I have my disagreements with LaVey, as I’ve described elsewhere, but this is one point where I’m in complete agreement. My objective here today is to explore that relationship with as much nuance as I can manage.
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Why I Am Not a Satanist of the Satanic Temple
On April 25th of this year, the IRS granted tax-exempt status to the Satanic Temple (TST), an ostensible religious organization based in Salem, Massachusetts. This was widely seen as a victory for Satanic religion, but I’m not convinced that that’s the case.
Why I Am Not a LaVeyan Satanist
I have to admit that I was a bit disappointed to find that LaVey was no Satan-worshipper at all. Rather, his Satanism took the form of an atheist religious stance combined with a particular reading of Nietzsche and Ayn Rand along with Satanic aesthetics and symbolism…
Satanism, the Self, and Ego Death
What is the ego? What is the self? How is it that we can gratify, intensify, or encourage the self without knowing and understanding what it is?
What I Mean When I Say that I Am a Satanist
What I mean when I say that I am a Satanist is markedly different, I think, from most other uses of that word. And yet I find no other word quite so apt when it comes to capturing the scope and essence of my ideas and beliefs.