During this outing, students will enjoy the beautiful surroundings of San Anton Gardens, enter the President’s Palace and visit Traditions’ Malta’s 200sq metres of exhibition area.

Students will also embark on an educational treasure hunt using all their senses to come up with the answers and complete the required tasks.

During the magnificent exhibition, children will be taken back in time while they explore clay mechanical figures doing different traditional things like cotton spinning, cloth weaving, clock making, basket weaving, filigree, glass blowing, lace making, traditional baking and much more.

Children should come in their Tracksuit.  They should bring a small bag with lunch, fruit, water, healthy treat, pocket with pencils and colours, photo camera (if you want), notebook, display book and the homework of the previous day.

What it is essential to understand is that the Order of Nine Angles is based upon several fundamental, and many unique, esoteric principles, which esoteric principles include the following:

(1) That we human beings possess the potential to consciously evolve to become the genesis of a new human species, and that genuine esoteric Arts – and especially and in particular The Dark Arts – are one of the most viable ways by which such a conscious evolution can occur;

(2) That genuine esoteric knowledge and insight – and thus genuine Occult advancement – requires both self-achievement through practical deeds and a self-honesty, a genuine knowing and understanding of one’s own self;

(3) That the Cosmos may be apprehended through a bifurcation of both Time and Space, described as such an apprehension is by causal and acausal Universes, and that:

(a) we, as living beings, are an example of acausal energy being presenced in our physical causal Universe;

(b) all causal life is life because there is an “intrusion” of acausal energy into the causal – that is, all causal life is a nexion to the acausal, with we human beings possessing the latent ability to not only apprehend the nexion we are but also to know and utilize certain acausal energies;

(c) magick is the presencing, by us, of certain types of acausal energy by means of a causal nexion, already existing or one brought-into-being;

(d) there exists, in the acausal Universe, certain types of acausal life, of diverse species, some of which species we can apprehend if we possess (i) the esoteric knowledge required to presence such acausal entities or (ii) the esoteric ability and skill to travel into the realms of the acausal;

(e) certain acausal entities have been presenced, in times past, on Earth – and thus become known to human beings, and these include entities known to us by their exoteric “names” Satan, and the Dark Goddess, Baphomet;

(f) certain causal – and Occult – symbolism and symbologies may be and often are useful aids and means for us as human beings to begin the process of acausal apprehension and the knowing and utilization of certain acausal (”Occult”/magickal) energies;

(g) our evolution has been, is and will continue to be – until we evolve to become a more evolved species – based upon what it is convenient to describe as the sinister dialectic;

(h) the sinister dialectic is a process of disruption, destruction, re-birth, renewal, heresy, and change; and on the practical level involves creating, fermenting, and aiding such causal things as strife, Chaos, revolution, heresy, and culling;

(i) to evolve into a higher species is to evolve toward, and into, the acausal Universe itself; that is, to become-like The Dark Ones, themselves; to become both a causal and an acausal species, existing in both the causal and the acausal.

Thus, two of the primary aims of the ONA are (1) to use The Dark Tradition to create Adepts and, over a long period of causal Time, aid and enhance and create that new, more evolved, human species of which genuine Sinister Adepts may be considered to be the phenotype; and (2) to use the sinister dialectic (and thus Aeonic Magick and genuine Sinister Arts) to aid and enhance and make possible our evolution toward the acausal. Furthermore, to achieve these aims will take a certain amount of causal Time, of the order of several centuries.

Hence, it should be clear – to those possessed of genuine Occult insight – that the ONA has both an outer (exoteric) and an inner (esoteric) nature and meaning. Or, expressed in a more truistic, and simple, way, the understanding and knowledge of the Adept (and of those beyond) is not that of the the novice and the Initiate. The exoteric aspect is re-presented in such works as The Black Book of Satan – and in the ceremonies and methods of traditional Satanism themselves (including the symbolism of the Tree of Wyrd) – while the esoteric aspect is re-presented in such ONA MSS as Mythos of the Dark Gods and The Five-Dimensional Magick of the Seventh Way, and especially in and by our Aeonic Magick and our practical deeds which presence the dark. For it is such Aeonic Magick, such practical sinister deeds, and the creation of genuine Sinister Adepts – over a period of decades and centuries – which re-present, and which manifest, the true nature of the Order of Nine Angles.

In addition, three further things about the ONA should also be obvious to those possessed of genuine Occult insight. First, that – in its esoteric essence – the ONA is not a mundane Occult Order of the Old Aeon type. For it is a particular causal nexion, brought-into-being for specific purposes; and thus is now a living-entity imbued with certain acausal energies; which entity now has life, a being, of its own, and which thus is immune to – and not concerned with – the inane criticisms of the inane, many of whom continue to delude themselves about their Occult knowledge and abilities.

Second, that by evolution we mean an increase in acausal energies both within ourselves, as individuals, and as presenced in our causal Universe (and thus presenced upon our planet, Earth). These acausal energies cause, provoke, and aid our own evolution, our own change, as individuals (toward, and beyond, Adeptship), and also cause, provoke and aid change within those constructs we humans construct, such as “society” and the “political” – and “religious” – causal forms (or abstractions) which we human beings (both Occultists, and otherwise) have used, do use and can use in the service of such evolutionary change, with such forms only being a causal means, and not representative of the acausal essence, which acausal essence can be, and has been, apprehended, and manifest, as Chaos.

Third, that the very purpose and meaning of our individual, causal – mortal – lives is to progress, to evolve, toward the acausal, and that this, by virtue of the reality of the acausal itself, means and implies a new type of sinister existence, a new type of being, with this acausal existence being far removed from – and totally different to – any and every Old Aeon representation, both Occult, non-Occult and “religious”. Thus it is that we view our long-term human social and personal evolution as a bringing-into-being of a new type of sinister living, in the causal – on this planet, and elsewhere – and also as a means for us, as individuals of a new sinister causal species, to dwell in both the causal and acausal Universes, while we live, as mortals, and to transcend, after our mortal, causal “death”, to live as an acausal being, which acausal being can be currently apprehended, and has been apprehended in the past, as an immortal sinister being of primal Darkness.

Anton Long
Order of Nine Angles
119 Year of Fayen

The Dark Arts of Traditional Satanism

Introduction

The Dark Arts of Traditional Satanism – also known as Dark, or Sinister, Sorcery – are essentially a series of techniques or skills whereby an aspiring Rounwytha can:

(1) Participate in, control, and enable their own personal evolution – that is, develope their latent ability to consciously evolve to become the genesis of a new human species; and undertake that evolution.

(2) Come-to-know certain acausal [sinister] beings, and is thus understand the acausal itself

The esoteric Dark Arts can, among other things, also provide the prepared and skilled Rounwytha – the sinister Adept – with the ability to live-on beyond their causal death, in the acausal continuum as a new type, a new species, of immortal acausal being.

Among the skills and techniques of The Dark Arts are acausal-empathy, acausal-thinking, and using, or creating, nexions to access the acausal.

This ONA document is a brief guide to, and an over-view of, The Dark Arts of Traditional Satanism, and complements the ONA MS The Ontology and Theology of Traditional Satanism.

Developing Acausal Empathy

As mentioned in another ONA MS:

Acausal empathy is basically sensitivity to, and awareness of, acausal energies as these energies are presenced in living beings, in Nature, and/or presenced in the causal either via some acausal being, or directly, as “raw” acausal energy (that is, acausal energy trying to find some causal form to inhabit).

To develope acausal empathy, the following techniques are used:

(1) The Rite of Internal Adept.

This simple Rite – as described in Naos: A Practical Guide to Becoming an Adept – is the main, most effective, means of developing acausal empathy, and it enables the aspiring Rounwytha, by its rigours, simplicity, and isolation, to attune themselves to the acausal essence beyond causal forms. To live for a period of no less than three months, in the simple manner prescribed and in an isolated location removed from human habitation and human contact, is how sinister Adepts have, for centuries, begun to develope the faculty of acausal-empathy and acquired the most important esoteric skill of being able, by using this faculty, of opening nexions to the acausal.

The standard form of this technique lasts for only one specific alchemical season (from Spring Equinox to Summer Solstice in Northern climes), which specific alchemical season is the absolute minimum amount of causal time required to enable the aspiring Rounwytha to acquire the basic, and necessary, skills.

The more advanced form – lasting for a different and longer alchemical season (from Winter Solstice to Summer Solstice in Northern climes) – is however, while difficult and intensely selective because of this difficulty – more efficacious and develops much greater, more effective, skills, and indeed is the breeding ground of a Rounwytha.

