Satanism and the Moral Compass
By Sonofject
I’ve always had an affinity for the term ‘moral compass’. It’s a neat little phrase that makes the concept of morality at its core more tangible than just a fundamental matter of opinion. The moral compass is a tool, it directs and guides a person’s thoughts and actions based on that person’s individual moral character. A person that values human freedom, individuality, integrity, responsibility, compassion, and forgiveness is often said to have a strong moral compass. Deep moral tenets are formulated within a person’s character, and relegated to the person’s belief system, keeping the compass needle pointed true.
It has been inferred that Satanism is a philosophy without a moral core (amoral, not immoral). I’ve often thought of the practical application of Satanism as ‘putting a magnet to’ one’s moral compass. To be sure, when a magnet is placed near a navigation tool such as a compass, the needle will inevitably point to the magnet instead of the earth’s polarity, rendering the tool unto the control of the magnet. With no navigation or guidance, it’s easy to get lost within one’s wilderness of self-discovery and evaluation. On the flipside of this notion, one can be freed or liberated from the constraints of the moral compass and not be hindered by the need to be compassionate or forgiving, notions that cloud judgment. Concepts of equality take a back seat to individual freedom, and our knowledge and world views expand, as does our ability and freedom of choice of options that were repressed or deemed morally ‘wrong’. The magnet now controls the needle, and the Satanist controls the magnet. Self realization, self determined, one now plots the course instead of the compass, and you blaze the path instead of the path guiding you. In my opinion, this is an honest look at the way the world really operates, outside of and beyond the self deceit espoused by faith-based belief systems.
A Satanist can have many individual freedoms, but I think the most important are the freedom to doubt and question. Satanists value these even above the freedom to accept something as proven or ‘the answer’. It’s this spirit of progress that breaks the shackles of the moral compass. To never suppress open discussion or criticism, nor to confine individual ideas to ‘be all end all’ limitations. To be satanic is to never accept any concept that puts the self secondary. I embrace my satanism and refine it, honestly, with healthy doubt and trial and error. I struggle against the conformity and institution of moral belief, and the adversarial path becomes the character builder that encompasses my being.
Cor-relation and Causation
By Mistress Babylon Consort
I got my laugh for the day reading this one. Originally posted by the Skeptical Spectacles, this just had me shaking my head. Sadly there are those out there who would believe it. That it is a meme should make the intention and mockery obvious to most, but it doesn’t always. Thomas LeRoy made this same point in his video about Specious Reasoning when comparing the cor-relation between pillows and car crashes: 99% of people killed in car crashes slept on a pillow the night before. It must be true then, right?
While cor-relation does not imply causation, there are many causes that catch global attention like an out of control firestorm and with it, reason burns down also. To many insist on relying on pseudo-scientific information that use words like “thought to be”, “may be related to”, etc while ignoring unbiased scientific data and information from reputable journals. .
Whatever happened to being skeptical?
The Left Hand Path As I See It
By Luke Duke Dawise
The focus on the left-hand path is not what you receive after life, but what you succeed in and gain while being alive on earth. Atheistic Left-Hand Path walkers do not generally concern themselves with the spiritual pipe dreams of religion, but with the free spirit of their inner black flame.
Driven not by the guilt ridden bigotries of faith, hope or prayer, but driven by down to earth logic and pragmatic decision making. Atheistic Satanism may very well be the deeper reflection of man’s true nature, while other right-hand path religions may very well be the reflection man’s falsehoods, delusions and fears.
The courageous free spirit of the Satan Atheist is much stronger then the dogmatic fools whose only recourse is to plead for forgiveness and sacrifice themselves on the alter of blind conformity.
Driven not by the guilt ridden bigotries of faith, hope or prayer, but driven by down to earth logic and pragmatic decision making. Atheistic Satanism may very well be the deeper reflection of man’s true nature, while other right-hand path religions may very well be the reflection man’s falsehoods, delusions and fears.
