Reading Time: 6 minutes On June 10, 2022, an arsonist attempted to burn down the headquarters of The Satanic Temple (TST) in Salem, Massachusetts. Forty-two-year-old Daniel Damien Lucey took a bus from Chelsea, then walked to the building, arriving around 10pm. He was recorded on a doorbell camera pouring lighter fluid on the front porch and igniting it before […]
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Lies the Supreme Court tells about religious liberty
Reading Time: 6 minutes Since its adoption as the national motto in 1956, the inclusion of the phrase “In God We Trust” on the American national currency has faced legal challenges, leading to unlikely judicial claims about the phrase’s secular intent and meaning. In response to a lawsuit against the government in 1970, the Ninth Circuit ruled that “It […]
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Interview: The Satanic Chef, Adam Ostrofsky
Reading Time: < 1 minute I have known Adam for a few years now. We first met at The Satanic Temple’s headquarters. The Arizona chapter was all hanging out there while Stu, Michelle, and a few other people gave a series of talks. He went out and bought a grill and cooked an insane amount of food for everyone after […]
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The Allentown ‘Black Mass’ of 1985
Reading Time: 4 minutes When The Satanic Temple (TST) brought its first annual SatanCon to Scottsdale, Arizona last week, many detractors said they were going to perform a black mass and (through whatever supernatural mechanism) bring harm to the city. Black masses aren’t really a thing People have been doing Satanic rituals like the ones done by TST and […]
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SatanCon draws the ire of FoxNews’ Rachel Campos-Duffy
Reading Time: 2 minutes If you have any friends on social media who are involved with The Satanic Temple (TST) you probably saw that Lucien Greaves was on Tucker Carlson last week. But an hour earlier Rachel Campos-Duffy was running with the Satanic Panic narrative. Rachel Campos-Duffy is big mad about SatanCon Lucien turned up on Tucker to talk […]
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7 suggestions for the Satanic collective noun: Why can’t we have one, too?
Reading Time: 2 minutes It is an interesting phenomenon of English that we have a habit of giving often fanciful and descriptive collective nouns to groups of things, but we don’t have a Satanic collective noun. If hermits get a collective noun so should we A collective noun is what we call the specific name for a group of […]
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How the Satanic Panic Hurt My Friend in the 1980s
Reading Time: 12 minutes Big David was larger than life. He had beautiful crystal-blue aquamarine eyes that seemed to look into forever and a strong voice made for public speaking. Tall and lanky, with black hair and pale skin liberally dotted with freckles, he looked like a country boy. He needed to be wearing denim overalls and a well-loved straw hat and carrying a homemade wooden fishin’ pole.
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Satanic Self-Care in the Age of Trump: A Note of Concern (Guest Post)
Reading Time: 3 minutes A member of The Satanic Temple-Colorado reflects on avoiding activism burnout and lists some tips on how sometimes taking a break to step back and relax a bit might be the most important thing you can do for yourself.
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Satanic Nuns Sing About the Antichrist in New Good Omens Teaser
Reading Time: 2 minutes Amazon Prime Video’s new teaser trailer for the upcoming mini-series Good Omens features a cadre of singing Satanic nuns and a cameo from Neil Gaiman.
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The Satanic Temple is Now a Registered Tax-Exempt Church
Reading Time: 7 minutes The Satanic Temple is now officially recognized by the IRS as a tax-exempt church. It is as legitimate as a religion can get in the United States.