(2) Exploring the sinister pathways of the septenary Tree of Wyrd.

These personal explorations – as given in Naos: A Practical Guide to Becoming an Adept - enable the aspiring Rounwytha to begin the process of objectifying causal forms, and develope the necessary skill of finding, becoming sensitive to, and being able to distinguish between, various collocations of esoteric energies, whether the energies be personal (in the psyche of the individual and limited to the lifetime of the individual or a period in that lifetime) or archetypal (shared among various individuals over periods of causal time often beyond the life of one individual) or acausal (beyond both of the former types).

These explorations are recommended to be undertaken before the Rite of Internal Adept, and what – in these particular explorations – distinguishes an aspiring Rounwytha from an aspiring sinister Adept, is that the aspiring Rounwytha finds it easy and natural to not only distinguish between the various collocations, the various types, of esoteric energies, but also to move beyond all forms (as given in such explorations and as described by various terms and words in books such as Naos) to the acausal essence, something not described, in practical detail, in such written works.

(3) It has been found, by practical experience, that the preliminary training afforded by following The Seven Fold Sinister Way – as described in Naos: A Practical Guide to Becoming an Adept from Neophyte to the Rite of External Adept – is an effective means of ensuring success in acquiring and developing those skills in acausal empathy that the Rite of Internal Adept can produce in an individual.

Thus, this preliminary training of following The Seven Fold Sinister Way from Neophyte to the Rite of External Adept – while not strictly necessary – is highly recommended, especially if the aspiring Rounwytha does not have a natural empathic ability.

Developing Acausal Thinking

As mentioned in another ONA MS:

The main and most effective practical means of acquiring and developing the skill – the Dark Art – of acausal thinking is The Star Game, as described in Naos: A Practical Guide to Becoming an Adept.

It is recommended that the individual begins with the simple form of the game – which only has 27 pieces – before constructing and beginning to play the advanced form of the game, as described in Naos. While the essentials of acausal thinking can be developed by regular playing of the simple game, it is the advanced form of the game that really develops the Dark Art of acausal-thinking.

In many ways, acausal-thinking can be considered to be a developed, and an enhanced, form of acausal-empathy, although in essence it is really a distinct, new, evolutionary ability whose genesis was acausal-empathy.

Using Nexions to Access The Acausal

As described in another ONA MS:

A nexion is a specific connexion between, or the intersection of, the causal and the acausal, and nexions can, exoterically, be considered to be akin to “gates” or openings or “tunnels” where there is, or can be, either a flow of acausal energy (and thus also of acausal entities) from the acausal into our causal Space and causal Time; a journeying into the acausal itself; or a willed, conscious flow or presencing (by dark sorcery) of acausal energies.

Once a certain amount of skill in acausal-thinking and acausal-empathy has been acquired, the Rounwytha can conduct rites to open, or to create, a direct nexion to the acausal, and thus either access acausal energy, or presence – bring into the causal – certain Dark Entities, certain acausal beings, for whatever purpose the Rounwytha desires.

One of the simplest rites to do this is the “simple” Nine Angles Rite, as described in The Black Book of Satan, Part Three, in either the Natural, or the Chthonic, Form.

A much more efficacious – that is, more powerful – rite to open a direct nexion to the acausal is The Ceremony of Recalling, with Sacrificial Conclusion, as given for example, in The Grimoire of Baphomet, Dark Goddess.

Other rituals, and means, are given in The Grimoire of Baphomet, Dark Goddess.

Toward The Acausal Continuum

A Rounwytha will know when their causal time to prepare to progress toward the acausal continuum has arrived. Thus will their detailed preparations begin for the forthcoming journey, which supra-mortal journey will be undertaken at the end of a propitious alchemical season, when the causal and the acausal continuums are correctly aligned to allow greater access to the acausal. Propitious times include when the Moon occults Dabih, or is very close to it; and when Jupiter and Saturn are both near the moon which is becoming new, the causal hour being before dawn.

The preparations will begin at the start of the chosen alchemical season.

The Rite itself – as described in The Grimoire of Baphomet, Dark Goddess - requires several opfers, who will be chosen according to our traditional guidelines, and brought to, and confined in, the place chosen for what is the most sinister and the most joyful Rite of all.

Anton Long
Order of Nine Angles

A Note on Terms:

Rounwytha is the term used to describe an individual – male or female – who has great skill in both acausal-empathy and acausal-thinking. The term was traditionally applied only to those, mostly women, who were naturally gifted in esoteric empathy before such abilities were rationally, and esoterically, understood, and thus before they could be developed and enhanced by sinister techniques. The term was, according to aural tradition, applied to rural sorceresses of the primal (but not necessarily then always dark) tradition who lived in a certain area of England.

The term Rounwytha is now generally used to describe a sorcerer, or sorceress, of our Sinister Tradition, who has acquired and who has developed skill in – or who has a natural ability and a natural skill in – both acausal-empathy and acausal-thinking

Thus, while every Rounwytha of our Way is by nature and training a sinister Adept, not every sinister Adept is a Rounwytha, since not every sinister Adept has acquired great practical skill in acausal-empathy and acausal-thinking, or has the ability (natural or acquired) to so acquire and so develope such skills. Nearly every Rounwytha – past and present – has acquired and/or developed their skills by undertaking the longer form of the Rite of Internal Adept.

Given the talent, skill and natural ability of nearly every Rounwytha, it is not always necessary for them – nor is it a requirement for them – to assiduously undertake the training of following The Seven Fold Sinister Way from Neophyte to the Rite of External Adept, as outlined in Naos, which training is a practical way for any individual to become a sinister Adept.

A Note on Texts:

It is recommended that those desirous of learning the Dark Arts – as practised and as taught by the ONA – use original ONA facsimile texts of works such as Naos,  The Black Book of Satan, and The Grimoire of Baphomet, Dark Goddess.

Facsimile copies of the original typewritten and spiral bound copies of Naos (as first circulated by the ONA between 1989 and 1992 CE) are now widely available, both on the Internet, and from several books publishers. Nearly all other editions of Naos have serious errors or omissions, and readers are advised to avoid them.

pdf Internet versions, and printed copies, of both the The Black Book of Satan (as corrected by Anton Long), and The Grimoire of Baphomet, Dark Goddess are also now widely available. So far as is known, there are no facsimile copies of either the original typewritten and spiral bound versions of The Black Book of Satan (issued by the ONA in 1984 and 1985 CE) or of The Grimoire of Baphomet, Dark Goddess (issued by the ONA in 2003 CE) available in either pdf Internet versions, or in printed form.

In respect of The Black Book of Satan, Part Three, the correct version to use is that inscribed Official ONA Version (Anton Long) 101 yf.

The Nature of Reality According to Traditional Satanism

The fundamental ontological axioms of the Sinister Way of Tradtional Satanism are: (1) there are two types of being, differentiated by whether or not they possess, or manifest, what is termed acausal energy, and (2) that we can only correctly and currently know a manifestation of acausal energy, an acausal being, through our currently under-developed and under-used psychic faculties.

Reality, for Traditional Satanism, is postulated to be the Cosmos, with this Cosmos having a bifurcation of being: that is, the Cosmos exists – is manifest – in both causal space-time, and in what we term acausal space-time. Causal space-time has three causal spatial dimensions and one causal Time dimension, and acausal space-time has n number (a currently undefined number) of acausal dimensions (which are not spatial) and an acausal Time dimension. Causal space-time can thus be considered to the phenomenal, physical, universe we are aware of through our senses, and this universe is governed by physical laws and contains physical, causal, matter/energy.

Traditional Satanism posits, and accepts, that they are acausal beings existing in acausal space-time ( see footnote 1 ) just as there are causal beings existing in causal space-time, which causal beings include our own human species, and the life which shares this planet, Earth, with us.
According to Traditional Satanism, all causal living beings (existing or having their being in the causal physical universe) are understood as a presencing, in the causal, of acausal being (or energy) by the fact that they are alive. That is, all causal living beings are all connexions – nexions – between the causal and the acausal continuums.

The Being of Nature

Nature may be defined as that innate creative (acausal) force (or energy) which operates in the physical world, on this planet, and which causes, or is the genesis of, and controls, causal living organisms in certain ways. These “certain ways” are the laws of Nature. The ‘evolution of species’ is a term used to describe one theory about one of the ways in which Nature is assumed to work, in the causal Universe (the causal continuum).

