From:    Trakka                                 Area: Base of Set
To:      Michael Aquino                          4 Jul 94 20:26:00
Subject: The Contemporary Left-Hand Path        UpdReq 

 > The Setian is neither obliged nor expected to become a
 > "hermit", but is
 > welcome to discuss & otherwise share religion, philosophy, &
 > magic as desired.
 > Certainly this calls for a degree of personal "social savvy"
 > & discretion, as
 > these are unusually paranoid times & [particularly in
 > religious matters] the
 > unwashed masses appear to be less-educated and less-tolerant
 > than they were in
 > the 60s-70s. That's simply a fact of life with which the
The situation [My belief that a Satanist, while permitted discussions with the 
educated, is still obliged to shield his identity from the common, stands] 
cannot change unless the seething hordes _are_ educated, and who will do this 
if not the Satanists themselves?  While "Bumbles" LaVey succeeded in turning 
his church's conduct into a comedy of errors, he did manage to force the 
general public into awareness.  A pity none thought to maintain this 
awareness.
 > As for "ritual abuse": Under what rock have you been hiding?
What rock?  The Great South Land is my shield against current affairs.  Or 
rather, its media hides me from knowledege of the world.
 > The "Satanic"
 > theme has long since been internationally exposed as false,
 > in no small part
 > because of the efforts of Setians in many countries to
 > advance the truth, but
 > also because of firm, official statements to this effect by
 > the FBI, British
 > government, etc. We have met that danger - publicly - and
 > defeated it. [In
Not in Australia.  The press still roars Satan's name wherever these incidents 
spring.
 > case you haven't noticed, all of today's religious
 > child-abuse scandals are
 > taking place in *Christian* churches, which is where they
 > *have* been taking
 > place all along. One of the side-effects of the "ritual
 > abuse" scam - which
 > the fundamentalists did not anticipate - was that it would
 > bring to light the
 > previously-suppressed and *true* sex crimes committed in
 > their *own* circles.]
So the Christian Church suffers as the Satanists did - Isolated incidents, 
performed by twisted members [ouch], with the central body bearing the 
criticisms and slurs.
 > The Temple of Set advises Initiates to be sensitive to
 > privacy and personal
 > security, which are not the same thing as "paranoid
 > seclusion". This is simply
 > a matter of common sense, enabling the Setian to carry on
 > with personal
 > interests without having to take time out to swat any more
 > mosquitoes than
 > absolutely necessary.
One would imagine that the impersonal interest of one's Church's betterment 
and expansion a central aim, and the inconvenience and discomfort this brings 
a cross worth bearing.
]|-D


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