#anton levey

[rings-of-darkness]

Title: "Unveiling Shadows: The Art of Satanic Ritual and the Suspension of Disbelief"

Posted by Damien Harker | Date: January 13, 2024

In the tapestry of atheistic Satanism, where skepticism intertwines with the enigmatic, Damien Harker delves into the essence of Satanic ritual—an exploration inspired by the visionary Anton Szandor LaVey. Today, we embark on a journey into the shadows, where the suspension of disbelief becomes a key that unlocks the door to the profound in the realm of ritualistic practice.

[DISCLAIMER: These are my opinions and by no means representative of CoS as a whole.]

Embracing Rituals in Satanism:

Satanism, in its incarnation, places emphasis on symbolism and ritual as tools for personal transformation rather than acts of worship. Damien Harker, inspired by the principles laid out by Anton LaVey, seeks to understand the role of Satanic rituals in fostering self-discovery and empowerment.

The Art of Suspension of Disbelief:

At the heart of Damien's exploration lies the concept of suspension of disbelief—an intentional embrace of the ritual's symbolic power without a literal belief in supernatural entities. Much like a theatergoer immersing themselves in a play, the adept suspends disbelief to tap into the psychological and emotional impact of the ritual.

Anton LaVey's Influence:

Anton Szandor LaVey, the founder of the Church of Satan, emphasized the psychological aspects of ritual, recognizing the power of symbols and archetypes in shaping human consciousness. Damien Harker draws inspiration from LaVey's pragmatic approach, where rituals serve as psychodramas, potent tools for self-exploration and personal growth.

The Theater of the Mind:

For Damien, Satanic ritual becomes a theater of the mind—a space where symbolism intertwines with personal narratives, allowing for a deep exploration of the self. The suspension of disbelief transforms the ritual into a visceral experience, unlocking the potential for profound introspection and psychological metamorphosis, Psychodrama.

The Rituals; Akin to Personal Alchemy:

In the vein of Satanic philosophy, Damien views Satanic rituals as a form of personal alchemy—a transformative process that transmutes the symbolic elements of the ritual into psychological gold. Through intentional suspension of disbelief, participants immerse themselves in the rich symbolism, allowing the psyche to absorb and integrate the ritual's archetypal power.

Conclusion: Beyond the Veil of Symbolism:

As Damien Harker navigates the intricate dance of Satanic ritual, he invites us to peer beyond the veil of symbolism. In the suspension of disbelief, he discovers a gateway to psychological profundity—an avenue through which atheistic Satanism becomes a dynamic and empowering force. Inspired by Anton Szandor LaVey's legacy, Damien embraces the art of Satanic ritual, where the suspension of disbelief transforms the ordinary into the extraordinary, and the shadows become a canvas for self-discovery.

Thank you for reading and may the Luciferian Light guide you on the path of Skepticism and Enlightenment. Until we meet again, I am Damien Harker.

[heyho-simonrussellbeale]

The story of the Oyneg Shabes archive. Between 1940 and 1943 a group of dedicated writers, led by historian Emanuel Ringeblum, secretly recorded daily Jewish existence in the Warsaw Ghetto. It would become history as survival. Anton Lesser narrates this new 10-part series revealing the lives, stories and destruction of the Ghetto.

With Elliot Levey, Alfred Molina, Tracy-Ann Oberman, Karl Prekopp and Simon Russell Beale (in episode 8)

All ten episodes are available here

More about the Ringelblum Archive

[anamelessfool]

This is the only time I will say this.

There are Three Ideas I use to exist in this space, and two of them come from Satanic writings that I'm sure Tobias himself is well familiar with and aligns his worldview with. The irony of a purity police in a fandom that focuses on Lucifer as Liberator is astounding. Liberation means freedom...for ALL. Even people who you don't understand. Even ideas you find challenging. Art should comfort the disturbed, or disturb the comfortable. Sometimes you're in the first camp, and sometimes you're in the other. And that's ok. That's how you grow your soul.

The Three Things:

The "Rule of Cool" (Every fun D&D or LARP experience I have ever had ever, and the film itself...if it's cool, epic, campy, suits the vibe then go for it. Hot air balloon? Opera singers? Theater Kid shenanigans? Fuck it, sounds cool let's do it.)

When in another’s lair, show him respect or else do not go there. (The 11 Satanic Rules of the Earth, Anton LeVey, 1967.)

