Michael E. Heyes
@thedemonologist
I am a professor of religion who teaches elements of popular culture, monstrosity, and medieval studies. My writings are primarily about demons and the demonic, currently present-day American demonology and politics:
One might suggest that being 71 makes Graham's death a little easier to explain than implied here.
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E.g., In the Home section, there is a tab entitled "The Deep State and Communism" which reads "An ancient spiritual battle continues behind the reality of the Corona Virus. We must identify the enemy, and then call upon the authority of God" and uses principalities and powers language.
I got another email from would-be-father-of-CA Ché Ahn, and I wanted to offer an example of how the demonic can be a large part of these movements but remain hidden. In the email, Ahn declares that he has signed the "Families First Pledge" which lists five (quite evangelical) ideas about family.
Down but not out. If you know people who are considering voting for Ché Ahn in California, it might be time to sit down and have the discussion about the New Apostolic Reformation, Dominionism, and Spiritual Warfare.
Pleased to announce that Devils of Democracy is available for pre-order! If you're interested in learning about how ideas of demons have always intersected with American politics and what can be done to minimize the effects of conspiratorial ideas of demons: this is the book for you!
Coming out October of next year, just in time for Halloween... and mid-term elections.
For just an hour or so, I'd love to be able to see the world just as cosmically connected and symbolically rich as Wallnau and his followers do. That would be a trip.
Two things that strike me as funny here: 1. "A good user experience?" Did someone replace Wallnau with an LLM? Hopefully, the next time someone asks him about something, he'll return a database error. 2. Brian Eskow referring to the traits below as "fringe" MAGA.
Apparently, YouTube is concerned that a 19th century portrait of witches flying to their meeting might be too "sexually gratifying" for viewers. So, if you're keeping track of YouTube's moderating decisions: Political falsehoods and conspiracy mongering 👍 Witch breasts 👎
A "Christmas Cthookie" for the holidays. Careful, they bite back!
On Dec 18, Matt Gaetz wrote, "In my single days, I often sent money to women I dated - even some I never dated but who asked. I dated several of these women for years." I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say our definitions of "dating" might be a bit different. www.cbsnews.com/news/matt-ga...
I would desperately like to know what he and others think critical race theory and Marxism are. I have difficulty teaching such things in theory intensive college level courses. There's no chance it's going on at the K-12 level. I'm betting these are just history courses.
I feel like a decade ago this would obviously have been a joke, and everyone would have laughed and laughed. Today, I'm not so sure.
I'm reminded of a student I once had in a History of Christianity course who suggested that people lived longer in Biblical times because "there was more oxygen."
I feel like this is going to be the next ridiculous gaslight from the Right (image), so I'm just going to leave Trump actually saying it here: youtu.be/JmaZR8E12bs?...
When I was at Lance Wallnau's Courage Tour, it seemed like everyone was talking about how bad the United Nations and shared governance was. I wonder what changed.... 🧐
Thanks so much to you both, @jonsawyer.org and @sometimespdx.bsky.social! There's a kind of weird multilevel marketing feel to a lot of Lance Wallnau's materials as well. A lot of "activating your X anointing" kind of stuff (e.g., attached). The other
If you're going to literally demonize socialist ideas, maybe you want to get your messaging straight. 🤣
In this one, she's even allegorically reading a picture of RFK eating McDonald's.
Does anyone else feel like Amanda Grace is just reaching into a bag marked "old prophecies" lately, pulling out a random one, and applying it to something that's happening today?