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    N.Z. Voice of the Issue No.2
    Left-Hand Path April/May/June 1990CE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    SATANISM & MORALITY

    "My friends are into evil spirits and messing with Satanism. The
    boy who is the leader of this is a good friend. He is into heavy metal and
    has satanic symbols on his bedroom wall. He is leading my friends astray.
    I've told him that he shouldn't mess with that kind of stuff and he says,
    'I know, I won't do it again', but it happens all the time. My friends are
    all I've got. I've had dreams of them dying and me left behind. I'm
    terribly scared. My friends have started drugs and drinking. Is there
    someone out there who cares? We're only 16. I ask for prayer to give me strength with God to get them out of this mess, before it's too late. I
    beg you." name withheld, New Zealand.
    The above lament appeared in the letters columns of The Plain Truth (March 1990), published by the Worldwide Church of God.
    Note how 'Satanism' is linked to alcohol, drugs, death, and heavy metal.
    Contrary to Christian hysteria, the predominant negative influence impacting upon the youths mentioned in the above-quoted letter, and
    thousands of other throughout the Western world, is not genuine Satanism.
    It is rather, a spurious Christian concoction which they have turned to as
    a rejection of the repression, hypocrisy and unreality of Christianity,
    which has failed to give them a positive lead. It is to be expected that
    many youngsters would turn to what they perceived as the 'adversary' of Christianity - albeit an 'adversary' of the Christians' own formulation, as
    a means of rebellion.
    Since heavy metal, with its pseudo-satanism, is the only form of 'Satanism' which is readily assessable to most young folk, it is
    understandable that the rebellious and the alienated, the bored and the discontented should glean their 'Satanism' from these high-profile, mass-marketed groups, although none of them are genuine adherents of
    Satanism, as Arthur Lyons has pointed out in his book Satan Wants You.
    In reality, what is being propagated by heavy metal, and solely for profit, is the antithesis of Satanism. In a way the negative values being instilled in youth are more akin to the teachings Jesus than of Satan:
    "Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth; take no thought for
    your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, nor yet for your
    body, what ye shall put on; If any man come to me, and hate not his father
    and mother, and wife and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his
    own life also, he cannot be my disciple."
    Are not these anti-life, nihilistic teachings, akin, at least in attitude, to the negativity and irresponsibility being propounded by heavy metal and other modes of expression, from which youth are gleaning their erroneous conception of 'Satanism'? And why is it that they are swallowing such concepts as 'Satanic'? The answer is simply because the Christians
    have been defining Satanism since at least the time of Kramer and Sprenger.
    The Christians have thus formulated their own brand of Satanism, which is
    the type being propounded by heavy metal, and adopted by alienated and disillusioned youth. It is the type of 'Satanism', ironically, that stands parallel to the Sermon on the Mount and other teachings of the demented Nazarene, as quoted above: an anti-social disregard for family loyalties, responsibilities, personal appearance and thought for the future. This is precisely the road which many young people have been travelling, 'giving no thought for the morrow', as Jesus would have it.
    The result is the dishevelled and unhealthy appearance and
    nihilistic outlook of so many youngsters, but it has nothing to do with
    true Satanism.

    SATANIC MORALITY

    This subheading may seem a self-contradiction, since the popular
    image of Satanism is that of anti-morality, or amorality. However, doesn't genuine Satanism teach the 'ego as godhood', the Satanist as 'the highest embodiment of human life', as Dr LaVey puts it; Nietzsche's 'Higher Man'? Specifically, the Satanic ritual, Das Tierdrama, declares: 'Man is God;God
    is Man' (1).
    Turning to the Christians' own scripture we find confirmation of
    the godhood of man as the fundamental premise of Satanism: "ye shall be as gods" was Satan's promise to mankind, according to the Genesis legend, for which mankind was divided from it slavemaster Jehovah, since he feared that 'the man is become as one of us', i.e. godlike (2).
    Since the cardinal point of Satanism is the godhood of man, or more precisely, the potential godhood towards which the outstanding individual strives above the mass - to 'go beyond himself' in a Nietzschean sense -
    this implies a strong moral outlook, which we may better term a 'morality
    of the strong.'
    The first of the Nine Satanic Statements declares: "Satan
    represents indulgence, instead of abstinence!" This must surely mean
    indulgence of the instinctive primary and physiological drives, and
    stimulus motives, which include hunger, thirst, sex, sleep, and avoidance
    of pain, in the first category; the need for stimulation, activity, exploration, curiosity, and contact, in the second.
    Repression of these drives and motives (many of which are call
    'sins' by Christianity) lead to aberrant psycho-social behaviour, examples within the Church being monkish self-flagellation, mass hysteria in
    convents, and the molestation of altar boys by priests which, according to recent reports, has reached epidemic proportions in the USA alone (3).
    The eighth Satanic Statement of Dr LaVey: "Satan represents all of
    the so-called sins, as they all lead to physical, mental, or emotional gratification!", is in accord with the verdict of psychology and other sciences, both social and biological.
    The gratification of the primary drives and stimulus motives, as advocated by Satanism, does not however mean a lack of self-control and
    will, and the pandering of every whim and weakness.
    Addiction to, or excessive use of, tobacco, alcohol or drugs is not satisfaction of the primary drives and stimulus motives which lead to
    health, but a means of self-abuse, self-dissipation, and self-destruction,
    and therefore a contradiction of natural law, an undermining of the will,
    and the emotional and physical strength of the individual striving towards godhood, which is predicted upon will-power, self-discipline and physical well-being, but on a more basic level, a negation of the instinct of
    survival, innate in every organism.
    Thus, many of the youth in the Western world today, and especially those self-styled 'Satanist' followers of heavy metal, are dissipated
    through drugs, alcohol and tobacco, dishevelled in appearance, dull-eyed
    and stooped. They give 'no thought for the morrow' as the demented
    Nazarene recommended, nor care much for their 'raiment'; they 'toil not, neither do they spin', i.e., they are not creators.
    They are a far cry from Dr LaVey's vision of the Satanist, 'with
    the sinews of Satan moving in his flesh', standing proudly and manipulating
    the 'folly-ridden masses [they are part of the folly-ridden masses!]
    through his own Satanic might, until the day when he may come forth in splendour proclaiming 'I am a Satanist! Bow down for I am the highest embodiment of human life!' (4).
    Somehow this vision does not conjure up an image of the misguided, youthful pseudo-Satanists, lacking pride, strength, 'splendour',
    Will-power, self-discipline; drunk or stoned, and intoxicated equally also
    by repetitive noise: zombie-like. These misguided 'Satanists' are living contradictions of all that which is truly Satanic, namely:

    (1) The PRIDE of Lucifer, a pride which will not allow for conformity and conditioning by mass-tastes and trends, and the lowering of personal
    standards of conduct and bearing.

    (2) An unquenchable thirst for WISDOM, the 'stimulus motive' which was
    bestowed to mankind, promethean-style, by Satan himself, according to the Genesis myth; exemplified in the legend of Dr Faustus.

    (3) The INDIVIDUALITY of Satan, the great Adversary, who would not bow down before any tyrant, including Jehovah himself.

    Pride, Wisdom, Individuality, are three basics upon which a
    'Satanic morality' can be constructed, a life-affirming morality which confronts the values of the present day, with their trivilization of life, mass-tastes, herd-conformity. A Satanic morality which demands of the individual strength of body, mind and will, those very qualities which had
    in Ages past been necessary for sheer survival and the ascent of the
    species, the qualities which should today make the Satanist 'the highest embodiment of human life'.

    REFERENCES

    1. LaVey, The Satanic Rituals, pp. 103-104.

    2. Gen. 2-3.

    3. Scorpius, The Bible Reconsidered, ch. The Legacy.

    4. LaVey, The Satanic Bible, p.45.


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    of S.A.T.A.N., provides a detailed account of his unusual concept of
    Satanism, which he terms Social Realism.
    S.A.T.A.N. signifies Survival And The Androgyne Nation, expressing Nomolos' doctrine.
    "Satanism is a predator's doctrine, a doctrine to inspire the
    strong and cut the heart out of the weak," he writes. This no Satanist
    would dispute. Where he differs from other movements of the Left-Hand Path
    is in his vision of the future. Nomolos predicts that the Earth will soon undergo a cataclysm which will see the extinction of the species Homo
    Sapiens. Those who survive, the 'Chosen Ones', will evolve a new species,
    by a conscious act of mutation, caused by the mind acting on the
    neuro-chemical system. The new species will be the Androgyne, combining
    both male and female into a single biological entity.
    The adherents of Social Realism have the task of preparing the way
    for the Androgyne.
    Nomolos blasts the present destructive mode of civilisation (what
    he terms the Necrophilic Phallocratic, Patriarchal Process) which comprises
    the "Unholy Triad" of Religion, Government and business, for its violation
    of nature and death-wish towards the Earth.
    Social Realists aim to stand aside from the present system and
    weather the coming destruction, to survive and herald the new species. Describing Social Realism (in common with satanism generally) as a doctrine
    of nature, natural evolution [and] natural selection, Nomolos' rationale
    for the evolution of the new species remains the same, and old species,
    once extinct, never reappear. "If the environment is going to do another flip-flop, then we've got to get ready to do a flip-flop too", with a more adaptable mutation of the human kind, argues Nomolos.

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    I am a heavy duty anti-Christian, and proud of it.
    Too many in the West have chosen to bow down before an alien god. Judaeo-Christianity has been an unmitigated disaster for our civilisation,
    and placed too many of our people in their present predicament, where they don't know whether they are coming or going, except down the tubes.
    Frankly, I am not able to understand how any man can be a
    christian. I mean, any religion that tells its adherents that if they want
    to go to heaven they should castrate themselves, can't be too good for the health, either physical or mental.
    Now, I am always being accused of making this bit up. "The bible doesn't really say that, does it?" You can bet your balls it does. And
    it's not just any old Joe in the bible either, but that demented Nazarene,
    who even the Hebrews had the sense to give short shrift to telling strong
    men that they had better go castrate themselves if they wanted to ascend to heaven. I mean, even I, foul minded that I am, couldn't come up with
    something that sordid.
    I am sorry to ruin your day by quoting christian scripture, but in
    the Sermon on the Mount the demented Nazarene said:
    "You shall not commit adultery! But to say to you that whoever
    looks at a woman and covets her has already committed adultery with her in
    his heart. If your right eye troubles you, tear it out and cast it away
    from you; it is better for you that one of your members should perish than
    that your whole body should be cast into hell."
    Nietzche commented in The Anti-Christ that it is not exactly the
    eye that is meant. the eye is no 'member' (Greek melos): the male sexual organ is. Was the Bethlehem born son of a whore then exhorting men to
    castrate themselves?
    Origen, who was regarded as the greatest biblical acholar amongst
    the early christians (about 185-254CE) was in no doubt: he castrated
    himself in order o achieve sexual 'purity'. He was presumably influenced
    by Matthew 19:12, which is also a direct quote of the demented Nazarene,
    that those who would enter the kingdom of heaven should castrate
    themselves.
    Now the rules of the game are that the christian is supposed to castrate himself to demonstrate sexual purity, or whatever. I have offered
    to lend quite a few of them a nice sharp knife with which to ensure
    themselves entry to the kingdom of heaven but, would you believe, not one
    of them has ever accepted. (Perhaps it is just as well. There would be a
    hell of a mess on the carpet if one of them was so demented as to
    demonstrate his foolish faith in his 'saviour'). I should have to
    back-pedal like mad and explain that as a pagan I couldn't have any of that kind of disgusting christian nonsense going on while I was around.
    Okay, so I admit: the foregoing is a little heavy. Even dedicated pagans and atheists think that I am coming on a bit strong when I trot the above out, and refuse to believe that Christianity is really that
    disgusting. But it is. My reference for the above is Religions in Four Dimensions (Readers Digest Press, NY, 1976) (p. 158) by Walter Kaufman,
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    NEWS & VIEWS

    NEW SECT

    A new christian sect, the Protestant Bible Believers Church,
    operating in Tokoroa, has caused some concern among mainstream christians.
    While the latter like to portray christianity with the image of
    Jesus meek and mild, loving everyone and ever ready to forgive the sinner -
    a kind of liberal social worker - the PBBs are blowing the whistle on the fraudulence of this image by yelling hellfire and damnation at the good
    folk of Tokoroa.
    The PBBs christianity is closer to the original article than the watered-down version of the mainstream churches. The bible does indeed
    teach eternal torment for unbelievers, for as Jesus states (reportedly):
    "He that believeth not shall be damned". (Mark 16:16).
    The PBBs, in common with other sects, are accused of dividing
    youthful converts from their families in order to effectively brainwash
    them. yet this anti-family strategy of the PBBs is more in line with
    biblical teachings than the mainstreamers who like to pose as champions of family values.
    Again, to quote Jesus: "If any man come to me, and hate not his
    father and mother, and wife and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea,
    and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple." Luke 14:26).
    As paul stated of the original apostles: "We are fools for Christ sake." Truly are the PBBs the modern-day apostles of christ.