Nature can thus be conceived as a type of being. This does not mean that Nature should be understood in anthropomorphic terms, but rather that Nature is a living, changing, entity: some-thing which is alive; that is, Nature is another example of a nexion – of where there is a connexion between the causal continuum and the acausal continuum. We ourselves, as human beings, are simply – on planet Earth – one manifestation, one presencing, of Nature among many: that is, we are subject to the laws of Nature, the laws which govern organic change and organic life itself. Like all causal life on this planet, we causal beings are born, we grow and change, and our causal being dies, that is, ceases to be imbued with – to be animated by – acausal energy. That is, “we” cease to have a causal life.

Most Earth cultures had, or have, a belief that Nature is living, and the Mother of, the bringer-forth of, all life.

In olden times, Nature herself was often personified in terms of gods, and goddesses. That is, we apprehended Nature in terms of ourselves – in terms of individual causal beings with names, a history and a distinct personality. However, this type of apprehension is no longer necessary nor valid since we have developed, over the last few thousand years, the faculty of pure reason, and the faculty of acausal empathy, and can understand Nature, ourselves and the cosmos beyond Nature, in a natural manner without such intermediate abstract forms. That is, we can now apprehend Nature as Nature is. Hitherto, we projected human-type causal forms onto Nature in an effort to comprehend Nature as we did not possess much of an understanding of the Cosmos beyond Nature and beyond the causal, and how Nature is but part of this causal and acausal Cosmos.

The Philosophy of Traditional Satanism

The essential starting point for a philosophy is to pose, and answer, the questions about the origin and meaning of life – or, more specifically, about our causal lives, as human beings, in the causal Universe, on this planet we call Earth.

Traditional Satanism does not believe that we human beings, and causal life itself, was created by some Supreme Being, which supreme Being is commonly referred to as God. According to Traditional Satanism, life evolved naturally on this planet, from finite beginnings we as yet do not precisely understand. The essence of the Traditional Satanism perspective about our origins in the causal Universe is reason – or rather, what used to be called Natural Philosophy: through observation, experiment and the use of reason, or logic, we can understand our world, the causal Cosmos, and ourselves. Thus, Traditional Satanism is, in one important respect, a rationalist Way of Life which accepts: (1) that the Causal Universe (or Causal Reality) exists independently of us and our consciousness, and thus independent of our senses; (2) our limited understanding of this causal ‘external world’ depends for the most part upon our senses – that is, on what we can see, hear or touch; that is, on what we can observe or come to know via our senses; (3) logical argument – reason – and experiment are the best means to knowledge and understanding of and about this ‘external world’; (4) the Causal Universe is, of itself, a reasoned order subject to rational laws; (5) our faculty of acausal-empathy is a means for us to know the nexion we are, and how we can discover our correct relationship to all other life. Thus, practical reason – Natural Philosophy – enables us to comprehend the external, physical, causal, Universe.

Furthermore, Traditional Satanism also affirms that the knowledge and understanding of the causal Universe – achieved by means of reason and observation – is not the only type of knowledge and understanding available to us, for there is knowledge and understanding of the acausal continuum, and the acausal beings who, or which, exist (and “live”) there, and that our psychic faculties enable us to sense, to begin to know, and are one means of comprehending, acausal Life in all its variety and forms. An axiom of Traditional Satanism is that by developing our latent psychic faculties we can gain a better understanding – and more knowledge of – Nature, of the acausal, and of acausal beings, and thus of ourselves.

The Answers of Traditional Satanism

The Philosophy of Traditional Satanism accepts that the purpose of our mortal, causal, lives is essentially two fold. First, to change, to develope, to evolve, ourselves, and to explore and to enjoy the possibilities that causal life offers – for our mortal, causal, life is a limited, finite, opportunity. Second, that if we develope, evolve, ourselves in a particular way – and especially if we develope our psychic faculties – there exists the possibility of us, as a new type of being, living-on beyond our causal death, in the acausal continuum.

Thus, the Philosophy of Traditional Satanism asserts:

(1) That we human beings possess the potential to participate in and to control our own evolution – that is, we have the (mostly latent) ability to consciously evolve to become the genesis of a new human species, and that genuine esoteric Arts – and especially and in particular The Dark Arts – are one of the most viable ways by which such a conscious evolution can occur;

(2) That genuine esoteric knowledge and insight – and thus genuine self-understanding and self-evolution – requires both a development of our latent psychic faculties and a practical knowledge of the acausal continuum deriving from a coming-to-know acausal beings;

(3) That what has hitherto been known and described as magic(k) – especially Dark Sorcery, or Black Magic(k) – is one effective means of coming-to-know certain acausal beings, and is thus a beginning to understanding the acausal itself.

Our psychic faculties include what may be termed acausal empathy (otherwise know as sinister empathy, or esoteric/magickal empathy) and acausal thinking.

Acausal empathy is basically sensitivity to, and awareness of, acausal energies as these energies are presenced in living beings, in Nature, and/or presenced in the causal either via some acausal being, or directly, as “raw” acausal energy (that is, acausal energy trying to find some causal form to inhabit). Various esoteric (Occult) means and techniques exist to develope such acausal empathy.

Acausal thinking is basically apprehending the causal, and acausal energy, as these “things” are – that is, beyond all causal abstractions, and beyond all causal symbols, and symbolism, where such causal symbols include language, and the words and terms that are part of language, and what has hitherto been regarded as the terms and symbols of conventional Occultism, for such conventional Occultism is ineluctably bound to causal thinking. Various genuine esoteric (Occult) means and techniques exist to develope such acausal thinking. An important aspect of acausal thinking is thinking in terms of acausal time – that is, not in terms of the linear “cause and effect” of the causal continuum, bur rather in what can be inaccurately described in terms of Simultaneity, of there being “action at a distance” unlike in conventional (causal) physics.

The Living Beings of The Acausal

According to Traditional Satanism, there are several types of distinct acausal beings who exist in the acausal continuum, known to us – historically and otherwise – from Adepts who, having developed acausal empathy and acausal thinking, have discovered or come to know of, such beings.

Acausal beings are beyond our causal concepts and abstractions. Some dwell (and can only exist in) the acausal spaces, while others can dwell or be manifest in both the acausal and the causal, with there being many different types of acausal entities all of which have their own “nature” or type of being. Essentially, they have no physical form, as we define and understand physical form (for example, a body) although some types of acausal being, who can dwell or manifest or be presenced in our causal spaces, can dwell-within, or presence themselves within or be presenced within, a causal form such as a living body or being (including a human being) and some of the acausal beings who can or who have done this are known as “shapeshifters”. We cannot “see”or detect (by our limited physical senses or by using causality-based physical instruments) unpresenced acausal beings who may be transiting through or dwelling-within our causal spaces (our physical world/universe) if such beings have not accessed, or presenced themselves, in some causal, living, form (or even, in most cases, even if they have done this). However, some of us (and some other life) may sometimes “feel” or be aware of some such acausal beings: for example, if we possess a certain type of empathy or have the esoteric knowledge to detect some such transiting or in-dwelling acausal beings.

Since these acausal beings are beyond our causal concepts and abstractions, it is incorrect to judge such beings according to our limited, causal, “morality”. They are neither “good” nor “evil”. They live according to their own nature, as acausal beings, just as, for example, a wild predatory animal lives according to its wild predatory nature. According to esoteric tradition, there are some acausal beings who are drawn or who have been in the past been drawn toward our causal spaces (our physical universe/world) because they do or have acquired the ability to “feed off” certain types of emotion (or “states of being”) which emotion (or “states of being”) are but types of energy.

Due to the nature of the acausal spaces (and thus the nature of acausal energy) acausal beings do not “die” as we die and do not “age” as we age. Furthermore, our causal concept of physical travel (or movement) which takes causal time is irrelevant to and does not apply to such beings, due to their very nature as acausal beings. However, most acausal beings are not, by our standards, “all-powerful” and many cannot change or restructure temporal things, just as some cannot transit to (“be presenced in”) the causal spaces, or dwell-within causal beings, without some aid or assistance in opening a nexion or nexions (which in many instances is just a direct connexion between the causal and acausal spaces).

According to tradition, some of these known acausal beings have been collectively described by the term The Dark Gods, or The Dark Ones (or The Dark Immortals), and included in this particular type of acausal being is the entity more commonly known to us as Satan, and that entity which we, limited causal, mortal beings, describe as the female counterpart of Satan, who – according to The Dark Tradition inherited by the ONA – has the name Baphomet, and who is the dark, violent, Goddess – the real Mistress of Earth (and of Nature) – to whom human sacrifices were, and are, made and who ritualistically and symbolically washes in a basin full of the blood of Her victims. According to aural legend, She – as one of The Dark Gods – is also a shapeshifter who has intruded (”visited”, been presenced or manifest) on Earth in times past, and who can manifest again if certain rituals are performed and certain sacrifices made. Traditionally, it was to Baphomet that Initiates and Adepts of the Dark Tradition dedicated their chosen, selected, victims when a human culling was undertaken, and such cullings were – and are – regarded as one of the prerequisites for attaining sinister Adeptship.

