing that brings me out of public/media retirement. Maybe then, they will "hear of me." I'm no Doug, of course, he is young and pretty and incredibly well spoken, but as my ATHEIST mother taught me,</span></div>
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The blue deep thou wingest, </div>
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And singing still dost soar, and soaring ever singest. </div>
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In the golden lightning </div>
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Of the sunken sun, </div>
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O'er which clouds are bright'ning, </div>
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Thou dost float and run; </div>
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Like an unbodied joy whose race is just begun. </div>
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The pale purple even </div>
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Melts around thy flight; </div>
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Like a star of Heaven, </div>
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In the broad day-light </div>
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Thou art unseen, but yet I hear thy shrill delight, </div>
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Keen as are the arrows </div>
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Of that silver sphere, </div>
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Whose intense lamp narrows </div>
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In the white dawn clear </div>
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Until we hardly see, we feel that it is there. </div>
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All the earth and air </div>
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With thy voice is loud, </div>
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As, when night is bare, </div>
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From one lonely cloud </div>
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The moon rains out her beams, and Heaven is overflow'd. </div>
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What thou art we know not; </div>
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What is most like thee? </div>
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From rainbow clouds there flow not </div>
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Drops so bright to see </div>
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As from thy presence showers a rain of melody. </div>
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Like a Poet hidden </div>
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In the light of thought, </div>
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Singing hymns unbidden, </div>
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Till the world is wrought </div>
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To sympathy with hopes and fears it heeded not: </div>
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Like a high-born maiden </div>
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In a palace-tower, </div>
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Soothing her love-laden </div>
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Soul in secret hour </div>
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With music sweet as love, which overflows her bower: </div>
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Like a glow-worm golden </div>
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In a dell of dew, </div>
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Scattering unbeholden </div>
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Its a{:e}real hue </div>
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Among the flowers and grass, which screen it from the view: </div>
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Like a rose embower'd </div>
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In its own green leaves, </div>
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By warm winds deflower'd, </div>
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Till the scent it gives </div>
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Makes faint with too much sweet those heavy-winged thieves: </div>
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Sound of vernal showers </div>
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On the twinkling grass, </div>
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Rain-awaken'd flowers, </div>
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All that ever was </div>
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Joyous, and clear, and fresh, thy music doth surpass. </div>
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Teach us, Sprite or Bird, </div>
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What sweet thoughts are thine: </div>
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I have never heard </div>
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Praise of love or wine </div>
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That panted forth a flood of rapture so divine. </div>
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Chorus Hymeneal, </div>
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Or triumphal chant, </div>
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Match'd with thine would be all </div>
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But an empty vaunt, </div>
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A thing wherein we feel there is some hidden want. </div>
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What objects are the fountains </div>
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Of thy happy strain? </div>
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What fields, or waves, or mountains? </div>
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What shapes of sky or plain? </div>
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What love of thine own kind? what ignorance of pain? </div>
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With thy clear keen joyance </div>
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Languor cannot be: </div>
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Shadow of annoyance </div>
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Never came near thee: </div>
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Thou lovest: but ne'er knew love's sad satiety. </div>
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Waking or asleep, </div>
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Thou of death must deem </div>
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Things more true and deep </div>
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Than we mortals dream, </div>
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Or how could thy notes flow in such a crystal stream? </div>
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We look before and after, </div>
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And pine for what is not: </div>
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Our sincerest laughter </div>
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With some pain is fraught; </div>
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Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought. </div>
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Yet if we could scorn </div>
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Hate, and pride, and fear; </div>
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If we were things born </div>
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Not to shed a tear, </div>
