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SATANISM
The dark side of Christianity
SATANISM
Many people connects satanism with occultism. During the last decades
satanism has gotten a relatively big attention in media and popculture,
not least within rockmusic and the movies. Satanism is regarded within the occult as a margin-phenomenon and
most often with great scepticism. The satanism has become a problem for non-satanic occoults, partly
because the fact that many people thinks the occult equals satanism, and partly because the border
between satanic-occultism and non-satanic-occultism in many cases can be extremely diffuse.
A Norwegian writer Karl Milton Hartweit has stated the fact that "wherever one believe in magic and the activity of supersensual forces, the devils shadow may fall".
To understand satanism it's important to grasp that this spiritualism is, as is occultism, in large a group-concept for many different ideas and attitudes.
THEN WHAT IS SATANISM?
Satanism is really a protestmovement against Christianity, especially against the Catholic church.
Older strains of satanism has to be viewn against a Christian background, because it implies sort of a backwards biblical image of the world.
Satan is worshipped as the antagonist of God or the only god.
the cult is focused on insulting the Christian believes and values.
At blackmasses they use black candles,inverted crosses and other sacred objects from the Catholicmass.
The mass can be celebrated with a naked woman as an altar.
Animal sacrifice and sexual orgies might also be a part of it.
In the old days, a black mass should have been executed by a renegade priest to take affect.
Masses like that were arranged at the French court during the 1670's when Louis XIV's mistress, Madame de Montespan wanted to make sure of the king's devotion,
and used black magic, ritual infant killings among other things.
Another known example of satanism in ancient times is the British Hellfire Club.
Many British aristocrats were members of that club in the middle of the 16th century.
They went to an old monastery in Buckinghamshire to celebrate orgastic black masses, that more likely was in the purpose of breaking taboos of the time than to express a true satanic spititualism.
FAMOUS FACES WITHIN
SATANISM
ALEISTER CROWLEY 1875-1947
The Englishman Aleister Crowley aught to be the most important precursor to satanism of to day.
Crowley grew up in a middle-class home, his father was a preacher with the Plymouthbrothers.
His grown life was a revolt against the strict Christian upbringing of his childhood.
"There is no good. Evil is good. Blessed be the principle of evil", is said to be proclaimed by Crowley.
To Crowlet The divine was connected to the orgastic and the dionysic.
He got the chance to practice his ideas in the Ordo Templi Orientis, a closed order
that is the most important source of inspiration to the modern satanism.
Aleister Crowley was however never, in it's true sense, a satanist.
Crowley saw himself as Antichrist and referred to himself as
"the great beast 666", that is mentioned in Revelations 13:11-18.
Crowley met a girl by the name of Rose Kelly.
Rose who had some masochistic habits were the perfect match for Crowley, since he was a sadist.
They got married in 1903, their honeymoon took them to Cairo, where they among
other things spent a night in the great pyramid, and later to Ceylon.
Rose displayed other unexpected talents, when she one day claimed to be able to receive messages from the astralplane.
While she was in an abnormal state of mind one could hear a strange voice, that
according to Crowley belonged to a non-living intelligent entity by the name of Aiwass.
Aiwass said that he has lived in Kaldeen during the reign of Hamurabi (around 1750 BC.), but in one of Crowley's later books, Magick in Theory and Practice,
he was identified as Crowleys own genius. Everything that Aiwass had told Crowley, was noted by Crowley and later became a book, "The Book of The Law".
The book should solve all the religious problems and be translated to many languages.
Crowley was very enthusiastic about The Book of The Law and he looked upon it as
his own Koran for his own religion, which he named Thelema.
Later in his life Crowley opened a satanic temple in London
and an American journalist noticed that many Societywomen became his pupils.
Later he opened temples in the States, for the purpose of magi but they were closed down by the
FBI. The rest of his life Crowley spent performing sexual rites, and his magic rites often
included sex. Later he relocated to Germany but was banned by the Nazi and fled
to England and died in Hastings 1947.
