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[_LeVay]

HAIL SATAN!

No, I cannot accept the worth of these “masters,” who couldn’t even get off a semi‐logical thought without falling victim to what H.G. Wells superbly defines as “big thinks.” These works were around when I wrote The Satanic Bible. I had even read them, as well as Montague Summers, Rollo Ahmed, Ophiel, Bardo, Butler, Hall, etc., etc., who wrote reams of arcane rhetoric and produced plates of pretty symbols, yet couldn’t seem to say what they meant nor mean what they said. Somehow, an occasional member who has “discovered” an occult “master’s” writings of the past, forgets all about those opening lines in the preface to The Satanic Bible, assuming, I guess, that I didn’t know about their new‐found bit of esoterica when I took pen in hand.

At the tender age of twelve, when I grew disenchanted halfway through the Albertus Magnus and a third of the way through the Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses, it occurred to me there must be “deeper stuff,” so I delved. Alas, I found the deeper stuff was deeper all right, and piled higher as well. For every page of meat it seemed there were a hundred pages of filler, adding up to a pretty, plump, but decidedly ersatz hunk of baloney.

I wrote The Satanic Bible because I looked for such a book all my life, and, unable to find it, concluded that if I ever expected to read what I was seeking, I would have to write it myself. The same principles applied with The Complete Witch.

Summing up, if you NEED to steep yourselves in occult lore, despite this diatribe, by all means do so. But do it as a ritual in itself, i.e., objectively towards subjective ends! read on, knowing that you won’t learn a damn thing in principle from Levi, Crowley, Regardie, (or Sybil Leek either!) that isn’t extended one‐hundred fold in The Satanic Bible or The Compleat Witch, but that you’ll have the spooky fun, ego‐food, and involvement which invariably accompanies a curriculum concerned more with the gathering of ingredients than the application of principles.

II. LaVey: Later Writings

The Nine Satanic Sins
Anton Szandor LaVey, 1987

1. Stupidity—The top of the list for Satanic Sins. The Cardinal Sin of Satanism. It’s too bad that stupidity isn’t painful. Ignorance is one thing, but our society thrives increasingly on stupidity. It depends on people going along with whatever they are told. The media promotes a cultivated stupidity as a posture that is not only acceptable but laudable.
Satanists must learn to see through the tricks and cannot afford to be stupid.

2. Pretentiousness—Empty posturing can be most irritating and isn’t applying the cardinal rules of Lesser Magic. On equal footing with stupidity for what keeps the money in circulation these days. Everyone’s made to feel like a big shot, whether they can come up with the goods or not.

3. Solipsism—Can be very dangerous for Satanists. Projecting your reactions, responses and sensibilities onto someone who is probably far less attuned than you are. It is the mistake of expecting people to give you the same consideration, courtesy and respect that you naturally give them. They won’t. Instead, Satanists must strive to apply the dictum of ‘Do unto others as they do unto you.’ It’s work for most of us and requires constant vigilance lest you slip into a comfortable illusion of everyone being like you. As has been said, certain utopias would be ideal in a nation of philosophers, but unfortunately (or perhaps fortunately, from a Machiavellian standpoint) we are far from that point.

4. Self‐deceit—It’s in the ‘Nine Satanic Statements’ but deserves to be repeated here. Another cardinal sin. We must not pay homage to any of the sacred cows presented to us, including the roles we are expected to play ourselves. The only time self‐deceit should be entered into is when it’s fun, and with awareness. But then, it’s not self‐deceit!

5. Herd Conformity—That’s obvious from a Satanic stance. It’s all right to conform to a person’s wishes, if it ultimately benefits you. But only fools follow along with the herd, letting an impersonal entity dictate to you. The key is to choose a master wisely instead of being enslaved by the whims of the many.

6. Lack of Perspective—Again, this one can lead to a lot of pain for a Satanist. You must never lose sight of who and what you are, and what a threat you can be, by your very existence. We are making history right now, every day. Always keep the wider historical and social picture in mind. That is an important key to both Lesser and Greater Magic. See the patterns and fit things together as you want the pieces to fall into place. Do not be swayed by herd constraints—know that you are working on another level entirely from the rest of the world.

7. Forgetfulness of Past Orthodoxies—Be aware that this is one of the keys to brainwashing people into accepting something new and different, when in reality it’s something that was once widely accepted but is now presented in a new package. We are expected to rave about the genius of the creator and forget the original. This makes for a disposable society.

8. Counterproductive Pride—That first word is important. Pride is great up to the point you begin to throw out the baby with the bathwater. The rule of Satanism is: if it works for you, great. When it stops working for you, when you’ve painted yourself into a corner and the only way out is to say, I’m sorry, I made a mistake, I wish we could compromise somehow, then do it.

9. Lack of Aesthetics—This is the physical application of the Balance Factor. Aesthetics is important in Lesser Magic and should be cultivated. It is obvious that no one can collect any money off classical standards of beauty and form most of the time so they are discouraged in a consumer society, but an eye for beauty, for balance, is an essential Satanic tool and must be applied for greatest magical effectiveness. It’s not what’s supposed to be pleasing’it’s what is. Aesthetics is a personal thing, reflective of one’s own nature, but there are universally pleasing and harmonious configurations that should not be denied.

Pentagonal Revisionism: A Five-Point Program
Anton Szandor LaVey, 1988

In recent years, we’ve wasted far too much time explaining that Satanism has nothing to do with kidnapping, drug abuse, child molestation, animal or child sacrifice, or any number of other acts that idiots, hysterics or opportunists would like to credit us with. Satanism is a life-loving, rational philosophy that millions of people adhere to. Now we’re ready for something that goes quite a few steps beyond just explaining our principles. Every revisionist movement needs a set of goals/guidelines that are clear, concrete, and that will effect significant changes.

