The Condensed Satanic Bible by ''Knife'' Sotelo - HTML preview

must ask. If it's not important enough to pay long distance charges, it

certainly isn't important enough to violate a friend's autonomy. If asking is

literally not possible, then and only then, here are a few exceptions:

Sometimes an illness or injury happens very suddenly, and the person is

unconscious or in a coma before you could possibly ask them. If you know that

this person is generally comfortable with magic, you may do workings to keep

their basic body systems working and allow the normal healing process the time

it needs. If they are opposed to magic, for whatever reason, back off!

Traditionally, an unconscious person is understood to be temporarily out

of their body. Maintaining their body in habitable condition is preserving

their option, not choosing for them. Doing maintenance magic requires a lot of

sensitivity. At some point, the time may come when you should stop and let the

person go on. Be sure to use some kind of divination to help you stay aware.

This is a hard road. It may be your lover, your child, lying there

helpless. Any normal human being would be tempted to drag them back, to force

them to stay regardless of what is truly best for them, regardless of what they

want. Don't repress these feelings, they do no harm, even though your actions

might. It takes great strength and non-possessive love to recognize that your

loved one knows their own need. You may be calling them back to a crippled

body, to a life of pain. You may be calling them back from the ecstasy of the

Goddess. And this is no more your right than it would be to murder them.

If a person is temporarily not reachable, you may charge up a physical

object, such as an appropriate talisman or some incense. When you present it

to them, give them a full explanation. It is their choice whether to keep or

use your gift. By interposing an object between the magic and the target in

this way, you can work the magic in Circle, with the coven's power to draw on,

and still get the person's permission before the magic is triggered.

With all these rules about permission, perhaps it would be safer to work

only on ourselves? Safer, yes, but not nearly as good. If you have permission,

you may do any working for another person that you might do for yourself.

Coercive magic is just as unacceptable when somebody else asks for it, and you

may not do manipulative magic on your friend's mother, even at your friend's

request. The permission must come from the magic's intended target and from

nobody else. With proper permission, working magic for others is good for all

concerned.

Every act of magic has two effects. One is the direct effect, the healing

or prosperity working or whatever was intended. The other is a minute change in

the mind and the heart of the person who does the working. Everything we

experience, and especially everything that we do in a wholehearted and focused

way - the only way effective magic can be done - changes us. Each experience

leaves its tiny trace, but the traces are cumulative. They mold the person we

will become. Our karma is our choice.

Instant karma can also be good karma. Logical, natural and inevitable

outcomes can be desirable. When you send out good, what you send it with is

love. Love is the driving force. When you let love flow freely, the channel

down to love's wellspring stays clear and open. When you send out good, you

direct it along the web of person-to-person connection, and awareness of that

web is reinforced. The totality of that web is the basis of community.

When you send out good it feels good. In the same way that sending out

bane requires imagining pain, sending out blessing requires imagining pleasure,

strongly and specifically. And, when you send out good, just the same as when

you call it to yourself, you reinforce your sense of effectiveness in the

world. Blessings grow in the fertile ground of mutuality, to the benefit of

all.

A pattern is becoming visible. In baneful magic, the magician intends to

harm the target. In coercive magic, the intent toward the target is neutral. In

manipulative magic, the magician actually means the target well. But no matter

how different the intent may be, in all three cases magic is done to affect

another person without that person's permission. In all three cases, the

target, the practitioner and ultimately the community are all hurt. And in all

three cases, there are safer and more effective ways to reach the valid goals

that we mean to aim for.

So, perhaps there is a descriptive word that covers all wrongful magical

workings after all. How about "non-consensual" or "invasive" magic?

There's one thing left to examine: the paradox of making rules to protect

personal autonomy.

If we make some of our choices as a community, by discussing things

together and arriving at a common understanding about what magical behaviors

are acceptable among us, then we choose and shape the kind of community we

become.