C.G JUNG 1875 - 1961
C.G Jung was another person that had a great influence of the spreading of
satanism. Without having anything to do with satanism, Jung created certain cultural requirements
that would let todays satainsm grow, by standing up against Christianity's
unambiguous dissociation from the things the bible defines as "evil". "Jung's persistent arguments against
the dogmatic exclusion of the objective shadow from Christianity runs like a main
thread through many of his works. His urgent pleas, that the Devil must be accepted as
a reality, his perception that only such dark and diabolic fourth force had the
possibility to create the real whole that is missing in the Christian trinity of threefold goodness",
as one of Jung's interpreters writes.
THE GNOSTICISM WITHIN
SATANISM
There are obvious gnostic tendencies in modern satanism. When the ancient
gnostics spoke about the material world as evil and made by a demiurge, it wasn't a big step to start
identifying this maker with the Devil. Within some gnostic cults that emphasized the
obscure sides of existence there were sex-magic activities and serpent worship, the serpent
was regarded as mediator of a liberating knowledge ( gnosis ) and healing. Similar
gnostic thoughts was also spawned within some mediaeval heretic movements, that came to include
satanism of a later date. In modern satanism Satan is perceived as a cosmic
principle in nature or as a latent psycic force in the subconsience of man, in contrast to the classic satanism
( also referred to as devil worship ) that focus its attention against a personified
higher evil power. One of the first expressions for modern satanism can be found in Charles Baudelaire's
classic collection of poems ( Les Fleurs Du Mal ) from 1861. In Litania for Satan
(CXX) Satan is celebrated both as a powerful god and an impersonal force. The Litania concludes with the
following prayer: "Hallowed be thy, Satan in the abyss of heaven where thou art
the sole ruler, and in the depths of Hell though defeated dream of the ancient ways! Under the tree of
knowledge let one day my soul rest with thee, when over you as in a temple, the
branches grow!" ( Transl. to Swedish by Nils Bringfelt - and freely back to English by ZAP.).
Friedrich-Wilhelm Haack pointed out that these words "marks the transgression from
'historic' satanism to modern satanism". The older satanism with its distorted biblical persistence of
reality has been replaced by a sort of satanic 'pantheism', a view in which the evil is the impersonal almighty power.
The theosophy has contributed to the spreading of a modern
Lucifer-gnosis. Madame Blavatsky provided an extensive criticism of the Christian perception of the Devil.
Just like in the eastern religions, she saw the serpent as a positive symbol. Blavatsky
proclaimed that Lucifer is more important than Jehovah of the Old Testament (Jahveh). Blavatsky
wrote in "the secret learning" (???) that it's "Satan that is our planets god and it's
only god.. .because he is one with hogos, the first son, the oldest of gods in the microcosmic
revolution (of gods)". Another in princip positive understanding of Lucifer is also to
be found within the anhtroposophy. In the years 1902-1908 was Rudolf Steiner the founder of
anthroposophy editor of the journal Luzifergnosis and in his ocult philosophy he lets
Lucifer play an important role in the evolution of man. Steiner taught that Lucifer is the leader
of the Masters, the superhuman brotherhood that leads evolution and convey gnosis
to its chosen messengers. When Steiner declared he had spiritual 'vision', he said that this power was a gift from Lucifer.
Close relations to these ideas is also found with the author Margit Sandemo, that claims
that the Christian church has projected a false image of Lucifer. Examples of Lucifer-mystic is also
found in the New Age-spirituality of today. There does however not exist any real satanism
within the antroposophy, the teosophy or the New Age.
THE CHURCH OF SATAN
The shape of modern satanism got moulded in California during the 1960's. It's credo
seams to be "there are no god besides man". Salvation are within this black magic equal
power to man. More important than worship of Satan are a radical hedonistic and
nihilistic social-Darwinistic philosophy with fascistoid overtones. This attitude to life gives the practicians
free rein to fulfil the ambitions and lusts of their ego.