Importantly, Traditional Satanism does not regard Satan – or any of The Dark Ones, such as Baphomet – as conventional “gods” or “goddesses” are understood, and thus as beings to be worshipped, feared, and obeyed in a conventional religious sense. Instead, they are regarded as sinister friends; as new found companions; and may be likened to long-lost sisters and brothers or other relatives; and – in the case of Satan and Baphomet – as akin to our hitherto unknown mother and father, to be thus admired and respected, but never “worshipped”. In addition, and in the case of some of these dark entities, they are, or can be considered as, our lovers. Thus, our relationship to these acausal beings is certainly not one of fear, or of subservience.

In addition, the term The Dark Gods is to be understood as but a useful, somewhat Old Aeon (that based on causal thinking), inherited exoteric term to describe a particular acausal species many of whom are known to and named by The Dark Tradition, which species, when manifest in the causal, are certainly far more powerful than human beings. Thus, the conventional names given to some such acausal beings as are known to us, or which have been known to human beings in ages past, are only exoteric names; only imperfect, causal, terms which are useful symbols.

Thus, a name such as “Satan” does not fully describe the real acausal nature and character of that specific acausal being, which acausal being has an esoteric name – an acausal name deriving from acausal thinking and acausal knowing – which better describes such a being.

The Question of God

The philosophy of Traditional Satanism does not assume nor accept that there is a supreme Being, or deity. That is, a supreme creator Being does not and never has existed, and such a figure is regarded as a human, a causal, abstraction, a human manufactured construct, a myth, which human beings, and thus certain religions and theologies and philosophies, have incorrectly imposed upon the reality of the Cosmos in a vain attempt to understand it, and themselves. Thus, our Satan – our Dark One – is not subservient to some omnipotent God, but is instead a particular type of living acausal being, subject only to the natural laws of the acausal continuum.

The Question of Evil and The Existence of Satan

What has been conventionally termed “the question (or the problem) of evil” – by other philosophies and religions and Way of Life – does not exist for Traditional Satanism since Traditional Satanism accepts that conventional morality is a causal abstraction: some causal form, or some dogma, which is incorrectly projected onto the nature, the reality, of the causal continuum, and which abstraction obscures our real, and our of necessity individual, connexion to the Cosmos. That is, conventional morality – like all religious dogma and all laws – takes away, or restricts, the inalienable individual freedom of a living human being to be an individual: to be that singular, unique, nexion they are to the acausal.

For Traditional Satanism, it is only and ever the individual who – developing acausal empathy and acausal thinking – can directly comprehend and directly implement meaning, whether this “meaning” be described by such limited, causal terms as “morality”, and evil and law – based as these causal terms are on the restriction, the oppression, of causal thinking. Thus, Traditional Satanism is a genuine liberation and a genuine evolution of the individual, for Traditional Satanism gives the individual access to the very essence of their own, individual, being: which is the acausal energy that animates them, making them alive, and which is also the apprehension and understanding of them as a unique nexion, of the acausal continuum itself, and of the acausal life that resides there, and which can – in some circumstances – be manifest in our own causal continuum.

Hence, a knowing of such acausal beings as Satan and Baphomet are one means whereby we, as individuals, can come to know ourselves, to evolve ourselves, and come to understand the meaning and purpose of our causal, mortal lives: which is to live-on beyond our causal death, in the acausal continuum as a new type, a new species, of immortal acausal being.

This individual and unique discovering of meaning by individuals, this knowing of such acausal beings – this understanding of how and why beings such as Satan exist – is a learning of the Art of Dark Sorcery, part of which learning is developing acausal empathy and acausal thinking, and it is the transmission of this dark and ancient Art, and its use by individuals, which is the raison d’etre of that sinister association known as The Order of Nine Angles.

Anton Long
Order of Nine Angles

Footnotes:

(1) For convenience, acausal space-time will often be referred to simply as “the acausal”, and causal space-time as “the causal”. Also, the causal refers to the causal Universe of causal space-time, and the acausal to the acausal Universe of acausal space-time, with both the causal and the acausal Universes together forming the Cosmos.

The causal Universe is also sometimes referred to as “the causal continuum”, and the acausal Universe as “the acausal continuum”.

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The Sin- A-Goons of Satanism :

Sinagouge of Satan:

Satanism Exposed By Grand Magister Blackwood and Others.

Recently I decided to retract an earlier criticism, but anger and hatred prevail in “The Sin-A Goons.”

I along with numerous Temples of Satan membership and clergy have been paying a visit to the Internet’s Chat Rooms visiting membership and clergy of the Sinagouge of Satan to get the following responses from their “wacky”leaders and clergy Mike Margolin and Knife Sotelo both

social misfits for certain.

Knife Sotelo a “wanna-be” rapper and gangster and worse “wanna-be” Satanic Leader remained silent through the mess that ensued when Theistic Satanists began to rip apart at the “soft underbelly” of The Singagouge of Satan lead by admitted Margolin, with claims as far fetched as Knife’s in the Rap Community.

First he was approached by a Black Moon Society Founder and Former Temples of Satan Founder the renown G. M. Wynter, after several questions that were not malicious and asked about the general belief system of the Sinagouge of Satan he was removed via banning from the conversation, shortly thereafter I attacked but not for what I have written but glib and pseudo intellectual “name calling” which I hedged off with kindness and a attempt to calm the situation.

Margolis was not the have the calm he continued to banter and attack, but before he did so he released some very damaging information I will share with those who take Satanism seriously.

Mike admitted to selling Crack Cocaine in front of myself and two Temples of Satan members, and also condoned the behavior as acceptable, he also expounded of his fondness for Marijuana and expounded on how he felt it perfectly fine to prescribe it anyone who doctors deemed fit to use it.

This behavior is not something of a Great Leader but someone who preys on people for friendship and provides little but more useless “besmirching”of the Satanic Community, which as we all know already has a bad enough past thanks to the former Howard Stanton L aVey and his “C.o.S. Goons.”

If one is to partake in drugs at least have the class to not admit to in the public eye, I am accepting of many things but as you have the right to do it, I have the right to be critical and or be safe from it.

I ask membership if your founder gets busted during a ritual, you may also be taken to the station, and alerting people of this behavior is like telling people you shoplifted yesterday at K-Mart®!

So think this was just a bad day at Margolin’s house I revisited the “self proclaimed” Mad Poet, and found out his background was based on Thelema, which in not way whatsoever fits into the slot of Satanism in anyway whatsoever and it is clearly stated by Golden Dawn Member Kale in this reprinted article as follows:

Hi Blackwood, to answer you question Thelema has no roots based in Satanism, and it is sad that anyone could even place the two together in this world, we share Crowley but even his text’s are constantly replaced by Golden Dawn Initiates and Adepts to further ourselves from Satanism.

Thanks

Kale Radcliff

Golden Dawn Adept (99)

So what is this organization or should I say disorganization, so far we have seen very little other than a few negative clergy booting people from chat rooms and carrying on about people and attacking people as they ask questions related to the Sinagouge of Satan.

I have also engaged in such behavior in the past myself but, grew out of it choosing my battles carefully and choosing them at my leisure, I answer questions now regarding the Organization and keep myself out except for releases correcting rumors, which often times are started by people like Mike and his gang of Sin-A-Goons of Satan.

It is sad that I have to root out these Pseudo Groups but perhaps the Sin-A-Goons of Satan are a affiliate of the Brotherhood of Satan where one can prosper and enjoy life thanks to some “fake doctrines’ they never produce other than to claim such.

There is no Secret Doctrines in Satanism, no chest waiting to be opened nothing new, but plenty of old and historical along with new stuff written because of the old, but it remains that the Sinagouge of Satan remains another group intent on leading some sheep to a “proverbial trough of falsehood.”

Sinful people!

Margolin describes his group!

When will today’s Satanist understand that Satanism is not about Vampires and Goth and come to realize as I and many of the Real Satanist’s do Satan however being a title created in Judaism is a Real Deity and he asks for no servitude but devotion and has little use for those who are unable to do anything but mislead people for self serving “ego trips.”

Satanism with Purity and Excellence

The Temples of Satan

Lets break down the text and explain truth to everyone here today!