Or we could give up our right to choose, because we feel we shouldn't tell

each other what to do. Some people believe that a refusal to set community

standards promotes personal autonomy. It never has before.

Appeals to individual rights can be real seductive. None of us wants Big

Brother looking over our shoulders, telling us what to do "for our own good."

For Witches in particular - members of a religious minority with bad image

problems - this is a very legitimate fear. But make sure when somebody talks

about "rights" without specifying something like "religious practice rights" or

"the right to consensual sex," that you find out just what "rights" they mean.

Rhetoric about "rugged individualism" has been used in recent history to

fast talk us into letting the rich or strong dominate all our lives. Without

anything to stop them, they can destroy the forestland, or deny jobs or

apartments to "cultists." Personal autonomy for most of us is diminished when

we allow that.

Magic can be used for dominance, just the same as muscle or money. There

is no difference, ethically, between the magical and the mundane. We are not

obligated to tolerate power trippers among us. We are not obligated to run our

own community by the slogans and groundrules of the dominator culture.

Thinking about "rights," or about "laws" for that matter, in the abstract leads to "all or nothing" thinking - immature and slogan driven. I don't think

we should ever "just say" anything. We need a deeper and more mature analysis.

We need to ask questions like "right to do what?" and "law against what?" We need to get away from absolutes and to look in practical terms at the

advantages or disadvantages of our choices.

Once more, our religion itself shows us the way to steer between the false

choices. "An it harm none, do what you will." What a person does that affects

only herself - magical or mundane - is truly nobody's business but her own. For

example, consensual sexual behavior affects only the participants. But toxic

waste dumping affects everybody in the watershed.

As long as we look at behavior in terms of private choices or individual

will, we obscure the distinction that really makes a difference. If we're

serious about wanting to give each of us the most possible control over our own

lives, then decisions should be made by all the people affected by the behavior

- not just by the people acting.

As soon as another person is magically targeted, that other person is

affected. If we allow such targeting without consent, we are not supporting

personal autonomy, we are subverting it!

When the behavior begins to affect us all - for example when real estate

development threatens the salt marshes, and ultimately the air supply - or,

very specifically, when invasive magic erodes the trust we need to work

together - then we have a right to protect ourselves as a community. No

ideology should turn us into passive victims when something we hold precious

stands to be destroyed.

Invasive magic hurts the target first, and soon the actor, but in the long

run it hurts all of us. It's been so long since we've been able to meet

together, share our knowledge, help one another in need. Pagan community is

very new, and still very fragile. It can only grow in safe space.

The People of this Land forbade skirmishes around the pipestone quarries,

keeping that sacred source open to all. Otherwise, no sane person would go

there, and the Old Ways would wither. For much the same reason, we cannot

tolerate poppets in our council meetings.

An atmosphere of coercion and manipulation and magical duels does not

nurture community. Eventually, for self protection, the gentle will either

change or go away. We could lose what we have misguidedly refused to protect.

As above, so below: our karma is our choice.

WEDDING CEREMONY

[The following wedding ceremony is being presented to you as you requested by

Satanists of the ULCM. It is a beautiful ceremony, perfect for interfaith and non-

denominational settings. It is the official Universal Life Church Wedding Ceremony

with some minor changes to fit the Satanist's needs so feel free to edit it to your

liking.]

CONSIDERATIONS:

A wedding is in reality a pact or contract where two parties being of sound mind and

legal age agree to form a partnership or union, each contributing something of

equal value to the communal benefit. By their natures, marriages are meant to be

lifetime relationships, so both parties should consider well their intent an purpose

before entering into such a profound and far reaching agreement.

Such long term agreements were well and good a century or more ago when the

average human life span was thirty or forty years if they were lucky, but now that

people are living to seventy to eighty years or more, such long term agreements

should be considered doubly well. Consider that if you are twenty or so years old,

you may have to endure one another for the next half century or more.

