Priests in the Church of Satan do not serve the same role as Christian or Catholic priests (or any other).. Because the priesthood isn’t about people who want to help other people, but people who can apply and articulate the carnal self-interested philosophy that it is. The self-interested part plainly means “What’s in it for me?”
And, generally speaking, strangers asking questions and not providing anything in return just don’t amount to much more than a bum asking for a quarter on the street.
But occasionally it serves as a mental and intellectual exercise. It can make you think about something that you maybe hadn’t ruminated over before, and articulate those thoughts. This is a good thing, as the sharpening of your intellect in any way is usually productive and will pay off in other ways.
So this leads me to a letter I received from someone I’ll leave unnamed. Since I have recently become engaged to marry, and I’d pondered the concept of marriage before, I decided to respond – though as you’ll read I certainly don’t paint myself as a fucking expert on the subject itself, but try to be pragmatic on the subject.
Here’s the orig. letter:
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Reverand,
My wife and I are experiencing marital strife (we’ve been married for a little more than 2 months) because I decided to actively participate in the Church of Satan. She’s talking about divorce, because she is Judeo-Christian and doesn’t want to raise a family of “children of the corn.” May I ask your opinion on the matter? Is there any other pertinent information you might need? I would greatly appreciate any advice (if you are willing to offer).
Hail Satan!
Here’s my reply:
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xxx,
There’s no real specific advice I can give you about you and your wife. Most of what I’d have to say would be common sense things but beyond that, since I don’t know and can’t meet you two, I would be wrong to say “you should do this or that”. Children would be a huge issue. If she is a Christian and you are a Satanist, you’ll probably want different things for your kids, as far as instruction goes. I would suggest a marriage counselor that preferably has a Freudian background.. Obviously a pastor from a Christian church would be a bad choice, but someone that you two can meet and talk to in person that can appear to have an objective view. Satanism isn’t widely understood, so that may be difficult for a counselor to understand. This may or may not be something you’ll be able to work through, but if she has “faith” in “Christ” then you’ll probably find it very difficult. Relationships can be very difficult, and when opposing religions are mixed, usually one partner has to be very submissive. If it is a point of contention then it may only be something that grows and grows. Christianity is a rejection of the knowledge of the world in its most basic form. Since I don’t know her, I don’t know her approach – obviously most Christians are insincere in their beliefs and ignorant of most of the tenants of the religion. They just ordinarily have a knee-jerk reaction to things that seemingly breech their proscribed doctrines and a fear of hell and damnation. The latter isn’t something that can usually be worked out in discussion, because Christianity rejects knowledge of the world (there is no proof of a “soul” or hell, there never has been, it’s highly unlikely there ever will be – but that hasn’t stopped thousands of years of superstitious fear from controlling the lives of people in sometimes silly, often inexcusable ways). I offer you a “best of luck”. If you care for her, be patient – but be realistic. When you proclaim yourself to be in league with the devil, you set yourself against a majority of the world in one fell swoop – regardless of who is “right” or “wrong”.
Rev. Kevin I. Slaughter
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