So I’ve been checking out various “sects” of satanism lately, and it is surprisingly awesome. Some of it makes sense and people in this day and age seem to live like that anyways. Black Masses and human sacrifices are a thing of the past, only used in the 70s for the shock factor.
There are a few different versions of satanism, some make more sense than others, and some are more like actual religions than philosophies.
LaVayen Satanism seems to be the most thought out one, with a Church, a Book, 9 Satanic sins and 11 “commandments” (Satanic Rules).
Oddly enough LaVeyan satanism doesn’t actually worship Satan or the Devil as a God or Deity. LaVeyan satanism firmly believes that all Gods are created by man, therefore the worship of those gods is is merely worshiping of man himself by proxy. Therefore they cut out the middle man altogether and state that we should worship the divinity within onself, putting man, and one self at the highest priority and thinking of satan as the animal instincts within ourselves.
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