The freedoms of others should be respected, including the freedom to offend. To willfully and unjustly encroach upon the freedoms of another is to forgo one's own. (The Satanic Temple's 7 Fundamental Tenets)

I make sure to tag things because tag blockers are the best part of the Hellsite. So use em. You'd be surprised what tags I personally block. My energy is precious, and I protect it. I spend it on my friends and the vibes I want to see in the world. Doesn't mean the demons are gone. It takes work to be an understanding heart. Sometimes the most challenging thing is walking away and letting things be.

So:

If you're going to spill haterade all over my friends, there's the door.

If you're not going to be respectful then your respect isn't worth anything to me.

Anon asks off, if you're gonna say something say it with your whole-ass chest.

[dosesofcommonsense]

FAMOUS ATHEISTS' LAST WORDS BEFORE DEATH:

1. ANTON LEVEY—Author of the Satanic Bible and high priest of the religion dedicated to the worship of Satan. One of his famous quotes was: “There is a beast in man that needs to be exercised, not exorcised”. His dying words were: "Oh my, oh my, what have I done, there is something very wrong. . . there is something very wrong.”

2. GANDHI—At his death, he said, “For the first time in 50 years, I find myself in the slough of despond. All about me is darkness. . .I am praying for light.”

3. THOMAS PAYNE—The leading atheistic writer in American colonies: "Stay with me, for God's sake; I cannot bear to be left alone , O Lord, help me! O God, what have I done to suffer so much? What will become of me hereafter? I would give worlds if I had them, that The Age of Reason had never been published. 0 Lord, help me! Christ, help me! No, don't leave; stay with me! Send even a child to stay with me; for I am on the edge of hell here alone. If ever the Devil had an agent, I have been that one."

4. SIR THOMAS SCOTT—Chancellor of England: "Until this moment I thought there was neither a God nor a hell. Now I know and feel that there are both, and I am doomed to perdition by the just judgment of the Almighty."

5. VOLTAIRE—famous anti-christian atheist: "I have swallowed nothing but smoke. I have intoxicated myself with the incense that turned my head. I am abandoned by God and man.” He said to his physician, Dr. Fochin: “I will give you half of what I am worth if you will give me six months of life." When he was told this was not possible, he said “Then I shall die and go to hell!" His nurse said: “For all the money in Europe I wouldn’t want to see another unbeliever die! All night long he cried for forgiveness.”

6. ROBERT INGERSOLL—American writer and orator during the Golden Age of Free Thought: "O God, if there be a God, save my soul, if I have a soul!" Some say it was said this way: "Oh God, if there be a God, save my soul, if I have a soul, from hell, if there be a hell!

7. DAVID HUME—Atheist philosopher famous for his philosophy of empiricism and skepticism of religion: He cried loud on his death bed "I am in flames!" It is said his desperation was a horrible scene.

8. NAPOLEON BONAPARTE—French emperor who, like Adolf Hitler, brought death to millions to satisfy his greedy, power-mad, selfish ambitions for world conquest: "I die before my time, and my body will be given back to the earth. Such is the fate of him who has been called the great Napoleon. What an abyss between my deep misery and the eternal kingdom of Christ!”

9. SIR FRANCIS NEWPORT—Head of an English Atheist club, to those gathered around his deathbed: "You need not tell me there is no God, for I know there is one, and that I am in his presence! You need not tell me there is no hell. I feel myself already slipping. Wretches, cease your idle talk about there being hope for me! I know I am lost forever! Oh, that fire! Oh, the insufferable pangs of hell! Oh, that I could lie for a thousand years upon the fire that is never quenched, to purchase the favor of God and be united to Him again. But it is a fruitless wish. Millions and millions of years will bring me no nearer the end of my torments than one poor hour. Oh, eternity, eternity forever and forever! Oh, the insufferable pangs of Hell!”

10. CHARLES IX—The French king. Urged on by his mother, he gave the order for the massacre of the French Huguenots, in which 15,000 souls were slaughtered in Paris alone and 100,000 in other sections of France, for no other reason than that they loved Christ. The guilty king suffered miserably for years after that event. He finally died, bathed in blood bursting from his veins. To his physicians, he said in his last hours: "Asleep or awake, I see the mangled forms of the Huguenots passing before me. They drop with blood. They point at their open wounds. Oh! That I had spared at least the little infants at the bosom! What blood! I know not where I am. How will all this end? What shall I do? I am lost forever! I know it. Oh, I have done wrong."

