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Well, if you've been searching the provided WebPages, you have somewhat of an idea. However, we at not like most realising that some of you aren't Satanists and, quite frankly, need a kick-start into this dark and strange religion/ philosophy that is Satanism. Some of you may not be motivated beyond the "books on tape" mentality, so, here's the earnest attempt. Pay attention, because this isn't going to be on Geraldo or Oprah, or from anyone else who wishes to lie for the unwarranted ego boost and viewer ratings.
First of all, there are going to be many who are going to call themselves Satanists. We know better, and so should you. Anyone can say they are something, but few can show it... the very cornerstone of true satanic representation. It really shouldn't be an obsession to overtly expound on how "Satanic" you are. True Satanists show themselves in their actions, not in their rhetoric. (Much like being brilliant. Those with the mental gift are KNOWN for their excellence from what they accomplish, and have to remind no one of it.) That's a solid litmus test, one that stands between Satanists and Not-Satanists. Anyone who feels they have to try to be a Satanist is probably not. We care not about such a vain contest. It's largely one of those mechanisms of social herd-ism that we despise and avoid. Get on a 12-Step program and save yourself the embarrassment!
Another factor is that of imitation. The Temple of Set has been riding upon The Church of Satan's coattails for two decades now, and doing a shoddy job at such, considering their devil-worshipping proclivities. If any religion wishes to be an autonomous unit, a sect devoid of cheap and pointless theft, then they should cease and desist their inaccurate, parasite activity, lest be subject to earned interrogation. Some groups have too little ingenuity or security to do such, and doing it in the Devil's name often enough brings some attention. What still remains are that the Church of Satan was the first group in human history to claim the title of Satanism and make a religion/ philosophy of it. Deal with it. In our deserved stance, anything else should be called something else, at the very least, to show that they AREN'T trying to siphon off of another... namely, us. Invent another name. It's a challenge, to say the least but The Church of Satan, Anton LaVey and I refuse to be your daddy substitute. And if it doesn't seem gratuitous enough, such riding on our heels shows the leeches as being even more of the inferior beings that they are, devoid of productivity, innovativeness, and just about everything that Satanism stands for. It's one thing to SAY that you can do something, but it's another thing to actually DO! Sometimes, it's easier for some to look at what seems attractive and blindly grab without taking the task of what we Satanists adhere to as "responsibility to the responsible." To the inept, I say, "Whatever."
One point that we have to repeat endlessly is that we are not "devil-worshipers." Why is this such an issue? Well, somewhat because of a "Satanic panic" of the 1980s fuelled by Reagan and his fundamentalist Xtian buddies, including Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson. Reasonably, that period is over. But, such rumours linger on. The remainder of misinformation spread is done by average, everyday people, perhaps you, many of whom AREN'T Xtian, or at least not in name. Most of it is done unknowingly, but what kind of flaccid excuse is that? With one attentive read of The Satanic Bible, it's obvious that we worship nothing other than our individual self, respectively, but no less exalted and far more practical. I can't count how many instances where some journalists from mainstream publications (Notably: Spin, USA Today, Teen, etc.) DON'T research their material concerning Satanism (and fail to mention, Hell forbid, US!) and trail on an irresponsible tirade of Satan-bash, when the most realistic source has been available for a minimum of 30 years. How irresponsible! To tell someone to read about 156 pages of philosophy (e.g.: Satanic Bible) is obviously too difficult for some reporters, I suppose. Keep in mind that these are the people who are telling you what's going on in the world.
I can't stress enough the importance of reading the books mentioned in the "Suggested Satanic Reading" link on the Not Like Most WebPages. (To save me a lot of stupid questions, please go back and click that button!) If you truly wish to understand us, there isn't an easy way out. Hell forbid, you're going to have to pull your eyes away from your cathode addiction and actually read print! There's no excuse for comparing us on some Judeo-Xtian slide-scale. Read a book. Throw away your mental chains and think for yourselves, if that doesn't seem too pathetic a request. The background, rituals, philosophy and thrust of Satanism have been available for over three decades now. It's about time you learn some history on those who are motivated to be masters, those who are eligible to rule, and those who are not thwarted by hallucination walls. We may become your keepers (if we haven't already), given your apathy. Aren't we the nasty, little Realists? Does this want to make you DO?
Hail Satan!
Matt G. Paradise
Publisher
The Unknown Known
Despite others' attempts to identify a certain number with
Satan, it will be known that Nine is His number. Nine is
The number of the Ego, for it always returns to itself. No
Matter what is done through the most complex multiplication
Of nine by any other number, in the final equation nine
Alone will stand forth.
The true ages of time are cast in the likeness of Nine,
With all cycles obedient to its Law. All matters of
Terrestrial concern may be evaluated by the infallible
Resolutions of Nine and its offspring. Action and reaction
Relative to humanity's tribal needs are contained within
Successive nine-year periods: the total of both
(Eighteen years) is called a Working. The beginning
And the end of each Working is called a Working Year,
And each midway point between the Working Years
Displays a zenith of intensity for the Working which has
Been brought about.
Nine eighteen-year Workings equals an Era (162 Years).
Nine Eras equal an Age (1458 years), which has been
Mistakenly been called a millennium. Nine Ages equal an
Epoch (13, 122 years).
Each Age (1458 years) alternates as Fire or Ice, each
Differing in the means by which the Control presents
Its dictum. During an Age of Ice, man is taught to
Refrain from his pride and to retreat from himself; then
He will be good. During an Age of Fire, man is taught
To indulge himself and to tear himself open and look
Inside; then he will be good. During an Ice Age, God
Is above. During a Fire Age, God is beneath. Throughout
Each Age, big things occur each eighteen years, for the
Control must maintain a cycle of action and reaction
Within the greater cycle of Fire and Ice.
Meaningful and portentous messages are cast forth
Each eighteen years, and are acted upon for the
Eighteen years which follow, at the end of which
A new statement appears. The Ice Age, from which
We recently emerged began in the year 508 "A.D."
Just as the zenith of passion for what each Working
Has inspired occurs halfway between the Working
Years, so the greatest intensity of each Age's
Message occurs at its midpoint. Thus in the year
1237 "A.D." man's fervour for what the last Ice Age
Represented had reached its summit. That Age ended
In 1966, and the new Age of Fire was born.
The twentieth century has prepared us for the future
And the coming of the Age of Fire was well heralded
In the last Working Years of the Ice Age. The peoples
Of the Earth have been touched by the vehicles of
1894, 1912, 1930 and 1948, and communication
Has been well wrought. The new Satanic Age was
Born in 1966 and that is why His Church was built.
The infant is learning to walk, and by the first Working
Year of his age ----- that is to say 1984 ---- he will have
Steadied his steps, and by the next ---- 2002 ---- he
Will have attained maturity, and his reign will be filled
With wisdom, reason, and delight.
REGE SATANAS!
AVE, SATANAS!
HAIL, SATAN!
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Satan has certainly been the best friend the church has ever had, as he has kept it in business all these years. The false doctrine of Hell and the Devil has allowed the Protestant and Catholic Churches to flourish far too long. Without a Devil to point their fingers at, religionists of the right hand path would have nothing with which to threaten their followers. "Satan leads you to temptation," "Satan is the prince of evil," "Satan is vicious, cruel, brutal," they warn. "If you give in to the temptations of the Devil, you will surely suffer eternal damnation and roast in Hell."
The semantic meaning of Satan is the "adversary" or "opposition" or the "accuser." The very word "devil" comes from the Indian devil that means "god". Satan represents opposition to all religions that serve to frustrate and condemn man for his natural instincts. He has been given an evil role simply because he represents the carnal, the earthly, and mundane aspects of life.
Satan, the chief devil of the Western World, was originally an angel whose duty was to report human deficiencies to God. It was not until the Fourteenth Century that he began to be depicted as an evil deity who was part man and part animal, with goat-like horns and hooves. Before Christianity gave him the names of Satan, Lucifer, etc., the carnal side of mans nature was governed by the god which was then called Dionysis, or Pan, depicted as a satyr or faun, by the Greeks. Pan was originally the "good guy," and symbolised fertility and fecundity.
