As a Spiritual Satanist I have a very important question. Is Spiritual Satanism a religion? Religions have their own teachings, but Spiritual Satanism uses the teachings of ancient Pagan religions to teach and practice the art of alchemy. The fact that it utilizes many religions but accepts only the ones that work for it and rejects the ones that don't makes Spiritual Satanism more of a doctrine, a path than a religion. But on the other hand, we are dedicated to Satan. We performed a ritual just like Christians are baptized and Muslims say the word tawhid, so I am confused.
Question #5284: Is this a religion?
1 min to readSpiritual Satanism and other ancient religions are the original and oldest religions of humanity. Spiritual Satanism encompasses various polytheistic gods and goddesses. Yes, things like Christian baptisms and Muslim baptisms are completely false and have no truth to them. The dedication ritual of Spiritual Satanism is performed once and remains valid until the next reincarnation
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In the golden age people didn't even call or consider our path a "religion"
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Spiritual Satanism is not a religion, spiritual Satanism is a tradition.
You see, tradition is much more natural than "religion" because it starts from an obvious observation of spiritual reality, and is not something speculative.
Religion is a belief created through speculation; tradition is observable knowledge that exists infinitely.
Religion is a new word
... εἰ δὲ νοεῖς, ἔστιν, ὦ βασιλεῦ, ϰαὶ σωμάτων ἀσώματα. — Ποῖα; ἔφη ὁ βασιλεύς. — Τὰ ἐν τοῖς ἐσόπτροις φαινόμενα σώματα οὐ δοϰεῖ σοι ἀσώματα εἶναι; — Οὕτως ἔχει, ὦ Τάτ· ϑείως νοεῖς, ὁ βασιλεὺς εἶπεν. — Ἔστι δὲ ϰαὶ ἀσώματα ἄλλα, οἷον αἱ ἰδέαι οὐ δοϰοῦσιν εἶναί σοι, ἀσώματοι οὖσαι, ἐν σώματι φαινόμεναι, οὐ μόνον τῶν ἐμψύχων ἀλλὰ ϰαὶ τῶν ἀψύχων; — Εὖ λέγεις, ὦ Τάτ. — Οὕτως ἀνταναϰλάσεις εἰσὶ τῶν ἀσωμάτων πρὸς τὰ σώματα, ϰαὶ τῶν σωμάτων πρὸς τὰ ἀσώματα, τουτέστι τοῦ αἰσϑητοῦ πρὸς τὸν νοητὸν ϰόσμον ϰαὶ τοῦ νοητοῦ πρὸς τὸν αἰσϑητόν· διὸ προσϰύνει τὰ ἀγάλματα, ὦ βασιλεῦ, ὡς ϰαὶ αὐτὰ ἰδέας ἔχοντα ἀπὸ τοῦ νοητοῦ ϰόσμου. ὁ οὖν βασιλεὺς ἐξαναστὰς ἔφη, Ὥρα ἐστίν, ὦ προφήτα, περὶ τὴν τῶν ξένων ἐπιμέλειαν γενέσϑαι· τῇ δὲ ἐπιούσῃ περὶ τῶν ἑξης ϑεολογήσομεν.
As a Spiritual Satanist I have a very important question. Is Spiritual Satanism a religion? Religions have their own teachings, but Spiritual Satanism uses the teachings of ancient Pagan religions to teach and practice the art of alchemy. The fact that it utilizes many religions but accepts only the ones that work for it and rejects the ones that don't makes Spiritual Satanism more of a doctrine, a path than a religion. But on the other hand, we are dedicated to Satan. We performed a ritual just like Christians are baptized and Muslims say the word tawhid, so I am confused.
Yes, Spiritual Satanism is a religion.
«You will find on the left of the halls of Hades a spring, and standing by it a white cypress. Do not approach this spring at all. You will find another, from the Lake of Memory, with cold water flowing from it. Guardians stand before it. Say: 'I am a child of Earth and starry Heaven, but my race is of Heaven alone. You know this yourselves. I am parched with thirst and am perishing. Give me quickly the cold water flowing from the Lake of Memory.' And they will give you to drink from the sacred spring, and after that you will reign among the other heroes» - From the Petelia Tablet (300-200 BCE) ⚡
As a Spiritual Satanist I have a very important question. Is Spiritual Satanism a religion? Religions have their own teachings, but Spiritual Satanism uses the teachings of ancient Pagan religions to teach and practice the art of alchemy. The fact that it utilizes many religions but accepts only the ones that work for it and rejects the ones that don't makes Spiritual Satanism more of a doctrine, a path than a religion.
You have misunderstood it, in Zevism we don't "accept the ones that work", but we are aware that much of the ancient Pagan myths and teachings are allegorical. Taking everything literally would be extremely stupid, just like Christians who take their bible literally and believe the world is 6,000 years old. We are aware that much of it is allegorical and some of it is corrupted, so we are looking to Satan to guide us to the truth.
Nobody has ever said that in ancient Pagan religions there are things that "don't work". Everything works, as long as you are smart enough to read behind the allegories, myths and Christian corruptions to the truth behind them.
With Satan's guidance, it's been clear that most of the myths of ancient Pagan religions are allegories for spiritual alchemy. So, we don't "accept the ones that work", but we are looking to decode these allegories to the real inner teachings behind them.
Now, whether you want it to call a "religion" or not, it's your choice. It's certainly not anything like the mainstream religions, it would be closer to an esoteric spiritual path. Or you could say that it's a true religion, while the mainstream religions are political control programs disguised as religions. Both of them are correct in their own way.
Spiritual Satanism is not a religion, spiritual Satanism is a tradition.
You see, tradition is much more natural than "religion" because it starts from an obvious observation of spiritual reality, and is not something speculative.Religion is a belief created through speculation; tradition is observable knowledge that exists infinitely.
Religion is a new word
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It is science, history, reality. Verifiable occult spiritual sciences which can be proven by direct experimentation. There is a reason why Satan is the Sanskrit word for Eternal Truth.
