From: Michael Aquino Area: Base of Set To: All 16 Jul 94 14:20:04 Subject: Linda Blood/_The New Satanists_ UpdReq Following is a copy of a posting of mine on the alt.satanism echo: nad> _The New Satanists_ by Linda Blood has hit the stands (Time Warner nad> Books). nad> Boy, is this one lawsuit material. Blood claims a membership in the nad> Temple of Set, drags up old stuff about Matamoros and the McMartins, just nad> has a field day rehashing crap that was long ago debunked. The story of Linda Blood: In the late 1970s I wrote some _Star Wars_ sequel material that Forrest Ackerman published in his _Famous Monsters of Filmland_ magazine. This resulted in some fan letters to me from Blood, who eventually asked about the Temple of Set, joined it, participated in various of its programs, and attended the Set-I International Conclave. Unfortunately Blood also developed an unrequited sexual crush on me, which she proceeded to advertise so insistently and obnoxiously that she was eventually expelled from the Temple. There followed several years' worth of screaming calls from her to Lilith's & my telephone answering machine: threats, obscenities, announcements of impending suicide, angry complaints that we apparently didn't care if she committed suicide, and loud & expressive masturbation. We allowed our answering machine to deal with all this, assuming that she would eventually wear herself out and get a life. Finally I contacted the police in her Massachusetts hometown, sending them a copy of the answering machine tapes. They called her in to the office, and she promised them she would seek psychiatric counseling. She was quiet for awhile, until the "Satanic scare" of the 1980s erupted, whereupon she resurfaced, allied herself with fundamentalist nut outfits like the Cult Awarenes Network & American Family Foundation, and proceeded to give interviews and write articles about how terrible Satanism is [and how I had, ahem, "seduced" her!] I suppose I should feel flattered that I have this effect upon women, but somehow I don't quite. While I haven't seen this book of hers yet, I understand that, like other fundamentalist cranks, she again brings up the Adams-Thompson scam in an effort to sell the story of Michael Aquino as a child molester. I am getting bored of having to expose & refute every new attempt to make something of A-T, so I have decided to write my own account of the entire affair, with peripheral treatment of the "Satanic scare" generally, for publication. I expect that it would be fair of me, perhaps in an appendix, to survey some of the commentators such as Raschke and Blood, with a view to clarifying their actual motives and bias. 201434369420143436942014343694201434369420143436942014343694718 From: Lady Byron Area: Base of Set To: Black Wulf 16 Jul 94 12:01:12 Subject: RE-LHP Tarot UpdReq BW> Here's my thought, the Giger tarot while nice to BW> look at is incomplete and horribly overpriced. $50 BW> isn't a steal it's a ripoff. But I'm interested in BW> runes anyway. :) Yes, it IS incomplete and horribly overpriced. But the sick pictures make me happy. :)= Lady Byron :)= 201434369420143436942014343694201434369420143436942014343694718 From: Lady Byron Area: Base of Set To: Charles Nemo 16 Jul 94 12:02:06 Subject: LHP Tarot Rec'd UpdReq LB> "Baphomet, the Tarot of the Underworld." It CN> CN> Where can it be purchased? I got mine in the friendly neighborhood occult shoppe. Like Black Wulf said, it's "horribly overpriced" -- $50, and it's only the Major Arcana. Nevertheless, if you're a Giger fan and like weirdness (and I know you do), you'll love this! If you can't find it, let me know. Lady Byron :)= 201434369420143436942014343694201434369420143436942014343694718 From: Vampire Area: Base of Set To: Lady Byron 17 Jul 94 00:54:50 Subject: LHP Tarot UpdReq WOW! That sounds like I great deck! I will definitely have to look for it around here. Did you order it out of a catalog, or do you have an adress to the company or something so that I can see where it can be obtained? You say it uses pictures by Geiger? I am going to order a deck of cards related to (that's right) a comic book series by DC called Vertigo, just because I feel that the art will be absolutely wonderful on them, and I prefer to use decks that really mean something to me symbolically as far as their art goes. I have not personally heard of the person you have mentioned in the "Baphomet" deck, but I, too, would be really happy to hear any comments on him. Do you like the new deck? It really sounds great, as I have been an HR Geiger fan for some time now, and thrive on his art. 201434369420143436942014343694201434369420143436942014343694718 From: Charles Nemo Area: Base of Set To: Lady Byron 18 Jul 94 09:29:00 Subject: LHP Tarot Sent UpdReq LB> "Baphomet, the Tarot of the Underworld." It CN> CN> Where can it be purchased? LB> LB> I got mine in the friendly neighborhood occult LB> shoppe. Like Black Wulf said, it's "horribly LB> overpriced" -- $50, and it's only the Major LB> Arcana. Nevertheless, if you're a Giger fan and LB> like weirdness (and I know you do), you'll love LB> this! LB> LB> If you can't find it, let me know. Give me the name and number of the shop where you ordered, and I'll see if I can get it by mail. Thanks! 201434369420143436942014343694201434369420143436942014343694718