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I know not how thy joy we ever should come near. </div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia"; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">No, it isn’t that we share an ancient stereotype--the sarcastic, big-busted, ever ready with a bawdy joke, and still one of the guys, redhead, and I am playing favorites with a younger version of myself. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia"; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">And, NO, it isn’t because she is married to one of my very favorite people, and most trusted friends, on the whole planet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Lobster; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In less than 24 hours I will be announcing <a href="http://www.radiofreesatan.com/">RFS’s</a> Confessions of a Wicked Witch, 5th Annual Wicked Witch of the Year. As I was preparing that announcement, I was going through meaningful writings to use to support my contention that these witches are emblematic of the diversity of the <a href="http://www.churchofsatan.com/">Church of Satan</a> I fell down a wonderful rabbit hole, where I saw old friends through new eyes created by time and, it would seem, the complacency that familiarity breeds. Re-reading LaVey, Barton, Gilmore & Nadramia was like hearing a song on the radio that you forgot was your favorite, and while you still know all the words, somehow you forgot that amazing guitar solo. I literally got goose bumps, and for the gazillionth time wondered how I got so lucky, for so long, to have known, and still know, these iconic, brilliant, people?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;">Welcome to the home of some of the most amazing Satanic Witches on our planet. This time of year is always bittersweet for me. The good always outweighs the bad. I get the absolute privilege, and that isn't hyperbole, it is a fucking PRIVILEGE, to get to know recent additions to The Infernal Empire, touch base with old friends, and catch up on the exciting things all the nominees have done over the past year. The bad is obvious, too. It sucks picking one. It literally makes me sick as the wadded kleenex and piles of half eaten Tums, will attest.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;">This year I scaled down the finalists to 10. I thought of listing every nominee, and then realized that it served no purpose. I will say that if you identify as a Satanic Witch, are a card carrying member of <a href="http://www.churchofsatan.com/">The Church of Satan</a> , and use social media, you were probably nominated by a loved one. There were a ton of you.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;">There are some witches who have been nominated repeatedly and might wonder why they have yet to wear the pointy spire of the WWotY. The answer is simple. The higher you shoot, the longer it takes, and I am always watching. If a witch has stated plainly her goal is to win an Oscar, it is unlikely I will give her the award for her first indie film. It isn't that she is lacking--quite the opposite, her very nomination proves she is well on her way, but Satanism demands we place our desires into active form. Each nominee has made tremendous strides in creating the life they desire. Not only is the old cliche accurate--that each nominee is a winner, but in this case, each one of them is a compelling representation of Satanism. Each one proves that we are the champions of individualism, masters of making our way in a world that doesn't understand us or want to, and that the good Doktor wrote <i>The Satanic Witch </i>not just to inform us, but to describe us. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;">In most cases I have simply edited essays that the finalists have submitted, I URGE (demand?) all readers to utilize the provided links to support these brave women. Additionally I have highlighted passages that I have found particularly insightful. In addition to the WWotY award, this year I have utilized Magister Frost's <a href="http://www.satannet.com/">Undercroft</a> to do a sort of people's choice, secondary, award, that I am pleased to call The Undercroft's Members Choice Witch. Please use the link to create an account, friend me, and vote in the available poll. Like the WWotY, that poll winner will be formally announced on Valentine's Day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;">I want to point out that several finalists cited our 4th Annual Wicked Witch of the Year <a href="https://www.facebook.com/karlin.bruegel">Troj Bruegal</a> as an inspiration and mentor to them. That gratifies me more than I can say. If this bit of demonic whimsy were to have any real point it would be the development of real world relationships that strengthen and empower Satanic witches--a sexy little ditty we Satanic witches call "Stratification!" Regardless, Troj is a tough act to follow.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;">Last, but never least, as individual as we are, as strong, we humans are the most social of the beasts in the jungle. Satanic or Mundane, Magical or Muggle, Asshat or Cool, no one gets through this ride alone. My incredibly patient partner in crime is <a href="http://www.radiofreesatan%2Ccom/">Radio Free Satan</a> . The shit these folks let me get away with is unreal, and surpassed only by my gratitude to them for letting me. If you aren't listening to them, you're a big dummy. If you aren't telling your friends about the hugely diverse music and comedy selections on <a href="http://www.radiofreesatan.com/">Radio Free Satan</a> I will curse you. (kidding. kinda'.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;">I lost forty pounds out of the *cough cough* pounds I gained because of a thyroid disease (diagnosed two years, now recovering well). It may not appear, on the surface, as a big accomplishment, but prioritizing my physical and mental health has drastically shifted my perspective. PhD-ing is a brutal, unforgiving, and rigorous process. There is little doubt in my mind that I developed an illness because I overtaxed myself in graduate school for a decade. It was my body’s way of saying, “Fuck you, bitch. If you won’t slow down, I won’t give you a choice.” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;">So I hit the gym three times a week and have come to view working out as a cathartic ritual in and of itself. At the beginning it was tough, as new challenges always are. But now there’s an unspoken competition with a few guys there, as they surreptitiously watch what I lift. Three sets of pulsing squats with 50 lbs kettlebells? No problem. If you’re blessed with a big ass then it’s your duty to work those muscles out. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;">Sometimes when I’m in the zone I feel strong and capable and brawny, and sometimes I want to vomit all over the treadmill. But I keep going. I enjoy tracking my progress in weights and reps. It is a clear, measurable way to trace the positive results of hard work (unlike grad school, where you toil away in solitude for much of your degree, under murky guidelines, and the imminent threat of a dismal job market). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;">In the year I’ve been actively working out, I’ve rarely stepped on a scale. Let my physicians measure the weight loss—there’s certainly more to go. But the ultimate goal is not some arbitrary number; it’s how to balance my workload with a social life and physical activity. Such a simple thing is not without its challenges for the workaholics among us. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #9fc5e8; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;">Here’s how our weird little religion has helped: I have confidence in the covenant I made with myself to succeed. If the primary goal of Satanists is to thrive in our individual objectives and to pursue those objectives with steadfast resolution, then it is sometimes easy to be too harsh on ourselves when we (inevitably) encounter problems. So I have instead redefined what it means, for me, to triumph:</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3E3rBhB1AZHwNmVj_wgu9bwDRm86OJ2xV0khjwhtGpDHvJfkYRF3oajBzDU8L4lvx-FbRY09wzysGyNEFQqGZBB2m8IvHIa5IMJr9k7Y1ow2NEBKbj6w7VnSKV293jLEYBQ0NXUnNd6Y/s1600/cimm1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1436" data-original-width="1436" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3E3rBhB1AZHwNmVj_wgu9bwDRm86OJ2xV0khjwhtGpDHvJfkYRF3oajBzDU8L4lvx-FbRY09wzysGyNEFQqGZBB2m8IvHIa5IMJr9k7Y1ow2NEBKbj6w7VnSKV293jLEYBQ0NXUnNd6Y/s320/cimm1.JPG" width="320" /></span></a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;">A: This is entirely up to the individual. Any member (high ranking or otherwise) that tries to sway others on this subject doesn’t understand the world beyond their own nose. True, the general population may not be coming to burn down your house or chase you out with pitchforks, but they can deny you housing, employment, and opportunities if your religion makes them uncomfortable. And it does. Just because we’re atheists doesn’t mean we’re not also kind of weird (stated with great affection). Adopting the symbol of Satan, however metaphorically, is not for everyone, nor should it be. Even if they don't know your "religion," you may still register as someone different. True Satanists are and always will be outsiders. Some members own this, and can make it work <i><b>for </b></i>them. But identifying yourself as a Satanist should never be taken lightly. Don’t be a martyr. We don’t respect it. </span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPKU3NmISHCW4zcT12rA4oSriWM2kiBw3YZSmeYCdJgE43azWH3yKp8bK5CSCdaEVS0xjrt_Mg4LHTbgjvdyuPcFvEPGG36BAIhqkTjUrxvjFv0Jdr9n7xdATCoN-WoZxOHMYFPGGDTjE/s1600/josie+maxine+gallows.