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T H E W A T C H E R ===================== NEW ZEALAND VOICE OF THE LEFT HAND PATH P. O. Box 38-262, Petone, Wellington ---------------------------------------------------------- September 1990CE XXV AS No. 4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SATAN : GOD, OR ANTI-GOD? Often it is that we come across the terms 'Devil-worshipper' and 'Satanist' used synonymously: in the sensationalist tabloids, fundy smears, t.v. dramas, Hollywood horrors, and even among Satanists themselves. What is the nature of this worship, and is it an appropriate manifestation of the Satanic philosophy? 'Devil-worshippers' there undoubtedly are. As far as they exist in the Western world they can be seen primarily among adolescents and psychotics/neurotics. Typically they are big on Denis Wheatley-type theatrics, but philosophically lacking. Some are rebelling against parents, trying to shock, or escape from reality by pandering to fantasy. In so doing the Devil-worshipper has substituted Satan for Jehovah/Jesus. He has become an inverse-Christian, but is a long way off from the truly Satanic. Satan is the 'god' of such types, but Satan is not God; he is Anti-God. "THE FALL" According to the Judaeo-Christian mythos, Man was separated from his 'Creator' when he partook of the Tree of Knowledge, thereby gaining wisdom and self-consciousness. This was offered, promethean-style by The Serpent, Satan. This put him on the road to potential godhood; thus mankind fell from the state of grace in the eyes of the Creator. (Gen. Ch. 2-3). The Gen. legend is a Hebraic elaboration of the Babylonian Creation epic, which recounts more vaguely that Man drew wrath of the Gods by similarly acquiring a godlike capacity for wisdom. A serpent is also involved somehow. (Chaldean Account of Genesis, Tr. by G. Smith). In both the Genesis and Babylonian legends the central theme is the separation of Man from God(s), after acquiring godlike attributes from a Being considered 'evil' by the godly on that account. The Satanic gift is thus one of separating man from divine subordination and dependence, and from the dull, static contentedness of an 'Eden' in which nothing changes from millennium-to-millennium, accept by a godly whim. It is precisely god-worship which Man was liberated by the 'Serpent', just as Satan liberated himself and a large percentage of the Angelic host from the divine-tyrant, as brilliantly rendered by John Milton in Paradise Lost, and Dr Michael Aquino, High Priest of Set, in The Diabolicon. "BLASPHEMY"! God-worship of any kind, including and especially devil-worship, is quite clearly blasphemy unto Satan. Devil-worship is the negation of the very Gift of Satan, for his promise to Mankind was that we shall 'be as gods', by freeing ourselves from godly tyranny. Today psychologists call it self-actualization; self-proclaimed Anti-Christ philosopher Nietzsche call it self-overcoming; in both instances the emphasis is on the Self, freed from the bondage of herd-conformity, whether prescribed by priestly superstition or herd-morality. The only 'god' the Satanist worships is his own Self, leading towards a Godhead of our own conception. Worship other than this is to render worthless the Gift of Satan. This principle was wonderfully stated by Anatole France in his The Revolt of the Angels. Satan launches an attack on Heaven and is victorious. He casts Ialdabaoth (Jehovah) into Hell and assumes his throne... "And Satan found pleasure in praise and in the exercise of his grace; he loved to hear his wisdom and power belauded... "Satan, whose flesh had crept, in days gone by, at the idea that suffering prevailed in the world, now felt himself inaccessible to pity. He regarded suffering and death as the happy results of his omnipotence... the savour of the blood of victims rose upwards towards him like sweet incense. He fell to condemning intelligence and to hating curiosity. He himself refused to learn anything more, for fear that in acquiring fresh knowledge he might let it be seen that he had not known everything from the very outset... "Dense fumes of Theology filled his brain... "Thus centuries passed like seconds. Now, one day, from the altitudes of his throne, he plunged his gaze into the depths of the pit and saw Ialdabaoth in the Gehenna where he himself had long lain enchained. Amid the everlasting gloom Ialdabaoth still retained his lofty mien. Blackened and shattered, terrible and sublime, he glanced upwards at the palace of the King of Heaven with a look of proud disdain, then turned away his