On this 14 June, LXI A.S. 9sense podcast episode, Adam will discuss Astrology, Replace Your Lawn, and Outlast: The Jungle. Join LIVE in YouTube chat and share your thoughts!
Time Stamps:
- 0:00 Intro
- 13:58 1. The Devil’s Advocate – Astrology
- 32:41 2. Infernal Informant – Replace Your Lawn
- 51:17 3. Creature Feature – Outlast: The Jungle
- 1:03:14 Outro
About 9sense
9sense is a live weekly Satanic podcast hosted by Adam, a Satanist in the Church of Satan, exploring Satanism, current events, and modern culture through a sharp third-side perspective. Founded in 2011 (XLVI A.S.), the show breaks down Satanic philosophy in real-world practice, cultural trends, media, and controversial topics with intelligence, humor, and unapologetic honesty. Now in its 15th year, 9sense streams live every Sunday night, offering long-form discussion for viewers who want independent thought, critical analysis, and authentic Satanic commentary—without dogma, censorship, or compromise.
About the Church of Satan
The Church of Satan, founded in 1966 by Anton Szandor LaVey, is the first openly established Satanic religion in history. It is an atheistic, rational philosophy that uses Satan as a symbol of individualism, personal sovereignty, pride, and the unapologetic acceptance of humanity’s carnal nature. Rejecting superstition, external gods, and imposed guilt, the Church of Satan emphasizes self-responsibility, reason, and the pursuit of one’s own interests in the real world. Far from myths of evil or chaos, Satanism is about living authentically, embracing pleasure without shame, and standing against hypocrisy, herd mentality, and authoritarian belief systems.
Show Notes
Intro
Welcome to 9sense. 9sense is a Satanic perspective of our modern world. My name is Adam and it’s great to have you. It’s June 14th and I’ve got a hell-of-a show for you this week!
- Flag Day
- Haircut
Discussion
1. The Devil’s Advocate
- Letters From The Devil
- The Exploiter – June 28, 1970
- Astrology
- Everyone who wishes to be an accomplished witch or warlock should learn the fundamentals of astrology—but not be controlled by it!
- It is a tool for manipulation
- Nothing is more universally secure and perennial as astrology, not religion or gods
- A wise sorcerer believes in it, because he knows the majority of the civilized world believes in it
- If enough believe in a hoax, the hoax becomes reality
- Astrology wins out because of that most effective sales appeal of all–ego, alias vanity!
- Everyone believes in it if for only a few minutes, because it’s about themself
- Most humans can;’t make decisions for themselves, they need someone else to do it for them.
- It coexists with Christianity so its safe
- It’s a self fulfilling prophesy
- Why it works:
- Based on scientific principle of the solar system, mathematics, time, biology, endocrinology
- A consistent shot in the arm for the ego
- It’s esoteric, but easy to understand
- Socially acceptable conversation piece
- It’s more scintillating of a conversation than religion
- It’s seen as safe
- Allows freedom from making your own decisions
- Flexible in application
- It’s been around long enough to emboss itself on the collective unconscious
- Points to the moons influence over the tides, behavior, etc for proof
- Appears valid for those who do act in accordance
- The dogma is the controlling factor–not the stars!
- Closes out with:
- But remember, you’re only Satanic if your dark indulgences harm no one, nor infringe upon the rights of others. With this in mind, SIN WELL–until next week!
2. Infernal Informant
- How much do you receive to replace your lawn in Utah — and why does it differ from city to city?
- Want to replace your lawn? How much you could get back depends on where you live.
- My recent article about Utah Gov. Spencer Cox’s emergency water declarations — and the relative fecklessness of them — got a lot of responses from readers and Salt Lake Tribune video consumers alike. In general, I think it’s fair to say that most respondents wanted to see the state do more to change the trajectory of Utah’s water usage.
- One of those respondents, though, flagged an interesting side story for me: Utah’s regulations on water use in new developments.
- You see, while the majority of Utah’s water goes to agriculture, the share going to residential watering has been increasing over the decades. Here’s the data since 1950 — with a caveat that the government’s methodology for tracking water changed significantly in 2015.
- That growth makes sense — as Utah adds more people and houses, of course residential water use increases too. But obviously, a limited supply of water remains, so if Utah let residential water use grow indefinitely, we’d find ourselves in trouble in the decades to come. One solution would be to stop population growth overall, but that’s relatively infeasible.
