Someone who identifies as being involved with the Church of Satan asked me in a private discussion forum: “Is it normal for [Setians] to have a hard time moving on from Satanism? They’re free and clear, why bother addressing Satanism at all?” One of the running themes in Foundation is a process of cultural collapseContinue reading “Feedback on LaVey Writing”
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My Lack of Respect for Anton LaVey as a Person
picture and caption from The San Francisco Examiner November 28, 1989 I mentioned yesterday that my sense of Anton LaVey has changed. The most significant of these has been in the last two years while researching the various people who were instrumental to the early “Magic Circle” phase of his career and, frankly, finding thingsContinue reading “My Lack of Respect for Anton LaVey as a Person”
Parasocial Magi
One of the mysteries around Anton LaVey tends to be how powerfully people feel motivated to protect the illusion that he attempted to make of himself. This is especially odd to see when someone knew him well being confronted by people who have only known the glamour. My trying to sort this out coincided withContinue reading “Parasocial Magi”
The Law of the Jungle Rethought
Inevitably as a Setian you have to end up dealing with Satanism, specifically the Satanism of Anton LaVey. In the 1980s while looking to appeal to the proto-Edgelords who were becoming attracted to his imagery, LaVey went strong on a mishmash of High School Social Darwinism. One of the quirks of this was a romanticizedContinue reading “The Law of the Jungle Rethought”
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