What is it like for you to be Satanists in the post-millennium era—with the internet, sexual freedom, social media, and advancements in AI and digital technology? If Anton LaVey had lived a bit longer, what might he be doing with all of this, or what would his opinion be on the modern world we are living in?

Okay, a popular quote by Doktor LaVey is, “Satanists are born, not made.”

Does this mean I can’t be a Satanist if, during certain times in my life, I wavered from believing in and living by the ethos of Satanism after reading The Satanic Bible?

I have read it again twice lately, and it’s like reading it with fresh eyes. When I’m sane, on medication, and more sober minded, it seems to be a natural way of viewing the world to me. It feels like things I’ve known and agreed with since I’ve read it, but due to weaknesses allowed myself to doubt to the point I left the boundaries of Satanism.

If I come back within those boundaries and alter my behavior, would I qualify for the title of Satanists? Could I still be said to be Satanic by nature if at times I’ve gone against my nature?

How is "Born With a Tail" re: getting facts correct about LaVey's life? Are there any verifiably incorrect statements in it about LaVey's personal history? If so, what are they?

New satanist here. Maybe this is common knowledge around these parts, but I’m reading The Devil’s Notebook for the first time and am blown away by this bit of the Five-Point Program (written sometime prior to 1992):

“[The] development and production of artificial human companions — the forbidden industry. An economic ‘godsend’ which allows everyone ‘power’ over someone else. Polite, sophisticated, technologically feasible slavery. And the most profitable industry since TV and the computer.”

I can only find a couple posts in this sub about this passage, and they’re all 5+ years old. What are your thoughts on what he meant by this? Would he be proud of where AI is now? Unfortunately I think we are becoming too reliant on it, thus giving it the power over us that he thought we should have over it. He was definitely right about the industry economic power though.

Hail Satan! 🤘🏻🔥🤘🏻

The title of this post is very specific. I know it’s odd but I was hoping it would get some attention. This is a story about some satanic practices I experienced in real life and was hoping it would serve as an endorsement or caution for some practitioners.

Recently I had been feeling a little down in the dumps and turned to reading satanic literature. I hoped it would help me reexpress myself. I reread the Levay bible, I had read briefly in the past, and found some of the points affirming to my situation. I picked up some other writings and wound up in Levay’s satanic witch. As I read, I began to feel some of the things seeming familiar to me. Almost like Déjà vu. This continued until I reached the chapter “B**chcraft” at which point I reached a shocking and hilarious conclusion that I had been the target of a satanic witch.

To back up: I used to work at a pet store and, one day, I was cleaning animal enclosures when they brought a new hire. I didn’t take much interest however at some point I got a look at the new hire, we made eye contact and she just kind of had this odd response. It was in her eyes. It was a pronounced and disjointed expression. I remember thinking it weird at that point. “Oh, new girls quirky”. As time went on our interactions increased and I began to notice different things about her. They just seemed like quirks that separated her from others and I kept noticing new things. This continued until I found myself crushing, hard. She was cute and very sweet.

It was around this time she started calling me out to go to after work events. This typically meant the entire work crew, however, she eventually came to me and stated she practiced “witchcraft” and wanted me to go to a drum circle with her at a local shop. She even went so far as to call herself a satanic witch. I was flattered and not at all put off. At this point I had turned around on opinions of her. she was hot!! She wanted to be around me. Besides, I had read some stuff on the occult, even the satanic bible, so I wasn’t worried. However my dumb*** never once read the satanic witch.

Reading it ten years later I was amazed by how play by play it was to my situation with this self proclaimed satanic witch. I could almost pinpoint exact discussions that seemed to have been suggested right out of the book. From start to finish. Specific concepts like the art of the forbidden (she had a boyfriend) and especially some of our discussions out of work when we’d get diners. And I was falling for it hook line and sinker, right up until she finally left me off the hook (which was after I left the company to make a career but still texting everyday and meeting up every now and again)

I remember for a couple years after feeling really stupid and like I messed up something good, and that I was really stupid for getting all involved with someone who was a coworker and had a boyfriend. Maybe I did too little, was too slow, maybe I did too much and scared her off. But none of that was really my fault. Reading satanic witch was affirming to me. I was reacting how anyone would in the situation: I was practically hacked.

I’m not even sour about it. I had some cool interactions with a witch who just wanted to try out some stuff she read in a book. She tried it and found out it worked. She said she wanted “orbiters” at one point so maybe it was just to boost her confidence. Idk if she wanted more from me, I was a loser who worked at a pet store at the time so it was that or just practice.

I do know that I probably wouldn’t have pushed myself out of that place if it wasn’t for just how anxious that whole situationship or whatever it was, made me. I wouldn’t have left that job, bought a house or found my partner for sure. So I guess the whole thing is just, silly. Having read the book I got some closure on what was really going on and I don’t have to be to hard on myself for being goo goo Gaga over some chick with her book of “spells”.