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="548" data-original-width="400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPKU3NmISHCW4zcT12rA4oSriWM2kiBw3YZSmeYCdJgE43azWH3yKp8bK5CSCdaEVS0xjrt_Mg4LHTbgjvdyuPcFvEPGG36BAIhqkTjUrxvjFv0Jdr9n7xdATCoN-WoZxOHMYFPGGDTjE/s320/josie+maxine+gallows.png" width="233" /></a><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white;">My name is Josie Maxine Gallows and I've been a member of the Church of Satan for 18 years, recognized as a Witch since 2015.</span><span style="background-color: cyan;"> Satanism has always been a natural fit for the way I function. The single greatest reason for success in my life is I learn rules so I can exploit them.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: cyan;">A worldview based on natural law and self-interest fits very nicely with that mindset. So, I've been a student of psychology – and applied social science like criminology – for all of my adult life.</span><span style="background-color: white;"> Both formally and informally. My career is a mosaic, ranging from online sales to dominatrix sex work to the fine arts. I need to understand both myself and others, hone those skill sets that make witch/craft possible, to do what I do. I'm aiming to have a private platform for my dominatrix work by year's end, but I've been successful through more established services.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;">My biggest accomplishment last year, that I'm willing to divulge publicly, was setting the gears in motion to arrive in NYC with a practice space for my music, connections in the adult entertainment industry, and more vanilla type employment for my partner-in-crime and soon to be husband. Though I'm hoping he'll be the next Peter North. All of these have come to pass and I'm ready for what I believe will be the definitive era of my life and my work. It's a difficult thing arranging a new life across a continent with a huge disparity in market values. And far from an afterthought, but I'm also compiling two Satanism books, one of them Church of Satan canon on the subject of Satanism and gender issues, so getting to a point where I have that sort of trust and confidence was a highlight of 2018.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: cyan;">If I had to pick any other Satanist who impacts my life, I'd have to give credit to someone I haven't already given enough credit. So, hello Troj.</span><span style="background-color: white;"> She provides balance to my fury and chaos, and she's a good friend who I know I can count on when it comes down to brass tacks. Both of those fronts are so very important to my world. I wonder if she's aware of how monumental her voice has been in the positive development of so many people's attitudes and sentiments. And I can't think of higher praise for a professional therapist. All the Satanists I respect have some quality that keeps me coming back for me. Something that enriches me in an area where I could be stronger even if I'm not necessarily weak. Her diligent patience with a wide range of subjects encourages a methodical but welcoming approach that many people could stand to develop for their lives. I'm often perceived by my enemies as a vicious gal who's incapable of reaching across the aisle. Though I think I just despise blatant stupidity with every scrap of DNA in my body. I truly love complimentary women who are also remarkably different from myself, and Troj fits that bill.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;">If I had to give any sort of hint to a burgeoning Satanic Witch, it's that Satanic witches aren't parrots. They don't yearn from their cloacas awaiting someone else's agenda and motivations. They are cunning, adaptive, but </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">concrete when it comes to their core self because they've put in the work. They've adapted around so many obstacles that the unmovable within them is readily obvious to themselves. Making our own virtues based on our own self-aware sympathies seems to help the magic. The way I get what I want is by identifying all the openings that basic bitches refuse to see or are too dumb to recognize. I figure that kind of vague but true statement applies to all Satanists, but Satanic Witches in particular.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white;">There's never been a time when women folk weren't plagued by inquisitions and ponderous rule books on who we ought to be despite ourselves. There will never be. And I see frequent reminders of this state of affairs every day I choose to open my eyes on the world.</span><span style="background-color: cyan;"> The Satanic Witch is all about turning womanhood into a magic wand, or dagger, instead of being toyed with.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">A: I find this question most interesting because, in a way, what it's really asking is “What would be the best way to manipulate a Satanist?” When considered from this perspective, “The Satanic Witch” could be seen as the ultimate book on advertising, especially in context of social media wherein everyone is, if they're smart, building their personal brand. You might say that the well studied Satanist was more prepared for the internet era than most, having the knowledge and encouragement to promote themselves when the rest of the world was still propping up talking heads on pedestals. That being said, and I hope this doesn't get anyone's alien elite panties in a bunch, Satanists are also humans to be manipulated.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">If the conflation of advertisement and manipulation and the subsequent statement that Satanists can be manipulated raises your hackles, it's no big surprise. Some of the earliest and most effective advertisements were the World War 1 British propaganda efforts that would go on to inspire three chapters of Mein Kampf and, eventually, a film that can be considered, in my opinion, the template for modern advertisement/mass manipulation, </span><i style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Triumph des Willens</i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> ("Triumph of the Will") directed by </span><span lang="en" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Leni Riefenstahl. I have to acknowledge my mixed emotions about a woman directing a ground-breaking film from a cinematic perspective in the 1930s, juxtaposed against the insidious intent of said film. That being said, it cannot be dismissed, as it's remnants can be observed in commercials for products, organizations, entertainment and every leader we've had since at least John F. Kennedy who, according to those that viewed the 1</span><sup style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span lang="en">st</span></sup><span lang="en" style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> ever televised presidential debate, came out on top against Richard Nixon. As you may recall, those that only listened to the debate on the radio by and large felt Nixon was the victor. It has been debated that this was due to Kennedy's charm and good looks vs. well, Nixon.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">So, how would advertising be different if aimed at Satanists? I would submit that it would be no different. In fact, advertising is inherently Satanic. It is no great secret that Anton LaVey was an admirer of fascist propaganda techniques and drew inspiration from their mesmerizing effects on the masses. This should not be confused with admiring the devastating effects on those who suffered in it's wake, or the anti-semetic, anti-homosexual message it was used to promote, because nothing could be further from the truth.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I have a lot of Satanists I look up to and learn from, including Adam Campbell and Witch Doctor Troj, but for me, the Satanist who has influenced me the most is Milton C from The Raising Hell Podcast. Now, I don’t have children, nor do I want them, but I started listening because I was interested in how Satanists with children would handle raising them in a world where everyone says their parents’ Church is “evil”, especially since Satanists don’t shove their beliefs down people’s throats. Especially Children. Once I started listening, I was hooked. I love Milton’s voice, his guests, and his topics of discussion. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "georgia"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ambitions: I once pissed a guy off by answering this question with the following answer: “To be cute and happy.” I figure everything I do falls into one of these two categories. The answer wasn’t lofty enough for him...whatever. He’s still a single loser that stalks my instagram</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "georgia"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><img alt="😹" height="16" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/QZe3uPxrsJwlfqKGdJyQwTu7aU-CKKs4g7jaEc8DkO8IYLGxxrjf7VouLEJ9VG8coQfJt-pI5b2ILlrR4_y30b9JD9U6if8vItdUBvNTIfUFtu7cr1QSMyNFVgrzfBSYdGesPZXK" style="-webkit-transform: rotate(0.00rad); border: none; transform: rotate(0.00rad);" width="16" /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "georgia"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> To further expand on my ambitions, I’m continuing to work on creating my brand as a pinup, and building my audience.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "georgia"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Accomplishment of the year: quitting a job that was eating me alive. I was full time, making almost $20/hr, and I walked away without a second thought. I spent all my days off napping, genuinely too tired for much else. I’m happier, I’m more relaxed. The paycheck was nice, but my mental state wasn’t worth it. How did Satanism play into this? My favourite of the Nine Satanic statements, number 6; I could let them keep expecting me to give my life to the company, or I could walk away, knowing my husband would understand. Responsibility to the responsible, and while I was being a responsible adult, having a job, I wasn’t taking responsibility for my own happiness and mental well-being.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "georgia"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">While The Satanic Bible was my introduction - my, “Wow, there’s a word for what I am!” The Satanic Witch is a learning tool, a guide book for a lot of tactics I already used in my life and ways to improve my toolbox of world domination, both publicly at work and school, and privately in my day-to-day life. I was even more blown away by TSW, it reinforced that I was doing it right, that I was absolutely on my way to being the Jezebelle I was destined to be. Was I ever sidetracked, did I ever ever from the path? Of course, that’s life, but it is always at the back of my mind, WWASLD? He would tell me to be the best I can be, to lay low when need be, and to shine like the crazy broad I am.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "georgia"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Then the 80’s happened, I hit puberty, and I waited to turn into one of those women...and while I waited, one night while visiting the sperm donor and his family, I stood in the garage, still decorated with centerfolds, talking to my stepmom and my supercool, older stepsister who actually let me hang out with her and her friends in the mall (!!!), and I saw them, and I saw the centerfolds, and it hit me like the proverbial ton of bricks. It didn’t happen to them, and it wasn’t going to happen to me. That was a horrible blow to my 13 year old mind, and that shit stayed with me for what feels like an eternity. How would anyone ever find me attractive, I didn’t look like a centerfold. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "georgia"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Enter early stages of Lesser Magic, where I figured out how to make people like me regardless of my looks, and I honed those skills, have answers, be smart, be funny as fuck, be charming as hell...how could they resist? As Laurie Cabot failed me (hey, a lot of us had that phase, we were searching and had no idea what we were searching for...) as easily as my mother’s Catholicism had, until one day at Tower Records, sitting on the floor arranging our books section, when something quite literally fell into my lap from a higher shelf. I read that book with a million yep, yeah, I’ve always thought that’s! I put the book down and said to myself, I’m a Satanist. Knowing what I was helped, but I was still having a hard time with the who.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">Although I did not receive an essay back from Kindra in time for this posting I want to say this--there would be no Confessions of a Wicked Witch podcast, nor the continuation of this blog without this woman. She gave me a platform on <a href="http://www.radiofreesatan.com/">Radio Free Satan</a> and allowed me to be me. She trusted that my minor gift works in spurts, and allowed me the freedom from guilt that allowed me to do what I love. There would be no Confessions, not on any format, without the patience, kindness, and absolutely bawdy humor that is Tiberia 9! If she wants to put shit up, I'll move heaven and Earth. I love this woman!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">At the bottom of this post is a myspace post older than some readers. It reared its head when I attacked a Catholic on twitter. I maintain that anyone, at this point, who provides a nickel to the Catholic Church, until they do a complete, this century, overhaul, is complicit in the sexual and physical (and to me emotional & spiritual) abuse of children. Suffice to say someone noticed that I have maintained my married name and then, with no fact checking whatsoever, determined that my position of Magistra means that a member of the clergy was covering up for a sex abuser, therefore the Church of Satan does. I cannot allow that to stand.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">In the summer of 2002 I was told by the victim of record that she and another victim had been a abused by my then husband. I did not know until that moment, but I should have. In that moment a thousand incidents, images, feelings and thoughts flash-bombed in my head and heart, and a gazillion things suddenly made the most sickening sense. We fled that very day. I did not forgive myself then, and I do not now. I don't mind that my stupidity was/is painful. I deserve it. What I cannot bear is that my stupidity allowed innocents a pain that will never go away. It would be wrong for me to forgive myself when they face the nightmares my mistakes caused for the rest of their lives.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">I have said it repeatedly, and I won't ever stop saying it--the Church of Satan, as an institution, did what churches never do, they immediately severed the membership of the perpetrator. The Church of Satan membership, be it my beloved Magister Mitchell, or High Priestess Nadramia, or the hundreds of well wishing registered members, supported me in every way to help me through this.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">This is a horrible blot on any institution that actually cares. While Catholics & Evangelicals alike seem to take an "oh, well..." sort of approach to the sexual abuse of children, one church alone can stand by its dogma and practice what it preaches--sever, shun, assist law enforcement. My loyalty is eternal, but it is also strong enough that since 2002 I have given the Church of Satan an open invitation to ask for my resignation should my association with Gidney ever cause them an excess of humiliation or embarrassment. Don't get me wrong--I love my place and role in the CoS, and I love my title, but I OWE them. I can't not be a Satanic Witch, it is who I am, but I'd rather be alone than cause harm to an institution with such integrity in a world that seems to have forgotten the word.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana";">So, here it is. An update of why I am so viscous on religious abuses, so hard on the concept of forgiveness, and so convinced that a good cursing can do wonders. On the practical side it demonstrates why the Church of Satan is such a threat to traditional churches, it will not suffer those who prey on children. Traditional churches know they can't measure up. Gidney is the perfect metaphor--raised born again, briefly pretended to be a Satanist for shock value, caught and "forgiven," returned to the pews that created him. They make the monsters, and refuse to slay them. </span></span></div>
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4 years later/The Gidney issue<br />
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Right before I left Florida for the LA Convergence I had the misfortune to be approached on this site by someone purporting to seek my online friendship.<br />
After checking out this person's page, I noted affiliation with what I myself and the Church of Satan consider a "pseudo-Satanic group." Regardless, I wrote a brief, but not unfriendly response informing the person requesting my friendship that I wish them well but that I do not link with anyone affiliated with such a group.<br />
You'd have thought I killed his puppy. In retrospect I should have simply wrote "Fuck off," because my would-be friend responded with such vitriole and intensity that even my kind words were fodder for attacks.<br />
After stating that I must have denied him because I was concerned with my status in the CoS, he continued claiming all sorts of nonsense including that the CoS had been "stolen" from Karla LaVey. After a good giggle (and informing him that I thought Karla was an idiot and a name-dropping gutterslut), I left for LA.<br />
