#i think both groups i was in were pretty united in That Crowley Guy Is Cringe. Let's Not Talk About Him Anymore

[queenlua]

TIL that thelema practitioners are still a thing

2. I LIVE NEAR AN HONEST-TO-GOD THELEMA TEMPLE??? (sorry, "lodge," whatever)

3. i went to their website and "lol, lmao" at their covid protocol:

[charliesshitposts]

Supernatural omens (part 7?)

  ***Authors note***

  This one wont have the usual beginning like all the others will have because I don’t remember how it goes. ^.^ I’ll remember next time. Also I’m not sure if it is part 7,but either way the missing part is here. :) Sorry it took forever. The actual final chapter will be uploaded later on in the week (if that changes i’ll be sure to let you all know.) Also if there are spelling errors i’ll correct them tomorrow. 

word count: IDK but it’s short.

warnings: None. (: Feel free to read this in front of your family and pets. 

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Jack bolted down the dirt path of the forest like a gazelle running away from a lion. None of the five running after him could catch up. Except Sam. While the four stopped for a breath Sam took the lead. His long legs had given him the advantage.

  He chased Jack until the nephilim stopped at a clearing.Unlike Sam,Jack wasn’t out of breath. As if the running hadn't affected him.Meters away from him sat three children with wearing terrified expressions.There eyes widened when they saw Jack and Sam. But neither of them were looking at the children. They were entirely focused on the one child floating above them,Adam. When he meet Jack’s stare Adam slowly floated downwards.

  Sam rushed to aid the 3 children who were too petrified to move. Adam waked over towards Jack. When they were standing in front of one another Jack asked “Adam Young?”    Adam looked completely normal. Like the average boy you’d find on the street walking with his parents or at the park playing with his friends.”Who wants to know?

  “My name is Jack Kline. My friends and I were called to find you. To find you and stop you from starting the end of the world.”

  “Who called you?”

  Panting and the sound of feet shuffling suddenly filled the air. Crowley, Aziraphale, Dean and Castiel had finally caught up to them. They leaned against one another. Their legs were too wobbly to carry their weight. Gasping, Aziraphale answered Adam’s question for Jack.

  “We did.”He said.”Myself and the demon Crowley sent for them. I’m Aziraphale.”

  “You can’t go through with this Adam.”Chimed in Dean.Ask Jack,he’ll tell you. He knows more about this kind of dilemma better than anyone else.”

  “I’m not following you.”Adam admitted.”What are all of you guys talking about?”

  “You don’t know?” Crowley asked in surprise.

  “No.” Said Adam.”All I know is that the four horseman are coming to meet with me. Pollution,War,Death and Famine. For what, i’m not sure.”

  “They- they are here to get your permission. If you say yes to them they will unleash what they are all throughout the United Kingdom. Then Europe before finally making it spread across oceans and boarders. You can stop it all Adam. You just have to say no.” 

  “Guys!” Sam called out.”We need to get these kids to safety.”

  “They all live here in Tadfield.”Said Adam.”You may take them home. We will all wait here. Then when you’re back, we can go to the U.S. airbase. That’s where the four horseman are going to want to meet.”

  “Okay.Thanks. Um..Cas? Do you mind helping me out.”

  Castiel and Sam walked back towards the village with Adam’s friends. All three of them were too scared to walk home by themselves. They had quietly asked Sam to take them, which was why Sam had opened his mouth in the first place. As he walked he felt it a bit odd that he had asked for permission to a child. But seeing what Adam was capable of doing he was glad he had done so. And all he wondered while walking with these children was what else Adam was capable of.

Suddenly Sam grew curious. He stopped the children at what he considered a safe distance. Cas looked at him oddly. The angels hands were pressed reassuringly against the upper back of Wensleydale,the one with glasses,and Brian,the one with stains on his shirt. Sam bent down to level his eyes with Pepper,the only girl of the group.

“Hi.” Sam said with a hint of a nervous chuckle.”Listen..I know this probably isn’t the best time to ask this but I need to know. What else can Adam do aside from float?”

Pepper was more talkative then he had given her credit for. “He can control anyone against their will. He can make them come forward,sit,stay. He can force one to stay quite.. The bottom line is he can pretty much do anything.”

“Anything?” Sam asked.

“Anything.” Cas echoed.

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Dean,Crowley,Aziraphale and Gabriel huddled to talk about their next move and to catch Gabe up on what has happened in the past hours. Meanwhile Jack talked to Adam as if they had known each other their whole life.

“So when did you realize you were the son of..?”

Adam shrugged.”This is all new. I came Into my full power a few hours ago. And-“ his voice lowered to a whisper.”between you and me..It’s getting harder every second to keep under control. Like right now I have the strong urge to lift my arm and-“ In that moment Adams mistake was to describe his urge whilst doing it. With a lift of his arm he sent Jack spinning through the air. The nephilims back collided with a tree. Jack let out a pain filled shriek.The impact snapped the tree in two.