The Church of Satan, founded in California Walpurgis night 1966
by Anton Szandor LaVey (1930 - 1997) has institutionalized this kind of satanism. With the
Satanic Bible (1969) LaVey made it possible to spread his message around the world. The book
contains among other things nine commandments that concludes the message of satanism. ( The commandments are
listed at the end of this MEMO ). LaVey was an atheist and a rationalist that didn't really expected any paranormal
reality. "Man, the beast, is the god of satanism". LaVey displays Satanism as a
religion based on the earthly instincts of man. Satan represents the balanced
factor of nature. In a travesty of Jesus praises, LaVey expresses his superhumanideals:
"Hallowed be the strong, for they shall inherit the earth - Damned are the weak, for the shall be obliterated!".
The Church of Satan never were the massmovement that LaVey claimed it to be, the reason
among other things was several split ups. There are several opinions about how many members
there are in LaVey's Church Of Satan. A well informed Italian scientist claimed in the early 90's that
The Church of Satan would have 5000 members at the most, while the guide for American Military Priests
1978 stated 10-20000 members. There are reason to suppose that the figure has gone up lately,
because The Church of Satan these days are having their time of prosperity.
There are around 50 members in Sweden, although they haven't got any organized activities.
The rise of The Church of Satan in the year 1966 was interpreted by LaVey as the beginning of
a new era, the new satanic era, the era of the new Fire. Even if you don't agree
with LaVey's interpretation, it is certain that his organisation was a milestone in something new. The things that
before was exiled to the innermost darkest corners of culture, now became a media backed phenomenon that attracted
a large crowd of celebrities and parts of society's pillars. Even in an pure ideological way, LaVey came to reform
satanism; to say the least he made it housebroken by take a stand against drugs, sexmagic and all forms of criminality.
THE TEMPLE OF SET
One of the most influential groups that have detaches itself from The Church of Satan are The Temple of Set,
they celebrate the Egyptian god Seth, as a prototype for the biblical Satan. Their leader, Michael Aquino,
is one amongst several of the magicians of today that claims to be the successor of Crowley.
Aquino used to be second man in the hierarchy of The Church of Satan. Aquino differs from LaVey in the way that he
counts on that the spiritualpowers that the satanists turn to are real and not only psychical projections. In the
year 1975, Aquino broke up with LaVey and founded The Temple of Set, Seth are according to Aquino identical to
the entity that dictated The Book of the Law to Crowley. Aquino has as a medium for Seth written The Book of Coming Forth by Night.
The book is only available to the members of the temple. There are however a text circulating the Internet that's
supposed to be identical to Aquinos writing of Seths dictation. In this text the Sethian message is connected to the new era
that the spirit Aiwass proclaimed to Crowley in 1904. The text also suggests that the era of Satan begun
in 1966 and that Aquino was appointed to "Magus of Seths aion", that started with the foundation of The Temple of Set.
The Temple of Set is divided into six level and are led by an inner group that is called The Council of
Nine. To be allowed to ascend to the second level ( adept II ) one must document knowledge in
black magic. Within The Temple of Set there are technological aids in use to create
sounds, lights and electrical fields which creates sensations of border transition. These
can contribute to the mental process called Xeper which involves some sort of
glorification of the human psyche. The organisation has geograficly divided sections that is called Pylons.
Within the temple there are also a number of ordens that are specialized on diffrent
areas of the occult. Each orden are led by a high-master that have been embraced to the
fourth level.( Magister Templii IV ). This is the inner circle of The Temple of Set and it is The Order
of The Trapezoid, an organisation brought by Aquino from The Sataic Church. This orden
tries to bring back Germanic magic taditions and connects to occult practices that were
exercised within parts of the SS durin the Third Reich. In the fall of 1984, Aquino visited Wewelsburg, the
castle of the order in Germany, were parts of the SS used to gather to perform secret rites. In Walhalla, the northen tower
of the castle, Aquino performed black magic rites. The Temple Of Seth has been able to settle down in several
European countries. There have been attempts to establish a Swedish branch of the movement.
