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"Personal note: When I was a little kid my mother told me not to stare into the sun. So once when I was six, I did. At first the brightness was overwhelming, but I had seen that before. I kept looking, forcing myself not to blink, and then the brightness began to dissolve. My pupils shrunk to pinholes and everything came into focus and for a moment I understood. The doctors didn't know if my eyes would ever heal."
-Pi
Yes, this is largely what modern Satanism (and postmodern Satanism) is about. Of course there are many out there who worship a 'god' they refer to as Satan but to me and my ilk these are simply reverse christians, or black sheep. To me, Satan is a symbol. I'll leave it that or I'll gas on for hours.
An eclectic collection of learned behaviors.
A friend of mine had this book when I was a teenager, and despite the fact that I was then rebelling against Christianity, I told him I was only doubting my belief, not insane enough to embrace devil worship. I am reminded here of a line from HP Lovecraft "Be sartain ye call naething up that you cannae put back down." If you believe at all in the existence of the Devil, don't mess with or read from this book!
Some of us laugh
Some of us cry
Some of us smoke
Some of us lie
But it's all just the way
that we cope with our lives...