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ANTON LAVEY Rare Interview | Satanism, Gods & Goddesses, Magic, Supernatural, Human Sacrifice · Brett Keane and Eve Show

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  Satan is to us a symbol rather than an anthropomorphic being.
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  Although many members of the Church of Satan who are
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  mystically inclined would prefer to think of Satan in a very real
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  anthropomorphic way. Of course we do not discourage
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  this because we realized that to many individuals a picture, a
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  well wrought picture of their their mentor or their tutelary
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  divinity is very important for them to conceptualize
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  ritualistically. However, Satan symbolically is
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  the teacher, the informer of the whys and the wherefores of the
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  world. And in answer to those who would
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  label us devil worshippers or be very quick to assume us to be
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  Satan worshippers, I must say that Satan demands study, not
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  worship in its truest symbology. We do not grovel.
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  We do not get down on our knees, genuflect and worship Satan.
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  We do not plead, we do not implore that Satan give us what
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  we wish. We feel that anyone who is going
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  to be blessed by any God of his choice is going to have to show
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  that God that he is capable of taking care of the blessings
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  that are received. The Church of Satan is an
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  organization which is comprised of Satanists who, because of
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  their abilities and lifestyles and on the stressedest
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  lifestyles reflect a higher than average human potential.
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  Through this Ave., the Church of Satan, the Satanist will become
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  the prototype for a more rational, certainly more finely
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  tuned society. The stress has been on nude
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  altars. The nude altar is an integral
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  part of the Satanic surface, and with good reason.
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  The nude altar represents man's fleshly heritage, the very
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  earth, the mother, the the womb from whence became.
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  And we feel that there's nothing bawdy, there's nothing like
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  Sanchez, nothing lewd about the nude who is employed for an
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  awful a nude woman. We also feel that there's
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  nothing wrong with baudiness, with licentiousness, or with any
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  type of sexual activity. But we feel as though the ritual
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  chamber is no place for either overtly or covertly.
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  And there's no need to be surreptitious in our ritual
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  insofar sexual pre elections are concerned now.
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  For centuries both churchmen and laymen have been defining the
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  devil according to their needs, all the while playing the game
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  of muzzling the enemy. They've been inventing the rules
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  of how devils should behave, how Satanists should behave, how
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  devil worshippers should act. And they have been in an
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  authoritative position to do this because naturally, they are
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  the man of God. They are the man of the church.
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  Supposedly they are the men who've been doing battle with
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  this devil and then absolving their parishioners of these
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  devils promptings. In this manner, have they
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  maintained a convenient means by which to escape the blame for
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  their inadequacies or indiscretions?
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  The devil made me do it has long been a stock alibi.
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  Once it held, it held very firm. Now, fortunately, fortunately
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  for us, it has become ludicrous to say the devil made me do it.
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  Yet many, while laughing, still play the old game of self deceit
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  and blame the devil in one way or another.
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  So the old game is still going on.
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  This is made amply clear, and, of all places, the very world of
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  the occult. Witches who held the Devil's
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  name for centuries now refute Satanism with a passion,
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  employing it as the other side of the fence which they are most
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  certainly not. All manner of occultists, from
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  ESP researchers to faith healers, denounced Satanists as
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  worthless, meaningless, dangerous, ad nauseum.
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  But never is there to be found a positive adjective about
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  Satanists. We Satanists only smile at such
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  transparencies because they are transparent opinions.
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  Their motivations are most clear.
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  It shows that even those who now claim emancipation from
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  inquisitors need devils themselves in order to make
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  their art more palatable to others.
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  Ironically, the masters of the world have always been
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  Satanists. The masters of magic have always
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  practiced satanic magic, that is to say, magic without the
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  trappings of self deceit. Because self deceit is always an
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  inhibiting factor in the ultimate success of a magical
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  right. The great Devil's advocates of
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  the past. Friedrich Nietzsche, Mark Twain,
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  Herbert Spencer, HG Wells, Shaw, Fierce, all of them.
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  They were able to hold a looking glass up to man.
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  But man, momentarily viewing his self deceit upon reading the
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  works of these people, could quickly avert his gaze and find
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  Solace and his spurious rule books.
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  The time for an organization of devils was not yet ready when
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  these devil's advocates existed, for only a strong, organized
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  movement could force the mirror of self, revealing before the
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  world's eyes and hold it there. And this is what we wish to do,
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  hold that mirror. It has been said, the most
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  powerful thing in the world is an idea whose time has come
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  round. The idea that the enemy might
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  conceivably have something worthwhile to say is now with
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  us. In fact, Is that demon within
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  each of us really an enemy, as we have so long been taught, or
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  will it be recognized as the guiding spirit of enlightenment
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  that it really is? We must remember the word demon
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  does not imply evil, but simply a guiding spirit, a motivating
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  spirit. Man must quit kidding himself
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  only when he emancipates himself from dubious interpretations of
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  good and evil. When he truly can rise above
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  good, beyond good and evil, realizing that these terms are
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  probably the most relative terms in man's existence.
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  When he can accept the long obscene name of Satan, because
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  that is a dirty word, Satan. The occult world seems to find
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  it even more so When he can accept this word, this name,
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  into his vocabulary as a sound to be honored.
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  Then he will be free. Until then, he will walk in fear
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  of the very scapegoat he has created, and his potential guide
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  will remain his nemesis. And how would Satanism help you
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  to rise to a higher mental level?
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  Satanism allows us to recognize and to realize our own
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  potential. This is what I would call the
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  balance factor to realize that man is not created equal, each
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  according to his own opportunity.
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  Natural ability must make the most of what he has.
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  But he must also realize that he can't force cons into his
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  computer that will not be programmed.
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  It will be rejected. And he must, as a Satanist,
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  knowing this, realizing what his human potential is, eventually,
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  and here is one of the essential points of Satanism, attain his
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  own Godhead in accordance with his own potential.
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  Therefore, each man, each woman, is a God or goddess or Satanism,
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  but must never make the mistake of assuming that there may not
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  be another God or another goddess next door that may be a
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  little stronger than he or she. We feel that Satanism is a
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  religion of life rather than death.
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  I can't understand why some of our detractors seem so impelled
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  or compelled to establish Satanism as a religion of death,
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  because nothing could be better from the truth.
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  Satanism believes that we should live this life to the fullest,
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  get every drop of enjoyment from this life.
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  We believe this is the best of all known possible worlds, and
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  if there is a better one then it will be Satanists or satanically
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  inspired scientists who find it. And we feel that life is the
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  great indulgence and death is the great abstinence.
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  I've made this very clear, The Satanic Bible.
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  And yet there are still many who will say Satanism is death
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  worship. So you might say this is a
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  gateway to new and more vigorous life for the individual who
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  might be struggling under the burden of depression.
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  The greatest misconception about Satanists is the human sacrifice
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  thing. They seem to overlook the fact
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  that a curse can be thrown without any blood being shed on
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  the part of the magician and or a victim that the magician would
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  choose. The Satanist accepts human life
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  as a very precious thing, albeit wasted on some individuals, and
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  we feel that there is nothing inherently wrong with anyone who
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  just lives and allows others to live according to their own
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  dictates. But nevertheless, curses have to
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  be thrown. Curse is a symbolic act.
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  This means that it gives vent to one's anger, one's emotions, and
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  if it is directed properly towards the victim, the victim
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  then suffers accordingly. This is the power of ceremonial
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  magic.