On this 22 March, LXI A.S. 9sense podcast episode, Magister Campbell will discuss the original Church of Satan structure, SAVE America Act Senate Floor Takeover, and Ready of Not 2: Here I Come. Join LIVE in YouTube chat and share your thoughts!
Time Stamps:
- 0:00 Intro
- 11:46 1. The Devil’s Advocate – The Original Church of Satan Structure
- 30:19 2. Infernal Informant – SAVE America Act Senate Floor Takeover
- 51:19 3. Creature Feature – Ready of Not 2: Here I Come
- 1:03:57 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 March 22nd and I’ve got a hell-of-a show for you this week!
- Interview Downer
- Holiday Cancelation
Discussion
1. The Devil’s Advocate
- Letters From the Devil
- https://underworldamusements.com/products/letters-from-the-devil-anton-szandor-lavey-hardback
- National Insider, February, 12, 1970
- How is the Church of Satan structured for Priests, Ministers, Etc?
- What are the various degrees of membership?
- How far can a person go in the Church?
- Is it a social function or is there seminarial training?
- The Church of Satan is structured along the lines of an organized religion.
- Different levels of membership
- Contributing member, an advocate that doesn’t ‘get involved’
- First Order – Active Member, In touch with other Satanists, attend ceremonies, in regular contact with the ‘head office’
- Second Order – Witch or Warlock, based on knowledge of lesser and greater Satanic Magic, must pass test, given formal degree as certificate by a theological seminary, incorporated as participants in Satanic rituals and regional representatives
- Order of the Trapezoid , the secret governing body of the Church of Satan, contains groups like the Council of Nine, The Black Order, and the Satanic Security Staff. Members are Wisch or Warlock and above.
- Third Order – four degrees titled Wizard or Enchantress, Singular Service is the first degree, Essential Service is second degree, Priest or Priestess is the third degree, influential members and public members earn the honorary fourth degree without authority
- Fourth Order has three categories – Satanic Masters, sorcerers, or sorceresses, Master or Mistress of the Grotto or Magister Cavernus is the first category (priests or priestesses), Maister Templi or Master of the Temple, provide over regional areas is second category, Grand Master Magister Templi Rex officiates over a nation is the third category
- All Satanic masters are encouraged to work toward Magus
- High Priest is the pope, or Magus
- Title of Exarch of Hell
- Title of Doctor granted by congregation in seminary training
- Titles never insure respect
- Only the man himself can do that. But if it’s the titles you want, my religion title is High Priest, my magical title is Magus, and my Satanic title is Exarch of Hell.
- Different levels of membership
2. Infernal Informant
- Trump allies plan Senate floor takeover to pass SAVE America Act
- https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5783688-senate-floor-takeover-save-america-act/
- President Trump’s allies are planning to take over the Senate floor this week in a bid to pass the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act, setting up a major test for Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.), who is under pressure from Trump and the MAGA base to extend the debate over voting reform for as long as possible.
- GOP senators are playing their cards close to the vest ahead of this week’s marathon debate over the SAVE America Act, which would require people registering to vote to show documented proof of citizenship.
- But they’re bracing for long hours and possible late nights in a bid to build momentum for the bill, which already has broad public support. A recent Harvard CAPS/Harris poll of 1,999 registered voters found that 71 percent support the SAVE America Act.
- Trump allies, frustrated that they aren’t able to force Democrats to stage a talking filibuster to block the bill, are pressing Thune to keep the measure on the floor as long as possible to force Democrats to defend their opposition.
- “How long it goes is going to be instructive because the point of this is exhausting Democrats, the point of it is pain, the point of it is forcing a public and political process and seeing what comes out of it,” said a Republican strategist who favors a showdown with Democrats over the legislation.
- “Is this going to be a fist fight or not? How bloody is Thune going to make this?” the strategist said.
- Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah), a leading proponent of the bill, says Trump wants to see Republicans go all out and is envisioning an epic floor fight, like the two-month battle that preceded the Senate’s passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
- “What I want to do is try to maximize the period of time in which we debate it,” Lee said.
- Lee recalled that during the battle over the 1964 Civil Rights Act, the Senate stayed in session for 60 days “and used an approach that is similar to what I think we ought to do here.”
- “They faced a 32-vote cloture deficit at the time it came over from the House in March of 64,” Lee said. “They were able to close a 32-vote cloture deficit. It took them 60 days, but they got there.”
- “Debating a bill that continues to get more popular even as people are trying to slow it down and stop it and obstruct it sometimes sharpens the minds of individual lawmakers and makes them more amenable in the end to negotiation,” Lee added. “That’s what we’re looking at here.”
