#192343 - 10/05/06 10:22 PM
William Blake
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I have read many things about Satanism, read the bible written by LaVey, and have even gone through many websites. One thing that I have not seen very many references to, if I have seen even more than one is William Blake. When I put his name into a previous post, I started to wonder if his works are treasured and read by the Satanic population.
My question is how many of you know of him, and what are your thoughts. This may seem like a stupid or pointless question (yes, there are such things) to many of you, but it is something that would greatly help me to understand Satanism and its followers even more.
[Edit] After many criticisms by the members of this forum, I have realized I have not worded my question tactfully enough. I apologize for this, but I am not going to change my words because it may be misread as a sign of weakness. [Edit]
Edited by Sheep (10/06/06 06:31 PM)
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#192344 - 10/05/06 11:37 PM
Re: William Blake
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I find it a tad queer that knowledge of a notoriously celebrated English artist, regardless of the tone and meat of his expressed ideas, could somehow grant one a more intimate, personable understanding of Satanism, much less an understanding of the alien few who find within its tenets home. It appears to me you're on a too-often treaded path to obtain information by which to craft a needless generalization. It matters not that I, another, or the sum of this noble forum find Blake's work to be intriguing or otherwise. We are not a swelling, amalgamated mass, and one Satanists' gold may very well to another Satanist be mere pewter. The very mention of the term "Satanic Population" in your post blatantly suggests the idea of a wholesale herd-culture, and transparently betrays your intentions regarding such a question. There is a wealth of information regarding Satanism and its practices on the internet, and can be easily obtained starting here . Any further ignorance is without excuse. Dr. Lavey's The Satanic Bible is the most complete and perfect of all starting points, and should your desire to become familiar with Satanism be an honest one, it should be purchased immediately without hesitation.
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#192345 - 10/05/06 11:44 PM
Excellent Reply!
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That was so elqouent! I doubt it could have been said better!
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#192346 - 10/06/06 01:52 AM
Re: William Blake
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#192347 - 10/06/06 03:27 AM
Re: William Blake
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I highly doubt that you have read The Satanic Bible or any of the information on the CoS website due to your repeated mindless questions and view that we are "followers". Satanists are individuals in every sense of the word and more so "rational hedonists" with varying interests. Knowing whether certain individuals find William Blakes writing stimulating has NOTHING to do with Satanism, it only shows their personal tastes in Literature. If you have read The Satanic Bible and all the other info from the CoS website, and you still dont get it, then you never will. 
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#192348 - 10/06/06 07:44 AM
Terrible reply! Art has everything to do with Satanism!
[Re: Malachi]
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I find it a tad queer that knowledge of a notoriously celebrated
English artist, regardless of the tone and meat of his expressed ideas, could somehow grant one a more intimate, personable understanding of Satanism
This is an evasion and a Phillistine's answer.
It is ENTIRELY appropriate for someone to ask whether Satanists have taste in art.
It is ESPECIALLY appropriate when the artist under consideration was also a poet who expressed Satanic ideas long before Anton LaVey penned the Satanic Bible.
I urge anyone who replied asking what Blake has to do with Satanism, to read "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell". (In a full color facsimile if you can find it. Dover publishes a pocket edition for under $10.)
Asking why Satanists should read Blake is like asking why they should read Nietzsche, Spinoza, Feuerbach, Foucault, Freud, Jung, Reich...; G B Shaw, H G Wells, Jack London, Shirley Jackson.... Why they should watch Blue Velvet, Blade Runner, Metropolis....
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#192349 - 10/06/06 09:37 AM
Re: Terrible reply! Art has everything to do with Satanism!
[Re: reprobate]
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It is ENTIRELY appropriate for someone to ask whether Satanists have taste in art.
Ah, I honestly did not perceive the original posters question this way. I got caught up on the word "followers" and the inference that Blake, or what others thought of him, would somehow help this chap understand something he couldn't by reading the Satanic Bible. I see your point though. Thank you for the recommended reading.
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#192350 - 10/06/06 10:27 AM
Re: Terrible reply! Art has everything to do with Satanism!
[Re: reprobate]
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It is ENTIRELY appropriate for someone to ask whether Satanists have taste in art.
While I do enthusiastically give validity to the above statement, the original query involved not art in such a broad, encompassing term. The original query cited a very particular artist, not art, and in its ultimate context provides a general outline of the author's agenda. I could best express my interpretation of this agenda through the following query : "What do most Satanists have for breakfast?"
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I urge anyone who replied asking what Blake has to do with Satanism, to read "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell". (In a full color facsimile if you can find it. Dover publishes a pocket edition for under $10.)