The following Five‐Point Program reflects attitudes which allow others to decide whether they wish to align themselves with Satanism or not. Each is necessary for Satanic change to take place. When asked what we’re “doing,” here’s the answer:

1. Stratification—The point on which all the others ultimately rest. There can be no more myth of “equality” for all—it only translates to “mediocrity” and supports the weak at the expense of the strong. Water must be allowed to seek its own level without interference from apologists for incompetence. No one should be protected from the effects of his own stupidity.

2. Strict taxation of all churches—If churches were taxed for all their income and property, they’d crumble overnight of their own obsolescence, and the National Debt would be wiped out as quickly. The productive, the creative, the resourceful should be subsidized. So long as the useless and incompetent are getting paid, they should be heavily taxed.

3. No tolerance for religious beliefs secularized and incorporated into law and order issues—to re‐establish “Lex Talionis” would require a complete overturning of the present in‐justice system based on Judeo‐Christian ideals, where the victim/defender has been made the criminal. Amnesty should be considered for anyone in prison because of his alleged “influence” upon the actual perpetrator of the crime. Everyone is influenced in what he or she does. Scapegoating has become a way of life, a means of survival for the unfit. As an extension of the Judeo‐Christian cop‐out of blaming the Devil for everything, criminals can gain leniency, even praise, by placing the blame on a convenient villain. Following the Satanic creed of “Responsibility to the responsible,” in a Satanic society, everyone must experience the consequences of his own actions—for good or ill.

4. Development and production of artificial human companions—The forbidden industry.
An economic “godsend” which will allow everyone “power” over someone else. Polite, sophisticated, technologically feasible slavery. And the most profitable industry since T.V.
and the computer.

5. The opportunity for anyone to live within a total environment of his or her choice, with mandatory adherence to the aesthetic and behavioral standards of same—Privately owned, operated and controlled environments as an alternative to homogenized and polyglot ones.

The freedom to insularize oneself within a social milieu of personal well‐being. An opportunity to feel, see, and hear that which is most aesthetically pleasing, without interference from those who would pollute or detract from that option.

This is the encapsulated version of the current thrust of Satanic advocacy. So when someone asks you, “Well, what do Satanists do?”, you will be qualified to tell him.

The World’s Most Powerful Religion
Anton Szandor LaVey
The Cloven Hoof, Issue #127, Year XXXI A.S. (1996 c.e.)

Religion is the most important thing in a person’s life. If electric trains are the most pervasive thing in one’s life, that is his religion. Anything can be a religion if it means a lot. If your present religion isn’t the most important thing in your life, then skip it. Find whatever impels you most and make that your religion.

Religions are easy to invent. Most traditional religions have little or nothing to do with reality, are dependent on obfuscation, interpretation, guilt, and unreasoning faith—some more than others. Since Satanism is essentially a religion of the self, it holds that the individual and his personal needs comes first. If that means playing with trains or spike-heeled shoes or singing in the bathtub, those are its sacraments and devotions. Taking inventory of old comic books is counting beads on a rosary, each book being a station of the cross.

[_LittleNipper]

Ephesians 2:8-9

King James Version (KJV)

8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.

[_LittleNipper]

2 Samuel 20:1-26 A character who accomplished nothing named Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite happened to be around and sounded a horn and said, “We have no part in David! We have no part in the son of Jesse! Every man to his tents, O Israel!” So all the men of Israel stopped following David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri. But the men of Judah were not moved from following their king, from Jordan to Jerusalem.

David came to his house at Jerusalem. The king took his ten women whom he had left to take care of the house, and had a prison soldier watch them. David fed them but did not have relations with them. They were shut up until the day they died, living as widows...

The king said to Amasa, “Call the men of Judah to come to me within three days, and you be here also.” Amasa went to call out the men of Judah. But he took longer. David said to Abishai, “Now Bichri’s son Sheba will bring us more trouble than Absalom. Take your lord’s servants and go after him. Or he might find strong cities for himself, and escape.” Joab’s men went out after him. With them went the Cherethites, the Pelethites and all the strong men. They left Jerusalem to go after Sheba the son of Bichri. Amasa came to meet them at the large stone in Gibeon. Now Joab was dressed in his uniform.

Over his clothing was a belt with a sword sheathed sword at his side. As he walked, the sword fell out. Joab said to Amasa, “Is it well with you, my brother?” And he took Amasa by his beard with his right hand to kiss him. But Amasa did not see the sword which was in Joab’s hand. Joab stabbed him in the gut, and poured his innards out on the ground. And Amasa died immediately.

Joab and his brother Abishai went after Sheba the son of Bichri. Now one of Joab’s young men stood by him and said, “Whoever favors Joab and whoever is for David, let him follow Joab.” But Amasa lay in his blood in the center of the road. When the man saw that all the people gawking but doing nothing, he took Amasa out of the road and into the field. And he threw a covering over him. After he was taken out of the road, all the men went on and followed Joab to go after Sheba the son of Bichri.

Sheba passed through all the families of Israel to Abel Bethmaacah. All the Berites gathered together and followed him into the city. And all the men who were with Joab came and gathered their armies around him in Abel Bethmaacah. They built up a hill of dirt against the wall of the city. And they were trying their best to make the wall collapse. Then a wise woman called from the city, “Listen! I beg you, tell Joab to come here that I may speak with him.” So he came to her, and the woman said, “Are you Joab?” He answered, “I am.” Then she said to him, “In the past they used to say, ‘Let them ask for words of wisdom at Abel.’ And so they would stop fighting. I am one of peace and faith in Israel. You want to destroy this city and a Israelite mother. Why would you destroy a gift of God?” Joab answered, “Far be it from me! Far be it that I should destroy! That is not true. But a man from the hill country of Ephraim has turned against King David. His name is Sheba the son of Bichri. Give up only him, and I will leave the city.” And the woman said to Joab, “His head will be thrown to you over the wall.” Then the woman went to all the people and they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri and threw it to Joab. So he sounded the horn and they left the city, every man going to his home. Joab returned to the king at Jerusalem.

