Occult influencer Maevius Lynn has ditched her plans to become a priestess, saying local OTO politics turned spiritual work into a nasty little power game. The occultist and YouTuber said the Order’s old rumour mill about women being pushed into the priestess role is not what hit her. “I have been blocked. My progress, I have been bullied. I have been shamed. I have not had the opportunity to be a priestess at all in my tradition, at all.” Lynn claims she was frozen out of opportunities and shut out of the admin who keeps people moving, with deadlines and paperwork somehow never reaching her. She says the sniping escalated into a smear campaign led by someone in a position of authority. Lynn said: “It got to a point where it wasn't just like little jabs at me in person and little henpecking going on. It got to the point where someone was making up lies about me to try to ruin my reputation behind my back. And what a stupid way to spend your time, really. What a childish, path...

Washington County Drug Task Force has arrested comedy black magician E A [living god] Koetting on a variety of drug-related charges after stopping his car in the Bloomington area.  Capt. Kyle Whitehead of the task force said Koetting was charged under his real name of Matthew Joseph Lawrence, 33, and was charged with five third-degree felony counts for possession of drugs, one third-degree felony counts of being restricted possessors of a firearm, and one misdemeanour count each for possession of drugs and drug paraphernalia. They were released from the appropriately named Purgatory Correctional Facility on bail. Whitehead said their arrest occurred a week after the task force received a tip from a confidential informant. After conducting the traffic stop, investigators searched the roommates' residence in the 500 West block of Los Alamitos Drive. The search uncovered cocaine, methamphetamine, marijuana, and other drugs, along with a gun, Whitehead said.