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Editorial Review:
One might expect The Satanic Bible at least to offer a few prancing demons or a virgin sacrifice, but if you're looking for a tour of the house of horrors, this is the wrong book. Far from a manual for conquering the realms of earth, air, fire and water, The Satanic Bible is Anton LaVey's manifesto of a new religion separate from the "traditional" Judeo-Christian definitions of Satanism. While LaVey rails against the deceit of the Christian church and white magicians, he busily weaves his own deceptions.
The Satanic Bible claims the heritage of a horde of evil deities--Bile', Dagon, Moloch, and Yao Tzin to name a few--but these ancient gods have no coherent connection between each other or to Satanism, except that all have been categorised by Christianity as "evil". Calling on these ancient names like a magician shouting, "Abracadabra", LaVey attempts to shatter the classical depiction of Satanism as a cult of black mass and child sacrifice. As the smoke clears, he leads us through a surprisingly logical argument in favour of a life focused on self-indulgence. The Satanic Bible is less bible and more philosophy (with a few rituals thrown in to keep us entertained), but this philosophy is the backbone of a religion that, until LaVey entered the scene, was merely a myth of the Christian church. It took LaVey, and The Satanic Bible, to turn this myth into a legitimate public religion.--Brian Patterson, Amazon.com
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0
Truthful book! This book is based on the philosophy of the nature of us all... greedy and selfish to the extent where we will trample on others to get where we want too! It is also based on the principle that if you want to go down the path of Jesus words 'Blessed are the meek' and 'Blessed are the poor' that is as far as you will get in life... poverty weakness and being somebody's door mat! This book is not about orgys and wild sex as many misinformed bible thumper believe! In fact I have seem more orgies, and... more info
Superb In this surprising book replace the word Satanism with Humanism, Free trade, atheism, the law of the jungle, survival, conservativism, self preservation, entrepreneurship, ambition, the natural order of life, honesty, truthfulness, sexual liberation, enjoyment of all the good things in life, responsibility to yourself and those who reciprocate your kindness. This is the natural order of things and it is a fantastic book to inspire and encourage what is normal and makes life a pleasure. Lavay led a... more info
Amazon. Pls. remove this item. I hope you guys will not be thrown in the lake of fire (hell). You devils of Satan, I command you in the name of Jesus to loose these people, I come against you with the blood of Jesus, I stand in the power that Jesus has invested on me, I cast you out into dry places and never to return. In the name of Jesus Christ. Amen. I'm sorry guys, I need to say all of these for your sake.
Apparently... Well basically I got this as a present for someone because I knew they'd find it interesting/informative/whatever. So I can't vouch personally for it, but it's supposedly a brilliant read; Neither myself nor the recipient are religious people but this is recommended for anyone that wants to get some information on the subject without any propaganda or other general crap fogging up the facts.
