Wait, what happened?

If you don't know, Florida Senate candidate Augustus Sol Invictus (the only member of the Libertarian Party running to fill the seat vacated by presidential hopeful Marco Rubio) is accused of ritualistically sacrificing a goat in a pagan ceremony. The allegations came to light when Adrian Wyllie, the chairman of the Florida Libertarian Party, resigned on Thursday in protest at Invictus' candidacy; partially because of Invictus' claims he is destined to lead a second civil war and is really popular amongst white supremacists, but also because of this whole goat thing.

In a Facebook post, he wrote:

"Mr. Invictus practices Thelema, an occult pagan religion based on the teachings of Aleister Crowley. Mr. Invictus was ejected from Ordo Templi Orientis for brutally and sadistically dismembering a goat in a ritualistic sacrifice."

There is no way this can be true. This has to be slander.

Nope. Invictus has given an interview to the Orlando Sentinel where he readily admits killing a goat and drinking its blood. The only part of it he refutes is suggestion it was "sadistic." Because, apparently, there is a non-sadistic way to sacrifice a goat, drain it of its blood, and then drink it.

"I did sacrifice a goat. I know that's probably a quibble in the mind of most Americans. I sacrificed an animal to the god of the wilderness ... Yes, I drank the goat's blood."

I'll just give you a moment to absorb the use of the word "quibble" here.

What on earth possessed him to do such a thing?

According to the Sentinel, it was part of a journey of religious self discovery Invictus went on when he walked from Florida to the Mojave Desert two years ago. Speaking to POLITICO last week, he said it was only tangentially related to his expulsion from Ordo Templi Orientis.

"I was expelled from the order for political reasons," he said. "Animal sacrifice was part of it. But that is a deliberate misrepresentation by Wyllie."

Who is "Augustus Sol Invictus"?

That is a good question. Here's what we know: he's a 32-year-old lawyer based out of Orlando, Florida. According to the bio on his website, he was raised by a "criminal defense attorney" but only decided to become an attorney himself "when he and his family became the collateral damage of DEA aggression." It's all very cryptic, has more than a few hints of paranoia, and speaks to a general sense of Invictus not being in the slightest bit chill. As if killing an animal and drinking its blood wasn't already a dead giveaway.

This is also probably obvious, but August Sol Invictus isn't his real name. It means "majestic unconquered sun" in Latin, (like I said, no chill) but he refuses to reveal what he changed it from.

What about the other charges? Is he a white supremacist hellbent on starting a second civil war?

Like his expulsion from Ordo Templi Orientis only being tangentially related to goat sacrifices, they're not completely unfounded. He denies being a white supremacist himself—his four children are Hispanic—but he acknowledges that many white supremacists support his campaign. As for the civil war, no, he doesn't want to start one. But only because the American government is already at war with the American people.

"If the government is waging war on citizens, we as citizens have the right to self-defense on government," he told the Sentinel.

In fact, back in 2013 he wrote a paper where he said he would disappear into the wilderness and return "bearing Revolution" or not at all.

Is he going to be elected?

Hell no. The Libertarian Party winning a Senate seat was already more than a long shot, and that was before their only candidate freely admitted partaking in a ritualistic animal sacrifice. Chances are this has all but guaranteed Invictus will make a less than impressive showing when votes are finally cast in November 2016—if he can hold on that long.

Whether or not this is the last we'll see of him altogether, however, is another question. I mean, this is a guy who changed his name to "majestic unconquered sun." I think it's fair to say he has a pretty high opinion of himself.