head. And the new god, as he looked upon his foe, beheld the light of intelligence and love pass across his sorrow-stricken countenance. And lo! Ialdabaoth was now contemplating the Earth and, seeing it sunk in wickedness and suffering, he ... rose up ... and hastened hither to instruct and console mankind..." But all this was only a nightmare Satan was having. He had not yet begun his war against God, and he awoke bathed in sweat... "Comrades," said Satan to those standing around him, "no - we will not conquer the heavens. Enough to have the power. War engenders war, and victory defeat. "God conquered will become Satan; Satan, conquering, will become God. May the fates spare me this terrible lot; I love the Hell which formed my genius. I love the Earth where I have done some good... Now, thanks to us, the god of old is dispossessed of his terrestrial empire, and every thinking being on this globe disdains him or knows him not. But what matter that men should no longer be submissive to Ialdabaoth if the spirit of Ialdabaoth is still in them; if they, like him, are jealous, violent, quarrelsome, and greedy, and the foes of the arts and beauty?... As to ourselves... we have destroyed Ialdabaoth, our Tyrant, if in ourselves alone that we have destroyed Ignorance and Fear. "...It is in ourselves and in ourselves alone that we must attack and destroy Ialdabaoth." The Satanist does not pray, he does not beg to Satan, nor perform any knee-bending exercises. He recognizes the god within and works to actualize it. If he performs rituals or declares Satanic affirmations these are to evoke the powers of his own Being, latent or otherwise, and draw upon energies which are only being realized now by the mundane sciences. THE SATANIC PRINCIPLE Who or what is Satan? A malevolent figure of hideous aspect demanding that his adherents kiss his arse in homage? Reading the Old Testament and The Revelation the description seems more fitting for Jehovah, as Anatole France clearly recognised. The following description of the 'Devil' by Paul Carus, author of The History of The Devil states well the nature of Satan as perceived today by thinking Satanist: "Evil personified appears at first sight repulsive. But the more we study the personality of the Devil, the more fascinating it becomes. In the beginning of existence the Evil One is the embodiment of everything unpleasant, then of everything bad, evil and immoral. He is hatred, destruction, and the annihilation incarnate, and as such he is the adversary of existence, of the Creator, of God. The Devil is the rebel of the cosmos, the independent in the empire of the tyrant, the opposition to uniformity, the dissonance in universal harmony, the exception to the rule, the particular in the universal, the craving for originality, which bodily upsets the ordinance of God that enforce a definite kind of conduct; he overturns the monotony that would permeate the cosmic spheres if every atom in unconscious righteousness and with pious obedience slavishly followed a generally prescribed course." Satan can be seen from the above description to be the embodiment of those forces which lead to progress by upsetting the static order where necessary, which led Man from primal, animalistic existence towards that which is truly 'human'. This is the real significance of the Genesis legend, and the 'Fall' of Man away from 'God'. Satan then is not God, but Anti-God. His demand is that he is not worshipped, but rather that Man worships the God within and thereby strives towards higher forms of Being, for in doing so we truly honour both ourselves and Satan. ---------------------------- BOOK REVIEWS ---------------------------------- The Church of Satan by Dr Michael A Aquino VI?, High Priest of Set (Temple of Set, 1989). Dr Aquino is uniquely placed to write the church's history, having been an intimate friend of the LaVey's, principal advisor and trouble-shooter, second only to the LaVey's themselves in the Church. Dr Aquino draws heavily on correspondence in documenting the Church's history from its foundation in 1966, until his departure in 1975 to form the Temple of Set. This is neatly fitted together with his commentary, analysis and humour. The first part consists of 374 pages in which LaVey and other leading Satanists are brought to life. The second part of The Church of Satan consists of 143 appendices covering over 400 pages. Included are early C/S documents on magick and philosophy, magazine articles, early rituals, accurate translations of Yezidi scripture, many articles reprinted from the now-defunct Cloven-Hoof, Dr Aquino's wonderful treatise on Satanism - The Diabolicon - and much else. Also included are over three dozen illustrations. The book is essential reading for every Satanist, and of course for every Setian, but due to copyright restrictions is available only to II?