Dean was quick to spring into action. He grabbed Adam fiercely by the collar to keep him from running. Crowley rushed to help Dean. They both held onto Adam,who growled while trying to get out of their grip. Gabe carried a fainted Jack to safety. Dean turned to glare at Adam. “This ends here.”

Crowley shook his head.”No. It end when we take the 4 horsemen down. The problem here is that Adam is being consumed by his new powers.

  Quite literally. Adam was indeed being consumed by his powers. They were taking over every bit of him. He was trying all his best to fight back but as it seemed . Adam’s eyes suddenly turned bloodshot red. They startled everyone, including Crowley. 

  Gabriel gently laid Jack down by the cracked tree and sprinted towards Dean and Crowley. Aziraphale disappeared, he had gone to find Sam and Castiel.

  “So what’s next?” Gabe asked.

  Adam growled.

  Crowley checked his watch.”We have a good hour and a half until we need to get to the airbase.So..I guess now all we have to do is hold him somewhere safe. Put Adam somewhere where he can’t get out.”

  Dean smiled widely. He knew exactly what to do.”Crowley, do you know where we can get out hands on holy oil?”

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  It had taken them a while but they managed to get Adam into the trunk by tying his hands and feet together.He was biting too so they taped his mouth shut. Sam, with Crowley’s permission, spray painted an angel trap on the inside of the Bentleys trunk cap. It kept him still, not stuck, but still. They road towards the U.S. airbase. That was where they planned to use the holy oil. They figured if they had time to kill they might as well should wait where they needed to be. But getting into the airbase would be tricky. There was also one thing that none of the outsiders had taken into account. Angel traps only worked fully from where they were from. Although it kept Adam still,it didn't prevent him from using his powers. Which was why everyone began to panic when the inside of the car spontaneously began to catch fire.

  It started with the steering wheel. Crowley jumped at how hot it had suddenly gotten. It only got worse.Bits of the leather covering the wheel started to fall off.”What the hell?” he muttered.Then the whole thing caught fire.”OH CRAP! O CRAP GUYS!” They would have reacted to the steering wheels spontaneous combustion, but then the Dashboard caught fire. Aziraphale gasped. 

  He reached down to grab a water bottle and maybe try to put it out but it was as though he had doused the already lit fire with gasoline. The other occupants of the car began to panic Sam and Dean tried all they could to open the doors but they were locked into place.Dean leaned his back into Castiel and began to slam his feet down against the window to try and break it, but it was no use. Gabriel rubbed his hands together,he was thinking of a way to get them out of this. 

  “So what?!?”Aziraphale said. The fumes of the fire entered their lungs. Everyone except Gabriel and Jack,who was still unconscious,began to cough. Gabe was in a mediative state.

  The doors began to catch fire, then the windows. Cas began to choke. Aziraphale and Dean began to gasp for air. Crowley was unconscious behind the wheel. Sam had his flannel over his mouth. He looked over at Gabriel, silently imploring him to do something. Then it happened. Gabriel swiftly lifted an arm, snapped his finger, and suddenly-it began to rain inside the Bentley.

  Crowley’s head shot upright. He gripped the wet wheel, breathing in loudly to get oxygen into his lungs. The other occupants did the same thing. They all looked like fishes out of water. From the trunk,Adam growled. 

  Gabe cracked his finger.”Piece of cake. Is everyone alright?”

  Everyone mumbled answers. They were all still a little uneasy. It was visibly seen when Jack jolted upright. He had been passed out for half of the time, but the other half he had been seeing into what was to come. The battle that was about to go down between the four Horseman and them. But what he saw, he didn't know how to say. How could he know? It was now up to him to tell everyone that during battle, Cas would die. 

[doomedandstoned]

Fallout Ritualist:

A Visit with Mikko Kääriäinen of Cardinals Folly

~By Billy Goate (Editor in Chief)~

Photographs by Jouni Parkku

There's something about that voice. Mikko Kääriäinen (best known as Count Karnstein) of the Finnish band CARDINALS FOLLY croons like a stern master with ice water for blood. Dare not knock on the door of his estate seeking shelter from the tempest. His singing incites shivers as he wails and thrashes about, bemoaning the wiles of the devil and the fate of foodhardy thrill seekers. Mikko joined our own Stephanie V. Cantu for her podcast Crypt of Despair last year and I was eager to get to get a proper interview with him in these pages. Come with me now, into the shadows to a domain where doom is law and riffs conjure soul-stealing specters. This is the twisted realm of Cardinals Folly...

You draw significant inspiration from mysticism and the occult. What are your own beliefs about the supernatural? And while we're on the subject, have you ever encountered something uncanny, unearthly, or otherwise unexplainable?

