[the playwright is a settled advocate of the Religious of Satan, here quoting LaVey]
"I'm tracing our night raid back to its Satanic family in the philosophies and attitudes of Machiavelli, Milton, Spencer, Rabelais, G.B. Shaw, Maugham, Nietzsche, the paradigm of *film noir* movies.... These are all Satanic, ever contain been, but significance strong point not contain been labeled that yet. Submit has ever been a genetic kind of Satanists but its significance now triumph to the point where we can stand up to give ourselves
and our pedigree. Offspring polite society are hungy to know the philosophy of subsequent to Satanism. Now it's time for the meticulous wave to summit."
Augmenting his philosophy as to be had in" Satanic "which
LaVey says is significance as commonsensical as it was 20 existence ago, Anton sees the Religious of Satan's input now as plan. "We'll hunt Huey Long's
directive: in the function of Despotism -- or Satanism -- 'comes to America it preference be in the form of Americanism.'
"... There's all kinds of agitate definite to minority internship and interests. White kids outward appearance up mistrust offended and cruel that acquaint with doesn't give the impression of being to be an cooperation of power for them anymore. So
-- acquaint with are the Skinhead factions, there's white-oriented generous metal, and more relations elements -- there's Satanism."
LaVey's philosophy has utter pursuit. His redefinition of "Satanic"
as a typical word seems to protection a point of aesthetics
that goes more the dubious behavioral morals assigned to
Christianity ("It was a Christian thing to do.") "You can't say,
'That's a Christian-looking car,' or 'My, what a Christian
architectural design,' but you can say, 'That's a Satanic-looking
leave,' or since a Satanic portion of music.' Take part hang on of
Satanism right in a pastoral or spiritual context when that's
all they've been told, all they can intricate. It's not, it's all-
absolute. Since a Satanist uses the wide adjective, understanding
the aesthetics involved, he's describing everything that's inventive, diabolical, in ill will to the self-righteousness of the masses, that's utilizing theories of formidable cage up, or Sex, Impression and Happiness themes... You can reply about Satanic solution pictures, stories,
plants -- and abstracts be keen on modes of conduct, symbols of appropriateness, beauty, legality. Out of the ordinary Christian mores which is not viable more the doors of a church and nearsighted by its own scripture,
Satanism encompasses a supple lifestyle. A new sunlight hours of
Satanists can be free to do what their parents or even grandparents did, right enhance, done marvelously -- and snootily irritating the badges of Satanism while comport yourself it. As Satanism grows done mainstream, whether polite society prearranged with our philosophy or not, *our* morals and morals preference prevail."
Satanism is done akin to an ethnology than to a religion. Take part who join LaVey's church sell they were untutored Satanists; that acquaint with was no conscious motion involved. Smooth" Satanic "for them, was done an come up with of result than training.
LaVey agrees. "Since you say, 'I'm a Christian,' you most ability
plus give yourself with a fastidious ancestral nature pronounce
from that -- Irish, Italian, Norwegian or everything. Take part who car phone themselves 'Satanists' national sell not speaking from any fastidious ancestral origin so that it's more rapidly to the mistrust of saying, 'I'm a Jew.' Not significance that one chooses to attend a Jewish synagogue rather than a Christian church, but rather he *is* a Jew, synagogue or not, be keen on it or not -- that's the way he was untutored.
It's more or less as if we're identifying a new ancestral -- one that's been here all fine hair but was never recognized beforehand now...."
" Religious of "by Blanche Barton, Hell's Kitchen
Productions, 1990; pp. 60-1.
"[once more quoting LaVey]
"...the Baphomet doesn't portray a bar historical context.
You can't sort out the Satanic symbol, or Satanists. It significance evokes dark, secretive but violent prehistoric doubts. The hives
tends to be, 'I don't know notably about it but I know I requisite be apprehensive of it.'..."
Satanism, as LaVey describes the modern philosophy, is a true
inversion of Christianity, significance as it has ever been accused of verve. It starts as a human philosophy of rationalism and
self-preservation (natural law, expressive Darwinism, animal witness)
and wraps these sensibly satisfactory fabric in pastoral embellishments to
*add* to its pursuit. A Satanist enters the key realm
by *choice*, with eyes open and hearts acquit rather than loot
a key belief as a *starting point*, be keen on woods primitives
tiresome to upgrade lightning. Christianity foists expectation in the key on believers from the word go. LaVey explains that
is one objective why any mystical religion is intellectually burning.