    BUGGERING UP THE CATHOLIC CHURCH

    The conviction of Father Brown in March of sexually assaulting two altar boys over an 11 year period is likely to be the tip of the proverbial iceberg among the clergy in NZ.
    Both historically and IN OUR OWN TIME sexual misconduct has been
    rife in the church.
    historical background
    1. Pope John XII (937-964), bi-sexual, died after being badly beaten by a jealous husband.
    2. Pope Benedict IX (1020=1055) turned the Lateran Palace into the site of lavish homosexual orgies.
    3. Pope Paul II (1417-1471) allegedly died of a heart attack while being sodomized by one of his favourite boys.
    4. Pope Sixtus IV (1414-1484) took one of his nephews as his lover, making
    his a millionaire by plundering the papal treasury.
    5. Pope Julius III (1487-1555) had relations with his bastard son and his adopted son, and made them cardinals. Appointed numerous other teenagers
    as cardinals and organised homosexual orgies for them.
    (Ref. Brimstone #1, 231 Kennedy Dr. Box 130, Malden MA 02148, USA).
    rife today
    Child sexual abuse is rife among the clergy today. Church
    affiliated pyschiatrists and attorneys in the USA have admitted that
    hundreds of priests have molested thousands of children during the last 10 years. A facility in New Mexico has counselled over 600 paedophiliac
    priests. La. attny. Ray Mouton has confirmed that damages paid in civil suits by aberrant priests have exceeded $50 million. It is estimated that within the next decade the church's liability could exceed $1 billion.
    (Ref. Dark Lily).

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    N.Z. Voice of the
    Left-Hand Path No. 3, July, 1990CE XXVAS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    CRIME & PUNISHMENT

    Since liberalism ascended to the control of our society and
    politically applied the Christian slush of tolerance and brotherly love to
    the dregs of humanity, our society has witnessed an escalation of crime
    year by year.
    Yet the liberals, and the preachers and lay-preachers who have
    latched onto the Labour government, having witnessed the failure of their other-worldly dogma, propose not a reversal of their currently disastrous policies on crime but an extension on ever grander scales.
    What they will never admit, because it strikes at the very root of their social gospel, is that one does not achieve a quality society if the constituent parts of that society comprise an increasing number of genetic garbage.
    Social engineering schemes geared towards changes in the
    educational and justice system are a complete waste of tax-expenditure if
    they are not predicated upon a recognition of the predominantly genetic
    basis of intelligence, personality/psychology, and the related factors of crime, deliquency and personality disorder.
    In a study by Mednick, Gabrielli and Hutchings, published in
    Science (May 1984), entitled "Genetic Influences in Criminal convictions: Evidence from an Adoption Court" it was found that convictions of adoptive parents didn't significantly relate to their son's criminality, but
    convictions of the biological parents did.
    Clearly eugenic measures are long overdue, and are the key to
    reducing crime and many other social ills. Habitual criminals are likely
    to be the product of their genetic inheritance, more so than any alleged
    social disadvantage. Sterilization and capital punishment are in order.
    Secondly, eugenic measures widely applied will create a quality population and remove from the gene pool those genes making for low intelligence, personality disorders and criminal tendencies. Any organism which does not excrete its toxic wastes will die, and the human social
    organism is no exceptions. Nature's law of genetic selection, put into
    recess by civilization, needs to be reactivated as a conscious policy.
    Such proposals are of course anathema to the Christian as being a tampering with the will of god, and to the liberal who sees them as a
    denial of 'human rights'.
    In the short-term vigorous forms of punishment should not be
    neglected, on the basis that they don't 'reform' offenders.
    Dr Raymond B Cattell, the eminent psychologist and eugenicist, has advocated in his book Beyondism "the need for severe measures against criminals."
    "Any retribution, as distinct from a therapeutic treatment of
    criminals the Humanist regards a purely irrational and demonstratably due
    to deep 'psychoanalytic' sadisms in the citizen. Yet in the normal
    integrated person the severity with which demands are made on the self is correlated with the severity of demands on others. It is quite probable
    from recent research on the superego that its strength in the majority may
    be reinforced by just punishment of offenders and demoralized by an unreflective system of meeting crime by an indulgent 'therapeutic'
    attitude."
    It's time to stop 'turning the other cheek' and start dispensing justice.

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    PRINCE OF DARKNESS IN POLYNESIA : 1000 BCE

    Set, the original Prince of Darkness, was being honoured with petroglyphs on boulders in Hawaii as far back as 3000 years ago by Egyptian sea-farers.
    The Egyptians conducted explorations for gold which took them as
    far afield as Indonesia, America, Australia, NZ and Hawaii. In NZ Egyptian coins have been found dating back to 200BCE. At Gympie, Queensland, there
    is a pyramid perhaps 3000 years old, near which petroglyphs of the anhk
    cross, and a scarab have been found.
    The Hawaiian petroglyphs are on Lanai.
    In 1963 the British Egyptologist Dr Gwyn Griffiths, upon viewing photographs of the inscriptions, said that they "are so Egyptian they were
    done either by the Egyptians themselves, or by some tribe to whom they had taught their religion."
    Of seven boulders examined by epigraphers, petroglyphs of Egyptian
    tomb and other funerary designs, boats, Egyptian-type dogs, are among the subjects to be seen. Set is shown in his dog form, with forked tail, and
    is also depicted with his symbolic trumpet and goose. Set's wife Nephthys
    is also portrayed.
    REFERENCES: Coin could prove vital historic link, Evening Post, NZ,
    13 June, 1983
    Australian Post 30 August 1984.
    Ruth Knudsen, Egyptian signs in Hawaii, Epigraphic Socty. Occ.
    Publications, Vol. 13, 1985, San Diego.

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    TEMPLE OF SET

    The Temple of Set was incorporated in 1975CE, when Dr Michael
    Aquino and the majority of the priesthood of the Church of Satan resigned
    in protest against Anton LaVey's decision to redesign the C/S "as a non-functional vehicle for his personal expression and financial income."
    Set is the Egyptian deity recognized by the Temple as the most
    ancient of the divine personifications representing psychecentric consciousness. He is the origin of the Hebraic Satan (from Set-hen, one of
    the god's formal titles). Images of Set have been dated to ca. 3200 BCE,
    and inscriptions dating to ca. 5000BCE.
    The Temple's philosophy is based on the development and
    contribution of the individual psyche - "the 'real you' of your conscious intelligence," rejecting the aim of other religions to melt the psyche into oblivion of a 'universal consciouness.'
    "The second premise of the Temple is that the psychecentric consciousness can evolve towards its own divinity through deliberate
    exercise of the intelligence and will, a process of becoming or coming into being" (Egyptian=Xeper).
    The Temple is not dogmatic, and "seeks merely to be a forum for
    Setians to communicate and cooperate with one another constructively and courteously."
    "There are not congregations of docile 'followers' [present C/S
    members please note - editor] - only cooperative philosophers and
    magicians."
    Initial fees are $50 (US), $US60.00 overseas for which the accepted Setian Iø receives a membership card and certificate, a medallion (all beautifully produced) a sub. to The Scroll of Set and the Crystal Tablet
    of Set. The latter includes members' intercommunication roster; The Book
    of Coming Forth by Night, which gave Dr Aquino the mandate to form the
    Temple; The Diabolicon, a wonderful piece of classical Satanism penned by
    Dr Aquino while stationed as an intelligence officer in Vietnam; Dr
    Aquino's commentary on Crowley's Book of the Law, and much else which will provide abundant mental sunshine and inspiration to anyone interested in
    the Left Hand Path.
    A copy of the Temple's Gen. Info. and Admission Policies is
    available from: Temple of Set, Box 4507 St. Louis, MO 63108 USA, or
    directly from the editor of the Watcher.

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    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

    Thanks for The Watcher. I do like your mag. - you concentrate on
    the areas in which you have expertise, which makes it particularly
    valuable.
    Magda Graham, Editor, Dark lily, Britain.


    You are a great man - the very embodiment of Desmon's declaration, "Blessed are the destroyers of false hope; they are the true Messiahs. (HE
    was a New Zealander also).
    Our next issue will be widely circulated! We eagerly seek your
    input. Please free to "sound-off". A scathing editorial or serious study - whatever your prefer! Yours in Satan, John Dewey Allee, Editor,
    Brimstone, Ancient Brotherhood of Satan, USA


    From what we've read, your ministry is sound and quite dynamic on
    the literary level. Your work in the satanic mode is just as valid as
    anyone elses. You deserve more appreciation and recognition than you will
    even get from others who want to hog the literary limelight for themselves.

    Rev. Fox IIIø Priest of Mendes, Church of
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    Radio Werewolf
    MINISTRY OF PROPAGANDA & PUBLIC ENLIGHTENMENT
    #1313 8033 SUNSET BLVD. LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90046


    5 February, 1990, XXV A.S.

    Dear Sirs:

    Your information on The Order of The Left-Hand Path including The Watcher and other pamphlets was recently shown to me by an associate in The Black House. I am a member of The Werewolf Order, an elite Satanic militia
    who has taken on the responsibility of preparing the spearhead for a
    radical Satanic dominion. Upon reading your material I was struck by its support of the drug abuser Aleister Crowley, the child molester Michael
    Aquino and many other useless claimants to the Satanic philosophy. The Werewolf Order stands in strict opposition to all of these practices, liberal-humanistic ideologies or in the worst case, The Temple of Shit
    (sic), even a juvenile belief in a diety. All of these beliefs contradict
    the rational ideas presented in The Satanic Bible by Anton La Vey as well
    as the philosophy of the Werewolf order. Your use of the Church of Satan's symbol seems questionable at best, as I doubt that they would approve of
    the association.

    If you sincerely suppose the obsolete ideas implied by your listing
    of all these individuals who we feels are standing in the way of true
    Satanic world power, then we must state that you are hardly qualified to represent Satanism in New Zealand or elsewhere as your activities would
    only dilute the strength of a growing movement that would best be served without such embarrassments to out cause.

    On a personal note, your quoting such an important thinker as
    Nietzsche with such lightweights as Nomolos, The Black Flame and other untermenschen would hardly point the way to The Overman. This is not to perpetuate the petty squabbling so familiar to all small minded
    organizations, but to make clear that there is at least one Satanic group
    that insists on being unholier than thou by refusing to give credence to
    such excreta.

    Hopefully, you may awaken to these truths before you are drawn in
    to the sinking ship you are presently drowning on.

    Heil Fenris!

    G. Escott
    Minister of Ideological Purity

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    G Escott
    Minister of Ideological Purity
    Radio Werewolf
    OPEN LETTER
    Mr Escott
    Your letter of 5 Feb. received today.
    Your description of the purpose of The Werewolf Order certainly
    makes it sound commendable, but in view of your other comments I am left wondering whether you have the experience and attitude necessary to achieve such a lofty purpose as 'preparing the spearhead for a Satanic dominion.'
    Having effectively spoken out publicly against 'liberal-humanistic ideologies' for 15 years, and demolished in debate some of NZ's leading advocates of such ideologies among academe and the media, I don't really
    need a lecture on ideology and strategy.
    Your attitude in your letter is wholly negative, sectarian and dogmatic. It is reminiscent of the self-destruct mechanism of
    dogma-obsessed grouplets of the extreme Left and Right who are more
    concerned with intra-group politics and intrigue than advancing their respective causes. The very term 'ideological purity' suggests this.
    Trivial bitching about ideological intricacies is no substitute for advancing the cause.
    That you are so upset by my having listed impartially several
    Satanist groups which are outside the scope of the Church of Satan
    indicates insecurity within your own movement.
    I am fully aware of the various reprehensible personality traits of Crowley, and he recognised his own shortcomings and failure to live up to
    his own creed. However, Crowley's personal life should not detract from
    the fundamentally Nietzschean and satanic character of Thelema, once lifted
    out of the obscurity of eastern and Western mysticism. On a strictly
    strategic and practical level I think there is also something to be said
    for reaching out to those in the Thelemic community who may be receptive to Satanism, rather than alienating ourselves from each other for the sake of 'ideological purity.' The CS must recognise this too, to some extent,
    otherwise why would it trot out Kenneth Anger and his Crowleyan films when
    it suits?
    My own views on drug-abuse, and indeed all forms of
    self-dissipation are detailed in my article 'Satanic morality.'
    In re. to my use of the CS symbol, I discontinued using it upon
    being informed that it is reserved for CS official reps. If the symbol is
    so jealously guarded by CS then I would have thought sensible precautions
    would have been taken, such as informing members as to its status via a constitution. I not that the symbol continues to be widely used by groups outside the CS.
    I can assure you that I have no great desire to set myself up as a
    rep. of Satanism in NZ, although I don't know what qualifies you to tell
    me I'm not qualified to do so. It would be interesting to know which of us
    has the greater experience as a polemicist, organizer and debator, and the
    best track record.

