Mood: caffeinated
Topic: Satanism
Who is who when it comes to Satanism, Devil Worship, Luciferianism etc.
Well a Satanist is in reality any one who has a positive view of Satan and or Lucifer, whether only as a symbol like LaVey's Church of Satan or as an Actual God. The Church of Satan seems to think that they are the only, "Satanist", however, the Church of Satan was founded by LaVey in 1968. If one looks up the word,"Satanist", in a dictionary or other reference book that was written before 1968 the word, "Satanist", is probably there and the definition is something like: "A person who worships the Devil, Satan, Lucifer....A witch or warlock...some one who uses magic, black magic...." and so forth. My point is that the Church of Satan is one kind of Satanism, not the only kind. Note that I respect Anton LaVey and his work.
I am a traditional theistic Satanist or Devil Worshiper. The word, Traditional", means that I actively seek to be an adversary of the Christian/Muslim "god" and help bring about the new age free of the religions of submission such as Christianity and Islam. I don't believe that my spiritual path is the only path or even the best spiritual path, however, I believe that it is the best road to enlightenment and spiritual growth for me.