"Till a system was formed, which some took advantage of & enslav'd the vulgar by attempting to realize or abstract the mental deities from their objects: thus began Priesthood;
Choosing forms of worship from poetic tales.
And at length they pronounc'd that the Gods had order'd such things.
Thus men forgot that All deities reside in the human breast."
- William Blake, The Marriage Of Heaven And Hell
By virtue of the inclusion of the above prose, I freely admit Blake's works are certainly of an intelligent nature and could be seen as a bastion of pre-Satanic thought. However, your usage of "to do with" seems rather strong, as knowledge of Blake's work could certainly provide a realized individual with a sense of familiarity, but ultimately isn't necessarily required for a clear understanding of Satanism.
"Asking why Satanists should read Blake is like asking why they should read Nietzsche, Spinoza, Feuerbach, Foucault, Freud, Jung, Reich...; G B Shaw, H G Wells, Jack London, Shirley Jackson.... Why they should watch Blue Velvet, Blade Runner, Metropolis....
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The original question wasn't "why", but "do". It was never suggested that they should read, but rather if they were already familiar with the work. I would never give an answer suggesting that it was improper to read and acquire knowledge, as the doing of such would constitute great ignorance of not only Satanism, but Life. I saw a question that sought to acquire a generic means of classification in the terms of herd behaviour and responded accordingly. Were the question as you perceived to be, in this case a query of the Satanic view of art and philosophy as a whole, I would have responded much differently.
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#192351 - 10/06/06 12:58 PM
Re: Terrible reply! Art has everything to do with Satanism!
[Re: Malachi]
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I saw a question that sought to acquire a generic means of classification in the terms of herd behaviour and responded accordingly.
Asking the unknown be compared to the known is not "herd behavior", it's basic pedagogy. Get real.
What you said was:
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I find it a tad queer that knowledge of a notoriously celebrated
English artist, regardless of the tone and meat of his expressed ideas, could somehow grant one a more intimate, personable understanding of Satanism
And what I'm saying is, it isn't "queer" at all, exactly because of the "tone and meat" of his ideas. (What a mixed metaphor. Maybe it would do you some good to read a bit more poetry.)
It's the whole reason the Church of Satan has a recommended reading list -- nor is the whole range of pre-Satanic thought, or thought complementary to Satanims, covered by that list. Satanism requires study: that includes studying art and literature well beyond the scope of what Anton LaVey wrote. Blake is as good a place as any to start.
I couldn't care less whether this connection actually helps Mr. "Sheep", who's already drawn ample scrutiny upon his motives. Whatever else he may have said or asked, this at least was a legitimate question, and you do us all a disservice by answering as you did.
Edited by reprobate (10/06/06 01:35 PM)
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#192354 - 10/06/06 04:19 PM
Re: Terrible reply! Art has everything to do with Satanism!
[Re: reprobate]
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I urge anyone who replied asking what Blake has to do with Satanism, to read "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell".
To clarfiy my response to the little lost sheeps question...
A Satanists personal taste in Literature (whether it expresses Satanic Ideals or not), does not constitute nor warrant the generalisations that Mr Sheep had put forth.
Mr Lambchops question was a double edged sword by first asking:
(1)How many Satanists had heard of and/or read William Blake's work and who treasures it amongst the Satanic "population".
Upfront i also took that to imply the Satanic "community" and I would hardly make the call that all Satanists in the world post on this message board let alone that every Satanist has read William Blake in the first place to warrant the pre-supposition of "population" when asking that question in the first place.
(2) He then goes on to state that in order for HIM to understand Satanism and "it's followers" he needed an answer to that question.
Again...as i stated in my first post in response to him, had he actually read the Satanic Bible and all available info from the CoS website, he would know that we are anything but "followers".
Also, how in sweet lucifers name are you supposed to, in all seriousness grasp a more intimate understanding of the tenets of Satanism and of the globally dispersed individuals with varying interests and lives, who have aligned to Satanism by knowing who has read and holds in high regards the works of William Blake or any other author for that matter?
Personally i find that suggestion not only rather comical but ridiculous!
Also in regards to your statement about what a Satanist "should" read or watch. I am in complete disagreement.
Whilst you have provided a nice list of authors etc which would be of special "interest" and suggested reading to a Satanist.
I would be inclined to say that apart from the obvious, the only things that a Satanist "SHOULD" read or watch would be anything that would grant him/her pure personal indulgance as they so choose.
If we start writing down and arguing over what a Satanist should or should not read, watch or adhere to (again aside from the obvious), then we might as well just shoot ourselves in the foot.