    Since there is obviously little direction emanating from the
    leadership of the CS, and there is obviously nobody else in NZ with the gumption to initiate something here, I felt obliged to give it a go myself. Since the CS leadership declines to give direction, I presumed it at least encouraged self-initiative on the part of its members; obviously not.
    In your zeal for 'ideological purity' at the expense of tangible progress it seems that even the CS affiliated magazine The Black Flame is
    not spared your wrath. Perhaps such negative criticism and condemnations
    are the only outlets you can think of to justify your grandiose title, Ho. Minister (?).

    Satanic Greetings

    Minister of Ideological Impurity
    OLHP

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    Michael A. Aquino


    Dear Setian Bolton,

    Thank you for the copies of the 2/5/XXV letter from "G. Escott" of Radio Werewolf and your 5/22/XXV reply.


    We haven't paid much attention to RW, assuming it to be merely a
    nom de plume for one or more LaVey-enthralled eccentrics in Los Angeles.
    In his decadence Anton seems to be particularly attractive to the type of social cripple who desperately needs a guru to fawn before - but also a
    guru who is sufficiently aloof not to intrude upon his followers' bratty rebelliousness with inconvenient expectations of mature behaviour. It is
    quite obvious to those of us who have been around for awhile that Anton
    holds such "spaniels" in contempt - using them as they may be used, then discarding them the moment they expect anything in return from him other
    than an occasional kick to satisfy their masochism.


    How different it is from the authentic (I-X) Church of Satan, among whose membership there was a climate of mutual courtesy, respect, and trust similar to that of the Temple of Set today - unsurpising , after all, since
    we are the original Church of Satan continued.


    This is the first time I have seen a LaVey-spaniel refer to me as a "child molester". Obviously the malicious allegations by that Army
    chaplain against Lilith and myself have long since been exposed as
    fraudulent, with no charges ever being brought against us. The San
    Francisco Police Department has since taken disciplinary action against the
    two officers who used the chaplain's allegations as an excuse to attack us
    [see the June Scroll of Set, now being mailed, as well as the enclosed
    reprint from an earlier issue]. Other legal procedures continue which,
    when brought to their logical conclusion, will see the chaplain personally called to account for his crime against us.


    Accordingly RW's referral to me as a "child molester" in a letter
    to you is a clear act of libel, which I shall file against the eventual but unlikely possibility that RW may someday be financially worth the attention
    of my attorneys.


    "Escott's" denunciation of our "juvenile belief in a diety" is very impressive and would be even more so if "Escott" could spell the word
    "deity" correctly. Our philosophy indeed affirms the existence of Set and
    of the Temple's authenticity as an institution sacred to that neter.
    "Escott's" indignation is rather odd considering that the post-X "Church of Satan" is neither a church nor does it believe in Satan. It is, by
    default, merely an Anton LaVey spaniel kennel - which is not exactly what
    the Prince of Darkness had in mind when the Church was founded on Walpurgisnacht I.


    As you so rightly observe in your response to "Escott", boorish name-calling is no substitute for substantive criticism. And the hard fact
    of the matter is that the Temple of Set is a rather pleasant, honest, and
    open institution in which a great many intelligent and interesting
    individuals are enjoying one another's company, artistry, and creativity.


    Xeper.

    June 1,XXV

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    I chose Satanism as my 'religion of choice' well over 15 years ago.
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    on today's palette of Occult/New age/Magickal teachings. While I have
    enjoyed these excursions into esoteric knowledge and have met many fine
    people along the way, it seems that I always returned at some point of divergence to my roots as a Satanist.
    The question of how others outside of the US may express their
    Satanic beliefs has always intrigued me; and I look forward to reading your publications. Sincerely, T.C. WV., USA

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    Witches text by Colin Wilson, art by Una Woodruff. Dragon's World Ltd.
    Surrey 1989. 156pp.
    A history of witches and witch-craft and occultism generally, from shamans of prehistory to the magicians of today.
    Legends such as those of Merlin and Morgan le Fay, and chapters on
    the Knights Templar, the witch trials, Kabbalah, Werewolves, Gilles de
    Raus, Mother Shipton, possession, spiritualism, Theosophy and Madam
    Blavatsky, the Golden Dawn and Crowley, the modern wicca revival, and the Church of Satan are among the subjects covered in 33 chapters.

    The Aleister Crowley Scrapbook by Sandy Robertson (W Foulsham & Co. Ltd. London, 1988. 128pp.)
    This book contains a wealth of photographic material, some not previously published, on virtually every page. Included are memoirs on Crowley, poems, art, reprints of contemporary scandal-mongering press
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    A fascinating glimpse into the Abbey of Thelema is given. Some of Crowley's murals are shown, as restored by film-maker Kenneth Anger.
    The legacy of Crowley is scanned, covering present-day OTOs;
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    SATAN : GOD, OR ANTI-GOD?

    Often it is that we come across the terms 'Devil-worshipper' and 'Satanist' used synonymously: in the sensationalist tabloids, fundy
    smears, t.v. dramas, Hollywood horrors, and even among Satanists
    themselves.
    What is the nature of this worship, and is it an appropriate manifestation of the Satanic philosophy?
    'Devil-worshippers' there undoubtedly are. As far as they exist in
    the Western world they can be seen primarily among adolescents and psychotics/neurotics. Typically they are big on Denis Wheatley-type
    theatrics, but philosophically lacking. Some are rebelling against
    parents, trying to shock, or escape from reality by pandering to fantasy.
    In so doing the Devil-worshipper has substituted Satan for Jehovah/Jesus.
    He has become an inverse-Christian, but is a long way off from the truly Satanic.
    Satan is the 'god' of such types, but Satan is not God; he is
    Anti-God.

    "THE FALL"
    According to the Judaeo-Christian mythos, Man was separated from
    his 'Creator' when he partook of the Tree of Knowledge, thereby gaining
    wisdom and self-consciousness. This was offered, promethean-style by The Serpent, Satan. This put him on the road to potential godhood; thus
    mankind fell from the state of grace in the eyes of the Creator. (Gen.
    Ch. 2-3).
    The Gen. legend is a Hebraic elaboration of the Babylonian
    Creation epic, which recounts more vaguely that Man drew wrath of the Gods
    by similarly acquiring a godlike capacity for wisdom. A serpent is also involved somehow. (Chaldean Account of Genesis, Tr. by G. Smith).
    In both the Genesis and Babylonian legends the central theme is the separation of Man from God(s), after acquiring godlike attributes from a
    Being considered 'evil' by the godly on that account.
    The Satanic gift is thus one of separating man from divine subordination and dependence, and from the dull, static contentedness of an 'Eden' in which nothing changes from millennium-to-millennium, accept by a godly whim.
    It is precisely god-worship which Man was liberated by the
    'Serpent', just as Satan liberated himself and a large percentage of the Angelic host from the divine-tyrant, as brilliantly rendered by John Milton
    in Paradise Lost, and Dr Michael Aquino, High Priest of Set, in The
    Diabolicon.

    "BLASPHEMY"!
    God-worship of any kind, including and especially devil-worship, is quite clearly blasphemy unto Satan. Devil-worship is the negation of the
    very Gift of Satan, for his promise to Mankind was that we shall 'be as
    gods', by freeing ourselves from godly tyranny. Today psychologists call
    it self-actualization; self-proclaimed Anti-Christ philosopher Nietzsche
    call it self-overcoming; in both instances the emphasis is on the Self,
    freed from the bondage of herd-conformity, whether prescribed by priestly superstition or herd-morality.
    The only 'god' the Satanist worships is his own Self, leading
    towards a Godhead of our own conception.
    Worship other than this is to render worthless the Gift of Satan.
    This principle was wonderfully stated by Anatole France in his The Revolt
    of the Angels. Satan launches an attack on Heaven and is victorious. He
    casts Ialdabaoth (Jehovah) into Hell and assumes his throne...
    "And Satan found pleasure in praise and in the exercise of his
    grace; he loved to hear his wisdom and power belauded...
    "Satan, whose flesh had crept, in days gone by, at the idea that suffering prevailed in the world, now felt himself inaccessible to pity.
    He regarded suffering and death as the happy results of his omnipotence...
    the savour of the blood of victims rose upwards towards him like sweet
    incense. He fell to condemning intelligence and to hating curiosity. He himself refused to learn anything more, for fear that in acquiring fresh knowledge he might let it be seen that he had not known everything from the very outset...
    "Dense fumes of Theology filled his brain...
    "Thus centuries passed like seconds. Now, one day, from the
    altitudes of his throne, he plunged his gaze into the depths of the pit and
    saw Ialdabaoth in the Gehenna where he himself had long lain enchained.
    Amid the everlasting gloom Ialdabaoth still retained his lofty mien.
    Blackened and shattered, terrible and sublime, he glanced upwards at the
    palace of the King of Heaven with a look of proud disdain, then turned away
    his head. And the new god, as he looked upon his foe, beheld the light of intelligence and love pass across his sorrow-stricken countenance. And lo! Ialdabaoth was now contemplating the Earth and, seeing it sunk in
    wickedness and suffering, he ... rose up ... and hastened hither to
    instruct and console mankind..."
    But all this was only a nightmare Satan was having. He had not yet begun his war against God, and he awoke bathed in sweat...
    "Comrades," said Satan to those standing around him, "no - we will
    not conquer the heavens. Enough to have the power. War engenders war, and victory defeat.
    "God conquered will become Satan; Satan, conquering, will become
    God. May the fates spare me this terrible lot; I love the Hell which
    formed my genius. I love the Earth where I have done some good... Now,
    thanks to us, the god of old is dispossessed of his terrestrial empire, and every thinking being on this globe disdains him or knows him not. But what matter that men should no longer be submissive to Ialdabaoth if the spirit
    of Ialdabaoth is still in them; if they, like him, are jealous, violent, quarrelsome, and greedy, and the foes of the arts and beauty?... As to ourselves... we have destroyed Ialdabaoth, our Tyrant, if in ourselves
    alone that we have destroyed Ignorance and Fear.
    "...It is in ourselves and in ourselves alone that we must attack
    and destroy Ialdabaoth."
    The Satanist does not pray, he does not beg to Satan, nor perform
    any knee-bending exercises. He recognizes the god within and works to actualize it. If he performs rituals or declares Satanic affirmations
    these are to evoke the powers of his own Being, latent or otherwise, and
    draw upon energies which are only being realized now by the mundane
    sciences.

    THE SATANIC PRINCIPLE
    Who or what is Satan? A malevolent figure of hideous aspect
    demanding that his adherents kiss his arse in homage? Reading the Old Testament and The Revelation the description seems more fitting for
    Jehovah, as Anatole France clearly recognised.
    The following description of the 'Devil' by Paul Carus, author of
    The History of The Devil states well the nature of Satan as perceived today
    by thinking Satanist:
    "Evil personified appears at first sight repulsive. But the more
    we study the personality of the Devil, the more fascinating it becomes. In
    the beginning of existence the Evil One is the embodiment of everything unpleasant, then of everything bad, evil and immoral. He is hatred, destruction, and the annihilation incarnate, and as such he is the
    adversary of existence, of the Creator, of God. The Devil is the rebel of
    the cosmos, the independent in the empire of the tyrant, the opposition to uniformity, the dissonance in universal harmony, the exception to the rule,
    the particular in the universal, the craving for originality, which bodily upsets the ordinance of God that enforce a definite kind of conduct; he overturns the monotony that would permeate the cosmic spheres if every atom
    in unconscious righteousness and with pious obedience slavishly followed a generally prescribed course."
    Satan can be seen from the above description to be the embodiment
    of those forces which lead to progress by upsetting the static order where necessary, which led Man from primal, animalistic existence towards that
    which is truly 'human'. This is the real significance of the Genesis
    legend, and the 'Fall' of Man away from 'God'.
    Satan then is not God, but Anti-God. His demand is that he is not worshipped, but rather that Man worships the God within and thereby strives towards higher forms of Being, for in doing so we truly honour both
    ourselves and Satan.

    ---------------------------- BOOK REVIEWS ----------------------------------

    The Church of Satan by Dr Michael A Aquino VIø, High Priest of Set (Temple
    of Set, 1989).
    Dr Aquino is uniquely placed to write the church's history, having
    been an intimate friend of the LaVey's, principal advisor and
    trouble-shooter, second only to the LaVey's themselves in the Church.