The courageous free spirit of the Satan Atheist is much stronger then the dogmatic fools whose only recourse is to plead for forgiveness and sacrifice themselves on the alter of blind conformity.
On the Topic of Role Playing…
By Conen Tyrson
Acting is an art form. It is a skill that needs countless hours of practice just like any other trade. When you become proficient at something, there are things about it that you cannot describe to teach another person. I suppose that’s what you call a personal touch. Some people play one type of game for a decade and become unbelievably good at what they do. The same goes for instruments. If you do something every single day in routine it becomes part of your muscle memory.
Acting is no different. You develop a charisma, you learn to communicate body language, you literally have to become a different person. You have to think like the person who you want to be. Some actors will stay in character for days from wake to sleep. Personally, my talent is imitation. I have imitated people for humor since a very young age. When dreaming up a new role, my mentality instantly adheres to the sort of person this is. I’ve been playing dungeons and dragons since I could read and have countless characters stored away in a folder, each a unique one of a kind person. I can pull those people from the depths of my mind and become them in an instant.
In essence, what is acting? Well, if you want to get down to the nitty gritty, it’s professional lying. Now, when I was a child, my and my siblings played a constant game of cut throat. My mother was a monster and it felt like you had to lie as if your life depended on it. Same thing in school. You get attacked by three people and they fabricate some bs story about how you assaulted them, not only are you facing damage to grades, your teachers and principals will see you differently, but your parents are going to be furious. What do you do when you know the truth is useless. You fabricate something sound solid and complex on a dime. This benefited me greatly later in life.
You want a job? Your boss has to like you. You have to put on an act, a mask, a lie during that interview. Is that job with the public? Well then you better have good customer service skills. Better known as a fake personality, or synonymously, an act.
Acting skills don’t just land you a part in movies. It pays the bills and it keeps your belly full.
The Science of Biblical Plagues
By Mistress Babylon Consort
A friend of mine posted this on an internet site and it’s a quick and humorous read that, in an off-beat way, combines logic and rational thinking while still poking fun at the “Biblical Exodus”. Taken from the movie “The Reaping, it’s a quote from Katherine Winter portrayed by actress Hilary Swank.
In 1400 B.C., a group of nervous Egyptians saw the Nile turn red. But what they thought was blood was actually an algae bloom which killed the fish, which prior to that had been living off the eggs of frogs. Those uneaten eggs turned into record numbers of baby frogs who subsequently fled to the land and died. Their little rotting frog bodies attracted lice and flies. The lice carried the bluetongue virus, which killed 70% of Egypts livestock. The flies carried glanders, a bacterial infection which in humans causes boils.
Soon afterwards, the Nile River Valley was hit with a three-day sandstorm otherwise known as the plague of darkness. During the sandstorm, intense heat can combine with an approaching cold front to create not only hail, but also electrical storms which would have looked to the ancient Egyptians like fire from the sky. The subsequent wind would have blown the Ethiopian locust population off course and right into downtown Cairo. Hail is wet, locusts leave droppings spread both on grain, and you have got mycotoxins. Dinnertime in ancient Egypt meant the first-born child got the biggest portion which in this case meant he ate the most toxins, so he died.
Ten plagues.
Ten scientific explanations.
A Random Thought
Skepticism and the Supernatural
By Thomas LeRoy
It has been stated that if one is a skeptic, they can not call themself a Satanist, or even a member of the left-hand path. If you are a truth-seeker and not a believer in the supernatural, you are not worthy. Strange. I could be wrong, but isn’t the LHP more than just liking creepy shit and thinking spells and curses actually work? Isn’t it a path to manifesting that “black flame” for one’s own personal betterment, and utilizing mythological archetypes to tap into the subconscious? Isn’t it also about embracing that dark-side of one’s character? Some see this dark-side as a curse brought on by the actions of a prehistoric “rib woman”, and that one should beg the “Good Lord” to take it away! But it’s a large part of who we are. It is the truth within the soul/psyche, not a mask-like persona.