Whenever a nation comes under a new form of government, the heroes of the past become the villains of the present. So it is with religion. The earliest Christians believed that the pagan deities were devils, and to employ them was to use "black magic." Miraculous heavenly events they termed "white magic"; this was the soul distinction between the two. The old gods did not die; they fell into Hell and became devils. The bogey, goblin, or bugaboo used to frighten children is derived from the Slavonic "Bog" which means "god, "as does Bhaga in Hindu.
Many pleasures revered before the advent of Christianity were condemned by the new religion. It required little changeover to transform the horns and cloven hooves of Pan into a most convincing devil! Pan's attributes could be neatly changed into charged-with-punishment sins, and so the metamorphosis was complete.
The association of the goat with the devil is found in the Christian Bible, where the holiest day of the year, the Day of Atonement, was celebrated by casting lots for two goats "without blemish," one to be offered to the Lord, and one to Azazel. The goat carrying the sins of the people was driven into the desert and became the "scapegoat." This is the origin of the goat that is still used in lodge ceremonies today as it was also used in Egypt, where once a year it is sacrificed to a God.
The devils of mankind are many, and their origins diversified. The Performance of Satanic Ritual does not embrace the calling forth of demons; this practice is followed only those who are in fear of the very forces they conjure.
Supposedly, demons are malevolent spirits with attributes conductive to the deterioration of the people or events that they touch upon. The Greek of these harbingers of inspiration -- all wicked. The word demon meant a guardian spirit or source of inspiration, and to be sure, later theologians invented legion upon legion of these harbingers of inspiration -- all wicked.
An indication of the cowardice of "magicians" of the right-hand path is the practice of calling upon a particular demon (who would supposedly be a minion of the devil) to do his bidding. The assumption is that the demon, being only a flunky of the devil, is easier to control. Occult lore states that only the most formidably "protected" or insanely fool-hearted sorcerer would try to call forth the Devil himself.
The Satanist does not furtively call upon these "lesser" devils, but brazenly invokes those of that infernal army of long-standing outrage -- the Devils themselves.
Theologians have catalogued some of the names of devils in their lists of demons, as might be expected, but the roster contains the names of the most effectively used in satanic ritual. These are the names and origins of the Gods and Goddesses called upon, which make up a large part of the occupancy of the Royal Palace of Hell:
This list is available in the Satanic Bible.
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You cannot love everyone; it is ridiculous to think you can. If you love everyone and everything you lose your natural powers of selection and wind up being a pretty poor judge of character and quality. If anything is used too freely it loses its true meaning. Therefore, the Satanist believes you should love strongly and completely those who deserve your love, and never turn the other cheek to your enemy.
Love is one of the most intense emotions felt by man; another is hate. Forcing yourself to feel indiscriminate love is very unnatural. If you try to love everybody, you only lessen your feelings for those who deserve your love. Repressed hatred can lead to many physical and emotional ailments. By learning to release your hatred towards those who deserve it, you cleanse yourself of these malignant emotions and need not take your pent-up hatred out on your loved ones. There has never been a great "love movement in the history of the world that hasn't wound up killing countless numbers of people, we must assume, to prove how much they loved them. Every hypocrite who ever walked the earth has had pockets bulging with love.
Every pharisaic religionist claims to love his enemies, even though when wronged he consoles himself by thinking, "God will punish them." Instead of admitting to them that they are capable of hating their foes and treating them in the manner they deserve, they say, "There, but for the grace of God, go I," and "pray" for them. Why should we humiliate and lower ourselves by drawing such inaccurate comparisons?
Satanism is thought of as being synonymous with cruelty and brutality. This is only so because people are afraid to face the truth -- and the truth is that human beings are not all benign or all loving. Just because the Satanist admits he is capable of both love and hate, he is considered hateful. On the contrary, because he is able to give vent to his hatred through ritualised expression, he is far more capable of love -- the deepest kind of love. By honestly recognising and admitting to both the love and hate he feels, there is no confusing one emotion with the other. Without being able to experience one of these emotions, you cannot fully experience the other.
More available in the Satanic Bible.