    Dr Aquino draws heavily on correspondence in documenting the
    Church's history from its foundation in 1966, until his departure in 1975
    to form the Temple of Set. This is neatly fitted together with his
    commentary, analysis and humour.
    The first part consists of 374 pages in which LaVey and other
    leading Satanists are brought to life.

    The second part of The Church of Satan consists of 143 appendices covering over 400 pages. Included are early C/S documents on magick and philosophy, magazine articles, early rituals, accurate translations of
    Yezidi scripture, many articles reprinted from the now-defunct Cloven-Hoof,
    Dr Aquino's wonderful treatise on Satanism - The Diabolicon - and much
    else. Also included are over three dozen illustrations.
    The book is essential reading for every Satanist, and of course for every Setian, but due to copyright restrictions is available only to IIø+ Setians and approved Iø for religious and educational purposes. It is
    produced on a non-profit basis, and is available to both US and overseas Setians for a donation of $US50.00, most certainly a bargain for the wealth
    of information provided.

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    Dr Faustus by Christopher Marlowe
    This review is based on the 1924 Metheun ed. of the 1604 version
    of Marlowe's play. The introduction is by Prof. R S Knox, and includes
    the Faustbuch published in Germany in 1587, upon which Marlowe based his
    play.
    From Know we learn that Marlowe was an atheist who led a hedonistic lifestyle and had a rebel temperament. His first plays, Tamburlaine (1587)
    and Faustus (1589) are reflections of Marlowe's fascination with the great;
    he rarely wrote of ordinary people. Such a background would qualify his
    well today as a potential 'Satanist'.
    He was, writes Know, "unable to brook the calmer ways of life or
    the shackles of prescribed thought." With a warrant for his arrest issued
    by the Privy Council, Marlowe was fatally stabbed in a tavern brawl before reaching 30.
    John Faustus is said to have been born in Weimar. A Doctor of Divinity, he rejected Theology in favour of medicine, mathematics,
    astrology and the Black Arts becoming a wandering scholar.
    Legend has it that Dr Faustus, with a lust for knowledge, summoned Mephistophilis, a minister of Lucifer, using the techniques of ceremonial
    magic current among scholars of the time. Mephistophilis became the
    servant of Faustus in exchange for the latter's soul after 24 years.
    Whereas the Faustbuch is a rather vulgar rendering of Faustus' life
    and death, Marlowe's treatment of the legend portrays the "greatness of
    mind behind Faustus' impatience with mortal knowledge and his resolve to
    seek further by the Devil's aid... In the medieval magic, indeed, in his refusal to abide within the bounds prescribed for mortals, in his wreckless daring, and in his suffering [Faustus] rises above himself." Marlowe's treatment of Faustus' aspirations and tragic death draw upon the reader's sympathy, in contrast to the treatment given him in Faustbuch.
    Some of the ridiculous portrayals in the original History are
    reworked by Marlowe to endow the "Evil spirits" with "new dignity". "Like Milton after him he has refused to accept the medieval conception of devils
    as grotesque and ridiculous figures." (p. 35).
    Indeed, Mephistophilis appears as an amiable character and obliging servant, and one might even say 'friend', while the Doctor himself is
    popular among students and scholars, generous to his friends, and showing
    no tendency to misuse his powers for malicious ends (other than to inflict
    some indignities upon the Pope and his entourage at a banquet - no doubt to
    the amusement of the Protestant audiences of the time).

    Faustian soul
    It is the motivation of Faustus which is of principal interest to
    the Satanist. Indeed the Satanic 'soul' can aptly be termed 'Faustian'.
    In Scene I we are told that Faustus found both theology and
    medicine limiting.
    "These metaphysics of magicians [promised] all things that move
    between the quiet poles" to be at one's command.
    A dominion that exceeds those of emperors and kings "stretcheth as
    far as doth the mind of man", to godhood.
    "A sound magician is a mighty god; Here Faustus, tire thy brains to gain deity."
    Being one's own deity: truly is Satanic. The theme is that of a 'passionate struggle to reach beyond the grasp of ordinary mortals... the
    goal which Faustus strives to attain is a godhead." (Knox).
    "Marlowe takes this old story of the medieval magician who sells
    his soul to the devil for 24 years of pleasure and the gift of all
    knowledge, and gives it a significance akin to that of such world-old myths
    as Eve's eating the apple and Prometheus' defiance of the gods. The
    Faustus legend becomes for us a symbol of humanity's splendid struggle to
    reach the stars, the tragedy of infinite aspiration..." (p. 7.)
    "Infinite aspiration" is a term which summarizes well the satanic ethos. We find it again reflected in the philosophy of Spengler who
    defines the "Faustian soul" in similar terms, and in that of Nietzsche's
    call for Self-Overcoming and the Over-Man.
    That peril is the chiefest way to happiness
    And resolution honour's fairest aim.
    What glory is there in a common good
    That hangs for every peasant to achieve?
    That like I best that flies beyond my reach. Faustus.

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    The Church of Satan by Blanche Barton, 167pp, illustrated, Hell's Kitchen Productions Inc., Box 370, Times Sq. Station, NY, NY 10108-0370, USA.
    $US8.95 +$1.50 postage; $5.00 overseas.
    Not to be confused with the book of the same title by Dr Aquino,
    High Priest of the Temple of Set (reviewed on p. 4).
    Blanche Barton has been a C/S member since 1976, and a Church administrator since 1984.
    The book covers the founding of the C/S in 1966 from a group called
    the Magic Circle, which met at LaVey's house where he gave lectures on an
    array of occult subjects. Members included the grandson of a US president, underground filmmaker Kenneth Anger, and sci-fi and fantasy writers such as August Derleth.
    We are given a background of LaVey's fascinating life as
    lion-tamer, second oboist for the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra,
    travelling musician, police photographer, and investigator of 'nut calls'
    for the SF police.
    Barton deals effectively with the anti-Satanist hysteria which has
    been whipped up in recent years by fundamentalists, disposing of their accusations of blood sacrifice, child molestation, etc. by drawing on
    sources such as FBI agent Kenneth Lanning's special report Satanic, Occult, Ritualistic Crime: A Law Enforcement Perspective and Satanism in America,
    a scholarly study by the Committee for the Scientific Examination of
    Religion.
    LaVey's Satanic political programme is outlined, including stratification of society based on the inequality principle. LaVey
    recommends selective breeding, elitist stratification, and polygamous relationships based in eugenic considerations as productive forms of
    protest against the present norm.
    Much material is based on interviews with LaVey.

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    EMBASSY OF SATAN

    An official communique has been received declaring that the Church
    of S.A.T.A.N. us undergoing a change of identity to divest itself of any religious connotations. The Church of S.A.T.A.N. (Survival And The
    Androgyne Nation) led by Rev. Yaj Nomolos (reported in The Watcher #2)
    should not be confused with the Church of Satan led by Anton LaVey.
    The new name of Rev. Nomolos' movement is to be The Embassy of
    Satan (EMBASAT). Details available from: Box 666, Whitehall,
    Penna. 18052 USA.

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    "SATANIC MAD LAB"

    Satanic Greetings have been received from Satanya. She is pictured below with Mad Doctor Schivo during what she describes as a 'hedonistic
    study'.
    Satanya runs the Satanic Witch Fellowship, and is an Agent and Coordinator of The LaVey Bible Study.

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    PROFILE : JOHN DEWEY

    John Dewey first joined the Church of Satan in 1970 and is today an Adept in the Temple of Set.
    Also known by his magickal name of The Daimon Egan, he is editor of Brimstone Quarterly, journal of the Ancient Brotherhood of Satan (ABOS).
    The purpose of ABOS is described as being to "change consciousness
    by known ignominious methods", "to restore Satan's proud legacy and to resurrect His traditional role as 'The Adversary'. To unleash all the
    Powers of Hell. Igniting chaos to achieve freedom from tyranny."
    ABOS follows the tradition of the early German order, the
    Fraternitas Saturni. Their philosophy is described as 'Nietzschean
    Thelemism.'
    In common with the OLHP, ABOS sees an apocalyptic situation
    confronting mankind: "Mankind has reached a crucial stage... it is the challenge posed by the Over Man!
    "Technology is now being used... to transgress the natural order. Should we continue on this path, a Great Annihilation most definitely will occur.
    "We must create with the same zeal with which we annihilate! Then,
    and only then, may we proceed to the next evolutionary step and transcend
    the natural order altogether! We shall move beyond the skies and live
    among the stars!
    "Like it or not, we are the Ruling Elite. Satanists must use their strong influence either directly or indirectly to avert catastrophe. The
    time has come for the reign of the Illuminati!", write Dewey.
    John Dewey has a background in the Army, National Guard, computers, commercial art, and entertainment. He is now an independent movie
    producer.

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    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
    ---------------------------

    Thank you for having sent the courtesy copy of The Watcher. I found it interesting reading. Dr. Aquino had sent me a copy of the correspondence between yourself and the pathetic "Radio Werewolf" group. RW has an eccentric presentation and I doubt they will be very long-lived. Your reply to Escott Placed cards on the table and so you may or may not hear back from him: people who play fantasy games do not generally like to associate with those who will not agree to indulge in the same fantasy. Still, that is his loss, not yours.


    Other points of interest in The Watcher were "Crime & Punishment" and the 1000 BCE article. The idea of encouraging eugenic measures in one form or another is an ideal, but I doubt the Godly would dare allow such, particularly since it would effectively remove they themselves. One has only to deal with the public to see how true it is that mankind in general
    is sitting in deck chairs on the Titanic watching the sea grow higher!

    And so with that I am off to work on further correspondence. My warmest wishes to you and may you have continued success with The Watcher.

    Xeper and Remanifest.

    James Lewis

    [Ipsissimus VIø, Temple of Set]


    Well done on the magazine. I can appreciate the work that goes
    into newsletters, having just finished the Albion Chronicles, the news
    magazine for the Gates of Albion Pylon. - Xeper & Remanifest, David Austen,
    Priest of Set IIIø, U.K.


    CHAOS INTERNATIONAL

    BM SORCERY.
    LONDON
    WC1N 3XX

    Thanks for the material you sent Chaos International. I will give the
    watcher a mention in C.I. if you would do the same for us in The Watcher.

    I always find it amusing the way you Satanists keep slagging each other
    off; one would have thought you had enough outside enemies without
    aggravating the problem - still, keeps the hellfires burning I suppose!

    Yours in Chaos,

    Ian Read

    Editor

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    Temple of Set

    The Temple of set was incorporated in 1975CE by Dr M. Aquino and other
    senior initiates of the esoteric.
    The Temple's philosophy is based on the evolution of individual
    psychecentric consciousness towards its own divinity through the deliberate exercise of the intelligence and will, a process of becoming (Egyptian
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    EDITORIAL BABBLE-ON....
    IRAQ & MILITANT ISLAM

    Because of the historic antagonism which existed in Centuries past between Christianity and Islam, Satanists should not be deluded into
    thinking that in the latter we have an ally against our historic enemy.
    (The same principle applies to Judaism and its politicized offshoot
    Zionism). Christianity, Islam and Judaism are all of a similar nature,
    aiming at a world dispensation.
    Islam has historically imposed itself by force. The old European colonial structures held it at bay for a time, and quickly put down any flare-ups. Now that the West has long since abdicated its position through weakness, Islam is renascent and ready not only to oust remaining Western influences from its own traditional realm, but to impose its belief-system
    upon the Infidels as well, as in centuries past.
    Religious factionalism, reinforced by the megalomania of the
    various Arabic political leaders contending for pre-eminence in the Arab
    world, has long-served to keep Islam in check.
    Now Saddam Hussein, fired with the faith of his destiny as leader
    of Islam, has emerged as the latest Moslem Messiah. He has reached an
    accord with his former Iranian enemy, and is by-passing those more
    conservative Arab leaders who oppose him by appealing to their subjects for
    a Jihad against the Infidel. The potential exists for a united militant
    Moslem response should the Arab masses perceive a threat to the holy
    shrines of Islam in Saudi Arabia.
    What should have been the West's attitude from the start?
    Blockades? Economic sanctions? UNO denunciations? Crap! The West,
    because it is itself weak and lacking an Ideal, cannot conceive of self-sacrifice and fanaticism, the sheer POWER of an Ideal such as Islam.
    The response from the USA should have been instant and devastating;
    a direct assault on Iraq itself. Clearly, air-power is the answer in such circumstances, and to use troops for some type of land-confrontation is madness.
    As of writing US troops have landed in Saudi Arabia, Pres. Bush
    has evidently finished playing gold, and the impotent cries of moral indignation from British and US spokesman continue. Whatever the outcome, because the USA and its Allies were so slow and feeble responding, nothing
    has been done to insure that militant Islam will not again be troublesome.
    Just as the US should have immediately crippled Iran when hostages were
    taken instead of showing its weakness before all Islam, it has again lost
    its chance to contain Moslem fanaticism by its hesitant response when
    dealing with Hussein. Saddam Hussein may well be ousted fro Kuwait in the present round, but Islam will have by no means been deterred in
    contemplating future military adventures. And next time the Moslem hordes
    may be even better equipped than now, and covet those parts of Europe which they had once occupied for so long.
    One factor which should be contemplated is the USSR as a potential
    ally against Islam. The Russians have long been guided by realpolitik,
    rather than by the communist humbug they discarded over 60 years ago, other than a means of undermining other nations. Shedding their peripheral
    Empire of Asiatics and Christians, the 'Great Russians' can only strengthen their position. Sixty million Moslems within the USSR can only be viewed
    with suspicion by the Russians, when the rest of Islam is in ferment, and considering the previous experience in Afghanistan, where Moslems in the
    Soviet Army were given menial, non-combat roles.
    With the possibility of a future Jihad against the Infidel, as of
    old, the Russians would be a valuable - perhaps a crucial ally.

