Learn about the religion of Setianism with G.B. Marian, Priest of Set in the LV-426 Tradition. URL: DesertOfSet.com
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My latest album, The Mauling Man (2022), is my attempt at developing a unique werewolf story of my own, and it is dedicated to the gods Anubis and Wepwawet.
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The soundtrack for an imaginary 1980s 8-bit Nintendo game starring the solar cobra goddess, Wadjet!
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11-10-2021 - The Gods Can Handle Our Anger
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It's okay to be angry or upset with the gods, and it's okay for us to tell Them so as well.
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Expecting people to be John Rambo—including Setians—is unrealistic.
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Christians and Satanists might hate each other's deities, but Setians can honor Set and Osiris at the same time.
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Episode 70 Our Lady Of Thrones (Part II)
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Listen to the second disc of my new album, OUR LADY OF THRONES!
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Listen to the first disc of my new double album, OUR LADY OF THRONES (2021)!
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The sequel to my Halloween-themed record from last year, with references to the Fae from Celtic mythology and folklore.
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My second full-length album with vocals; a collection of Setian hymns to various Middle and Near Eastern gods.
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My first full-length album with vocals, inspired by my experiences as a Setian teenager in Satanic Panic America.
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Episode 65: Pazuzu, The Exorcist (1973), And Sorcerer (1977)
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Pazuzu is most well-known today thanks to a horror movie about demonic possession; yet He is evoked much more faithfully in a completely different film by the same director.
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Episode 64: Set Doesn't Need A Church (And Neither Do We)
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I have been asked before: "Why don't you start your own church?" Here are some reasons why this is not only unnecessary for Setians, but probably undesirable as well.
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Forget what you think you "learned" from The Exorcist (1973) and join this mighty deity as He quests against both human and spiritual cruelty.
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The LV-426 Tradition of Setianism is a fusion of Kemetic polytheist theology with (Setianized) Western occult practices.
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Episode 61: Trapezoidal Thoughts On Fascist Fuckery
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Reclaiming Set's good name from "secret societies" that like to play "Raiders of the Ark" (but as Nazi characters!), and which have contributed to the normalization of fascism today.
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A Setian midnight mass performed and recorded for an imaginary AM radio broadcast.
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Episode 59: Shedding Skin With The Snake God (And Snake People!)
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Thoughts on Nehebukau, the holy Snake God, and the concept of Snake People, with an analysis of their appropriation by modern pop culture and conspiracy theorists.
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Episode 58: Thoughts on Kemetic Soul Anatomy
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One Setian's take on ancient Egyptian concepts of the self—including our bodies, souls, spirits, hearts, shadows, names, and the hope for unification of these features into a multidimensional whole after death.
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Episode 57: John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness (1987)
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Jesus is a dead alien; Satan is a prehistoric sentient ooze; and "God" is the greatest supervillain of all time. This unique fictional theology helped me think outside the box, for sure!
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Episode 56: It's the End of Days As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
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How a really terrible Arnold Schwarzenegger movie influenced my spirituality and art.
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Episode 55: Same Shit, Different Millennium
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How my favorite TV show—a 1990s police procedural with apocalyptic overtones—influenced my walk with Set.
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My soundtrack for a Setian apocalypse.
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Episode 53: An LV-426 Hallowtide Hootenanny! (Part 2)
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The continuing discussion on horror movies and spirituality with two of my brethren in the LV-426 Tradition!
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Episode 52: An LV-426 Hallowtide Hootenanny! (Part 1)
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A rambling discussion on horror movies and spirituality with two of my brethren in the LV-426 Tradition!
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Episode 51: Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)
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A preternatural Pied Piper turns people into creepy crawlies with his maleficent merchandise, his android assassins, and his Stonehenge supercomputers.
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Episode 50: David Gordon Green's Halloween (2018)
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Why the 2018 "requel," featuring the return of John Carpenter and Jamie Lee Curtis, is the best direct sequel to the original 1978 classic.
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Episode 49: Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995)
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How one of the goofier Halloween movies taught me to think beyond Hollywood depictions of Paganism, with a brief tribute to Donald Pleasence.
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Episode 48: Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988)
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Why Halloween 4 (1988) is one of my favorite flicks to watch for the Samhain season.
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Episode 47: John Carpenter's Halloween (1978)
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How a simple "slasher movie" deplores the patriarchy and evokes Celtic folklore.
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Episode 46: The Praying Mantis God of Ancient Egypt
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An interview with the Kemetic and Neo-Pharaonic artist Setken regarding his new film, The Praying Mantis God of Ancient Egypt, in which we meet another of Set's theological colleagues: the Netjer Abyt.
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Shameless self-promotion for my new album, Summer's End (2020), a musical anthology of Halloween happenings.
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Episode 44: Setianism Predates "The Left-Hand Path"
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On the conflation of all Setian spirituality with what Western occultists call "the left-hand path," and why this is problematic.
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Episode 43: On the So-Called "Demonization" of Evangelicals
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My reactions to an especially hypocritical plea for "acceptance" on behalf of a community that utterly refuses to accept diversity.
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Three brief sermons in which I discuss Set's affinity for the color red, why Setianism is substantially different from many other religions, and how the Red Lord saves us all every night.
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The sister and ex-wife of Set is a renowned healer of wounded hearts and minds.
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Episode 40: Gorgo, the Irish Feminist Sea-Dragon
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Gorgo (1961) is a British kaiju (giant monster) movie with several interesting subtexts, all of which seem relevant to the goddess Taweret.
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A free 22-minute album of ambient devotional music dedicated to Set. To download this album for free, visit gbmarian.bandcamp.com!
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Episode 38: Taweret—Or, When God is a Hippopotamus
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A discussion of the Egyptian hippo goddess, Taweret, as well Her connections with Set and the reasons I love Her so much.
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The Yezidi Kurds are often accused of "worshiping the devil," and with catastrophic results. They are also romanticized by Western occultists, which leads to colonialist appropriations of their faith.
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An LV-426 Setian adaptation of the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram.Featuring an original composition, "Dua Sutekh."
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Songs from a Setian soul. Tracks in order: "Season of the Witch," "Sutekh's Shrine," "Execration," and "Red Desert Sabbat." All songs composed by G.B. Marian.
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Episode 34: Ishtar's Final Conflict With "The Man"
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How The Final Conflict (a.k.a. Omen III: The Final Conflict) can be read as an allegory for the goddess Ishtar and Her rivalry with Therion, the spirit of human tyranny.
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She rebelled to help humanity before Prometheus. She died and rose from the grave before Jesus. And She invented the "zombie apocalypse" before George Romero.
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Episode 32: Holy Days of the LV-426 Tradition
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The times we consider most sacred in our coven.
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An example of an execration ritual, a procedure to cast out and/or ward off negative energy.
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Episode 30: A Setian Exegesis of John Carpenter's The Thing
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Here I geek out for a bit about my vote for "the scariest monster movie ever made," and I draw some parallels between the themes of this film and my beliefs as a Setian.
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Episode 29: Calling Professor Quatermass!
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Martian grasshoppers. Genetically modified super-apes. Invisible forces only certain people can see. Quatermass and the Pit (1967) has it all.
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Yes Virginia, some people still believe in many gods today, and it's every bit as legitimate as believing in just one.
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Episode 27: What Are You Afraid Of? It's Only Rock & Roll
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Discussing the theme of "backmasked" messages in heavy metal music during the Satanic Panic, as explored in the 1986 comedy horror film, Trick or Treat.
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Pentagrams with two points up aren't "inverted"; as far as I'm concerned at least, they are right-side up.
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