devakxes
04-20-2010, 05:21 PM
I was inspired to write this because of the whole arguement of '' Is Laveyan Satanism a real, valid, form of satanism?''
What was Lavey's view of God or any form of the divine? Lavey believed that ''God'' was a balancing force in the universe that wasn't concerned with humanity. The divine in his view exists only in Man. The gods are personifications of Humanity's higher nature. They are ''made external'' due to man's need for dogma and ritual. The whole religious and magickal aspect of The Satanic Bible is based on this. Satan is, in Lavey's eyes, the adversarial aspect in man that is against all that is an obstacle towards his quest to Godhood. Lavey believed that in order to become a God, you must Love Life. You must be like the child whom, upon bed time, goes down the stairs late at night and watches T.V. ... you must be death defiant and peer through the veil of Death. It is through this Love of Life that one becomes bound to this world and lives on. This validates the decadent nature of the religion. If satan is lord of this world, then he is the perfect representation of a path designed to fit every worldly and emotional need of man-kind. Thus, to a Laveyan Satanism, Satan is a principle within that exists. Since most mainstream religions focus on the the destruction of the ego ( but in satanism it exalts it), it is more of a mainstream form of satanism than an actual esoteric or truly spiritually satisfying form of satanism. Laveyan satanism does not claim we have a soul. Thus they don't try to focus on spiritual aspects or special powers... most of the rituals being used in order to satisfy the need for dogma.
Would like to also state that I am not a Laveyan Satanist. I'm just showing them for what they are - not the preconceived notions of people who don't know how to actually research such things.
What was Lavey's view of God or any form of the divine? Lavey believed that ''God'' was a balancing force in the universe that wasn't concerned with humanity. The divine in his view exists only in Man. The gods are personifications of Humanity's higher nature. They are ''made external'' due to man's need for dogma and ritual. The whole religious and magickal aspect of The Satanic Bible is based on this. Satan is, in Lavey's eyes, the adversarial aspect in man that is against all that is an obstacle towards his quest to Godhood. Lavey believed that in order to become a God, you must Love Life. You must be like the child whom, upon bed time, goes down the stairs late at night and watches T.V. ... you must be death defiant and peer through the veil of Death. It is through this Love of Life that one becomes bound to this world and lives on. This validates the decadent nature of the religion. If satan is lord of this world, then he is the perfect representation of a path designed to fit every worldly and emotional need of man-kind. Thus, to a Laveyan Satanism, Satan is a principle within that exists. Since most mainstream religions focus on the the destruction of the ego ( but in satanism it exalts it), it is more of a mainstream form of satanism than an actual esoteric or truly spiritually satisfying form of satanism. Laveyan satanism does not claim we have a soul. Thus they don't try to focus on spiritual aspects or special powers... most of the rituals being used in order to satisfy the need for dogma.
Would like to also state that I am not a Laveyan Satanist. I'm just showing them for what they are - not the preconceived notions of people who don't know how to actually research such things.