Conjuring Hysteria via Misguided Loyalty and ‘Culling’ the Willing Fools

Black Magic Mechanics in the Age of Cultivated Pandemonium

Michael Aquino (1946–2019) was a prominent figure in the United States military, as well as a major influence within modern occult movements. Aquino was a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army, while also holding a high rank inside the Church of Satan. He then later moved on to form his own Temple of Set in 1975. Which still remains a religious and philosophical semi-occultic organisation inspired mainly by the Hermetic and ancient Egyptian magical arts. As something of a framework on which to base their varied magical workings upon. The Temple of Set is based on a belief in personal empowerment and the pursuit of individual excellence.

Aquino remained an influential figure within the Temple of Set until his death in 2019. Although its membership remains secret, Aquino’s organisation has become something of a post-Freemasonic occult gathering point for political and other influential figures. While Anton LaVey’s Church of Satan mainly recruited celebrities and Hollywood stars into its ranks.

The central rite of the Temple of Set is known as the Ceremony of the Nine Angles. The specifics of the ritual are not widely disclosed outside that of the membership, and the organization maintains secrecy about its rituals and practices. However, it's generally understood that the ritual involves the invocation and exploration of various symbolic and metaphysical concepts related to the "Nine Angles," which likely correspond to different aspects of human consciousness, the universe, or metaphysical principles. Central to their practice is the symbolic murder of the god of the Bible. Whom the Temple of Set declares as the ‘god of death’.

Order of Nine Angles

During the 1960s another occult organisation was set-up known as the Order of Nine Angles (ONA). While this group may, or may not have been a spin-off operation from the Temple of Set itself, the two groups have much in common. With the Order of Nine Angles creating a culture of even greater secrecy surrounding their membership. The modern ONA emerged in the United Kingdom during the late 20th century and with a philosophy that draws upon elements of Satanism, as well as a more nihilistic reimagining of Nietzschean philosophy.

The Order of Nine Angles emphasizes the same rites of personal development, that were derived within the Temple of Seth, but with the addition of an element known as "the sinister path." This method moves beyond the boundaries of traditional Satanism (generally rooted within ideas surrounding Natural Law) and applies codes of obsolescence towards traditional morality, as well as social norms. Very similar to the present state of Progressive politics.

Where ONA's ideology gets really interesting is that they embrace the concept of "culling,". Which supports the elimination of individuals deemed unfit or inferior according to the group's standards. This aspect of their philosophy is often cryptic and esoteric, and is explained within texts such as The Black Book of Satan.

Having spoken to a former member myself, I could not but help draw a comparison between the Order of Nine Angles’ “culling” methodology and that of the Covid pandemic, as well as the follow-up vaccine mandates.

The culling is de-facto voluntary in that it allows the neophyte the potential to destroy themselves following a series of offers and outcomes made towards them. The test being rooted in those who have the ability to refuse a series of measures and temptations so as to pass the ritual, are then deemed worthy of being among the elect. Those who fail are ‘culled’. The neophyte is told they don’t have a choice, but with enough fortitude and mental clarity, the strong and tenacious mind can see this to be false or a ruse. The ones who are culled are often too eager to show their loyalty to the leadership and therefore make poor decisions. While the ones allowed to remain have applied cynicism and self-determination.

Considering how the world was divided during the Covid pandemic and, especially the emotional and psychological blackmail surrounding the personal ‘choice’ for one to get vaccinated or not, one has to ask where precisely did our political and media establishments learn this kind of social and psychological ‘testing’ to begin with?