SATANISM IN SWEDEN ( PART I
)
In the mid '70s and during the '80s, satanism probably got more publicity than
ever before in the Western World. This also applies to this country. Swedish media
showed reports about proof that black masses had been held on semataries and even
in rooms inside churches. In 1983 the press in Gothenburg brought to attension
the desecration of graves and nightly gatherings on the grounds of churches in the city,
that devilworshipers were given the credit for. There were also sign of satanic organisation
in smaller communities not just in the big cities. Som cases of stolen church treasure got the
police to suspect satanists. Renegades of satanic groups were interviewed in some cases,
anonymous, in press and TV.
A contemporary Swedish popartist
that called himself "diabolog" came forth december 1983 in Swedish press and
claimed to be highpriest of the Swedish Devilworshipers.
SATANISM IN THE 90TH
The third big wave of satanism in modern time started at the beginning of the 90's,
which brought with it that satanism got renewed attention in swedish media.
The evolvment of satanism in Sweden took at this time a new turn when groups of
satanists started to come out in the open. One of these were Temple of Psychick Youth ( TOPY ), a network of
Crowley inspired youthgroups that are opperating even in scandinavia.
The network was created in the United states 1981 by a certain Genisis P Orridge around the
rock-and multimedia collective Psychic Television. TOPY used three words as a slogan : LOVE, WAR, RIOT.
TOPY are a loosely connected network that doesn't have any firm believes, therefore it's up to the individual member
to form his own. TOPY has mentioned important ispiration sources such as Nietzche, the drog prophet Tim Leary, Aleister
Crowley and his desciple Austin Spare, and Church of Satan. The 23:e each month the members
perform so called sealrituals that creates psychic contact with the rest of the network.
In Sweden TOPY has been presented in a youth show on the radio ( på jakt efter livet, P3 1991 01 10 ).
The members that participated spoke among other things about how they performed sexualmagic rituals and
described the human mind as computer disks that can be programmed with the aid of different psycho techniques.
For the mental techniques TOPY used video recordings and psychodelic music as means to achieve changes in the
human mind. The members of TOPY that participated in the radio show did never claim to be satanist at that time.
At a public lecture about satanism for students at Upplands nation in Uppsala, fall 1991 however, one of the
leaders of the temple came forth as a swedish representative for The Church of Satan. There were statements that
claimed that around 50 persons were members of the nowadays dissolved swedish branch of TOPY. In the early 90's
there were about 300-500 scandinavian persons tied to TOPY.
DRAGON ROUGE
Late summer 1991 swedish channet 1 aired a ten minute program about blackmagic.
The participants were members of Dragon Rouge, that according to one of the information materials
produced by the group about satanism, "is one of the few organisations that perform a genuine work with
the dark sides magic - a system that should strengthen the perons individual power and develop their
so called parapsychological qualities".
The orden, that has a low average age, works within a wide spectrum of occultism.
The magic system that Dragon Rouge teaches they call dark magic,
which they mean is not the same as blackmagic. In an interview in the television show "möte med det okända" spring 1994,
the leader of the orden proclaimed : "This has nothing to do with good and evil, because the dark side is neither,
just as the bright side is not good or evil" ( TV3 94 03 29 ). Dragon Rouge is the first orden in Sweden that
have baptised children in the name of Satan, ( 951201 ).
YOUTH AND SATANISM
Within the youth culture satanism became a trend through the way influential rockmusicians
professed to Satan and performing ritualistic actions during their conserts.