Knowing that the majority of moderators and Church clergy were in LA, and evidently being unaware that folks have mobile computers, this moron went to my chosen playground (LttD) and attempted to humiliate me, and by extension the CoS by dragging up old news. Luckily the offending post was removed promptly, and everyone I know who saw it once again displayed the decency and kindness I have grown to count on.<br />
That being said, perhaps it is time (once again) to address the issue.<br />
Although the divorce is not final, I have been separated from William Gidney for four years. For 3 and 3/4 years I have been loved, cared for, and engaged to the most amazing man on the planet. For 3 years Gidney has been in prison w.here he is sentenced to stay until 2012.<br />
Gidney was/is a monster. He was also a very successful sociopath, fooling large numbers of otherwise intelligent people. Additionally I was guilty of a major Satanic sin: Counter-productive pride. For years I was too prideful to admit the huge mistake I had made in marrying and supporting him. Instead of facing my mistake I endured, covered-up, and otherwise protected William from himself.<br />
I left William the very day I discovered his crimes.<br />
I spent the next year assisting law enforcement and the victims to gain a conviction.<br />
When given the option of going to trial and facing 30 years or pleading guilty and taking ten plus ten of sex-offender probation, Gidney took the 10---knowing he was guilty as homemade sin.<br />
The Church of Satan faced this with me. Although it was as embarrassing for them---having a member of the Priesthood accused--they did not do what every other religious organization does and hide or move the offender. They didn't give up on me, either. It certainly would have been less embarrassing for them to throw me out with Gidney, but they became my strongest support system. They did the right thing, as hard as it was, and excommunicated Gidney, and stood by me and the victims. As a result every anti-CoS asshole brings up Gidney whenever they want to hurt the CoS, unaware that, in my opinion and that of victims everywhere, they did the most noble thing possible.<br />
Like some weird virus, the topic is consistantly brought up, spread about, and used to denigrate whenever some twit gets his panties in a bunch. Apparently uncaring that there are real victims of real crimes, these losers ignore the integrity displayed by the CoS, and attack out of spite.<br />
I have done my penance. This ordeal is life-changing, and for the victims, never-ending. It is real. The pain is real, and those who use it to attempt to damage the CoS are doing so on the backs of real victims who did nothing to deserve it.<br />
No one needs to tell me that just being with Gidney makes my judgement questionable. I cannot argue with those who use my previous affiliation with Gidney to call me stupid. Mea fuckin' culpa. Obviously I have learned a lot, changed a lot, and grown exponentially as a result of my horrific mistake---but others don't know me and can only judge what they see.<br />
However stupid I may be personally the Church of Satan behaved in a heroic manner. When every "traditional" religion from the Catholics to the Mormons excuse, transfer, or cover-up their pedophile clergy, the CoS excommunicated Gidney as soon as the arrest warrants were signed. They stood by me, as well as the victims. With little or no regard to those waiting for an opportunity to shit on them, the CoS did the right thing. This isn't about good guy badges, but about genuinely doing what is right. and anyone who claims otherwise is a shallow, loveless, petty moron.<br />
So.........there ya have it. My loyalty to the CoS is based not on position, standing, mystique or delusion. It is based on a reciprocal respect and the knowledge that under the very worst of circumstances they will respond with the most Satanic of actions.<br />
Hail Satan!<br />
Hail the Church of Satan!<br />
Priestess Ygraine<br />
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Below you'll find a post by a CoS Priestess, Reverend Gardner, who apparently woke up this morning, just like me, so utterly appalled at what is going on in the Country that she had to 'write it out.' My piece is a little different, but I remain confident that the message is the same--</div>
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Want to live a happy, productive life? Don't be a mean asshole, and try to understand where others are coming from. If that needs to be put in a Satanic context kindly look up the Satanic Sins of Solipsism, and regarding Past Orthodoxies.</div>
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A few days back on twitter I read a post where a black woman was trying to explain the Megyn Kelly blackface thing. Kelly's lucky she has the smarts to mix her hair dye, so I doubt the logic would effect her, but what has stayed with me ever since was this woman saying "Isn't it enough that we're telling you that it hurts us?"</div>
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I hate any impediment to free speech. I don't feel good about blaming the language and words of one person to the actions of another, but then again, I never watched my Country turn into a rage filled clusterfuck before, led by a demented sociopath who thinks life is a reality show, either. Validation comes from the top down. If the leader demonstrates something, the weak will emulate, believing it will make them strong. A bunch of dead Jews, some of whom lived through the Holocaust, prove this life lesson. When the crazy have a leader who is legitimized, they act as if their beliefs have been legitimized. Trump killed no one. In the end the killer is the responsible party, but if Trump hadn't proudly proclaimed Nationalism? Hadn't called the KKK 'very fine people'? Hadn't used the watchword 'Globalism' which has been co-opted by Jewish conspiracy theorists? Well, we'll never know, but it is really safe to say it doesn't PREVENT such horrifying actions.</div>
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Last of all--on rattlesnakes: It has never been more important for free speech to be absolutely free. Does this seem in contradiction to what I have just written? No. Smart people adapt. Stupid, dangerous, cruel people don't. I want to know where the rattlesnakes are, and to do that I need to hear the rattles. So, my beloved Satanic friends, prove we haven't fallen victim to conformity of intentional non-conformity by hurting people who have done us no wrong, and by allowing the snakes the exposure only their rattles can accomplish. </div>
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On the way to work I was listening to a radio show, that featured a snippet on a black couple in Mississippi, who “dared” to go vote, and thus lost their jobs and their livelihoods, were blacklisted, were harassed by authorities, and had white supremacists, doing drive by shootings to their homes.</div>
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People then, and people now, are fighting. Basic rights, basic respect, and the same chance to make or break it in life, WITHOUT the weight of bigotry to cripple them.</div>
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There is a such thing as social privilege in this country. The rich, the white male, white people and straight men. These are your major privileged classes. Yeah, “privilege” is a dirty ass word, but it’s real. It’s not about a bunch of wanna be “victims” who want to be coddled, making this up to make excuses. It’s reality.</div>
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I didn’t grow up wealthy. I worked hard for what little I had. I also faced a lot of bullshit when I was young. As a woman working with men, who HATED that I could stock shelves as fast as they could. They would speed up purposefully, give me the heaviest shit. This would not be the first or last time my gender meant disrespect, though it has changed since the 90’s.</div>
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There was a time where I arrogantly said things like the “concept privilege is bullshit,” despite the fact that I had been the victim of someone else’s.</div>
