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Depending on your previous religion, it can be easier or harder to familiarize yourself with Spiritual Satanism, so this will explain what you need to be aware of. I'm writing only about those religions I'm familiar with and have studied, as I don't know anything about Sikhism or Shintoism or other small non-Western religions.
What do you need to know if you are coming from:
Christianity:
First, you need to unlearn everything as Satanism is completely different. Satan isn't who Christianity says he is and we don't follow Christian beliefs. A few important things to understand:
Most of the info above also applies to Islam, as it's similar to Christianity.
Atheism/Agnosticism:
Read the above paragraphs about Christianity, as many atheists and agnostics are only aware of Christianity so they assume all other religions are like Christianity and often use the same strawman arguments against us that they use against Christians, or they assume we're just like Christianity because they haven't looked into what we do.
In Spiritual Satanism, you don't need to have any sort of "faith", only to practice and see things for yourself. But don't dismiss anything you haven't practiced.
Another important thing some atheists don't understand is there's free will here. We don't seek to convert people like Christians do, and it's been said that Satanism isn't for everyone. So if you are skeptical you can try our practices and see for yourself, and if you aren't satisfied or you find this isn't for you you can stop practicing. We don't need to "prove" anything to you, it's up to you to do it. Nor do the Gods do silly things like knocking objects off in order to prove you something, that would be disrespectful to ask them that.
Read this page too:
Judaism:
Jews cannot become Satanists and the Dedication Ritual will not work for a jewish person. This also includes atheist jews and everyone who is ethnically jewish, not just religious jews.
Wicca:
If you are coming from Wicca, it's much easier to adapt to Spiritual Satanism than if you were coming from mainstream religions, because there are many things in common:
Laveyanism:
We do accept Satan as a real being here and we don't accept many things in Lavey's philosophy, like extreme greed and radical individualism. Spiritual Satanism is, well, Spiritual and focused on empowering your soul.
Much of what I said about Atheism also applies here too.
Theistic Satanism:
Two important things to understand:
Hinduism:
Satanism also has some things in common with Hinduism, but mostly non-mainstream Hinduism. We practice kundalini yoga, empower our chakras and use Sanskrit mantras, but unlike in Hinduism we don't need a "guru" to teach us how to do that, we are free to use a technique we read on the internet. But there are many differences. There are no restrictions here, like vegetarianism or celibacy, and we seek to become Gods rather than merge into some mind-hive of oneness. The ego is important in Satanism. Many things in Hinduism are corrupted.
Another thing, Satan is Shiva and the Hindu Gods are our Demons. Many Hindus falsely think our Gods are the "asuras", as if Hinduism is the same as Christianity and what they call "demons" are the same. But it isn't. The word Demon here means an ancient Pagan God, not an "evil" being. And Christianity comes from Zoroastrianism which inverted the whole Deva/Asura thing and calls the divine beings "A(s)huras" while their evil ones are called "D(a)evas" and slandered. Indra and Rudra, the powerful Vedic gods are two of the "evil" D(a)evas in Zoroastrianism which supposedly bring misery to humanity.
Mantras here are vibrated, not sung here and we use them in magickal workings or to empower our chakras and souls, not to "worship" a god. For example, there's a money working using the Mahalakshmi mantra.
Buddhism:
In Satanism we don't seek to extinguish ourselves, but we to become Gods. We also know the self is real. Buddhist meditation can help, but it isn't everything, as we practice a different type of meditation here which is important. I've seen many who come to Spiritual Satanism hear that daily meditation is important and scoff saying "well, duh, I already meditate!" except the meditation they are practicing has limited use here, it's only good for focusing your mind but it doesn't empower your soul or chakras.
What I said applies mostly to the Western Buddhists, as I've recently learned that Asian Buddhists are completely different and common laypeople don't meditate (only the monks do) and they do worship various Buddhas. I don't know much about that type of Buddhism, to be honest.
What do you need to know if you are coming from:
Christianity:
First, you need to unlearn everything as Satanism is completely different. Satan isn't who Christianity says he is and we don't follow Christian beliefs. A few important things to understand:
- Satan is an ancient Pagan God and predates Christianity
- The Christian/Jewish god doesn't exist and isn't accepted as a real entity in SpiritualSatanism.
- We don't believe Satan is a being who created the universe like the Christian God. He isn't omnipresent or omnipotent and he doesn't spy or interfere in people's private lives, nor does he care about them or monitor every single thing people do in order to punish them
- Satan and the other Gods/Demons will only get offended if you intend to offend them, such as slandering them or attacking their people or trying to abuse the Demons using enemy grimoire methods or doing horrible things in their name
- He isn't "worshipped" blindly, but he is seen as a spiritual guide who helps us become Gods like him
- If you are coming to Satanism thinking it's just like Christianity with a different god but a more real one and you want to pray like Christians do and do nothing else, you will be wasting your time
- The most important practice here is power meditation, so you will not see any difference until you start doing power meditations (and possibly other things like kundalini yoga) every day.