Because Anton LaVey has made Satanism so popular, everyone wants to jump on the bandwagon. If you're new to the Realm of Darkness, suddenly feeling the fires of Satan burning within you, be warned: there are unethical individuals out there who will prey upon you, claim to teach you how to become a Great Black Magician overnight, who will promise instructional fellowship and activities with "True Masters," who may claim unverifiable links with the Church of Satan or other such lineage. Save your money. Here's a tip sheet to recognise pseudo- and anti-Satanic groups that have sprouted up since LaVey started the original Church of Satan.
1) When someone claims to have a direct line of communication with Satan, watch out. Selling that kind of mysticism is exactly how Christianity has kept people enslaved in ignorance for centuries. It's one of the things we're fighting against.
2) Look out for jargon and secrets to which only the "initiated" can be privy. Once you're processed through the lengthy and strictly enforced "degree" system, you'll discover there are really no answers, just more gobbledegook. If they have something worthwhile to say, they'll say it. If they don't, they'll pretend they do anyway.
3) Check the copyright date. Much of the esoteric you may receive from supposed Masters as "wisdom" or "revelation" comes directly from Anton LaVey, The Church of Satan or our affiliates. Don't accept the inducements you may receive as emanating from some great brain, when they most likely were cribbed from material released by us weeks, months or years ago. If mainstream writers crib material daily, it can be expected that occultnik hacks would be the first to do likewise. The difference between legit writers doing it and Daemon Oleaginous doing it is that the "Daemon" sprinkles his articles with sour-grapes attacks on the Church of Satan while stealing from us. That's Christianity--tearing down the "other guys," who don't have the "true message." It boils down to more parasitism; without us these ersatz Satanists would shrivel up and blow away.
4) The most parasitic "Satanic" newsletters invariably contain a liberal dose of LaVey-baiting. Their editors' masochistic requirements are exercised as "lively exchange." Their mainstay is often the reprinting of any letter, pro or con, from anyone capable of grasping a writing implement or poking at a computer or typewriter key. When responding to such transparent tactics, it's our policy to preface rebuttals with two acknowledgements: A) "I know you're a masochist and delight in hostile banter," and B) "Anything I write or say to you will keep you going for another six months." The Satanic Bible advises us to "question all things"--but it helps to able to think, first.
5) Most pseudo-Satanic groups are short-lived, running out of money, enthusiasm or suckers before too long. An easier game comes along and they're off in a new direction.
6) How do they deal with Anton LaVey and The Church of Satan? This is tricky--some current groups play the Christian game of handing out laurels with one hand while stabbing their progenitors in the back with the other. Others aren't so subtle, boldly claiming to be the "true" or "evolved" Church of Satan. To make their rationale work, they must somehow convince you that the author of The Satanic Bible isn't praticing pure Satanism and their brand are the straight stuff. Still others just ignore Anton LaVey altogether and hope you won't notice.
7) Be wary of the approach of "You probably aren't smart enough to join us." The only way you can prove them wrong is by joining! From the first material you get, you feel you have to prove and defend yourself. Don't be fooled by big words, nice typing and/or fancy paper... and plenty of it. True Satanism builds the ego, it doesn't tear it down.
8) Beware of cults offering sex orgies and drugs, or killing animals in the name of Satan. As you well know, these are not part of satanic practices. The leaders are copying the lamebrain spook stories from Geraldo and Oprah and obviously know less than you do. Use common sense. Don't let someone take advantage of you for his or her own perversity; examine motives carefully.
9) Some other groups to watch out for: A) Feminist, Wiccan-oriented, consciousness-raising groups who practice more male-bashing than magic; B) New Age groups that promote LaVeyan concepts, but shun the dreaded "S" word; C) Jargon-laden Christians masquerading as Satanists; D) Pen-pal or lonely hearts social groups pretending to be elitists performing powerful Satanic rituals.
The entire above is subject to bitch-fights, petty jealousies, and rivalries. They are safe havens for small-minded people trying to play head games, preferring the protection of groups rather than really working to apply what Anton LaVey wrote. This is not to say that all groups are counterproductive to Satanism as a movement; there are many which are productive, supportive branches of the Church of Satan. Like various divisions of the same army, these distinct Orders may emphasise one Satanic image over another, but they are all aligned, in communication and working toward the same goals. But you must be prepared to sort the truth from the misinformation. Don't be fooled by self-declared "Masters," whether they're wearing white robes or black. They are attempting to misdirect and subvert whatever you've developed in the way of ego or identity. If it seems too good to be true, it probably is. Knowing this, if you choose to affiliate with any pseudo-Satanic or anti-Satanic groups, you may well find yourself dis-affiliated from the Church of Satan. Forewarned is forearmed.