+ Setians and approved I? for religious and educational purposes. It is produced on a non-profit basis, and is available to both US and overseas Setians for a donation of $US50.00, most certainly a bargain for the wealth of information provided. --- Dr Faustus by Christopher Marlowe This review is based on the 1924 Metheun ed. of the 1604 version of Marlowe's play. The introduction is by Prof. R S Knox, and includes the Faustbuch published in Germany in 1587, upon which Marlowe based his play. From Know we learn that Marlowe was an atheist who led a hedonistic lifestyle and had a rebel temperament. His first plays, Tamburlaine (1587) and Faustus (1589) are reflections of Marlowe's fascination with the great; he rarely wrote of ordinary people. Such a background would qualify his well today as a potential 'Satanist'. He was, writes Know, "unable to brook the calmer ways of life or the shackles of prescribed thought." With a warrant for his arrest issued by the Privy Council, Marlowe was fatally stabbed in a tavern brawl before reaching 30. John Faustus is said to have been born in Weimar. A Doctor of Divinity, he rejected Theology in favour of medicine, mathematics, astrology and the Black Arts becoming a wandering scholar. Legend has it that Dr Faustus, with a lust for knowledge, summoned Mephistophilis, a minister of Lucifer, using the techniques of ceremonial magic current among scholars of the time. Mephistophilis became the servant of Faustus in exchange for the latter's soul after 24 years. Whereas the Faustbuch is a rather vulgar rendering of Faustus' life and death, Marlowe's treatment of the legend portrays the "greatness of mind behind Faustus' impatience with mortal knowledge and his resolve to seek further by the Devil's aid... In the medieval magic, indeed, in his refusal to abide within the bounds prescribed for mortals, in his wreckless daring, and in his suffering [Faustus] rises above himself." Marlowe's treatment of Faustus' aspirations and tragic death draw upon the reader's sympathy, in contrast to the treatment given him in Faustbuch. Some of the ridiculous portrayals in the original History are reworked by Marlowe to endow the "Evil spirits" with "new dignity". "Like Milton after him he has refused to accept the medieval conception of devils as grotesque and ridiculous figures." (p. 35). Indeed, Mephistophilis appears as an amiable character and obliging servant, and one might even say 'friend', while the Doctor himself is popular among students and scholars, generous to his friends, and showing no tendency to misuse his powers for malicious ends (other than to inflict some indignities upon the Pope and his entourage at a banquet - no doubt to the amusement of the Protestant audiences of the time). Faustian soul It is the motivation of Faustus which is of principal interest to the Satanist. Indeed the Satanic 'soul' can aptly be termed 'Faustian'. In Scene I we are told that Faustus found both theology and medicine limiting. "These metaphysics of magicians [promised] all things that move between the quiet poles" to be at one's command. A dominion that exceeds those of emperors and kings "stretcheth as far as doth the mind of man", to godhood. "A sound magician is a mighty god; Here Faustus, tire thy brains to gain deity." Being one's own deity: truly is Satanic. The theme is that of a 'passionate struggle to reach beyond the grasp of ordinary mortals... the goal which Faustus strives to attain is a godhead." (Knox). "Marlowe takes this old story of the medieval magician who sells his soul to the devil for 24 years of pleasure and the gift of all knowledge, and gives it a significance akin to that of such world-old myths as Eve's eating the apple and Prometheus' defiance of the gods. The Faustus legend becomes for us a symbol of humanity's splendid struggle to reach the stars, the tragedy of infinite aspiration..." (p. 7.) "Infinite aspiration" is a term which summarizes well the satanic ethos. We find it again reflected in the philosophy of Spengler who defines the "Faustian soul" in similar terms, and in that of Nietzsche's call for Self-Overcoming and the Over-Man. That peril is the chiefest way to happiness And resolution honour's fairest aim. What glory is there in a common good That hangs for every peasant to achieve? That like I best that flies