LaVeys Satanism

a really short introduction

Elevi: Anghel Dan Aleaxandru

Luta Mihai Claudiu

Intro
Satanism, as codified in The Satanic Bible, is a religious

philosophy founded in 1966 by Anton LaVey. Its core beliefs

and philosophies are based on individualism, epicureanism,
secularism, egoism, and self-deification, and propagates a
worldview of naturalism, materialism, Social Darwinism, and
Lex Talionis. Adherents to the philosophy have described
Satanism as a non-spiritual religion of the flesh, or "...the
world's first carnal religion".

Description
In The Satanic Bible, Anton LaVey describes Satan as a
motivating and balancing dark force of nature.
Satan is also described as being the "Black Flame",
representing one's inner personality and desires.
Satan is seen as analogous with nature and even,
conceptually, with certain concepts of a supreme deity or
god.

The author

Anton Szandor LaVey (born Howard Stanton Levey; April

11, 1930 October 29, 1997)
was an American author, occultist, and musician. He was the
founder of the Church of Satan as well as the author of The
Satanic Bible and the founder of Modern Satanism, a
synthesized system of his understanding of human nature
and the insights of philosophers who advocated materialism
and individualism, for which he claimed no supernatural or
theistic inspiration.

Beliefs
-Satanists do not believe in the supernatural, in neither
God nor the Devil. To the Satanist, he is his own God. Satan
is a symbol of Man living as his prideful, carnal nature
dictates.
-The reality behind Satan is simply the dark evolutionary
force of entropy that permeates all of nature and provides
the drive for survival and propagation inherent in all living
things.
-Satan is not a conscious entity to be worshiped, rather a
reservoir of power inside each human to be tapped at will.
-Thus any concept of sacrifice is rejected as a Christian
aberrationin Satanism there's no deity to which one can
sacrifice.

- Peter H. Gilmore

Statements
1. Satan represents indulgence instead of abstinence.
2. Satan represents vital existence instead of spiritual pipe

dreams.
3. Satan represents undefiled wisdom instead of

hypocritical self-deceit.
4. Satan represents kindness to those who deserve it,

instead of love wasted on ingrates.

5. Satan represents vengeance instead of turning the

other cheek.
6. Satan represents responsibility to the responsible

instead of concern for psychic vampires.

7. Satan represents man as just another animal

(sometimes better, more often worse than those that

walk on all fours), who, because of his "divine spiritual
and intellectual development," has become the most
vicious animal of all.
8. Satan represents all of the so-called sins, as they all

lead to physical, mental, or emotional gratification.

9. Satan has been the best friend the Church has ever

had, as he has kept it in business all these years.

Rules
10. Do not give opinions or advice unless you are asked.
11. Do not tell your troubles to others unless you are sure

they want to hear them.

12. When in another's lair, show them respect or else do

not go there.
13. If a guest in your lair annoys you, treat them cruelly

and without mercy.

14. Do not make sexual advances unless you are given the

mating signal.
15. Do not take that which does not belong to you, unless it

is a burden to the other person and they cry out to be

relieved.
16. Acknowledge the power of magic if you have employed

it successfully to obtain your desires. If you deny the

power of magic after having called upon it with success,
you will lose all you have obtained.
17. Do not complain about anything to which you need not

subject yourself.
18. Do not harm young children.
19. Do not kill non-human animals unless you are attacked

or for your food.

11. When walking in open territory, bother no one. If
someone bothers you, ask him to stop. If he does not stop,
destroy him.

Sins
20. Stupidity
21. Pretentiousness
22. Solipsism

23. Self-deceit
24. Herd Conformity
25. Lack of Perspective
26. Forgetfulness of Past Orthodoxies
27. Counterproductive Pride
28. Lack of Aesthetics

Ten commandments
29. You shall have no other gods before Me.
30. You shall not make idols.
31. You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in

vain.
32. Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
33. Honor your father and your mother.
34. You shall not murder.
35. You shall not commit adultery.
36. You shall not steal.
37. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
38. You shall not covet.