Joab was the captain of the whole army of Israel.
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was captain of the Cherethites and the Pelethites.
Adoram was captain of those who were made to work.
Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud recorded military events.
Sheva was the scribe.
Zadok and Abiathar were priests.
Ira the Jairite was a minister to David.


Young's Literal Translation (YLT)


1 And there hath been called there a man of worthlessness, and his name [is] Sheba, son of Bichri, a Benjamite, and he bloweth with a trumpet, and saith, `We have no portion in David, and we have no inheritance in the son of Jesse; each to his tents, O Israel.'

2 And every man of Israel goeth up from after David, after Sheba son of Bichri, and the men of Judah have cleaved to their king, from the Jordan even unto Jerusalem.

3 And David cometh in unto his house at Jerusalem, and the king taketh the ten women-concubines -- whom he had left to keep the house, and putteth them in a house of ward, and sustaineth them, and unto them he hath not gone in, and they are shut up unto the day of their death, in widowhood living.

4 And the king saith unto Amasa, `Call for me the men of Judah [in] three days, and thou, stand here,'

5 and Amasa goeth to call Judah, and tarrieth beyond the appointed time that he had appointed him;

6 and David saith unto Abishai, `Now doth Sheba son of Bichri do evil to us more than Absalom; thou, take the servants of thy lord, and pursue after him, lest he have found for himself fenced cities, and delivered himself [from] our eye.'

7 And the men of Joab go out after him, and the Cherethite, and the Pelethite, and all the mighty men, and they go out from Jerusalem to pursue after Sheba son of Bichri;

8 they [are] near the great stone that [is] in Gibeon, and Amasa hath gone before them, and Joab [is] girded; his long robe he hath put on him, and upon it a girdle -- a sword [is] fastened upon his loins in its sheath; and he hath gone out, and it falleth.

9 And Joab saith to Amasa, `Art thou [in] peace, my brother?' and the right hand of Joab layeth hold on the beard of Amasa to give a kiss to him;

10 and Amasa hath not been watchful of the sword that [is] in the hand of Joab, and he smiteth him with it unto the fifth [rib], and sheddeth out his bowels to the earth, and he hath not repeated [it] to him, and he dieth; and Joab and Abishai his brother have pursued after Sheba son of Bichri.

11 And a man hath stood by him, of the young men of Joab, and saith, `He who hath delight in Joab, and he who [is] for David -- after Joab!'

12 And Amasa is rolling himself in blood, in the midst of the highway, and the man seeth that all the people have stood still, and he bringeth round Amasa out of the highway to the field, and casteth over him a garment, when he hath seen that every one who hath come by him -- hath stood still.

13 When he hath been removed out of the highway, every man hath passed on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba son of Bichri.

14 And he passeth over through all the tribes of Israel to Abel, and to Beth-Maachah, and to all the Berites, and they are assembled, and go in also after him,

15 and they go in and lay siege against him, in Abel of Beth-Maachah, and cast up a mount against the city, and it standeth in a trench, and all the people who are [are] with Joab are destroying, to cause the wall to fall.

16 And a wise woman calleth out of the city, `Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, and I speak unto thee.'

17 And he cometh near unto her, and the woman saith, `Art thou Joab?' and he saith, `I [am].' And she saith to him, `Hear the words of thy handmaid;' and he saith, `I am hearing.'

18 and she speaketh, saying, `They spake often in former times, saying, Let them diligently ask at Abel, and so they finished.

19 I [am] of the peaceable -- faithful ones of Israel; thou art seeking to destroy a city, and a mother in Israel; why dost thou swallow up the inheritance of Jehovah?

20 And Joab answereth and saith, `Far be it -- far be it from me; I do not swallow up nor destroy.

21 The matter [is] not so; for a man of the hill-country of Ephraim -- Sheba son of Bichri his name -- hath lifted up his hand against the king, against David; give ye up him by himself, and I go away from the city.' And the woman saith unto Joab, `Lo, his head is cast unto thee over the wall.'

22 And the woman cometh unto all the people in her wisdom, and they cut off the head of Sheba son of Bichri, and cast [it] unto Joab, and he bloweth with a trumpet, and they are scattered from the city, each to his tents, and Joab hath turned back to Jerusalem unto the king.

23 And Joab [is] over all the host of Israel, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada [is] over the Cherethite, and over the Pelethite,

24 and Adoram [is] over the tribute, and Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud [is] the remembrancer,

25 and Sheva [is] scribe, and Zadok and Abiathar [are] priests,

26 and also, Ira the Jairite hath been minister to David.

[_LeVay]

HAIL SATAN!

From The Satanic Witch by Anton LaVey...

Introduction

My career as a Satanic Witch began when I was three years old. May 23, 1967 marked the first legal, public Satanic baptism in history, one year after the founding of the Church of Satan. Since that time I have appeared on numerous talk shows defending this ritual to people who have been led to believe that Satanists sacrifice babies at the altar, mutilate and murder animals, turn their daughters into "breeders" and prostitutes, among other preposterous and unfounded accusations. It enrages me to think that this is all the public is ever exposed to in relation to Satanism.

The time has come for Satanists to define what true Satanism is, uninterrupted by yellow journalists and broken-nosed talk show hosts. My baptism was indeed the reversal of a Christian baptism. Instead of being dunked into a cold bath by strange, sexless man to be cleansed of "original sin" we celebrated man and nature as they really are.

