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Summary: Another Hypocritical Religion
Review: Yes, some people should educate themselves since true Satanists do not believe there is a Satan. They use Satan as a representation. This book is not really about a religion, but about one man's bitter opinion on the world and its religions.
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Summary: Historic curiosity, but not very useful.
Review: Lavey's idea of Satanism is atheism wrapped in sensationalism: once a carnival barker, always a carnival barker. There is no reason to call it "Satanism", particularly is light of the emergence of religious Satanism (actual worship of demonic 'gods'), unless you count the unrelenting slag on Christianity. He does provide some fun, sarcastic shockers in his statements and in presenting sins as virtues, but there is really nothing original or innovative here. Critical readers will be amazed at his dogmatism and morality while claiming to abhor both. Serious occultists will be appalled by his absurd translations of the Enochian Keys. Teens can keep a copy on the shelf to cheese-off mom and offend the neighbors.
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Summary: Just about as useful as the Bible
Review: I enjoyed this book about as much as I enjoyed the King James Bible. I believe in neither & was therefore moved or impressed by neither. However, in responce to Ishamel's "spotlight review," Atheists & Agnostics are NOT Satanic. We don't believe in god or satan...in heaven or hell...in the King James Bible or the Satanic Bible. Atheists are defined by a total lack of belief in a deity...NOT a belief in a deity opposing Christianity. Atheists are as much Satanists as Buddists or Muslims are Christian. Educate yourself before you post!!
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Summary: Worthless Tripe
Review: Awful awful awful, on so many levels. Don't even waste your time reading these reviews...
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Summary: Neither a bible nor truly satanic
Review: The title is seemingly only to grab the attention and for shock effect. LaVey makes a few points which are true nevertheless nothing that hasn't been seen before. This book is more atheist and humanist than anything else; and although I wouldn't recommend true satanism to anyone, I know enough to know that it is very, very different to what is presented here. However, if you're unwise enough to consider true satanism, this isn't the place to look for answers.
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Summary: The Way of the Flesh
Review: Dr. Anton Szandor LaVey was the first to codify Satanism into an applicable religion, and this book marks down the basic formula and doctrines that such a religion offers. Satanism is best defined as the glorification of the material world through the indulgence of carnal desires. "Satan" is by no means a literal being, he is more of a personification of the natural (and dark) powers of nature, and the universe.
This book is logical, concise, and its rationality will astound many. It is the bible of realism and Undefiled Wisdom. There are no false and fraudulant ritualistic creeds to be found here, all are based on what is experienced in this world, and what has proven successful. Welcome to Darwin's Inferno!
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Summary: This one will make you think
Review: This book is not what it's title implies. There is no talk of worshipping the Devil, sacrificing babies, drinking goat's blood, or any other garbage. It is a logical, well written and argued piece of philosophy that every person who prides themselves on being intelligent and open minded should read at least once. I was surprised at how often I found myself agreeing with his philosophies, in spite of my Catholic upbringing. LaVey makes sense, probably too much sense for most people to be comfortable with.
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Summary: I'm not a satanist but.......
Review: I am not a satanist but reading this book taught me that satanism is not what most people think it is. Everyone who thinks satanism is evil should read this book. It really puts everything into perspective. Anyone who has a warped image of what satanism is should read this book. It is really just a "looking out for number one" type of "religion". The only person you can rely on is yourself. The picture of Anton Levey isn't bad either. I think the bald head is [nice].
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Summary: THE book for Satanists
Review: The Satanic Bible isn't a tome that will "Save the World". LaVey steers clear of the kind of intellectualism that would likely please philosophy majors. The Satanic Bible was written for Satanists. It wasn't intended to "sweep the nation". LaVey refuses to candy coat the world of man. In the first Book (Satan), the entire "philosophy/religion" is presented. The rest of his writings simply expand on some simple, yet profound, ideas. LaVey IS Satanism. His detractors may try to portray him as a simple charlatan...but ultimately, their insults are irrelevant and superficial. The tenets of the Satanic Bible are BEDROCK. For Satanists. If you aren't one, you won't get it. Ever. If you find that you ARE a Satanist, the Satanic Bible is a catalyst - not a pre-fab solution for modern living. You have to build the philosophy out for yourself. The rituals are simply a basic structure and your MUST expand on them on an individual level. Followers need not bother. LaVey empowers the individual - to empower himself. Satanism per LaVey is far more than inverse Christianity. Christianity is essentially irrelevant to the practice of Satanism. Satanism simply borrows from Christian mythology to define a certain "personality type". Those who recognize themselves in The Satanic Bible will ultimately focus and use the methods contained within to their own purposes. Those who don't, simply aren't Satanists. The Satanic Bible is a resource, not a solution to all your problems. Those who want more "magic(k)"...likely "believe" in imaginary people. Satanists "believe" in nothing. As LaVey put it: "No hoary falsehood shall be a truth to me; no stifling dogma shall encramp my pen...as environments change, No human ideal standeth sure." Satanism, contrary to the claims of its naysayers, invites you to test it. To date, I have not found it wanting.
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Summary: The Foundation of Modern Satanism
Review: Before Anton LaVey, "Satanist" was not a label which people applied to themselves: it was a club with which you beat your opponents. "Satanism" was something for horror films and pulp novels, featuring nubile young ladies menaced by robe-clad knife-wielding psychopaths. LaVey was the first to synthesize a philosophy which he called Satanism ... and the first to self-identify as a Satanist. (Before him -- and after him -- most people who were called Satanists bent over backward to deny it). Before LaVey, nobody identified Friedrich Nietzsche, Ayn Rand or Jack London as "Satanic" philosophers. Indeed, a cursory view would suggest these three thinkers have little or nothing in common: Rand considered Nietzsche a syphilitic madman and despised Jack London's ardent socialism. Yet LaVey found common elements within their writing -- a rejection of herd mentality and consensus morality, a philosophy which placed Self-Aggrandization above Self-Sacrifice, and a militant atheism. These, and other writers, were the inspiration for LaVey's "Satanic Bible" ... which, in turn, was the inspiration for many who have followed in LaVey's footsteps. LaVey's book is *not* an occult text: he is openly contemptuous of "occultniks." Rather, it is a bitter yet ultimately life-affirming rant, in the tradition of Great American Misanthropes like Mark Twain and Ambrose Bierce. If you read it the way you might read *Huckleberry Finn* or "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge," you'll Get the Point... and the Joke. (LaVey was also a humorist who frequently wrote with tongue-in-cheek... something which many of the Deadly Serious Death Metal Types all too often forget). If you want to understand modern Satanism -- or if you want to receive a refreshing blast of bitterness and misanthropy from one of the last great cynics -- this book is a must for your collection.
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