Hey baby goats it's Stu here
so today we're looking at
five of the most frequently
asked questions that
baby goats new to Satanism
ask so if you don't want to look
like a noob, listen up!
Question 1, do I need
to be a Goth to be a Satanist?
Being a Goth and being a Satanist
are two completely different things
and the mistake that this question makes
is thinking that both of these
are about, 'the look'
[Music "She's Got The Look"]
LaVey has said from the beginning
that Satanists come from all walks of life
and as someone who is part of both
the Goth and the Satanist communities
I can say that the one thing they
do have in common is that
people who are a little bit too
'full on' with the look can
often look like they're trying
a little bit too hard
If you really want to impress
your Satanist friends
do the reading
because the truth is there's
actually a lot of people
out there who call themselves Satanists
who don't do it
oooooh! This tea is piping hot
Question two
Do I need to listen to
'Heavy Metal' music
What consitutes Satanic music
really depends on who you ask
LaVey wrote specifically
that he didn't think that
'Heavy Metal' was Satanic music
he was an organist and felt
like classical was the most Satanic
kind of music but if you go
looking for Satanic music
you would expect to find it
amongst black metal bands
it's kind of their thing
but you'll also find it in
some surprising areas
for example, Diamanda Galas
Satanic opera singer
and Twin Temple
Satanic doo wop band
so what would say is
that it's less about the style
of music, and more about
the artist
Question 3
Are we just spooky atheists
this really deserves an
entire video but the thing which
distinguishes atheists from Satanists
is the word religion
Satanists see the value in
religion when the poison of
supernaturalism is drained
where atheists tend to
reject religion wholesale
i've got quite a lot of friends
who've actually said
"we love what Satanists are
doing it's just religion - ew!"
this throwing the baby out
with the bath water when
it comes to religion
it is a pretty fundamental
difference but you'll find that
Satanists do quite often speak
at atheist events
Question four
If we don't believe in the supernatural
why do rituals?
Rituals in nontheism
they're less about contacting
a deity because the deity doesn't exist
and it's really about catharsis,
meditation, introspection
they are theatrical acts
but they are for ourselves
and maybe a few chosen others
they're a really good way of
processing the trials and
tribulations of everyday life
and let's not forget
the props!
Also it's fun!
We have this wierd idea in the west
that religion has to be sombre
and totally dull
if you've ever been to a
west african church
you can have fun while
doing this
if anything, it's preferable
and finally question five
Which books should
I start with?
So when you first look at
Satanic reading lists
there's often a lot of very meaty deep
dive books and this is
Steven Pinkers 'The Better Angels
of Our Nature' and it's
a good book and it's
on the Satanic Temple
reading list but it is
eight hundred pages!
and it's not even specifically
about Satanism so
we didn't all go to Harvard
so, ya know, some of these books
are gonna be a little bit like...
ya know...
it's the book to get
onto eventually
this is not the first
one you should be picking up
so then it's like
which ones off of this reading list
should I go for?
So the two books
that I think every
baby goat should start off with
are these two
so you have
the Satanic Bible
by Anton LaVey
now I think every Satanist
should read this book
no matter who they're with
or whatever organisation
they're with
because he was the
original, this is a
very important
historical document
if nothing else
but the very first
one you should be starting
off with is
this one
Happy Satanist by Lillith Star
It's concise, well written
and it's a really good summation
of modern Satanism
and modern Satanist thinking
because the thing with
these reading lists is that
I do worry sometimes that
baby goats might end up
picking books that
are total doorstops or
they might go through
and find... because there's
a reality that a lot of these
books on the reading list
they're either out of print
or they're ridiculously
expensive because there's
only like five copies
on earth and it's not
exactly like reading
Harry Potter
and in today's age
people arn't that
keen on reading anyway
most people can't
even get off bloody Facebook
for ten minutes to read
a book so that's why
this is such a great way of
starting off this is why
this is the one I think
everyone should start with
to ease yourself in a bit
so that's it so let me
know in the comments
what you think
it's like I said this is a
mutual learning experience
all of this stuff
I am not the Satanic oracle
and anyone who knows
Satanism knows that
if somebody did turn up
and say "I am the authority
on all Satanism" all the rest
of the Satanists would
be like [blows raspberry]
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