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Intense feelings erupted all over North America in the early 1980s that continued well into the late 1990s over an issue that was said to threaten the very social order of modern society. It was believed that over centuries, Satanists had organized complex societies all over the world and had been performing Satanic Ritual Abuse (SRA) on unsuspecting victims regularly. The initial investigations into SRA were conducted by anthropologists and sociologists, who failed to find evidence of SRA actually occurring; instead they concluded that SRA was a result of rumors and folk legends that were spread by “media hype, Christian fundamentalism, mental health and law enforcement professionals and child abuse advocates” (The Dilemma of Ritual Abuse: Cautions and Guides for Therapists. Fraser, GA - 1997). Nonetheless Satanic Ritual Abuse became a moral panic that seemed to distort normal childhood fears and fantasies into a so-called crime epidemic that was never able to produce evidence of criminal activity. A confused person is invited to believe the age-old battle of good versus evil is still being fought in modern communities, and that the devil could be the reason for all these unexplainable events. By tempting our initial sense of wonderment into a familiar state of delusion a person can feel more comfortable accepting a fantastic series of baffling events. Using bizarre and unusual imagery to visually suggest an eccentric world that seems to suggest a larger mystery Satanic Panic is a mass hallucination of emotional recognition. Placing importance on what could be real each image presents an innocent form of stimulation luring the viewer into a fantasy that will arouse a childish sense of wonder.

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Bring the Giant Satan-With-an-Erection Statue Back to East Vancouver

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The Hessdalen light is an unexplained light usually seen in the Hessdalen valley in the municipality of Holtålen in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. Unusual lights have been reported here since the 1940s or earlier. Especially high activity of Hessdalen lights took place from December 1981 until the summer of 1984 when lights were observed 15–20 times per week. The Hessdalen light most often is a bright, white or yellow light of unknown origin standing or floating above the ground level. Sometimes the light can be seen for more than one hour.

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Study with costume /study with light — disguised personality, 2012 Original photography.

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More moral panics will be generated and other, as yet nameless, folk devils will be created. This is not because such developments have an inexorable inner logic, but because our society as present structured will continue to generate problems for some of its members...and then condemn whatever solution these groups find.

Stanley Cohen (1972): Folk Devils and Moral Panics London

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Study in printed materials -- Zine club edition, 2013 Original design and photography

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Sioux ghost dance - 1894 Nanissáanah, also called the Ghost Dance of 1890 was a new religious movement incorporated into numerous Native American belief systems. According to the prophet Jack Wilson (Wovoka)'s teachings, proper practice of the dance would reunite the living with the spirits of the dead and bring peace, prosperity, and unity to native peoples throughout the region. The basis for the Ghost Dance, the circle dance, is a traditional ritual which has been used by many Native Americans since prehistoric times, but this new form was first practiced among the Nevada Paiute in 1889. The practice swept throughout much of the Western United States, quickly reaching areas of California and Oklahoma inducing the population into a moral panic. As the Ghost Dance spread from its original source, Native American tribes synthesized selective aspects of the ritual with their own beliefs. This process often created change in both the society that integrated it, and in the ritual itself.

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Characteristics of a Moral Panic

Moral panics have several distinct features. According to Goode and Ben-Yehuda, moral panic consists of the following characteristics: Concern – There must be awareness that the behaviour of the group or category in question is likely to have a negative effect on society. Hostility – Hostility towards the group in question increases, and they become "folk devils". A clear division forms between "them" and "us". Consensus – Though concern does not have to be nationwide, there must be widespread acceptance that the group in question poses a very real threat to society. It is important at this stage that the "moral entrepreneurs" are vocal and the "folk devils" appear weak and disorganised. Disproportionality – The action taken is disproportionate to the actual threat posed by the accused group. Volatility – Moral panics are highly volatile and tend to disappear as quickly as they appeared due to a wane in public interest or news reports changing to another topic.

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In Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man Marshall McLuhan imparts his famous maxim, “the medium is the message”. For McLuhan the terms media and technology are interchangeable and claims that their impact on our lives must be judged not by the content they disseminate but by the nature of the medium itself. In this book the term 'moral panic' is first given an academic treatment leading to its intellectual development through the 60's and 70's, straight into the 1990s called "the age of the moral panic" by American sociologists Kenneth Thompson.

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A walking study of Sointula -- wind swept field an bleeding hearts, 2013 Original photography.

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Satanic Panic and Miranda Barbour -- http://www.cbc.ca/player/Radio/Day+6/ID/2438899671/ Brent comments on the movement of the 80s and 90s as modern accused serial killer Miranda Barbour attempts to stir up controversy on the heals of her arrest. Brent speaks to the High Priest of the Church of Satan, Grand Magus Peter Gilmore, and sociologist Mary de Young.

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cover her face, mine eyes dazzle, she died young.

John Webster The Duchess of Malfi -- Ferdinand, after looking at the dead body of his sister, the Dutchess Act four, scene two

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Study of a very important burial grounds -- Alert Bay BC, 2013 Original photography.

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