As I sat wearing the red robe my mother made that morning, I toyed with the Baphomet amulet dangling around my neck (this image of the Satanic goat hand-crafted for me by the pioneering survivalist Kurt Saxon, a founding member of the Church of Satan). Imperiously, I surveyed the sea of black hooded celebrants. It took me a few years to realize that some of them may have been more fascinated with the naked women sprawled on the altar than with me. The gothic strains of a Hammond organ echoed against the black and red walls. Calmly chewing on a stick of Trident fruit-flavored gum, I delighted in being the focal point of all this activity.

My father, the High Priest, raised his ceremonial sword in benediction. I felt a great sense of warmth and respect. How many people can honestly say they have this feeling at any point in their life? "I have something they don't," I thought proudly, in keeping with the indulgent philosophy of Satanism. Since that night I understood what it means to be a Satanic Witch, a woman who makes full use of her feminine wiles. Throughout my life I would reply the words intoned during my baptism:

The many footed walkers give to you the strength, the power of red fang and claw, all the madly dancing demons fill you with the lost knowledge of ancient ones. Small sorceress, most natural and true magician, your tiny hands have the power to pull the living heavens down and from its shards build a monument to your own sweet indulgence ...And with these others in the devil's fane, you so will cause the heads of men to reel and spin, you will fill them with desire. And so we dedicate your life to love, to passion, to indulgence, and to Satan and the way of darkness, fane. Hail Zeena! Hail Satan!

In the flurry of publicity that this ritual garnered, I recall one article as being particularly relevant to the underlying message of The Satanic Witch. In the August 16, 1971 issue of Newsweek a sensationalist essay on Satanism, "Evil Anyone?" featured a photograph of my baptism with the caption, "Building a Better Race." This caption gave insight to a previously forbidden theme that can only now be fully explored.

The Satanic Witch, among many other things, is a guide to selective breeding, a manual for eugenics--the lost science of preserving the able-bodied and able-minded while controlling the surplus population of the weak and incompetent. Ironically, that same issue of Newsweek featured feminist Gloria Steinem on the cover exemplifying "The New Woman." It was in this period of gender confusion and bra-burning bravado that The Satanic Witch was first published (under the title The Complete Witch). A diabolical textbook reinforcing traditional sex roles and "sexiest" attitudes was viciously attacked in that shrilly militant, androgynous atmosphere.

[_LittleNipper]

Matthew 7:16 ►

Parallel Verses

New International Version
By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?

New Living Translation
You can identify them by their fruit, that is, by the way they act. Can you pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?

English Standard Version
Matthew 7:16

A Tree and its Fruit
15"Beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves. 16"You will know them by their fruits. Grapes are not gathered from thorn bushes nor figs from thistles, are they? 17"So every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit.…

[_LeVay]

HAIL SATAN!

Before I codified Satanism, thus enabling me to integrate everything of a personal meaning into a suitable forum, I first considered the religion of Dogism. The belief system made sense, but was too limiting. Dogism holds that if you can’t eat it, and you can’t f*** it; p*** on it. Much as I respect dogs and their gods, I could relate more to Catism, the principle religion of cats. The Five Commandments of Catism are:

(1) Don’t run, if you can walk.
(2) Don’t walk, if you can stand.
(3) Don’t stand, if you can sit.
(4) Don’t sit, if you can lie down, and
(5) Don’t stay awake, if you can take a nap.

Catism counsels: “He who sleeps the day away / lives to sleep another day,” or, “Respect the friend who brings your food, for he has been your choice / Or go and catch it for yourself, and have a louder voice,” and other such homilies.

Freud’s “pleasure principle” should be known to be the highest motivator for any religion. The significance of any fetish is a yardstick for its priority. When a fetish transcends all else, including survival needs, religious fanaticism is the result. When the audio equipment takes priority over the music, the way the music sounds is more important than the sound of the music. The act of falling in love can be more important than one’s choice of a mate. If the size of a screen is more important than what’s on it and the latest hardware and software eclipses the quality of the product entered—fetishism is the result.

All activity that consumes, therefore, should be recognized as being both religious and fetishistic. A Satanist whose hobby or fetish is Satanism per se, is no more of a Satanist than one who, realizing the indulgence advocated by Satanism, accepts the Name. The difference between the man or woman who’s a practicing Satanist, from an identity Satanist is that the practicing Satanist looks at the picture, while the identity Satanist studies the frame.

Those who disparage and belittle the Church of Satan to an obsessive degree reveal their fetish. In reality and practice, by their consuming interest, they reveal their true religion to be—the Church of Satan. Otherwise, they would turn on their heel, walk away, and refuse to subject themselves to that which they need not. Clearly, they need us. We don’t need them.

Never underestimate the sexual corollaries to fetishism/religion. It’s too easy (and convenient) to dismiss covert arousal. Just as there have been foot fetishists who work in shoe stores, there are masturbationist writers and artists who have nothing to say and write nothing worth reading. Their output amounts to one stroke or rub per line of type, using their typewriters or computers as sex toys. This can lead to sexual dependency upon the computer. Far‐fetched? Things have changed since monks illuminated manuscripts and suffered ecstasies.

Varieties of religious experience can be as interesting as varieties of fetishism. Though there may be many kinds, overall, each disciple has his or her rigid set of preferred and obligatory devotions. Each has personal words of power as a result of distillation. All roads lead to Rome for the serious practitioner. It is Spare’s principle of reduction, Pavlov’s bell. The devout Catholic crosses himself and murmurs “Saints preserve us.” The Pentecostal shouts “Hallelujah!” The Jew says “Mazeltov.” A more potent manifestation is possible, when one considers the true nature of religion. They might instead say: “I need a drink,” “My niece with the fine ass...,” “Is she a disciplinarian?” Every fetishist/religionist has sacred buzzwords: “tickle,” “Cherry ’65 Mustang,” “stinky socks,” and millions more. Sexual fetishes are probably the most epicurean preference of the human animal. The smallest detail is of great significance and there is little margin for error. In fact, there is less room for deviance in deviance, than in any other human endeavor.

