What is real Satanism? http://www.freewebs.com/eridu666/Origins.html?

Answer 1

Some follow the works of Anton Lavey,(Church of Satan), which is sort of atheistic Satanism. They are thier own gods and believe that responsibility for thier lives rests solely in thier own hands. They believe in fulfillment of thier natural desires with a practical dose of responsibility.
As for theistic Satanists, they believe that Satan is humankinds actual creator, his names just been changed a few hundred times. He existed before the advent of the Judea-christian system. His first name was Enki, which meant creator. Then there is Lucifer, which means "light-bearer". Jesus is a fictitional chracter stolen from one of the many pagans, one of whom was Odin.
There are some who believe that "god" is the force inside and simply acts as a balancing factor which balances all the forces of Nature within oneself. We do not need an externalized god to worship, however the forces of Nature are external and those are what we look to for action, by putting ourselves in league with them and establishing a mutually beneficial relationship. These would be considered the forces of darkness, For no understanding has yet to shed "light" upon them.
Satan is one of those forces, and there are many others called by various names.

Satan represents,lust, life and death, strength, purification, justice. His element is fire, his cardinal point is south. He is the beginning, the first gate.

Lucifer represents wisdom, enlightenment, knowledge. The ability to see all things as their true Nature dictacted them to be. His element is air, his cardinal point is the east. He is the bearer of enlightenment and therefore the second gate.

Belial represents responsibility, accountability, self-empowerment. Sustanance. His element is earth and his cardinal point is north. He is solidity and is the third gate.

Leviathan respresents ritual ceremony and Magick, the ability to change things that would normally be unchangeable. His element is water and his cardinal point is west. He is magick and the fourth gate.

We do stand against the christian god, for to us he as an invention is the true harbinger of evil and responsible for man's woes.
Thre is no devil except in christianity. they didn't like the original "pagan" gods and so turned them into demons.
The only ones that worship the devil are confused angst people who know nothing of Satanism. They get their information from the bible and because of personal problems conform to that way of thinking.
Honestly, I wish people would get their heads out of those stupid religious texts and start looking at the world for what it truly it is.Satan never needed a textbook for what we believe simply comes natural. To act according to one's Nature.
We don't hurt animals or children, we worship them as beings of complete Nature, unsullied by the likes of so-called "enlightened people".
One thing all Satanist have in common is that we strive to better ourselves through acknowledging our true Nature's. We are individuals and proud of it. We abhor self-denial and self-deciet.

feel free to e-mail me and I will give you my take on it, as well as the ideas of others that are different than me. We should all be heard, and not all lumped together into one category.

Oh, and we don't "give up" our souls to anything. If there is a soul, that's debateable, we ultimately go where we want when we die, that's for those of us who believe that energy cannot die, only be transformed.
Selling your soul to the devil is a ludicrous christian concept to once again put fear into their followers.
Interesting site by the way, says a lot.
Please try to learn from everywhere you can, if you really want to know things as they truly are.

Answer 2

Worshiping Lucifer. Awaiting eternal fire in hell.

Answer 3

It's about knowledge, power and personal advanement. It is not about worshipping satan ( satan is a christan concept ). Satanists are not looking out for others, they are looking out for themselves.

Answer 4

My basic proposition is:

"Those who say they are Satanists probably are."

This is the simplest answer, and it will be the foundation to this FAQ.

One valid objection to this answer and definition of "real Satanists" is that it is too inclusive -- that it includes a lot of individuals whom many people wouldn't call Satanists; especially Satanists have trouble with too inclusive definitions. Thus, later on the definition of "real Satanists" will be narrowed down a bit. Too embracing definitions of the term "Satanism", well actually any term, is a problem. If anything and anybody can be a Satanist the terms loses meaning and it cannot be used to communicate anything meaningful.

One very big problem with the "real Satanists" question is that at times a group or organization (or individual) harps on the issue, usually promoting themselves as the "One True Way." Those people usually try to convince everybody else that they are the only true Satanists, and everyone else is a pseudo-Satanist or unauthentic. However, those who have been involved in those bloody catfights usually recognizes that no unanimous decision is reached and no hard facts can settle the matter. What is at issue is often not truth or fact but simply differences of opinion which are essentially impossible to resolve in a way which relates meaningfully to truth. The discussions between members of a religious movement are certainly important to the involved parties and it also helps to define the movement in the long run.

Does this sound crazy? Well, try to think of the problems Christians have had defining who are the "real Christians": Protestants calling the Catholics Satanists; Jehovas Witnesses calling everybody else Satanists, false teachers and so on; Baptists, Mormons, Davidians, Methodists, etc. calling other Christians names -- most of them claim it is themselves who have the pure and unadulterated truth. The same applies in the Moslems where Sunni and Shiite factions have quite divergent views of who is the proper and true representatives of Islam. To an outsider these "Battles of the True Ways" seem impossible to resolve. This looks quite a lot like the Satanist scene. At most we can say who has the most followers, but this doesn't solve the philosophical question; practically, in the long run, size have shown to be important. Thus, not only in Satanism, but also in Christianity, the most useful answer is that whoever calls himself a Christian or Satanist probably is.

Because organizations have the same problems as individuals, the basic proposition can be extended to include groups too:

"Modern Satanic organisations reserve the right to define Satanism as they see fit."

This is in accord with how things work most of the time, and it is practical too. Most investigators would not ask Adolf Hitler about the joys of Passover or Hannukah, or just who and what Jews really are...and take his word as gospel. In the same vein, one should be cautious when asking the Satanists' enemies who or what "real Satanists" are; many Christians behave quite paranoic and see Satanists everywhere.

But can the definition be narrowed down a bit more? Yes, hopefully, and this will be done later on by discussing some specific persons or groups that are often associated with Satanism -- some almost certainly Satanists and some which are questionable at best.

At caveat when trying to determine whether someone is really a Satanist is the problem of enemy demonization. This is a common propaganda strategy where one accuses the enemy of unspeakable deeds in order to legitimize persecution, oppression or war. This is said to remind the reader that Xtian propaganda is not necessarily true and this is important to remember when trying to determine whether someone is a Satanist or not.

It may also be helpful to compare a person's or group's beliefs with the things traditionally held to represent Satanism or Satanic thought. This may help point out those who are either deluded and/or insincerely promoting themselves as Satanists. "Satanism" is a label which sells quite well, so caveat emptor.

Also it may be worth mentioning that almost all Satanists have a respectful relationship to scientific truths and most often do not try to deny reality (contrary to Christians for example). So a number of problems CAN be resolved in a factual way. Some already have been

Answer 5

Followers of Alister Crowley and such like are into the "will to power", they are without morals scruples and could be defined as psychopaths, maybe a few around such groups as masons , they are not very nice people.Look up the Golden Dawn on search.

Answer 6

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTcF-7opGLU

this is what you talking about.

Answer 7

worshipping devilish things, oops think i might be a little devil to.

Answer 8

Satanism is about personal advancement regardless of who is in the way. The true Satanist I have known did not kill animals or rape babies, but they were more than happy to use or abuse you if it furthered themselves. These same people also made no efforts to hide that fact, so that I can respect. But I can not respect stepping indiscriminately over whoever is in the way

Answer 9

Real satanism is
in order to rule over other trying them to ruinish

Answer 10

It's bad