The 11 Satanic Rules of the Earth! While they’re straightforward for most Satanists, Satansplain addresses common questions and misconceptions about things like “lairs”, “mating signals”, “destroying”, “magic”, and other details.
Occultism of the past! The 7 Hermetic Principles! The cosmic questions of human origin! Hear why none of these things are really applicable to Satanism.
“Let’s you and him fight!” cry the onlookers who’d like to see Satanists spar with Christians for their public entertainment. Let’s not. Also: the Satanic calendar year, the concept of I-Theism, and a surprising email from Nigeria.
With the Christmas season comes a lot of popular Christian myths. And they’re hardly limited to the holiday’s pagan origins. Also, answering some listener mail about fear of other people’s beliefs, and Satanic ritual protocol.
To those who would try to use the dictionary to discredit Satanism: Fine, let’s play the dictionary game. Also, Bill answers some questions about Satanic altars and selectively dealing with trolls on-line.
What is the Satanic significance of the trapezoid? Hear an explanation of the Law of the Trapezoid as well as the Order of the Trapezoid.
The topic of Satanic ritual continues in part 2, with answers to questions on the standard 13 Step ritual, the use of archetypes and ritual mudras, the psychodramatic mindset, and Satanic group rituals.
00:00 – Intro, related news
02:00 – Greater Magic: to be covered in another episode
03:12 – Regarding the standard 13-step ritual from The Satanic Bible
06:41 – The two equally bad extremes: “I have to do this exactly” & “Anything is perfectly OK” (chef analogy)
08:32 – Satanic Wedding and the “Mudra of Flame”, and the problem of perfectionism
11:58 – The myth of “Oh there’s no wrong way to do a ritual!”; the power of archetype
16:58 – “The Satanic Rituals”: asymmetry; “We Are Satanists”: LaVey on the ease of ritual and the need to exorcise the “demonic”
21:02 – Objectively entering the subjective state
28:29 – Group ritual and why we have it; asocial vs. antisocial
34:30 – The Internet and checking solipsism
36:03 – An anlogy: listening to music at home vs. going to a concert
41:18 – Why we don’t let random strangers watch rituals; misanthropes vs. the socially retarded
44:20 – Meeting other Satanists for group ritual
49:33 – Meeting other Satanists (continued)
Despite ritual being an integral part of Satanism, misconceptions still persist, even among some Satanists. Enjoy part 1 of a special two-episode exploring Satanic ritual. Happy Halloween!
00:00 – Intro
02:00 – Summary
03:38 – Finding space for ritual, eschewing “alternatives to ritual”
09:46 – Why we have Satanic ritual / Stop making excuses
18:10 – Why we have Satanic ritual: what The Satanic Bible says
20:46 – Reminder: Anton LaVey was an atheist
21:45 – The Satanic Bible, continued
23:47 – “Man needs ceremony and ritual; fantasy and enchantment”
26:53 – “…the same form of ritual which will sustain his faith in the truth”
30:32 – Yes, Satanism has dogma
33:34 – Fear of committment (Reminder: “agnosticism” isn’t a third category to opt out)
35:12 – The Satanic Rituals: “ceremony” vs. “ritual”
39:00 – Closing (Satanecdote)
The Church of Satan has a long history of being a legally-recognized religious organization. From weddings, to funerals, to the armed forces, to court cases, we’ll look at some examples and what they mean. Also answering listener mail asking for Satanism’s take on astrology and also the Furry phenomenon.
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How should Satanists properly navigate future technological advances in human indulgence? “Capitol of Conformity” is a short dystopian film which may be of interest, as it relates to Pentagonal Revisionism and potential future of technological indulgence. Also, Bill reads listener mail on several topics including a Church of Satan music list and, ironically enough, critiquing commentator podcasts.