- Written and released by The Church of Satan
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Much controversy has arisen over the satanic views on "free love." It is often assumed that sexual activity is the most important factor of the satanic religion, and that willingness to participate in sex orgies is a prerequisite for becoming a Satanist. Nothing could be farther from the truth! In fact, opportunists who have no deeper interest in Satanism than merely the sexual aspects are emphatically discouraged.
Satanism does advocate sexual freedom, but only in the true sense of the word. Free Love, in the Satanic concept, means exactly that--freedom to either be faithful to one person or to indulge your sexual desires with as many others as you feel is necessary to satisfy your particular needs.
Satanism does not encourage orgiastic activity or extramarital affairs for those to whom they do not come naturally. For many, it would be very unnatural and detrimental to be unfaithful to their chosen mates. To others, it would be frustrating to be bound to just one person. Each person must decide for himself what form of sexual activity best suits his individual needs. Self deceitfully, forcing yourself to be adulterous or to have sex partners when not married just for the sake of proving to others (or worse yet, to yourself) that you are emancipated from sexual guilt is just as wrong, by Satanic standards, as leaving any sexual need unfulfilled because of ingrained feelings of guilt.
Many of those who are constantly preoccupied with demonstrating their emancipation from sexual guilt are, in reality, held in even greater sexual bondage than those who simply accept sexual activity as a natural part of life and don't make a big to-do over their sexual freedom. For example, it is an established fact that the nymphomaniac (every man's dream girl and heroine of all lurid novels) is not sexually free, but is actually frigid and roves from man to man because she is too inhibited to ever find complete sexual release.
Another misconception is the idea that ability to engage in-group sexual activity is indicative of sexual freedom. All contemporary free-sex groups have once thing in common--discouragement of fetishistic or deviant activity.
Actually, the most forced examples of non-fetishistic sexual activity thinly disguised as "freedoms" have a common format. Each of the participants in an orgy removes all clothing, following the example set forth by one, and mechanically fornicate-- also following the leaders example. None of the performers consider that their "emancipated" from of sex might be regarded as regimented by non-members who fail to equate uniformity with freedom.
The Satanist realises that if he is to be a sexual connoisseur (and truly free from sexual guilt) he cannot be stifled by the so-called sexual revolutionists any more than he can by the prudery of his guilt ridden society. These free-sex clubs miss the whole point of sexual freedom. Unless sexual activity can be expressed on an individual basis (which includes personal fetishes) there is absolutely no purpose in belonging to a sexual freedom organisation.
Satanism condones any type of sexual activity that properly satisfies your individual desires--be it heterosexual, homosexual, BI-sexual, or even asexual, if you choose. Satanism also sanctions any fetish or deviation, which will enhance your sex life, so long as it involves no one whom, does not wish to be involved.
The prevalence of deviant and/or fetishistic behaviour in our society would stagger the imagination of the sexually naive. There are more sexual variants than the unenlightened individual can perceive transvestism, sadism, masochism, urological, exhibitionism-- to name only a few of the more predominant. Everyone has some sort of fetish, but because they are unaware of the preponderance of fetishistic activity our society, they feel they are depraved if they submit to their "unnatural" yearnings. *
* Fetishism is not only practised by human beings, but by animals as well. The fetish is an integral ingredient in the sex-lives of animals. The sexual odour, for example, is necessary for one animal to become sexually arouse by another. Laboratory tests have shown that when an animal is scientifically deodorised, it loses sexual attractiveness to the other animals. Man also enjoys the stipulation provided by sexual odour, although he will often deny it.
Even the asexual has a deviation -- his asexuality. It is far more abnormal to have lack of sexual desire (unless illness or old age, or another valid reason has caused the wane) than it is be sexually promiscuous. However, if a Satanist chooses sexual sublimation above overt sexual expression, that is entirely his own affair. In many cases of sexual sublimation (or asexuality), any attempt to emancipate himself sexually would prove devastating to the asexual.
