#484068 - 12/17/12 02:57 PM
Satanism and NLP
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Satanism and NLP
I have been doing some extended reading and looking through forms of applied psychology for personal, and Lesser Magic, reasons. I was curious of anyone's opinion on Neurolingusitc Programming, and Radical Constructivism. Of course the former is not my bag, I guess I don't see very much of it falling into Solipsism. However, Neurolinguistic Programming can be a quite useful way to apply the Balance Factor.
Of course these are views held by the Temple of Set, which I did some reading about. They have some useful books on their reading list, some however seem to delve into the whole Supernatural stint about Set and the "real" Prince of Darkness.
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#484087 - 12/18/12 01:00 AM
Re: Satanism and NLP
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Of course these are views held by the Temple of Set, which I did some reading about. They have some useful books on their reading list, some however seem to delve into the whole Supernatural stint about Set and the "real" Prince of Darkness.
I would recommend you to read this article: PRETENDERS TO THE THRONE: It has been written by Peter H. Gilmore, our present High Priest and Magus of the Church of Satan. One group formed by ex-members of the Church of Satan which has continued to exist, albeit as a small and fairly clandestine vanity organization riding on the funds provided by its founder, is the Temple of Set. This bunch is significant only in that they have continued to try to ride upon the coattails of the Church of Satan, and indeed have even publicly claimed to be the successor to and custodian of the Church of Satan. You might have come across some advertisements or writing influenced by these Setians. Don’t be fooled (unlike some “hackademics” who falsely claim an understanding of contemporary Satanism); they are not in any way associated with the Church of Satan and their tales of schism are convenient diversions. Let us examine from whence this group appeared and clear away their false claims.
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#484113 - 12/18/12 11:26 AM
Re: Satanism and NLP
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http://skepdic.com/neurolin.htmlLong but worth reading just to get a different take on Neuro-linguistic programming.
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#484121 - 12/18/12 01:59 PM
Re: Satanism and NLP
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I find some of the methods of NLP to be useful tools in Lesser/Greater Magic, but I don't buy into any of the egalitarian dogmas espoused by its leading proponents. A good article, Discipline, even though I'm wary of the "skeptical community". I've often found "skeptics" to be just as antagonistic to Satanism and specifically the Church of Satan as creationists. http://skepdic.com/satan.htmlLook at that, entry for Anton LaVey leads to some shit disturber, and links to that old "Analysis Of The Church of Satan" article by a TOS affiliate.
Edited by Chaos_Sedated (12/18/12 02:09 PM)
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#484125 - 12/18/12 04:28 PM
Re: Satanism and NLP
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>>A good article, Discipline, even though I'm wary of the "skeptical community". I've often found "skeptics" to be just as antagonistic to Satanism and specifically the Church of Satan as creationists.
Of course.
That doesn't mean their information on other topics is inaccurate.
I think Satanists should be skeptical of everything, even fringe ideas that might appeal to Satanists.
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“The first principle is that you must not fool yourself—and you are the easiest person to fool.” ~Richard Feynman
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#484126 - 12/18/12 04:30 PM
Re: Satanism and NLP
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Since I take being the adversary to heart (even an adversary to my own beliefs and opinions), I tend to examine things to death. http://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/neurolinguistic-programming-and-other-nonsense/Interesting, at least it will provide a counterpoint.
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“The first principle is that you must not fool yourself—and you are the easiest person to fool.” ~Richard Feynman
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#484130 - 12/18/12 07:15 PM
Re: Satanism and NLP
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I have been doing some extended reading and looking through forms of applied psychology for personal, and Lesser Magic, reasons. I was curious of anyone's opinion on Neurolingusitc Programming I actually first heard of NLP through, of all places, an Anthony Robins course. I can certainly see how this could be incorporated into LM or even GM. I'm not about to divulge the fine details, though. 
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#484140 - 12/18/12 10:22 PM
Re: Satanism and NLP
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In terms of lesser magic, I think Dale Carnegie's "How to win friends and influence people" is by far some of the best material you can read and apply.
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"At last I shall have time to devote myself seriously and freely to the destruction of all my former opinions." ~Descartes
“The first principle is that you must not fool yourself—and you are the easiest person to fool.” ~Richard Feynman
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#484142 - 12/19/12 02:49 AM
Re: Satanism and NLP
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I think Satanists should be skeptical of everything, even fringe ideas that might appeal to Satanists.
Agreed with Warlock here. Though we as Satanists can use what ever methods or techniques we feel successful to our personal purposes, I think that certain skepticism is and should always be the base of Satanism. The difference between Satanism and many other religions is that we base our understanding to science, logic and personal understanding, not just rules and regulations. So asking questions like why? and what for? is always more Satanic in my eyes than accepting truths as they are told..
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#484158 - 12/19/12 05:07 PM
Re: Satanism and NLP
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That explanation seems to be just standard psychology.
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"At last I shall have time to devote myself seriously and freely to the destruction of all my former opinions." ~Descartes
“The first principle is that you must not fool yourself—and you are the easiest person to fool.” ~Richard Feynman
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#484164 - 12/19/12 05:24 PM
Re: Satanism and NLP
[Re: Discipline]
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Well, I'm no psychology major, for sure. I suppose NLP could be a kind of standard psychology just like How to Win Friends and Influence People is.
I would have thought that making people feel good about themselves to get from them was simple stuff, but not obvious, and I learned making it habit isn't simple, either. And, Dale's book sales would indicated the same of millions.
I think NLP could offer much the same, only instead of examining what makes people feel good about themselves, it examines how their speech reveals what makes them tick. Leveraging that is another story entirely.
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It occurs to me that my example was just a poor example to highlight NLP with...
I'll keep this thread in mind and if I come across or remember one that really wows me, I'll chime in with it here.
Edited by TheAbysmal (12/19/12 05:34 PM)
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#484168 - 12/19/12 09:03 PM
Re: Satanism and NLP
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Keep in mind that some people set their speech patterns for you to read, also. Not everyone is a blank page when it comes to behavioral psychology, even if they have developed their manipulation techniques for less than admirable reasons. Some leaches just act certain ways to get things and don't even realize the tactics they are employing. I think most of us have been approached by that certain guy/gal who thinks they got it down and when they start to talk they lay it on so thick you can tell by their eyes and their general demeanor that they think they are getting away with something. I have never read "how to win friends and influence people", but remember that learning these tactics benefits our purpose but some people have learned these tactics and use them as a survival method. Careful who you try to befriend or influence. I have a large addition to this but I'm afraid I will append this version since it's "up here".  And the last NLP person I heard of did This
Edited by StabAvery (12/19/12 09:31 PM)
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#484190 - 12/20/12 09:41 AM
Re: Satanism and NLP
[Re: Chaos_Sedated]
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A good article, Discipline, even though I'm wary of the "skeptical community". I've often found "skeptics" to be just as antagonistic to Satanism and specifically the Church of Satan as creationists. http://skepdic.com/satan.htmlLook at that, entry for Anton LaVey leads to some shit disturber, and links to that old "Analysis Of The Church of Satan" article by a TOS affiliate. Has anybody approached the owner of skepdic about this? I've listened to him on the Skepticality podcast and he sounds like the kind of person who would change his view if it was pointed out to him that the source was biased. The Skepticality podcast also actually got things right about Satanism and clearly stated that it is not devil-worship in one of their episodes where the topic came up.
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