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    DEFINITIONS

    (From An Alien's Dictionary, pp14-15):

    Catholic: Someone who feels they are being watched all the time (see
    Guilt).

    Christ: The name of a man who died on a hill with the Cavalry (now known
    as Cavalry Hill).
    Christ had twelve disciples called Matthew, Mark, Luke, John,
    Genesis, Exodus... and a few others. He was buried in a tomb but he
    didn't like it there so he now lives in God's right hand. It is very
    spacious and full of people who have been through the eye of a camel and
    there is hardly anything boring on the television.
    Christ is famous for coming back to life every Christmas. He used
    to be a lamb of God but is now the Saviour which just shows what hard work
    and dedication can do. He is made of bread.

    Christening: an occasion where a baby human gets told who it is so it can
    tell everyone who it is and then the adults get drunk.

    Christmas: a two-week period where people receive things and try to make themselves ill.
    Three wise men, a donkey, some shepherds, and a baby called Chris
    all have their birthday around this time.

    Church: a building where people meet every week. They talk about christ
    and living inside his body, which seems a bit odd to me. There's also some nasty business about drinking blood (See DRACULA).
    The man who stands at the front of the church has to make everybody feel guilty and wave his arms about a lot (See ORCHESTRA).

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    P. O. Box 38-262, Petone, Wellington ----------------------------------------------------------
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    ANTI-SATANIST HYSTERIA SPREADING

    NZ newspapers have recently carried a few items on 'Satanism' which give us an inkling as to the nature of the hysteria that has been whipped
    up in the USA by Christian preachers and their dupes in media and police
    depts.
    The latter-day witch-hunt began in the USA with all manner of
    stories of Satanic child abuse, ritual murder of animals and babies, 'infiltration' of day-care centres, etc. These wild and weird allegations
    were quickly picked up by sensationalist-mongering journalists and
    talk-hosts who gave an instant and credible platform for all manner of neurotics to parade before t.v. audiences with their tales of how they had been molested by Satanists as children.
    Despite the publicity that has been given to such allegations, and
    the fervent Christian policemen who have made a personal crusade out of combating the devil's disciples, an FBI study has concluded that the claims
    are baseless. Of course this does nothing to diminish the paranoid
    delusions of Christians, nor does it hamper those who have made their reputations and careers out of anti-Satanism, as can be deduced from the article reprinted below relating to yoga classes being cancelled due to
    fear of encouraging 'Satanism'!
    Now the anti-Satanist lunacy is spreading to England and South
    Africa. At least the police in England appear to be made of stuff more rational than their counterparts in the USA and South Africa.
    Several newspaper reports have reached us from SA showing that the embryonic witch-hunt there is taking on truly idiotic proportions. The
    Sunday Tribune (10 June 90) and Personality (14 May 90) have reported on
    the testimony of an ex-High Priest (isn't everyone?) named Peter. Among Peter's revelations are that in most sects it's the rule to sacrifice
    humans, and that high-ranking members of the military and judiciary are involved. At coven meetings a demon appears in the form of a shadow, and
    of course sex and drug orgies are engaged in, including the centuries-old past-time of copulating with demons. The latter appear in half-man, half-animal form, naturally. The focus on recruitment is in a 10-16 year
    age bracket. These young girls are sexually assaulted while drugged.
    Peter told Tribune that he was obliged to have sex with his mother,
    the high priestess, as part of his initiation. On the other hand, Peter
    states to Personality that his mother was and is 'a big Christian' who knew nothing of his Satanic involvement. (The Devil certainly has poor Peter
    mixed up). Nevertheless, his story is treated with the utmost seriousness
    by these papers, and by his Church congregation, for Peter has now been
    saved by Jesus.
    A Freudian analyst would have a field-day here: a classical
    Oediups complex; incestuous, cannibalistic and paedophiliac fantasizing;
    the need for public recognition and belonging.
    Personality also features the good workers of Major Jonker,
    commanding officer of the East Cape Murder & Robbery Unit. His stories are almost as bizarre as poor Peter's, despite his responsible position. His
    story begins with hysterical schoolgirls enslaved by Satan, and the heroic Major discovering the HQ of the Satanist church in SA.
    The girls, having been introduced to the Satanic cult, steal Bibles from their school and rip them up (some torn pages accompany the article as documentary evidence). The girls tell the Major that they can't sleep at night; the high priest appears at their bedroom windows (in one case three stories up).
    Visiting the high priest's black painted house, he confiscates (on
    what grounds we're not told) black candles. Placing these on top of a 'witch-craft' book in a cupboard, the Major "was amazed to see that the
    candles had burned two neat holes in the plastic cover containing the
    book."
    The Major's heroic battle against the hordes of Hell has given him nationwide attention, and he is campaigning for legislation to ban
    Satanism. "Although there are many factors that attract young people to
    this awful cult, there is only one way out - and that is to return to the Christian faith," pontificates the Major.

    "The fact is that far more crime and child abuse has been committed
    by zealots in the name of God, Jesus and Mohammed than has ever been
    committed in the name of satan. Many people don't like that statement, but
    few can argue with it.
    "The author has discovered that the facts of so-called 'satanic
    crimes' are often significantly different from what is described at law enforcement training conferences or in the media. The actual involvement
    of satanism or the occult in these cases usually turns out to be secondary, insignificant, or nonexistent.
    "After all the hype and hysteria is put aside, the realization sets
    in that most satanic/occult activity involves the commission of NO
    crimes..."
    -K.V. Lanning, Satanic, Occult, Ritualistic Crime: A Law Enforcement Perspective, national Centre for the Analysis of Violent Crime, FBI
    Academy, Va., Oct 1989.

    Refs: Christchurch Star, Wednesday, September 19, 1990 - Satanic abuse
    probe
    Evening Post, 8/9/90 - Practice of yoga linked to devil cult
    The Evening Post, Tuesday, October 9, 1990 - Church warning as
    hysteria grows in UK over Satanic cults

    [articles were originally re-printed in The Watcher, but have been
    omitted for convenience]

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    THE LAW of the FORBIDDEN

    THE SECRET LIFE OF A SATANIST
    by Blanche Barton

    Anton Szandor LaVey has been called "the most dangerous man in the world," "a charlatan," an "evil genius." What secrets lurk within the man
    who shaved his head on Walpurgisnacht, 1966, and declared the formation of
    the Church of Satan?
    Written with the cooperation of her mysterious subject, Barton's fascinating biography reveals what has previously been hidden from public
    view, including: the dark origins of Satanic ritual; LaVey's early career
    as hoodlum, carny, lion tamer, burlesque house musician, and ghost hunter; LaVey's erotic involvements with Marilyn Monroe and Jayne Mansfield.
    Includes many pages of rare photos, and previously unpublished essays and documents by Anton LaVey. $19.95 (Cloth) ISBN: 0922915-03-2

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    BOOK REVIEW
    The Secret Life of a Satanist: The Authorised Biography of Anton LaVey, by Blanche Barton (Feral House 1990).
    Barton is uniquely placed as LaVey's confident and secretary to
    write his biography.
    In the opening chapter we are told that LaVey was born on 11 April 1930, in the sign of the horned ram, Aries, His ancestry is a mixture of French, Alsatian, German, Russian, Roumanian, Gypsy and Jewish.
    By the age of 7 he was fascinated with the occult and supernatural, consulting his Jewish-Gypsy grandmother for illumination on what he read,
    who related to him the tales of her folk. Unsatisfied with the usual
    grimoires and popular occult authors, he found the most valuable sources to
    be those dealing with practical hypnosis, and the utilization of imagery,
    and the tales of Lovecraft, et al.
    Although an individualist, LaVey's leadership qualities were
    recognized by other boys. School did not provide for the subjects which
    really interested him, and was a place to escape from.
    Since 5 his musical aptitude was recognised and at 15 LaVey was
    playing for the San Francisco Ballet symphony Orchestra as second oboist.
    In the same year he dropped out of High school, hanging around poolhalls,
    in the company of gamblers, pimps, prostitutes, hustlers and pool sharks.
    He delighted in the incongruity of looking like a 'hood' while continuing
    to pursue his interests in painting, music, magic and philosophy.
    Assisting his uncle in business at the newly emerging Las Vegas,
    LaVey came to know such underworld figures as Bugsy Seigel and his
    lieutenants, who imparted their social philosophy to him: Everything is a racket, including the Church. The superior man recognizes these facts and
    uses the rackets to work for himself rather than being a slave to others
    and a conventional life.
    Feeling his alienation from the norm, LaVey sought out a suitable environment and considered both the Foreign Legion and the circus. He
    chose the latter. In 1947 he became a cage boy; at 17 he was performing
    with 8 Nubian lions and 4 Bengal tigers. He also became a master player of
    the calliope and various obscure instruments, and began to learn the magic effects of music on both animals and people. LaVey became and remained a legend among some of the great stars of the circus. He also came to know
    the revival preachers, who latched on to the circus, as con-men, and saw
    the carnal as the dominant influence on people, despite whatever dose of religion they are threatened with.
    As a police photographer he was confronted with the worst aspects
    of human nature, and concluded that there is no personal god who cares for humanity. Man must be his own god, and take responsibility for his own actions.
    LaVey realized the need not of a Holy Father, but of a 'rebellious brother'; that progress had been achieved by those who rebelled against
    God, Church and convention. Satan had been the rebellious figure who had traditionally defied the gods to bestow wisdom to mortals.
    LaVey was assigned to investigate the 'crank' calls for the police, those strange noises coming from the cellar and the like. He also utilized
    his abilities as a hypno-therapist, and eventually clients began to ask him
    for more esoteric forms of help such as charms and spells.
    With his odd pursuits and pet leopard he was by this time already attracting the attention of the media.
    Influential and eccentric friends met a LaVey's 'Black House' for informal discussions and from this emerged the Magic Circle. This became
    more formalized, with LaVey performing rituals and opening his House to the public for seminars.
    In 1966 the Church of Satan was formed from these activities.
    From the mid-70s LaVey withdrew from public life, leaving his
    daughters and others to deal with the interviews and lectures, to
    concentrate on other fields of Satanic pursuit.
    LaVey sees magical potency in isolation from the mainstream, and remains reclusive. He defines Satanists as those rare individuals who instinctly stand aloof from the mass in thought, lifestyle and cultural
    taste.
    Music continues to be a predominant factor in his life, as does interest in old cinema and the production of 'humanoids'.
    The latter are considered a major project for satanism, and the
    next great consumer industry. They are LaVey;s answer to a number of human problems; artificial companions, which will give man's creativity and
    fantasy free-reign, rather then being programmed by t.v.
    LaVey believes that Satanism will become the major religion in the
    USA, and points to the idolization of Satan by increasing numbers of youth
    as the 'Rebel King'. He believes that the current anti-Satanist hysteria whipped up by christians will back-fire, as people start questioning their idiotic allegations and asking what Satanism really stands for.
    "No one ever 'gets to know' Anton LaVey", writes Barton. "If
    you're lucky you glimpse enough to know you don't know much about him."

