You can judge a person by the people she surrounds herself with. On that ground, Hillary Clinton should never be allowed access to the awesome power of the federal government. There is no need to mention to AT readers the bizarre background of Huma Abedin, scion of a Muslim Brotherhood family who actually worked on an MB journal. Nor the shudder-inducing practice of wearing matching outfits, nor the sometimes worshipful language used by the protégé for her benefactor.

For today, the focus is on John Podesta, whose brother Tony is one of the wealthiest and most influential lobbyists in Washington, the epitome of the self-dealing beltway establishment. It turns out that Tony is into some, shall we say, alternative spiritual guidance. Infowars has the story.

 In what is undoubtedly the most bizarre Wikileaks revelation to date, Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta was invited to a “spirit cooking dinner” by performance artist Marina Abramovic, to take part in an occult ritual founded by Satanist Aleister Crowley.

In an email dated June 28, 2015, Abramovic wrote, “I am so looking forward to the Spirit Cooking dinner at my place. Do you think you will be able to let me know if your brother is joining? All my love, Marina.”

Tony Podesta then forwarded the email to his brother John Podesta (Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman), asking him, “Are you in NYC Thursday July 9 Marina wants you to come to dinner.”

We don’t know if John Podesta accepted his brother’s invitation.

Abramovic has a flair for satanic symbolism:

She explains herself:

The Slammer comments visually:

So we have the closest advisers of Hillary Clinton actively seeking to change Catholic Church teachings, and on the fringes of spirituality that is kinky, to say the least:

Spirit cooking refers to “a sacrament in the religion of Thelema which was founded by Aleister Crowley” and involves an occult performance during which menstrual blood, breast milk, urine and sperm are used to create a “painting”.

According to Marina Abramovic, if the ritual is performed in an art gallery, it is merely art, but if the ritual is performed privately, then it represents an intimate spiritual ceremony.

For secular and atheist Americans, this is all harmless. For God-fearing Americans who believe in a spiritual dimension to reality, this is as horrifying as it can get.