The most resent in that respect is the well known veteran group "Black Sabbath", that almost
had to cancel a show in Falun erlier this atumn. The politicians ( who had never heard the group )
didn't want them to play destructive music infront of the youngsters.
There is just one problem, every member is over 40 years old and have abandoned the occult part long ago.
All portions of satanism is removed from their stageshow, but the music still contains some
offencive frases, but how many groups doesn't mix some occult lyrics in their music just to sell more records.
There are even tendensies against satanism in rollgames like "Dungeons & Dragons" and "Cult".
Satanism within the youth have also apparently caused big problems.
Organisations that fight against what is called "destructive sects" have in the United states
and in several europeian countries noted drastic increased number of reports about satanism
among teenagers. In 1989 the american magazine "Cult Awareness Network News" raised the public awarenes
about satanism and came to the conclusion that satanism "promises to continue to be a
popular movement within the youth culture during the 90's".
SATANISMEN UPP I DAGSLJUSET
As early as the 60's in the United states there came several alarming reports about murders, animal mutilations,
desecration of graves and other serious crimes perpetrated by satanists. In 1969 the actress
Sharon Tate was murdered in LA along with some friends. The persons that commited these murders was tied to a group
satanist ledd by Charles Manson. Since that time several murders in the United states has been ascribed to
satanistic groups. Richard Ramirez, a notorious massmurderer that operated in southern
California, was a satanist. In spring 1989 Adolfo De Jesus Constanzo commited suicide in Mexico
after he had been surrounded by the police. Constanzo vas thr ledare of a group that smuggled drugs
and had already tortured and murded atleast fourteen people. The american media claimed
falsly that the group performed santeria, a type of vodoo, when in reallity it was all about
pure satanism. When satanic activities are revealed on several places troughout the United states, most often it has
been proven that teenagers from middleclass families have been involved.
SATANISM AND CHILDREN
En välorganiserad finansiellt stark nationell satanisk undergroundrörelse har i USA anklagats
för att ligga bakom grov brottslighet, som narkotikaförsäljning och kidnappning av barn. Flera
barn har vittnat om hur de utsatts för övergrepp an satanister, och tvingats åse hur kamrater
blivit rituellt mördade. Vuxna har under hypnos och psykoanalys kunnat berätta om svåra
barndomsupplevelser förbundna med satanism. Vittnesmål om rituella övergrepp ökade
markant i USA och flera europeiska länder under åttiotalet. I USA har över hundra daghem
varit föremål för polisundersökningar efter anklagelser om att personalen varit satanister som
sexuellt har utnyttjat daghemsbarnen. Eftersom domstolarna ofta har följt principen att små
barn inte kan ljuga om rituella övergrepp, har flera personer i USA dömts till mycket långa
fängelsestraff för rituella övergrepp, trots att teknisk bevisning har saknats. Ett sådant fall
från North Carolina kom till den svenska allmänhetens kännedom när TV2 i Januari 1994 i tre delar
sände det omfattande dokumentärprogrammet "Barn, Lögner och Terapeuter".
Frågan om sanningshalten i barns vittnesmål om påstådda satanistiska våldsbrott har blivit
ett kontroversiellt debattämne, också bland ledande forskare som studerar nyreligiositeten.
Skeptikerna betonar att de överlevandes skildringar aldrig har lett till konkreta bevis. Inte
heller har man kunnat finna nedgrävda kroppar eller andra spår på platser som berörda barn
har pekat ut för polisen. De som tror på uppgifterna om övergrepp av satanistgrupper
framhäller att det är ett stort antal barn som kunnat berätta om sina hemska minnen.
