THE |
|
a cache of usenet and other text files pertaining
to occult, mystical, and spiritual subjects. |
To: alt.satanism From: Michael.Aquino@125-430.astaroth.sacbbx.com (Michael Aquino) Subject: Re: A Challenge to Most of You : Date: 14 Nov 94 07:39:31 Mei> And Aquino is still pissed and trying to prove that Set is better than Mei> Satan, and that whatever line needs to be fed to the masses needs to come Mei> from Only Him or it's shit. Well, news flash, Mikey, IT'S ALL SHIT, yours Mei> especially, since even you don't believe your line. You just NEED so Mei> badly to be better than LaVey. I don't see him here blathering. (And Mei> don't bother to flame back that that is what he has me for, because I Mei> don't do it either.) I think it's reasonably evident to an intelligent person that Set and Satan are significantly distinct beings/concepts/philosophical models. I do maintain, and I believe reasonably, that "Satan" is a negative corruption of Set, engineered by Judaeo/Christianity for propaganda purposes - and that "positive" Satanism existed - as in the 66-75 period - in spite of this handicap, not because of it. The whole game being out in the open since 1975, so to speak, I think that persons with a sincere, positive interest in the best of what "Satanism" represented should indeed be Setians, and that persons who cling to the Judaeo/Christian propaganda image of "Satan", particularly in a time of increasing fundamentalist extremism & activism, are either self-destructive or naive. Nor am I in personal competition with Anton LaVey. As anyone who has known both of us is well-aware, we are markedly different types of individuals, with [at least after 1975] diametrically divergent goals and measurements of satisfaction & success. He is desperate for self-advertisement, so much so that he feels it necessary to construct the most absurd fake persona for himself, and to use the "Church of Satan" as nothing more than a vehicle for self-promotion. You simply won't find that in the Temple of Set, which all of its Initiates understand & operate as a collective, cooperative environment. I'm pleased and proud of it, and what I have contributed to it, but part of what makes it successful is precisely that it is *not* M.A.-centered or -dependent. Rather it is a device which "centers" around each and every individual Setian, which I submit is what a truly Setian institution *must* do. Since you've brought it up, I would be happy to see Anton here on this newsgroup, speaking for himself. Why don't you invite him to do so?
The Arcane Archive is copyright by the authors cited.
Send comments to the Arcane Archivist: tyaginator@arcane-archive.org. |
Did you like what you read here? Find it useful?
Then please click on the Paypal Secure Server logo and make a small donation to the site maintainer for the creation and upkeep of this site. |
The ARCANE ARCHIVE is a large domain,
organized into a number of sub-directories, each dealing with a different branch of religion, mysticism, occultism, or esoteric knowledge. Here are the major ARCANE ARCHIVE directories you can visit: |
|
interdisciplinary:
geometry, natural proportion, ratio, archaeoastronomy
mysticism: enlightenment, self-realization, trance, meditation, consciousness occultism: divination, hermeticism, amulets, sigils, magick, witchcraft, spells religion: buddhism, christianity, hinduism, islam, judaism, taoism, wicca, voodoo societies and fraternal orders: freemasonry, golden dawn, rosicrucians, etc. |
SEARCH THE ARCANE ARCHIVE
There are thousands of web pages at the ARCANE ARCHIVE. You can use ATOMZ.COM
to search for a single word (like witchcraft, hoodoo, pagan, or magic) or an
exact phrase (like Kwan Yin, golden ratio, or book of shadows):
OTHER ESOTERIC AND OCCULT SITES OF INTEREST
Southern
Spirits: 19th and 20th century accounts of hoodoo,
including slave narratives & interviews
|