This covers many forms of Satanism, not just LaVeyan.


By creating a Satanist-friendly self-help/support group, hopefully you'll be able to brainstorm some effective solutions to your problem - or at least better ways to live with it, if your problem truly is intractable. At the same time, you'll also be helping to create a network of people, larger than the Satanist scene itself, who will have a friendly attitude toward at least some kinds of Satanists. And, in the process, you'll make a bunch of new personal friends with whom you'll have important things in common - especially if the group meets offline.

Many Satanists have had the idea that Satanists should be supermen who never need to ask another person - let alone a group of people - for any kind of help or advice. We need to get over this idea. We aren't supermen. By claiming to be supermen, we have succeeded only in attracting a bunch of losers with ego problems. Luckily, not all of us have gotten caught up in Satanist Superman Syndrome.

I disagree. While it is comforting to have interaction with other Satanists to some extent, it is not necessary. Instead, I would posit that it is important to have a support system of friends, spouses, and family. Being a Satanist is not necessary. My closest friends are devout Catholics, Lutherans, Athiests, Taoists, and such.

Perhaps I misunderstand the original poster's point, but we need not be Satanic Supermen. However, but we need to challenge ourselves to control our own destinies and daily lives to our best ability. This is not an easy feat, but the personal rewards are astounding. Whenever possible, the progression and assention of The Self is paramount in Satanic philosophy...not because we desire to tout ourselves above others, but because we strive to become more than we are.

Octavius