On this 28 December, LX A.S. 9sense podcast episode, Magister Campbell will discuss Voodoo Dolls, US strikes in Nigeria, and Weapons. Join LIVE in YouTube chat and share your thoughts! This episode will be added to the audio podcast feed the following day.
Time Stamps:
- 0:00 Intro
- 9:38 1. The Devil’s Advocate – Voodoo Dolls
- 35:07 2. Infernal Informant – US strikes in Nigeria
- 54:52 3. Creature Feature – Weapons
- 1:06:43 Outro
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 December 28th and I’ve got a hell-of-a show for you this week!
- Starting a fantasy anthology
- Defining a Campaign setting for modern dark fantasy as well as traditional high fantasy on Eviliv3Play
- New Year focus – health and design
Discussion
1. The Devil’s Advocate
- Letters to the High Priest
- Letters from the Devil
- National Insider – October 12, 1969
- I have been thinking about performing a curse
- I want to use a voodoo doll
- Will it work
- What are the best practices
- Make your own
- Use virgin Wool
- chicken feathers for inside
- Use a sock
- Close it with string
- Sketch a likeness for the face
- Dress it to resemble the target
- Set it aside for 24 hours
- Use their known ailments as targets for your pins or nails
- When complete, place it out of sight and out of mind
- Victim does not need to know
- If nothing happens it may be that you are in the wrong
- Cosmic form of justice?
- The best protection against a curse is love and admiration
- Anxiety could make you fail.
- This is why white witches fail
2. Infernal Informant
- US strikes on IS targets in Nigeria may only fan the flames of insurgent violence
- https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/28/us-strikes-nigeria-donald-trump-crusader-terrorism-is-targets
- The response of Nigerians to the airstrikes against Islamic State (IS) targets in Sokoto state, north-western Nigeria are complicated. The rationale behind them has been widely opposed, but the strikes themselves have been welcomed.
- The airstrikes were framed as a response to what have been described as genocidal attacks on Christians in the country. But the Nigerian authorities have consistently rejected this narrative, arguing that armed groups in the country do not discriminate based on religion, and that Christians and Muslims largely coexist peacefully. Ironically, it was Trump’s redesignation of Nigeria as a “country of particular concern” in November that deepened Muslim-Christian tensions. Many northerners, who are predominantly Muslim, blamed southern Nigerians for championing a narrative that ultimately resulted in US sanctions and international stigma.
- The geographic and operational focus of the strikes has complicated the “Christian genocide” framing. Sokoto is the spiritual heartland of Islam in Nigeria, but armed violence in the area disproportionately affects Muslim communities. By contrast, attacks against Christian farmers are most prevalent in north-central states such as Benue and Plateau, where violence is often linked to armed Fulani herders rather than explicitly jihadist groups. The strikes targeted IS elements, not herder militias. While some reports suggest tactical collaboration between jihadist groups in the north-west and armed herders, the mismatch between the stated justification and the operational target raises questions about whether Washington fully understands the local drivers of violence it has labelled genocidal.
- Despite there being opposition to – and confusion over – the rationale behind the strikes, they have been broadly welcomed, cutting across religious, ethnic and social divides. Earlier fears were shaped by the spectre of the prolonged US occupations in Libya, Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan, cases frequently cited in Nigerian media. By contrast, the Sokoto operation was a limited, targeted precision strike. Moreover, there have so far been no credible reports of civilian casualties, alleviating a major concern in a country where Nigerian air force operations have, on several occasions, accidentally killed hundreds of civilians.
- The strikes against IS came at a time of public fatigue with insecurity caused by insurgency, terrorism, banditry and communal violence. Nigerians were ready to accept almost any intervention that promised relief. As terrorist networks become increasingly interconnected across the Sahel and West Africa, Nigerian security forces have become overstretched. Persistent corruption, inadequate training and equipment shortages continue to undermine counterinsurgency efforts. In some theatres, groups such as Boko Haram and its splinter factions now wield more sophisticated weaponry than state forces.
- The Nigerian authorities have confirmed that they endorsed the operation. The minister of foreign affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, acknowledged that Abuja provided intelligence that enabled the strikes and Nigerian officials remained in communication with US forces until minutes before execution. This joint counter-terrorism action, rather than a unilateral violation of Nigerian sovereignty, eased concerns about territorial integrity and external military overreach.
- Despite the support, Nigeria’s insecurity will not be resolved through airpower alone. Airstrikes may yield short-term tactical gains, but they risk generating longer-term strategic setbacks. Framing the intervention as the defence of persecuted Christians may strengthen extremist narratives of foreign “crusader” aggression, potentially attracting more external funding and support for jihadist groups. Organisations such as Isis-Sahel and emerging groups such as Lakurawa thrive on such symbolism.
- The durable solution lies in starving violence of its fuel by addressing its structural drivers: deep socioeconomic inequality (Sokoto has one of the highest numbers of out-of-schoolchildren in Nigeria), desertification and climate stress, weak state presence in rural areas, porous borders and fragile security institutions. Strengthening state capacity to manage grievances, regulate competition over land and resources, and counter extremism remains the only sustainable path to peace.
- Onyedikachi Madueke is a security analyst at the University of Aberdeen
3. Creature Feature
- Weapons
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weapons_(2025_film)
- Directed by Zach Cregger
- Written by Zach Cregger
- Barbarian (2022)
- Cinematography Larkin Seiple
- Release date August 8, 2025
- Budget $38 million
- Box office $269.1 million
- Log Line:
- When all but one child from the same class mysteriously vanish on the same night at exactly the same time, a community is left questioning who or what is behind their disappearance.
- Cast
- Josh Brolin as Archer Graff, a construction contractor and the father of Matthew, one of the missing children
- Julia Garner as Justine Gandy, an elementary school teacher whose class has vanished
- Alden Ehrenreich as Paul Morgan, a police officer and Justine’s ex-boyfriend
- Austin Abrams as James, a homeless drug addict and burglar
- Cary Christopher as Alex Lilly, the only child from Justine’s class who did not disappear
- Toby Huss as Ed Locke, the police captain and Paul’s father-in-law
- Benedict Wong as Marcus Miller, the sympathetic school principal
- Amy Madigan as Gladys, Alex’s elderly aunt
- Sara Paxton as Erica, the mother of Bailey, one of the missing children
- Justin Long as Gary, the father of Bailey, one of the missing children
- June Diane Raphael as Donna Morgan, Paul’s wife and Ed’s daughter
- Whitmer Thomas as Alex’s father
- Callie Schuttera as Alex’s mother
- Luke Speakman as Matthew Graff, Archer’s son and one of Justine’s missing students
- Clayton Farris as Terry Miller, Marcus’s husband
- Scarlett Sher as the child narrator
- Notes:
- In an interview with Fangoria, he said he had been discussing a concept for a prequel about Aunt Gladys with Warner Bros.
- theaters listed showtimes at 2:17, the same time the children in the film vanish.
- Ratings:
- https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/weapons 93% fresh, 85% audience
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26581740/ 7.5/10
Outro
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