Today it's true that various groups, organisations and covens exist regarding Satanism, in various forms such as Theistic Satanism, Atheistic Satanism, Setianism etc. Satanism is yet another philosophy or Religion but I prefer to call it philosophy and I'll show you why. Satan throughout history had many manifestations, as Lucifer/Satan in Christian/Jewish theology, as Prometheus in the Ancient Greek mythology, Set is believed by many to be another manifestation as well, Loki in the Thulean Mythology and of course more. So if we take a look at those Ancient Gods we'll see that they have a lot things and characteristics in common with Satan. Some of those Gods were "evil" so to speak, some of them they had two sides, a good one and a bad one such as Loki and some of them were good and honoured such as Prometheus. Now regarding Lucifer/Satan, we all know the story about the Fall, that he didn't obey God's orders and so forth. But we misunderstand that Lucifer was the smartest of the Angels, the brighter, that's why the name in Greek is Eosphorus, Phosphorus, the Bringer of The Light, Morning Star, because He is the most bright star in the sky, the star of the morning. And has been identified as Aphrodite's star. Satan is a symbol, a very profound symbol. It represents Spiritual Freedom, lawlessness, will to power and will to overcome the feeble nature of Man. But that doesn't mean that Man has no power and must turn into a Satan worshiper in the sence that believes in a God much like Jews, Christians and many more. Every attribute of Satan as a symbol, lies within the conscience of Man. And thus, by willing to reach higher states of consciousness must be able to search nowhere but inside. In the vast darkness of His soul to discover the Black Light or Δαίμον or Himself. With all that being said, I want to express my disgust towards the belief that Satanists must be malevolent persons, antisocial in the wrong sence and most important of all the acceptance of human sacrifice in order to connect with the fellow brothers in the coven/nexion or anything. A real Satanist is a philosopher that finds himself skeptic about anything around him, below or above him and seeks for an answer on how to deal with it. Seeking methods to bond with other people, in killing fellow civilians has nothing to do with Satanism, in my opinion. Or even animals of course. I understand that many who share this ideology believe that most people is blinded and lives in a false light. I can relate to that, but killing them? No. I don't think that people or society for that matter will have a positive view on Satanism in any form, but with criminal actions that are far from esoteric study that surely would never happen and most important it will ruin everything that Satanism stands for. Even if a group has a very interesting message to spread once other people hear the word Satanism instantly their minds go towards all the terrible things that mongoloids, thinking themselves as Satanists have done over the past, and that people would never even try to study about Satanism and the positive effects of it. So in conclusion I believe that Satanism is Philosophy over all. Personal understanding towards the Cosmos and all that lies within the microcosm and the macrocosm. Thank you for your time and more things regarding my views on Satanism will follow.
R.P.