Temples of Satan Clergy and myself will comment and explain most of this “outlandish and inane” introduction designed for those who are Satanic Sheep!

This religion is not based on those of the popular Satanists of our day, Hollywood or Christian propaganda, except for Aleister Crowley.

This was earlier dismissed by Kale, as being further from the truth, while some in Satanism enjoy Crowley or even “cross over” to Thelema there are no evident connections to the Real Satan in his works, while Crowley remains a Occult Icon, his works are subject to doubt and or question, and could never cornerstone any Satanic Movement or Community.

Magister Alexander

Temples of Satan

His connection with the Freemasons and the fact we took our name from a short story in his book Konx om Pax, called “Thien Tao; or, The Synagogue of Satan.”Cannot be denied nor can we deny being a by-product of the Thelemic family.

No one can deny his connection however his worked are not commonly taught to Masons and or Freemasons in gatherings and or lodges, they may have once been examined but are not typically expounded amongst membership.

John Poundstone

Freemason Since 1972

As members you have the right to believe in whatever you like as long as you don’t push your beliefs on others. The aim of this religion is the ultimate destruction of religions through the advancement of individual freedom and social responsibility. The philosophy of SoS undermines all existing religions including our own. Thus the SoS Philosophy is based on a paradox, much like the Tao.

Having no purpose is the “falsehood La Vey preached and Freedom is something of Liberty not always appropriate in circles of religions based on the Occult.

G.M. Dergsien

Temples of Satan Clergy

By not having any set reality or belief you are not trapped by their rules, and are free to start making your own. This is freedom, the breaking away from the status quo, much like when Satan broke ranks from God and became the first revolutionist. It’s funny how governments promote god worship when most modern governments owe their existence to Freemasonry and revolution, the dream of freedom, the spirit of Satan.

Rules and Laws by mankind are appropriate as long as they don’t remove our right to practice our religion, as we are free to allow you practices, we are also free to compare, discuss and disolve your falsehoods for the betterment.

Grand Magister Blackwood

Temples of Satan Founder

It’s no wonder governments and religions, actively partake in propaganda against Satanism for they truly fear being overthrown. As for America, Satanism is Americanism, for America supports freedom of religion in the same Masonic context that SoS does. Though certain religions in America attempt to combat this, our wonderful constitution, (written by Freemasons) prevents them from achieving their goals.

Propaganda comes from the Christian Church and not the government, Satanic Panic was launched by zealots from the media and disgruntled membership, who thus turned on the organization’s and was fueled by countless pyscho-babble spawned from Anton La Vey.

Magister Alexander

Temples of Satan Clergy

Enslavement in any form religious or otherwise is un-American. Therefore I declare any and all religious groups that do not support freedom of religion, un-American. Also certain fads or movements that harass people for their personal choices such as hairstyle, piercing, sex, tattoos, music and much more are also un-American. Yes SoS reaches far past the United States boarders. And no, unlike my government, I’m not trying spread the American culture to other countries. But I am trying to spread the Light of Phosphor, the light of freedom throughout the world.

Wow so your Pagan, and not Satanic interesting Mike!

Grand Magister Blackwood

Temples of Satan Founder

I obtained legal recognition for this mass manipulation scheme From the State of California and The Federal government of the United States of America, by utilizing my authority as an Ordained Minister of Universal Life Church Ministries (U.L.C.M). U.L.C.M., the Unitarians and the new Satanic unity movement, accept most faiths, but are predominately Christian or stylized Satanist in nature and actually exist to enslave you.

A Scheme? Perhaps better words could be laid out to the public!

Magister Tomlinson

Temples of Satan Clergy

As you can clearly see, I learned a little bit from their game and used it to turn the tide in Satan’s favor. Rather in your favor as consumers of prepackaged mail-order religions/realities. You can see although we are predominately Satanic/Thelemic/Masonic in nature SoS accepts all Religious Beliefs, Styles, Races, Cultures, Ideologies, Nationalities, Sexuality’s etc. etc. As long as those that wish to join accept the premise that each individual has the undeniable right to his or her choice of reality no matter what you’re personal religion or choice dictates. We do not try to sway you into accepting Atheism, Freemasonry, Satanism, or Thelemism, for that is not our aim or goal. Our aim and goal is freedom as it always will be.

So how about the Sinagouge of Universal Life Church and leave Satanism behind to the Real Satanist’s.

Grand Magister Blackwood

Temples of Satan Founder

We offer a system to surf realities/beliefs, as you will, without being engulfed, submersed, suppressed, or subservient to any of them including ours. We are a “Free” Church in all the possible definitions of the word. And freedom is only found in the mind, for the physical world and its systems, such as society bind us. With freedom comes a great responsibility to our neighbors in this society. For as seen so many times, one mans freedom becomes another mans slavery.

As Members of SoS I ask you to view reality/beliefs as the unalienable right of every one. But I do support your full-blown assaults on those that would infringe upon your rights, as long as you execute your attacks in a legal and productive manner. (We do not turn the other Cheek, unless it’s to buy time to smite with discretion). Hopefully by your mannerisms, diplomacy and actions more people might see that freedom is not evil and people can be socially responsible without a threat of hell, jail or ostracism. Please do remember it is their right to live and die in a fairy tale just as it is your right to live and die, as you will. Besides, tolerance is not acceptance, you don’t have to like someone or thing to tolerate them or it.

Now, one last thing, we ask you to abide by the laws of your countries and local governments as they pertain to you and to take an active role in changing them as you feel is needed.

But what about Freedom, Mike please did you have a speech writer for The President prepackage this for you or write this for you?

Wow so I get it your really another group of Reverse Christians who refuse to come out from “Mom’s Basement.”

Magister Alexander

Temples of Satan Clergy

 “Tune in, Turn on, Take over!” {Revised Timothy Leary saying}

 “Tune in.” Learn about your political system and environment.

 “Turn on.” Learn to use the system and your understanding of the environment involved.

 “Take over.” Manipulate and change the system and environment as needed for social advancement and freedom.

Interesting works well in a Anarchist State, but in Satanism?

Tim Franklin

Atheist

SoS has ambassador and priesthood positions. These are reserved for SoS members that accept the SoS religion as well with their own personal belief system. Members of other beliefs are not allowed this privilege, for they can obtain such status through other groups. Ambassadors and priest/priestess positions exist to serve the members, not to be served by them. For more information on these positions see: “Structure / Goals and more”.

Don’t forget to go to the Universal Life Church and buy your positions!

Grand Magister Blackwood

The Temples of Satan (Real Satanic Priestesses and Priests not U.L.C.)

SoS exists to give subcultures and minority religions a legal connection to their beliefs that can be used in a court of law if the need arises. Such as housing, job discrimination and harassment. And insuring religious rights while in the military services. SoS is also known as “The Hermit Path”. We exist for all the people in this world that enjoy their independence in all aspects of life. Until now this vast number of individuals lacked a legal connection to their religious rights. Governments and societies ignore the needs of the individual and cater only to mainstream groups they find acceptable for the society. By creating this religion I have forged a path that all may tread, thus giving the once voiceless a voice and the once weak, strength in numbers. SoS is not affiliated with any other satanic groups and is not bound by any other group’s authority. We do however have a close relationship with the E.G.C. within Ordo Templi Orientis, They were kind enough to grant us the right to use and adapt E.G.C. rituals for SoS needs and for this I’m eternally grateful, for we are the only satanic group to have a connection with an order of antiquity and Freemasonry. Yes I am an inactive O.T.O. member and they still have my love, respect and support, but my view of the world cannot be restricted by any one system, therefore I am a hermit.

Inactive membership in the Golden Dawn or O.T.O. means you didn’t pay your dues!

Perhaps instead of a “Bag of Weed” you should send the organization a check or money order Mad Poet!

Kale

Member Golden Dawn

SoS is for free thinking independent people. If you prefer a more closed-minded, stringent reality than SoS, our religion is probably not for you and I ask you please refrain from joining. SoS makes no claims as far as the “True Satanic path” or any “True Way”. I created this religion for people to think and grow for themselves and at their own pace with the power of like minded people to support them. We make no claims of superiority nor do we war with other groups, unless it‘s a case of defense. Never in the history of man has there ever been an organized religion set up in this manner. All our predecessors have bound their members in some way or another. “The Word of Sin is Restriction.” Therefore we do not demand our members uphold any system or belief.

Did he copy and paste this from The Temples of Satan and add some glib commentary.