“But what about the supernatural aspect of the LHP? Why not embrace that?” says the believer.
For the skeptic to try to believe in the supernatural would be like trying to embrace a puff of smoke. It can’t be done. Why can’t it? Because the skeptic has thoughts, and these thoughts bring about doubts. And the skeptic lacks the ability to ignore their doubts. Others might be able, we can not. Besides, the word supernatural is an oxymoron. It means “beyond nature”. How can anything be “beyond nature”? If these claims of the paranormal exist, then they are a part of nature. But, still, one can’t deny the “Unknown”. Science has not explained everything.
“But I have seen, felt and experienced the supernatural! I know it’s true!”
No, you don’t. You “believe”. You don’t “know”. There’s a difference. But maybe you’re content with believing. Not the skeptic. We want proof.
“But performing ritual, casting spells and throwing curses are a major part of the LHP! Not believing in one’s supernatural abilities would be like a Christian saying they don’t believe in the power of prayer!”
Hate to break it to you, but ritual, spell-casting and cursing others are all cathartic activities. They feel good! Nothing really happens except for that which takes place in one’s own mind.
Children believe in Santa. Adults know where the presents really come from!
Skepticism is simply a method of evaluating claims. It is a way of reaching that point where doubt is pushed aside and one can then “know”. It’s not that we don’t want these claims to be true. It would be great to be able to caste spells, commune with demons and put a working curse upon enemies. But just because one wants something to be true, does not make it so. There are irrefutable absolutes in this reality. Things work a certain way. The laws of physics can not be broken, not matter how hard one tries.
“But life is little more than an illusion, and we can conquer the lie of reality and reach Godhead! Push aside your skepticism! Quit believing the lies of the mind that keep you trapped in this 3 dimensional world and set yourself free!”
For those that believe that life is an illusion, step off the roof of a skyscraper and try to make the “illusion” of gravity go away.
I wish you luck.
Reflections on my time as a Christian: A discordant rant in the K…
By Paul Ross Fletcher
Me and Lucifer, Lucifer and Me:
Like many, I knew I was a Satanist, or at least LHP inclined when I was a teenager, but my approach to life has mostly pretty much been to say yes to almost any experience I was offered. Or maybe another way of looking at it is that I sort of take the basic concept of method acting, and apply it to my actual life when it comes to learning. Growing up with an Anglican Father and Lutheran Mother, I was raised Roman Catholic, and went to a Catholic school early on in my childhood, because the public school system in my aria at the time was a breeding ground for future convicts ahaha. So early on I was indoctrinated into the Church, but like most lower class Australian families in the 1980’s, my weekly household was not hardcore Christian, heck my parents were divorced which is a big no-no. I was probably the most religiously fervent from my recollection, but I was not to bring God home from school, though the holidays were always the time to get your religion on. But then I did live with my mother, so in some sense I always had a “divine presence” with me, after all, mother is the name of God on the lips of every child.
I started having doubts about my faith around the age of 7, not realizing at that time that there was the option of not believing in God, my doubts manifested themselves in the form of a sympathy for the devil, so to speak. I felt very sorry for a lot of Biblical figures who I at the time believed really existed. Even though I would try to reinforce the notion that Gods judgement is just and righteous, I would have compassion for the people of Sodom and Gomorrah for instance, or the Pharisees and Sadducee’ who had for so long been raised as what we might call today “orthodox Jews”, only to have some fucking Nazarene declare himself to be the Messiah, and yet who contradicted the Laws of the God he is supposedly the son of, and who threw out the old Covenant of Moses,for his new hippy dippy love all even the gentile socialistic philosophy, and performed magic tricks and suspiciously pagan version of Jewish customs. Only to be the precursor and justification for a long history of antisemitism because they did what they Torah supposedly said they were meant to do, which is to have him crucified for blasphemy. And I always thought the devil was a guy whose side of the story we never got to hear.