Moreover, keep in mind that the divorce rate or negation of contract is currently

running in excess of sixty percent. If there were ever a time to use good sense, the

consideration of a marriage pact would be a fine time to use it. Remember the most

tenacious case of lust will wain in less than six weeks, so you had best have

something much more enduring between yourselves or you will surely fail.

There is an old time alternative ceremony known as "Handfasting" where everyone gets drunk and the bride and groom simply holds hands and jumps over a stick or

broom. Everyone then considers the couple married. Of course, the nice thing about

Handfasting is that should you get tired of one another, you can simply jump over

the stick or broom backwards which undoes the deed. That always did make more

sense.

However, if you are bound and determined and won't listen to reason, and you

firmly wish to subject yourselves to such an anomaly as matrimony, then so be it.

You do, after all, have free will, but take your action seriously, gravely seriously.

So, before the ceremony, the Bride and Groom should place a copy of their wedding

pacts in each other's black books. They will sign them later during their wedding

ceremony if they don't previously come to their senses.

Many of today's popular wedding ceremony and reception traditions can be traced

to ancient Egyptian and European customs. These were often based on symbolism,

superstition, folklore, religion, and even the belief that evil spirits could bring

disease and death to newlyweds and crops, which was very important in many

farm-based early cultures. Although the exact origin and usefulness of many of

these early wedding traditions are not always clear, popular acceptance has allowed

them to flourish. Besides, many of these wedding traditions are just plain fun!

According to various sources, some of the early marriages were literally carried out

by the Groom and his "Bridesmen" (or "Bridesknights") who would kidnap a woman (the origin of "carrying a Bride over the threshold") from another tribe! The Groom and his fellow conspirators would then fight off the female's family of tribesmen

with swords held in their right hand while the Groom would hold the captured Bride

in his left hand, which is the origin of why a Bride stands on the left side of the

Groom at a wedding.

After a successful capture, another politically correct practice was for the Groom to

hide his new Bride for one month for mating purposes. It is said that the word

"honeymoon" was created to describe this one month cycle of the moon when they

would drink mead, which was a honey sweetened alcoholic brew that effects both

sobriety and the acidity of the womb, thus increasing fertility.

Beginning around 1000 A.D., marriages were often nothing more than trading chips

used in bartering land, social status, political alliances, or money (no checks or

credit cards were accepted) between families!

The word, "Wedding" comes from the Anglo-Saxon word "wedd" that meant a man would marry a woman and pay the Bride's father.

THE CEREMONY:

If it were possible to begin this ceremony by gathering together all the wishes of

happiness for and from all present here... If we could gather together those

precious wishes of affection and our very fondest hopes and turn them into music,

we would be listening now to a most inspiring anthem, composed of the most

harmonious notes possible to produce.

Even though this is not possible, just speaking of it should assure_________

and_________that our hearts are attuned to theirs in these moments so

meaningful to all of us. For what greater thing is there for two human souls than to

feel that they are joined together to strengthen each other in all labor, to minister

to each other in all sorrow, to share with each other in all gladness.

Marriage is an act of faith and a personal commitment as well as a moral and

physical union between the parties. It has been described as the best and most

important relationship that can exist between two human beings; the construction

of their love and trust into a single growing energy of spiritual life.

It is a moral commitment that requires and deserves daily attention since no

earthly happiness exceeds that of a reciprocal satisfaction in the conjugal state.

Marriage should be a life-long consecration to the ideal of loving kindness, backed

with the will to make it last.

True love gives nothing but itself and takes nothing but from itself.

Love does not possess, nor would it be possessed.

For love is sufficient unto love.

Love has no other desire but to fulfill itself.

To awake at dawn with a winged heart and

Give thanks for another day of loving.

To rest at noon and meditate love's ecstasy;

To return home at eventide with gratitude,

And then to sleep with a prayer for the beloved in your heart

And a song of praise upon your lips.