Magister Alexander

Temples of Satan Clergy

We have no central temple or lodge. Our priests/priestesses and ambassadors often hold meetings and classes in their homes and online. Please be respectful guests for none of us accept money for our time and services this is also new as far as religions go. Our work and attendance is a “Labor Of Love” not monitory advancement. Since our birth on 1-29-99 we have received many attacks by other groups but we do not retaliate too much and when we do it’s usually with Satanic humor. For we understand that our system is a threat to all current systems of beliefs.

Your behavior speaks against your writing here and this was evident in front of the Temples of Satan membership who visited your forums and chat systems and of course as I figured as your life as in a drug induced state so should be your Organization, perhaps Knife will create a Rap Song about this attack, but as usual it will never sell, Jay Z and Dr. Dre won’t answer his calls.

Magister Alexander

Temples of Satan Clergy

So folks as you can plainly see another organization that is out there expounding the falsehoods and craziness that is Satanism, it is sad but perhaps if you seek truth, perhaps you desire purity and excellence just visit Real Satanism.

Thanks

The Temples of Satan

Exposing The Sinagouge of Satan.

Primer vam anar a Bellús a vore el paratge on està la Cova Negra. El riu albaida creua la zona on es pot pràcticar l’escalada, el ciclisme de muntanya i el senderisme. Aquests dies, amb la pròxima vinguda del fred, els arbres es preparen per passar l’hivern i les fulles grogues ocupen les copes dels caducifolis.

Després d’haver fet gana se n’anàrem a Quatretonda. Allí està l’Heretat de Pere. Casa Rural, mini granja i restaurant on ens havíen dit, amics de la Vall d’Albaida, que es menjava bé. Vam anar a comprovar-ho. I, realment, és un encert total. Érem 10 adults i 8 xiquets/es i vam estar en dues taules amb l’arròs al forn per als més menuts i, per als adults,  no sé quants entrants sabrosíssims i dos perols de fang plens de carn de cabridet amb alls. Impressionant. Vam menjar el que podíem i més. I vam compartir taula amb els amics i les amigues en un racó acollidor i ple de gent dels pobles del voltant. Un lloc casolà però que no et deixarà indiferent.

Nu finns det även videoklipp utlagt på Anton, på hans sida.  Det är inte så jätte bra kvalité på filmen(speciellt i slutet) och sen är det inte toppklass på filmningen. Men det ska nog gå att få en överskådlig bild av hur han ser ut och rör sig. Dock tar videokameran bort lite av hans utstrålning. 

peace.

Jag ser fram emot denna dag, det känns som det kommer bli en fasligt bra en. Hade som sagt astrevligt igår och hoppas på lika bra idag.

Om en kvart sisådär ska jag börja min resa mot Västerås och min gudson. Kommer vara där lagom till Melodikrysset och sedan blir jag där i princip halva dagen. Mormor & Morfar med Mor kommer runt lunch och vid en 15.00 ska det kollas  VSK – Haparanda =) Kommer nog åka från ABB strax innan 17 för att hinna hem och hämta kläderna till bandyn, eller så packar jag dom nu direkt kanske…. Smart

Jag lovar att vara bättre på uppdateringar idag än det blev igår kväll.

Efter bandyn är det partaj och sedan Olearys lutar det åt, kommer helt klart bli bra. Ska bara försöka hitta Bolaget i Västerås och handla några bärs till kvällen, men det löser nog sig =)

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อ่านหน้าอื่น ๆ : ประวัติ วง Marilyn Manson, ประวัติ นาย Marilyn Manson, ประวัติ Twiggy Ramirez, ประวัติ Madonna Wayne Gacy (Pogo), ประวัติ John 5, ประวัติ Zim Zum, ประวัติ Ginger Fish

Marilyn Manson มาจากการรวมกันของชื่อ Marilyn Monroe และ Charles Manson ทั้งสองท่านนี้เป็นที่รู้จักกันดีในยุค 1960’s คนหนึ่งแสดงอิทธิพลในขั้วบวก อีกคนแสดงอิทธิพลในขั้วลบ คือ Marilyn Monroe และ Charles Manson ซึ่งสมาชิคทุคทนในรุ่นแรก ๆ มีการตั้งชื่อแบบเดียวกันหมด คือ ดาราสาว และ ฆาตกร การตั้งชื่อเช่นนี้สิ้นสุดลงในในสมัยที่ John 5 เข้ามาเล่น

1989 ที่ Southern Florida เมื่อ Marilyn Manson กับ Daisy ผู้เป็น guitarist ซึ่งทั้งสองบุกบ่าผ่าฟันเป็นลูกน้องของวงอื่นมาตั้ง 5 วง ได้จับมือกันก่อตั้งวงดนตรีขึ้นมาเอง

1990 Marilyn Manson ได้กลายเป็น Marilyn Manson and the Spooky Kids ได้มีชื่อวงตามชื่อของนักร้องนั่นก็คือ Marilyn Manson ส่วน Daisy เป็น lead guitarist มี Gidget Gein เป็น bassist และมี Madonna Wayne Gacy เป็น keyboardist ( replaced Zsa Zsa Speck) และ drum machine

1991 Sara Lee Lucas ได้มาทดแทนเสียงกลองที่มาจาก machine

Marilyn Manson and The Spooky Kids, Drawing by Sw Eden

1992, Marilyn Manson and the Spooky Kids ได้เปลี่ยนชื่อเป็น Marilyn Manson จากนั้น เขาได้รวบรวมชื่อเสียงทั่วท้องถิ่นนั้น มีสามวงมาแข่ง เขาได้เป็นผู้ชนะใน local music award Singles ของพวกเขาได้แก่ Dope Hat, Lunchbox, My Monkey ก็ได้รับการ vote ให้ชนะเลิศ

1993 เขาได้รับสัญญาจาก Trent Reznor และได้เข้า join กับวง NIN ในการ tour ของปี 1994 และ Album แรกก็ได้ ออกมา ให้ชื่อว่า Portrait of an American Family ซึ่งเป็น underway โดยมี Trent Reznor เป็น producer และเมื่อปลายปีย่างเข้ามาถึง Gidget Gein ซึ่งเป็น bassist ได้ออกจากวงเพราะมีปัญหาเรื่องติดยา และ Twiggy Ramirez จาก Amboog-A-Lard, ก็มาเป็น bassist คนใหม่ Gidget Gein เสียชีวิตลงเมื่อ 8 ตุลาคม 2008 เขาเป็นมือเบสที่มีฝีมือเหนือชั้นมาก คุณสามารถดูได้ใน Music Video “Lunchbox” สมัย Marilyn Manson and The Spooky Kids

1994 เป็นปีแห่งความรุ่งโรจน์โชตินาการสำหรับครอบครัว Manson พวกเขาได้เข้าร่วมการ tours ระดับประเทศกับ NIN ทำให้ได้นับชื่อเสียงและสิ่งอื่น ๆ อย่างไรก็ตามในช่วงแรก ๆ นั้น พวกเขาไม่เป็นที่ยอมรับใน Salt Lake City ต่อมา Manson บังเกิดได้พบ Dr. Anton Szandor LaVey ซึ่งเป็นผู้ก่อตั้ง Church of Satan และ Dr. LaVey ก็ให้ชื่อมันว่า Manson หมายถึง บาทหลวงของ Church of Satan ดังนั้นหน้าที่นี้ก็เลยยกให้ Manson ไปโดยปริยาย ดูเหมือนว่าปัจจุบันนี้ Reverend Manson คือชื่อที่เป็นที่น่าปิติยินดีสำหรับ Manson ( นามของนักบวช ) ทำให้ คนออกมาต่อต้านมากมายเมื่อ Marilyn Manson แสดงภาพยนต์เรื่อง King Shot เป็น Pope ในปี 2007

Dead Marilyn Manson, Drawing by Sw Eden

ระหว่างการ Tour กับวงดนตรีอื่น มือกลองที่ชื่อ Sara Lee Lucas ได้ถูกให้ออกจากวง ความสัมพันธ์ระหว่างเขาก็ Manson นั้นได้เกิดดิ่งลงเหว ถึงขั้นนรก ในระหว่างการ Tour ครั้งนี้ ทำให้ Manson โทรศัพท์ไปหามือกลองฟลอริดา Frank Kenneth Wilson หรือ ปลาขิง Ginger Fish

