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To: Satanist-L@necronomi.com From: tyagi@houseofkaos.abyss.com (boboroshi/CoE) Subject: (Z) of Satanism and Suicide (was Tamara's "ignorance"...) Date: Sat, 22 Nov 1997 12:03:31 -0800 (PST) 49971122 aa2 Hail Satan! (Xposted to Zazas-L and exerpted to the LemmingLounge) of Satanism and Suicide re _The Satanic Bible_ by Anton LaVey and coming to understand Satanism: this is generally a poor source for understanding Satanism, as this was a manifesto bringing into popular media a Satanic current. it is better to delve into the writings of poets and philosophers who inspired LaVey and many before him (Baudelaire, Michelet, Nietzsche, Blake, others). re LaVeyan Satanism and its condemnation of Satanic virtues: it is true that LaVey and his church has unconvincingly condemned as 'stupid' the Satanic virtues of psychoactive-ingestion and suicide. this is exemplary of herd-influenced religious cults and only poses a problem for those who believe that all Satanism must be the same or that LaVey has somehow offered substantive arguments in this regard (he has not, nor have his followers). LaVey attempted to present his Satanism along the lines of popular American traditional values (heavily inclusive of an outmoded Christianity, despite what LaVeyites will claim to the contrary) because he wanted his movement and church to gain in popularity. he thus renamed what was coming to be 'Americanism' as 'Satanism' (later responsibly retermed 'LaVeyan Satanism' or 'CoSatanism' by the more knowledgeable). in this way he was able to back into a claim to leading a social current while essentially being its follower. it was quite deceptive to the herd and therefore of Satanic character, though its heavy emphasis on conformity betrayed it as a sham and farce. re 'true Satanism': we are gradually breaking free of the false and facile religious notions foisted upon us by our forefathers. the Neopagan ideal of syncretic polytheism has become a reality in the movement known as 'Satanism', within which individual interpretation not predisposed to the worship of history or addiction to lineage are accepted as viable and exemplary (cf. the admirable 'Discordians' on this count). in this sense the 'true Satanist' is she who conforms most closely to hir own ideals and stated principles of hir Satanism, regardless of its character or content. those who argue for limitations here do so politically and without the Protestant spirit of liberation which has infused Satanism of various sorts from the start. re Satanism as a philosophy finding a positive character of Satan: generally true, though for many Satanism is not just 'a philosophy', but instead trespasses into religion and all this entails, from liturgy and ethics to cosmology, however materialistic and psychological of basis, including such things as spirits or demons. re the Satanist and praying to or worshipping Satan: the Satanist does what she wants to as regards Satan, from adulation and blatant worship within the most heinous inversion of Christian cosmologies, to the serving of Satan as she understands Hir through pact and rite, to considering Satan to be a temporary caricature within rituals to effect particular results. only the deluded require that all Satanists believe or practice the same things. re rejecting the values of the herd by becoming anti-life, anti-love, etc.: being driven and determined by the herd in any capacity, whether through conformity or perpetual opposition, is still to be hamstringed by the mass. the Satanist is an individual, and while recognizing that the herd has some standards, she does not oppose the herd on account of their *being* the herd, but due to other, more personal considerations (ethical, philosophical, aesthetic, etc.). this is, in part, what draws us into the tangled web of confusion surrounding Satanism as a whole and its relationship to life and death. while CoSatanist arguments surrounding suicide and psychoactives may easily be bypassed on account of their trite lack of substance, there are many other Satanists who should be carefully considered on this score, inclusive of those of the Temple of Set (a limited form of Satanism which accepts transphysical cosmological presumptions) and The Ordur of Kaos Under Satan (a subset of the Church of Euthanasia who are re-emphasizing the value of death to human beings generally). re suicide and its relation to Satanism: self-termination is the ultimate act of self-expression, the Satanist simultaneously relieving hir Mistress of hir parasitic burden while setting a valiant example of discipline. the fear of death is the result of transphysical religious cosmologies which simultaneously provide a vision of post-mortem life-judgement, as the Egyptians, and the subsumation to the will of the herd. associating Satan solely with life-*affirmation* is a kind of fundamentalism. the noiric and death-oriented imagery and activities of known Satanists easily counterargue the presumption, despite protestations from those who prefer the more light-oriented and easy-to-consume procreationism foisted into obsession by Western religious. what is considered 'healthy' is colored by modern stereotypes and biases. today being suicidal is considered an 'illness' because it does not fit in with the procreationist creed. even hippocratic standards have been co-opted to serve the Judeochristian pro-life values. beware of those (LaVey, some otherwise very reasonable Satanists) who have bought into procreationism completely. the