the word "satanic" gets thrown around a lot
What exactly do you mean?
Theres a Church of Satan founded in the 70s by LaVey that has nothing to do with the "Satan" you know from a bible.
For them Satan is just a life force, nature, maybe the dark side of nature but nonetheless.
Indulgence, as long as you harm none. Eye for an eye type morality as well.
Any "rituals" were just publicity stunts. These are called "Religious Satanists" and are the most common self proclaimed satanists.
The actual Christian Satanists, who worship the devil as we know it in the bible, are called Theists satanists adn are very very rare. Even when you think you find one you soon find its just for publicity.
so there are two basic definitions
Theistic Satanist: One who worships the Christian devil. Although the Christian Churches taught during the Renaissance that devil worshipers were very common, such individuals were in fact quite rare, and remain so.
Religious Satanist: One who accepts Satan as a pre-Christian life-principle worth emulating. They follow a number of religious traditions, of which the largest by far is the Church of Satan.
http://www.religioustolerance.org/satanis2.htm
As for Crowley he was just a jet setting, young, daredevil, playboy, filthy rich kid who traveled anywhere and everywhere, including inside Egyptian Pyramids. Sure he fancied himself as an egyptian evoker of the dead. And he wrote books about it.
Spooky,,,lool
What exactly do you mean?
Theres a Church of Satan founded in the 70s by LaVey that has nothing to do with the "Satan" you know from a bible.
For them Satan is just a life force, nature, maybe the dark side of nature but nonetheless.
Indulgence, as long as you harm none. Eye for an eye type morality as well.
Any "rituals" were just publicity stunts. These are called "Religious Satanists" and are the most common self proclaimed satanists.
The actual Christian Satanists, who worship the devil as we know it in the bible, are called Theists satanists adn are very very rare. Even when you think you find one you soon find its just for publicity.
so there are two basic definitions
Theistic Satanist: One who worships the Christian devil. Although the Christian Churches taught during the Renaissance that devil worshipers were very common, such individuals were in fact quite rare, and remain so.
Religious Satanist: One who accepts Satan as a pre-Christian life-principle worth emulating. They follow a number of religious traditions, of which the largest by far is the Church of Satan.
http://www.religioustolerance.org/satanis2.htm
As for Crowley he was just a jet setting, young, daredevil, playboy, filthy rich kid who traveled anywhere and everywhere, including inside Egyptian Pyramids. Sure he fancied himself as an egyptian evoker of the dead. And he wrote books about it.
Spooky,,,lool
CRANK IT UP
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