_____________ will you take____________to be your wedded wife, to love, to

cherish, to continually bestow upon her your heart's deepest devotion? (Groom

replies "I will")

And _____________will you take_______________ to be your wedded husband, to

love, to cherish, to continually bestow upon him your heart's deepest devotion?

(Bride replies "I will")

Please hold hands and repeat after me: "__________, you are consecrated to me

now as my wife from this day forward, to love, to cherish and to have and to hold,

for richer, for poorer, for better, for worse, in sickness and in health, in sadness and

in joy, to share together as long as we both shall love. Ave."

And,_____________, you are consecrated to me now as my husband, from this day

forward, to love and cherish, to have and to hold, for richer, for poorer, for better,

for worse, in sickness and in health, in sadness and in joy, to care and share

together as long as we both shall love. Ave"

What token of your devotion do you offer your beloved?

(bride and groom retrieve rings from best man and maid of honor, handing

them to minister)

May these rings be blessed as the symbol of this affectionate unity. These two lives

are now joined in one unbroken circle. Wherever they go, may they always return

to one another in their togetherness. May these two find in each other the love for

which all men and women yearn. May they grow in understanding and in

compassion. May the home which they establish together be such a place of

sanctuary that many will find there a friend. May these rings, on their fingers,

symbolize the touch of the spirit of love in the heart.

(Minister hands ring to groom)

________, in placing this ring on _______'s finger, repeat after me: "I give you

this ring as the pledge of my love and as the symbol of our unity. Amen" (Groom

places ring on bride's finger)

(Minister hands other ring to bride)

________, in placing this ring on _______'s finger, repeat after me: "I give you

this ring as the pledge of my love and as the symbol of our unity. Amen" (Bride

places ring on groom's finger)

Inasmuch as _______ and ________ have consented together in marriage before

this company; have pledged their faith and declared their unity by each giving and

receiving a ring -- and are now joined in mutual esteem and devotion, I, as an

ordained Minister of Satan, pronounce that they are husband and wife together --

and offer them the Benediction of the Yazidis:

Now you will feel no rain,

For each of you will be shelter to the other.

Now you will feel no cold,

For each of you will be warmth to the other.

Now there is no more loneliness for you.

Now there is no more loneliness.

Now you are two bodies,

But there is only one life before you.

Go now to your dwelling place,

To enter into the days of your togetherness.

And may your days be good and long upon the earth.

You may seal your vows with a kiss.

BLACK MASS

[A Black Mass is a parody of the Catholic mass sometimes practiced by wealthy

opponents of the Church in the Dark Ages. Some so-called 'black masses' were

performed by priests to curse enemies, a practice condemned by the church. While

this practice was ascribed to witches during trials, it is unlikely it was practiced by

common people. Modern Satanists sometimes perform a 'black mass' for theatrical

effect, but it is not a standard practice in Satanism or modern witchcraft. ]

The Black Mass combines various elements:

- belief in a pagan deity stigmatized by Christians as the Devil,

- use of the Mass for material ends,

- and parodies of orthodox Christian ritual.

The Black Mass is a magical ceremony and inversion or parody of the Catholic Mass

that was indulged in ostensibly for the purpose of mocking God and worshipping the

devil; a rite that was said to involve human sacrifice as well as obscenity and

blasphemy of horrific proportions. The origin of the belief in the Black, or Satanic,

Mass goes back to medieval magic and witchcraft, yet no one really knows the early

history of this magical act, for there exists no single reliable, first-hand description.

A witch who said she was present described a Black Mass at a sabbath in France in

1594. She claimed that the ceremony had taken place on St. John's Eve in a field

with about sixty people present. The celebrant wore a long black cloak devoid of the

customary cross, and his assistants were two girls; while a slice of turnip, black

(either stained or putrid), was used instead of consecrated bread.

Eric Maple, a leading authority on witchcraft, goes so far as to assert that the Black

Mass is an illusion, fostered by the press, that never played any part in witchcraft.

