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January Articles and Updates

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 23:48:55 +0000

Happy New Year everyone! In following the model of out with the old and in with the new, my computer decided to spectacularly die earlier this month, leaving me to buy a new computer and reload everything.

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Finishing Out December With New Articles

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 02:45:23 +0000

While I started this month a little slow, I've attempted to make up for it now that my semester is over.

Because I personally have to deal with confusions between different terms relating to magic, I've started making glossary entries for them. First up: witchcraft and ceremonial magic.

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December Articles

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 15:48:22 +0000

Three new articles have been added so far this month. Look out for more before year's end.

Satanic Infernal Names of European Origin, which continues my study of names provided by Anton LaVey in his list of Satanic Infernal Names.

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New Articles Update

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:09:12 +0000

The last couple of weeks have seen the addition of two new articles. First, Satanic Infernal Names of Middle Eastern Origin, part of the LaVeyan Infernal Names series.

Second is an article on the use of Gender in Western Occultism. Identifying various qualities, elements, and so forth as being either masculine or feminine in nature is a basic approach to understanding the nature of the world.

Could a humor book about nonexistent monsters inspire a real-life murder?

Sun, 27 Nov 2011 22:44:18 +0000

That is the question Ritch Duncan, author of The Werewolf's Guide to Life had to recently ask himself. The book was found in the apartment of two women accused of stabbing a man 300 times in what reports kept describing as a Satanic sex ritual. The book was seized as evidence, and as the story started being repeated throughout the blogosphere (and mainstream news) the book kept featuring more and more prominently in the stories.

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Yes, Fundamentalists, Your Children are Still Acting Like Teens

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 01:52:21 +0000

Cultures across the world generally have two reactions to the immorality of the youth:

The youth of today are the worst ever, and will bring civilization crashing down if they continue with their irresponsible and immoral ways. Seriously, we have cuneiform tablets lamenting on this. Since the beginning of writing, people have made this complaint and the world has continued to not end.
Other youths may behave like this, but not ours.

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Comparisons of Religion

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 00:25:43 +0000

November is clean-up month for me, so I've been writing stuff typing various things together and clarifying other articles. I've just put up a guide to Belief Types specifically in reference to the terms I use in the Quick Reference Guide ("atheistic" vs. "non-theistic," for example).

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All hail Eris!

Tue, 25 Oct 2011 02:32:04 +0000

Motivated by a spat of insomnia, I have produced an article about the modern religion of Discordianism, as well as an article on parody religions, to which Discordianism may or may not belong, depending upon your perspective. Pastafarianism gains a substantial mention in the parody religion article.

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Tolerance Through Education

Mon, 17 Oct 2011 17:36:48 +0000

The CNN religious blog recently ran an article about a Hasidic walking tour in Brooklyn. Hasidic Jews are generally a fairly closed community. They are deeply religious, many devoting many ...

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New Article: Satanic Infernal Names of Biblical and Hebraic Origin

Mon, 17 Oct 2011 01:18:39 +0000

I've fallen behind on this one: last week I put out Satanic Infernal Names of Biblical and Hebraic Origin, as part of a project to break down the list of ...

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