LaVey art expo

If I had the money to get to America this is where I'd be on Valentine's Day...

Read more at
http://www.stantonlavey.com/blog/2009/02/03/
the-secret-art-of-anton-lavey-exhibited-for-the-first-time/

Harry: First he was a Satanist and now he's a ...Zionist?

Harry Potter is drawing fire from sides now. Gerard Maria Wagner, recently promoted to Bishop by Pope Benedict and known for describing natural disasters like Hurricane Katrina as divine punishment for "spiritual pollution", has renewed claims about the young wizard's links to witchcraft and diabolism. Meanwhile, the Iranian media described Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets movie adaptation as Zionist propaganda.

Anyone who doubts the serious academic study of popular culture should take note of just how seriously religio-political interest groups view it. That said, these groups do tend to read too much into certain things and enmesh them with their own concepts of religious significance to the point that innocent things become wildly distorted. Not too long ago I saw a comment about how abhorrent Bee Movie was b-cause it promoted deviant sexual practices (namely, bestiality).