If certain words and phrases keep reappearing, it’s because theyʹre never tiresome, always fresh. Uncle Louie’s favorite musical composition may be the same old tune to others, but to Uncle Louie, it improves with age—which is more than can be said for Uncle Louie. It is his Ave Maria.

Satanism is the only religion which serves to encourage and enhance one’s individual preferences, so long as there is admission of those needs. Thus, one’s personal and indelible religion (the picture) is integrated into a perfect frame. It’s a celebration of individuality without hypocrisy, of solidarity without mindlessness, of objective subjectivity. There need be no deviation from these principles. They should summarily negate internecine strife and bickering. Any attempts at Satanic “reformation” should be seen for what they are: creating problems where none exist. There should be no place in any religion for reformers whose very religion is the fetish of reformation. There is even a place and title for compulsive dissidents, and if they can wear the mantle, they are welcome. They would delude themselves to be revolutionaries. In our camp, they are called “House Masochists.”

III. LaVey: Enochian Writings

Guide to Enochian Pronunciation
Anton Szandor LaVey
The Cloven Hoof, May V A.S. (1970 c.e.)

Of all the questions asked pertaining to the contents of The Satanic Bible, the most frequent is concerning the pronunciation of the Enochian Keys. I wish to stress the fact, before even dealing with the recommended pronunciation, that the importance should be placed upon the rhythmic and sequential delivery of the words, rather than a scholarly attempt to pronounce them properly.

The original renditions of the Keys were written in much the same way as Hebrew; i.e., the letters are only represented by consonants, with the vowel sounds unwritten. Only one other translation of the Keys is available—Israel Regardie’s inclusion in his monumental twenty-five dollar work called The Golden Dawn. The Keys in Regardie’s work are a “white light” translation and occupy a scant few pages at the end of his two‐volume compendium of the rituals of the Order of the Golden Dawn. They are presented in their Enochian form with only consonants to read by, so that “Zodoreje” would read “Zdrj.” As you can see, this makes it decidedly tougher to pronounce!

There are various opinions as to the proper pronunciation, just as in Latin there are sometimes several ways of pronouncing the same word, depending on the regional and historical speech pattern. So it is with Enochian. The word “Cahisa,” if one is to prefer a soft sound pattern, would be read “SA‐HEE‐SHAH”—the most prevalent pronunciation, however, would be “KA‐HEE‐SAH,” or just the way it looks like it would be said. Generally, all consonants should be given a hard sound: C as in cake, S as in salt, G as in gold, J as in just, etc.

The delivery of the words should be as deliberate and prolonged as possible, with no attempt made to jabber them quickly to show how proficient in the language you are! For those who saw Rosemary’s Baby [or The Devil’s Rain, for which LaVey himself coached the extras] , you will recall the slow solemnity of the chants, performed in almost a monotone. Each syllable should be spoken with great deliberation, care being given not to skim over the sounds. A word like “beliore” should result in “BAY‐LEE‐OAR‐RAY.” “Busada” should come out “BOO‐SAH‐DAH.” Where two identical vowels are shown together, as in “Ooa,” the pronunciation would be “OH‐OH‐AH.”

I find most annoying the person who demands a word‐for‐word translation of the Keys, not realizing they are virtually like Pigeon English in their lack of grammatical nuance and literary style. If they were to be translated literally, you may be assured that the chanter would sound most inarticulate! Because the English language is a glorious display of words, it is criminal not to avail oneself of the majestic vocal renditions made possible by such a language. In the ceremonies which I have conducted, I have always spoken the key I have chosen both in English and Enochian.

[Guest]

Matthew 6:7-8

…6"But you, when you pray, go into your inner room, close your door and pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you. 7"And when you are praying, do not use meaningless repetition as the pagans do, for they suppose that they will be heard for their many words. 8"So do not be like them; for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him.…

[_LeVay]

HAIL SATAN!

THE SIXTEENTH ENOCHIAN KEY

(written phonetically)

Ee‐lah‐sah vi‐vee‐ah‐lah pay‐ray‐tah! Sah‐lah‐mah‐noo bah‐lah‐tah, dahs ah‐cah‐row oh‐dah-zoe‐dee boo‐sah‐dah, ode bay‐lee‐oh‐rock‐sah bah‐lee‐tah: Dahs ee‐noo‐see kah‐oh‐sah‐jee loo‐sah‐dah‐noo ay‐mow‐dah: Dahs oh‐may ode tah‐lee‐oh‐bay: dah‐ree‐lah‐pah ee‐ay‐hay ee‐lah‐sah Mah‐dah Zoe‐dee‐low‐dah‐ray‐pay. Zoe‐dah‐cah‐ray ode Zoe‐dah‐may‐rah‐noo. Oh‐doe kee‐cah‐lay Kwah‐ah: Zoe‐doe‐ray‐jay, lah‐pay zoe‐dee‐ray‐doe Noe‐coe Mah‐dah, Hoe‐ah‐thah‐hay Sigh‐tahn!

Suggested Enochian Keys for Various Rituals and Ceremonies
Anton Szandor LaVey
The Cloven Hoof, June V AS (1970 c.e.)

