[Buddha-l] Re: Magic

[Tom Head]

Joy Vriens wrote:
> I don't know anything about it either. And the three homicides don't 
> sound good at all. I have the impression that a lot of various ideas 
> and phantasies are thrown into the bag of Satanism. A manichean master 
> of evil (I have never understood the notion of evil), features of 
> Dyonisios (or Shiva according to ALain Danielou) and Dyonisian gods 
> like Pan etc. with all the hedonistic baggage of indulgence and 
> debauchery, everything connected to magic and those who deliver it and 
> simply everything that is considered deviant by society.
My experience is that most satanists are young, unhappy, working-class 
heartland men who have been raised negatively in a Christian environment 
and want a way to express their hostility towards the religion of their 
parents and towards authority in general.  The vast majority of 
satanists are not violent people; just miserably unhappy ones.


Cheers,

TH