medical establishment is not usually to be trusted as regards Satanic virtues like suicide, psychoactives and masturbation. too often these societally-accredited individuals are deluded in their condemnation of self-serving and purposive activities that extend beyond their limited and heavily-biased dreams of 'mental health'. consider that until the turn of this century masturbation was presumed to 'cause insanity'. today we have these people telling us that desire for self-termination -- a natural and valuable message from the Mistress -- is best treated by running electricity through the body or the intervention of their favored psychoactives (these latter they otherwise condemn, funny enough, esp. when not serving herd- conformism). suicide is a perfect discussion topic for Satanist forums, as it forms the basis of some types of Satanism (my own, if not others), and in that it is rejected by most religious and politicals as 'unacceptable' it should therefore be asked why this is the case (wranglers don't want the herd to begin to accept the notion that their lives are somehow theirs to do with as they see fit, lest this lead to revolution and a loss of control). those who proclaim suicide's lack of topicality with respect to Satanism apparently haven't studied the long history of association betwixt the two at least in Christian culture. as a basis to weed the herd of the weak it is unparallelled, and as a mark of self-determination (crucial to Satanic virtue) it is unmatched. as I know Hir, Satan is wild nature, and this being sees a definite benefit to human population reduction. suicide is merely one method of such a culling which ought be seriously considered. as always, consensuality and choice are paramount. re the 'right to die' movement and a Satanic perspective: have a look at the predominant arguments against the right to die as, when, and how one pleases. when it is not dismissed by the faithful on the basis of being 'against the Word of the Lord Our God' and 'contrary to the desires of the king' (as Blackstone, who is cited by antagonists to this movement like Meilaender), then it is considered 'unethical' because the individual should not be autonomous but instead ruled by the herd, dominated into submission and enslaved by the surrounding society. the notion of 'rights' is founded on the liberation of the individual, and Satanism as I know it exascerbates these to the maximum, protecting hir from the society which would otherwise compromise hir integrity and value to the norms established by the herd. Nietzsche, quoted by right-to-die advocates because he addresses the insanity of prolonging life beyond its endurability, says: In a certain state it is indecent to live longer. To go on vegitating in cowardly dependence on physicians and machinations, after the meaning of life, the right to life, has been lost, that ought to prompt a profound contempt in society. just as the right to choice of religion should also include the right to abstain FROM religion of any sort (an atheist assertion) so ought the right to life (as Nietzsche above) should include the right to abstain FROM life of any sort. to require that an individual live is, in the case of those who will be soon ending their lives anyway, ridiculous. in the case of those who desire the technological or physical assistance to take their own lives based on their own determinations and desires, it is disrespectful and egregious of the dignity of their character. re how much suicide 'helps' and our responsibilities to family and friends: for those experiencing interminable pain of either psychological or physical type, suicide can be a perfect and immediately effective remedy. as life stops, so does the pain. the Satanist does not necessarily set up friends and family as the determinant forces in hir life. this is the traditional method of the herd. instead, the Satanist does what pleases *hir* foremost, considering and perhaps rejecting the reactions of others as inconsequential. repercussions surrounding death are largely the result of foolish presumptions on the part of the living. those who resent the successful suicide do not fully respect that the individual is the best judge of whether and how to go about living and dying. re Nietzsche's "Whatever does not kill me, makes me stronger.": he also is said to have wanted to "die proudly when it no longer possible to live proudly." his text does not over-emphasize the value of life, instead putting it in its proper context. all this in mind, I would say that most under the age of 25 who contemplate their demise would do best to study some shamanism and information about initiation. modern Euro-American cultures typically neglect the maturing individual (esp. young men) in this regard, leaving them desirous of a death experience they tend to interpret literally rather than symbolically. the act of taking one's life is glorious and indeed of Satanic character, though I do not recommend it for the young. blessed beast! SAVE THE PLANET, KILL YOURSELF! _________________________________________________________________________ boboroshi: tyagi@houseofkaos.abyss.com --- http://www.hollyfeld.org/coe/ TOKUS-COE Office: 408/2-666-SLUG --- Mother Church (CoE): coe@netcom.com ____________...oooOOO---zazas-l@hollyfeld.org---OOOooo..._____________ To subscribe send: 'subscribe zazas-l' to majordomo@hollyfeld.org To unsubscribe send: 'unsubscribe zazas-l' to majordomo@hollyfeld.org http://www.hollyfeld.org/heaven
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