I tried to resist posting this...
But no...
The link is to the article's appearance on rt.com, I don't see a writer's name for me to
credit...
Satanic rapists on trial
Two young people are being tried in Russia for organizing a Satan-worshiping sect. Their adepts were subjected to abuse during gatherings,
while some girls, including those below the age of consent, were molested.
The sect named "Nobilis Ordo Diaboli" - or the "Noble Order of the Devil" - was engaged in the secret worshiping of Satan in the republic of
Mordovia in central Russia since 2003. It was organized by medical student Aleksandr Kazakov, 24, and had up to 75 adepts over the years,
investigators say.
Kazakov, who is the prime suspect in the trial, used his charisma to lure young people from well-to-do families into the "Order". New adepts were
recruited from mysticism-loving friends of sect members and through satanic websites and internet message boards. Every initiate had to sign "a
contract", which gave the "high priest" ownership of his or her soul as part of the initiation rituals.
Under Kazakov's guidance, members gathered in secrecy, dressed in black robes and performed "unholy rites". They also indulged in orgies and
drinking sessions that could last for days. For girls, sex with the man and his closest "apprentices" was a requirement, and those unwilling could
be raped. The Satanists also didn't hesitate to involve minors, say the investigators.
The second man on trial, Denis Danshin, 23, was Kazakov's second-in-command and was responsible for suppressing dissent and doubt among the flock,
sometimes through violence.
When police cracked down on the cult in 2009, they seized numerous books about Satanism and occult paraphernalia like animal skulls. The defendants
claim that their sect was a mere role-playing club, and everything the members did was done voluntarily. They also deny charges of sexual abuse and
violence.
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Obviously this here article is kinda slight, I post it only in the hope of running across more fuller detail, which I will post as Round Two. Some
things do jump out at me, to talk about.
Number one, obviously, any excuse is good enough to get laid, most days. (Plus then if they are staying up for days drinking and having sex
simultaneously, it does make me suspect they might have had to also invoke the demon
Methamphetamine, or some other local cousin besides the
familiar spirit called
Viagra (and charismatic leader was a med student - still, it's mere speculation on my part), which would also tend to
help get this party started, quick-like).
Number two, I never understand how anybody could go along with any type of contract/bondage/multi-level-marketing in spiritual matters. Buddha didn't
ask for any abusive vows, for example, that I can recall...no billion-year-contracts, like Scientology supposedly has...I figure if I am going to
learn some powerful spiritual truth from you (/have some intense mystical experience), I would then be bound to you by the strength/beauty of the
truth/experience, and not some legalistic contract hoo-hah. I think spiritual vows are good, as expressions of will, but only to yourself and about
yourself, without installing external referents and creditors.
(Number three, (I hate to have to say it), a devil-worshipper does not equal a child-molester. The devil-worshippers I have known view child-molesters
as non-self-respecting, weak, and despicable ... like raging-bull-proud-rebel-warrior-types versus
superficially-acceptable-creepy-secret-touch-your-leg-pedophile-types. Not to say that satanism and child molestation could never occur together -
maybe they do in this story - but the one does not follow from the other, is all.)
[edit on 5-2-2010 by nine-eyed-eel]