- Lee, a close Trump ally, suggested the president will closely watch this week’s Senate debate. Trump has put intense pressure on Thune to get the bill through the upper chamber and last week said he would not sign any legislation until the SAVE America Act hits his desk.
- “The extent of his satisfaction with the process will depend on whether in his view we gave it everything we have,” he said.
- Sen. Katie Britt (R-Ala.) said Republicans are still “working through” their floor strategy but are preparing for a battle.
- Asked if Republicans would hold the floor for quite a while, Britt declared: “Heck yeah.”
- It usually requires 60 votes to begin debate on a bill, but Thune has found an easier way to get the measure onto the floor to give Lee and other Trump allies a chance to have an open-ended debate on the measure.
- Thune has planned the vote on a motion to proceed to the SAVE America Act so that it will be considered as a message from the House, allowing Republicans to get on the bill with a simple-majority vote.
- It’s a big concession to conservative colleagues because there’s little chance of getting 60 votes to advance the legislation to a vote on final passage given strong Democratic opposition to the measure.
- But Thune has repeatedly rejected entreaties from Trump and conservative colleagues to force Democrats to wage a talking filibuster, which would require them to actively hold the floor with debate and amendments in order to prevent the bill from passing.
- Thune told GOP senators last week that he doesn’t have enough votes to require Democrats to sustain a talking filibuster because the GOP conference isn’t unified enough to repeatedly table Democratic amendments to derail the SAVE America Act.
- “The votes aren’t there, one, to nuke the filibuster and the votes aren’t there for a talking filibuster. It’s just a reality,” Thune said last week. “I’m the person who has to deliver sometimes the not-so-good news that the math doesn’t add up, but those are the facts and there’s no getting around it.”
- One of the strongest objections from Republican senators who don’t want to force Democrats to wage a talking filibuster is that doing so would allow Democrats to force votes on an unlimited number of amendments.
- That means that Democrats could force tough votes on extending the enhanced Affordable Care Act health insurance premium subsidies that expired in January or on restoring the Medicaid cuts enacted by last year’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
- Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) told reporters Sunday that Democrats have worked extensively on a game plan to counter Republican floor tactics.
- “We don’t yet know what Thune will do but we’re prepared for every possible scenario. My caucus really feels strongly that this would be a horror, one of the worst things that’s happened in the history of this country in terms of allowing people to vote,” Schumer said.
- Some Republicans believe Democrats could wage a talking filibuster against the SAVE America Act for weeks or even months by continually offering new amendments, which they believe would allow Democrats to speak on the floor an unlimited number of times under Senate precedent.
- Instead of forcing a talking filibuster, Thune is letting Republican colleagues decide how long to talk about the bill in an effort to boost its public profile and put Democrats on the defensive.
- “This bill needs to remain on the Senate floor, before we file cloture on the bill, for as long as it takes to get it done,” Lee said in a video posted on social media Friday.
- A cloture vote would need 60 votes to end debate and advance the measure to a simple-majority vote on final passage.
- GOP senators say they will force Democrats to take tough votes such as on amendments to exclude transgender athletes from participating in women’s sports and to require people to show voter identification to vote by mail.
- Marc Elias, a Democratic election attorney, noted the base bill expected to come before the Senate will require people to include photocopies of identification when requesting and when submitting absentee ballots.
- He called the provision unworkable because he predicted it will immediately spark controversies over how to verify photocopied IDs and how to properly include them in secret ballots.
- “We expect to be addressing some amendments next week. I think the leader is going to use tree-filling amendments to guide our progress through the amendments,” Lee said, explaining that Thune will use Senate procedure to force votes on Republican-favored amendments and block Democratic-sponsored amendments.
- Even so, the measure is unlikely to pick up any Democratic support. Even Sen. John Fetterman (Pa.), the centrist Democrat who is most inclined to vote with Republicans on issues, says he opposes the bill.
- That means for the SAVE America Act to have any chance of passing the Senate, conservatives will have to use their floor time this week to convince GOP colleagues that the bill is so important to the future of election integrity that it warrants requiring Democrats to wage a talking filibuster.
- But so far, a large group of Republican senators don’t want to force a talking filibuster over the issue, which they fear would dramatically change how bills are debated and voted on in the future.
- Satanic Breakdown
I. Breaking Down the SAVE America Act (Safeguard American Voter Eligibility)
- The Core Mandate: This act, which has gained significant traction in the spring of 2026, primarily seeks to amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993. It would require individuals to provide documentary proof of U.S. citizenship (such as a passport, birth certificate, or naturalization papers) to register to vote in federal elections.