Vengeance &
Keys
12, 14, 17
Destruction
Lust & Weddings
Keys
2, 7, 13
Funerals Key
11
Compassion Keys
16,
18,
Power
Keys
1, 3, 8
Traditional Black Mass
Keys
5, 15
Pride & Rejoicing
Key
18

IV. Satanic Bible Scholarship

The Satanic Bible Dedications Delineated
Stephen E. Flowers, Ph.D.
from Lords of the Left‐Hand Path
Runa‐Raven Press, Smithville, Texas, 1997

Essential to the nature of the myth of any figure such as Anton LaVey are the influences which shaped that figure’s thought and action. LaVey himself provided a core list of such influences on his thought on the dedication page of the original printings of his Satanic Bible.

It is telling that in more recent printings of the book this page has been omitted.

On that list appear 19 primary personages, with 20 more given a sort of “honorable 1 mention”. There is also one animal, Togare, LaVey’s famous pet lion, and the Nine Unknown Men. [Almost 70 other names appeared in a similar list in his Satanic Rituals book. These too have been removed in recent printings.] Space does not permit me to discuss each one of these personages in any detail, but the primary list is extremely important to understanding LaVey’s Satanic philosophy.

The 19 primary men are (in the order he listed them): Bernardino Logara, Karl Haushofer, Grigory Yefimovitch Rasputin, Sir Basil Zaharoff, Allesandro Cagliostro, Barnabas Saul, Ragnar Redbeard, William Mortensen, Hans Brick, Max Reinhardt, Orrin Klapp, Fritz Lang, Friedrich Nietzsche, William Claude Dukinfield, Phineas Taylor Barnum, Hans Poelzig, Reginald Marsh, Wilhelm Reich, and Mark Twain. After the names of each of these, LaVey characterizes them with a dedicatory phrase. These are given in quotation marks in the discussions below.

Bernadino Logara, “who knew the value of money”, unidentified, presumably a manipulative banker or financier.

Karl Haushofer (1869‐1946), “a teacher without a classroom”, was the founder of the theory of “geopolitics” and a professor of geography at the University of Munich. He was sympathetic with National Socialism and exerted influence on its ideology, especially through one of his students, Rudolf Hess. However LaVey’s image and admiration of him comes through the modern mythologizing contained in The Morning of the Magicians, in which the authors have Haushofer involved in various occult goings‐on in Tibet and with the infamous Thule Gesellschaft of Rudolf von Sebottendorf. There is, however, no evidence for these more “occultnik” connections.

Rasputin (1872‐1916), “who knew the magic of a child”, was much admired by LaVey because he saw the Russian “mad monk” as a lusty manipulator of people (especially __________________________

1 The “secondary” dedication names: Howard Hughes, James Moody (CS member), Marcello Truzzi (Sociology professor), Adrian‐Claude Frazier (real name Charles Steenbarger, CS), Marilyn Monroe, Wesley Mather (CS), William Lindsay Gresham, Hugo Zacchini (“Human Cannonball” circus performer), Jayne Mansfield, Frederick Goerner, C.Huntley (CS), Nathaniel West, Horatio Alger [the juxtaposition of these two is intentionally ironic, since West in A Cool Million satirized Alger], Robert E. Howard, George Orwell, H.P. Lovecraft, Tuesday Weld, H.G. Wells, Sister Marie Koven (CS), Harry Houdini, Togare, and the Nine Unknown Men. – M.A.A.

women) and power—all traits pursued by LaVey himself. But Rasputin was not likely to have had anything really “Satanic” about him. LaVey was most certainly inspired by more lurid accounts of Rasputin—and by the film Rasputin: The Mad Monk (Hammer, 1965).

Sir Basil Zaharoff (1850‐1936), “a gentleman”, was an arms merchant who sold weaponry and encouraged his customers to use their purchases—all while not only becoming wealthy but being knighted by the King of England too! Cagliostro (1743‐1791), “a rogue”, was the assumed name of an Italian magician and alchemist named Guiseppe Balsamo. He billed himself as a “Count” and the “Grand Kophta of the Egyptian Lodge”, but what was less known was that he had been expelled from several countries due to his fraudulent dealings.

He was popular with the people and a supporter of revolution, but ended his life in the dungeons of Pope Pius VI.

Barnabas Saul was the first “scryer”, or medium, employed by the Elizabethan mage John Dee (1527‐1608). After leaving Dee’s service, Saul disavowed his visions.

Ragnar Redbeard (1842?‐1926?), “whose might is right”, is a story unto himself.
“Redbeard” was perhaps the pseudonym of Arthur Desmond, an atheist and social Darwinist street‐philosopher from whose book, entitled Might is Right LaVey lifted whole sections to create the “Book of Satan” portion of the Satanic Bible.

William Mortensen, “who looked ... and saw”, wrote a photographers’ manual entitled The Command to Look (1937). The psycho‐optical theories contained in it greatly influenced LaVey’s approach to art and to images and the way they can influence the human mind. It must be considered a keystone to LaVeyan Satanism.

Hans Brick, “who knows the law”, wrote a book entitled The Nature of the Beast (1960) which was a formative influence on the formulation of LaVey’s social philosophy, especially as contained in the Lex Talonis or “Eleven Rules of the Earth”.

Max Reinhardt (1873‐1943), “a builder of dreams”, was born Max Goldman in Austria and became famous as a theatrical director who specialized in staging huge spectacles. Orrin Klapp (b. 1915), “the walking man”, is a sociologist whose works Heroes, Villains and Fools (1962) and The Collective Search for Identity (1969) were greatly influential on LaVey’s ideas of social movements and change.

Fritz Lang (1890‐1976), “who made moving blueprints”, was an Austrian film director who made such classics as Metropolis (1926) and M (1930).

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844‐1900), “a realist”, was a German philosopher and forerunner to the existentialists. His ideas of the overman (or “superman”) and the “will to power”, as well as his ideas concerning the existence of natural “masters” and ”slaves”, are greatly admired by modern philosophical Satanists.

