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People can be allies
despite philosophical differences - sometimes. The deciding factor is whether
the difference has practical implications. If it doesn’t, then an alliance can
proceed in a straightforward manner.
For example, we have
the two broad categories of people who self-identify as Satanists: the
naturalists and the supernaturalists. This difference in outlook goes to the
heart of each group’s metaphysics and epistemology, but may not have practical
implications at all. This is because there are, in turn, two broad categories
of supernaturalists: those who trust ritual alone to enact their will, and
those who perform ritual in conjunction with actually doing something in
external reality. The latter category, in practical terms, will be indistinguishable
from naturalistic Satanists, since both will be seen (by those with eyes to see
them) manipulating external reality through physical and social means.
"Blessed are they who
take ACTION out in the world, for the world is vulnerable to them."
To give a more
concrete example: The naturalistic LaVeyan can straightforwardly form and
execute on an alliance with a supernaturalist LaVeyan, if the latter’s practice
is to engage in so-called Greater Black Magic and then follow it up with
so-called Lesser Black Magic, all in the service of one coherent objective.
Lesser Black Magic is the science and art of manipulating external reality
through social means. It is a practice entirely available to, and often
employed by, the naturalistic LaVeyan. The two Satanists can team up in their
Lesser Black Magic endeavors, and never be tripped up in the slightest by their
discrepant metaphysics and epistemology.
I encourage
Satanists in the two broad categories to give serious thought to what I’ve
written. I also encourage them to look for ways to learn from one another.
Either type could easily, for example, know secrets of manipulating external
reality that someone of the other type is ignorant of. There is no virtue in ignorance.
Learn from anyone who has something to teach you.
ISCHYROS DIAVOLOS!
