The Black Mass at Oklahoma City

Record summary

A 2014 Black Mass associated with Adam Daniels and the Dakhma of Angra Mainyu was planned or conducted in Oklahoma City amid strong Catholic opposition, litigation, and public debate. Reports described the use of consecrated-host imagery and a ritual inversion of Catholic forms. This is a useful comparison point for contemporary ritual transgression, religious-liberty claims, and the politics of sacred objects. Researchers should establish whether particular reports refer to the planned ceremony, court proceedings, or the event’s actual completion and identify the provenance of any allegedly consecrated material.