11. DAVID STRAUSS—Leading representative of German rationalism, after spending a lifetime erasing belief in God from the minds of others: "My philosophy leaves me utterly forlorn! I feel like one caught in the merciless jaws of an automatic machine, not knowing at what time one of its great hammers may crush me!"

12. JOSEF STALIN—Soviet Georgian revolutionary and politician. In a Newsweek interview with Svetlana Stalin, the daughter of Josef Stalin, she told of her father's death: "My father died a difficult and terrible death. . .God grants an easy death only to the just. At what seemed the very last moment, he suddenly opened his eyes and cast a glance over everyone in the room. It was a terrible glance, insane or perhaps angry. His left hand was raised, as though he were pointing to something above and bringing down a curse on us all. The gesture was full of menace. . .the next moment he was dead."

13. CAESAR BORGIA—Italian nobleman, politician, and cardinal: "While I lived, I provided for everything but death; now I must die, and am unprepared to die."

14. THOMAS HOBBS—Political philosopher: "I say again, if I had the whole world at my disposal, I would give it to live one day. I am about to take a leap into the dark."

******************

BELOVED, compare these last words from atheists, with these last words, from these saints of God:

THE APOSTLE PAUL: “O death, where is thy sting?”

KING DAVID: “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no Evil.”

AUGUSTUS MONTAGUE TOPLADY (1710-1778): Toplady will ever be famous as the author of one of the most evangelical hymns of the eighteenth century, "Rock of Ages," which was first published in 1776.

During the final illness, Toplady was greatly supported by the consolations of the gospel: "The consolations of God, to so unworthy a wretch, are so abundant that he leaves me nothing to pray for but their continuance."

Near his last, awaking from a sleep, he said: "Oh, what delights! Who can fathom the joy of the third heaven? The sky is clear, there is no cloud; come Lord Jesus, come quickly!" He died saying:"No mortal man can live after the glories which God has manifested to my soul."

Lastly, JESUS CHRIST said: “I Am the Resurrection and the Life. He that believeth on Me, though he were dead, yet shall he live.”

Only fools never learn from history, and it's amazing that even in our days, with all these facts on our fingertips, someone with a mind can devote his entire life to a delusion, and want everyone to know that there is no God. No wonder the bible says,

"Only fools say in their hearts, there is no God." (Psalm 14:1).“

[sonofsatansworld]

Don't Need To Aplogize For What I Say!

I really make me laugh at a LOT of Satanists when they tell me how they worship Anton LeVey and follow his teachings and call him the Father of Satanism whereas we call him the Father of Modern Satanism and credit is due where credit is due for he did make Satanism more available to the world as one philosophy regardless of his fucked up church. Any way, where was I, oh yeah, I have seen the number of the beast as seen in the book of Revelations as 666. For all these Anton lovers if you ever read some of his other books you will read where he said the 666 of the Christian bible is an INVERSION of Satan's number and Satan's number is 999. Seeing how Christianity inverted a lot we find in Satanism I could not agree with this more! Second the 666 was really a symbol for 661. Now doesn't 9 seem like a better number for Satan seeing how it is the end of all round numbers infinity coming next in sequence. It is like the end of the universe and then the void. Perfect for Satan. Another thing is this, 666 as a trinity is again a Christian symbol as in the Father Son Holy Ghost put in the bible to make Jesus Christ a god which he is not.

Satan arrangement of numbers is 4. For the number 4 represents that which is above the mind which is the number three and the three dimensional world.

Satan resides in the fourth and fifth dimensions, not the third, he rules that realm in the invisible four dimension though he can enter the 3-D world at anytime.

So we use s0s9999 as our honored number for Satan and are not asking you to do the same, we love the uniqueness of it and it is copyrighted by us.

Only the members of the Sonz of Satan can wear it and have the right to wear it to the point that any one not authorized to wear our Honored and Sacred Number of Satan that represents Satan as OUR FATHER in heaven, earth, and heaven is tripled cursed and will be until it it is removed or the person becomes a member of the Sonz of Satan.

I the Prime Mover of the Sonz of Satan use this symbol as a symbol of unity and knowledge that what is written comes from me and Satan/Lucifer. Peace In! Hail Satan! Hail Lucifer! Hail Me! Hail You!

[plumbob-boy]

RetailSims Satanic Set

So I noticed RetailSims.com is gone now. It's likely due to internet decay and most likely permanently gone, so I have taken the liberty to reupload the Satanism Set from that site, which is pictured below.

