TRON said:

Oh, she's a pussycat. She kissed me on the lips and I survived. Of course, she ripped off one of my legs afterwards as part of her bizarre preying mantis mating ritual, but that's okay. I've got another leg.

That makes me feel better. But how do you dance?

TRON said:

Let's just say I have my own special style.

from http://www.choler.com/art...alas.shtml

…well I know that a lot of your work is about empowerment ...

Yep.

I was walking around the other day and I had a revelation about your music. I realized that, when I hear it, I don’t feel annoyed or scared. It actually kind of pumps me up.

Oh cool. I like that.

And that seems to be the response from most of my friends who listen to you as well.

Oh, I like that! We did a show at Carnegie Hall at Halloween. And I did it in dedication to my best friend who just died of AIDS a few months ago. And I put it on that day because I see that day, Halloween, because I see it as a day that recognizes the saints. It’s the day before All Soul’s Day, it recognizes the saints who are defined in the American College Dictionary as "formally recognized by the Christian Church as worthy of veneration on Earth and a place in Heaven." And I had to change but one word in order to make sense of this, which is to say "persons who were formerly recognized by the Christian Church as being worthy of veneration on Earth and a place in Heaven," but who are now attacked and stalked like witches. And that makes perfect sense.

And that corresponds to the efforts by some people who have tried to pigeonhole you by saying that, "She just makes Satanic music." And you’ve responded by saying, in a sense, you do make Satanic music, in that Satan is the spiritual resource of those people who were "formerly recognized by the Christian Church…"

Right. Exactly. It’s the same as what Baudelaire says, "O Prince of Exile." He refers to Satan as a "Prince of Exile…who once ruled." It’s the same thing, and so I talk a lot about this kind of inversion of power, but I think a lot of the things I talk about can not be understood in very traditional terms. I think that, when people think about Satanism, they think about Anton LaVey and they think about all these things which, for me, represent a kind of Las Vegas Satanism. It’s not really what I’m talking about.

It’s a glitzy, fun Satanism.

Yeah. I mean, I have nothing against him. I think he’s probably very entertaining, I don’t know his stuff, but it really isn’t what I’m talking about.

Jasziah said:

First of all, I don't believe in 'sin' if you define it as the guilt-ridden thing religions have evolved to tell us they are, and to avoid at all costs. I don't believe in it. I believe the real meaning of 'sin' was to 'forget'. I prefer to keep it that way.

Example:
You see some "crazy-ass" people fighting on the news. Killing, looting, you name it. All you see are the results. Just like when you see that ad for shampoo on TV, never knowing or caring where, why or how it's made, and who or what was abused in the process. We see end-results on TV. We rarely ever get a real glimpse into the lives of the ones killing and why they do it. I can assure you everything comes down to logic in the end and not some "being". Treat people with respect, you will be respected. People don't just start killing for FUN. How they were brought up and their environment, the injustices in their lives, their very survival being disrespected and abused has a LOT to do with what sort of decisions they make and what they end up doing in the end. Garbage in = garbage out.

Or do you still believe the earth is flat and flatulence is devilish? Both common beliefs at one stage, and anyone that tried to challenge it was seen as 'from the devil', if again, you define the devil as a being/spirit/entity whatever as it promoted now.

It's exactly what a Luciferian (satanist) would say. During the 1800s, Freemasons were exposed and hated. How did they win back the heart of America? By doing the same charitable deeds Diamanda is doing. Her explanation of Halloween being a day to recognize the "saints" is bogus. She means gods. There's nothing Christian about that "holiday." It's a high-holy day among witches, luciferians and satanists. Nothing Christian about it.

Yeah. I mean, I have nothing against [Satan]. I think he’s probably very entertaining, I don’t know his stuff, but it really isn’t what I’m talking about.

She's definitely following Crowley's call to "think backwards." Sheesh.

Actually, I wouldn't be surprised if she hung out with Billy Graham. Probably at some party held by some religious group -- maybe the World Council of Churches or some other Vatican II sponsored ecumenical event. Though I doubt he'd want it made it public.

Now, if she was hanging out with David Wilkerson (davidwilkerson.org), then I'd have to wonder.