Asexuals are invariably sexually sublimated by their jobs or hobbies. All the energy and driving interest, which would normally be devoted to sexual activity, is channelled into other pastimes or into their chosen occupations. If as person favours other interests over sexual activity, it is his right, and no one is justified in condemning him for it. However, the person should at least recognise the fact that this is a sexual sublimation.
Because of lack of opportunity for expression, many secrets sexual desires never progress beyond the fantasy stages. Lack of release often leads to compulsion and therefore, a great number of people devise undetectable methods of giving vent to their urges. Just because most fetishistic activity is not outwardly apparent, the sexually unsophisticated should not delude himself into thinking it does not exist. To cite examples of the ingenious techniques used: The male transvestite will indulge in his fetish by wearing feminine undergarments while going about his daily activities; or the masochist woman might wear a rubber girdle several sizes too small, so she may derive sexual pleasure from her fetishistic discomfort throughout the day, with no one the wiser. These illustrations are far tamer and more prevalent examples than others that could have been given.
Satanism encourages any form of sexual expression you may desire, so long as it hurts no one else. This statement must be qualified, to avoid misrepresentation. By not hurting another, this does not include the unintentional hurt by those who might not agree with your views on sex, because of their anxieties regarding sexual morality. Naturally, you should avoid offending others who mean a great deal to you, such as prudish friends and relatives. However, if you earnestly endeavour to escape hurting them, and despite your efforts they accidentally find out, you cannot be held responsible, and therefore should feel no guilt as a result of either of your sexual convictions, or their being hurt because of those convictions. If you are inconstant fear of offending the prudish by your attitude toward sex, then there is no sense in trying to emancipate yourself from sexual guilt. However, no purpose is served by flaunting your permissiveness.
The other exception to the rule regards dealings with masochists. A masochist derives pleasure from being hurt. so denying the masochist his pleasure-through-pain hurts him just as much as actual physical pain hurts the non-masochist. The story of the truly cruel sadist illustrates this point: The masochist says to the sadist, "beat me." To which the merciless sadist replies "No!" If a person wants to be hurt and enjoys suffering, then there is no reason not to indulge him in his want.
The term "sadist" in popular usage describes one who obtains pleasure from indiscriminate brutality. Actually, though, a true sadist is selective. He carefully chooses from the vast reserve of appropriate victims, and takes great delight in giving those who thrive on misery the fulfilment of their desires. The "well-adjusted" sadists are Epicurean in selecting those on whom his energies will be well spent! If a person is healthy enough to admit he is a masochist and enjoys being enslaved and whipped the real sadist is glad to oblige!
Aside from the foregoing exceptions, the Satanist would not intentionally hurt others by violating their sexual rights. If you attempt to impose your sexual desires upon others that do not welcome your advances, you are infringing upon their sexual freedom. Therefore, Satanism does not advocate rape, child molesting, sexual defilement of animals, or any other sexual activity which entails the participation of those who are unwilling or those whose innocence or naivete would allow them to be intimidated or misguided into doing something against their wishes.
IF all parties involved are mature adults who willingly take full responsibility for their actions and voluntarily engage in a given form of sexual expression --even if it is generally considered taboo-- then there is no reason for them to repress there sexual inclinations.
If you are aware of all the implications, advantages, and disadvantages, and are certain your actions will hurt no one who does not wish or deserve to be hurt, you have no cause to suppress your sexual preferences.
Just as no two people are exactly the same in their choice of diet or have the same capacity for the consumption of food; sexual tastes and appetites vary from person to person. No person or society has the right to set limitations on the sexual standards or the frequency of sexual activity of another. Proper sexual conduct can only be judged within the context of each individual situation. Therefore, what one person considers sexually correct and moral may be frustrating to another. The reverse is also true; one person may have great sexual prowess, but it is unjust for him to belittle another whose sexual capacity may not equal his own, and inconsiderate for him to impose himself upon the other person, i.e., the man who has a voracious sexual appetite, but whose wife's sexual needs do not match his own. It is unfair for him to expect her to enthusiastically respond to his overtures; but she must display the same degree of thoughtfulness. In the instances when she does not feel great passion, she should either passively, but pleasantly, accept him sexually, or raise no complaint if he chooses to find his needed release elsewhere--including auto-erotic practices.