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Easy enough to turn words that should carry respect and a sense of strength and progress : “social justice warrior” “victims rights advocate” “victim” and movements such as <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/metoo?source=feed_text" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">metoo</span></span></a> and <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"type":104,"tn":"*N"}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/blacklivesmatter?source=feed_text" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="_5afx" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span aria-label="hashtag" class="_58cl _5afz" style="font-family: inherit; unicode-bidi: isolate;">#</span><span class="_58cm" style="font-family: inherit;">blacklivesmatter</span></span></a> into, weak crybabies, who would have it better if they wanted it better, if they weren’t liars, criminals, and frauds, and would just move, or just find a better job, maybe just “work harder.”</div>
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There are and always will be people with behavioral or mental issues, who will lie for attention, who will be extremists, who will take things to far. Those are the people that often get the most of the attention they seek, from detractors willing give it to them, just so they can point and say: “ see! This small handful of loonies invalidates your whole movement and its message!”</div>
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These same people either disbelieving that there is a culture of bigotry based privilege in this country, while also calling those fighting for their rights to have the same playing field “weak” or “whiny” or other derogatory, should stop, and just for one moment, consider who the real “weak” ones are.</div>
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Is it weak to fight to assert, that you and those that advocate your cause, deserve the same BASIC FREEDOMS as everyone else? Is it too much to ask for the authorities, such as the police and government institutions, to have ACCOUNTABILITY in how they treat and handle all people?</div>
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Is it weak to stand up, after years of suffering, and point the finger at your sexual abuser or rapist?</div>
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Is it really weak to want to wear what you want, fuck or marry any other consenting adult you want, and use the bathroom of the gender you present to the world, without being harassed, threatened, beaten, or killed?</div>
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I will tell you what is weak.</div>
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Weakness is having all of the advantage in the world, and not looking at some one who is different from you, and saying:</div>
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“This blatant ignorance, I want YOU to have the same opportunities I do, on the same level playing field, where we all pass or fail based on our own talents and efforts..... NOT because of your Nationality, religion or lack of one, race, gender, sexual preference, disability, etc. I do not WANT YOU to have to fight twice as hard, simply because you are not the majority, because I have NOTHING to fear from your success. Your success does not belittle, nor challenge mine. Your success does not scare me.”</div>
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Bullies are not strong people. Calling protest intrinsically “wrong,” or pretending that privilege and bias don’t exist, is not strong. Following a cult of Political parties (either side) no matter what the leaders do or say is not strong.</div>
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Strength is forged in the fires of being treated as less than, being forced to see that those in power THINK you are less than. It’s forged in the hearts of every person, afraid to walk alone, afraid of the police, afraid to use a bathroom, or openly love their partner. It’s forged on the deaths and the tears of their loved ones..... deaths that happened, not on accident, nor of fault of the deceased... but because that person was born a woman, or black, or poor, or gay.</div>
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Strength is also forged when those who have power, join forces with those who do not.</div>
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Progress, and opportunity benefit is ALL in the long run. Everyone having an equal chance to make it or break it, benefits is ALL. How many brilliant, talented, intelligent people have existed in silence, or have been looked over, simply because accident of birth caused them to be?</div>
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Humans have evolved so little emotionally and mentally. At this point it would be a given, that we could live and let live, so long as none are harmed... but this is not the case. Even those among us that are considerably intelligent, fall for their bias, and lack of acceptance of the concept that just because YOU do not like certain things, want to live a certain way, or have a certain life experience, that this does NOT mean that another person’s is invalid.</div>
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Hell, even I fell for that inner rhetoric.</div>
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Don’t be a victim of it.</div>
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Wherein the Wicked Witch Confesses to Being a Coward</h3>
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In recent months I have been told how pointless being concerned about politics is. I have heard thinking people say things I disagree with on an idealistic and principled level. I have heard friends say things that have hurt, albeit unintentionally. Despite maintaining an even fairness in responses and maintaining the guidelines of my beloved Church of Satan, I never felt I was compromising my values or ethics.</div>
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In the last 48 hours I have felt, for the first time in my life, like those who told me it doesn't matter, were right. I feel defeated. Kavanaugh is just the symptom. His winning a seat on the Court, to me, and to anyone who values a woman's right to control her body, is tragic, but not emotionally or legally insurmountable. It would normally be the kind of challenge I would relish. I'd don a cape, swoop in and die on the hill for my belief, a la Anne Frank, that people are basically good.</div>
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Like most of my compatriots I do a lot of joking about "triggers." I am opposed, at a fundamental level,to the notion that anyone can control your psyche with words. That said, I also must contend with a rather unpleasant montage of personal and family issues that are leaving me on emotionally shaky footing. In other words, I can't be sure if I was already fucked to the point of breaking, or whether recent events have just knocked me down. I do know I started crying a while ago and now I can't stop.</div>
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In a truly cowardly way I have used a victim I know to attack many of the #Me, too 's champions for taking NDA money. I don't regret the attack. Taking money without prosecuting or suing is wrong, because it allows the abusers more victims. I regret that I lack the courage to tell my story, and have allowed others for 40 years to identify as survivors while I kept my mouth shut..</div>
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Because I am not a "survivor." My attack changed me forever. I never "worked through it," or used it for the betterment of a movement, or even to console friends that they weren't alone. And I'm not done being a pussy, either. Maybe the night terrors I've endured for 40 years have become a part of me. Maybe my needs, to know everything about psychology, sociology, interpersonal dynamics, and even espionage, are all big fat fronts to avoid. I'm not going to share, even now. I can't.</div>
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Regardless of that, watching our President, accused of 19 incidents and probably the most vocal pussy grabber who voices his incest fetish in the history of ever, ridicule a victim--well, despite no surprise, still felt like a punch in the gut. Listening to one rich, white, old, puke after another talk about this "poor man" has made me....not mad. I'm past mad. I'm.....deflated, defeated, and lost.</div>
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I remember that as a kid I thought by the year 2000 we'd all be the Jetson's. After my attack when I was barely 15, I was certain that feminism, that men abusing women, would certainly be done before I kicked the bucket, and my granddaughters, if not my daughters, would be safe. I was wrong about the Jetson's and I am wrong about sexual assault. The actions/voices of my government has proved to me that we will never be safe. The repugnant women telling their daughters that being groped is no big deal are the powerful collaborators for the abusers of the future. How can you fight against other women?</div>