So then as I got older and became more rebellious, still not realizing I had the option to not believe in God, my first venture into anything remotely resembling Satanism was to worship a very narrow, very Catholic concept of the devil. Enthroned Darkness Triumphant by Dimmu Borgir was the soundtrack to my damnation at the peak of my devil worship. I can look back on that period of my life and laugh at myself, even though back then (and even to some extent now) I felt like it was the most epic, glorious awakening of my life hahahaha! It wasn’t until Marilyn Manson’s liturgy seeped into my ears and consumed my soul around the same time, and I read his autobiography which (among other things) spoke about Satanism and the Satanic Bible, that I became aware about this thing we call Satanism. And it wasn’t until I read books like the Satanic Bible, and Beyond Good and Evil by Nietzsche, did the notion that God doesn’t exist, I mean really doesn’t exist ever cross my mind. Sure by then I knew some people didn’t believe in God, but that is different from contemplating the non existence of God…life changing event is is life changing lol
What would you know anyways?
So all of that brings me to this. I don’t claim to be an expert on Christianity by any stretch of the imagination, but it is a subject that I have spent a substantial portion of my life researching from first hand experience. As someone who has been both a student and teacher of Christian theology to some extent, I believe I can speak/write with some credibility and confidence on the subject.
I’m not going to get into the theology here, but I have posted many things on the Sect Facebook page on the subject, and I thought I might write a little bit about my background and “credentials”. So err my uncle Bill (on my fathers side), was a trained sniper in WW2 and on his first mission could not bring himself to shoot the Japanese solider and apparently “gave himself to Jesus”, and when he came home he became Jehovah’s Witness, I have been to a several of their kingdom hall meetings over my lifetime and I continue to have regular discussions and debates with their proselytizing door knockers.We are presently discussing the Millerites at the moment.
I used to live with a Mormon who was excruciatingly nice and pleasant to be around, who taught me a bit about about the various Mormon beliefs, (I like the idea of 3 heavens, 1 for Mormons, 1 for other Christians, and 1 for those folks that were good people but didn’t find Jesus lol).
I used to work at a Patisserie, and one of the workers invited me to his church one Friday, so for a while there I was going to regular Pentecostal services. I eventually got bored with that and another work mate from the same place invited me to a Youth Camp with his local Catholic parish. I went alone and had a pretty good time to be honest. Because of a technicality in which I was not actually confirmed in the Catholic Church as a kid, I ended up being sponsored and did the whole conversion/confirmation thing. That was cool, I did an extensive course of Catholic Theology leading up to the confirmation. The Good Friday before my confirmation I was asked to partake in the “stations of the cross” at mass, which is where I carried a big heavy cross to the alter and performed this ritual during the liturgy in which I hammered nails into the holes that represented the hand and feet wounds of Christ. And then placed a wire halo on the cross that represented the crown of thorns. Very kooky stuff. I attended youth group every weekend, and several youth camps in which I was a group member and presented talks on a number of various theological and philosophical topics. I eventually was asked to go on a Cursillo retreat, which is a three day apostolic training pilgrimage. That is where you enter into a “Catholic Brotherhood” in which you delve deeper into Catholic Theology, Dogma and metaphysics with your fellow brethren. This then extends out to monthly meetings at various locations where you further discuss and debate a number of philosophical, spiritual and epistemological topics.
