On this 03 May, LXI A.S. 9sense podcast episode, Magister Campbell will discuss Church of Satan History, Iran’s 14-point proposal, and Million Dollar Secret. Join LIVE in YouTube chat and share your thoughts!
Time Stamps:
- 0:00 Intro
- 29:32 1. The Devil’s Advocate – Church of Satan History
- 47:19 2. Infernal Informant – Iran’s 14-point proposal
- 1:07:54 3. Creature Feature – Million Dollar Secret
- 1:14:22 Outro
About 9sense
9sense is a live weekly Satanic podcast hosted by Magister Campbell, a Magister in the Church of Satan, exploring Satanism, current events, and modern culture through a sharp third-side perspective. Founded in 2011 (XLVI A.S.), the show breaks down Satanic philosophy in real-world practice, cultural trends, media, and controversial topics with intelligence, humor, and unapologetic honesty. Now in its 15th year, 9sense streams live every Sunday night, offering long-form discussion for viewers who want independent thought, critical analysis, and authentic Satanic commentary—without dogma, censorship, or compromise.
About the Church of Satan
The Church of Satan, founded in 1966 by Anton Szandor LaVey, is the first openly established Satanic religion in history. It is an atheistic, rational philosophy that uses Satan as a symbol of individualism, personal sovereignty, pride, and the unapologetic acceptance of humanity’s carnal nature. Rejecting superstition, external gods, and imposed guilt, the Church of Satan emphasizes self-responsibility, reason, and the pursuit of one’s own interests in the real world. Far from myths of evil or chaos, Satanism is about living authentically, embracing pleasure without shame, and standing against hypocrisy, herd mentality, and authoritarian belief systems.
Show Notes
Intro
Welcome to 9sense. 9sense is a Satanic perspective of our modern world. I am your host Magister Campbell, it’s great to have you. It’s May 3rd and I’ve got a hell-of-a show for you this week!
- Walpurgisnacht Reflections
- Individualism over Herd Mentality
- Skipping the 60th Anniversary
- I have no fear of missing out
- Look at photos to feel better
- Setting up my Greenhouse
Discussion
1. The Devil’s Advocate
- Church of Satan History
- Year I Anno Satanas, The Age of Fire (1, 1966)
- Spring equinox: Walpurgisnacht, the night of April 30th—May 1st; Anton LaVey declared 1966 to be Year One, Anno Satanas—the first year of the reign of Satan.
- Year IV A.S. (4, 1969)
- The Satanic Bible is published in November, 1969
- Year VI A.S. (6, 1971)
- The Compleat Witch or What to Do When Virtue Fails (The Satanic Witch) is published on Valentine’s Day, February 14, 1971
- Year VII A.S. (7, 1972)
- The Satanic Rituals is published in December, 1972
- Year XIX A.S. (19, 1984)
- Blanche Barton begins a relationship with High Priest, Magus Anton Szandor LaVey in 1984
- Year XXXII A.S. (32, 1997)
- High Priest, Magus Anton Szandor LaVey died on October 29, 1997. He was 67 years old.
- Magistra Templi Rex Blanche Barton becomes the High Priestess of the Church of Satan on October 29, 1997
- Year XXXVI A.S. (36, 2001)
- High Priestess, Magistra Templi Rex Blanche Barton appoints Magister Peter H. Gilmore as the High Priest of the Church of Satan in 2001
- Year XXXVII A.S. (37, 2002)
- High Priestess, Magistra Templi Rex Blanche Barton transferred her role as High Priestess to Magistra Peggy Nadramia on April 30, 2002
- Year XLII A.S. (42, 2007)
- The Satanic Scriptures was published on October 13, 2007
- Year I Anno Satanas, The Age of Fire (1, 1966)
- Trends
- Social Media has become an online Grotto
- Power plays by members
- Tribalism
- Herd conformity
- Formal presentation of etiquette
- Tithing
- Hierarchy and militaristic behavioral rules
- Social Media has become an online Grotto
2. Infernal Informant
- What’s Iran’s 14-point proposal to end the war? And will Trump accept it?
- https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/3/whats-irans-14-point-proposal-to-end-the-war-and-will-trump-accept-it
- Trump is reviewing the latest Iranian proposal to end the war but the mistrust between the two sides is a big obstacle, analysts say.
- Iran has offered a new 14-point proposal to the United States in the latest diplomatic step to reach a permanent end to the war, which has exposed the limits of US military dominance and shaken the global economy.
- Responding to the new proposal on Saturday, US President Donald Trump said he is studying it but is not sure he can make a deal with Iran, a day after he voiced frustration with a previous offer from Tehran through the mediator Pakistan.