beyond my reach. Faustus. --- The Church of Satan by Blanche Barton, 167pp, illustrated, Hell's Kitchen Productions Inc., Box 370, Times Sq. Station, NY, NY 10108-0370, USA. $US8.95 +$1.50 postage; $5.00 overseas. Not to be confused with the book of the same title by Dr Aquino, High Priest of the Temple of Set (reviewed on p. 4). Blanche Barton has been a C/S member since 1976, and a Church administrator since 1984. The book covers the founding of the C/S in 1966 from a group called the Magic Circle, which met at LaVey's house where he gave lectures on an array of occult subjects. Members included the grandson of a US president, underground filmmaker Kenneth Anger, and sci-fi and fantasy writers such as August Derleth. We are given a background of LaVey's fascinating life as lion-tamer, second oboist for the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra, travelling musician, police photographer, and investigator of 'nut calls' for the SF police. Barton deals effectively with the anti-Satanist hysteria which has been whipped up in recent years by fundamentalists, disposing of their accusations of blood sacrifice, child molestation, etc. by drawing on sources such as FBI agent Kenneth Lanning's special report Satanic, Occult, Ritualistic Crime: A Law Enforcement Perspective and Satanism in America, a scholarly study by the Committee for the Scientific Examination of Religion. LaVey's Satanic political programme is outlined, including stratification of society based on the inequality principle. LaVey recommends selective breeding, elitist stratification, and polygamous relationships based in eugenic considerations as productive forms of protest against the present norm. Much material is based on interviews with LaVey. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EMBASSY OF SATAN An official communique has been received declaring that the Church of S.A.T.A.N. us undergoing a change of identity to divest itself of any religious connotations. The Church of S.A.T.A.N. (Survival And The Androgyne Nation) led by Rev. Yaj Nomolos (reported in The Watcher #2) should not be confused with the Church of Satan led by Anton LaVey. The new name of Rev. Nomolos' movement is to be The Embassy of Satan (EMBASAT). Details available from: Box 666, Whitehall, Penna. 18052 USA. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "SATANIC MAD LAB" Satanic Greetings have been received from Satanya. She is pictured below with Mad Doctor Schivo during what she describes as a 'hedonistic study'. Satanya runs the Satanic Witch Fellowship, and is an Agent and Coordinator of The LaVey Bible Study. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PROFILE : JOHN DEWEY John Dewey first joined the Church of Satan in 1970 and is today an Adept in the Temple of Set. Also known by his magickal name of The Daimon Egan, he is editor of Brimstone Quarterly, journal of the Ancient Brotherhood of Satan (ABOS). The purpose of ABOS is described as being to "change consciousness by known ignominious methods", "to restore Satan's proud legacy and to resurrect His traditional role as 'The Adversary'. To unleash all the Powers of Hell. Igniting chaos to achieve freedom from tyranny." ABOS follows the tradition of the early German order, the Fraternitas Saturni. Their philosophy is described as 'Nietzschean Thelemism.' In common with the OLHP, ABOS sees an apocalyptic situation confronting mankind: "Mankind has reached a crucial stage... it is the challenge posed by the Over Man! "Technology is now being used... to transgress the natural order. Should we continue on this path, a Great Annihilation most definitely will occur. "We must create with the same zeal with which we annihilate! Then, and only then, may we proceed to the next evolutionary step and transcend the natural order altogether! We shall move beyond the skies and live among the stars! "Like it or not, we are the Ruling Elite. Satanists must use their strong influence either directly or indirectly to avert catastrophe. The time has come for the reign of the Illuminati!", write Dewey. John Dewey has a background in the Army, National Guard, computers, commercial art, and entertainment. He is now an independent movie producer. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LETTERS TO THE EDITOR --------------------------- Thank you for having sent the courtesy copy of The Watcher. I found it interesting reading. Dr. Aquino had sent me a copy of the correspondence between yourself and the pathetic "Radio Werewolf" group. RW has an eccentric presentation and I doubt they will be very long-lived. Your reply to Escott Placed cards on the table and so you may or may not hear back from him: people who play fantasy games do not generally like to associate with those who will not agree to indulge in the same fantasy. Still, that is his loss, not yours. Other points of interest in The Watcher were "Crime & Punishment" and the 1000 BCE article. The idea of encouraging eugenic measures in one form or another is an ideal, but I doubt the Godly would dare allow such, particularly since it would effectively remove they themselves. One has only to deal with the public to see how true it is that mankind in general is sitting in deck chairs on the Titanic watching the sea grow higher! And so with that I am off to work on further correspondence. My warmest wishes to you and may you have continued success with The Watcher. Xeper and Remanifest. James Lewis [Ipsissimus VI?, Temple of Set] Well done on the magazine. I can appreciate the work that goes into newsletters, having just finished the Albion Chronicles, the news magazine for the Gates of Albion Pylon. - Xeper & Remanifest, David Austen, Priest of Set III?, U.K. CHAOS INTERNATIONAL BM SORCERY. LONDON WC1N 3XX Thanks for the material you sent Chaos International. I will give the watcher a mention in C.I. if you would do the same for us in The Watcher. I always find it amusing the way you Satanists keep slagging each other off; one would have thought you had enough outside enemies without aggravating the problem - still, keeps the hellfires burning I suppose! Yours in Chaos, Ian Read Editor ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Temple of Set The Temple of set was incorporated in 1975CE by Dr M. Aquino and other senior initiates of the esoteric. The Temple's philosophy is based on the evolution of individual psychecentric consciousness towards its own divinity through the deliberate exercise of the intelligence and will, a process of becoming (Egyptian Xeper). Write: Box 4507 St. Louis, MO 63108 USA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Brimstone, in cooperation with KaliYuga Productions presents: The Silver-mirrored Pentagram on Black Disk (9 inches in diameter). An absolute MUST for any Satanic altar! Only $US19.95 + $4.00 shipping from: Brimstone Productions 231 Kennedy Dr. #130, Malden, MA. 02148 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ A Wolf In Sheep's Clothing is the title of a tape produced by Black Sun Productions, run by Priestess Lance and Adept Reed of the Temple of Set. Their group is called The Children, The Children, dedicated to expressing the beauty of Satanism. The tape may be obtained from Black Sun Productions for $US8.00. Rebecca Chandra Lance Rip Reed Black Sun Productions P.O. Box 4090 Berkeley, CA 94704 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Normality should be your total difference from it." -Austin Osman Spare ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CRY OF THE RAVEN Quarterly journal of the Church of the Raven. Editor: High Priest Luther. Annual subscription: $US 15.00, from: The Night Owl BOX 321, Meredosia Ill. 62665, U.S.A. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TO THE LEFT Quarterly journal of the 88 Temple Ov Deities Box 4546 Miami Fl. 33014-0546 USA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LEARN THE FACTS ABOUT SATAN! BRIMSTONE quarterly is a journal of The Ancient Brotherhood of Satan! Be challenged by masters of demonology & witchcraft! See how you fit in! FREE DETAILS. Sample/$5. 1 yr./$18 U.S. funds payable to: BRIMSTONE 231 Kennedy Drive #130, Malden MA 02148 BRIMSTONE... keeps the hellfires burning! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EDITORIAL BABBLE-ON.... IRAQ & MILITANT ISLAM Because of the historic antagonism which existed in Centuries past between Christianity and Islam, Satanists should not be deluded into thinking that in the latter we have an ally against our historic enemy. (The same principle applies to Judaism and its politicized offshoot Zionism). Christianity, Islam and Judaism are all of a similar nature, aiming at a world dispensation. Islam has historically imposed itself by force. The old European colonial structures held it at bay for a time, and quickly put down any flare-ups. Now that the West has long since abdicated its position through weakness, Islam is renascent and ready not only to oust remaining Western influences from its own traditional realm, but to impose its belief-system upon the Infidels as well, as in centuries past. Religious factionalism, reinforced by the megalomania of the various Arabic political