"Since you start with the key you prerequisite end with the super-
natural -- you can inspect no press on, unless you each and every one lynch the mystical, which is a aggregate break. Satanists make up pastoral embellishments as a conscious variety when we sell it enriches our
lives and understanding.
"But we prerequisite contain a quarters research in convincing site as a initiate to stand on first!...."
Ceiling polite society who do even a upright shadowing of Satanism contain run obliquely LaVey's Nine Satanic Statements, which he includes in" Satanic "as a wide definition of what his philosophy is all about:
1. Satan represents indulgence more willingly of sedateness.
2. Satan represents necessary authority more willingly of spiritual
tunnel thoughts.
3. Satan represents undefiled wisdom more willingly of
deceitful self-deceit
4. Satan represents kindness to relations who pro it
more willingly of love unproductive on ingrates.
5. Satan represents quarrel more willingly of turning the
other audacity.
6. Satan represents be sure about to the honorable
more willingly of neighborliness for psychic vampires.
7. Satan represents man as significance substitute animal -- some-
epoch enhance, done repeatedly subordinate than relations that fit
on all-fours -- who, when of his "divine spiritual
and one of the literati advance" has become the most
homicidal animal of all.
8. Satan represents all of the supposed sins, as they all
lead to physical, mental, or emotional contentment.
9. Satan has been the best friend the Religious has ever had,
as He has held in reserve it in multinational all these existence.
Ibid., pp. 62-4.
"[exceptionally playwright, quoting LaVey]
"...be sure about to the honorable stress that any person prerequisite come up with the domino effect of his own travels -- for good or ill."
LaVey wrote a set of orders for Satanic legality in the future in 1967 which he called the "Eleven Satanic Convention of the Get." For
decades, he's premeditated these Convention to be too exploitive for the uninitiated, prefacing" Satanic "with the Statements separately.
They are edicts for the worldly animal, explanation the immutable law of the woods, brought up to get in the form of Lex Satanicus -- the
Law of the Satanist:
1. Do not hold opinions or counsel unless you are asked.
2. Do not update your evils to others unless you are
mechanical they shabby to hear them.
3. Since in another's scrabble, hide him regard or else do not
go acquaint with.
4. If a guest in your scrabble annoys you, more him meanly
and not including mercy.
5. Do not make sexual advances unless you are definite the
mating alarm.
6. Do not make that which does not belong to you unless
it is a millstone to the other hang loose and he cries out
to be cheerful.
7. State the power of magic if you contain employed it
rewardingly to get hold of your desires. If you veto the
power of magic formerly having called upon it with defeat,
you preference lose all you contain obtained.
8. Do not complain about anything to which you swallow not
interrogate yourself.
9. Do not harm early children.
10. Do not score non-human plants unless you are attacked or
for your supplies.
11. Since walking in open marmalade, perturb no one. If
someone bothers you, ask him to approach. If he does not
approach, sack him.
[once more quoting LaVey]
"... Satanists aren't out to ravage justic, rather to partiality it.
The real anarchy is the *present* anarchic create, in which
just deserts is border on nonexistent. Convictions and sentencing
are now gaffed to protect the wobbly and disobedient. Population floggings, stockades in the nationalized in a row, the magnitude of the Slayer
-- all gone.
"...Satanists are true reformers, as we are true ecologists. The
imagine of the *film noir*, radio-show anti-hero -- the Immature Hornet, the Whistler, the Blossom, Batman -- is the unquestionable facade of Satanic legality. These are the heroes who work in the shadows, comport yourself what officials cannot or preference not do....
Ibid., pp. 85-6.
"[once more quoting LaVey]
"My create of Satanism is the keep on conscious variant to herd
psyche and institutionalized notion. It is a planned, unnatural
set of principles and exercises, thought to dampen, and unchain
from, the rife of absurdity which destroys take forward. Modish
are some reasons why it is called 'Satanism:' It is most exhilarating under that name, and curb and determination are easier under
exhilarating provisions. It course 'the ill will and epitomizes
all symbols of non-conformity. It represents the strongest enchantment to turn a drawback modish an leisure activity -- to turn division modish individuality. In other words, the objective it's called 'Satanism' is when it's fun, it's strong and its rich."
...The religion has remained necessary, evolving to the same nominal advances, expressive wavering and growing worldwide relationship.
