Best of
Satanism

2014

Rites of Lucifer


Asenath Mason - 2014
    He is the fallen angel of Christian legends, the Devil of witches' Sabbats, one of primal Draconian Gods, Demon Prince of the Air, and Infernal Emperor of old grimoires. The purpose of this book is to delve into his initiatory role on the Draconian Path and in Atlantean magic through chosen masks and manifestations which Lucifer has used over the ages to reveal his presence to mankind, bestowing his blessings on Initiates and scourging the ignorant. Essays and rituals included here explore both his bright and dark aspects, the face of the Light Bearer and the horned mask of the Devil. Edited and compiled by Asenath Mason, the book contains contributions from Rev Bill Duvendack, Edgar Kerval, Daemon Barzai, Cristian Velasco, and Pairika Eva Borowska. The contents include: Light and Darkness in Luciferian Gnosis; The Light Bearer Ritual; Invocation of the Dark Initiator; The Mind of Lucifer; Purifying Fire (The Seed of Luciferian Gnosis); Lord of the Air; Lucifer - The Trickster; The Shadow Companion; Holographic Luciferianism; The Adversarial Current of Lucifer; Invocation of the Adversary; Freedom through Death; Emperor of Shadow and Light; The God of Witchcraft; The Infernal Spirit of Old Grimoires; Masks of Lucifer Ritual. It's a unique publication in the tradition of the Luciferian Gnosis.

Satanic Feminism: Lucifer as the Liberator of Woman in Nineteenth-Century Culture


Per Faxneld - 2014
    The notion of woman as the Devil's accomplice is prominent throughout the history of Christianity. During the nineteenth century, rebellious females performed counter-readings of this misogynist tradition. Hereby, Lucifer was reconceptualised as a feminist liberator of womankind, and Eve became a heroine. In these reimaginings, Satan is an ally in the struggle against a patriarchy supported by God the Father and his male priests.This study delineates how such Satanic feminism is expressed in a number of nineteenth-century esoteric works, literary texts, autobiographies, pamphlets and journals, newspaper articles, paintings, sculptures and even artefacts of consumer culture such as jewellery.We encounter figures like the suffragette Elizabeth Cady Stanton, author and diplomat wife Aino Kallas, gender-bending Theosophist H. P. Blavatsky, actress Sarah Bernhardt, anti-clerical witch enthusiast Matilda Joslyn Gage, decadent marchioness Luisa Casati, and the Luciferian lesbian poetess Renée Vivien.The analysis focuses on interfaces between esotericism, literature, art and the political realm. New light is thus shed on neglected aspects of the intellectual history of feminism, Satanism and revisionary mythmaking.

Cannibalism, Blood Drinking & High-Adept Satanism


Kerth Barker - 2014
    It then goes on to share insider information about the practices of cannibalism, blood drinking and occultism in the international Satanic movement. It was written in response to encouragement from persons who read the book "Angelic Defenders & Demonic Abusers".

The Gentleman Downstairs and Other Satanic Parables and Fables


R. Smith - 2014
    Original quotes and Satanic sources are included.Read excerpts and purchase a copy at http://satanicparables.com.These parables and fables embody wickedly honest insights from Satanic readings about the carnality of life, the viciousness of man, the beauty in quality, and the allure of indulgence.I boiled down the Church of Satan’s published works (by Peter Gilmore and Anton LaVey) to striking and vital aphorisms that best represented Satanic thought.Like Gilmore did in his Satanic Scriptures, I’m using the word ‘parables’ as an intentionally theatrical oxymoron. Parables have been so tied to Christian teachings that I wanted to try and decouple the two; since at its root, a parable is simply a short allegorical story. I included fables because many of the characters in the pieces are animals or inanimate objects.The first part of the site’s title is taken from Blanche Barton‘s introduction to Mr. LaVey’s Satan Speaks! On page xii, Barton remarks that Mr. LaVey’s looks and bearing reflected the image of the ‘Gentleman Downstairs.’ I’m not sure if this term for the Devil had been used before or has been used since, but it was a perfectly diabolical description and I thought it fit for my collection (a number of parables feature a gentleman living downstairs in an apartment building).