The Abbe Boullan (1824-93), a defrocked Catholic priest who believed that he was a

reincarnation of John the Baptist, is reported to have celebrated a Black Mass in

vestments on which an inverted cruifix was embroidered, with a pentagram

tattooed at the corner of his left eye (the left being the side of evil). He

recommended the ceremonial sacrifice of a child at the high point of the Mass, and

the use of consecrated hosts being mixed with faeces as a cure for nuns who

complained they were tormented by devils.

The occultist Aleister Crowley devised Satanic rituals, but the intention appears to

have been anti-Christian rather than criminal.

The Church of Satan has based its much publicized diabolism upon a rejection of

the Christian ethics of self-denial and humility.

LIBER OF LEVIATHAN

AN EXORCISM OF JEHOVAH

[This rite was written by a Satanist who went by the name of Geifodd in 2006 and

was slightly revised by me to fit the needs of Processive Satanists, so it should be

noted, if you are new to Satanism, it is very important that you REFRAIN from

performing this rite until you have been a Satanist for at least a few years. This is

not something to be performed lightly, and it requires a stable Satanic mindset in

order to be conducted correctly. I believe that premature performance of this rite

can cause some very serious complications, and anyone who is new or has just

begun in Satanism should keep their options open for a while. For more experienced

Satanists who feel they are ready to perform this rite, please keep in mind that if

using the name "Jehovah" seems inappropriate to you for whatever reason(s),

please feel free to replace it with whatever synonym for the Judeo-Christian/Islamic

god that you are most comfortable with.]

In the name of Enki most holy,

Great Satan, almighty Lucifer!

I hereby command that the spirit of Yahweh

Depart from my mind, my body,

And my soul at once!

Begone Yahweh, thou foul spirit of

Deception, hypocrisy and ignorance!

By the midnight brilliance of Lucifer the Lord,

I recognize thee for the pitiful vampire thou art,

And I invoke the power of thy Adversary to bind thee

And keep thee from infringing upon the freedom of my soul!

Get thee behind me, Yahweh!

Get thee behind me, ENSLAVER!

Thou art naught but a vengeful ghost

To the ever-jubilant God of this World!

In the name of Enki, I reject the Tetragrammaton!

In the name of Satan, I reject the Tetragrammaton!

In the name of Lucifer, I reject the Tetragrammaton!

Depart, foul Yahweh! Depart from my life and from my soul!

Thou cannot refuse my command, for it is no less

Than a servant and child of the Prince of Darkness Himself

Who commands you!

Begone you vile spirit, and leave me in peace!

In the name of Hadit the Prince,

I cast thee OUT!

Hail Satan!

THE BORNLESS ONE INVOCATION

[These are reworkings of Crowley's invocations from his Goetia (Crowley/Mathers).

I am not comfortable using traditional God names and I figured there are others

who may not be as well, so I used Leviathan as the precursor for the rest of the

Liber of Leviathan.]

I invoke thee , Mighty Leviathan!

Thee, that didst create the earth and the heavens

Thee, that didst creare the night and day

Thee, that didst create the darkness and the light

Thou art the midnight pearl! Whom no man hath seen at any time

Thou art the darkness and thou art the light!

Thou hast distinguished between the just and the unjust!

Thou didst make male and female.

Thou didst produce the seed and the fruit.

Thou didst form man to love one another and hate on another

I am the eyes of the dragon! I am thy prophet!

Unto whom didst commit thy mysteries of the underworld

Thou didst produce the moist and dry , that which nourishes all life

Hear thou me, for I am thou servant, thy prophet

This is thy true name, unseen, unspeakable, unknown by man.

Hear Me, and make all Spirits friendly unto Me: so that every

Spirit of the Firmament and of the Ether: upon the Earth and

under the Earth: on dry Land and in the Water: of Whirling

Air, and of rushing Fire: and every Spell and cohert of the serpent may be in

accordance with my will, and mine with theirs.

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