- If we want to improve our material life, we don't "pray" but we use magick.
- We don't accept the Christian version of heaven and hell and we don't believe in an eternal afterlife. There is reincarnation instead.
- There's not any such thing as selling your soul and Satan isn't an evil entity who buys souls. He created our souls and wants to empower and perfect them.
Most of the info above also applies to Islam, as it's similar to Christianity.
Atheism/Agnosticism:
Read the above paragraphs about Christianity, as many atheists and agnostics are only aware of Christianity so they assume all other religions are like Christianity and often use the same strawman arguments against us that they use against Christians, or they assume we're just like Christianity because they haven't looked into what we do.
In Spiritual Satanism, you don't need to have any sort of "faith", only to practice and see things for yourself. But don't dismiss anything you haven't practiced.
Another important thing some atheists don't understand is there's free will here. We don't seek to convert people like Christians do, and it's been said that Satanism isn't for everyone. So if you are skeptical you can try our practices and see for yourself, and if you aren't satisfied or you find this isn't for you you can stop practicing. We don't need to "prove" anything to you, it's up to you to do it. Nor do the Gods do silly things like knocking objects off in order to prove you something, that would be disrespectful to ask them that.
Read this page too:
Judaism:
Jews cannot become Satanists and the Dedication Ritual will not work for a jewish person. This also includes atheist jews and everyone who is ethnically jewish, not just religious jews.
Wicca:
If you are coming from Wicca, it's much easier to adapt to Spiritual Satanism than if you were coming from mainstream religions, because there are many things in common:
- Same holidays
- We also use magick and witchcraft
- We use runes
- We are practice-based rather than faith-based
- We don't cast circles, circles are considered disrespectful because they were used to abuse the Gods.
- We do practice black magick and don't believe in the Threefold Lie (law).
- Magick is mostly about using your mind and vibrating words of power in Satanism, rather than using tools, herbs, incense and other props.
- The most important practice is power meditation, which is why for a lot of Wiccans magick doesn't work, because they haven't empowered their souls with power meditation.
- The Gods and Goddesses are separate living beings of their own, not aspects of one God or Goddess or parts of nature
Laveyanism:
We do accept Satan as a real being here and we don't accept many things in Lavey's philosophy, like extreme greed and radical individualism. Spiritual Satanism is, well, Spiritual and focused on empowering your soul.
Much of what I said about Atheism also applies here too.
Theistic Satanism:
Two important things to understand:
- Satan is an ancient Pagan God, he predates Christianity and the Christian/Jewish God doesn't exist. Spiritual Satanism doesn't depend on Christianity or the jewish mythology/cosmology.
- Everything jewish is against Satan, including things like the Qliphoth. These aren't Satanic at all, but jewish slander against Satan and our Gods/Demons.
Hinduism:
Satanism also has some things in common with Hinduism, but mostly non-mainstream Hinduism. We practice kundalini yoga, empower our chakras and use Sanskrit mantras, but unlike in Hinduism we don't need a "guru" to teach us how to do that, we are free to use a technique we read on the internet. But there are many differences. There are no restrictions here, like vegetarianism or celibacy, and we seek to become Gods rather than merge into some mind-hive of oneness. The ego is important in Satanism. Many things in Hinduism are corrupted.
Another thing, Satan is Shiva and the Hindu Gods are our Demons. Many Hindus falsely think our Gods are the "asuras", as if Hinduism is the same as Christianity and what they call "demons" are the same. But it isn't. The word Demon here means an ancient Pagan God, not an "evil" being. And Christianity comes from Zoroastrianism which inverted the whole Deva/Asura thing and calls the divine beings "A(s)huras" while their evil ones are called "D(a)evas" and slandered. Indra and Rudra, the powerful Vedic gods are two of the "evil" D(a)evas in Zoroastrianism which supposedly bring misery to humanity.
Mantras here are vibrated, not sung here and we use them in magickal workings or to empower our chakras and souls, not to "worship" a god. For example, there's a money working using the Mahalakshmi mantra.
Buddhism:
In Satanism we don't seek to extinguish ourselves, but we to become Gods. We also know the self is real. Buddhist meditation can help, but it isn't everything, as we practice a different type of meditation here which is important. I've seen many who come to Spiritual Satanism hear that daily meditation is important and scoff saying "well, duh, I already meditate!" except the meditation they are practicing has limited use here, it's only good for focusing your mind but it doesn't empower your soul or chakras.
What I said applies mostly to the Western Buddhists, as I've recently learned that Asian Buddhists are completely different and common laypeople don't meditate (only the monks do) and they do worship various Buddhas. I don't know much about that type of Buddhism, to be honest.