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#192355 - 10/06/06 06:03 PM
Re: William Blake
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I have read many things about Satanism, read the bible written by LaVey, and have even gone through many websites.
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Like I said I am not a Satanist, and I probably might not become one.
What is this guy still doing here?
HS? 
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#192357 - 10/06/06 09:39 PM
Re: Terrible reply! Art has everything to do with Satanism!
[Re: tekku]
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Also, how in sweet lucifers name are you supposed to, in all seriousness grasp a more intimate understanding of the tenets of Satanism and of the globally dispersed individuals with varying interests and lives, who have aligned to Satanism by knowing who has read and holds in high regards the works of William Blake or any other author for that matter?
Personally i find that suggestion not only rather comical but ridiculous!
Ridicule away. "Listen to the fool's reproach; it is a kingly title!" There is much more to Satanism than its tenets. There is also its spirit, and its aesthetic.
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Also in regards to your statement about what a Satanist "should" read or watch. I am in complete disagreement.
Whilst you have provided a nice list of authors etc which would be of special "interest" and suggested reading to a Satanist.
I would be inclined to say that apart from the obvious, the only things that a Satanist "SHOULD" read or watch would be anything that would grant him/her pure personal indulgance as they so choose.
Ah, the old canard of anythinggoesism.
The fact is that there are thoughts, feelings, attitudes, and values underlying Satanism, that may be better or worse realized in art and literature. Art that embodies those feelings and values, and which does so well, CAN enrich your understanding of Satanism -- IF you take the time and energy to learn from them.
If you don't want to bother, so be it. It's YOUR appreciation of Satanism (and of life) that will be impoverished as a result, not mine. But don't try to out-dogma me, thank you.
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#192358 - 10/06/06 10:45 PM
Re: Satanism with do to everything has Art! Reply terrible!
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And what I'm saying is, it isn't "queer" at all, exactly because of the "tone and meat" of his ideas. (What a mixed metaphor. Maybe it would do you some good to read a bit more poetry.)
As it happens, I rather do have the inclination for a bit of poetry at the moment. While I ingest the prescribed prose, I feel it pertinent to point out a discrepancy in your previous assertion. The aforementioned "tone and meat" do not actually comprise a metaphor at all, much less a mixed one. Both are independent words and belong to the lovely genus of abstract nouns. Perhaps you'd do well to make lengthy use of a Thesaurus.
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I couldn't care less whether this connection actually helps Mr. "Sheep", who's already drawn ample scrutiny upon his motives. Whatever else he may have said or asked, this at least was a legitimate question, and you do us all a disservice by answering as you did.
A known pedophile gently salivating whilst asking someone as to the whereabouts and haunts of neighbourhood children is also asking a legitimate question. Should such a person grant him the sought-after knowledge simply because the question posed was a legitimate one? I completely realize this is an extreme comparison, but I feel it illustrates my point of obvious agenda.
He further compounds this with an impassioned plea that despite having read the very basic framework of Satanism, he still cannot comprehend it. This is largely conducive of stupidity, and the greatest help that could be afforded him is an extended dissertation on the merits of running with scissors.
Any question posed by such an individual should be viciously greeted in a storm of hostility. Anything less would entail a far greater disservice.
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#192359 - 10/07/06 01:41 AM
I am still waiting for your answer.
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Are you open to learning what Satanism is actually about? Are you open to the possiblity of becoming a member of the Church of Satan in the future? Yes or no. Thank you.
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#192360 - 10/07/06 01:45 AM
Re: Terrible reply! Art has everything to do with Satanism!
[Re: reprobate]
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There is much more to Satanism than its tenets. There is also its spirit, and its aesthetic.
Dont you think i dont know that?
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Ah, the old canard of anythinggoesism..
Not in the slightest, you completely missed the point i was trying to make.
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The fact is that there are thoughts, feelings, attitudes, and values underlying Satanism, that may be better or worse realized in art and literature. Art that embodies those feelings and values, and which does so well, CAN enrich your understanding of Satanism -- IF you take the time and energy to learn from them.[/qoute]
And i will completely agree with you there, however as was pertaining to the Sheeps question, it is still irrelevant in the broad sense. You cannot box in and generalise a religion/philosophy or the people that align to it, just by their "appreciation" of certain artworks or literature, regardless of Satanic Ideals expressed within those artworks or not.
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If you don't want to bother, so be it. It's YOUR appreciation of Satanism (and of life) that will be impoverished as a result, not mine. But don't try to out-dogma me, thank you.
And where do i come into the picture in this?
Just because you cannot see the points i was trying to make.
