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About Me
Although coming from a good solid Protestant (Orange) home, ever since I was a teenager I have been an avid follower of the occult. Favorite reads were Mastering Witchcraft by Paul Huson and a reprint of the classic, The Magus. I later joined the Rosicrucians (AMORC) in my search for “secret knowledge” and attained a Third Degree. For most of my life I avoided organized religion and studied and practiced more along the lines of occult related philosophies. I had also studied the various branches of Buddhism for a period of about three years. I was also actively involved in, and am no stranger to the Wiccan community and still enjoy the company of my pagan friends. I had originally read the Satanic Bible around 1984. Reading and re-reading The Satanic Bible reminded me of how much I related to what was written then and how much more I relate to it now. I consider myself to be a solitary Satanic practitioner.
Academically, I have a Doctorate in Science, am an academic professional, and have been an Adjunct University Professor. I am considered to be an expert in my professional field of endeavor and have received several international awards for my work throughout my career. I am an accomplished individual due to my ambition and persistence. Sorry to disappoint those who don’t know me, who had a vision of a high school drop-out in a black Satanic themed T-shirt, and black pleather jacket with “Satin’s Child” hand printed across the back in white correction fluid during an off day of looking for work in my bedroom at my parent’s house.
Perhaps the most common question people ask me is, but why Satanism? Let me just tell you that as a former regular (full time) member of the armed
forces and later as a professional in public safety that during my life I have seen a great deal from joy to anguish, to destruction and death. Organized
religion, the religion I was raised with always spoke of a compassionate God; one who forgives and takes care of the faithful who are God fearing
(actually live in fear of the God who is to deliver them). Let me just say that while I have witnessed compassion, I have equally witnessed the suffering
and death of innocents. Organized religion and the faith that I had with it never gave me the answers or understanding I so much needed to deal with the
reality of life that I had witnessed. I could no longer just accept that whatever happened was “God’s will” and that should be it, case closed.
From my elementary school years to my current adult life I have never followed the crowd. I have never taken pleasure in following the crowd, or accepting at
face value what I am told. I prefer to lead from the front and prove to myself that something is of value, rather than leading from the rear and
expecting someone to prove it to me on their terms. In this life, most people get through their lives by memorizing the correct answers or responses in order
to win favor and gain acceptance, without ever having the motivation or power of acquiring real knowledge. People who know me, know that I am a non-conformist
and I prefer to lead not follow. The prerequisite for organized religion is that you be a good follower and place your faith outside of your control.
That self-denial is the road to salvation. I cannot
do this. My life, here and now is much too precious to me.
I became a Satanist not out of rebellion but because when I read the Satanic Bible it gave me the understanding that was not afforded me before. Satanism is not for everyone and it is an accepted axiom that Satanists are born and seldom converted. You either have it in you or you do not. Either way is fine because the world and our very existence will always require two sides just like a twenty-five cent coin. After all, can a one sided twenty-five cent coin really have a useful existence?
- IRI
 
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