- Late on Thursday, Tehran sent the proposal to Pakistan, which got the two sides to agree on the ceasefire. According to the Iranian Tasnim news agency, the 14-point plan was formulated in response to a nine-point US plan.
- But weeks since the ceasefire began on April 8, Washington and Tehran have been unable to negotiate a peace deal. Tehran wants a permanent end to the war, while Trump has insisted that Iran first end the effective blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of global oil and gas exports pass. The US president has also made the issue of Iran’s nuclear capability a “red line”.
- Iran’s de facto blockade of the strait came in response to the US and Israel launching attacks on the country on February 28. A naval blockade of Iranian ports by the Trump administration, despite the ceasefire deal, has heightened tensions.
- The US and Iran have also been continuing to attack, capture, and intercept each other’s ships, pointing to an ongoing naval war still playing out in the Strait of Hormuz.
- So what’s the new proposal, and will President Trump accept it?
- What is Iran’s 14-point proposal to end the war?
- According to Iranian media reports, Tehran’s new proposal came in response to a Washington-backed nine-point peace proposal, which primarily sought a two-month ceasefire.
- However, in its latest peace proposal, Iran said it wants to focus on ending the war instead of extending the truce and wants all issues resolved within 30 days.
- The new proposal calls for guarantees against future attacks, a withdrawal of US forces from around Iran, the release of frozen Iranian assets worth billions of dollars and the lifting of sanctions, war reparations, ending all hostilities, including in Lebanon, and “a new mechanism for the Strait of Hormuz”.
- Iran, which was also attacked by the US and Israel last June, wants a guarantee against future aggression. Israel has previously targeted Iranian nuclear scientists and run campaigns to sabotage its nuclear sites.
- Tehran also wants its right to uranium enrichment guaranteed as a signatory to the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), but Trump has made the nuclear issue a “red line”. Iran wants decades of sanctions, which have devastated its economy, to be lifted as part of any deal. The navigation through the strait and demands for war reparations are other sticking points in the talks.
- According to a report by Iranian state broadcaster IRIB, after delivering the proposal, Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said, “Now the ball is in the United States’ court to choose the path of diplomacy or the continuation of a confrontational approach.”
- Paul Musgrave, an associate professor of government at Georgetown University in Qatar, said Iran has “slightly softened” its proposal.
- “The news reports on it indicate that there is a slight softening in the proposal, or rather a run-up to discussing the proposal, namely that the Iranian side may have given up its precondition that the US cease its distant blockade of Iranian traffic [in the Strait of Hormuz],” he told Al Jazeera.
- “Beyond that, though, a lot of the things that are reportedly in the proposal include maintaining Iran’s sovereign ability to enrich uranium, its nuclear programme and, of course, what it delicately refers to as a ‘control mechanism’ over shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.”
- Musgrave said on the two biggest issues – enrichment of uranium and transferring its highly enriched uranium – the US and Iran remain “far apart”.
- “President Trump has been unyielding that Iran must surrender its nuclear capability,” he said.
- Kenneth Katzman, a senior fellow at New York-based nonprofit Soufan Center, said Iran’s mistrust of Trump remains a bigger obstacle.
- “The differences on the nuclear issues are actually … not that great a difference any more. It’s still substantial, but can be narrowed. The issue is that Iran really mistrusts Trump and the United States and does not want to move, really, into full discussion until this blockade is lifted,” he said.
- “That’s a problem that could lead to US escalation. As Trump knows, he must break this Iranian control of the strait, so that’s where the issue is.”
- Katzman said while both sides are “frustrated”, neither is likely to give up on the negotiations in the immediate future.
- How did the US respond?
- Trump has said he is reviewing Iran’s proposal, but warned that Washington could resume attacks if Tehran “misbehaves”.
- Speaking to reporters in Florida before boarding Air Force One on Saturday, Trump confirmed that he had been briefed on the “concept of the deal”.
- Despite the diplomatic opening, the president struck a characteristically blunt tone regarding the possibility of renewed hostilities, which have been paused since the ceasefire.
- “If they do something bad, there is a possibility it could happen,” Trump said when asked if strikes would resume.
- Trump added that the US was “doing very well” and claimed that Iran was desperate for a settlement because the country had been “decimated” by months of conflict and a naval blockade.
- Trita Parsi from the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft told Al Jazeera the economic cost of the blockade on Iranian ports has exceeded what the White House anticipated and argued that the broader strategic damage to the US was probably more significant.
- “Iran has been under all kinds of economic pressure and sanctions for 47 years,” Parsi told Al Jazeera. “None of them has managed to break the Iranians or force them to capitulate,” he said.
- In a post on Truth Social later on Saturday, Trump said it was difficult to imagine that the Iranian proposal would be acceptable as Tehran had “not yet paid a big enough price for what they have done to Humanity, and the World, over the last 47 years”.
