Nothing New Under the Dumb
“Belief in Satan is a very old conspiracy theory,” folklorist Bill Ellis says. There is no “new Satanic Panic”: The panic was old when religion was young.
Mounting Dis-Ease
Most of our Bay Area Satanists don’t need to hear this. Most of you would get the vaccine this second even if it meant biting into a cactus like an apple.
Easter Mess: Kosher Devils
Many of the tropes we take for granted about Satanism have roots in anti-Jewish bigotry, although like the appeal of George Burns, they can be hard to place.
Anything Can Stop What Isn’t Coming
I assumed #Qanon kooks believe things the way I do: laced with anxiety and doubt, because I’m normal. Turns out even the WAY they believe makes no sense.
The Cows Come Home
If ranchers want to know who’s really behind “cattle mutilations,” fine. The real culprits are quite obvious: It’s not Satanists. It’s the ranchers.
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