Sacred Tension

In this episode of Sacred Tension, I speak with pagan, author, and libertarian anarchist Logan Albright about his book Conform Or Be Cast Out. We discuss the literal demonization of outsiders, how to interact with political and ideological outsiders, and much more. Find his work at loganalbright.com

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In this episode of Sacred Tension, Minister of Satan Shiva Honey returns to discuss death and dying within a Satanic context. We discuss grief in the age of Covid, forgiveness, the deaths of abusers, the role of psychedelics in ritual, and much more. Support Shiva Honey's project on death and dying here: https://www.serpentinae.com/ 

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In this episode of Sacred Tension, free speech lawyer Adam Goldstein returns to discuss the culture war over Critical Race Theory. Learn more about Adam Goldstein and FIRE here: https://www.thefire.org/

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In this episode of Sacred Tension, I speak with Satanic sociologist Zee Kay about the little-known history of the Werewolf Trials and what they tell us about human nature. 

Suggested reading from Zee: 

Jay M Smith - Monsters of the Gevaudan: The Making of a Beast: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/9564342
Rolf Schulte - Man as Wolf: Male Witches in Central Europe: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5419619-man-as-witch
Matthew Beresford - The White Devil: The Werewolf in European Culture: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17674076-the-white-devil
Willem de Blecourt - Werewolf Histories: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25667610-werewolf-historiesj
 
And of course the obligatory scholarly articles:

De Blécourt, W. (2007). “I would have eaten you too”: Werewolf Legends in the Flemish, Dutch and German Area. Folklore, 118(1), 23-43.

De Blecourt, W. (2007). A journey to hell: reconsidering the Livonian" werewolf". Magic, Ritual, and Witchcraft, 2(1), 49-67.

Metzger, N. (2013). Battling demons with medical authority: werewolves, physicians and rationalization. History of psychiatry, 24(3), 341-355.
 

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In this episode of Sacred Tension, I speak with scholar and author Helen Pluckrose about her book Cynical Theories. We discuss where she believes modern social justice went wrong, whether technology is the primary explanation for online dysfunction, the limiting of LGBT identities, and much more. Find her organization Counterweight here: https://counterweightsupport.com/ 

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Find the transcript for this episode here: https://stephenbradfordlong.com/2021/07/29/the-satanic-practice-of-learning-from-demons/ 

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This is an unlocked episode of my patrons-only podcast House of Heretics. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/StephenBradfordLong 

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In this episode of Sacred Tension, I speak with Christian podcaster and Youtuber Mason Mennenga about purity culture, surviving evangelicalism, and the intersection of Satanism and Process Theology. Find Mason Mennenga here.

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