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.