Lane says that sort of risk-taking demonstrates real devotion. Both of those things are true. Because the core of Satanism is to embrace joking and pranking and being mischievous and freaking people out. But then once you get there, what do the ideas have to offer? People stick around because—for a person who is a Satanist—Satanism brings them a great deal of meaning and value. And just as the Satanic Temple uses humor to communicate a serious message, Lane hopes that her documentary does the same.
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Despite clarifying that Satanists do not believe in the devil, drink blood and all the rest of it, they do practise two distinct types of magic. This, admits Misty, is where someone showing an initial interest in the religion might be thrown off.
It could be as simple as wearing your most confidence-inducing clothes to a job interview or taking your boss for lunch before asking for a pay rise.
This often takes the form of a ritual. Naturally, this led critics of the Church to claim that LaVey was little more than a power-hungry, sex-mad misogynist. Men have done [nude altars] too. Everybody focuses on you. It almost feels, in a sense, like being a rockstar on stage. Photo: Wyatt Fleming. And by identifying in opposition to all else, effectively rejecting everything monotheistic in society at the time, that label took the most rebellious form available.
But as a set of principles to live by today, it feels closer to liberalism than nihilism: adaptable, practical, self-aware and more aligned with Western culture than orthodox theology. Last year, she lost her grandfather, whom she was extremely close to. Misty at her barbershop.
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