Happy Boxing Day! How do I sum up what I learned by reading this text? I guess I’m conflicted. The second half of the Satanic Bible definitely surprised me. It ended up being a decent ritual handbook. The first half reminded me of that-one-guy from high school that was always-mad-at-something and definitely had good ideas […]
Day 5: The Book of Leviathan MERRY CHRISTMAS! Okay, well, where do I begin with this? The Book of Leviathan continues the theme of ritual but then takes a sharp turn to the occult. That’s not a surprise. Satanism is occult? Oh no! Though this represents the largest portion of the book by page count, […]
Day 4: The Book of Belial We’re getting into what I would call “Applied Satanism” in the Book of Belial. I’ve been pretty hard on this book so far — and to be clear, I still find it to be an adolescent screed — but this section is pretty useful if you want to be […]
Days 2 & 3: The Book of Lucifer I think it is worth remarking how easily I put this book down and walked away from it. In this COVID world with political turmoil, I didn’t really want to read the rantings of Anton LaVey. Were they hard to read? No. The writing is not difficult. […]
Day 1: Introductions, Satanic Statements, Book of Satan Reading the Satanic Bible in your therapists waiting room will get you some weird looks. Just sayin. So here I am reading this infernal text and, well, it’s off to a weird start. I expected this book to have a lot of ego in it. I didn’t […]
I’ve wanted to read the Satanic Bible for a loooooong time. What better time to read it than the early days of Advent as the Christmas season unfolds?! I like the juxtaposition. Just in case, I made some images of Anton LaVey in a jolly good festive mood. I lent a copy of the Satanic […]