I was involved in two Alpha courses, 1 with the Anglican Church, and one with the Uniting Church (in which I was a group leader). Alpha is a multi-denominational program which serves as sort of Christianity 101 course with the sole purpose of bringing in new converts. It is a 10 week program which consists of a group dinner and then video lecture presented by Reverend Nicky Gumbel, and then concludes with people breaking off into smaller groups to discuss the lectures themes. You all then go on a weekend retreat, usually to a Convent, or Nunnery, or other non specific location depending on the denomination running the coarse. I thoroughly enjoyed that coarse as it really gives you a cross the board understanding of the theology of Christendom as apposed to denominational specific dogma. And finally in 2008 I went with my parish to Sydney for the WYD Pilgrimage which ended with having mass with the Pope with tens of thousands of other Catholics from around the world. After having long winded debates with a number of clergy and a rather earnest and candid conversation with several Franciscan Monks over the course of the pilgrimage, I knew I had learnt as much as I was going to learn about Catholic theology short of becoming a monk or priest, and the thought had crossed my mind. Could you imagine a Catholic priest who is really a Satanist?Talk about method, “the Actor’s Studio would like to acknowledge your role as Father Paul, in the role of your LIFE”. “Why thank you Mr Lipton you are too kind”. lol
No doubt some of you may be thinking that I am the furthest thing from a Satanist. Or at the very least that I seem to be a person who perhaps is not sure exactly what he believes and maybe should reconsider whether or not he is a Satanist. But as I previously stated, I kind of have a yes to life experience mindset, as well as this OCD way of thinking that I can’t truly “know” about something unless I have experienced it first hand. This obsession has taken me to some pretty wild places (including but not limited to a Trotsky Socialist Political Party and a brief foray in Islam HAMDILLAH!). So to repeat what I said earlier, I don’t claim to be an expert on Christianity by any stretch of the imagination, but it is a subject that I have spent a substantial portion of my life researching from first hand experience. As someone who has been both a student and teacher of Christian theology to some extent, I believe I can speak/write with some credibility and confidence on the subject.
I’ve been trying to think a bit more on the ‘god concept’…
By InfernalOne666
As an early note, some of you have probably thought of this already along with me. If so, good for you, but I’m going to say it anyway.
I’ve always been the kind of person that tries to nitpick details about any topic of interest to me as well as try to get an understanding on how things work (only 5 years ago did I learn I could apply that to religion as well, and I’m happy I did, but I’m sure you all know that’s a given by now :P)
We all (at least non-theists) know how the concept of a god was invented by ancient people who didn’t understand how the world worked. You know the drill: earthquakes, rain, sun movements and so on and they attributed that to a god.
There have been many cultures with many religions. Each have their own pantheon they attributed the, then, unknown workings of the world to. One of the things that got me questioning my religion is the perspective behind this. Every religion has their own creation story, each one has their own set of gods, each one has their own history meticulously tailored to have their gods be the better one’s than the ‘other guy’s’ and so on. But we already know this.
I like to take a deeper look at these kinds of things (and if I’m rambling by this point, I apologize, but I have to address these first, even if it is ad nauseum by now). Instead of just saying ‘there’s no evidence’ or ‘this evidence is fake’, I like to ask why. Why would evidence be fake for a so-called ‘true religion’ – why would it *need* it if it is supposed to be history. Why would there be a need for something as paltry as ‘faith’ if there actually a god who had a problem with people not thinking it was behind everything and so on. So, when I thought about the ignorance behind the people that invented these invisible, absentee gods, I also thought about the ‘moral guide god’. More than just ‘why would a god that created an infinite universe full of planets, stars and so one care about what one specie upon one planet does with their sex lives’, I began to think about why humans needed a ‘moral guide’ when we actually make up our own rules. If values and morals can differ between religions, cultures and time periods, then morality is not universal (especially, in christianity’s case, when other religions profess similar teachings or values but are ‘evil’ because they do not worship yahweh or jesus, but that’s something entirely different), then isn’t it a bit convenient that everything these gods values is what the people who speak on its behalf value.
You may be saying ‘Hey, InfernalOne or, Anthony or whatever your name is, it’s because they invented these gods and imposed their ideas upon it, you idiot! Stop being such a noob!’. While that’s true, there’s another layer to it. Look up the ‘documentary hypothesis’ if you haven’t. It’s an 100+ year old historical record of how the jewish god evolved over the course of 400 years from a minor caananite god of war in a polytheistic pantheon to a rudimentary form of how he’s viewed today. It goes through 4 major steps of hebrews writing material that they put in their god’s mouth, edited earlier old testament books and imposed their ideas and agendas onto this god in the process. This is still happening today. Every time science makes a breakthrough, suddenly, parts of the bible that opposed science become ‘metaphors’ by the apologists. Many contemporary christians see yahweh’s laws as ‘humanity + god’s face plastered upon it’. Various denominations of christians don’t even agree on their god’s nature or morals, but it amuses me how their idea of yahweh and jesus suits what they, themselves, value – the cherry-picking christian at its best.
