Hidden in Plain Sight #1: El Diablo

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“People that are Christians now, but were satanists, recognized President Clinton’s signal at his inauguration as a sign of Satan. That seems fairly cut and dried, and it is. Clinton communicated what he wanted to the people to whom he wanted to communicate. The whole affair with him flashing the satanic hand signal took only a couple of seconds.”

– Fritz Springmeier, Blood of the Illuminati

This is the first of four (maybe more) blog posts.

Manuela’s mother says she was, however, increasingly disturbed over her daughter’s lifestyle. Especially when Manuela had two teeth removed and had metal vampire fangs implanted. She was also taken aback by her daughter’s tattoo—an upside down cross on her scalp.

But the hand sign? “Well,” she said, “I thought it was like the sign the deaf give, meaning, I love you.”

“I often heard Manuela say she was not of this world and was a satanic vampire,” recounted her mother, “but I figured it was just so much silly talk. Just another way of living. After all, not every Goth vampire ends up sacrificing victims to Satan.”

My hypothesis is that Satan leaves his calling card hidden in plain sight.

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Keep it metal! \m/

This post concerns the sign of the horns. Apparently, it was popularised by the late Ronnie James Dio.

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Ronnie James Dio was known for popularizing the sign of the horns in heavy metal. He claimed his Italian grandmother used it to ward off the evil eye (which is known in the Italian culture as malocchio). Dio began using the sign soon after joining the metal band Black Sabbath in 1979. The previous singer in the band, Ozzy Osbourne, was rather well known at using the “peace” sign at concerts, raising the index and middle finger in the form of a V. Dio, in an attempt to connect with the fans, wanted to similarly use a hand gesture. However, not wanting to copy Osbourne, he chose to use the sign his grandmother always made. The horns became famous in metal concerts very soon after Black Sabbath’s first tour with Dio. The sign would later be appropriated by heavy metal fans under the name “maloik”, a corruption of the original malocchio.

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Terry “Geezer” Butler of Black Sabbath can be seen “raising the horns” in a photograph taken in 1971. This would indicate that the “horns” and their association with metal occurred much earlier than Ronnie James Dio suggests. The photograph is included in the CD booklet of the Symptom of the Universe: The Original Black Sabbath 1970–1978 compilation album.

I can’t find the photo.

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The “El Diablo” hand sign often is confused with the deaf’s signing of the phrase, “I love you.” While at first this appears an odd resemblance, we register an “ahh, I get it!” emotion when we discover that the person who invented, or created, the hand sign system for the deaf, Helen Keller, was herself an occultist and Theosophist. Did Keller purposely design the deaf’s “I love you” sign to be such a remarkable imitation of the classic sign of Satan? Was Keller saying, basically, “I love you, Devil?”

Frato Metallo uses it. (The sign language version.) But is it metal? Is it of God?

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Even Pastor Bob defends the use of the “devil horns”.

Personally, I don’t feel comfortable with the use of the devil’s horns symbol.

I think the devil’s horns symbol symbolises the devils’s horns. Call me old-fashioned.

If I’m at a metal concert – or anywhere else that I mean business – what’s wrong with a fist thrown in the air?

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4 thoughts on “Hidden in Plain Sight #1: El Diablo”

  1. This is an interesting subject.
    Anton Lavey loved to pose with the sign of the horned hunter.
    Allister Crowley too.
    I am sure you will get on to this as you write the other blog posts.
    I found your ‘Helen Keller reference very interesting…. I would hazard to guess that if she was an oculist she knew exactly what she was doing.
    We also have many other occult symbolisms coming through in Pop rock music.
    Korn’s pointing fingers on the side of the head…. Satans horns.
    Lady Ga ga evil eye…. etc.
    I look forward to the rest of this series….
    Satan…. the god of Rock and roll.

    kisha
    Ke$ha’s Incubus.
    http://blog.eternalvigilance.me/2013/10/kehas-incubus/

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