The ideal relationship is one in which the people are deeply in love with one another and are sexually compatible. However, perfect relationships are relatively uncommon. It is important to point out here that spiritual love and sexual love can, but do not necessarily, go hand in hand. If there is a certain amount of sexual compatibility, often it is limited; and some, but not all, of the sexual desires will be fulfilled.
There is no greater sexual pleasure than that derived from association with someone you deeply love, if you are sexually well suited. If you are not suited to one another sexually, though, it must be stressed that lack of sexual compatibility does not include lack of spiritual love. One can and often does exist without the other. As a matter of fact, often one member of a couple will resort to outside sexual activity because he deeply loves his mate, and wishes to avoid hurting or imposing upon his loved one. Deep spiritual love is enriched by sexual love, and it is certainly a necessary ingredient for any satisfactory relationship; but because of differing sexual predilections, outside sexual activity or masturbation sometimes provides a needed supplement.
Masturbation, considered a sexual taboo by many people, creates a guilt problem not easily dealt with. Much emphasis must be placed on this subject, as it constitutes an extremely important ingredient of many a successful magical working.
Ever since the Judaeo-Christian Bible described the sin of Onan (Gen. 38:7-10), man has considered the seriousness and consequences of the "solitary vice." Even though modern sexologists have explained the sin of Onan as simply coitus interrupt us, the damage has been done through centuries of theological misinterpretation.
Aside from actual sex crimes, masturbation is one of the most frowned upon sexual acts. During the last century, innumerable texts were written describing the horrific consequences of masturbation. Practically all physical or mental illnesses were attributed to the evils of masturbation. Pallor of the complexion, shortness of breath, furtive expression, sunken chest, nervousness, pimples, and loss of appetite are only a few of the many characteristics supposedly resulting from masturbation; total physical and mental collapse was assured if one did not heed the warnings in those handbooks for young men.
The lurid descriptions in such texts would be almost humorous. Were it not for the unhappy fact that even though contemporary sexologists, doctors, writers, etc. have done much to remove the stigma of masturbation, the deep-seated guilts induced by the non-sense in those sexual primers have been only partially erased. A large percentage of people, especially those over forty, cannot emotionally accept the fact that masturbation is natural and healthy, even if they don't accept it intellectually; and they, in turn, relate their repugnance, often subconsciously, to their children.
It was thought that one would go insane if, despite numerous admonitions, his autoerotic practised persisted. This preposterous myth grew from reports of widespread masturbation by the inmates of mental institutions. It was assumed that since almost all incurably insane people masturbated, it was their masturbation that had driven them mad. No one ever stopped to consider the lack of sexual partners of the opposite sex and the freedom from inhibition, which is a characteristic of insanity, were the real reasons for the masturbatory practices of the insane.
Many people would rather have their mates seek outside sexual activity than perform auto-erotic acts because of their own guilt feelings, the mate's repugnance towards having them engage in masturbation, or the fear of their mate's repugnance--although in a surprising number of cases, a vicarious thrill is obtained from the knowledge that the mate is having sexual experiences with outsiders--although this is seldom admitted.
IF stimulation is provided by envisioning one's mate sexually engaged with others, this should be brought out into the open where both parties can gain from such activities. However, if the prohibition of masturbation is only due to guilt feelings on the part of one or both parties, they should make every attempt to erase those guilts---or utilise them. Many relationships might be saved from destruction if the people involved did not feel guilt about performing the natural act of masturbation.
Masturbation is regarded as evil because it produces pleasure derived from intentionally fondling a "forbidden" area of the body by one's own hand. The guilt feelings accompanying most sexual acts can be assuaged by the religiously acceptable contention that your sensual delights are necessary to produce offspring -- even though you cautiously watch the calendar for "safe" days. You cannot, however, placate yourself with this rationale while engaging in masturbatory practices.
No matter what you've been told about the "Immaculate Conception"-- even if blind faith allows you to swallow this absurdity-- you know full well if you are to produce a child, there must be sexual contact with a person of the opposite sex! If you feel guilty for committing the "original sin," you certainly will feel even deeper guilt for performing a sex act only for self-gratification, with no intention of creating children.
