#193810 - 10/13/06 05:26 PM
Re: Mans...What ?
[Re: leonor]
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CoS Warlock
Registered: 01/17/05
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My question is: Should one assume the man considers himself to be victim, just because he is portraying a victim at his own persona expense?
This is surely a question to ask him at 4am, during his acid pills party... ?
That's funny to read the word "gossip". Just to say it quickly, that guy called Twiggy corresponded with me for a while....He was maybe the "most clean guy" of that "band", if you see what I mean.
It is when the theatre becomes too real, and this is where I don't support this at all. Now if some knew Satanism thanks to him, well .... Mes condoléances ...
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#193812 - 10/13/06 05:39 PM
Re: SATANIC HEDONISM vs. RECREATIONAL DRUG ABUSE
[Re: Svengali]
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CoS Warlock
Registered: 10/29/04
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Loc: Ohio
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Plus it is illegal, and in that grey area of "illegal but tolerated" just enough to insure that it is a common and widespread pretext for police intervention in peoples lives. I understand you are against systems of control very much. Why would you buy into an institution (drug counterculture) that was probably invented to be a reason to fuck with you?
This is a good point, and one that is not typically mentioned in such an argument. In addition to the hassle of police intervention, I would say that even recreational pot smoking can impact other aspects of one's life, in terms of reputation and employment-- two VERY important facets, which are often downplayed to justify drug use.
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Even if it were legal, it has decades of idiotic cultural baggage. Drug counterculture is the most mindless herd phenomenon since religion - why would any Satanist, or the Church of Satan for that matter, want to be associated with such a collective of idiotic losers?
It does have idiotic cultural baggage, but I disagree with that fact being a valid reason not to do something in and of itself. There are idiots in the CoS, yet I don't hesitate to associate with the organization. You yourself have a page on MySpace, which is a veritable breeding pool of idiocy, yet you are not an idiot by association. Likewise, smoking pot does not necessarily make a person a member of the "stoner" subculture. The public perception of Satanism carries a similar stigma because, like the drug subculture, the pseudo-Satanists get the most time in the melodramatic limelight.
I've known some idiotic, "Hey it's 420, dude" stoners (and yes, they are insufferable bastards) but I've also known some very intelligent people who smoke pot and do it discreetly.
My point here is that I avoid taking any generalization, no matter how common, as an absolute; Additionally, a commonplace cultural trend or tendency can only really affect those who willingly embrace and identify themselves by it.
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Marilyn Manson is definately not the brightest bulb in the pack. He says and does a lot of incredibly stupid things that contradict what Dr. LaVey was about.
I couldn't agree more. Not only is he an admitted cocaine user, he is also a parasite. Many features of his "art" are stolen from others. Many of his lyrics are parroted LaVeyisms, and he used the same power symbol that the Dok used as his personal sigil(how very original!), for starters. Much of what defines Manson's sound/style can be attributed to Trent Reznor.
His backpeddling was very telling indeed, especially considering that he is the last person on Earth who has any practical need to backpeddle from a "controversial" topic.
Unfortunately, there are plenty of others (that shall remain unnamed) who are also "people who were siding up to Dr. LaVey for "noteriety by association" claiming to be all about the philosophy, yet disparaging Dr. LaVey's legacy after he passed away."
In time, stratification will prune such dead leaves from the budding CoS tree.
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Personally I think his affiliation should be revoked.
But... He's an Anti-Christ Superstar!
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I think the trend toward "mood drugs" is disgusting, but I guess it keeps people showing up to work on time, and diverts them from confronting the existential horrors of their own meaningless existence that would otherwise drive them to overt self-destruction.
Gee, with the exception of the forementioned promptness to work, it sure sounds like "mood drugs" are simply a legal(and possibly more harmful) substitute for habitual pot or alcohol use.
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I'm all for confronting and training your inner demons, turning liabilities into advantages, instead of medicating into oblivion.
Well said. I never understood those types. If life is so horrible, then just go kill yourself. The solution is really quite simple.
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People who seek escape in mind-altering drugs should ask themselves why their predominant frame of mind is so shitty that they need to escape.
But it's so much easier to just not think at all. 
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There is a difference between being disfunctional and being "Alien" in the Satanic sense of the term. One is "unter", the latter is "uber", in relation to the common stream of human waste.
That is a GREAT line, and would make a nice signature quote.
Thanks for the pleasurable read.
HS!
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#193816 - 10/13/06 06:57 PM
Re: SATANIC HEDONISM vs. RECREATIONAL DRUG ABUSE
[Re: necrotek]
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CoS Witch
Registered: 07/24/06
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Loc: Behind You
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#193817 - 10/13/06 07:03 PM
Re: SATANIC HEDONISM vs. RECREATIONAL DRUG ABUSE
[Re: necrotek]
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CoS Priest
Registered: 08/06/01
Posts: 2108
Loc: Florida
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i consider hedonism (including drug use) to be one of the key elements of a satanic lifestyle.
Your considerations have little bearing on established Satanic dogma. Anton LaVey addressed the subject of drug use many times. I sincerely doubt that you are nearly as much of an expert on the practice of Satanism as the man who codified the religion.
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#193818 - 10/13/06 07:08 PM
Re: Mans...What ?
[Re: Assabrah]
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Registered: 08/31/06
Posts: 340
Loc: Portugal
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Maybe then you're right.
I had a different idea.
Anyway that's not really important. The world is in motion, so am I. I don't care if the bridge went down after I crossed it. It served me well. I'm totally against crystallization in every sense of the word. Some messages self destruct after you read them.
Sum up, digest, stay tuned, period.
Bottom line is there's no such thing as freedom without reason and no one can ever evade from that evidence. No matter how well the scenery has been set. No matter the deeds you're accountable for. No matter the excuses you make.
I don’t know if it’s less excusable coming from those who already made it downstairs. From a member scope maybe. From a non-member scope it’s exactly the same. People who digress were never there in the first place.
I have had a number of friends who were running their lives just fine and suddenly messed up, and went straight back to the abyss as if none of their achievements mattered. Well, it seems they were never there in the first place.
Superadded lives. Truly disappointing. Still the evidence that you're not supposed to live by the book.
Either you get it or not.
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#193820 - 10/13/06 08:13 PM
Re: SATANIC HEDONISM vs. RECREATIONAL DRUG ABUSE
[Re: tekku]
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Registered: 10/13/06
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#193823 - 10/13/06 08:19 PM
Re: SATANIC HEDONISM vs. RECREATIONAL DRUG ABUSE
[Re: necrotek]
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CoS Member
Registered: 01/20/06
Posts: 2331
Loc: East Coast, USA.
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Most Satanists dislike the idea of drug use, it's a byproduct of the nature of Satanism.
As someone who claims to be a Satanist and have a grand knowledge of what Satanism is, you should know that.
Being deliberately obstinate is not the way to earn respect.
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