The set comes with 16 objects, some of which have recolors. The objects are bundled in a collection you can see in residential or community lots. The Lady on Red and recolors have a dependency on CEP, the rest are standalone.

All items are from retailsims.com and are unaltered. If the original uploader, HChangeri from Retail Sims, wishes these to be taken down, please send me a message and let me know. Again, I take no credit for these items and am only reuploading to maintain community access because I love these cc items and can't live without them!!

Download (google drive) (simfileshare)

Edit: I guess I'm a few years late to the party and some awesome people already archived everything from retailsims. that's awesome! but……. I'm just gonna go ahead keep this up just because I already made the post :p

Description and pictures of each item and recolor below the cut:

The Great Book

Object with 8 recolors

This book isn't just good, it's grrrrrreat (and damn old). Mesh created by Maxis. Recolored and edited by HChangeri. www.retailsims.com

Inverted Pentagram End Table

Object with 4 recolors

This table sports not one but TWO inverted pentagrams for twice the evil. Created by HChangeri. www.retailsims.com.

Decorative Inverted Pentagrams

3 separate objects each with 2 recolors

Large

Hang this around your evil lair just enhance the evilness and scare idiots away. Created by HChangeri. www.retailsims.com

Medium

Slide a table under this inverted pentagram using the "moveobjects on" cheat for a wickedly evil altar adornment. Created by HChangeri. www.retailsims.com

Small

A little piece of evilness for your darkest decorating needs. Created by HChangeri. www.retailsims.com

Altar and Shelves of the Abyss

3 separate objects with no recolors

2-Tier Shelves

Shelves with that "just stepped out of hell" look to them. Created by HChangeri. www.retailsims.com.

Table

An altar with that "just stepped out of hell" look. Perfect for Satanic Ritual, Necromancy, or for the uber goth look. Created by HChangeri. www.retailsims.com.

1-Tier Floor Shelf

Shelves with that "just stepped out of hell" look to them. Created by HChangeri. www.retailsims.com.

Lady on Red Recolors

6 Recolors of a Maxis base game object

No description available

Note: Likely requires CEP which can be downloaded from MTS

Seal of Baphomet

Object with 5 recolors

"1. Stupidity—The top of the list for Satanic Sins. The Cardinal Sin of Satanism. It’s too bad that stupidity isn’t painful. Ignorance is one thing, but our society thrives increasingly on stupidity. It depends on people going along with whatever they are told. The media promotes a cultivated stupidity as a posture that is not only acceptable but laudable. Satanists must learn to see through the tricks and cannot afford to be stupid." - The #1 Cardinal Sin in Satanism according to Anton Szandor LeVey (c) 1987 www.churchofsatan.com

Altar Candle

Object with no recolors

Pay homage to Old Nick the proper way with this Satanic Altar Candle modeled after one used by a Satanic High Priest (www.churchofsatan.com). Created by HChangeri. www.retailsims.com

Double Candle

Object with no recolors

When you put two evil things together you get……twice the evil (duh!) Created by HChangeri. www.retailsims.com

Large Banner

Object with no recolors

Celebrate the black mass properly with this banner depicting Baphomet and an inverted cross. Created by HChangeri. www.retailsims.com.

Large Banner

Object with no recolors

Celebrate the black mass properly with this banner depicting an inverted cross. Created by HChangeri. www.retailsims.com.

The Satanic Rituals

Object with no recolors

Every Satanic ritual altar needs a copy of The Satanic Rituals by Anton Szandor LaVey....so here you are. Created by HChangeri. www.retailsims.com

Note: Place the altar table first, then objects on both slots (candles are recommended), then with moveobjects cheat enabled, place the Satanic Rituals book in the center of the altar table.

Magick Ritual Tools

Object with no recolors

Includes Book of Shadows, Wand, Chalice, Athame, Bell, and Candles.

Note: A duplicate floating version of the object intended for use with the moveobjects cheat enabled is also included for more customizable placement options.

Collection

The collection file includes all items described above, as pictured.

[deadstrangeblog]

The Black House- The home of Anton LeVey, the founder and leader of The Church of Satan. The house was demolished in 2001 and a duplex was built in its place.