- Trump seems to have rejected the new Iranian proposal “without reading it or being briefed on it”, according to Musgrave from Georgetown University.
- What are the previous peace proposals to end the conflict?
- Iran’s latest proposal comes amid a fragile three-week truce that came into effect on April 8 and has put a pause on the US-Israel war on Iran.
- A day before the ceasefire, Iran had proposed a 10-point peace plan, which included an end to conflicts in the region, a protocol for safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz, the lifting of sanctions and reconstruction, state-run news agency IRNA reported.
- Trump had said Iran’s 10-point plan was a “significant proposal” but “not good enough”.
- The April 7 proposal from Iran came in response to a 15-point plan drafted by the US on March 25.
- Washington’s plan included a one-month ceasefire while the two sides negotiated terms to end the war, via Pakistan.
- According to Israel’s Channel 12, it also included the dismantling of Iran’s nuclear facilities in Natanz, Isfahan and Fordow, a permanent commitment from Iran to never develop nuclear weapons, the handover of Iran’s stockpile of already enriched uranium to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), a commitment from Iran to allow the United Nations watchdog to monitor all elements of the country’s remaining nuclear infrastructure, reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and end of all sanctions on Iran, alongside the ending of the UN mechanism that allows sanctions to be reimposed.
- Iran, however, rejected this plan and said a temporary ceasefire would give the US and Israel time to regroup and launch further attacks and in turn proposed its 10-point plan.
- What is the situation on the ground now?
- Despite a ceasefire, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Saturday that it remains on “full standby” for a return to hostilities, citing the US’s lack of commitment to previous treaties.
- In a post on X on Sunday, the IRGC’s intelligence unit said, “There is only one way to read this: Trump must choose between an impossible military operation or a bad deal with the Islamic Republic of Iran. The room for US decision-making has narrowed.”
- The impasse is further complicated by technical obstacles to reopening the Strait of Hormuz, including the presence of Iranian sea mines. Tehran has closed the strait since the war began on February 28, upending global oil and gas prices.
- To pressure Iran to open the strait, the US imposed a blockade of all Iranian ports on April 13, stoking the oil and gas crisis. On Friday, Brent crude, the international benchmark, was at $111.29 per barrel at 08:08 GMT, compared with about $65 before the war.
- Tensions have been further stoked by Trump’s recent characterisation of the US naval blockade as a “very profitable business”.
- “We took over the cargo. Took over the oil, a very profitable business. Who would have thought, we’re sort of like pirates, but we’re not playing games,” Trump said at an event in the US state of Florida on Saturday.
- Tehran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs seized on the remarks, labelling them a “damning admission of piracy”.
- Parsi from the Quincy Institute told Al Jazeera the US naval blockade of Iran has backfired on Trump and is making the situation worse.
- “The negotiations were taking place and could have continued regardless of the blockade,” he said.
- “The blockade has nothing to do with the Iranians being at the table. If anything, it is blocking diplomatic progress more than anything else,” Parsi noted.
- He argued that Trump had actually secured his greatest advantage through diplomacy before the blockade was imposed.
- “Once he managed to get the ceasefire, the primary pressure on him, the war itself and the way it was pushing up gas prices, was lifted. Had he stayed in that scenario and used time to his advantage, he would have been in a much stronger position vis-a-vis the Iranians, because the Iranians had not managed to get the key thing they wanted: sanctions relief.”
- Instead, by imposing the blockade, Trump took more oil off the market.
- “Oil prices are now higher during the ceasefire than they were during the war itself. All of these economic indicators show that the blockade is making the situation worse for Trump,” Parsi said.
- However, Trump has been looking at options to resolve the oil crisis, including setting up a naval coalition called the Maritime Freedom Construct (MFC) to restore freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz.
- According to US media reports, core functions of the naval coalition would be to share intelligence among member nations, coordinate diplomatic efforts, and enforce sanctions to manage shipping traffic through the strait.
3. Creature Feature
- Million Dollar Secret
- https://www.netflix.com/title/81731670
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Million_Dollar_Secret
- premiered on March 26, 2025 and is hosted by British comedian Peter Serafinowicz
- features a group of contestants who stay at a luxurious lakeside estate as they play, with one of whom is secretly awarded the $1,000,000 grand prize at the start of the game.
- The objective for the “millionaire” is to keep their identity hidden while the other contestants attempt to uncover and eliminate the “millionaire”, so that they can become the “millionaire”.
- The last player remaining is the millionaire who wins the game and the prize.
- The show incorporates elements of strategy, deception, and social deduction, drawing comparisons to other reality series like The Traitors and The Mole.
Outro
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