Good thing you asked, because the most intelligent thing anyone can say is i don't know, therefor, leaving one open to learning.
the truth is this: Satanism was first, because Satan was first, and all religions are either an enchancement of it, with actual Daemons in Hell which were once worshipped as Egytptian gods, ie, Thot, and Bast, and all the other Daemons and Daemonesses, under direction of our lord SAtan and the Goddess Ashtaroth, just stepped into the bakground after Judeo-Xianity took hold, where they have remained ever since....until, of course, High Priestess Pythia, the good and smart woman that she is, made the truth about the Gods of Elysium available for all of us, upon the Internet! Read 'the Gods of Elysium ' on the introduction page on the JoS website. I learned everything basic there, before i came here, so i hope that you will too. the fact that you are an inquisitive person points you in the right direction: all the answers are there, and you need not fear. Myself, I have a friend in RAUM, the Daemon who appears in a ram horned mask, but, when i read the part of the JoS website i have mentioned above, it said he was also an Egyptian God! And yet, here is the clincher....RAUM was a God, before he was worshipped by the ancient Egyptians!
Do not waste your time wondering about things of which you will never find the answer inside you, because, in this case, they exist either on the site, Joy of Satan.org, OR, in the answers from some of the seasoned pros of Satanism and Ministry members, if you ask the question online. Myself, I am newly dedicated, but i am 33 years old and have heard the call of Satan for 13 years, only to ignore it, partly because of the highly superstitius Orthodox upbringing i was raised in, partly because of my own refusal to see the Light in front of me, namely, SAtan, the bringer of Light, Lucifer! Stay with us, you will not go astray.
--- In , "Matt" wrote:
I was reading up on some Egyptian Mythology and I know many of our Friends and Gods of Elysium are the Gods of Ancient Egypt. Is Egyptian belief and its stories directly to Satanism. I was reading how Christianity Ripped off not just Egyptian, but many other "Pagan" beliefs and ideals.
But thats besides the point. Alot alot alot of Christian propaganda is Egyptian, and I know Satanism goes further back and Egyptian is taken from Satanism. So Is Christian belief there to corrupt the Satanism Specifically?
Everything seems copied and pasted. I don't know. Open to conversation.
Hail the Gods of Elysium.
Hail the All Father.
Hail Satan.