    Fire & Ice: Magical Teachings of Germany's Greatest Secret Occult Order by
    Dr S Edred Flowers, Llewellyn Publications, Mn. 1990, 215pp.
    Dr Flowers is a scholar and author of international repute, best
    known for his works on German occultism and the runes.
    He is also a leading initiate of the Temple of Set, and has
    dedicated this book to Re-en-Set, acknowledging the assistance of, among others, Dr Aquino and James Lewis of the Temple.
    The book deals with the hitherto little-known Brotherhood of
    Saturn, from its inception in 1926 to 1970, after which its ritual and philosophy was reformulated. Dr Flowers draws on the Brotherhood's
    previously secret documents, brought to light in 1970 as the result of an internal dispute, and was assisted in his research by several saturnians.
    Fire & Ice is the only book in any language on the Fraternitas
    Saturni (FS). Its cosmology is a Luciferian-Gnostic one, the basis of
    which is the planet Saturn upon which are concentrated the Luciferian and Satanic 'higher and lower octaves' respectively, which influence the Earth
    and govern the Aeon of Aquarius (along with Uranus).
    The FS initiates concentrate upon the Luciferian 'higher octave', regarding Lucifer as the Light bearer unto mankind. Saturn is the Guardian
    of the Threshold between man and godhead which the aspirant achieves
    through gnosis.
    The astrological characteristics of Saturn are: practical,
    cautious, constructive, responsible, patient, ambitious, thrifty, reliable
    and self-disciplined. Negatively: mean, narrow-minded, severe, aloof, dogmatic, heartless, and cruel. Some of the Saturnian characteristics were taken over by Uranus, which is humanitarian, friendly, kind, independent, original, inventive, strong-willed, versatile, loathing restriction. Negatively: eccentric, perverse, rebellious.
    A synthesis of these characteristics gives the Saturno-Uranian
    complex which comprise FS philosophy.
    Saturn is held to be the Great Judge and carrier of reason and intelligence. Saturnus breaks cosmic order and stasis, causing
    regeneration and change. He is equated with Prometheus and the Genesis Serpent, the giver of knowledge (gnosis) to mankind.
    The FS was formally established in 1928 by Gregor A Gregorius and
    other initiates of the Pansophical Lodge and OTO. The FS founders included those within the German OTO who accepted Crowley's Thelema; however the FS retained independence from both Crowley and the OTO. To the Crowleyan "Do
    what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law; Love is the Law, Lover under will" the FS added the words "compassionless love". Dr Flowers states that this reflects the Saturnians "Thelemic-Nietzschean" philosophy, a severe, pityless self-overcoming on the path to individual godhood. A Nietzschean solitude was also cultivated; an aloofness from the masses.
    The FS was organised along Masonic lines, and comprised a synthesis
    of OTO/Tantric sex-magick, gnosticism, Thelema, astrology, alchemy, Rosicrucianism and the traditions of various religions.
    Dr Flowers provides several rites of the FS, including the
    'notorius' sex rite of Gradus Pentalphae, only alluded to by others.
    (NZ readers order from: Pathfinder Books, Old Customhouse, Auck.).

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    ZEALOTS PUSHING FOR ARMAGEDDON
    By Elisha ben Azazel

    In early October Zionist Zealots (ZZ) attempted to lay the
    foundation stone for a synagogue on the site of the Dome of the Rock and
    the Aqsa Mosque. This site is the third holiest in Islam, from whence
    Mohammed is said to have ascended to heaven.
    The Israeli Army, backed by the Government, responded by killing Palestinians demonstrating against the Orthodox Jews responsible.
    Considering the ferment Islam is already in over the annexation of Kuwait by Iraq and the consequent Western move into Saudi Arabia (where
    Mecca is situated) this action by the ZZ can only be viewed as a calculated provocation of Islam. The motive is clear: to force a religious war
    between Moslem and Jew in the belief that the Jews will mobilize behind the
    ZZ and their plans for an Israeli Reich.
    This is not conjecture. The ZZ have been open about their
    intentions for a century. Whoever thinks that the ZZ are content with a
    little chuck of land in the midst of Arabia is ill-informed. According to
    the Torah the promise of Jehovah to Abraham was that his descendants will inherit the lands between the Nile and the Euphrates. Zionism was created
    to fulfill the Jehovic covenant politically.
    In 1948 A Abrahams, political advisor of the Zionist World
    Revisionist Executive, declared: "We must regard ourselves as the mighty nation that we are and not as the third rate state conditioned by the small territory we at present hold. We shall triumph and shall be restored in
    full strength and power... the return of all Israel to the whole of the
    land of Israel."
    In 1952 Gen. Dayan stated: "Our task consists of preparing the Israeli Army for the new war approaching in order to achieve our ultimate
    goal, the creation of an Israeli Empire."
    In 1969 Dayan predicted that Israel would extend beyond Jordan and
    into central Syria. (London Times, 25 June 1969).

    DOME OF THE ROCK
    The ZZ have coveted the site of The Dome from the start.
    In 1967 the Israeli Army entered Jerusalem, the Army's Rabbi, Goren held a religious service in front of the Mosque, and the Israeli flag was hoisted.
    The ZZ have long declared their aim to be the rebuilding of the
    Temple of Solomon on the site, and have published plans and photographs of
    the model.
    In 1929 Klosner, president of the Society for the Defence of the Wailing Wall, wrote: "The Aqsa Mosque is situated on the sanctuary of sanctuaries in the Temple and it belongs to the Jews." (Palestine Weekly, 6 Aug. 1929).
    On the 8 Aug. 1929 the Jerusalem daily Dowar Hayoum published a statement by Grand Rabbi Ishaq Cook before a Jewish rally at Jerusalem:
    "Jewish youth demonstrated their Macabi Military strength. They are ready
    to sacrifice their lives in order to redeem their holy temple at present occupied by the Aqsa Mosque."
    That year ZZ tried to capture the Mosque. Another attempt was made during the 1948 war; the area of the Mosque was bombarded.
    In 1969 a Christian Fundamentalist attempted to burn down the
    Mosque. This put the Moslem world in ferment, and no Arab Govt. accepted Israel's innocence in the matter.
    The leader of the Oct ZZ demonstration, Gershon Salomon, stated:
    "The occupation of the Temple Mount by the Arabs must be finished."
    With Islam in ferment, and the Moslems (including the Palestinians) responding to Iraq's call for a Jihad, the ZZ calculated that the time was
    ripe to make a move on The Dome, provoking a Holy War of their own. It
    would also be assured that the West would be favourably disposed to ZZ ambitions in its current anti-Iraqi state: US troops in Saudi Arabia would provide a shield.
    Fortunately, these is no longer super-power rivalry in the region, since the fall of the Soviet Empire and the Russian economy. However,
    Islam may one day soon pose a new military threat to parts of Europe, as in centuries part, and already have their potential fifth columnists and terrorists throughout Europe in the form of a large Moslem immigrant
    presence.
    Whether the Law goes forth from Zion or from Mecca, Satanists
    should view with adversity the prospect of the unleashing of resurgent religious fanaticism of the world-encompassing proportions. A plague on
    both their houses.

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    ------------------------- LETTERS TO THE EDITOR ------------------------------

    Thanks for the letter you sent me. It really raised questions in
    my mind. Yes, I deliberated intensely as to how I should answer your
    question on what such terms as 'death' band and 'brutal death metal' mean.
    You see, this term 'brutal death metal; has something to do with 'black
    metal' music. Though there do exist bands in the same style as us they are
    not Satanic bands, and I felt that my acts belie my words. And gradually
    it dawned on me: there is quite a big conflict with our lyrics and TRUE Satanism. And I'm referring to your brilliant editorial in The Watcher
    (Sept. 1990CE) "Satan: God or Anti-God?". It was a most pleasant reading experience, and contained the fundamental Satanic affirmations. You say
    that "the only 'god' the Satanist worships is his own Self, leading towards
    a Godhead of our own conception." We do have a song, quite old though,
    called 'Goat-Worship' on our 'Demonomancy' demo. Yes, I emphasised 'old' because nowadays we have started to recognise the god within in our lyrics.
    Now we are into praising the absolute greatness and beauty of Satanism,
    instead of worshipping Satan or anything else.
    Maybe our music could be consider 'black metal' but I can assure
    you that our band BEHERIT doesn't have anything to do with the things you mentioned (drunkeness, attempted suicide and animal sacrifice). Why should
    I call our music 'brutal' then? It's just that the music we play is very speedy, but suddenly it can turn into something we call 'doom'-part: they
    very heavy part. So, one could say it is brutal.
    As for the term 'death metal', I think it is just one of those
    stupid cliches that 'heavy metal' has been full of from the early bands of
    the 70s. Bands which play 'death metal' just seem to sing about death. In
    our case you could say we sing about the death of christianity, and the
    label 'death band' is just a lousy joke; ignore it.
    Satanic Greetings
    Demon Ov Fornication
    Satanic Metal Temple, Finland

    Many thanks for your initial contact and for the copy of The
    Watcher. We're working towards the same goals (whatever they are...),
    that's for sure! Fraternal Greetings.
    Vade Ultra! Hail Satan! Carl Abrahamsson,
    Thee Temple Ov Psychick Youth, Sweden

    Thankyou for issues 3 & 4 of The Watcher. Your articles, "Satan:
    God or Anti-God?" and "Crime and Punishment" are lucid expositions. You
    might be interested in my article, "Eugenics: the Orphaned Science," found
    in the anthology Apocalypse Culture (Amok Press, 1987).
    Your refusal to be drawn into intra-fraternal squabbling is quite admirable. It's unfortunate that so many adherents of the left-hand path
    are drawn to the dubious ego-enhancements of grandiose titles, petty power plays, exclusive claims to the Truth, and other comedies straight out of a Keystone two-reeler.
    Hail! Hail! The Gang's All Here!
    Adam Parfrey, Feral House, L.A.

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    What we do and why we do it!

    We are composed of many Individuals, some more active, some less,
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    put in is what you get out. Thee Temple Ov Psychick Youth is the sum of
    its active Individuals. If all, by chance, should suddenly become
    interested in the very same topics, we would be representatives of those specific interests or focal points, and if we turned to becoming more
    scattered in our directions, we would be a multi-directional group. To put
    it simply: It goes where You take it...
    There seem to be some common topics of interest within our league
    of noble members, the main one being Magick in all its possible and
    impossible manifestations. A desire to improve oneself, one's abilities
    and the Universe around you. To turn the guilt-ridden, weak, fearing, ultra-controlled piece of lead into lead into a shining, proud, brave, and will-strong nugget of the purest gold.
    We believe that all repressive elements, whether they are social, personal or whatever, should be seen as obstacles o your path that you
    should seek to remove with Joy. The Joy of Life, the Joy of Will, and the
    Joy of Magick. there are constantly "evil" forces at work, trying to
    control you and ensnare you into the web of their will. Never accept this! They will claim being "good", when in fact they are "evil", and they will
    keep you down by imposing anxiety and anguish in order to have their way
    from the very first day of your Live! Beware!
    The definition of "evil" must always be "that which is anti-you".
    The definition of "good" must always be "that which is pro-you". When
    looking for "morals", seek "nature". It's all very, very simple. In fact,
    so simple that most people seem to find it hard to grasp. Most people
    accept the "truth" from above. Most people won't question the core of the meaning of their own existence. And if they should do so, they very rarely change those things they find obstructive and repressive. We, on the other hand, do!
    We refuse control on every level there might possibly be. It may
    all sound very grandiose and pompous, but, in fact, it's actually true. We
    do this by indulging in the tasks, the thinking, the creativity, the intelligence, the power, the love, the energy, the awareness and the
    results that are all part of our Great Work! You must be the Master of
    Your Own Fate! If you're not, then you can bet (your Life) that someone
    else surely will be!
    In its present shape, T.O.P.Y. is the most dynamic and extrovert
    of today's Magickal Orders. We are involved in many areas of what we call "Occulture". There is really no need for us to throw slogans in the face
    of the rest of the World. It is usually a very pointless and inefficient technique of producing real, profound, change. Every little think we do though; each project, each event, each success, each new interested
    Individual, is a magnificent triumph in itself, a proof to the Afterworld
    that there was actually once intelligent Life on planet Earth.
    By action you change. Action is the expression of confidence. Confidence is the proof of Will, and strong Will is the fundamental quality
    of the person who is really and truly free from the restrictions of other people's views and manipulations.
    T.O.P.Y. is a world-wide network with Stations (headquarters and administrative offices), Access Points (local offices, providing
    information and guidance to the interested) and Points of Information
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    Since Thee Temple was founded in 1981 era vulgaris maximus, an incredible amount of Work has been performed very successfully. By trying,
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    gain experience. Experience makes existence worthwhile, make the
    Individual human, makes your path appear clearer and straighter.
    Therefore: Vade Ultra!
    We are, structurally, a non-hierarchic organisation. We welcome
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    there is such a thing as a hierarchy of respect in our expanding tribe, it
    is based on the amount of Work actually put in. Higher Levels of awareness
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    Our Initiates, Kalis (Female) and Edens (Male), develop individual Magickal systems, based on information and techniques from earlier
    Initiates through the millennia. Our Initiates are the strong backbone of
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    We hereby invite the rest of the World to participate in this interesting and very well needed emancipation of the human Mind, Body and Spirit through MAGICK - "the art and science of causing change to occur in conformity with Will". More information on the philosophies, activities, products, events, subscription fees, etc., etc., etc. of Thee Temple Ov Psychick You Can be Obtained from:

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    THE DARK GODS

    "They lurk at the threshold of existence
    Preening their wings and eyes and sounds
    which they send forth to all who have
    ears to hear and minds to know. And they
    wait and reside in the space between
    worlds, the space that is the corner of
    the meeting of dimensions. They are the
    destroyers... he bornless forever who
    wait for our call. Soon they will come to
    collect that blood which is required by
    Them. To understand Them is to pass that
    Abyss beyond which the man ceases to be."