I guess it's mere curiosity that has brought this devious individual and many others on the brink of great things. Teenage rebellion is a pathway to many things you will be able to truly understand later on, to expand your consciousness to unnatural levels. I believe in the devil as an ideal collaborator in spiritual rebellion -- a dark power of nature, relentless illumination, self-deification, and resistance of the right-hand path. A cultivated inspiration and idol for individuals like us. Of course, The Master will always take care of its own, the truly initiated and dedicated, and therefore things will always happen. From everyday charms to weirder incidents. I don´t want to pick out anything special, for it´s not about bragging how weird your life has been. That´s the naturality or unnaturality of this kind of mind -- you just live it. Nothing is that strange anymore. That´s almost like a Biblical term to me, at this point. Reference based on the many, the majority, what they would think.

Interesting. I’m guessing you’re well read on the occult. For the novice, what tomes would you recommend for reading? I’m guessing Dennis Wheatley’s novels will be among them, given the band's name.

Well, for someone willing to get both a factual and fictional overall briefing about the western esoteric and occult practices, I recommend the following starters:

Stephen Flowers: 'Lords of the Left-Hand Path' (1997)

Dennis Wheatley: 'The Devil and All His Works' (1971)

Don Web: 'Overthrowing the Old Gods: Aleister Crowley and the Book of the Law' (2013)

Trevor Ravenscroft: 'The Spear of Destiny' (1972)

Anton LaVey: 'The Satanic Bible' (1969)

H.P Blavatsky: 'The Secret Doctrine' (1888)

Eliphas Levi: 'Transcendental Magic: Its Doctrine and Ritual' (1855)

Dennis Wheatley: 'The Devil Rides Out' (1950) or 'Strange Conflict' (1941)

How long have you been singing and playing bass? I'm curious about what lit the fire inside of you to get started with both.

I started everything with this band. I needed a vision of a band to make happen, to actually give a damn. Never been one of those bedroom metal musicians. Cardinals Folly and its early version symbolize my musical career. I simply started to play bass and sing when we started playing doom in 2004, without having any experience. To be honest, the more I see in this life, the more I like my choices. There´s a shitload of stagnated bands out there. Bands with members who can play, but are pretty clueless about anything else. I´m glad I had no specific pattern to start laboring when we started. I´ve learned it all myself along the way, which certainly suits me very well. I´m a person of my own. Our heaviest influence among traditional doom bands was Reverend Bizarre, when we started. Reverend Bizarre was emerging in Finland and it felt the closest thing to us. Of course, there are also typical old school legends like Saint Vitus, Pentagram, Cathedral, etc., but Reverend Bizarre was so present, especially in our early works. Now all that really remains from their influence is the cinematic gothickry, but that I love too much to ever let it go. Besides, it´s nothing that unusual in metal, generally. They just did it really well, I want to do it even better -- really combine the themes and the music.

Holocaust of Ecstasy & Freedom by Cardinals Folly

I admit I’m a little late to the game. The Coven was the original incarnation of Cardinal’s Folly, right?

You could say so. The idea didn´t change one bit and we simply continued with a new drummer and new moniker. Like I said, we were total newbies back then to everything regarding functioning as a band, so we made up a proper fitting name hastily in our excitement, without giving it too much thought. Our first drummer left and we got a new one, who was really into doom and very experienced with the underground. So we forged our visions stronger and had more artistic approach. I found the true name for us and we set the course to where we are today.

Around 2012-2013, there was a complete change of line-up. Was the future of Cardinals Folly in doubt at that point in time?

I´ve always been very demanding regarding people´s input in Cardinals Folly. I never chose to be the leader of the band. It came naturally, because of my level of ambition, temperament, and vision. Cardinals Folly is my baby, and I was never truly happy with the input of the previous members. Our guitar player had no time to really play in a band and since we took our name in 2007, our drummer had always had self-doubts about his playing and we always argued about many things. He´s a friend of mine still, and probably always will be, but we weren´t exactly the dream team, musically. I was always pushing forward and he was stalling.

With Juho joining in guitar around 2012 and Joni in drums 2014, we got the right dedicated members to push things forward. The future of Cardinals Folly has never truly been in doubt, as it´s always been a major creative outlet for me. But you can speculate if I had made it to this point without these guys. Probably not. The band would exist anyway, but you kind of need the lineup to truly make it something. After all, band life is about sharing our views, rehearsing, talking crap, playing live, doing records, drinking together -- that´s what it is to me.

So how did you come to meet your current partners, Juho and Joni? You’re the primary songwriter, naturally, so I’m curious how these two contribute to or otherwise enhance your musical ideas.

