The Satanic Reds, "FAQ for Satanic Reds - Social Realist Organization" (circa 2001)

Summary, in English

This chapter addresses the organization known as the Satanic Reds, which was founded in the latter half of the 1990s by Tani Jantsang and Philip Marsh. The organization has been described as a ”virtual audience cult,” and even though it is clear that several people have contributed in shaping it, the organization has been especially influenced by its two founders. Jantsang and Marsh have spoken for the Satanic Reds in a large number of texts, making it known, among other things, for its strong Internet presence. The chapter then looks at the “FAQ for Satanic Reds—Social Realist Organization,” which deals briefly and more or less concisely with a number of subjects, among these the organization’s views on the Devil, its political ideology, and its relationship to other esoteric and Satanist groups. In connection with the interpretation of the Devil, the FAQ also expresses one of the common motifs of older occult discourse on the satanic: the concept of Satan as misunderstood by Christian theology. Ultimately, the FAQ and other texts connected to the Satanic Reds are characterized by viewpoints and terminology taken from Asian, especially Indian, philosophy and religion, as well as frequent appeals to the natural sciences.

• Author: Johan Nilsson
• Editor: Per Faxneld; Johan Nilsson
• Department/s: History of Religions and Religious Behavioural Science
• Publishing year: 2023
• Language: English
• Pages: 285-305
• Publication/Series: Satanism : A Reader
• Links: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199913534.003.0017
• Document type: Book chapter
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Topic: History of Religions
• Keywords: Esotericism; Netnography; Satanic Reds; Tani Jantsang; Philip Marsh; Devil; Satanist groups; Satan; Indian philosophy; Indian religion
• Status: Published
• ISBN/ISSN/Other: ISBN: 9780199913558; ISBN: 9780199913534; ISBN: 9780197650394; ISBN: 9780197650400