The Satanist fully realises why religions declare masturbation to be sinful. Like all other natural acts people will do it, no matter how severely reprimanded. Causing guilt is an important facet of their malicious scheme to obligate people to atone for "sins" by paying the mortgages on temples of abstinence!
Even if a person is no longer struggling under the burden of religiously induced guilt or thinks he isn't), modern man still feels shame if he yields to his masturbatory desires. A man may feel robbed of his masculinity if he satisfies himself auto-erotically rather than engaging in the competitive game of woman chasing. A woman may satisfy herself sexually but yearns for the ego-gratification that comes with the sport of seduction. Neither the quasi-Casanova nor bogus vamp feels adequate when "reduced" to masturbation for sexual gratification; both would prefer even an inadequate partner. Satanically speaking, though, it is far better to engage in a perfect fantasy than to co-operate in an unrewarding experience with another person. With masturbation, you are in complete control of the situation.
To illustrate the undebatable fact that masturbation is an entirely normal and healthy practice: all members of the animal kingdom perform it. Human children will also follow their instinctive desires, unless their indignant parents, who were undoubtedly beaten for it, by their parents, and so on down the retrocedent line have scolded them for it.
It is unfortunate, but true, that their sexual guilts of parents will immediately be passed on to their children. In order to save our children from the ill-fated sexual destiny of our parents, grandparents, and possibly ourselves, the perverted moral code of the past must be exposed for what it is A pragmatically organised set of rules, which, if rigidly obeyed, would destroy us! Unless we emancipate ourselves from the ridiculous sexual standards of our present society, including the so-called sexual revolution, the neurosis caused by those stifling regulations will persist. Adherence to the sensible and humanistic new morality of Satanism can-- and will -- evolve society in which our children can grow up healthy and without the devastating moral encumbrances of our existing sick society.
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1) STRATIFICATION. The point on which all the others ultimately rest. There can be no more myth of "equality" for all--it only translates to "mediocrity" and supports the weak at the expense of the strong. Water must be allowed to seek its own level without interference from apologists for incompetence. No one should be protected from the effects of his own stupidity.
2) STRICT TAXATION OF ALL CHURCHES. If churches were taxed for all their income and property, they'd crumble overnight of their own obsolescence, and the National Debt would be wiped out as quickly. The productive, the creative, the resourceful should be subsidised. So long as the useless and incompetent is getting paid, they should be heavily taxed.
3) NO TOLERANCE FOR RELIGIOUS BELIEFS SECULARIZED AND INCORPORATED INTO LAW AND ORDER ISSUES. To re-establish "Lex Talionis" would require a complete overturning of the present in-justice system based on Judeo-Christian ideals, where the victim/defender has been made the criminal. Amnesty should be considered for anyone in prison because of his alleged "influence" upon the actual perpetrator of the crime. Everyone is influenced in what he or she does. Scapegoating has become a way of life, a means of survival for the unfit. As an extension of the Judeo-Christian cop-out of blaming the Devil for everything, criminals can gain leniency, even praise, by placing the blame on a convenient villain. Following the Satanic creed of "Responsibility to the responsible," in a satanic society, everyone must experience the consequences of his own actions--for good or ill.
4) DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION OF ARTIFICIAL HUMAN COMPANIONS. The forbidden industry. An economic "godsend" which allows everyone "power" over someone else. Polite, sophisticated, technologically feasible slavery. And the most profitable industry since T.V. and the computer.
5) THE OPPORTUNITY FOR ANYONE TO LIVE WITHIN A TOTAL ENVIRONMENT OF HIS OR HER CHOICE, WITH MANDATORY ADHERENCE TO THE AESTHETIC AND BEHAVIORAL STANDARDS OF IT. Privately owned, operated and controlled environments as an alternative to homogenised and polyglot ones. The freedom to insularize oneself within a social milieu of personal well being. An opportunity to feel, see, hear that which is most aesthetically pleasing, without interference from those who would pollute or detract from that option.
This is the encapsulated version of the current thrust of satanic advocacy. So when someone asks you, "Well, what do Satanists do," you will be qualified to tell him.
- Anton Szandor LaVey, 1988 c.e.
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