Daisy Berkowitz ซึ่งเป็นสมาชิกรุ่นแรก ๆ ก็ต้องมาออกในปี 1996 Zim Zum ได้สมัครเข้าเป็นมือกีตาร์ของวง และสอบผ่าน 3 เพลงบังคับ หลังจากนั้น การบันทึกเสียง Mechanical Animal ก็ได้รับการยอมรับว่าเป็นครั้งที่ดีที่สุดตั้งแต่ตั้งวงมา ซึ่งมันทั้งมืดและหนักหน่วง เพราะเขาได้รับความสนใจอย่างมากจากสาธารณชนที่แลเห็นว่าเขาเสื่อมทราม เด็ก ๆ บางคน ได้ก่อคดีฆ่าตัวตาย ซึ่งคาดว่าเกิดจากเพลงของเขา ซึ่งมีชื่อว่า The Reflecting God

หลังจากที่ Zim Zum อยู่ในวงได้ 2 ปีเขาก็ได้กลับไปหาพระเจ้าอย่างเป็นทางการในวันที่ July 18th, 1998 แต่เขาก็ยังคงสามารถรักษามิตรภาพกับ Marilyn Manson ได้เป็นอย่างดี ZimZum รู้สึกว่ามันถึงเวลาแล้วที่เขาควรจะไปให้พ้นเสียที เขากล่าวว่าเขาและ Marilyn สามารถไปด้วยกันได้ดี John Lowery หรือ John 5 ซึ่งเป็นมือกีตาร์จาก David Lee Roths หรือที่เรียกว่า DLR Band ได้มาแทนเขา ก่อนหน้านี้ นาย John 5 ยังเป็นสมาชิกหนึ่งในสมาชิก 2 คนของวง Rob Halfords ที่จริงแล้ว John 5 ได้สมัครเป็นมือกีตาร์ในช่วงเวลาเดียวกับ Zim Zum จากการติดประกาศของวง แต่ Zim Zum มาสมัครก่อน ดังนั้น Marilyn Manson เลยให้สัญญาว่าจะให้เขาเล่นหลังจาก Zim Zum ไป

Zim Zum Panic! at the Disco nono Court, Drawing by Sw Eden

กล่าวโดยสรุปแล้ว หลังจากที่ Zim Zum ออกจากวงเขาก็ได้ออก CD ที่ 4 คือ Mechanical Animals ซึ่งแตกต่างโดยสิ้นเชิงกับแนวเพลงเดิมของเขา เพราะรู้สึกว่าเขาจะมีความสุขมากกว่าเดิม ปัจจุบันนี้ Zim Zum ทำวงของเขาเอง และยังรักษาเอกลักษณ์กีตาร์สุดเทห์ ในวง THE POP CULTURE SUICIDES

เรื่องที่เกิดในวง Marilyn Manson มักจะเป็นเช่นนี้ คือ Daisy Berkowitz แต่งเพลง แล้วตัวเองก็ออกจากวง ทำให้คนที่เล่นเพลงของ Daisy ใน Live กลายเป็น Zim Zum และเมื่อ Zim Zum แต่งเพลงใน Mechanical Animal เขาก็ออกจากวง ทำให้ John 5 ต้องเล่นเพลงที่ Zim Zum แต่ง

Marilyn Manson BBC News, Drawing by Sw Eden

Marilyn Manson ต้องติดอยู่กับคดีที่ต้องขึ้นศาลเป็นเวลานาน หลังจาก release Mechanical Animals เพียง 2 สัปดาห์ หลังจากเสร็จสิ้นคดีที่ศาล Daisy Berkowitz กำลังฟ้องร้องเรียกค่าเสียหายจากวง เพราะว่าเขาคิดว่าเขาได้สูญเสีย credit กับเหตุการณ์ที่เกิดขึ้น ดูเหมือนความสัมพันธ์ทั้งสองจะแตกหัก แต่หลังจากนั้น ไม่ถึง 5 ปี เขาก็จับมือกัน รวบรวมเพลงจาก Spooky Kids ที่เป็นซิงเกิล มาออกใหม่ Daisy ยังเป็นคนให้สัมภาษณ์ในการทำประวัติ Video ของ Marilyn Manson อีกด้วย เขาพูดถึงชีวิตวัยรุ่นของพวกเขาใน Florida ที่ Marilyn Manson พยายามชักชวนให้เขา อ่าน Bible

Money Rumor of Marilyn Manson and Daisy Berkowitz, Drawing by Sw Eden

2002 ปลายปี Tim Skold จาก MDFMK หรือกลับด้วนคือ KMFDM มาเป็น producer วิดีโอ Tainted love และแทน Twiggy และ หลังจากนั้น John 5 ได้ออกจากวง แทนด้วย Mark Chaussee จาก Danzig

2006 Manson จะออกงานใหม่ปลายปี และ remix This is Halloween ให้ภาพยนต์ renew Nightmare before Christmas ของ Tim Burton ซึ่งมีเพื่อน ๆ ของ Marilyn Manson ทำ remix เพลงเหล่านั้นด้วย แต่ถึงอย่างไร เพลงหลักก็คือ This is Halloween วง Panic! at the Disco ก็ทำเพลงนี้ แต่ไม่ดีเท่า Marilyn Manson นอกจากนี้ยังมี Sally’s Song โดย Fiona Apple ที่คนลือกันว่าเป็นแฟนของ มาลิลิน แมนสัน ด้วย และวงสุด Hot อย่าง Fall Out Boy ทำเพลง What’s This

Tim Skold Angry, Drawing by Sw Eden

2007 Marilyn Manson ออกอลบัม Drink Me Eat Me แต่ไม่ประสพน์ความสำเร็จเท่า The Golden Age Of Grotesque Twiggy Ramirez กลับมาอีกครั้งในปีเดียวกัน เขาบอกว่า ยิ่งอยู่ห่างจาก Manson เท่าไร ก็ทำให้เขาคิดถึงมากขึ้น Tim Skold ได้กลับไปอยู่วงเดิม คือ KMFDM ในปี 2009

ปี 2008 Marilyn Manson พบกับปัญหาอีกครั้งเมื่อ Pogo หรือ Madonna Wayne Gacy ออกจากวง และฟ้องเขาว่าวักลอบเงินวง เช่น ซื้อชุดเมียฮิตเลอร์ ให้แก่ Dita และจ่ายเงิน 12 ล้านเหรียญให้แก่ Evan Rachel Wood ใน Heart-Shaped Glasses Video และยังซื้อกระดูกเด็กจีนเป็น collection ของตัวเอง

2009 ต้นปี อลบัม The High End of Low ออกมาโดยความช่วยเหลือส่วนใหญ่เป็นของ Twiggy Ramirez หรือ Jeordie White แม้เขาจะเสียเวลามากกับวง Marilyn Manson เขาก็ยังไม่ทิ้งวง Goon Moon ที่เขาอยู่หลังจาก NIN (Nine Inch Nails) และ A Perfect Circle ระหว่างที่ห่างไกลจาก Manson นั่นเอง แฟนเพลงคาดหวังจะได้ฟัง Anti-Christ style อีก แต่ Twiggy บอกว่าเมื่อก่อนเขายังเด็ก เขาเลยทำมัน

The Spooky Kids, Drawing by Sw Eden

De närmaste tre dagarna kommer allt här ombord handla om pirater. Vi kommer passera genom det pirattätaste området i världen. Arabiska havet. Så fort vi kommit in i Röda havet så är faran över men innan dess är det full piratberedskap som gäller. Dubbel vakt dygnet runt. Alla dörrar låsta. Nio brandslangar sprutandes. Alla gardiner fördragna. Inga mannar på däck i onödan. Värmekamera på taket. Övervakningskameror i hela båten. Ja ni förstår. Men det är inte så illa. Det är kul att gå vakt. Speja på småbåtar och havet i nio timmar. De senaste dagarna har jag vaskat däcken och skotten i båten. Det är inte lika kul.

Problemet med pirater är att de är svåra att upptäcka. Det är inte bara att kolla efter en Jolly Roger flagga och sedan fly med benen på ryggen. Om det ändå vore så enkelt. Det finns massor med fiskebåtar i det här området och piraterna är så pass smarta att de väljer en båt som ser precis ut som alla fiskebåtarna. Vad vi istället får kolla efter är ”skumt beteende”. En båt som ser ut att vara på väg mot oss och kanske förhoppningsvis har lite vapen synliga.