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I don't understand. Doesn't everyone have a Mother, a Sister, a Wife, a Daughter, a Friend who is female? How can it be right, politically or socially, to mock those who have suffered so much? Is it solipsism or sexism or straight up psychopathy en masse? All the research in the world doesn't answer those questions when every voice that controls everything from the speed limit, to whether we go to war, to the amount of taxes you pay, tells you that you don't matter. Your pain is negated for another great man to ascend </div>
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We must watch out for our sons lest the evil women make false accusations.</div>
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Eve ate from the tree of knowledge and we all suffer for that original sin.</div>
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I'd like to end this by saying I'll come out swinging, like I always do. I think, though, that is a lie. I never dreamed my country would behave this way, and I am certain I don't understand the rules, anymore. I want to find the deepest hole, and crawl in it with my shame, and cowardice, and regret. I don't want to watch another generation suffer, and for the first time, in an awful long time, I feel powerless. </div>
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Magistra_Yhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06628035337253581230noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7362848861942104602.post-17828315067053398242018-02-19T21:00:00.000-05:002018-02-19T21:00:21.495-05:00Drum Roll, Please.............<h2 style="text-align: center;">
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Wherein the Wicked Witch Welcomes One of Her Favorite People</div>
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Hail, Troj Bruegel!</div>
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Hail, Satan!</div>
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I should not have to repeat that any of our finalists could easily be seen as an honorable mention. Each of these women continue to inspire and provide yet another reason to feel pride in Church of Satan affiliation.</div>
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I am requesting those offering those lovely gifts contact Troj directly for sending info, and sending me a pic of them to put up on this blog.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="background-color: white;">Howdy Magista!</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">Thanks again for the nomination. Always a privilege.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">This year, my major achievement was completing my internship and my dissertation and finally nabbing that Ph.D. after 7 long years of blood, sweat, and tears.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">As we speak, I'm working on starting my own therapy private practice, planning some long-term research projects, and working on my writing. Mainly, I've just been working on recovering my energy and drive after the long slog.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">To be honest, I haven't really considered the role Satanism has played in helping me to jump these hurdles. I think I've assimilated the philosophy enough to where I just do what feels right or what needs to be done. </span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">I will think about Satanism when I'm plotting a strategy that involves the use of Lesser Magic, when I've decided that it's time to employ Greater Magic, or when I'm thinking about how I or someone else has fallen prey to one of the Sins. I certainly sneak aspects of Satanism into my work with my clients, without necessarily using the same terms.</span><br style="background-color: white;" /><br style="background-color: white;" /><span style="background-color: white;">That's all I can think of offhand! May the best witch win!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;">I understand the request of accomplishments and how Satanism was used and positively affected the outcome, however, I have to admit that 90% of the time, I don't realize that it's happening. I've become so adept that it's become an everyday practice. We do find time to practice Greater Magic as we feel it's important and has very direct results in acquiring the things that we want in life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;"><br />I could list my yearly accomplishments:<br />Elected President of Magna Town Council<br />Named Honorable Mention in 2016 Wicked Witch of the Year<br />Finished our final Inkathon with a record-breaking year<br />Held our annual Halloween In Summer Festival at an all-time high<br />Became a "Calendar Girl"<br />Made new financial/longterm personal goals<br />Secured job of choice to attain above goals</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;"><br />I decided early on that I would only serve one term as President of the Magna Town Council. And while I was serving that term I eliminated corruption that had been happening. We decided that it was going to be the final year of our annual Inkathon and it is one that will be talked about for years to come. In the process of "simplifying" our lives we talked heavily about retirement and getting out of Salt Lake (there are many reasons for this).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;"><br />It was decided that the only real way to achieve that was through a second income. Now, I'm certainly not one to want to work for "the man", so in talking about it we tossed around many ideas. None of which would work for us and fit our more immediate goals. I held out, I applied for only a few jobs, but ultimately knew what it was that I wanted. Obviously, being a Mail Carrier is not the most glamorous of jobs, but it pays well, has great benefits, a retirement package, and most importantly, I'll essentially be on my own the majority of the day. And, I can take it anywhere in the Country! Am I qualified for the job? Hell no! Who is that hasn't delivered mail before? But I wanted it, so I went and got it. It took time, patience, changing our lifestyle, a background check, drug test, fingerprints, another background check, and having to explain to everyone around us why I was doing what I was doing. I don't give a rat's ass about what others think I should be doing. My Husband is my biggest supporter, he's my best friend, he's my hero, my idol, and he's been carrying the load for far too long. It was time that I lessen that for him. I don't care what the community thinks and I don't care what the Artists at the shop think.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">When faced with the question of how I have used Satanism to get closer to my goals, I realized that all of my resources in 2017 have been used to help friends and family reach their goals. Honestly, I almost took a pass this round because I was, quite frankly, embarrassed. But I realized that I was responding to my presumption that others feel the roles we play as wife, mother and friend are not as valuable in a satanic sense as tending to ones own best interest. Which ultimately means that I was downplaying the value of what I do for others. So this introspection has been very helpful, and I thank you for that. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">That being said, I will tell you one of the things that I did to help someone else, my husband David, get closer to a goal that is mainly his. This year we were given the opportunity to create our first full length adult film. My part in sealing the deal involved a meeting with studio heads where I put on my best business casual dominatrix persona and did a lot of leg crossing and leaning in while we all discussed the details. I took over set design, the writing of the treatment, script, shoot schedule and, consequently, had first choice on casting. With responsibility comes power if you do it right. In order for the studio to distribute our film we needed to incorporate. So, once again, I took on the responsibility of making our little film business a corporation, awarding myself with the titles of VP, treasurer and secretary. Alright, so, maybe I did do a lil something for myself. *wink wink* </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I am mad because this paper is really, really good and I hope that one day it will be de riguer for it to be posted on legit Satanic sites so newcomer’s can both learn and experience the achievement of another amazing witch. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I’ve been in a relationship with my now husband for over 22 years. We have come to define our marriage with the saying “like a fine wine” for it only becomes more smooth and rich over time and has evolved into the most meaningful relationship I could have ever desired. I became a mother at a very young age. At times, it still astonishes me how beautiful inside and out my daughters are. I’d like to think that my life experiences have provided me with great skills for raising wonderful children, however, I realized that it was my ability to see them as individuals and not a reflection of myself, that truly allowed them to grow into the amazing women they are today and who and what they will be in the future. If being a caring, fierce, empowering, supportive wife and mother were the only two areas I ever felt accomplished in my life, this would be completely and honorably acceptable as I feel there is no greater fulfillment on Earth. Your loved ones are the people you immortalize and who will immortalize you. That in itself is a Satanic triumph. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I have worked in the medical field for eighteen years now. I was quite young and certainly inexperienced, as most people are when embarking on a new career. The only position available was for an entry level office assistant, but hey, you have to start somewhere right? I quickly learned all I could to strengthen my skills and increase the need for me to be a valuable asset to the company. Knowing exactly where you “fit in” is crucial as it gives you the upper-hand to control the power you possess over others. I continued to increase my knowledge by any means necessary, which at times included having to be on the receiving end of a miserable, old hag’s wrath. With the application of both lesser and greater magic, I eventually rose to the top and became the highest, most valuable employee in the company. Many years later the Physician retired which resulted in the closure of the Practice. Months later I acquired another great position but on a much lower pay scale. I was a newbie to the clinic and had to prove my true potential, however, my best work does not come cheap and when I see an opportunity for advancement I will stop at nothing to make it happen. So in 2017, after a few months of being at this new company, I studied by boss’s behavior and quickly realized exactly the way I needed to present myself in order to produce and conclude what it was I desired. I not only created a new position, I created a new department within the company. I had convinced my manager that this was extremely vital for the future of the company. I’m the head of this department and with new responsibility comes higher wages. I received a 20% increase in my salary and a shiny, new career title. As you see, experience and knowledge is quintessential for advancement. Both experience and skill does not come easily and requires hard work with years of practice. You might even say such action like this is quite exemplary of a Satanist. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Photography has been a passion of mine for many years. It simultaneously provides me with the satisfaction of being creative while allowing expression that is, well…a form of catharsis. Over the previous year I have developed an increase of clients. I’d have to include here that when it comes to providing a service for someone that is entirely elective, it requires a lot of patience. These types of jobs are primarily based upon “wants” and not “needs”. It requires the ability to feed the ego of another while appearing not to be. This is challenging for me a times because I’m the type of person that will reserve a compliment or comment if I feel it is not deserving. However, the greater result of obtaining more practice and future funds, sometimes outweighs the foundation of my own morals. Let’s be practical here, a little deception can be quite useful for a Witch. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The art of expression quickly grew into a love for film. So with this passing year, the husband and I have decided to start up our own film company. We’ve been aiding in several short films and projects. Recently, we landed a huge opportunity to film commercials and do still photography for a restaurant/bar. This is extremely exciting as it will be a monthly gig, not just a one time deal. In addition to this new venture, there is an astronomical film project of immortalizing some members of the Church of Satan that is finally underway. Even though this idea was developed shortly after the 50th Anniversary conclave event, toward the end of this year, steps have been taken to move forward on this project. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Enter early stages of Lesser Magic, where I figured out how to make people like me regardless of my looks, and I honed those skills, have answers, be smart, be funny as fuck, be charming as hell...how could they resist? As Laurie Cabot failed me (hey, a lot of us had that phase, we were searching and had no idea what we were searching for...) as easily as my mother’s Catholicism had, until one day at Tower Records, sitting on the floor arranging our books section, when something quite literally fell into my lap from a higher shelf. I read that book with a million yep, yeah, I’ve always thought that’s! I put the book down and said to myself, I’m a Satanist. Knowing what I was helped, but I was still having a hard time with the who.</span></div>
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<span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> In 2017 how have I used Satanism in my life? Same as I did in 2016. Okay, okay, I'll try to be a little less of a smart ass and actually write a semi coherent essay for you. My career is the first place that comes to mind where I have the greatest opportunity to apply elements of the philosophy and techniques developed in it. In my career as a barber I daily use and study first hand the elements of Lesser Magic to draw clients to me, keep them coming back, have them referring friends, and to try to get the highest tips possible. Technical skill is one thing, but being able to read the client, know what appeals to them, and to be able to become that for the for a few minutes will keep them loyally coming back to me instead of anyone else. My Lesser Magic skills pay my bills and put food on my table. </span></div>
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Regular listeners, old friends, and readers of mine know that with the exceptions of dealing with family and <a href="http://www.churchofsatan.com/">Church of Satan</a> functions I haven't been social/out and about for almost a decade. That changed in July when I determined that being sick and housebound was about as much fun as a lye douche. My Magister was thrilled to introduce me to new friends, and we have had a lot of fun. I've made some truly valuable acquaintances , and I look forward to expanding those into true friendships. I'm excited about life. I'm motivated.</div>
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I am certainly prone to running off half-cocked, shooting off my mouth (or keyboard,) and regretting it. Age hasn't softened that. If anything I am more apt to "cut a bitch" than I was before. Life is too short, and I've wasted too much time to take shit from inferiors. Yet, my upbringing has programmed certain social rules that APPEAR to make me look like easy prey. Evidently courtesy and etiquette are so rare that, when used, they come off as jovial weakness. </div>
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I live in a small suburb outside Orlando. I despise it and am working toward bailing ASAP. In the interim, however, I fight my own social issues by forcing myself to go out, and mostly these experiences have been enjoyed. Mostly. <br /> Evidently there is some weird social algebraic equation that equals cunty bitches and lying men will take advantage of my politeness in order to provide themselves with drama.</div>
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Well Bred Lady + Celebrity Gentleman+ Working Class Watering Holes=Jealous, Brain Damaged Folks Attempting to Divide & Conquer (as if they could even spell those words, let alone understand them.) I'm guessing this is <i>normal.</i> It seems so automatic, so transparent, that it must be some evolutionary adaptation for the mediocre (and that is a compliment,) to attempt to upgrade their gene pool. Unfortunately it pisses me off, and while anger is manageable, the accompanying disappointment and hurt feelings are a bit harder to control.</div>
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I don't have a pithy answer. I don't know how to deal with someone lying to my face an attempting to get over on me. I don't understand the kind of jealousy that demands I either abandon my social conventions, or pretend I am blind to amateur manipulations. This experience has proved to me, yet again, we are different. We are not like other people who's self-esteem comes from without, rather than within. Which, I suppose, is a pleasant reminder of why others are jealous at all.</div>
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