Dont you dare try and make this personal or question my quality of life or my choices. You know knothing about me.
Appreciate Satanism?
i dont merely appreciate it, i LOVE it and i LIVE it and APPLY it everyday. Appreciation without application is futile and stagnating for the self or otherwise.
Out dogma you?
Again, not in the slightest, i quite simply tried to illustrate a different side of context to you which you have obvioulsy taken the defensive stance on.
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#192363 - 10/07/06 02:18 AM
Re: Terrible reply! Art has everything to do with Satanism!
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I think you both made good points.
tekku points out that one Satanists preference of literature and finding inherent Satanic qualities of that piece does not necessarily represent the whole.
I agree there.
reprobate points out that there are many aspects of Satanism that he finds in said literature and that the fun for him is all in making connections and developing a broader perspective of his Satanic worldview.
I agree there as well.
Edited by Drimlybunk (10/07/06 02:19 AM)
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#192364 - 10/07/06 02:27 AM
Re: Terrible reply! Art has everything to do with Satanism!
[Re: reprobate]
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Frankly, I wonder. You certainly don't seem to have thought ABOUT it when you answered.
I thought about it.
however your failure to request a clarification on what you didnt understand and to respond with slandering and putting down my opinion and taking a defensive stance, where no negativity was directed at you in the first place totally childish.
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Did I
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No, I recognize sloganeering when I see it.
My assessment: Subject becomes defensive instead of critically evaluating past behavior. Prognosis: Unlikely to admit fault. Recommended treatment: Discontinue conversation. Good day, miss.
Sloganeering?
Not in the slightest, its called debating and discussing and there are no absolutes here of who is right or wrong, just a difference of opinions, however you seem to fail to understand that and are trying to enforce your view.
Im not being defensive, im quite open to communicating and analysing different aspects of all this without letting my emotions guard my decisions.
Dont play with fire if you cant handle the heat.
Goodbye Sir, i bid you well
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#192365 - 10/07/06 11:45 AM
Re: Terrible reply! Art has everything to do with Satanism!
[Re: tekku]
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Dont play with fire if you cant handle the heat.
This was too rich to let slide.
What heat is that, miss?
What is it you do for a living again?
I have a great deal of respect for chefs and for musicians.
But you don't know a whole lot about me, or what heat I can or cannot handle.
If critical scrutiny of my arguments is heat, miss, I live in Hell itself. It's what I do for a living.
Again, you give me the canard of "no absolute right or wrong" (another slogan, and not so commonplace in this forum as you may think). I find it quite ironic, given your original remark:
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Knowing whether certain individuals find William Blakes writing stimulating has NOTHING to do with Satanism
NOTHING. All caps. Only individual taste.
But of course, not absolutely nothing, right? Not absolutely "only"? Because there's no absolute right or wrong here, you say.
Hmmm....
What, in your estimation, is "nothing" if not absolute?
Wouldn't anything between nothing and anything be something?
And isn't that what I said?
And isn't that NOT what you said? Because "something" and "nothing" are not the same thing. Or are you telling me they are?
Maybe you're telling me that I don't understand the meaning of the word "NOTHING" (all caps)?
Or is it possible, at all, that maybe you misspoke? I don't want to say, "because you were joining the bandwagon of slamming some out of place Internet traveller". I don't want to say, "You based your response on presumed connotations" (without asking clarification, eg. for "population", which is an utterly neutral word perfectly apt for describing, say, Citizens of an Infernal Empire - in spite of your apparent insistence on asking clarifications before calling someone on anything) rather than the denotation of the question. I don't want to say it, but you don't leave me much room to interpret your words more charitably. "Herd behavior"? Because "There's no such thing as a Satanic community"? And wasn't the substance of your reply that taste is purely subjective because it's nothing more than "personal indulgance" [sic]? I see a lot of Satanic slogans but not a lot of Satanic thought here.
I'm not saying you are not a Satanist. I am saying your response was hasty and, as a result, does not reflect the Satanic position on this issue.
Satanism is the FIRST religion in history to have art and aesthetics as one of its PRIMARY elements. One's taste in art and literature is NOT indifferent from a Satanic perspective; it isn't merely "personal", but largely indicative. As I said previously, there are certain thoughts, feelings, attitudes and values that are central to Satanism, that find their expression in great art; and approaching the work of those artists DOES give insight into those thoughts, feelings, attitudes, and values.
You said it gives NONE. I said it gives SOME. These two theses are absolutely distinct; there is no middle term. So which is right to attribute to Satanism, and which wrong? Which is better grounded in Satanism? Or do you think they're both equally wrong? They can't be both equally right.