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Annars så kom jag på att jag glömde att berätta i förra inlägget var båten egentligen är på väg. Det kan ju faktiskt vara intressant för vissa att veta. Ja, just nu har vi ju kurs mot Röda havet. Där kommer det förmodligen bli varmt. Jättevarmt. Första hamnen vi stannar i är Alexandria i Egypten. Sen kommer vi åka runt i medelhavet och kasta av Toyotas överallt. Beirut, Pireus, Livorno och Sagunto. Sen blir det kallt. Då åker vi upp till Bristol, Bremerhaven, Le Havre och Southhampton. Efter det kommer vi förmodligen cruisa ner till Sydafrika (Varmt på vägen dit) och lägga till i några hamnar där. Nästa stopp efter det är Australien (Varmt). Och sist men inte minst kommer vi tillbaka till Japan (Kallt). Sen är frågan hur länge jag hinner vara kvar innan skolan kallar men Sydafrika är hyfsat säkert. Sen får vi se.

Så kära läsare, har jag funderat ut en rolig liten avdelning i denna sjömansblogg. Efter som du förmodligen inte är så bildad vad gäller havet och skepp och sjömän så tänkte jag ha en frågespalt. FRÅGA KAPTEN EGON, heter den. Du ställer frågor i kommentar-spalten och kapten Egon besvarar dom.

Exempel: Fråga: Varför har inte matroserna sådana där tjusiga sjömanskläder längre?

Kapten Egon besvarar: För att befolkningen i vissa länder skulle utgå ifrån att de hade en avvikande sexuell läggning.

Det vore väldigt kul om du vågade ställa de där innersta frågorna som du gått och gruvat på i åratal men inte haft någon att vända dig till!

Inte Egon men väl kapten!

Det är fortfarande väldigt tråkigt att jag inte kan visa alla fina bilder men håll till godo.

/Din kadett i världen

Sedan sade Jesus till sina lärjungar: “Om någon vill gå i mina spår måste han förneka sig själv och ta sitt kors och följa mig. Ty den som vill rädda sitt liv skall mista det, men den som mister sitt liv för min skull, han skall finna det. (Matt 16:24-25)

I den senaste tidens möten med olika gestalter i kyrkohistorien har det slagit mig att många av dem som vi idag citerar och ser upp till har detta gemensamt: de har tackat nej till något (karriär, egendom, familj, respekt, titlar, maktpositioner etc.) för att helhjärtat ägna sig åt att bli Gudsälskare och Jesusefterföljare. För egen del, och som jag uppfattar mycket av det som kyrkan nu predikar, finns alltför ofta en idé om att kunna leva ungefär som alla andra och bara lägga till efterföljelsen som en form av plusmeny. Att följa Jesus blir då ett tillval som förvisso inkluderar nya praktiker (bön, gudstjänstliv, generositet bl.a.) men som inte kräver att jag lämnar något av det jag hittills har eller gör. Att som en del av efterföljelsen medvetet välja bort saker ses på med viss skepsis, och askes är något vi gärna undviker (för vi är ju frälsta av “nåd allena”!).

För den som vill leva Jesuslivet bör dock askes (i ordets egentliga betydelse: övning) vara en självklarhet, och i detta ingår att inte bara säga “ja” till Jesu utmaningar och kärlek utan också “nej” till sånt som hindrar oss på vägen. Således kan det innebära att jag istället för en timmes slösurfande på kvällen tar tid i bön, Bibelläsning eller ringer en vän som behöver uppmuntran. Det kan innebära att jag någon gång säger nej till mat i en solidarisk handling med de miljarder bröder och systrar som svälter varje dag.

Givetvis innebär uppoffring olika för olika människor, men det viktiga här är att se att livet som lärjunge inte innebär att vi får ytterligare aktiviteter att lägga in i schemat där vi kan fortsätta leva som vanligt; efterföljelsen är snarare grunden för vårt övriga liv. Här har församlingen en viktig roll: den kristna gemenskapen hjälper oss att ta steg i uppoffring och delande av våra tillgångar. Det är i alla fall så Jesus tänkte att det skulle fungera:

Jesus svarade: “Sannerligen, var och en som för min och evangeliets skull har lämnat hus eller bröder eller systrar eller mor eller far eller barn eller åkrar skall få hundrafalt igen. Här i världen skall han få hus och bröder och systrar och mödrar och barn och åkrar mitt under förföljelser, och sedan evigt liv i den kommande världen. (Mark 10:29-30)

I församlingen får vi en ny familj, och vart vi än kommer i världen finns kristna bröder och systrar som öppnar sina hem. Därför kan vi frimodigt, när vi upplever att Jesus utmanar oss till det, offra delar av vår bekvämlighet/egendom/tid/trygghet, och “mista vårt liv” för Jesu skull.

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I will be be appearing this Wednesday November 11^th at 9 pm Eastern and Thursday 1 am Eastern

Thanks, this is one of many upcoming appearances.

History Channel Nostradamus Affect

Grand Magister Blackwood

Rizky, seorang mahasiswa semester 3 BiNus University. Tepatnya hari ini dilaksanakannya ujian mata kuliah Character Building 2 yang mana merupakan salah satu mata kuliah wajib di BiNus University.

Rizky yang rajin pastinya sudah belajar sehari sebelumnya. Tak lupa Rizky juga mempelajari kisi yang diberikan oleh Dosennya.

Saat di ruang ujian Rizky yang duduk di kursi no 7 mengerjakan soal dengan sangat antusias. Ujian CB 2 kali ini terdiri dari 5 soal. Rizky mengerjakan 4 soal pertama dengan sangat lancar dan mulus, karena soalnya lebih banyak berhubungan dengan analisa kasus seperti konflik sosial, komunikasi, interaksi, nilai dan norma.

Setiba di soal nomor 5 yang mengandung bobot 50%, Rizky mulai bingung, karena pertanyaan ini tidak pernah ditemukan di kisi-kisi mana pun yang Ia cari.

Pertanyaannya adalah

“Sebutkan 2 nama Protecom, 2 nama Petugas ISS, dan 2 nama Petugas Parkir kampus!”

Ternyata tidak hanya Rizky saja yang kebingungan dengan soal tersebut. Teman-temannya yang lain juga kebingungan dengan soal ujian yang aneh itu.

beberapa hari kemudian…

Ujian berlalu, Rizky masih penasaran dengan soal yang diberikan Dosennya itu. Dalam hatinya “Ada apa dengan Dosen ini, Dasar Dosen aneh”.

Setelah kelas selesai Ia menemui Dosennya dan bertanya mengenai soal UTS tersebut.
“Pak, kok soalnya kyk gitu? Kami mana taw nama-nama petugas kampus itu?” tanya Rizky.

Dosennya hanya tersenyum dan menjawab: “Relasi dengan Sesama”

Akhirnya Rizky mengerti maksud dari Dosennya itu.

Apakah kita sudah memperhatikan orang-orang yang ada di sekitar kita yang mungkin hampir setiap hari kita temui?

Kadang kala kita seolah-olah menganggap mereka tidak begitu penting bahkan ekstrimnya tidak ada, namun sesungguhnya mereka adalah orang yang cukup berpengaruh dalam kehidupan kita.

Siapa pun mereka -tidak hanya orang-orang yang ada di soal ujian-, orang-orang di sekiling kita. Cobalah perhatikan sejenak, mungkin kita sempat melupakan keberadaan mereka atau mencuekan mereka.

Kini saatnya kita kembali peduli dengan dan menjalin relasi yang baik dengan sesama. Ayo lah, hanya dengan memberikan SENYUMAN atau SAPAAN kepada mereka, itu sudah melebihi cukup.

Eller hur det nu kan stavas.

När jag seglade när jag var liten så hade vi en bajamaja som vi kallade för Baberiban. Den som drog nitlotten fick tömma Baberiban. Jag minns mest en gång då Kalle Bane fick göra det. Min seglarkompis Kristin var lite kär i Kalle. Jag var kär i Björn. Nu är Björn förlovad med Martina och Martina är storasyster till Anton som jag seglade tillsammans med och som sen blev tillsammans med Andrea som var kompis med Adam som jag var ihop med en kortis i ettan på gymnasiet. Lite rörigt kanske. Inte rörigare än på mitt indiska kontor vill jag lova. Nu börjar musiken igen. Jag kommer dö. En långsam död ackompanjerad av hijjihujjiajjeoohohohahahahaaaaaliiiaaa.

För att vara ärlig har det inte hänt så mycket roligt sen igår, jag mådde illa på kvällen och gick och lade mig direkt. Antagligen för att jag druckit renat vatten och inte mineralvatten, förlåt mig mamma, jag skulle ha lyssnat jag vet. Men jag tänkte mig inte för.

Och nu, nu orkar jag inte med musiken här längre så jag sätter på mig mina hörlurar och lyssnar på detta:

Det blir fler låtar på det temat sen.

Och så har jag lovat bort ett blandband. Det kommer också senare.