Despite the spooky overtones, modern Satanism actually has a lot in common with self-help, the green movement, and spunky American individualism.
We traveled to Cleveland with THOMAS MORTON to meet ERIC FREEMAN, authority on the duality of evil, to learn about altering reality through the power of the mind.
From L’Oeil du tigre :
‘Neuf boîtes(!) du légendaire EP presque unreleased de MI AMORE, ‘The Lion‘ (2007), ont (…) été dépoussiérées. Issu des sessions d’enregistrement de ‘The Lamb‘ (2005), avec Kurt Ballou,‘The Lion, Five Mystical Songs’ n’aura jamais bénéficié d’une bonne distribution suite à la dissolution du label québécois Cyclop Média.’
A nearly-unreleased and long hard-to-find EP from these controversial Quebec blackened hardcore champions. AVAILABLE HERE.
Sanctuaire (La chiesa, The Church)
Michele Soavi, produit par Dario Argento, Italie, 1989, 98 min
‘An old Gothic cathedral, built over a mass grave, develops strange powers which trap a number of people inside with ghosts from a 12th Century massacre seeking to resurrect an ancient demon from the bowels of the Earth.’
Black Sunday (La maschera del demonio; also known as The Mask of Satan and Revenge of the Vampire)
Mario Bava, Italy, 1960, 87 min
‘In 1630 Russia, Princess Asa (Barbara Steele), a beautiful, dark-haired, young woman is condemned for practicing witchcraft. The grand inquisitor is none other then her estranged brother, Prince Vajda, who renounces his ties to his sister. As the executioner ties her down to the stake, Asa defiantly swears retribution by returning from the dead one day. The executioner positions a spike-lined metal mask over her face. On her brother’s command, a swift hammer blow drives the mask into her skull, killing her instantly. She is then interred in the family crypt in a coffin equipped with a window, thought which the sign of the cross is visible. With the cross forever visible to her lifeless body, it is said that the witch will never return to life’ …
In a viral video elaborating upon a long-held belief by some Christians that Monster Energy drinks are somehow affiliated with the work of Satan, a woman explains the clues the manufacturer of the popular energy-boosting drink have hidden on the can.
Beginning with breaks in the letter ‘M,’ the woman explains that it symbolizes the Hebrew letter vav — the sixth letter in the Hebrew alphabet — as she maintains that the three now-broken bars of the ‘m’ stand for 666, the Sign of the Beast. She later notes how this ties in with the drink’s advertising slogan: Unleash the beast.
Turning to the ‘o’ in the word ‘monster’ she draws attention to a cross piercing it and poses the question as to what Christ, as symbolized by the cross, has to do with an energy drink company. She then notes that the can has the letters ‘BFC’ at the base which she explains stands for “Big f*cking can,” while she draws attention to to size of the 24 fl. oz can
After displaying the bulk packaging for the drinks, she notes the promotional copy which states, “MILF’s dig it, and you will too,” before concluding, “This is not a Christian company.”
She goes on to state that the manufacturers are using the popularity of the highly-caffeinated drinks to enter into Christian homes.
“This is how clever Satan is. And how he gets into the Christan home, and a Christian’s life, and it breaks God’s heart,” she explains.
Tom Boggioni
Raw Story