So I guess what I’m trying to get at is: on some rubes, the advice in these books really do work. Please read that again. They work. please don’t overdue it. Also if someone tells you they’re a satanic witch, make sure you read the required material and know what you’re getting into before diving in.

I'm curious about digging deeper into satanism and I was wondering if anyone could help throw me deeper into it I'm obviously reading the basics like the original satanic Bible and the book of black magic and the left hand path but I still wanna get as deep as possible into satanism

Started a new podcast that explores the far reaches and familiar avenues of human belief, through the filter of rational scepticism. Figured someone here might be interested.

https://youtube.com/@liamlykos?si=-VWITZVRkGYXUSQ1

https://open.spotify.com/show/033kaPAso2TxwgQGJWFCTT?si=Hn8pAFHqRvSipoCVnbq3Pw

I was wondering if anyone here has found a less structured form of greater magic that you like to practice. And I would like to share my own in the hopes that it might inspire you. Feel free to share your own.

Here’s I mean by this… I think it was Peggy Nadramia who wrote a great essay which can be found on the Church of Satan’s website, and it’s about the history of greater magic. And she said that Anton LaVey eventually stopped practicing the greater magic rituals that are prescribed in the Satanic Bible, saying that on a long enough timeline, they become rote repetition which is hard to continue to get a lot out of.

So he moved onto a more free-form type of greater magic of his own which involved playing his keyboards and picturing them reverberating throughout the world. Nadramia herself said she incorporates dance or something like that for her greater magic at this point. Sorry if I’m getting something slightly inaccurate, it’s been a while since I read the article.

I drifted away from satanism for a bit once I found the traditional greater magic rituals no longer effective… I think I came back to it when I discovered the mythological figure of Satan himself as this kind of reservoir of power and direction. I personally really see the world in this amoral, structuralist, physicalist way, everything including people’s psychologies can be explained as physical systems, and Satan to me seems like he’s representative of that essence to the world, that reality underneath the surface. So simply thinking about Satan, meditating on the sort of undefiled wisdom he represents delivers a certain catharsis. He’s a tool to me, he functions as that “external projection” described in the Satanic Bible.

There’s this album you can easily find on YouTube called Black Goat of the Woods by Black Mountain Transmitter, and it’s a masterpiece… It shifts from 70s horror movie-inspired piano pieces to a very dark ambient, black, chaotic void, and I’ve always perceived this kind of LaVeyan narrative to its five-part structure. Something about charming and ruling the world and transform it at will with the essence of that black magic, that ability to operate over and above the mythologies people build to understand their day-to-day lives, to understand and exploit those people’s desires and expectations. I just listen and meditate on that concept of Satan.

For me, it’s a source of “perspective”, the kind LaVey meant when he warned about lack of perspective, i.e. to not believe our own lies and remember what we really are. I can strategically be a lot of things for people, but greater magic helps sustain me and anchor me to the truth so that I can safely play around with people’s perception of reality, be the master of both fantasy and reality the way Satanism is about.

Out of curiosity I did a little investigating into alternatives to the BC/AD usage for the human history timeline. I already knew about BCE/Before Common Era and CE/Common Era but they directly correspond to the Gregorian calendar and simply replace AD with CE. I wanted to know if there was a way to completely avoid a system based on a religion's stories.

There are!

The one that I've chosen is the Holocene Calendar aka the Human Era (HE). The HE adds exactly 10,000 years onto the current year so 2026 becomes 12026 HE. This is based on the shift between humans moving from a hunter-gatherer lifestyle to agriculture and fixed settlements. It's a rough approximation of the start of the Holocene epoch but is arguably a much more universally significant historical event than the so-called birth of Christ.

If anyone has found a different system that works for them please feel free to share.

This week, DJ Rev Hell On Wheels returns (not quite in 3-D) to bring you a belated celebration of the Church Of Satan’s 60th anniversary

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I was an agnostic atheist, but after a while, I started exploring Satanism, a topic I'd been generally curious about before. There are different types of Satanism, and among them is atheistic Satanism. I had read "The Satanic Bible" before, and it seemed logical to me. However, even if I convert, I'm not entirely sure what I'll do. The basic rules are already part of my lifestyle, so I'm quite comfortable with that. Besides these, could you give me some advice?

Satansplain and Rev Mammon cover Mammon’s interview he partook on a pseudo-Satanist’s show.

So recently over the past month or so I’ve have been very worried that I wouldn’t qualify as a satanist because I have trouble following some two of the 11 eleven satanic rules and also because I’m a little impulsive. I follow most of the satanic rules of the earth but I do have trouble keeping opinions to myself and I worry I might be telling troubles to others without realizing even tho I don’t mean to. Now to give a brief summary of myself: I am a 17 year old male and I highly value things like justice, Vengeance, and standing up for what’s right. But I’m also diagnosed with ocd, depression, adhd, and autism, and I tend to overthink and am very paranoid at times. I never mean to do anything bad but paranoia really fucks with me. So my question is would satanism except me despite all of this?