They both just answered the ads I had left. I really like that I didn´t take them into the band because of some guaranteed friendship. They weren´t old fishing buddies. That sort of thing is overrated, when it comes to band members. Also, if the band has ambition, it can fuck over the friendship or the friendship can fuck over the band, if you know what I mean. You need brutal honesty, sometimes. Making music like Cardinals Folly is about ambition and vision, so it doesn´t help one bit if you´re a great guy otherwise. Previous members were perfect examples of that.

Juho trained on a few songs on acoustic guitar over the weekend up north at his parents and returned early from his holiday to make it to the audition down south, where he nailed everything totally. Joni did the same, without missing a beat. The musical collaboration and understanding is on a very high level here. An exceptionally high level that even most pro musicians can´t reach with each other for different personal reasons. I´ve seen this. We can together spice up the original idea and structure for a song without changing the atmosphere or screwing anything over. We simply enrich it with good flavors. I or Juho come up with a few matching riffs and we complete the song usually as a group, throwing in riffs and fixing the arrangements for whole band. The original idea remains, but grows some muscle around itself.

Lyrics sometimes exist already before the song, but usually some interesting theme pops up after the feeling I get from the music and I finish the lyrics in a frenzy of inspiration from that. In my opinion, combining the music with the fitting and believable lyrics of a similar atmosphere is very important. If you fuck that up, you´re not in the game anymore. Our approach is similar and we talk the same “language,” because we´re not educated musicians, but three guys on a mission they all completely understand, both spiritually and musically. I feel we´re a real band -- a three-piece unit. We work everything together, despite of who wrote the original ideas. Nothing is ever personal. We understand our art and wish to push it forward. That is the priority in Cardinals Folly for us all, despite also being friends. It's very easy for me to say this, since it´s nothing, but a transcription of what happens in the world of Cardinals Folly nowadays.

You balk at trendiness in music, “laughing at stoner/retro trends as Cardinals Folly since 2007.” In “Hyperborean,” there is the declamatory “No Trends!” in the chorus. Obviously it’s an important sentiment to you.

It feels very natural to me, that a metal band not only plays hard, but also views hard. With my current understanding of the music I´m doing, I certainly wouldn't settle for less, in any way. This is my chosen lifestyle. Metal music in general is dominated by trends, which is understandable, but spoils the danger and excitement levels of this kinda music completely. I´ll be honest with you, I rarely even listen to new doom anymore. I do still get excited when I hear something totally ass-ripping, like the new Caskets Open album, for an example, but mostly you can predict the moves of the bands, even their behavior. The whole thing is just like my mom making a metal band, and as much as I love my mom, she´s not cut out for this. I feel I need to look elsewhere if I want inspiration. I´m over 30, but I´m still a rebel. I just don´t feel it enough.

Are you coming across many acts that are going their own way, perhaps even a little misunderstood? We’d love to know about bands in Finland, in particular, that have earned your respect and patronage.

Well, just to make it short by recommending some Finnish bands you might not know about: Caskets Open, Seremonia, Kohti Tuhoa, Vinum Sabbatum, Slave Hands, Chestburster and why don´t you also check out the Lithuanian band Hellhookah, because so far Arnas is the only one staying up and downing vodka later than I do! Great people, great band.

Coalition of the Anathematized by Cardinals Folly / Church of Void / Acolytes of Moros

Cardinals Folly has been prolific, releasing a new full-length every two years. Last year, you brought us virtually two albums worth of songs, if you include that fantastic split with Church of Void and Acolytes of Moros. Are you tapped out or do you have more songs in the works for us? If so, it would be amazing if you could give us a hint about the material you’re toying with.

Well, I would never consider us being “tapped out” at this point, regardless of the song situation, since we´re hungry and nasty bastards, one of the few bands actually living the shit! Every week we do something, be it rehearsal, studio, a live gig, or just sitting at a bar together, getting nutty ideas.

And to back this up, I will humbly say that our fourth album, Deranged Pagan Sons, which will wipe the floor with all our previous works, will be released in the fall of 2017 on CD via Nine Records and LP via Topillo Records. Fresh start with couple of up-and-coming Euro labels and the very finest we can offer. Eight tracks and 48 minutes of brutal, barbaric, heavy, in-your-face doom metal. The songs are the best, the sound is the best, and for the first fucking time ever, I don´t really even hate my vocals.

That’s awesome news! I think I speak for many when I say I can't wait to give the new record a spin. As we wrap up the conversation, anything you'd like to share with fans, or at least those who by now are becoming curious?

Later this year, you gotta face our new album in all its power. Join the doom metal cult Cardinals Folly and its ventures. Ride with the doomed ones! Retreating from it doesn´t do good for your metal credibility, so I suggest you open yourselves to it. Dance with the devil. It can´t be ignored anymore. We are going to blow off some steam and live to win, even if some boring jerks keep saying it´s a sin.

Thank you for spending time with me and the Doomed & Stoned readers!

The pleasure was all mine, and will be.

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