There’s an unfortunate tendency of people to say: a) “Satanist”/“Satanic” to just mean “thing I don’t like”;b) “(nazi) SATANISTS? how alarming!” missing what’s truly harmful here;c) “Those are fake satanists. Only Anton LaVey and the Church of Satan…”; ord) “Real Satanists are the good guys — more Christlike than Christians, even” Your mileage may vary […]

[Uncorrected transcript link] Hello and welcome to THE CHILD AND ITS ENEMIES, a podcast about queer and neurodivergent kids living out anarchy and youth liberation. Here at THE CHILD AND ITS ENEMIES we believe that youth autonomy is not only crucial to queer and trans liberation, but to anarchy itself. Governance is inherently based on […]

Satanism is opposed child abuse, but local cops in Idaho want people to think the exact opposite Earlier this week, an Idaho county sheriff’s office published a press release to Facebook about the conclusion of a criminal investigation and prosecution of a 22-year-old man. The man pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual exploitation of […]

A cursory look at some of the Church of Satan founder’s politics and views We often criticize The Satanic Temple, and for obvious reasons. They have been suing us for more than three years, and are at present the largest, most prominent, and most popular Satanic organization in the world. When a news org wants […]

The Temple admits its members have more to fear from TST than they realize Longtime followers of The Satanic Temple’s legal history will know the Temple is, by design, a far greater threat to its own members than it has ever been interested in, or capable of, posing to the Christian Right. It’s still wild […]

A Short Guide to Private Devotional Magic for Non-Theists and Materialists [Printable Zine] Why bother? Internal focus is a powerful tool for working through problems and shedding feelings that may be holding you back, but as non-theists there is another aspect to the candle ritual. In some religions, prayer allows the faithful to soundboard inner […]

Originally published at My Thoughts Born From Fireby Aleph Skoteinos Whenever Satanism is covered in the press, the focus is usually on the representations of atheistic Satanism, usually consisting of the Church of Satan, The Satanic Temple, and/or the Global Order of Satan. This is a very problematic phenomenon, one that typically leaves out theistic […]

[Printable zine] When members of The Satanic Temple see criticism of them and their failed efforts in the name of abortion rights, they often say, “Well, at least they’re doing something.” Yes, what they’re doing is actively making things worse and making money off of it. “The Satanic Temple is not going to save you.” […]

‘… we’d love to hear more about y’all  … as a meme page and a quasi-group? collective? whatever y’all wanna say. In your ideology what are some more positive aspects of y’all? Because from what Tyler said, from what y’all had to say … y’all sound great?’ ‘Don’t take this the wrong way, but y’all seem […]

TST takes advantage of structural biases of journalists and anti-partisanship in social media to get a reaction without having to do anything more