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Originally posted by ReelView
This is incredibly naive. Now the goal is to rewrite the general meaning of a demon from malevolent to benevolent? A demonic spirit is in a particularly adverse karmic condition or they wouldn't be hanging around. Depending on the persons condition they may, for a time, benefit from such an encounter but to view it as a positive spiritual practice is misguided. There are angels and gods of higher material regions for which association is of some limited value but what you want is an association with beings who come from the purely spiritual regions, those acquainted with them or, at the least, much higher material regions. No the world isn't wrong about demons and people shouldn't be fooled into imagining they have good and benevolent intentions. The odds are very much against that being the case. Beware, the mind is a terrible liar.
Originally posted by ISHAMAGI
Satanism itself is anti-christian all other rituals and evocations come from pagan and occult and secret societies that existed before the Bible was even dreamed of.
Before commencing operations both the master and his disciple; must abstain with great and thorough continence during the space of nine days from sensual pleasures and from vain and foolish conversation; as plainly appeareth in the Second Book, Chapter 4. Six of these nine days having expired, he must recite frequently the prayer and confession as will be told him; and on the seventh day, the master being alone, let him enter into a secret place, let him take off his clothes, and bathe himself from head to foot in consecrated and exorcised water, saying devoutly and humbly the prayer, 'O Lord Adonai,' etc., as it is written in the Second Book, Chapter 2.
THE PRAYER.
ARACHIO, ASAC, ASACRA, BEDRIMULAL, FILAT, ARABONAS, IERABILEM, IODODOC, ACHAZEL, ZOPHIEL, PLAUTEL, BARACATA, EDONIEL, ELOY, EMAGRO, ABRAXATE, DREBARACH, ZAMUEL, CADAT, ERA, ELY EXA, AMISTRA, MACHED, DANIEL, DAMA, ELAMOS, BRACHEL, BEEL, SEGEN, GEMON, DEMAS.2
O Lord God, who art seated upon the Heavens, and who regardest the abysses beneath, grant unto me thy grace I beseech thee, so that what I conceive in my mind I may accomplish in my work, through thee, O God, the sovereign ruler of all, who livest and reignest unto the ages of the ages. Amen.
Guess that why to me satanists are Christian in nature. Sometimes the role of God and Satan in the Bible gets me wondering if maybe a switch was made.
All that magic was being practiced for thousands of years before a creature named Satan was commonly thought of. That's why I don't get satanists the title is all sensational. It seems like its created to get attention not to hide.
Originally posted by network dude
reply to post by satanictemple
we have a basic understanding of good and evil. that is the most basic understanding of man. wouldn't you classify demons as "evil"?
If so, why would you willingly attempt to communicate with them?
Are you at all worried that your "Control" is just an illusion?
Please note, I am not bashing your choices here, just trying to learn a bit.
Originally posted by satanictemple
Originally posted by network dude
reply to post by satanictemple
we have a basic understanding of good and evil. that is the most basic understanding of man. wouldn't you classify demons as "evil"?
If so, why would you willingly attempt to communicate with them?
Are you at all worried that your "Control" is just an illusion?
Please note, I am not bashing your choices here, just trying to learn a bit.
Good and evil have been switched in the minds of humans. What is good is actually evil, and what is evil is actually good. I would classify demons as "evil" according to popular understandings of good and evil, but not fundamentally.
Originally posted by network dude
Originally posted by satanictemple
Originally posted by network dude
reply to post by satanictemple
we have a basic understanding of good and evil. that is the most basic understanding of man. wouldn't you classify demons as "evil"?
If so, why would you willingly attempt to communicate with them?
Are you at all worried that your "Control" is just an illusion?
Please note, I am not bashing your choices here, just trying to learn a bit.
Good and evil have been switched in the minds of humans. What is good is actually evil, and what is evil is actually good. I would classify demons as "evil" according to popular understandings of good and evil, but not fundamentally.
I will vehemently disagree with that. The beer I had last night was GOOD. It could never be misconstrued as evil.
But really, that doesn't make any sense. People helping other people is good, and there is no other way to describe it.
Are you concerned that you might not understand control?
Originally posted by satanictemple
reply to post by Mr Mask
A suggestion for you: lather your next post in a little more condescension.
There's a difference between arrogance and confidence.
Theistic Satanists consider confidence to be a positive personal characteristic, whereas arrogance is seen to be a pitfall.
The arrogance with which you write is astounding, and if anything in this thread has been grade-school thus far, it's been your school-yard type name-calling.
Concerning your points:
(1) The Church of Satan is not a theistic Satanist organization. Therefore, I care little about what the organization or the members think of me and other theistic Satanists.
(2) I see no reason that the Church of Satan should be considered the only "real" or "true" Satanic organization. Sure, it's registered, and it's one of the oldest modern Satanic organizations, but it too had a beginning. All organizations do. Your critique of the newness / uniqueness of some theistic Satanic groups simply does not make any logical sense to me.
I will refrain from responding to your more inane rants now and in the future.
Originally posted by satanictemple
reply to post by Mr Mask
(1) Do you consider there to be only one true Church of Satan?
(2) How can you presume to talk about summoning demons when the Church of Satan is Deistic at best, but most probably atheistic?
Originally posted by satanictemple
reply to post by Mr Mask
I posted that I would not respond to inane comments of yours, most of which are. I have to weed through your "long-winded" posts to get to your actual points.
(1) Just because something is "registered" does not make it the only "real" or "true" thing of that category.
(2) I never claimed to be speaking for all those of any Satanic group.
(3) Since you're a LaVeyan Satanist, your point of view in relation to summoning demons, or theistic Satanism in general, does not carry much weight.
Originally posted by contrafear
just out of curiosity (not jumping into the line of fire, please), and keep in mind i know very little about satanism..., are there not, as there are in christianity, different denominations, or beliefs systems, or variations in satanism?
christians have baptists, catholics, lutherans, methodists, presbyterians, ect...
is there no other recognized variations of satanism?
Originally posted by satanictemple
reply to post by Mr Mask
(1) I have not "invented" the methods of demon summoning that we use. I have much more respect for ancient knowledge than that. There are, however, Satanic meditative methods I have tweaked, which I'm pretty sure most theistic Satanists would call a common practice.
(2) Those who operate other theistic Satanic organizations are free to chime in. The reasons I gave in the OP for keeping some methods secret are, in fact, the reasons most "secretive" initiate-type organizations keep some information secret.
(3) You have used the words "CoS" and "Anton LaVey" so much, you can forgive me if I mistook you for a LaVeyan Satanist.