lilysandalwood said:
He just lost confidence in JoS. That's why he doesn't fully understand Maxine's and JoS's achievements. Constantly criticizing and expecting a “perfect” flow is to underestimate real struggle. Everyone's own choice. My friend is not a bad person; still a spiritual satanist. He still trusts Maxine; he even says he only trusts her. His own decision.
"Spiritual Satanism" first came with the JoS and it's used to refer to JoS type of Satanism. What kind of SS is he if he doesn't trust it? It's like calling yourself a catholic and not trusting the pope or the Catholic Church. I'm aware that there are other "Satanists" who have stolen the name Spiritual Satanism and call themselves Spiritual Satanists, but
here's a little bit of JoS history you may not know:
When HP Maxine opened the JoS group in 2002
she originally called its type of Satanism "Traditional Satanism". There's a residue of that in the site, in this URL:
https://www.joyofsatan.org/www.angelfire.com/empire/serpentis666/TRADITIONAL.html
While it is titled "Spiritual Satanism", the file is called "TRADITIONAL.html" and the article refers to "Traditional Satanists" once:
Many Traditional Satanists worship Satan/Lucifer. Some acknowledge him as a friend and do not worship. We respect individuality and personal choices. One's relationship with Satan/Lucifer is up to the individual, as Satanism values free thought and individuality.
After a bit of communicating with Satan and being sick of xians and Laveyan Satanists saying that Satanism is all materialistic and sick of people who believe the xian lies about Satan calling themselves "Traditional Satanists" she decided to call it Spiritual Satanism,
emphasizing the 'spiritual part' of doing power meditations and empowering your soul. This was a controversial decision as there was a
huge reaction from some JoS members who wanted to keep the title "Traditional Satanism" and didn't like "Spiritual Satanism" at all at that time.
After a while when JoS became popular, other non-JoS groups (some of which hated it) began to call themselves Spiritual Satanists too, effectively stealing the name since many of them don't even practice meditations or work on their souls.
So anyone who says he's a Spiritual Satanist and hates JoS or claims that the name Spiritual Satanism was used before JoS is bullshitting you.