leaders contending for pre-eminence in the Arab world, has long-served to keep Islam in check. Now Saddam Hussein, fired with the faith of his destiny as leader of Islam, has emerged as the latest Moslem Messiah. He has reached an accord with his former Iranian enemy, and is by-passing those more conservative Arab leaders who oppose him by appealing to their subjects for a Jihad against the Infidel. The potential exists for a united militant Moslem response should the Arab masses perceive a threat to the holy shrines of Islam in Saudi Arabia. What should have been the West's attitude from the start? Blockades? Economic sanctions? UNO denunciations? Crap! The West, because it is itself weak and lacking an Ideal, cannot conceive of self-sacrifice and fanaticism, the sheer POWER of an Ideal such as Islam. The response from the USA should have been instant and devastating; a direct assault on Iraq itself. Clearly, air-power is the answer in such circumstances, and to use troops for some type of land-confrontation is madness. As of writing US troops have landed in Saudi Arabia, Pres. Bush has evidently finished playing gold, and the impotent cries of moral indignation from British and US spokesman continue. Whatever the outcome, because the USA and its Allies were so slow and feeble responding, nothing has been done to insure that militant Islam will not again be troublesome. Just as the US should have immediately crippled Iran when hostages were taken instead of showing its weakness before all Islam, it has again lost its chance to contain Moslem fanaticism by its hesitant response when dealing with Hussein. Saddam Hussein may well be ousted fro Kuwait in the present round, but Islam will have by no means been deterred in contemplating future military adventures. And next time the Moslem hordes may be even better equipped than now, and covet those parts of Europe which they had once occupied for so long. One factor which should be contemplated is the USSR as a potential ally against Islam. The Russians have long been guided by realpolitik, rather than by the communist humbug they discarded over 60 years ago, other than a means of undermining other nations. Shedding their peripheral Empire of Asiatics and Christians, the 'Great Russians' can only strengthen their position. Sixty million Moslems within the USSR can only be viewed with suspicion by the Russians, when the rest of Islam is in ferment, and considering the previous experience in Afghanistan, where Moslems in the Soviet Army were given menial, non-combat roles. With the possibility of a future Jihad against the Infidel, as of old, the Russians would be a valuable - perhaps a crucial ally. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ DEFINITIONS (From An Alien's Dictionary, pp14-15): Catholic: Someone who feels they are being watched all the time (see Guilt). Christ: The name of a man who died on a hill with the Cavalry (now known as Cavalry Hill). Christ had twelve disciples called Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Genesis, Exodus... and a few others. He was buried in a tomb but he didn't like it there so he now lives in God's right hand. It is very spacious and full of people who have been through the eye of a camel and there is hardly anything boring on the television. Christ is famous for coming back to life every Christmas. He used to be a lamb of God but is now the Saviour which just shows what hard work and dedication can do. He is made of bread. Christening: an occasion where a baby human gets told who it is so it can tell everyone who it is and then the adults get drunk. Christmas: a two-week period where people receive things and try to make themselves ill. Three wise men, a donkey, some shepherds, and a baby called Chris all have their birthday around this time. Church: a building where people meet every week. They talk about christ and living inside his body, which seems a bit odd to me. There's also some nasty business about drinking blood (See DRACULA). The man who stands at the front of the church has to make everybody feel guilty and wave his arms about a lot (See ORCHESTRA). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This is your great moment of reality- the living flesh... these self-frightened saints who bleat- "All is illusion"-; they offer fewer alternatives to reality than half a wet dream. - Austin Osman Spare ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SHOW YOUR SUPPORT... Subscribe to The Watcher. Literary contributions, art-work and advertisements welcome. 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