Oberoende av varandra har de gett liknande vittnesmål. Engelskan Dianne Core, som i många
år engagerat sig i att stödja människor som vittnat om att de blivit utsatta för rituella
övergrepp, och som f.ö. har föreläst vid polishögskolan i Stockholm, är övertygad om att det i
Storbrittannien finns en satanistisk konspiration. Dessa konspirerande satanister undanröjer
mycket skickligt alla tekniska bevis eller får tyst stöd av inflytelserika personer inom
rättsväsendet. Den brittiska läkaren Dr Jim Phillips som medverkade i dokumetärfilmen "In
Satans Name", (ingick i TV2s dokument utifrån 940118), hävdar att 10% av Storbrittanniens
befolkning, d.v.s. nästan 6 miljoner människor, inklusive medlemmar av kungahus och
regering är aktiva satanister.
ORGANISED CRIME ?
Kenneth V Lanning vid FBI Academy i Quantico, Virginia, framhåller att det slag av rituell
brottslighet, som massmedia i USA m.fl. länder har rapporterat om, knappast existerar i
verkligheten. Lanning utesluter inte att satanism i några fall kan ligga bakom brottslighet, men
han konstaterar att det finns "lite eller inga tunga bevis för att 'satanister' är involverade i
betydande organiserade kriminella aktiviteter". Polisen i USA har emellertid i några fall kunnat
bevisa ritualmord. Dessa brott har dock begåtts av enskilda personer, inte av organiserade
grupper, och deras brott har inte riktigt den karaktär som förespråkarna för satanistiska
konspirationer gör gällande.
SATANISM IN SWEDEN ( PART II )
I vårt land aktualiserades satanisk kriminalitet efter att satanister under andra halvåret 1992
brände ett tiotal kyrkor i Norge, och en satanistledare, Varg Vikernes, även kallad "Greven",
senare greps följande år för ett bestialiskt mord på en rivaliserande satanist. Dessa händelser
utlöste en allt tätare rapportering av sataniskt releterad kriminalitet också i Sverige. En satanist
försökte i November 1992 mörda en helt främmande person i Finspång. Vid samma tid började
pressen rapportera om att gripna satanister på flera platser erkänt att de gjort sig skyldiga till
gravskändning. När Lunbys nya kyrka i Göteborg brann ner till grunden i Februari 1993, slog
pressen upp stora rubriker och förklarade att satanister kunde ligga bakom mordbranden.
Samma månad gjorde anhängare till "Greven" ett misslyckat mordbrandförsök i Upplands
Väsby. De som utsattes för attentatet tillhörde en rivaliserande grupp magiker. I början av
Juli'93 brändes Salabackekyrkan i Uppsala ned, och i mitten av Juli följande år brann Föllinge
kyrka i Jämtland. Båda dessa kyrkor brändes ner av ungdomar som till en början i
polisförhören sade sig tillhöra "Grevens" inre krets, men drog senare tillbaka dessa
påståenden, efter att ha blivit mordhotade.
SATANISM IN MEDIA
Förutom diskussionen om satanismen i samband med ungdomskriminalitet, startade på hösten
1992 en debatt om förekomsten av rituella mord i vårat land. En norsk professor, verksam i
Sverige, gick i November 1992 ut i Aftonbladet och hävdade att svenska djävulsdyrkare gjorts
sig skyldiga till såväl sexuella övergrepp på barn, som rituella mord. Den norska forskaren
deltog i Januari 1993 i en diskussion i TV2 med åklagaren Anders Helin, som var ytterst
skeptisk till att ritualmord förekommer i Sverige.
I Mars 1993, samma månad som pressen
rapporterade att "Greven" också hade svenska följeslagare, återkom den norska forskaren när
kvällspressens löpsedlar och förstasidor påstod att små barn offrats vid sataniska ritualer i
Sverige. Aftonbladet gick längst i speckulationerna, när tidningen kopplade samman
ritualmorden med ett uppmärksammat olöst barnmord i Skåne. Också några kristna tidningar,
däribland Dagen, uttryckte uppfattningen om att den påstådda satanistiska kriminaliteten var ett faktum.
