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Deal with the devil

Jack Denfeld

14:06 / 19.06.05

Our Brian Warner who art in holy wood, Hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come and give me money.
Thy will be done in peanut butter and jelly, as it is in snack treats.
Give us this day our daily cash.
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive the pop charts.
And lead us into temptation, and deliver us greenbacks.
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, and I will buy 3 of your CDs for every $1,000 you make me.

Less searchable M0rd4nt

19:05 / 19.06.05

Don't ever change, Jack.

Right: I assume that this is a bit of a spin-off of the various pop-culture magic threads, and that what His Jackness is trying to do here is get money by evoking Marilyn Manson/Billy Warner. Which is certainly a cunning plan and well within the Temple's remit; however, perhaps your Worship would like to make with the unpackage a little? Grace us with your words of wisdom.

Jack Denfeld

19:14 / 19.06.05

I'm offering this prayer in a Temple, or holy place. My manson CD was skipping and being creepy, and I was playing online poker, so I decided to make a prayer. If I play with magick, I want it to have kind of a catholic outline to it, hence I used the Lord's prayer. Catholicism is the religion I am most familiar with, and probably my favorite version of Christianity, as it seems shady and secretive, like old school CIA.

Less searchable M0rd4nt

20:48 / 19.06.05

And has all the best funky incense, weird clothes and ritual cannibalism. Check.

Jack Denfeld

21:02 / 19.06.05

And the self mutilation, latin phrases, and scary imagery.

LykeX

21:44 / 19.06.05

You know, that's funny, I've always liked Catholicism best too, even though I have no actual experience with it nor any substantial knowledge about it.
It just seems so much more like a real religion than protestantism. I mean, how can you possibly get by if you don't have a truckload of saints to give offerings to? Or weird latin chants? Or confessionals?! I can't believe the protestants threw out confessionals. Where would gangster movies be without catholics.

Less searchable M0rd4nt

22:09 / 30.06.05

I have to ask. Did this work?

Jack Denfeld

19:28 / 01.07.05

Not especially.

Fuck you Brian!!

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