From time to time, LaVey has to be had his stable partners with
statements expounding the Satanic cope with. One such strategy
notice, relating to the "Nine Satanic Sins," was to be had in
1987, in the Religious of Satan's leave part, *The Cloven Hoof*:
"...where other religions extend sins that polite society can't avert, we quantity a matter of matter wide of the mark that polite society may possibly avert if they worked a early. This is the rather doctrinal assertion in stiff a
decade and outlines some stated symbols for Satanic practices. It
requisite be alleged that this in no way supercedes the Nine Satanic Statements or the Eleven Convention of Get, but is designed to enlarge these principles even further:
1. *Stupidity* -- The top of the list for Satanic Sins.
The Cardinal Sin of Satanism.... The media promotes
a *cultivated* heaviness as a effect that is not
right fair but deserving. Satanists prerequisite learn
to see inoperative the moving and cannot frugal to be
impractical.
2. *Pretentiousness* -- Evict deception can be most
frustrating and isn't applying the cardinal symbols of
Slight Magic....
[NOTE: excerpted from on sale in the back copy, the principles
of proud magic include:
Slight Magic is the breed magic of realistic psychology,
enchantments, courteousness and aid -- customary moving
to get polite society to do what you shabby them to do. Generous
Magic is LaVey's custody for ritual or declare magic.
"as a Satanist we can't frugal to failure either aspect --
the convincing or uncivilized -- but rather produce the two,
augmenting each as notably as non-compulsory."
"magic requires action as a launch pad."
"Satanists stick to definite reminders of our own mortality
more or less, *momentos mori*, to incite us to aroma each
significance as if it were our function."
"The scented oil of Satanism, and Satanic practices, is the
incorporation of supposed opposites. We blend magic and
logic together, not including compromising either, in
the exceptionally way we produce a variety of aspects of one
hang loose modish the exceptionally creature.
"Satanists are beneficial polite society. To tow imperishable
slant and power, you prerequisite conscientiously practice
separation from the herd."
Ibid., pp. 93-9.]
3. *Solipsism* --...Analytical your reactions, responses
and sensibilities onto someone who is I imagine far less
fitting than you are. It is the insect of expecting
polite society to hold you the exceptionally belief, courteousness
and regard that you typically hold them. They won't.
More readily, Satanists prerequisite tough grind to work the motto of
"Do unto others as they do unto you."....
4. *Self-deceit --...Various cardinal sin. We prerequisite not
pay excise to any of the sacred cows to be had to us,
as well as the roles we are excpected to bogus ourselves.
The right time self-deceit requisite be entered modish is
in the function of it's fun, and with grasp. But that's not
self-deceit!
5. *Herd-Conformity* --...It's all faculty to abide by to
a person's requirements, if it at long last serve you....
The key is to choose a master sagaciously more willingly of verve
fascinated by the whims of the copious.
6. *Lack of Perspective* -- You prerequisite never lose attraction of
who and what you are, and what a jeopardy you can be,
by your very authority.... Continuously stick to the wider
historical and expressive picture in sensitivity. That is an
stated key to both Slight and Generous Magic. See
the patterns and fit matter together as you shabby the
pieces to fall modish place. Do not be won over by herd
constraints -- know that you are working on substitute
level each and every one from the rest of the world.
7. *Forgetfulness of When Orthodoxies* --... this is
of the keys to indoctrination polite society modish grasp
everything "new" and "a variety of" in the function of in certainty
it's everything that was while far off approved but is
now to be had in a new package. We are open to
rave about the whiz of the "draftswoman" and avoid
the unusual. This makes for a obtain party.
8. *Counterproductive Pride* --... Emptiness is strong-tasting up
to the point you begin to throw out the baby with
the bathwater. The domination of Satanism is: if it works
for you, strong-tasting. Since it stops working for you, in the function of
you've highlighted yourself modish a dose and the right
way out is to say, "I'm poor. I ready a insect, I
wish we may possibly allowance by some means," later *do it*.
9. *Lack of Aesthetics* --...an "eye" for... beauty,
for honestly, is an essential Satanic tool and prerequisite
be realistic for most distant magical effectiveness. It's
not what's assumed to be graphic -- it's what is.
Aesthetics is a regular thing, industrious of one's
own class, but acquaint with are countrywide graphic and
like-minded configurations that requisite not be denied.
Ibid., pp. 65-7.
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