Now, whether Blake in particular is a good example of a Satanic precursor - that's debatable. He's a very ambiguous kind of guy, and he uses Christian and anti-Christian tropes with equal comfort. But your response didn't have anything to do with anything in Blake's works in particular; you rested your case on an alleged pure subjectivity of artistic appreciation, which I suggested was naive and ill-informed.
I find it very telling that you started to pose and obfuscate ("you completely missed the point" - Now do you still think I missed it?) rather than acknowledge you may have misspoke.
Please bring what heat you might.
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#192366 - 10/07/06 11:54 AM
Your going to ruin it!
[Re: Drimlybunk]
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SHHHHHHHHH! I want to see who makes the bigger ass of themselves in this lame pissing contest.
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#192369 - 10/07/06 02:51 PM
Re: Terrible reply! Art has everything to do with Satanism!
[Re: reprobate]
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 I thank you for making me laugh. I cannot believe you are taking this so damn seriously & personally! Grow up! I dont need to justify myself to you I gave my opinion and have made an effort to clearly convey my thoughts on the matter in the context that i saw it in. Pure and simple and if you cant understand that, then sir, i cant help you You are no one to judge or to tell me how i should think,speak/write or express myself. Had you approached the matter like a calm and rational adult and simply asked me to further clarify what i said and why i said it, then by all means, i would have obliged. Instead you have gotten your knickers in a knot and have embarked on a tirade of verbal diarrhoea of why your view on the matter is the only right one and ploughed on to decry not only me and my thoughts of the subject at hand in this topic, but also that of another poster. I have no need or want to argue with you and take this to the levels that you are trying to take it to. When you get off your high horse, learn to see past your own closed box of thoughts and learn a little bit of respect, then i shall gladly explain to you the broader and finer context of what i was trying to initially convey to you, that you have missed on the grander of scales. Until then, take your own advice and stay out of my way. So once again sir, i bid you a good day and goodbye
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#192370 - 10/07/06 03:36 PM
Re: Your going to ruin it!
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I have quite enjoyed reading both sides. Both made valid points, but I tend to think that reprobate has had the upper hand in this 'pissing match'. What's more, is he's not above reproach and is willing to admit that he too (like us all) Can possibly make an ass of ourselves on the internet (ME? GUILTY). In this such case I don't believe that he has. I felt he conveyed his thoughts with very well thought out words and tend to agree with most of them. I'm not a Blake fan. Not in the slightest, but I do believe that art has MUCH to do with Satanism be it in paint, music, or literature. Actually it has much to do about EVERYTHING in Satanism. We are all our own gods, and we all appreciate art on different levels and in different forms. I enjoy music a great deal more than canvas, however, I enjoy literature a great deal more than canvas. You get my point. To say that art/literature/music has NOTHING to do with Satanism is a bit off base. I don't wish to join this pissing match but thought I'd at the very least state how I feel on the subject matter. It's so easy to pick on Mary's little lamb (I mean he has given just cause after viewing his other post), but on the issue of literature and art he did ask a valid question. Who would have thought???????
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#192372 - 10/07/06 04:07 PM
Re: Your going to ruin it!
[Re: Mr Sam]
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Registered: 09/23/06
Posts: 4234
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I don't think the issue is whether or not art has anything to do with Satanism, I think everyone agrees it does to some extent, but to do with this quote;
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it is something that would greatly help me to understand Satanism and its followers even more.
which can be interpreted in differant ways.
That is yes, open to debate, on that I do agree.
HS!
Eve
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#192375 - 10/08/06 10:50 AM
Re: Terrible reply! Art has everything to do with Satanism!
[Re: reprobate]
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Registered: 07/17/06
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Loc: Germany
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It is ENTIRELY appropriate for someone to ask whether Satanists have taste in art.
It is ESPECIALLY appropriate when the artist under consideration was also a poet who expressed Satanic ideas long before Anton LaVey penned the Satanic Bible.
Asking why Satanists should read Blake is like asking why they should read Nietzsche, Spinoza, Feuerbach, Foucault, Freud, Jung, Reich...; G B Shaw, H G Wells, Jack London, Shirley Jackson.... Why they should watch Blue Velvet, Blade Runner, Metropolis....
I agree with you in the context that Satanism is largely based on aesthetics and art. Anton LaVey read/watched/listened to many of these authors/musicians/artists/movies while brainstorming his ideas on the philosophy of Satanism. The Church of Satan by Blanche Barton has a list at the back of movies, books and music that Anton LaVey has suggested that other Satanists might find interesting. Not because it is required reading, but because LaVey thought that other Satanists could benefit from these works as he had. 
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