    The Message of the One of Thoth

    Much has been uttered - 'in shrivelled hallways untidy with the Blackest Inventions' - concerning the entities/energies known as the Dark
    Gods. Hitherto, all information regarding 'They who will have Blood' has consisted of misrepresentations and absolute rubbish. q.v. the works of
    H.P. Lovecraft, who intuitively grasped vague hints of the genuine Dark Tradition, whilst presenting it within the context of the 'opposites' (as
    with 'The Necronomicon' in its many hoax forms). Those who wish to know
    the Dark Gods are required to pass the Abyss - the experience of going
    beyond 'opposites' - to understand what these energies are in essence (i.e. they just ARE) and to remain sane and in one piece.
    From an uninitiated viewpoint, the Dark Gods are indeed the most hideous and terrifying manifestations of the acausal on this causal plane.
    Due to the Nazarene Tyranny establishing evolutionary regression, very few
    can comprehend even the most remote hint of Chaos (or The Dark Gods) in its primal state, i.e. they do not perceive the essence hidden by appearance;
    they are bound by 'moral projections'. ('He is the damned, the baser for a moral corrupt'.)
    While the Dark Gods may be perceived as 'convenient abstractions'
    or Archetypal Energy, they may also be regarded as having an actual
    existence (and it is up to the individual to decide which of these, or
    neither, is the correct for him/herself). The Dark Tradition, continued by small numbers of Adepts since the Hyperborean Aeon to the present day,
    contains many tales of the origins of the Dark Gods. Whether one chooses
    to see these as myth or mythos, is, at the end of the day, a matter of
    personal taste according to which viewpoint is the most magickally useful.
    Previously, weakening a Star Gate (or nexion, a physical link
    between the causal and acausal) and bringing the Dark Gods has involved
    hideous rites of sacrifice and suffering, and in terms of results, vile uncertainty principles. Refined magickal techniques (such as the Rite of
    Nine Angles) have replaced many of these bloody shamblings (the Blood
    remains, mostly in menstrual form) and the Return of the Dark Gods is now
    an easier proposition, both in terms of what can be done ceremonially, hermetically and how mass Consciousness can be effected by Aeonic
    techniques. However, certain cases involving those who, unprepared and otherwise, have attempted to bring the Dark Gods, have resulted in madness and/or death. Such events are always followed by the shedding of blood on
    a larger scale - the Darkest of negations must have sustenance. And is bloodshed necessary anymore?
    Returning the Dark Gods will fulfill the Destiny (in its dying
    form) of this Aeon - the Western, still about 350 years left to run- by establishing the next Aeon, which has no word since it is Chaos itself.
    This Aeonic progression has been a gradual opening of various acausal - or magickal - centres on this terrestrial plane. It is important to remember
    that there never was a 'golden age' way back when from which the human race toppled and has been trying to grovel back to ever since, armed with hints
    of 'lost knowledge' constituting the various 'mysteries' (not in the Greek sense of the word) we have today. In one one sphere of evolution, we have reached an intuitive stage - the culmination so far of the Aeonic
    progression - where we can decide our own destiny. For this reason, it is generally agreed that the terrestrial centres are now exhausted - the new
    Aeon may very well be 'Galactic' in form (either symbolically, i.e. representing the forward looking nature of civilisation, or literally, the consequence of the same).
    Establishing a forward looking civilisation reveals the nature and purpose of Satanism. Those (for example) qabalistic magicians who think
    they are contributing towards this progression should think again.
    The Return of the Dark Gods will bring torment, gnashing Darkness
    and Death to some, and bounty to others. As stated, we have reached a
    point in consciousness to recognise that the world is up for grabs. The
    strong will survive and the weak will perish - an obvious statement, though difficult for those bound by Nazarene morality to accept.
    To invert the Established is only a starting point, a means to an
    end. For most, that stage beyond may be realised in time. But for now, it
    is enough just to start. As Derek Farr, bastion of the film noir, so eloquently said in his early film 'Lethargy':

    "It seems there is no finer point
    Than that which is lodged with the cranial index
    of a dying priest."


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    THE FIRST REBEL
    By Illuminatus

    "Satan is the first free-thinker and Saviour of the World.
    He frees Adam and impresses the seal of humanity and liberty
    on his forehead, by making him disobedient."
    Thus stated Mikhail Bakunin, the Russian Anarchist philosopher.
    Jehovah, Allah and many other god-concepts have been used since the dawn of humankind to enslave the individual and stifle his ascent, at the behest of vested interests, ruling the cliques and coteries. Often it is
    that Government and Church have worked hand-in-hand to crush the human
    spirit.
    What then of Satan, whom Bakunin praised as the first free-thinker
    and liberator of man? Is it a paradox that this Father of Anarchism should identify with such a figure, for is not Satan simply another God-despot?"
    No! Satan - whether defined as a symbol, an archetype or a literal entity - is not God, but Anti-God.
    What did Bakunin mean, with his allusion to the freeing of Adam
    through disobedience? Turning to the Judaeo-Christians' own scriptures we
    find that it was Satan who offered humankind the choice of free-will, or continued enslavement to the tyrant-god. The first archetypical human
    couple chose freedom, and willfully disobeying the godly-tyrant partook of
    the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge, gaining self-consciousness and the
    ability for independent thought. (Genesis 2-3).
    Satan is representative of freedom from godly-tyranny and the
    worship of ignorant superstition. Satanism and 'devil worship' are antithetical rather than synonymous, for the latter simply substitutes
    Satan for Jehovah/Jesus; the devil-worshipper is an inverse-Christian.

    WHAT IS SATAN?
    Who or what then is Satan? A malevolent figure of hideous aspect demanding that his adherents kiss his arse in homage> Reading the Old
    Testament and The Revelation this sounds more like Jehovah.
    The following is a more apt description of Satan, as given by Paul Carus, author of The History of The Devil:
    "Evil personified appears at first sight repulsive. But the more
    we study the personality of the Devil, the more fascinating it becomes. In
    the beginning of existence the Evil One is the embodiment of everything unpleasant, then of everything bad, evil and immoral. He is hatred, destruction, and the annihilation incarnate, and as such he is the
    adversary of existence, of the Creator, of God. The Devil is the rebel of
    the cosmos, the independent in the empire of the tyrant, the opposition to uniformity, the dissonance in universal harmony, the exception to the rule,
    the particular in the universal, the craving for originality, which bodily upsets the ordinance of God that enforce a definite kind of conduct; he overturns the monotony that would permeate the cosmic spheres if every atom
    in unconscious righteousness and with pious obedience slavishly followed a generally prescribed course."

    Satan is the embodiment of those forces which lead to progress and human ascent by upsetting the static order. Thus we see the rationale for Bakunin's championing of Satan, for he is the proto-Anarchist.

    COSGNI (Anarchist) Box 58-524, Auckland.

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    THE MAKING OF A SATANIC MYTH

    ....That was the headline carried across page 8 of The Independent (Sunday ed. 12 Aug 90), a leading British newspaper.
    The topic was that dealt with by The Watcher #5, in which we
    examined the spread of lunatic christian smear-mongering against Satanists, from the USA to Britain and South Africa. In that article ("Anti-Satanist hysteria spreading") we pointed out that christian fundamentalists, and
    those neurotics and worse claiming to have been sexually abused by
    Satanists, to have witnessed blood sacrifices and demonic manifestations,
    etc., were receiving support and superficial 'respectability' from allies
    in the tabloid press and police depts.
    Although the anti-Satanist lunacy pushed by the tabloids and the christian crusaders has been taken seriously by social workers,
    psychiatrists, et al., fortunately a responsible paper such as The
    Independent has done a thorough job on the allegations.
    The Independent backgrounds the hysteria in the US and UK, and
    exposes the origins which are apparently to be traced back to British
    Columbia, Canada. Here in 1976 Michelle Smith, a 22 yr. old who was under
    the care of a psychiatrist after having miscarried, began to remember the
    long repressed events of her childhood. From the age of four she had
    suffered sexual, physical and emotional abuse at the hands of a satanic
    coven, which included her mother. She witnessed blood rites, including the sacrifice of babies and the mutilation of animals.
    Michelle and her therapist, Lawrence Pazder, went to the Vatican
    "to alert the church about the previously unheard of dangers to children
    from Satanic cults worldwide." To warn the world they wrote Michelle
    Remembers, published in the US in 1980 and in Britain the following year.
    Thus was born from a psychiatrist's couch the anti-Satanist
    hysteria which over the next decade was to spread throughout the USA, and
    which is now cropping up in the UK and SA, with fallout in NZ arising occasionally in the form of teenage 'Death Metal' fans performing bloody
    rites and christian bookstores stocked full of books on the Satanic dangers
    of yoga, acupuncture, eastern Mysticism, etc. ready and waiting for the hysteria to reach NZ shores.
    The Independent relates that in early August a conference on incest
    was held at a London hospital, where a woman claimed "she had been the
    victim for 16 yrs. of ritual abuse by Satanists", and told delegates "that human foetuses were being killed and eaten by members of 'Satanic sex
    rings.'"
    Perhaps the most alarming aspect that emerges from the anti-Satanic hysteria is that the wild and whacky tales are taken seriously by people in responsible community positions.
    The heavily-publicized incest conference was co-organized by a
    Harley St. psycho-therapist, Vera Diamond, who stated that several
    children had been killed at Satanic rituals in Britain.
    Psycho-therapist Norman Vaughton said that there were an estimated 10,000 human sacrifices a year in the USA, most of them "foetuses that have been bred specially."
    The Independent reports that over the past two yrs. the British
    public has been hearing increasing reports of 'Satanic ritual abuse' from social workers, therapists, and churches.
    The paper states that having investigated the claims it has found
    that "nobody has produced evidence."
    "There have been police investigations across the US, in Canada,
    the Netherlands, and now in Britain. They have produced no evidence, no bodies, no bones, no covens, no underground tunnels, no animal carcasses,
    no blood-stains. Nothing. Just the occasional court case where the
    pretence of supernatural powers was used to obtain silence and submission."
    Continues The Independent, "our investigations have revealed that
    the Satanic abuse myth originated in the US. It has been spread largely in fundamentalist christian circles, and it is now accepted as fact by many psychotherapists and police officers.
    "The allegations began to surface only after the publication of the book Michelle Remembers."
    The co-author, Dr Pazder, now married to Michelle, began organizing "Satanic cult crime" seminars across the US for therapists and the police. Panic began to spread. From 1984-1989, 100 people were charged with ritual sexual abuse. Of those approx. 50 were charged and half were convicted of child abuse. "No evidence of satanism was found in these cases."
    "In other cases the allegations were dismissed as the worst
    outbreak of mass hysteria since the Salem witchhunt."
    (A plot hatched by a military chaplain against Dr Michael Aquino
    and his wife Lilith, of the Temple of Set, resulted in the police officers involved being disciplined, a shake-up of the SF police dept. procedures,
    and the total exoneration of the Aquinos, the doctor himself being a
    respected member of both the military and academe).
    In establishing how the "Satanic child abuse myth" spread from the
    US to Britain, the article cites the work of Robert Hicks, an analyst with
    the criminal justice dept. in Virginia, who "blames 'a loose network' of therapists, fundamentalist christians, serving and ex-police officers and
    also the media for 'perpetuating the myth'".
    He told The Independent, "there were no such stories before the publication of Michelle Remembers."
    Dr Sherrill Mulbern, an anthropologist from the Uni. of Paris, who
    has studied self-declared Satanic abuse survivors, notes the interpretation between therapists, patients, and the hysteria, which results in a
    "paranoid reading of the data" by supposed 'experts.'
    The article relates the story of a woman who claimed to a C of E
    vicar (with whom she now stays) that she had been initiated into a satanic coven when a six week old baby, married to Satan when 11; raped by coven members and by demons; and witness to blood sacrifices. Some of the
    happenings were conducted in a public park, but Satan made the coven
    invisible (this explanation being sufficient to convince the vicar).
    The Independent is to be commended for producing a responsible
    report debunking the "satanic abuse myth" (as it is referred to). No doubt
    the paper is now blacklisted by Christian zealots as being under Satanist control.

