Satanism

[Maithuna69]

As Alan Watts once put it, 'Most people who call themselves Christian don't practice the religion of Christ, they practice a religion about Christ - which is of course not the same thing'.

I went through a 'Satanist' phase that lasted about 6 months when I was in my late teens, but I then moved on to the works of Aleister Crowley which seemed much more conducive to making progress in my life at that time, and also a bit more intellectually robust, especially with its grounding in yoga. The Satanism didn't seem so relevant when I left the home of my vaguely Catholic upbringing and got out into the real post-Christian world. Satanism may be more relevant and useful in the USA where religion still holds real and potent power in politics and the lives of people.

For anyone unfamiliar with Crowley:

Liber Jugorum & Liber E. You may want to try the excercises out of curiosity.
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The Book of the Law
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Eight Lectures on Yoga
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[Yarrow]

"As Alan Watts once put it, 'Most people who call themselves Christian don't practice the religion of Christ, they practice a religion about Christ - which is of course not the same thing'."

anyone here read the Dead sea Scrolls?

personally i found the 'do what thou wilt' aspect of satanism very helpful. you can't spend your life expecting others to do the right thing, or you get screwed over far too often.

[Dimitri]

personally i found the 'do what thou wilt' aspect of satanism very helpful. you can't spend your life expecting others to do the right thing, or you get screwed over far too often.

To help one misconception out: Aleister Crowley IS NOT a Satanist.
His writings might contain some satanic knowledge, but most of his occult works are barely related to that philosophy.

[Zazaban]

Thelema actually seems pretty damn anarchistic in many ways.

[anarhista]

how many of your 'komrades' think it's cool tosay 'hail satan; and show off inverted pentacles and 666 tatts at hardcore shows? the answe ris a LOT of them.

they are enemies of anarchism, you must understand.... etc. Bush families etc. etc.

Well, I quite disagree, I wouldn't generalize like that.

Satanism is not exclusivelly "conservative" or "reactionary" or "fascist" or "opposed to anarchism" etc.
Many people can have both satanic and anarchist worldviews totally compatibile with each other, but I think it depends how they percieve satanism itself or are they anarchists whatsoever.

[Infinite]

Satanists always claim that they're just about being liberated from religion or whatever and freedom but what they're really into is romanticizing and promoting evil. The fact that a character named Satan doesn't exist is a strawman that they use to obfuscate this truth. The ritual murders and all that stuff, it's nothing good. And we all believe in good and evil obviously or we wouldn't give a fuck about most of the stuff we talk about. I mean I'm not the type of person that freaks out if someone makes the horn symbol or something minor like that, or even if you're into heavy metal music or whatever. But if you call yourself a Satanist most likely you're an ammoral person who's into black magick and the occult just like people in the ruling class like the Skull & Bones members.