The Real Housewife of Cook County

OK! Magazine released pictures of Rihanna’s new tattoo which is written backwards.  When she looks in the mirror, she will always see, “Never a failure Always a lesson.” It seems innocent enough.  Well, according to those in the know, satanists must learn to read and write backwards as part of their teachings.  Aleister Crowley, the guru of modern satanism (the guy that Jay-Z loves to quote) was a master of these teachings.

One of the first signs of Satanism is writing backwards. Aleister Crowley, the guru of modern Satanism (and mentor of many rock groups) taught in his magick handbook, Magick in Theory and Practice, for the occultist, “. . . let him learn to write backwards. . .”

“. . .train himself to think BACKWARDS by external means, as set forth here following.
(a) Let him learn to write BACKWARDS. . .
(b) Let him learn to walk BACKWARDS. . .
(c) Let him. . . listen to phonograph records REVERSED
(d) Let him practice speaking BACKWARDS. . .
(e) Let him learn to read BACKWARDS. . .”
(Crowley, Aleister. Magick: Liber ABA, book four, 1994 Ordo Templi Orientis ediiton, p. 639)

But hey, it could all be an innocent way of encouraging herself, right?