- So the next possible solutions are to:
- Reduce the amount of water current residents use.
- Reduce the amount of water new residents use.
- Because most residential water goes to outdoor watering, the best way to do both is probably lawn reduction. For current residents, you want to incentivize them to remove their lawns for much more water-wise landscaping. For future residents, you want to make the landscaping that surrounds homes in new developments as water-efficient as possible.
- Here’s where it gets a little spicy. Naturally, you could just enact laws that do both of those things separately. But in an interesting piece of strategy, the Utah Legislature and the Division of Water Resources (DWR) have tied those two ideas together.
- You see, 2023’s SB118, co-sponsored by Republican Sen. Scott Sandall and Democratic Rep. Doug Owens, established long-term funding for a statewide lawn replacement incentive program. But in order for a current property to be eligible for the program, the municipality in which the property resides must implement “regional-based water use efficiency standards.”
- Those standards, as determined by the DWR, reduce the amount of lawn that can be installed in new developments. In particular:
- There can be no lawn on park strips or areas less than 8 feet wide.
- New commercial, industrial, and institutional development must be less than 20% lawn.
- In Washington County, no more than 15% of the total lot size in new residential development can be lawn.
- In Salt Lake, Utah, Weber, and Davis counties, no more than 35% of the front and side yard landscaped area in new residential development can be lawn.
- And in all other counties in Utah, no more than 50% of the front and side yard landscaped area in new residential development can be lawn.
- The upside of this tactic is that you can get municipalities on board with somewhat “hidden” regulations that normally only apply to developers, as a result of public pressure from everyday residents who have heard about this statewide program and want money to change their yards.
- The downside of this tactic is that the cities can balk, and then all of a sudden, you have the worst of both worlds — those residents can’t be reimbursed for lawn replacement and the city’s new development is just as water-wasteful as before.
- The good news is that most of Utah’s cities have chosen to implement these standards (or stronger ones) and therefore are eligible for the program. In a 2026 legislative update, DWR said that 65% of Utah residents were eligible.
- But some very notable cities have not: Provo, Logan, Orem, and Ogden among them. Instead, some of those cities have chosen to work directly with their local water district to offer reduced incentive programs. For example, while Salt Lake City residents can get $3 per square foot to replace their lawns, Provo residents only receive $1.50 per square foot thanks to the limited funding from the Central Utah Water Conservancy District.
- And Logan has no such avenue. A representative from the Cache Water District asked the city to consider implementing the water standards in an April City Council meeting, but the city has not made those changes so far. The water district, meanwhile, doesn’t assign as much funding for water conservation as other local districts.
- Here’s the list of Utah’s top 30 cities by population, and where they stand:
- There is only limited comment available from officials from cities who haven’t adopted the standards. Provo City Council Chair Katrice MacKay told KUER that the council “made a decision that it wasn’t the right thing for Provo” because Provo’s aquifers and natural water flow meant they shouldn’t face the same rules as the rest of the state. Councilor Rachel Whipple said the “8 foot limit probably is not appropriate for Provo” in a 2023 council work meeting
- In Layton, City Council member Clint Morris “expressed concern the ordinance eliminated the freedom from the property owner relative to affordable landscaping.” And in Ogden, the consensus of the Ogden Valley Planning Commission was that “residents should be allowed to do what they want with their landscaping.”
- In some ways, I’m understanding of those arguments. After all, the lawn replacement program only saved about 300 acre-feet in 2024, which just isn’t enough of a dent to greatly impact the Great Salt Lake. There are bigger fish to fry.
- But the water saved by smarter new development is more notable. Some more back-of-the-napkin math (akin to that done in my last article on the subject) indicates that implementing the new residential development restrictions statewide would save, extremely roughly, 2,000 acre-feet per year — per year of new development. Over the course of decades of development, that actually does add up. And that doesn’t take into account the commercial, industrial, and institutional restrictions, for which the math is harder to estimate.
- It’s probably those development restrictions that are most important to actually implement. Rather than counting on cities to follow the carrot of lawn-replacement incentives to the right path, the state should probably just require them statewide.
3. Creature Feature
- Outlast: The Jungle
- https://www.netflix.com/title/82131768
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outlast_(TV_series)
- Log Line:
- On a remote tropical island, 16 players must survive the elements, outmaneuver rivals and remain part of a team for a chance to win a $1 million prize.
- Season 1 & 2: Alaska
- Season 3: Panamanian jungle
Outro
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