You need to sign in or sign up before continuing.
Take a photo of a barcode or cover
3.22 AVERAGE
3.22 AVERAGE
all reviews in one place:
night mode reading ;
skaitom nakties rezimu
About: The book right away agrees that yes, the doctrine could be called humanitarian philosophy, and not satanic religion. But that’s really the point. While it teaches you to be a better person, because it really does, believe you me, it also arms you. It arms you against the religion that likely dominates your surroundings, and finds a way to tell you you’re somehow wrong. It points out all the flaws in Christianity, and thus opposes it openly, acting like a sort of, well, for the lack of better word, adversary. For as long as Christianity stands, telling you that you should be afraid of God’s wrath, and thus should maybe sacrifice him a goat or something, there will stand a satanist, telling you the god on earth will never tell you to fear him, nor will he ever ask you to shed blood, because we’re all gods in our own way, and all life is to be respected, and not harmed.
But this great part is very short, likely, added together, no longer than one fourth or third of the book. The rest is translated Enochian texts, prayers, invocations and such.
Mine: It’s a great book that’ll tell you you need to love yourself, care for yourself, and respect others as much as they respect you. Meaning there’s no other cheek, get rid of toxic people from your life. It tells you that consent matters. It tells you that you’re not to be a dick. It tells you there’s no taboos if everyone consents. And then proceeds on telling you so very much about sex, how it should be free and available for all, how you need to seek what you want in it, fulfillment, and so on. I mean it’s all well and good, but I feel like if you’re not 14, you’ll be rolling your eyes at the overbearing emphasis here.
So, all in all, I’m glad I got this book, and that it showed me what this religion is all about. No, it’s not made to convert you, nor is it written in the biblical style either. It’s a very simple philosophy book, with a little too much of not so interesting stuff. So I give it a 3 out of 5, for while I’m glad I’ve read it, it felt like it was written for way younger people than myself, if you get my drift.
night mode reading ;
skaitom nakties rezimu
About: The book right away agrees that yes, the doctrine could be called humanitarian philosophy, and not satanic religion. But that’s really the point. While it teaches you to be a better person, because it really does, believe you me, it also arms you. It arms you against the religion that likely dominates your surroundings, and finds a way to tell you you’re somehow wrong. It points out all the flaws in Christianity, and thus opposes it openly, acting like a sort of, well, for the lack of better word, adversary. For as long as Christianity stands, telling you that you should be afraid of God’s wrath, and thus should maybe sacrifice him a goat or something, there will stand a satanist, telling you the god on earth will never tell you to fear him, nor will he ever ask you to shed blood, because we’re all gods in our own way, and all life is to be respected, and not harmed.
But this great part is very short, likely, added together, no longer than one fourth or third of the book. The rest is translated Enochian texts, prayers, invocations and such.
Mine: It’s a great book that’ll tell you you need to love yourself, care for yourself, and respect others as much as they respect you. Meaning there’s no other cheek, get rid of toxic people from your life. It tells you that consent matters. It tells you that you’re not to be a dick. It tells you there’s no taboos if everyone consents. And then proceeds on telling you so very much about sex, how it should be free and available for all, how you need to seek what you want in it, fulfillment, and so on. I mean it’s all well and good, but I feel like if you’re not 14, you’ll be rolling your eyes at the overbearing emphasis here.
So, all in all, I’m glad I got this book, and that it showed me what this religion is all about. No, it’s not made to convert you, nor is it written in the biblical style either. It’s a very simple philosophy book, with a little too much of not so interesting stuff. So I give it a 3 out of 5, for while I’m glad I’ve read it, it felt like it was written for way younger people than myself, if you get my drift.
This is a weird little book. At the beginning there some interesting and super-agreeable passages about doing your thing, embracing your humanity and resisting guilt/shame structures propagated by modern religion. It's not a big departure from realist commonsense. Sort of a self actualization pep-talk/go-where-your-boner-takes-you vibe with some shitting on 'the deluded masses' thrown in. This stuff is written in a sermon-y way that gets a little corny but it's OK. Then the book changes into a guide book for some hokey rituals that are half serious/half tongue in cheek send ups of your everyday religious pageantry. This gets boring. Then the last hundred pages are a bunch of 'Keys'. They're spells or some shit. Written in English and 'Enochian'. Witchy indeed.
Sort of neat. But a fucking tedious read after the first 60 or so pages. Not sold. But not hatin' on satan either I s'pose.
Keep jammin',
Minge
Sort of neat. But a fucking tedious read after the first 60 or so pages. Not sold. But not hatin' on satan either I s'pose.
Keep jammin',
Minge
Anton LaVey has some good ideas, particularly about how you should love yourself and see yourself as most important to you, but his views on women in Satanism and in general seem "woke" but really it seems like he objectified women. It cannot be disputed that Satanism as it is today wouldn't exist without LaVey but this book has not aged well.
I was recommended to read this book and a few other books of other religions as I'm exploring theology. Anton's views are selfish and promote more hate than not. while I understood where he was coming from with his ideas for the most part, the way he wrote them down doesn't reflect positivity in any form.
Es interesante conocer el punto de vista de alguien tan interesante. Una perspectiva bastante objetiva y lógica.
dark
informative
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
i gave this 3 stars because it was pure comedy but i don’t believe in any religion and this book couldn’t change my mind about that either… still, it was an interesting read
dark
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
At first glance, this book is an angst-riddled diatribe of one heterosexual white man's issues with a puritanical country. The message of anti-Christianity is blatantly self-evident.
That being said, upon reviewing the book and analyzing it from a historical and cultural perspective, it can be seen as evidence of the changes that the country was enduring at the time: that of sexual liberation, questioning of traditionally Christian values, and the idolization of hedonism began to take hold. From this view, it's a fascinating look into one individual's views on the contemporary status quo. LaVey pushes against the boundaries of his time and argues for a more liberal way of living, albeit in a bit of a heavy-handed manner.
With all of that said, however, LaVey isn't a strong writer, and the level of angst throughout the book makes it difficult to endure. It's for all of these reasons that this book receives two stars.
That being said, upon reviewing the book and analyzing it from a historical and cultural perspective, it can be seen as evidence of the changes that the country was enduring at the time: that of sexual liberation, questioning of traditionally Christian values, and the idolization of hedonism began to take hold. From this view, it's a fascinating look into one individual's views on the contemporary status quo. LaVey pushes against the boundaries of his time and argues for a more liberal way of living, albeit in a bit of a heavy-handed manner.
With all of that said, however, LaVey isn't a strong writer, and the level of angst throughout the book makes it difficult to endure. It's for all of these reasons that this book receives two stars.