I’m a moral nihilist. Back when I was in college, I had to make a presentation on a topic of my choice that had to involve ‘conflict’. I chose the way morality is a machination of humanity in order to control communities of people. I also agree with Nietzsche when he says that gods are tools people use to impose their morality upon others.
I’m a moral nihilist. Back when I was in college, I had to make a presentation on a topic of my choice that had to involve ‘conflict’. I chose the way morality is a machination of humanity in order to control communities of people. I also agree with Nietzsche when he says that gods are tools people use to impose their morality upon others.
But something hit me.In light of these past few concepts of how people, and even whole religions, can completely change the nature of a god and his values around to suit there needs, suddenly I saw that it was more than just ignorant people using the mysterious genie in the sky, a god is more like the mascot of a religion. yahweh wasn’t just the got the hebrews invented, he WAS the hebrew race as a whole. His values were their priests values, his nature changed when their nature changed – and always to what they changed to. priests speak on behalf of a god almost like their wishes were the same – almost like they were the same thing. the instant science makes a breakthrough, suddenly the christians try to append it to yahweh and distort the bible to say it, and, conveniently, yahweh is eerily on board with the change – but, amidst the twists and turns they make, the bible’s words don’t change. I start to think a ‘god’ is the mascot of its worshipers – am image, a face of the people who try to flaunt it.
The strange thing is that it has similarities to Satanism in that people are making their ideals for themselves, but there is one key difference: Satanist don’t need a puppet or a mask in order to validate themselves or what they want. I think it is high time humanity dispensed with the puppets and the masks and face reality for once in their lives.
The strange thing is that it has similarities to Satanism in that people are making their ideals for themselves, but there is one key difference: Satanist don’t need a puppet or a mask in order to validate themselves or what they want. I think it is high time humanity dispensed with the puppets and the masks and face reality for once in their lives.
On a side note: I have a very abridged and rather undetailed way of describing my deconversion from christianity to Agnosticism and later Agnostic Satanism – it goes ‘I was a christian, but then I turned 20’. Although I did get ridicule for it once, that 20 was far too young for me to make choices, in which case I say ‘Better than deciding christianity was right just because I was brought up to think that way.’. Even though it’s been 4 and a half years since my deconversion, I achieved more than I ever did and found out things I never would have learned without needing a ‘god’ to hold my hand like some surrogate father figure. And that was what it was to me. But I realized that I didn’t need it and that it was a burden in the long run, but, most importantly, it was all in my head. The truly strong doesn’t need an invisible friend to make him feel better or fight his battles for him.
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When it’s put into perspective
By Conen Tryson
Life is frustrating. It doesn’t matter who you are or what you do, life is not easy. It is our job to relax and keep ourselves in check. Little things build up and up and up… then something which normally would be of no significance sinks the boat.
I have two things to say about this problem. Number one, if you have a problem and you can do something about it, then do so, and don’t worry. If you have a problem and you can’t do anything about it, then don’t worry. Number two, there are no such things as mistakes, just happy accidents. When you try to paint a dog and a smudge goes the wrong way, that’s fine. You can just paint a tree.
I have two things to say about this problem. Number one, if you have a problem and you can do something about it, then do so, and don’t worry. If you have a problem and you can’t do anything about it, then don’t worry. Number two, there are no such things as mistakes, just happy accidents. When you try to paint a dog and a smudge goes the wrong way, that’s fine. You can just paint a tree.
The Orders of The Sect of the Horned God