I slutet av Mars 1993 förklade den dåvarande polischefen Björn Eriksson att frågan om de
påstådda ritualmorden noga skulle utredas. Några veckor senare meddelade rikskriminalen att
det inte fanns några tecken som tyder på att de påstådda ritualmorden skulle ha ägt rum.
Polisen hade då b.l.a. förgäves grävt i skogarna utanför Södertälje efter barnlik på platser som
pekats ut av en flicka som hävdade att hon hade varit ögonvittne till ritualmorden. Vid denna
tid började de stora kvällstidningarna bli mer återhållsamma i sin hållning i frågan.
Expressenjournalisten Jan Lundström skrev redan i slutet av Mars 1993 några artiklar, i vilka
han utifrån sina erfarenheter av liknande fall, uttryckte sin skepsis.
Att kriminalitet med sataniska företecken förekommer är ett
faktum, också i Sverige. Nästan
alltid är det unga människor som begår brott som påstås vara inspirerade av satanism. I vilken
grad dessa skall kunna kallas för satanister kan emellertid diskuteras. Socialarbetare och
poliser som varit engagerade i fall av detta slag, har till bokens författare uttryckt
uppfattningen att det mer handlar om kriminalitet med satanisk image, än satanism som leder
till kriminalitet. Bland de som räknar sig som seriösa satanister finns det en stor irritation över
den brottslighet som begås i Satans namn. Existensen av en internationell satanisk
konspiration finns det ännu inga bevis för. Den sataniska ideologin erbjuder emellertid en
mängd ideer som kan inspirera människor till våldsbrott.
THE NINE SATANIC
COMMANDMENTS
1) Satan represents devotion instead of giving man heavy emotions of guilt for his way of living.
2) Satan represents reality instead of hopdiktade själsdrömmar.
3) Satan representerar klokhet istället för självbedrägeri.
4) Satan representerar vänlighet till dem som förtjänar det istället för att ödsla kärlek på inställsamma.
5) Satan representerar ansvar för de ansvariga istället för att bry sig om psykiska vampyrer.
6) Satan representerar hämden istället för att vända andra kinden till.
7) Satan representerar människan som ett djur, som genom sin själsliga utveckling utvecklats till det värsta djuret av dem alla.
8) Satan representerar alla så kallade synder som leder till psykiska, mentala eller emotionella tidfredställelser.
9) Satan har alltid varit kyrkans bäste vän genom att hålla igång deras stora affärsversamhet genom åren.
The nine Satanic commandments according to Anton LaVey, "The satanic Bible".
CONCLUSION
My personal oppinion about the subject:
Det är tråkigt att det förekommer stölder, skändningar och bränder mot kyrklig
egendom.
Massmedia har alltför bråttom att anknyta dessa typer av brott till satanistiska
grupper. Det är
alltid bekvämt att ha en syndabock vid händelser av denna typ som synes vara helt
onödiga.
Om massmedia skulle gräva lite djupare, så kan allmänheten få reda på vad som
verkligen
ligger bakom brottet. Det går inte att utesluta att vissa satanistiska grupper ägnar
sig åt denna
typ av aktivitet, men inte i så stor utsträckning som massmedia vill göra gällande.
Den
moderna satanismen har blivit så invecklad. Det är väldigt svårt att säga vad som är
satanism
och vad som är ockultism nu för tiden. Den gamla typen av satanism var en direkt
hyllning till
Djävulen. Nutidens satanister strävar efter att frigöra männskligheten från den
religiösa kraft
som styr dagens samhälle. Det är snarare en kamp mot kyrkans grepp om
människan än en
djävulsdyrkan. Dagens satanism är mer som en typ av anarkism än som religion.
Det som
många kallar en trend har troligtvis kommit för att stanna.
MEMO-writer and Realist Thomas K.
Kauppi
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Litteral index:
The Satanic Bible. ( Anton Szandor LaVey
)
Det Okända. ( Håkan Arlebrand )
Naturligt Övernaturligt. ( När-Var-Hur
Series )