W.C. Fields (1880‐1946), “who saved me a journey to Tibet”, was the stage‐name of William C. Dukinfield.

P.T. Barnum (1810‐1891), “another great guru”, was the American showman famous for his exhibits of freaks and establishment of circuses. Barnum’s supposed basic philosophy—“There’s a sucker born every minute”—was taken to heart by LaVey and used as a mainstay of his worldview.

Hans Poelzig (1869‐1936), “who knew all the angles”, was a German architect who specialized in grandiose and imaginative structures. An example is the Grand Theater in Berlin, also called the Max Reinhardt Theater (1919). He was also the set designer for The Golem (Deutsche Bioscop, 1914).

Reginald Marsh (1898‐1954), “a great artist”, was an illustrator, scene designer, and painter of gritty street scenes, greatly admired by LaVey, who is himself a painter of unusual subjects.

Wilhelm Reich (1897‐1957), “who knew more than cabinet making”, was a German psychologist who held that there was a material force called “orgone” which worked in conjunction with the human orgasm. This force could also be collected in “cabinets” called
“orgone accumulators”.

Mark Twain (1835‐1910), “a very brave man”, was the pen name of Samuel Langhorn Clemens, the great American writer. LaVey much admires Twain for his works Letters from the Earth and The Mysterious Stranger. In an early Church of Satan document, LaVey praises Twain as “one of the greatest of the Devil’s advocates in history” and as “the most noble embodiment of the Satanist”.

This list of influences provides invaluable insight into the formation of LaVey’s philosophy and outlook on life. Of the 16 identifiable men fully half of them are artists of one kind or another. Of these, five dealt with the creation of visual imagery and two, W.C. Fields and P.T. Barnum, were best known as “trickster” figures. The idealization of image makers should provide some clue as to the true nature of LaVey’s philosophy and magic.

That most of LaVey’s ideas are not original, and that his philosophy is largely made up of bits and pieces of the philosophies of others which he recomposed according to his own tastes and style—unique to himself and to his time—might also be said of some of the other subjects in Lords of the Left‐Hand Path. We could say the same of every one who ever created a religion, whether Gautama the Buddha or Gerald Gardner. What makes LaVey somewhat unusual in this respect is that he often seems to insist on the idea that he invented a way of thinking, that his Satanism is something akin to a product upon which he has a “copyright” of some sort. But more remarkable than the idea that LaVey invented his Satanism out of bits and pieces of obscure philosophies is the fact that he actually invented himself out of the depths of his own mind ...

“The Book of Satan” from the Satanic Bible
Comparison with Ragnar Redbeard’s (Arthur Desmond), Might is Right, 1896
Michael A. Aquino

The following extracts are verbatim from Might is Right, and have been arranged in the same order as in the “Book of Satan” section of the Satanic Bible. The items in [brackets] were added by Anton LaVey in the places indicated.

[_ludwigm]

THE SIXTEENTH ENOCHIAN KEY
(written phonetically)
Ee‐lah‐sah vi‐vee‐ah‐lah pay‐ray‐tah! Sah‐lah‐mah‐noo bah‐lah‐tah, dahs ah‐cah‐row oh‐dah-zoe‐dee boo‐sah‐dah, ode bay‐lee‐oh‐rock‐sah bah‐lee‐tah: Dahs ee‐noo‐see kah‐oh‐sah‐jee loo‐sah‐dah‐noo ay‐mow‐dah: Dahs oh‐may ode tah‐lee‐oh‐bay: dah‐ree‐lah‐pah ee‐ay‐hay ee‐lah‐sah Mah‐dah Zoe‐dee‐low‐dah‐ray‐pay. Zoe‐dah‐cah‐ray ode Zoe‐dah‐may‐rah‐noo. Oh‐doe kee‐cah‐lay Kwah‐ah: Zoe‐doe‐ray‐jay, lah‐pay zoe‐dee‐ray‐doe Noe‐coe Mah‐dah, Hoe‐ah‐thah‐hay Sigh‐tahn!

I've read it word by word.
Loudly. My wife get frightened. She was true; I do this rarely.

It made me think (yes, I have that ability, even most of the times it seems to be hidden).

Thought one:

Is called in Egyptian Enish-go-on-dosh; this is one of the governing planets also, and is said by the Egyptians to be the Sun, and to borrow its light from Kolob through the medium of Kae-e-vanrash, which is the grand Key, or, in other words, the governing power, which governs fifteen other fixed planets or stars, as also Floeese or the Moon, the Earth and the Sun in their annual revolutions. This planet receives its power through the medium of Kli-flos-is-es, or Hah-ko-kau-beam, the stars represented by numbers 22 and 23, receiving light from the revolutions of Kolob.

Thought two:
pay-lay-ale

Thought three:
baszd meg... (hey, pal word censor, are you out of action?)

[_LittleNipper]

2 Samuel 21:1-22 While David was king there came a famine that lasted 3 years. David sought after God. The Lord said, “It is because of Saul and his house of blood, for he put the Gibeonites to death.” The king called the Gibeonites. (Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the people who were left of the Amorites. The sons of Israel had made an agreement with them. But Saul had wanted to kill them because he thought so much of the sons of Israel and Judah.) David said to the Gibeonites, “What should I do for you? How can I pay for this country's transgression, so you may bring good to the land of the Lord?”

The Gibeonites said to him, “We will take no silver or gold from Saul or his family. And it is not for us to put any man to death in Israel.” David said, “I will do for you whatever you say.” So they said to the king, “Saul practiced genocide toward us and planned to keep us from remaining in any land of Israel. Let seven men from his sons be given to us. We will hang them before the Lord at Gibeon on the Lord’s mountain.” And the king agreed.