[chamberlinfamilyfarms]

“FAMOUS ATHEISTS' LAST WORDS BEFORE DEATH:

1. ANTON LEVEY—Author of the Satanic Bible and high priest of the religion dedicated to the worship of Satan. One of his famous quotes was: “There is a beast in man that needs to be exercised, not exorcised”. His dying words were: "Oh my, oh my, what have I done, there is something very wrong. . . there is something very wrong.”

2. GANDHI—At his death, he said, “For the first time in 50 years, I find myself in the slough of despond. All about me is darkness. . .I am praying for light.”

3. THOMAS PAYNE—The leading atheistic writer in American colonies: "Stay with me, for God's sake; I cannot bear to be left alone , O Lord, help me! O God, what have I done to suffer so much? What will become of me hereafter? I would give worlds if I had them, that The Age of Reason had never been published. 0 Lord, help me! Christ, help me! No, don't leave; stay with me! Send even a child to stay with me; for I am on the edge of hell here alone. If ever the Devil had an agent, I have been that one."

4. SIR THOMAS SCOTT—Chancellor of England: "Until this moment I thought there was neither a God nor a hell. Now I know and feel that there are both, and I am doomed to perdition by the just judgment of the Almighty."

5. VOLTAIRE—famous anti-christian atheist: "I have swallowed nothing but smoke. I have intoxicated myself with the incense that turned my head. I am abandoned by God and man.” He said to his physician, Dr. Fochin: “I will give you half of what I am worth if you will give me six months of life." When he was told this was not possible, he said “Then I shall die and go to hell!" His nurse said: “For all the money in Europe I wouldn’t want to see another unbeliever die! All night long he cried for forgiveness.”

6. ROBERT INGERSOLL—American writer and orator during the Golden Age of Free Thought: "O God, if there be a God, save my soul, if I have a soul!" Some say it was said this way: "Oh God, if there be a God, save my soul, if I have a soul, from hell, if there be a hell!

7. DAVID HUME—Atheist philosopher famous for his philosophy of empiricism and skepticism of religion: He cried loud on his death bed "I am in flames!" It is said his desperation was a horrible scene.

8. NAPOLEON BONAPARTE—French emperor who, like Adolf Hitler, brought death to millions to satisfy his greedy, power-mad, selfish ambitions for world conquest: "I die before my time, and my body will be given back to the earth. Such is the fate of him who has been called the great Napoleon. What an abyss between my deep misery and the eternal kingdom of Christ!”

9. SIR FRANCIS NEWPORT—Head of an English Atheist club, to those gathered around his deathbed: "You need not tell me there is no God, for I know there is one, and that I am in his presence! You need not tell me there is no hell. I feel myself already slipping. Wretches, cease your idle talk about there being hope for me! I know I am lost forever! Oh, that fire! Oh, the insufferable pangs of hell! Oh, that I could lie for a thousand years upon the fire that is never quenched, to purchase the favor of God and be united to Him again. But it is a fruitless wish. Millions and millions of years will bring me no nearer the end of my torments than one poor hour. Oh, eternity, eternity forever and forever! Oh, the insufferable pangs of Hell!”

10. CHARLES IX—The French king. Urged on by his mother, he gave the order for the massacre of the French Huguenots, in which 15,000 souls were slaughtered in Paris alone and 100,000 in other sections of France, for no other reason than that they loved Christ. The guilty king suffered miserably for years after that event. He finally died, bathed in blood bursting from his veins. To his physicians, he said in his last hours: "Asleep or awake, I see the mangled forms of the Huguenots passing before me. They drop with blood. They point at their open wounds. Oh! That I had spared at least the little infants at the bosom! What blood! I know not where I am. How will all this end? What shall I do? I am lost forever! I know it. Oh, I have done wrong."

11. DAVID STRAUSS—Leading representative of German rationalism, after spending a lifetime erasing belief in God from the minds of others: "My philosophy leaves me utterly forlorn! I feel like one caught in the merciless jaws of an automatic machine, not knowing at what time one of its great hammers may crush me!"

12. JOSEF STALIN—Soviet Georgian revolutionary and politician. In a Newsweek interview with Svetlana Stalin, the daughter of Josef Stalin, she told of her father's death: "My father died a difficult and terrible death. . .God grants an easy death only to the just. At what seemed the very last moment, he suddenly opened his eyes and cast a glance over everyone in the room. It was a terrible glance, insane or perhaps angry. His left hand was raised, as though he were pointing to something above and bringing down a curse on us all. The gesture was full of menace. . .the next moment he was dead."

