If you are interested in brief summarization of CoS Satanism in general,
please follow this link - www.kki.net.pl/ronan/download/feared.zip (11.632
bytes) - especially for CoV :-) Zip contains HTML page.
Let me answer all of your questions about Satanism alltogether, as I don't
want to post separate, short e-mails.
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>From Eric Boyd:
>Are you familiar with the extropians?
No, I am not. I have heard something several times, but haven't got any
occasion to learn about them. From what you've wrote I can say that our
vision of Universe forces are relatively close. Not knowing what extropians'
definition implies (for them) I cannot say how close we are. You've made me
curious - I'll check it.
>What is aglohedonism
Aglohedonism means 'absolute egoism'; this word is often used (in philosophy
& descriptive psychology) as a replacement for simple 'ego[t]ism', which has
many different meanings. To be precise, aglohedonism states that all of
everyone's movements and acts are results of one's need, in other words,
even being 'good' not for profit can be explained by fulfillment of one's
needs (eg. NICE feeling of being good).
This word should be in any bigger dictionary, it is extremely hard to define
it, due to my lack of proper words.
>do you think that "leaders and followers" has a genetic basis?
It is very 'sharp' question. While it is obvious that 'mediocrity' is also
genetic-based, I can't say that some particular men are in any way
predestinated to be leaders. It has a lot to do with emotional intelligence
which is rather enviromentally determined; as you must know, classic IQ
doesn't corelate too high with socio-economical status (SES).
>Does this mean that Satanists are vegans?
In fact many of us are vegans and vegetarians as well. However, we are
allowed to eat meat, according to our tenth rule:
"10. Do not kill non-human animals unless attacked or for your food."
We just don't support cruelty towards animals, and do not use them for
ritual sacrifices.
>I'm also interested in your view of the Virian Sins and Virtues --
>especially Empathy. Does Satanism have anything similar?
Feel a bit ashamed, I don't know Virian Sins & Virtues. We have our 'Sins
and Virtues', they are described in "Nine Satanic Statements", "21 Satanic
Points", "Nine Satanic Sins", "Eleven Satanic Rules on The Earth". I can
post them if you want me to.
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>From Erik Chelstad:
>>- we DON'T find any human being worse because of race, religion, sexual
>>orientation et cetera; in other words we are not Nazi, rascists,
>>homophobes[?]...
>So, they're worse if they are Nazis, racists or homophobes?
Frankly they ARE considered worse. Satanism respects neither stupidity (1st
Sin) nor Lack of Perspectives (6th Sin). The only measurement of man for the
sincere Satanist is one's self-developement, reason, and level of social
consciousness. We cannot consider mentioned groups reasonable since they
represent herdlike, unprovoked hostility[?]. Our doctrine implies tolerance,
except from for intolerance itself. [ain't correct gramatically, right?]
--- >From Nathan Russell>[...]my >parents (both christians)have said really bad things about >Satanism, so I want to get the facts straight:
Indeed these accusations ought to be straightened. In fact I am currenly considering suing[?] someone for such allegations.
>1. Are there any Satanists involved in child abuse, animal sacrifice or ritual >sex, especially w/ children? I've heard some bad stuff, but it may deal with >other sects. Especially for you I've uploaded a copy of an _official_ FBI report concerning this matter. It is zipped to 16.612 bytes ; link - www.kki.net.pl/ronan/download/fbi.zip
This report can be found on almost every occult site on the InterNet - if you suspect forgery you can request it directly from FBI. As you will read , there are NO proofs for ANY ritual child abuse, human and animal sacrifices and stuff like this as far as CoS is concerned. It is ONLY xtian propaganda. Always ask yourself 'pro qui bono' :-) The author (Kenneth V. Lanning, M.S., Quantico, Virginia) asks different question : "how to deal with the hype and hysteria of the anti-satanist." About ritual sex in general...hmmm.. We are mature and mostly above 21 (never below 16), if you know what I mean :-)) Our messes are very moody[?], and we are rather sensual people...
>2. Do you/anyone else worship the Christian Devil, or is Satan metaphorical?
We DON'T worship real theistical, xtian entity called Satan. For us, he is only a methapore. But we use His name & attributes very often as a symbol, but don't you ever be misguided by our little 'provocations' :-)
>3. How many people are in the Church of Satan worldwide? Can't tell you precisely, as we don't require official membership. There are about 200 thousands registered members and about thrice more unofficial ones. It is often safely assumed that CoS members and sympatics add up to 600 000 worldwide...this number incereases :-))
>4. How often do you have services? Weekly? Monthly? Are there any special >holidays, feasts, or whatever? We have NO set rules on activities. Everything Satanist does is his free choice.There are some special holidays: Equinoxes, Walpurgisnacht... but the most important holiday for every Satanist is his birthday. Just like everything else in CoS, all activities are (and SHOULD) depend on Satanist's leisure.
I still remain at your disposal :-)
Please allow me not to respond for the next three days - I have to pass an exam :-(
--- Michal Kulczycki University of Wroclaw, Psychology Dept. ICQ #: 8954988