The king kept alive Mephibosheth, the son of Saul’s son Jonathan, because David had made a promise to Saul’s son Jonathan before the Lord. The king took the two sons of Aiah’s daughter Rizpah, Armoni and Mephibosheth, whom she had born to Saul. And he took the five sons of Saul’s daughter Merab, whom she had born to Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite. He presented them to the Gibeonites, and they hanged them on the mountain before the Lord. The seven of them died together. They were put to death in the first days of the harvest, when the barley was ready to gather.

Aiah’s daughter Rizpah spread q course cloth made from goats hair on the rock for herself to lie upon, from the beginning of the harvest until rain fell from the sky upon the bodies. She would not let the birds pick at the bodies during the day, or animals to scavenge off them during the night. David was told what Aiah’s daughter Rizpah, Saul’s woman, had done. Then he went and took the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan from the men of Jabesh-gilead. They had stolen them from the open space in the center of Bethshan. This was where the Philistines had hanged them on the day they killed Saul in Gilboa. David brought the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan. They gathered the bones of those who had been hanged. And they buried the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan in the country of Benjamin in Zela, in the grave of Kish his father.

After that, God heard and answered when they prayed for the land. The Philistines were at war again with Israel. David went down with his servants and they fought the Philistines. And David became tired. Then Ishbi-benob wanted David dead. Ishbi-benob was one of the sons of the very tall and strong people. His spear weighed as much as 300 pieces of brass, and he had a new sword. Zeruiah’s son Abishai helped David and killed the Philistine. Then David’s men promised him, “You will not go out again with us to battle. You might put out the lamp of Israel.”

After this there was repeated war again with the Philistines at Gob. Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Saph, who was one of the sons of the very tall and strong people. And Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim the Bethlehemite killed another Goliath the Gittite. Goliath’s spear was like the heavy piece of wood used by a cloth-maker.

There was war at Gath again. There was a very tall man there who had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot. He was another of the sons of very tall and strong people. When he spoke against Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimei, David’s brother, killed him. These four were sons of the very tall and strong people in Gath. They were killed by David and his servants.


Young's Literal Translation (YLT)


1 And there is a famine in the days of David three years, year after year, and David seeketh the face of Jehovah, and Jehovah saith, `For Saul and for the bloody house, because that he put to death the Gibeonites.'

2 And the king calleth for the Gibeonites, and saith unto them -- as to the Gibeonites, they [are] not of the sons of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorite, and the sons of Israel had sworn to them, and Saul seeketh to smite them in his zeal for the sons of Israel and Judah --

3 yea, David saith unto the Gibeonites, `What do I do for you? and with what do I make atonement? and bless ye the inheritance of Jehovah.'

4 And the Gibeonites say to him, `We have no silver and gold by Saul and by his house, and we have no man to put to death in Israel;' and he saith, `What ye are saying I do to you.'

5 And they say unto the king, `The man who consumed us, and who devised against us -- we have been destroyed from stationing ourselves in all the border of Israel --

6 let there be given to us seven men of his sons, and we have hanged them before Jehovah, in the height of Saul, the chosen of Jehovah.' And the king saith, `I do give;'

7 and the king hath pity on Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, son of Saul, because of the oath of Jehovah that [is] between them, between David and Jonathan son of Saul;

8 and the king taketh the two sons of Rizpah daughter of Aiah, whom she bore to Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth, and the five sons of Michal daughter of Saul whom she bare to Adriel son of Barzillai the Meholathite,

9 and giveth them into the hand of the Gibeonites, and they hang them in the hill before Jehovah; and the seven fall together, and they have been put to death in the days of harvest, in the first [days], the commencement of barley-harvest.

10 And Rizpah daughter of Aiah taketh the sackcloth, and stretcheth it out for herself on the rock, from the commencement of harvest till water hath been poured out upon them from the heavens, and hath not suffered a fowl of the heavens to rest upon them by day, or the beast of the field by night.

11 And it is declared to David that which Rizpah daughter of Aiah, concubine of Saul, hath done,

12 and David goeth and taketh the bones of Saul, and the bones of Jonathan his son, from the possessors of Jabesh-Gilead, who had stolen them from the broad place of Beth-Shan, where the Philistines hanged them, in the day of the Philistines smiting Saul in Gilboa;

13 and he bringeth up thence the bones of Saul, and the bones of Jonathan his son, and they gather the bones of those hanged,

14 and bury the bones of Saul and of Jonathan his son in the land of Benjamin, in Zelah, in the burying-place of Kish his father, and do all that the king commanded, and God is entreated for the land afterwards.

15 And again have the Philistines war with Israel, and David goeth down, and his servants with him, and they fight with the Philistines; and David is weary,

16 and Ishbi-Benob, who [is] among the children of the giant -- the weight of his spear [is] three hundred [shekels] weight of brass, and he is girded with a new one -- speaketh of smiting David,

17 and Abishai son of Zeruiah giveth help to him, and smiteth the Philistine, and putteth him to death; then swear the men of David to him, saying, `Thou dost not go out again with us to battle, nor quench the lamp of Israel.'

18 And it cometh to pass afterwards, that the battle is again in Gob with the Philistines, then hath Sibbechai the Hushathite smitten Saph, who [is] among the children of the giant.

19 And the battle is again in Gob with the Philistines, and Elhanan son of Jaare-Oregim, the Beth-Lehemite, smiteth [a brother of] Goliath the Gittite, and the wood of his spear [is] like a beam of weavers.

20 And the battle is again in Gath, and there is a man of stature, and the fingers of his hands [are] six, and the toes of his feet [are] six, twenty and four in number, and he also hath been born to the giant,

21 and he reproacheth Israel, and smite him doth Jonathan son of Shimeah, brother of David;

22 these four have been born to the giant in Gath, and they fall by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.