Articles

Ninth Circuit upholds dismissal of Satanic Temple’s abortion-ban lawsuit in Idaho

TST owner rages even as appeals court gives it opportunity to revive case A few months ago, we agreed with predictions that Salem, Mass.-based The Satanic Temple’s appeal of its failed challenge to an Idaho abortion ban begun in 2022 would fail. Indeed, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals was unable to come to no […]

August 11, 2025

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Abortion, The Satanic Temple

Might Ain’t Right: A Livestream + Podcast miniseries

We’re collaborating with some folk at Ave Satanas Podcast (ASP) and Free Society Satanists to bring you a miniseries looking at Might Is Right — ur-text of Satanism and an infamous work of proto-fascism first published in 1896 by Arthur Desmond a.k.a. “Ragnar Redbeard”. To be clear: Might Is Right sucks, both as a book […]

August 5, 2025

photo of a very badly taxidermied lion that looks real silly with the text "might ain't right" over and behind it in comic sans font. the logos for "QueerSatanic" and "Ave Satanas Podcast" are also off to the side

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Anarcho-Satanism

[Ave Satanas podcast] A Conversation With Spencer Sunshine

[Free Society Satanists][Buzzsprout] Jack and Cris sit down to talk with Spencer Sunshine about Neo Nazi and Far Right Extremist influence in Satanism, and the rest of the world. Spencer is the author of “Neo-Nazi Terrorism and Countercultural Fascism: The Origins and Afterlife of James Mason’s Siege“, and “40 Ways To Fight Fascists: Street Legal […]

July 5, 2025

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Guest Article

“How To Avoid A Lawsuit”

Religion News Association Conference panel talk What Reporters are Getting Wrong: Lawsuits, Bias and the Nature of Truth” – David Johnson, a former reporter and editor at the Odessa American in Texas, was one of four Seattle-area Satanists known as “Queer Satanic” who were sued by The Satanic Temple from 2020 to 2024 in federal […]

June 19, 2025

"How Do I Avoid a Lawsuit?" (You Can't)

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Anarcho-Satanism, Lawsuits

All Popes Are Bastards

The bad news about the new pope is that he’s Catholic There is a new pope: Chicago-born Robert Francis Prevost now holds the Keys of Heaven as Pope Leo XIV. Yes, there are some people who are relieved right now, and maybe some Catholics are even celebrating their new Deep Dish Pontiff. That’s their right, […]

May 8, 2025

image of new pope Robert Prevost, now Leo XIV with bones behind him and text "All Popes Are Bastards"

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Anarcho-Satanism

The Church of Satan can’t admit Anton LaVey was a plagiarist

Or: “Boy, a hit dog will holler, won’t it?“ Let’s just be up front that despite referencing mainly Church of Satan apostate and Temple of Set founder Michael Aquino, it’s obvious that the “Magister Kevin L. Slaughter” article “Anton LaVey and the Right of Might” was written and published to the Church of Satan website […]

April 24, 2025

Dril quote "and another thing: im not mad. please dont put in the newspaper that i got mad." edited to be from the Church of Satan twitter account Screenshot of article title and opening quote: Anton LaVey and the Right of Might by Magister Kevin I. Slaughter “Might is right, and that is all there is to it... One man cannot wrong another man. He can only wrong himself.” —Wolf Larsen, The Sea Wolf (Jack London, 1904), Chapter 8

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Church of Satan

Anton LaVey was a mediocre douchebag

 Or: “How the Church of Satan founder was a piece of shit in lots of boring ways, too” The original title for this was “Satanic rule of earth #9: Do not harm little children*” but then it expanded on us as a project. We’re going to talk about three things in order, with the purpose […]

April 19, 2025

picture of anton lavey holding a snake with text overlay " 'But have you considered: what if a child consents?' —LaVey, probably"

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Church of Satan

[Capital Area Satanists] Pink Full Moon

(Full Moon Ritual April 10, 2025) “Let us walk on… We are but a little way in the forest, yet.” Pink Full Moon Ritual10 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. PacificSaturday, April 12, 2025 Full ritual text Piper: Greetings and welcome to the latest in our cycle of lunar rituals.  Suggested materials are: Though if you lack any […]

April 10, 2025

A picture of a pink moon with the quote text superimposed on top of it: “Let us walk on…We are but a little way in the forest, yet." 10 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Pacific Saturday, April 12, 2025 Pink Full Moon Ritual

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Guest Article, Ritual

[Ave Satanas Podcast] S2E7: Queer As Satanic Folk

In today’s episode, Jack sits down with David from Queer Satanic to talk about SLAPP suits, and how much satanism is “too much” Satanism. We also find the oversized belt buckle in the bible belt. Thank you to Jack and Free Society Satanists of the Global Order of Satan for having me (David) on to […]

April 5, 2025

Promo tile from Ave Satanas podcast listing its info

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Anarcho-Satanism, Guest Article, Lawsuits

Satanists do not turn the other cheek

Some context for what happened today inside the Kansas State capitol There will be people making lots of claims about what happened inside the Kansas State Capitol today and what led to The Devil Of Kansas (Michael Stewart) getting tackled by state police, arrested, and charged with a crime, along with two other members of […]

March 28, 2025

"Satanists do not turn the other cheek" as Michael Stewart edited to have glowing red eyes defends himself from a Christian Nationalist domestic terrorist

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Lawyers Are Expensive, Ritual