This weekend is chalk full of religious holidays. Thanks to Easter being so early this year, apparently it is the earliest it's been for 70 years! So this weekend Christians celebrate along side Wiccan's and Demonolaters. (bet they love that lol)
So:
Happy Easter
Happy Ostara
And
Happy Rite to Lucifer
Here is my prayer to Lucifer.
Lord Lucifer, it's with your gifts of knowledge,
that have brought me out of the darkness and into the ever bright light,
With you I can see the future,and have the strength to face what ever comes my way
Hail to Spring, Hail New beginnings.
Hail Lucifer!
Saturday 22 March 2008
Monday 17 March 2008
Belphegore
I did a small ritual a few months ago to the Demon "Belphegore" who is the demon of financial matters (amongst other things) basically i just wanted help with finance. Ever since the rite, i have been more organized and i have been better at budgeting. But today I got a pay rise at work and the opportunity to learn new skills which will increase my pay in the coming year. You may ask why a Satanist would want to work with demons, and Aren't demons evil, scary etc? So here is a quick lesson Demonloatry 101
- Demonolatry is the worship of Demons
- Demons are "Divine intelligence replete with wisdom"
- Demonology is the study of demons
- Demons are not seen as evil by Demonolaters (that is a christian myth)
- Most demons were pre-chrstian gods
- The 2 most popular Demonolatry pantheons are "The Goetic" and "Dukante"
- Satan is the head (for want of a better word) of all the demon pantheons.
- All demonoaters ARE theistic satanists, but most prefer Demonolater
- Not all theistic Satanists are demonolaters
- Buffy,Charmed etc are NOT accurate portrayals of demons
- Respect the Demons and they will respect you.
- Demonolatry is a nature based relgion
- To some the demons are real deities
- To some they are mearly energy
- The self is also worshiped
- Demonolaters work to find the personal divine that is in us all
- Demonolaters do not belive in "Good" or "Evil" but see things in shades of grey
- Each and every demon is a part of us and we them.
- Everything in the earth is interconnected.
- Hermetic philopophy is important (and a base) of demonolatry
So that was your little lesson for today :O) Next time basic Hermetics!
I personally do not call my self a demonolater but i do believe in it,most of my religious views are the same as those found in demonolatry, i celebrate the holidays. I just prefer calling myself a theistic satanist.
I have had an article I wrote on "life coaching and demonolatry" published in this magazine (you can dowload it for free from this site http://www.lulu.com/content/759108 I have also had a prayer published in a demonolatry prayer book which can be downloaded free here http://www.lulu.com/content/282790
Hail Belphegore!
Wednesday 12 March 2008
A Joke
While I disagree with the portrayal of Satan in this joke, it's still pretty funny. If you substitute "Satan" for " Jehovah" it's more realistic portryal of the bible god than to my old man.
Just minutes before the church services started the towns people were sitting in their pews and talking. Suddenly, Satan appeared at the front of the church. Everyone started screaming and running for the front entrance, trampling each other in a frantic effort to get away from evil incarnate. Soon everyone had exited the church except for one elderly gentleman who sat calmly in his pew without moving, seemingly oblivious to the fact that God's ultimate enemy was in his presence.So Satan walked up to the old man and said, 'Don't you know who I am?'The man replied, 'Yep, sure do.''Aren't you afraid of me?' Satan asked.'Nope, sure ain't' said the man.'Don't you realize I can kill you with a word?' asked Satan.'Don't doubt it for a minute,' returned the old man in an even tone.'Did you know that I could cause you profound, horrifying, physical agony forever?''Yep,' was the calm reply.'And you're still not afraid?' asked Satan.'Nope '. 'More than a little perturbed, Satan asked, 'well, why aren't you afraid of me?'The man calmly replied, 'been married to your sister for 45 years.'
Just minutes before the church services started the towns people were sitting in their pews and talking. Suddenly, Satan appeared at the front of the church. Everyone started screaming and running for the front entrance, trampling each other in a frantic effort to get away from evil incarnate. Soon everyone had exited the church except for one elderly gentleman who sat calmly in his pew without moving, seemingly oblivious to the fact that God's ultimate enemy was in his presence.So Satan walked up to the old man and said, 'Don't you know who I am?'The man replied, 'Yep, sure do.''Aren't you afraid of me?' Satan asked.'Nope, sure ain't' said the man.'Don't you realize I can kill you with a word?' asked Satan.'Don't doubt it for a minute,' returned the old man in an even tone.'Did you know that I could cause you profound, horrifying, physical agony forever?''Yep,' was the calm reply.'And you're still not afraid?' asked Satan.'Nope '. 'More than a little perturbed, Satan asked, 'well, why aren't you afraid of me?'The man calmly replied, 'been married to your sister for 45 years.'
Quaker's
I am a huge fan of the Christian denomination know as "The religious society of friends" AKA Quaker's. I love that they see God in everybody, which is pretty "Hermetic" view for Christians, I love that they have no minister at their meetings so everyone is equal and all have a chance to participate in their service. I love that they do not hold the bible as the be all and end all of belief, they look into themselves, their inner light for guidance. Most of them support the right to hold differing religious beliefs from one and other. A great example of this was told to me the other day by my Quaker friend "Pete" (A fellow ULC member) He is a nurse in a hospital in England and he is also on the Chaplaincy rota for the hospital. All the Chaplin's were having a meeting about how people should be treated spiritually while in hospital. They (the group) said that Satanists should be banned outright from working in the hospital. Pete actually stood up and defended Satanists on the grounds that everyone deserves the right to spiritual counselling if needed. How great was that? What a guy!!!
Monday 10 March 2008
The symbol of Baphomet
Recently I have taken to adopting the symbol of Baphomet (see pic at side of blog) as my religious symbol of choice. I hesitated for a year or so because I felt that it was very much taken over by Modern Satanists; but now I feel that we (trad Satanists) have the right to wear it too. I have it as a pendant but i chose not to wear it over my clothes to often, as i feel i want the symbol for myself as a personal statement. Also i have never been big on wearing religious jewellery full stop.
A couple of people I have talked to have thought the symbol was scary, while i can see why they think that. I don't think it is any more scary than having a dead man hanging from a cross around you neck. The Baphomet (to me) is a symbol of freedom, of personal power, of loving life, of true free will and of Independence. Yes the Crucifix also stands for some great things, forgiveness of sin, of love but it is also a symbol of fear, of guilt and of violence. I like my symbol better.
A couple of people I have talked to have thought the symbol was scary, while i can see why they think that. I don't think it is any more scary than having a dead man hanging from a cross around you neck. The Baphomet (to me) is a symbol of freedom, of personal power, of loving life, of true free will and of Independence. Yes the Crucifix also stands for some great things, forgiveness of sin, of love but it is also a symbol of fear, of guilt and of violence. I like my symbol better.
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