Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1910-10-18
BY WILLIAM VAN DE wEYDe

| lJyS1sI]YssSSq EW YORK now has IT'S
! EA, Vs9dSl little cult of "Satanists'
! EGh NH6H or "Diabolists"-w worship.
! ENSSH RR1 ers of evil, or OF the
| kSy&V BH51J devil, Satan. Paris has
'-1'A'7-''' A''kI known them for centu
/ ries; Berlin hasprobably several co
| tories; London possibly one or two
Martinique was their headquarters IN
this hemisphere until Mont Pelee had
IT'S awful cataoylsm and wiped out
St. Pierre and It's $4,000 souls. But
now the cult has come to New York
It's coming has not been heralded
Of course. No member will admit his
membership-yes there are women
initiates here. Just as there are else.
whore. The meeting place IS n Sc.
crct; the membership not Of record.
There is no book of the coterie-noth-
ing but n few spoken words will iden-
tify member To keep in hiding
Is the chief design of these strange
people who profess to worship Lucifer,
though in reality their strange rites
are mocLery of all religion.
Services" they call their regular
meetings. They are held in rooms on
the lower West side of New York.
Everything is shrouded in the utmost
secrecy. Tho meetings are held late
at night and under the gulse of n Sc
cret fraternal order. Even the jani.
tor of the building where the few
members meet does not know who his
tenants may be--to him they are Faem-
bers of some vague brotherhood. just
ms others who use that room on other
nights, and all the other organizations
must meet i'm other rooms there.
They sometimes call themselves
"Tho Hormetic Brotherhood of Chal-
dea." which means nothing at all, and,
least of all-dovil worshipl But Lu-
cifer to this group is hailed IS the
incarnation of all that is really worth
while. And to blaspheme God and
religion is their delight. Their form
of worship" IS simply an obscene
travesty of the sacred ritual of the
church.
In the old days, when diabolism was
quite common in Europe and espe,
cially in France, tho sacrifice of a
child was part of the blasphemous
rites of the devil worshipers. OF
course. In New York such practice
is tabooed. This was later changed
abroad to the slaughter of n dove or
n lamb, but even this Is no part OF
the services" OF the New York group
who have very lively respect for the
law, and don't desire to get caught.
How do know this?
Authentic knowledge.
Simply because in my capacity as a
professional photographer I'm New
York was called upon to take photo.
graphs of these strange persons while
they were at this strange rites. was
sworn to secrecy. Before could get
the order for the work / had to swear
that | would neither tell the place OF
tho meeting nor give the names OF
any person present. After the photo,
graphs had been taken and delivered
| asked one OF the members II he
would not. Just for veriflcation, give
me his real name and address, with
the promise that even then II would
not be published. He threw up his
hands In mock horror.
I'D just as willingly go out and
commit murder as to admit belonged
10 this group of devil worshipers!" he
protested. | would be ruined for.
ever. not only in New York, but all
over the world"
Nevertheless | can say for Ger.
tainty that devil worship exists in
New York. Today It's devotees prac,
tice the "black mass" or "messe
noire," Just as II was practiced in
France but in milder degree. II is
revelation of the depths to which
blasphemy can sink. even in such an
enlightened country as the United
States. 1t is enough to make one
who believes I'm anything wonder that
such things can exist. was present
st the meeting for time and was al.
lowed to hear their creed" II
runs:
"To thee, Luclfer. consecrate my.
self with respect, love and faith. Thou
art the God of Good. and will prom
Use TO hate the God OF Evil. Thou
art the Spirit Of Truth and shall for
ever hate lalsohood. hypocrisy and su.
pelst.Non Thou. Oh Luclfer art the
tc.rcl listt, and lorsW oav darkness: