#44105 - 11/16/10 07:58 AM
Re: Books of the Left Hand Path
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Clarence
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I'm not sure if he has already been mentioned, but Blaise Cendrars strikes me as a satanic figure of sorts. His life and writings. Particularly the novels:
Moravagine
Dan Yack & its sequel
Gold: Being the Marvellous History of General John Augustus Sutter.
Much like Celine, his fiction is often semi-autobiographical - to some extent. I, for one, have found a kindred spirit therein.
As a post script I would suggest that those who have read Myngath should probably take a look at A Posthumous Confession by Marcellus Emants. I can't help but wonder if DWM saw something of himself in Termeer.
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#45376 - 12/21/10 01:34 PM
Re: Books of the Left Hand Path
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The Zebu
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The Way to Godhood
Don't know if anyone else ever brought this up before, but I came across this one a while ago, apparently it dates to 1914. The book is couched in generally Christian-influenced terminology, but the doctrine espoused is one of self-deification through a sort of Nietzschean master-morality, heavily influenced by the concepts of rational self-interest and social Darwinism. Its ideology is called "The New Commandment". In any case, the resemblance to LaVey's Satanism is most striking, and this was likely a significant influence in the formation of his ideas.
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#46602 - 01/12/11 01:41 AM
Re: Books of the Left Hand Path
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ta2zz
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As much as I am over prodding the newbs...
In my opinion to recommend anything by LaVey has become redundant. Not that I exclude him from my required reding list. However Ragner Redbeard should be considered required reading.
Most who have made it this far have already read LaVey and Might Is Right (or survival of the fittest) was mentioned a few replies up as well as on the first page in case you missed it.
I do look forward to your contribution to the forum.
~T~
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We are the music makers, And we are the dreamers of dreams. ~Arthur William Edgar O'Shaughnessy
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#46623 - 01/12/11 09:52 AM
Re: Books of the Left Hand Path
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Jason King
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If you could refer one book to read which would it be?
The Lucifer Principle. The real Satanic Bible, in my humble opinion. If you "get it" and it resonates, you are a Satanist ipso facto.
JK
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#46639 - 01/12/11 02:57 PM
Re: Books of the Left Hand Path
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Autodidact
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The Rosicrucians continue to rather puzzle me, in that they work very hard at the Mysteries but seem not quite to know what to do with them. I sometimes wonder what Western history would have been like if Rosicrucianism instead of Christianity had been the dominant "thing". More fun, anyway.
I dunno, most of the RHP Mysteries that I've looked into seem to want to hover in a middle ground - they're composed of fractally complicated metaphors, but never wind up at anything of substance. Instead, they assume some sort of Abrahamic underpinning exists. Unless I'm just not looking at the right stuff, shrug.
If that's the case, they're not exclusive ... but the thought remains, what would Western history have been like if Rosicrucianism (or another RHP Mystery) was ubiquitious ...
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