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Happy Halloween from The Black House

Halloween 2022: Carpe Noctem!

We Satanists find Halloween to be a holiday that celebrates the outsider, the other, those who are not like most. It is on this night that the “normals” tend to explore their own quirks and inner-darknesses by wearing costumes that often reveal aspects of themselves typically hidden during the rest of the year. We’ve seen that there has recently been a plethora of party-poopers publishing lists of costumes that are considered to be in poor taste, or in some way offensive to these namby-pamby nincompoops. Fie on such spoilsports! I suggest it is far wiser to find a mode of […]

Happy Halloween 2024

Halloween 2020: Be Afraid. Be VERY Afraid

We Satanists generally find Halloween to be a holiday that celebrates the outsider, the other, those who are not like most. It is on this night that the “normals” tend to explore their own quirks and inner-darknesses by wearing costumes that often reveal aspects of themselves typically hidden during the rest of the year. Since Satanism is an individualist religion, we embrace our oddness without stinting, for we don’t require the permission of a special day and night to be honest about our true nature. On this night, we enjoy watching the amateurs dare to try “being themselves,” whether those […]

Happy Halloween from The Black House

Happy Halloween from The Black House!

Halloween is a favored holiday for many, and it has long been a cherished occasion for we Satanists. We enjoy it as a time for viewing favorite darkly evocative films—the immortal monsters Dracula, Frankenstein, The Wolf Man as presented by Universal or Hammer are de rigueur. The classic ghosts depicted in THE HAUNTING, THE DEVIL’S BACKBONE, and THE INNOCENTS offer delicious seasonal frissons. And those magic lantern shows of diablerie, ROSEMARY’S BABY, NIGHT OF THE DEMON, and THE DEVIL’S RAIN warm our infernal hearts. This time of year offers the thrill of “fun fear,” when one partakes of local “haunted […]

Happy Halloween from The Black House

HAPPY HALLOWEEN FROM THE BLACK HOUSE!

Halloween is a favored holiday for many Satanists. We enjoy it as a time for viewing favorite spooky films—the immortal monsters Dracula, Frankenstein, The Wolf Man often as presented by Universal or Hammer, or some of the ghostly classics such as THE HAUNTING, THE DEVIL’S BACKBONE, THE INNOCENTS. It may serve as the night one evokes the thrill of “fun fear” by experiencing local “haunted attractions,” be they darkly majestic or simply cobbled together with a sense of spooky fun. It has long been an occasion for wearing masks and costumes that might be sinister, amusing, heroic, or seductive—diabolically revealing […]

Church of Satan Sigil of Baphomet

HAPPY HALLOWEEN FROM THE BLACK HOUSE! Halloween is a cherished holiday for many Satanists. It can be enjoyed as a time for viewing favorite monster films—we often screen classics made by Universal or Hammer. It may serve as the night one evokes the thrill of “fun fear” by experiencing local “haunted attractions,” be they darkly majestic or simply cobbled together with a sense of spooky fun. It has long been an occasion for wearing masks and costumes that might be sinister, amusing, heroic, or seductive—diabolically revealing personal inclinations hidden from others for the rest of the year. We Satanists encourage […]

Church of Satan Sigil of Baphomet

HORNS ISSUE #3: HALLOWEEN ANNIVERSARY EDITION! OUT NOW! Within the HALLOWEEN ANNIVERSARY ISSUE the story of Harry Hay, founder of the Radical Faerie Movement and the Mattachine Society. Join us in remembering this Gay Hero! Read our interview with Mat Auryn, writer of “For Puck’s Sake” for Patheos Pagan and prominent Gay Witch! See our Blood Whore Vampire strip down, our 10-inch witch, and punk rock bears going at it! Try our Bondage Spell in LUSTY LITANY! Learn about having sex with the divine and warding in TOOLS OF THE CRAFT! Come on in and kick back with your dusty […]