13. CAESAR BORGIA—Italian nobleman, politician, and cardinal: "While I lived, I provided for everything but death; now I must die, and am unprepared to die."

14. THOMAS HOBBS—Political philosopher: "I say again, if I had the whole world at my disposal, I would give it to live one day. I am about to take a leap into the dark."

******************

BELOVED, compare these last words from atheists, with these last words, from these saints of God:

THE APOSTLE PAUL: “O death, where is thy sting?”

KING DAVID: “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no Evil.”

AUGUSTUS MONTAGUE TOPLADY (1710-1778): Toplady will ever be famous as the author of one of the most evangelical hymns of the eighteenth century, "Rock of Ages," which was first published in 1776.

During the final illness, Toplady was greatly supported by the consolations of the gospel: "The consolations of God, to so unworthy a wretch, are so abundant that he leaves me nothing to pray for but their continuance."

Near his last, awaking from a sleep, he said: "Oh, what delights! Who can fathom the joy of the third heaven? The sky is clear, there is no cloud; come Lord Jesus, come quickly!" He died saying:"No mortal man can live after the glories which God has manifested to my soul."

Lastly, JESUS CHRIST said: “I Am the Resurrection and the Life. He that believeth on Me, though he were dead, yet shall he live.”

Only fools never learn from history, and it's amazing that even in our days, with all these facts on our fingertips, someone with a mind can devote his entire life to a delusion, and want everyone to know that there is no God. No wonder the bible says,

"Only fools say in their hearts, there is no God." (Psalm 14:1).“

[hplovecraftmuseum]

To continue our examination of Lovecraft's ghost written tale, MEDUSA'S COIL, it might be enlightening to consider the following lines from the story itself: "Denis used to quote Marsh as saying odd things about the veiled facts behind the legend of Medusa's snaky locks -- and behind the later Ptolemiac myth of Bernice, who offered up her hair to save her husband-brother, and had it set in the sky as the constellation Coma Bernices." The idea that Lovecraft suggests here that 'behind' traditional myths there are far more uncomfortable and cosmic realities. For instance behind Cthulhu, the 'squid-dragon' there is the nearly universal idea of dragons in the human imagination. 'behind' Satan there is perhaps Nyarlathotep, behind Quezelcoatal there is 'Yig', etc. Rather than discard traditional historic myths, Lovecraft - who had a tremendous knowledge of the world's religious dogma, myths, and legends, attempted to suggest that 'behind' them all were monstrous and mind-twisting ultra-cosmic realities. The woman encircled with a serpent to the top left below was the work of Symbolist artist Franz Von Stuck. Cthulhu in ink appeared in the landmark publication H. P. L. The ink drawing of Tsathoggua was the work of Richard Gilman Huber. The clay mask of Cthulhu was also by RGH. The faux stone head resembling HPL and the heads of Easter Island is actually a small planter and was manufactured in China. The image on the cover of the book on Satanism is of Anton LeVey. (Exhibit 448)

[ylove-bandaesthetics]

Hello. Could you do a mythology/goddess aesthetic of Zeena Schreck as a Bodhisattva. It’s interesting how she denounced her father Anton Levey, began a rock band - radio werewolf - in Berlin, then became a Tantric Buddhist and took the Bodhisattva vows. A Bodhisattva is essentially a Buddhist savior/superhero.These beings refuse the afterlife to help others.

This is very interesting, ngl though, I’m having a little bit of trouble with this one currently cause I dont wanna fuck up but I apologize in advance if I’m not able to do it sweetheart!

[gokyuzumanzarasi]

Anton Szandor LaVey: Modern Satanizm'in Kurucusu

Anton Szandor LaVey’in Hayatı ve Felsefesi Anton Szandor LaVey, asıl adı Howard Stanton Levey olan, 11 Nisan 1930’da Chicago’da doğdu. Genç yaşta müziğe ilgi duydu ve San Francisco Senfoni Orkestrası’nda ikinci obua sanatçısı olarak görev aldı. Daha sonra sirk dünyasına girdi ve aslan terbiyecisi olarak çalıştı. Ancak bir gösteri sırasında yaralanması sonucu meslek değiştirdi ve polis…

[gururbenimneyime]

