postmodern Satanism

Theories of Ethics - Philippa FootPerception - Howard RobinsonTime - Philip TuretzkyThe Nature of Mind - David M. Rosenthal (ed.)Unlike most of the surviving traditionsof the West, Satanism cannot properlybe called a religion in the truest senseof the word. Rather than basing anapproach to life on a faith in dogmaticcreeds, books, and church leaders,Satanism eschews faith in favor ofgnosis. By its very nature, Satanism isan esoteric path without any exotericcounterpart. This means, of necessity,that the prospective Satanist must bea cut above the average joe, and thatby virtue of their perspective, alreadyseasoned (at least to a degree) in theways of the world. The naivete whichmay mark novitiate practitioners ofother systems is not characteristic ofthe newfound Satanist, who is alreadyconversant in these basest of