Escapism

great post, but according to the Church of Satan's fundamental beliefs they don't worship Satan, nor do they make animal sacrifices. though people do whatever in the name of religion so who knows.
 
 
 
 
 
 
either way, i don't get the big deal. lana didn't announce that she is now the devil's mistress and her music is dedicated to evil. 
 
i'm so curious to know what this is for. what if it's not for the album at all but a project that chuck is working on?

i dont care if lana is just doing a loose ~dark witchy gal~ theme for her album or shes actually a devout paganist or satanist, why would that mean you couldnt enjoy her music?

There's a lot of talk about Satanism right now.
 
I've read the Satanic bible a hundred times over. Satanists CAN worship Satan - it's called SATANism for a reason. However, like all religions, there are different levels of commitment one can have to the religion. Some people choose to incorporate some Satanic beliefs into their lives, others go all the way (like becoming a member of the Church of Satan - yes, this really exists).
 
Satanism can actually be very reasonable in terms of living without many constrictions (unlike the bible) and most followers are very kind and respectful to each other. It's a free religion and although I don't identify as a Satanist, I can agree with a lot of the things Satanists believe. But of course you get the very bad things like sacrificing Rams, babies and/or virgins (this DOES happen, there have been many reported cases of it) but overall I don't think it's all too common. But c'mon, I don't think Lana would ever sacrifice animals or a human, let's be fuckking real.
 
I understand why some of you are put off by Satanism, it can be a bad religion at times, just like any other religion. It has it's good and bad beliefs and good and bad followers.
 
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Now, on to Lana and Satanism:
 
To be brutally honest, I think Lana is just going for the aesthetic for the upcoming album/music video. Although I don't doubt she may have an interest in occultism, but that's perfectly fine in my opinion.
 
For those who don't know, Lana identifies as a CATHOLIC. NOT Pagan, NOT Satanist, NOT Buddhism etc. So please take that into account. Although I suppose people can change but we don't personally know Lana, so we can't really say.
 
Overall, please stop overreacting. Please stop being so butt hurt. Some people are into different things and that's okay, we can't all be the same. If Lana is a Satanist, personally I'd be okay with it as long as she doesn't go to the extreme lengths of the religion like sacrificing babies and animals.

people need to educate themselves on what "satanism" actually is. it has nothing to do with worshipping satan. (also, p.s., satan isn't real.)
 
i don't think lana is even a satanist, though. i think she's deeply fascinated by the esoteric and mysticism and the so-called "dark" side of life. 

Well I hope she doesn't give a fuck because what we think doesn't really matter in the end. If she's into this, who cares, she makes amazing music and that's really the only thing we even need to worry about  
I'm honestly really tired of the people who are freaking out about her tweet. I'm here for the music and Lana as a person is just a plus. And if she's a witch, cool. If not, cool.

The witch theme gives me life

Hey kids
I've been drawing Lana for years now and I've shared some of my drawings as status updates here but I've decided to start a topic where I'll be posting them for you to see. Any comments would be appreciated.
So here's the newest one, inspired by the LOVE music video and the song itself:
 
https://www.instagram.com/p/BQ89NQKA6E0/
 

 
There is a lot more on my IG page, also other people (Gaga, Marilyn Monroe, BANKS and others) so feel free to check them out

Watch it never get released 

Ok so we have a car, and probably large panoramas, what I wonder is if it's gonna be a continuation of just the theme or a continuation of the story itself, like we're still in space or something, basically exactly what theviolence just said as I'm realizing writing it lol. Anyways even if it doesn't features as much cgi and stuff I'm happy he directs it because I feel like he really gets where Lana want to go and the grain of the video makes me feel like I'm in a Neil pic. The colour scheme is interesting too 

Is it possible this could be for the album trailer?

So who is going to put a curse on Chuck to give her photography/video skills?   I'll be damned if she gives us another crap album cover! 

I'm just going to speak about the witch thing: 
I do think that perhaps the whole witch thing could be for aesthetic purposes, but we don't know Lana personally to make any kind of judgement on that.
Her motive? Perhaps for promo/marketing of an upcoming music video, a political statement, or just plain truth. But we do not know, so we can't judge.
I think Lana is spiritually and religiously open minded so it's possible she is getting into different things. Why dislike her for that?
Also, witches aren't hexing Trump, any advanced witch/practitioner knows if you hex or use Magick for bad, it'll come back around to you twice as bad (karma). It is merely to cast spells to protect Trump from making bad desicions in the near future.

sayonara bîtch

Buzzfeed is absolute cancer. They do not deserve to speak Lana's name

This forum rn

 
Fun fact: Connie Booth, the actress playing the "witch", was the neighbor of former forum member @@SugarVenom/@Chloe.

He's a member of The Last Shadow Puppets. Link here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/audiovideo/popular#p04twrrc

Components:
Unflattering photo of Trump (small); see below for one you can print
Tower tarot card (from any deck)
Tiny stub of an orange candle (cheap via Amazon)
Pin or small nail (to inscribe candle)
White candle (any size), representing the element of Fire
Small bowl of water, representing elemental Water
Small bowl of salt, representing elemental Earth
Feather (any), representing the element of Air
Matches or lighter
Ashtray or dish of sand

She can do whatever she wants but Nowels needs to go to the moon for a while, and she'd better let Justin Parker and Tim Larcombe write something for her

used to love this oh wow

i like how people are freaking out over the witchcraft thing and im just sitting here like

I don't know if it's just me but the new image reminds me a lot of some scenes from Twin Peaks, specifically:
 

Honestly I love Neil and Chuck, but based on what Lana said about the album, I'm a little worried about the photoshoot
I actually love a lot of Chuck's work- Tropico, National Anthem, etc. and now come to think of it, she may actually be one of my favorite Lana photographers
Neil's work was amazing during the UV era in terms of fitting with the albums theme (honestly just thinking about it, makes my heart melt).
Honeymoon on the other hand... I just don't know what's wrong, I don't know why I dislike it, but I just do.
I think one issue is, is Chuck's work, it's some of her worst that I've seen.  I don't think all the photos are bad, but a good portion of them just aren't the best.
I actually like Neil's stuff, but I feel as if it was all over the place and a couple of the photos looked like they could be UV outtakes. I don't know there's just something about his work that just wasn't as good as UV.
Then combining them together was just a mess. I mean, I guess we get two different perspectives, but it's just odd looking at the entire photoshoot side by side.  I don't know I'm sure someone else could explain it better.

I don't know if it's just me but the new image reminds me a lot of some scenes from Twin Peaks, specifically:
 

what the f*ck is this spell thing?? Lana is gonna make a live stream?? I go away for a few hours and everything happens.
 
Now, all of us are like...