crime Rationalist death cult implicated in deadly shoot-out with border guards and other killings Rob Beschizza

politics The Nerd Reich podcast investigates Silicon Valley's slide into authoritarianism Ellsworth Toohey

free speech Conservatives upset by After School Satan Club's horrifying plan to teach children about science and rationalism Rob Beschizza

History University offering master's degree in magick and the occult David Pescovitz

occult The Enduring Legacy of Parapsychologist J.B. Rhine Mitch Horowitz

Satanic Temple Request for After School Satan Club denied in Pennsylvania, but hell-fearing Christian clubs are okay Carla Sinclair

free speech Satanic Temple rents space at Ohio public school for "After-School Satan Club," unsurprisingly angers some parents David Pescovitz

Reviews Mark Dery on the "Surrealism Beyond Borders" show at The Met Gareth Branwyn

art New Tarot deck celebrates history of UFOlogy Ferdinando Buscema

deaths James Randi dead at 92 Rob Beschizza

happy mutants The magic theatre of High Weirdness Ferdinando Buscema

Culture British folk horror flowering again Rob Beschizza

Robert Anton Wilson Robert Anton Wilson: January 18, 1932 – January 11, 2007 Mark Frauenfelder

Satanic Temple "After School Satan Club" could be coming to elementary schools in the U.S. Mark Frauenfelder

surrealism Nerval's Lobster: Is walking a crustacean any more ridiculous than a dog? Mark Dery