What is Satanism? Who are Satanists? And am I one?

Satan is a symbol

A symbol for the rejection of gods or God. Satanists do not worship Satan in a literal sense. Satanists are their own "gods", in a manner of speaking, so we are the center of our own universe, the principle entity, the one who's commandments we obey.

All this is just verbal magic to get across the idea that Satanists oppose authority and are staunchly individualistic, not shying away from our true nature as animals. Smarter animals, but animals which will never, can never, escape ourselves.

We embrace this truth and run towards it, instead of hiding our minds behind the collective hallucinations of god-worship, or even human worship. That's right, we do not worship society, the state, or other people. We center ourselves on the true center, the only observable anchor, the only position with any basis in fact - ourselves.

The symbols, imagery and rituals we utilize are of course in part antagonistic toward other religions, gregarious and full of pomp. It is theater.

What about Satanic rituals? Do you cut up cats, etc?

Perhaps! Do you eat meat? Is killing wrong? What do you observe in the animal kingdom? Where do you see yourself in it? Think about that for a while.

We recognize man is not only rational, he is also mystical. We engage in all kinds of rituals so express the foggy corners of our minds, to access the full potential of human power by engaging in ritualistic practices.

However! We do not believe in an essential magic to these . We know we are tricking ourselves, like going to the movies, suspending disbelieve for a brief time. For the when ritual is over, we know we are just accessing the power of the imagination, the power of belief. Yes, we do believe in belief but as a tool to be mastered, not something on which to sacrifice ourselves.

How could I possibly be a Satanist?!

Do you believe in liberty? Do you trust yourself above all others? Do you embrace the "dark" parts of your being, in total? Do you love yourself? Do you want and work for the freedom of yourself and others who deserve it? Do you reject the idea of a higher power? Do you recognize that life is material, that what is true must be real?

If you answered "yes" to these questions, you are living a Satanic life, and are more awake than most of the world. We are all drawn this way, in a sense it is so obvious, but we are controlled and brainwashed into cults of self sacrifice. You must ask who benefits from this and come to your own conclusion of where the blame lies, but of it's all about power over you.

Freeing yourself from the tyranny of the many, from the vapid, limp, weak beliefs of the self-hating, this is the highest calling of man.

Let's do it! Let's fall in love ... with ourselves.

Satanists can be thought of as I-Theists, which is similar to atheism but with "I", oneself, at the core of worship.

What Satanism is not and other questions

I'll leave it here for now but I will go on next time saying what we're not, and the many mischaracterizations of Satanism and the Satanic.

Hail Satan!