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    THE HERESY OF THE LEFT HAND PATH
    by R. Parker, Editor, "Exeat", England


    One of the fundamental principles of the LHP in general and
    Satanism in particular is the desire to know - in the senses of
    understanding and experience. This principle is expressed by an attitude
    of living, an attitude often evident in the personality of the individual - there is acceptance of challenges, a desire to explore or create but above
    all an instinct for excellence. The follower of the LHP is seldom
    satisfied, a natural rebel who has an instinctive aversion to accepting authority. He or she needs to find out by personal experience rather than
    by accepting something dogmatically. He or she wants and needs to be a
    leader rather than a follower.
    Our societies, however, instead of producing such strong, proud and truly defiant and truly individual people, produce a conformist herd - and
    what is startling is that most of this herd is created and moulded and maintained for the most of this herd is created and moulded and maintained
    for the most part not by compulsion but rather by ideas. It is ideas which keep the vast majority in enslavement - ideas accepted, enshrined in dogmas
    and made the basis for Institutions and state structures. The educational systems of all our societies are based on certain ideas and these ideas are inculcated into the young.
    It will not surprise many readers that the majority of these ideas
    - so detrimental to true individualists and thus conscious evolution -
    derive from the poisonous philosophy of the Nazarene. One of the most pernicious of these ideas is the concept of equality (qv. the article by Faustus Scorpius in issue #2 of Exeat, "Contemporary Dogma"). Another is
    what is inaccurately called 'democracy' and yet another 'freedom'. All
    these are abstract notions, idealized forms, and such incapable
    achievement, except on a purely individual forms, and as such incapable achievement, except on a purely individual basis. Yet generation after generation are tricked into believing in and trying to achieve these goals
    on a State and supra-state level.
    Consider, for example, 'democracy.' This is defined in many ways,
    but in essence is taken to mean 'free elections' and a government of
    elected officials who decide matters of policy. Any person actually
    possessed of the faculty of thought will know the sham that is this
    'democracy' - where promises are made but seldom kept, and where in general 'minority interests' are more important than 'majority interests' because
    in electoral terms a minority vote is very crucial. Theorists trace
    democracy to Greece -whereas anyone actually studying the wholesome society
    of ancient Greece states would know that genuine 'democracy' was possible
    only within a small 'polis' composed of people related by ties of blood.
    At the time of writing, hundreds of thousands of American are poised to go
    to war in the Middle East in an attempt to bring about a more 'democratic' State and to end what is regarded as 'tyranny.' Whether or not this in
    reality is so is irrelevant - as is the fact that the US Government may or
    may not in reality be fighting for oil or to keep Israel safe. What is important is that the 'ideas' behind the 'crusade' are accepted by millions
    who are prepared to fight and die for them - the herd are so mesmerized by
    the ideas and the rhetoric that they are not in any sense themselves free
    and cannot, for instance, understand that even in their own country, the
    US, those ideals do not exist in reality. Their government complains of
    'human rights' violations yet ignores the daily brutality within America; spends vast sums to fight a foreign war but cannot keep peace on its own streets - talk about high ideals but ignore the death of Kimberley Harbour
    of Boston gang raped, mutilated and murdered.... The pursuit of the ideal keeps individual mentality and consciousness on the level of the herd. In short, the State (and its dogma) reign, and the individual is ignored.

    POSITION OF THE LHP
    The LHP has always stood opposed to abstract ideas and collectivist thinking. It has always given individuals the opportunity to create from direct personal experience a way of living and a way of thinking truly original. Of course, this was and is a hard way, a hard school - full of danger. But that very danger ensured that those of herd feeling and herd instincts perished while the naturally strong, the naturally gifted
    survived and flourished. The LHP enhanced life, gave increased vitality to
    the individual - and created a lasting and genuine insight both personal
    and supra-personal, which in time gave birth to wisdom. Thus was evolution achieved.
    What should be happening is that this evolution should be spreading
    to more than a few individuals scattered across the globe - there should
    have been, due to the insights of creative individuals within
    civilizations, a general upsurge towards insight: in short the emergence
    of more and more 'Promethean' individuals imbued with creativity and zest - race after race of 'higher men' going forward to the very limits of evolutionary possibility. Instead there has been more and more conformity
    - not less; more and more acceptance of anti-life and anti-natural ideas.
    The triumph of the weak, the scum, the cowardly - rather than their defeat
    and demise.
    However, even the LHP and satanism have been infected by the
    diseases of the herd: the fawning mentality which accepts rather than
    desires to experience, that softness nurtured by society where extremes are classified and subjected to analysis and thus rendered safe; that desire to make dogma and deify worthless individuals. Satanism and the LHP are
    concerned with direct, personal experience - of going to extremes - of
    learning from those experiences and extremes, or being destroyed in the attempt. There is no acceptance of others, of groups, of dogmas, ideas or systems - there is only a prideful, fierce strong desire to achieve the ultimate, to experience the essence of Being, and this desire is
    individual, never collective. What the LHP has done is to offer
    opportunities - a certain guidance perhaps, or a way: if the way of
    yesterday does not work or is insufficient, discard it, destroy it - but
    create something new which enhances individual life and expands evolution. There is nothing sacred.
    Today, morons of the herd are accepting - or beginning to accept -
    some self-appointed authority within the LHP and satanism. There is no
    such thing! For the genuine satanist would defy even Satan Himself! Of course, such Masters need to be fawned upon, need herd individuals - that
    is the natural way of things, and good luck to those 'Masters' in their own evolution. But such types, and their modes of being, must not become
    accepted as the 'norm', as authoritative - there must be someone to defy
    them and there ways, someone or some others to carry on the inner task of
    the LHP - of making more and more achieve genuine insight and fulfil the potential of divinity within us all.
    The question is: which type are you - slave, or Master?

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    Temple of Set

    The Temple of set was incorporated in 1975CE by Dr M. Aquino and other
    senior initiates of the esoteric.
    The Temple's philosophy is based on the evolution of individual
    psychecentric consciousness towards its own divinity through the deliberate exercise of the intelligence and will, a process of becoming (Egyptian
    Xeper). Write: Box 4507 St. Louis, MO 63108 USA

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    BOOK REVIEW

    Naos: A Practical Guide to Modern Magick. Thurston West, 1989, Order of
    the Nine Angles, Coxland Press, The Studio, Chalkpit Farm, Englefield
    Estate, Berkshire RG7 5EE England
    If you have found the medieval grimoires ridiculous, and the wiccan rites bland and childish, if you despaired that the Satanic "Black Book"
    only existed in works of occult fiction, you will be delighted to have
    Naos, for here is a truly Satanic grimoire.
    The work begins with "Physis magick", internal magick used for
    personal self-development. The whole system is based on the Order's
    Septenary Traditions (the Seven Fold Way).
    External magick is described as being the changing of events
    according to the Will of the magician.
    The "Sinister Tarot", its use, layout and attributes is given, and
    will be of special interest to Satanists who have been obliged to use the Judaeo-Christian based Tarots, or the Crowley one at best.
    The "Star Game" is a modern magickal innovation invented by the
    author, a type of complex chess using seven-layered boards, and Jungian and alchemical symbolism as a magickal system in itself, to which prime
    importance is attached in the ONA system.
    Stages of initiation are described and consist of practical but rigorous exercises: physical and mental tests, tarot and other meditations
    and visualization.

    Part Two is concerned with "Esoteric sorcery". The methods of word vibration and esoteric chant are given, along with the correspondence of specific chants to spheres of energy.
    "Frenzy magick" is defined as "becoming possessed by acausal
    energies by creating through specific techniques a physical and emotional frenzy" with the use of dance, breathing exercises, physical exhaustion and music.
    Visualisation technique is briefly and simply explained. Sigil
    magic here involves the use of the Star Game and its alchemical symbols.
    Sexual magick is the use of energies generated by the sexual act.
    It is suggested that the act is ritualized to a certain extent, by use of
    the appropriate incense, coloured candles and planetary alignments, visualization and chant.
    Dark Pathways outlines the means of integrating the 'shadow'
    aspects of the Self by utilizing the spheres and pathways of the Septenary system through spiral dance, chant/vibration and sigil visualization. A
    table of correspondence of Path, Word of Power, sigil and Tarot image is provided. A second table comprises descriptions of the forces; e.g.
    "Shugara" (corresp. to Tarot XVIII: The Moon), a dangerous energy invoked
    for a destructive working, G Major being the key for invoking chant.
    "Shaitan" is identified as the earth-bound representative of the Dark Gods; Perfume/incense is sulphur; stone, opal, etc.
    The section on "The Dark Gods" explains that we are not solely
    dealing with energies drawn from the individual unconscious, but with the
    Dark Gods as actual entities, which can be made manifest by the use of techniques which reach the appropriate levels of the psyche. The 'Abyss'
    is defined as that which separates everyday consciousness from that which apprehends the Dark Gods. The ordeal of the abyss involves the confronting
    of these entities and acceptance of their existence as being apart from our concepts of 'good and evil'. The Dark Gods may enter our universe through "star gates", physical gates in the galaxy. The star gate in our solar
    system is said to be located near Saturn.
    A section of appendices describes such topics as: the Left Handed Path, the Septenary system, Magickal symbols and scripts, Hermetic
    (individual, internal) rituals. The LHP, including 'traditional Satanism'
    is defined as "the use of magickal energies to enhance the evolution of the individual", a willed act of confronting via symbols the 'dark' or hidden
    side of consciousness and integrating it as part of the Self.
    The Septenary system of the ONA is based on the symbolic map of consciousness and the unconscious as depicted on the Tree of Wyrd, a
    European equivalent to the Hebrews' Cabbalistic Tree of Life. Each sphere
    has its own Tarot, incense, and colour attributions, etc., which when used
    in ritual can awaken that particular sphere of energy within the
    individual. The Septenary Tree of Wyrd utilizes the Norse/Anglo-Saxon
    pagan god-names, Odin, Thor, Loki, etc., with the connecting paths
    attributed to Tarot images.
    The final section comprises a number of ONA MSS. defining terms, providing further correspondences, and notes on music, symbols, alchemy...
    A note on the acausal/causal explains that these terms refer to universe(s) parallel to our own physical one, the 'goal' of sentient life
    being to increase the flow of energy from the acausal, and thereby become
    part of the acausal. Initiation and the 'Mysteries' (i.e. the Seven Fold
    Way) are the means to achieve this. The acausal and causal 'coincide'
    within the individual psyche, archetypes being causal apprehensions of
    acausal energy flowing from the acausal into our universe.
    This reviewer looks forward to Thurston West's next book, also to
    be published by Coxland Press, The Black Book of Satan.

    SPECIAL OFFER TO WATCHER READER
    The published price for NAOS is 26 pounds + 3 Pounds postage ($US68.00). Coxland Press has kindly offered Watcher readers a discount.
    NAOS may be ordered direct from Coxland Press for 20 pounds + 3pounds p&p
    by quoting The Watcher issue number. Write to: Coxland Press, The Studio, Chalkpit Farm, Englefield, Berkshire RG7 5EE, England.

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    NEW PUBLICATIONS

    The Heretic is the name of a new Satanist journal. Most of the
    first issue comprises commentary on contemporary issues, with observations
    on politics, education and censorship. Such a journal is to be welcomed as there is a need for more Satanists to assert their philosophy and how it relates to society, politics, culture...., an alternative ready to replace
    the dying Old Order.
    Send a large SAE or International Reply Coupons for a sample to:
    The Heretic, PO Box 2042 Fairview Heights, Il. 62208, USA.

    Balder, the name of both a society and a journal, is open to males
    of at least 18 years. (plans are afoot to set up a Sisterhood section, invoking the Earth/Maternal element.). Fees: 30 Pounds yearly, or 35
    Pounds in any other currency. The journal Balder is published monthly and
    is free to members. "Articles by leading Brothers from all over Europe on magick, mythology, folklore, history, aeonics, Physis Training, and contributions from various secret societies", are included in the journal.
    Members also receive a parchment membership scroll, 20% discount
    off the Albion Pilgrimage (a tour of England's mystical and historic
    sites), minimum 25% discount off all books and other items produced by the society, participation in quarterly celebrations, future provision for participating in workshops (those far away can do this via correspondence), contacts, and studies in various subjects leading to Grades.
    Adds Stephen Cox: "Above all is the dynamic of the pan-European potential. Members now come from 9 countries and their combined knowledge, experience, comments, and communication serve to stimulate all of us.
    Promote awareness of the individuality of each nation/tribe and rediscovery
    of the identity of each, and yet an appreciation of the 'folk' mission of
    the tribes combined. A tall order - but in even a little way we play our part!" Balder may be contacted c/- Stephen B Cox, The Studio, Chalkpit
    Farm, Englefield, Berkshire RG7 5EE, England.

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