Priestess Renée invites everyone, everywhere, to attend the “Baphy Bash”, happening this Saturday, April 27th, from 11am-6pm, at her store: Witchcraft District Bazaar. It’s located at 8 Mt. Carmel Pl., Poughkeepsie/The Witchcraft District, NY. Spotlighting the enigmatic and esoteric figure known as Baphomet seemed so appropriate, given that just three days later is Walpurgisnacht. Featured items inspired by the Baphomet will range from statuary, candles, and altar plaques, to jewelry, apparel, stickers, and more! There will be limited giveaways and plenty of revelry! House Reader, Madame Ophelia, will be available for Tarot Readings on a first come, first served basis. […]
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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 […]
Priestess Renée is now offering three wonderfully wicked Satanic candles exclusive to her store, Witchcraft District Bazaar. Available just in time for your Walpurgisnacht celebrations, you can add one, or all three, of these 7 Day Spell Candles to your altar or home: Doktor Anton S. LaVey—Founder and first High Priest of The Church of Satan. Baphomet—symbol of self-empowerment, creativity, and lust. Magister Joe Netherworld—crowned Witch King of the Witchcraft District, aka Poughkeepsie. Quantities are limited, but they will be regularly restocked. All orders from Church of Satan Members will receive special bonuses! Search “7 Day Spell Candle” on the […]
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 […]
Hail to all you vibrant beings who share our celebration of the Earth’s successive seasons! Here in the Northern Hemisphere, Fall’s arrival brings cool evenings with the promise of bountiful harvests. The impending touch of frost will, ere long, ignite leaves to blaze with vivid colors. Those in the Southern Hemisphere rejoice in the triumph of Spring’s warmth over frigid Winter. They may witness Nature as it shakes free from stasis, surging forth with renewed vigor. Satanists luxuriate in vital, carnal existence, embracing the majestic seasonal cycles of our precious, fragile island in space. Our cognizance invokes humbling respect as we seek […]
Until the perpetrator of the arson of Magister Joe Netherworld’s home—locally known as “The Halloween House,” “The House of Netherworld,” and “The Witch House”—is identified, we cannot be certain of that individual’s motivation. Over the years, Joe “Netherworld” Mendillo worked with great diligence to make his home an exotic showplace, including a garden filled with rare plants, a koi pond over which a bridge he crafted himself was gracefully arched, and a water wheel which the rain spurred to action. Most who knew him enjoyed his feeling of “Halloween, 365 Days a Year.” Joe welcomed trick-or-treaters to his home on […]
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 […]
SUPERLATIVE SOLSTICE! From our garden here at The Black House, we offer Solstice greetings to all in harmony with the Earth’s seasonal changes! We in the Northern Hemisphere embrace the longest day of the year as sultry Summer begins. Those in the Southern Hemisphere mark the longest night as Winter begins its chill dominion. Wherever on this wondrous planet you might be, it is always a delight to celebrate the glories of nature and the abundant pleasures that life offers! Here’s to a splendid new season filled with indulgence galore! —Magus Peter H. Gilmore