“In Political Science the term ‘ideology’ has an undesirable connotation, since it generally refers to structured systems of belief and behavior that are imposed upon a target group, and not supported by reason or philosophy. See a detailed definition here. Ideologies are usually identified by the ‘-ism’ suffix, as in capitalism, communism, fascism, socialism, etc. Philosophers regard ideologies pretty much the way Gandalf did the Balrog.
‘Satanism’ got that name originally because it too was ideological, i.e. the simple negation of Judæo-Christianity (also an ideology). During 1966-1975 what was happening in the Church of Satan was that it was gradually becoming less ideological, more philosophical. The Temple of Set has always sought to be 100% philosophical, 0% ideological, though we have seen that human thought occasionally wants to be lazy and relax back into ideological alpha-brainwaves.
That’s why I hate, loathe, despise, in fact don’t like the term ‘Setianism’. At Conclaves you can frequently see me harassing Setians into taking the extra breath to say [and do!] ‘Setian philosophy’.”
Dr. Michael A. Aquino, January 31st, 2008
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