Anton Szandor LaVey: Modern Satanizm'in Kurucusu

Anton Szandor LaVey’in Hayatı ve Felsefesi Anton Szandor LaVey, asıl adı Howard Stanton Levey olan, 11 Nisan 1930’da Chicago’da doğdu. Genç yaşta müziğe ilgi duydu ve San Francisco Senfoni Orkestrası’nda ikinci obua sanatçısı olarak görev aldı. Daha sonra sirk dünyasına girdi ve aslan terbiyecisi olarak çalıştı. Ancak bir gösteri sırasında yaralanması sonucu meslek değiştirdi ve polis…

[ellerielimde]

Anton Szandor LaVey: Modern Satanizm'in Kurucusu

Anton Szandor LaVey’in Hayatı ve Felsefesi Anton Szandor LaVey, asıl adı Howard Stanton Levey olan, 11 Nisan 1930’da Chicago’da doğdu. Genç yaşta müziğe ilgi duydu ve San Francisco Senfoni Orkestrası’nda ikinci obua sanatçısı olarak görev aldı. Daha sonra sirk dünyasına girdi ve aslan terbiyecisi olarak çalıştı. Ancak bir gösteri sırasında yaralanması sonucu meslek değiştirdi ve polis…

[queersatanic]

satanism is cringe culture

of course, there's a real symbiotic relationship going on, too, where christians benefit from the satanists existing to give them a boogeyman they can elevate into some kind of existential danger — to all of society but especially our good (white) christian children

meanwhile, satanists benefit from the fact that we are presented as being cooler — more powerful, dangerous, significant and transgressive — than we actually are

Hence Anton LaVey's famous acknowledgment of this grift in the Nine Satanic Statements:

Satan has been the best friend the Church has ever had, as He has kept it in business all these years!

Which is not actually true including in the sense that the Devil/Satan hasn't always been that important in Christianity, even. But for reactionary Catholicism and white evangelicalism in the USA in particular, oh yeah, definitely.

We talked more about this in our article about how The Satanic Temple plays on structural biases in the media to get lots of attention without necessarily even doing anything. Ninety percent of the heavy lifting or more is just right-wing Christians frothing at the mouth, which primes liberals and others fired up by anti-partisanship to support the other thing. People stop asking questions about the other thing.

Also, Christians really like to use "Satan" and "Satanists" for some pretty grotesque Judenhass they will be shocked —shocked! — if you point out the similarities to them, and offended that you would ever accuse such a strong supporter of Israel of being an antisemite.

You can't really walk around with that sort of sign right now and not expect organized pushback from antifascists.

But George Soros as Satan?

If you're interested in this, there's a lot more written about it.

But to go back to the original post, which was mainly intending to be silly, Satanists have from Howard "Anton LaVey" Levey down to Doug "Lucien Greaves" Misicko and Cevin "Malcolm Jarry" Soling been willing to engage in a game with the far right Christians to appear to be cooler and more threatening than Satanists ever have actually been.

This game is played at the expense of people who are actually being targeted: not really the high-ranking and relatively privileges Satanists who can usually just stop being Satanists and go back to being (dorky) cis white men any time they want to. But the Jewish, Muslim, trans and queer folk, and abortion access workers who have to live with the lasting results of the provocations — usually backed up by nothing — that the Satanists have used to seem cool.

Christians love to make satanism sound way cooler than it actually is

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Anton Szandor LaVey: Modern Satanizm'in Kurucusu

Anton Szandor LaVey’in Hayatı ve Felsefesi Anton Szandor LaVey, asıl adı Howard Stanton Levey olan, 11 Nisan 1930’da Chicago’da doğdu. Genç yaşta müziğe ilgi duydu ve San Francisco Senfoni Orkestrası’nda ikinci obua sanatçısı olarak görev aldı. Daha sonra sirk dünyasına girdi ve aslan terbiyecisi olarak çalıştı. Ancak bir gösteri sırasında yaralanması sonucu meslek değiştirdi ve polis…

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Anton Szandor LaVey: Modern Satanizm'in Kurucusu

Anton Szandor LaVey’in Hayatı ve Felsefesi Anton Szandor LaVey, asıl adı Howard Stanton Levey olan, 11 Nisan 1930’da Chicago’da doğdu. Genç yaşta müziğe ilgi duydu ve San Francisco Senfoni Orkestrası’nda ikinci obua sanatçısı olarak görev aldı. Daha sonra sirk dünyasına girdi ve aslan terbiyecisi olarak çalıştı. Ancak bir gösteri sırasında yaralanması sonucu meslek değiştirdi ve polis…