- The Intent: Proponents argue the act is a “common-sense” measure to ensure only citizens vote, framing it as a necessary reinforcement of electoral integrity during a period of high geopolitical tension.
II. Why It Is Controversial: The “Third Side” Friction
- The Opposition’s Argument: Critics and civil rights groups argue the act is a form of voter suppression. They point out that millions of citizens do not have easy access to the required documents and that non-citizen voting in federal elections is already illegal and statistically negligible.
- The Satanic Angle (Administrative Hurdles): For the Satanist, this is a discussion on the Architecture of Bureaucracy. While the “Right” calls it integrity and the “Left” calls it suppression, the reality is the creation of a new State Filter. It is an added layer of “Seminarial Requirements”—much like the requirements Tom H. asked Anton LaVey about in 1970. It represents the state demanding a “Certificate” before one is permitted to act.
III. The Senate Floor Takeover: A Parliamentary Dagger
- The Strategy: A “floor takeover” occurs when a determined group of senators (in this case, supporters of the Act) uses every procedural tool—filibusters, endless motions to adjourn, and refusing to grant unanimous consent—to halt all other Senate business.
- The Goal: By grinding the Senate to a halt, the minority attempt to force the leadership to bring the SAVE America Act to a clean vote without amendments.
- The 2026 Context: In the current climate of LXI A.S., this maneuver is being used to leverage the Budget Deadline. If the Senate is “taken over” and cannot pass spending bills, the government faces a shutdown.
IV. Synthesis: The Power of the “Good Show”
- The Takeaway: Linking this back to your 1970 National Insider document, LaVey noted that “the person who charges had damn well better put on a good show”. In 2026, the Senate is putting on an expensive, high-stakes show.
- The Informant’s Insight: This isn’t just a debate about voting; it is a Master/Servant dynamic. The state is more concerned with the process of documentation than the act of participation. Whether it’s a “Book of Shadows” or a Voter ID, the value is often placed on the Paperwork of the Gatekeepers rather than the will of the individual.
3. Creature Feature
- Ready or Not 2: Here I Come
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ready_or_Not_2:_Here_I_Come
- Directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin & Tyler Gillett
- Written by Guy Busick & R. Christopher Murphy
- Cinematography Brett Jutkiewicz
- Music by Sven Faulconer
- Budget $14 million
- Box office $9.1 million
- Log Line
- After surviving one deadly game, Grace and her sister Faith must now outrun four rival families competing for a powerful throne – winner takes all.
- Cast
- Samara Weaving as Grace MacCaullay, the former daughter-in-law of the Le Domas family
- Kathryn Newton as Faith MacCaullay, Grace’s estranged younger sister
- Sarah Michelle Gellar as Ursula Danforth, the eldest daughter of the Danforth family
- Shawn Hatosy as Titus Danforth, Ursula’s twin brother
- David Cronenberg as Chester Danforth, the head of the Danforth family
- Elijah Wood as “the Lawyer”, a representative of Le Bail
- Néstor Carbonell as Ignacio El Caido, the head of the El Caido family
- Kevin Durand as Bill Wilkinson, the head of the Wilkinson family
- Olivia Cheng as Wan Chen Xing, the head of the Wan family
- Varun Saranga as Madhu Rajan, Viraj’s brother
- Nadeem Umar-Khitab as Viraj Rajan, the head of the Rajan family
- Juan Pablo Romero as Felipe El Caido, Ignacio’s son
- Masa Lizdek as Martina Rajan, Madhu’s wife
- Maia Jae as Francesca El Caido, Ignacio’s daughter and Alex’s ex-fiancée
- Dan Beirne as Kip Danforth, Ursula and Titus’ cousin
- Antony Hall as Wan Cheng Fu, Chen Xing’s son
- Ratings
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt33978029/, 7.1/10
- https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/ready_or_not_2_here_i_come, 76% fresh 89% audience
- Notes
- Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett were working on an original film centered around a sister story, set to star Kathryn Newton and Samara Weaving. However, when Searchlight Pictures approached them to direct a sequel to “Ready or Not”, they proposed integrating their original sister story into the “Ready or Not” universe. Searchlight Pictures approved the idea.
- Kathryn Newton is a fan of Sarah Michelle Gellar and her series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997). Newton brought in a picture of Buffy from Welcome to the Hellmouth (1997) and recreated her outfit in this film.
- Radio Silence directed the fifth and sixth Scream films. The franchise also featured Samara Weaving and Sarah Michelle Gellar. In addition, Kevin Williamson, who wrote the first two Screams and directed Scream 7, wrote The Faculty (1998) that starred Elijah Wood and Shawn Hatosy.
Outro
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